Addresses delivered at the meetings of the proprietors of the liverpool royal institution, on the 27th february, 1822, and 13th february, 1824.
Liverpool.
Printed by Harris and Co., 1824.
First edition.
8vo.
87pp. With an engraved landscape frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later blue paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece pasted to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Occasional light scattered spotting, endpapers browned.
The first edition of two addresses delivered at the Liverpool Royal Institution between 1822 and 1824, recorded by President Benjamin Arthur Heywood, a founding member of the Society alongside his brother, Arthur. Established in 1814 for 'the Promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts', The Liverpool Royal Institution ran a grammar school for boys until 1892, and is widely accepted as being the predecessor of the city's University.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 30623
