A COLLIER'S COLLECTION
The warning voice of a hermit abroad, who has been compelled to write in his justification, and he hopes for the good of mankind, under the protecting hand of divine providence, (For which he can never be thankful enough.) Through a long and tedious passage of the most imminent perils and dangers of being extinguished, and sent to his grave..
Wakefield.
Printed for the author, by E. Waller, 1825.
First edition.
Quarto.
181pp, [3]. Printed in double columns. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting.
The sole edition of an incongruous selection of letters, articles, and addresses on such diverse subjects as road building, farming, and parliamentary reform, by Yorkshire-based collier Richard Milnes.
The sundry articles, many of which originally submitted to the Leeds Mercury, were compiled, according to Milnes in his prefatory biography 'hoping it to may be of use to young men of the rising generation, to guard merit and innocence against error, prejudice, weakness, falsehood, wickedness, and treachery'; the author himself having been 'twice compelled to submit to a bankruptcy' due to 'putting his hand a little too far'.
Milnes regards multifarious subjects, from the tithe system of Ireland, to 'reasons why the Roman Catholic religion should be abandoned', and 'An account of the seams of Coal in those Islands, supposed to extend through them all and into the Sea, to Frankland and the Isles of Man, shewing that the Coal is not likely to be exhausted in thousands of years to come'.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 30626
The sundry articles, many of which originally submitted to the Leeds Mercury, were compiled, according to Milnes in his prefatory biography 'hoping it to may be of use to young men of the rising generation, to guard merit and innocence against error, prejudice, weakness, falsehood, wickedness, and treachery'; the author himself having been 'twice compelled to submit to a bankruptcy' due to 'putting his hand a little too far'.
Milnes regards multifarious subjects, from the tithe system of Ireland, to 'reasons why the Roman Catholic religion should be abandoned', and 'An account of the seams of Coal in those Islands, supposed to extend through them all and into the Sea, to Frankland and the Isles of Man, shewing that the Coal is not likely to be exhausted in thousands of years to come'.
