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The Life of The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of Rolls in Ireland. In Two Volumes. [First Edition].
The Life of The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of Rolls in Ireland. In Two Volumes. [First Edition].
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The Life of The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of Rolls in Ireland. In Two Volumes. [First Edition]

Curran, William Henry · London

Author
Curran, William Henry
Date
1819
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, et al.
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.25" x 8.375") Two volumes complete. Quarter dark green with small corners over marbled boards. Spines with four gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title, vol# to second compartment, gilt multi-rule frames to all others. Some corners lightly bumped and rubbed, boards very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Fleming Pinkstan O'Reilly to front pastedowns. Engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol.I. Folding plate of Curran's handwriting towards front of Vol.I. as called for. A beautiful Near Fine set of these books over 200 years old.
Format
John Philpot Curran (24 July 1750 – 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, and lawyer celebrated for his defence of civil and political liberty. He first won popular acclaim in 1780, as the only lawyer in his circuit willing to represent a Catholic priest horsewhipped by an Anglo-Irish lord. In the 1790s he was celebrated as a champion in the Irish House of Commons of Catholic emancipation and parliamentary reform, and in court as defence counsel for United Irishmen facing charges of sedition and treason. Following the rebellion of 1798, he was vocal in his opposition to Britain's incorporation of Ireland in a United Kingdom. Curran's speeches before the judicial bench were widely admired. Lord Byron said of Curran, "I have heard that man speak more poetry than I have seen written". Karl Marx described him as the greatest "people's advocate" of the eighteenth century.
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.8319

The Life of The Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of Rolls in Ireland. In Two Volumes. First Edition. 1819. London: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, et al.

8vo.(5" x 7.75") Ex-Lib, Library Binding, 159 pp. Full green cloth with printed cover and spine. Manuscript "FB" to spine in white library ink. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to lower tips, board edges. Head and foot of spine rubbed, chipped, with small closed tears, covers lightly soiled. Printed endpapers with red "Summer School Library" stamp neatly to head of first free endpaper and to dedication and last page of text. Some pages were seen with pencil markings, finger smudges to others. Rear free endpaper with evidence of removal of card pocket. Illustrations by Ralph Ray.

John Philpot Curran (24 July 1750 – 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, and lawyer celebrated for his defence of civil and political liberty.

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