The British constitution : its history, structure, and working / by Henry, Lord Brougham.

Title

The British constitution : its history, structure, and working / by Henry, Lord Brougham.

Creator

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.

Publisher

London : Richard Griffin and Co.

Date

1861

Extent

xxiii, 463 pages

Spatial Coverage

18 cm.

Type

text

Language

English

Description

Bound in contemporary cloth with blind stamped decoration on cover and gold tooling on spine.

Provenance

Ex libris: James Alipius Goold

Subject

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
Constitutional law -- Great Britain.

Identifier

340 B8754 TBCI 1861

Temporal Coverage

19th century

Coverage

England

Rights

Copyright expired

Annotation

Inscription in ink on first leaf: "His Lordship The Bishop of Melbourne With regards of P O'F(?) 1861"
"P O'F" is likely to be Peter O'Farrell who later attempted to assassinate Goold.

Binding materials & treatment

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Paper types

Wove papers (Paper)
Machine-made papers (Paper)

Provenance evidence

Donors' copies (Provenance)
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Reading dates (Provenance)
Shelf marks (Provenance)

Citation

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., “The British constitution : its history, structure, and working / by Henry, Lord Brougham.,” Archbishop Goold Special Collection, accessed July 28, 2021, https://gooldlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/91.