A Letter of Advice to his Grand-Children. HALE (Sir Matthew).

A Letter of Advice to his Grand-Children, Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, and Frances Hale. By Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice in the Reign of Charles II. The Second Edition. Printed from an Original Manuscript, and Collated with the Copy in the British Museum.

Engraved frontispiece portrait with original tissue guard.

12mo. [173 x 101 x 16 mm]. xxiv, [ii], 182, [6] pp. Contemporary binding of tan calf, marbled paper sides with a tan calf label tooled with a gilt cypher "JMB". The spine with three thick raised bands, lettered in the second panel on a green goatskin label, the other three panels with a gilt triple compartment and small decorative tools, matching marbled endleaves and edges. (Joints and corners a little rubbed).
London: printed [by J. Moyes for] Taylor and Hessey, 1823

Occasional spotting or light foxing and a few pencil marks. A good copy in a pretty binding, with the cypher labels on the sides and later armorial bookplate of Robert and Florence Vere O'Brien. Florence (1854-1936) was the niece of Matthew Arnold and was a diarist, philanthropist and craftswoman, setting up the Limerick Lace School and Clare Embroidery. The volume was sold by Richard Booth in Hay-on-Wye for 10 shillings in 1971.

Previously published in 1816, with further editions in 1834 and 1837.

Stock no. ebc7505