[BIRRELL, Augustine]. Obiter Dicta. London: Elliot Stock, 1899-1902.
NEW EDITION; in two volumes, leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (17 x 10.5 cm), pp. [6], 233; viii, 266. English text. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, half-titles, armorial bookplates. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure. Light rubbing to extremities. Interiors very well-preserved. Previous owner details to front endpapers.
Notes: Augustine Birrell 1850-1933 was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. His critical essays discuss many of the major contributors to the English literary cannon - Milton, Pope, Johnson, Burke, Charles Lamb, Carlyle, Robert Browning, etc.
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