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Lot 6: BURKE (EDMUND)

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBP
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 26, 2007

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Description

Bible inscribed on the fly-leaf by Burke: "Edmund Burke & Jane Nugent married the 12th of March 1757", and by him with his two children "Richard Burke born at Battersea between 7 & 8 o'Clock in the morning February the 9th 1758 –" and "Christopher Burke born at Wimpole Street Cavendish Square 40 minutes after 6 in the morning the 14th of December 1758"; inscribed in a later hand with death-dates, and the descendents of Jane's brother, John Nugent, in The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New , upper cover detached, other traces of wear, 1683

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Auction Details

Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography

by
Bonhams
June 26, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK