Beschrijving
a new (second) edition with portrait, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1889, half leather, good copy of this interesting book about book collecting. Must have for everyone who loves Fair/good Half leather books or contemplates to become a collector. John Hill Burton FRSE (22 August 1809 – 10 August 1881) was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854–77), and Historiographer Royal (1867–1881).8vo.
