Speeches of John Philpot Curran, While at the Bar.
Curran, John Philpot, [1750-1817]. Whittier, James A.L., [1844-1896], Editor. Speeches of John Philpot Curran, While at the Bar. Chicago: Callaghan & Company, 1877. 618 pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth with gilt stamped spine. Moderately worn with rubbing and scuffing to spine and board edges. Bookplate of "Olga and Sigmund L. Ackerman" to front pastedown. Some staining to front endleaves and frontispiece, otherwise internally clean. A good copy. $35. * A collection of orations by John Philpot Curran, a prominent Irish lawyer, politician, and orator who was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The speeches address significant political, legal, and social issues of the period, particularly those concerning Ireland. Olga and Sigmund L. Ackerman bookplate has initials of artist and the date of "March, 1901" in upper right corner.
Price: $35.00
Book number 81747