A paraphrase on the book of Isaiah: with notes critical, historical and practical. For the use of families. In two volumes. By Lawrence Holden, of Malden in Essex.

Holden, Lawrence

Edité par Chelmsford: Printed for the author, by S. Gray. M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]., Chelmsford, 1776

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Octavo in two volumes [8.50?? tall x 5.50?? wide]. A nice set of books with provenance from an early English private library. Collates complete [8], 357, [1]; [22], 307, [1]p. With the bookplates, library plate Rt. Hon. Lord Western [1767-1784]. The bookplate is ?Rt. Hon?ble. Lord Western?. The private library plate being ?Felix Hall Library, shelf A3?. A good, solid and complete set of this uncommon theological work. Minor marks, blemishes or reading wear else a good set of books.
The Westerns of Rivenhall, Essex, were among the emerging middle-classes of the early eighteenth century, having made their fortune as foundry masters of government ordnance and timber suppliers to the navy. Volume two has an extensive subscribers list which documents three names from the Western family, one residing at Rivenhall. [See photo].
Charles Callis Western, 1st Baron Western (9 August 1767 ? 4 November 1844) British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons for over forty years before his elevation to the peerage in 1833.
The Western Brothers by John Singleton Copley (1783). Born at the family seat of Rivenhall Place in Essex, Western was the son of Charles Western and Frances Shirley, daughter and heiress of William Bolland. His father was killed in a chaise accident when Western was four-years-old, in which he was also present. He was educated at Newcombe's School in Hackney, Eton and Queens' College, Cambridge. When coming of age in 1788, he inherited Rivenhall Place, which had been in the Western family since the second half of the 17th century and commissioned Humphrey Repton to give the Tudor house a new facade. However, two years later he left Rivenhall to his uncle and purchased Felix Hall in Kelvedon.
Western was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Maldon in 1790, a seat he held until 1806, when he was defeated by Benjamin Gaskell. However, Gaskell was unseated on petition the following year and Western was elected in his place. He continued to represent the constituency until 1812. The latter year he was returned for Essex, a seat he held until the constituency was abolished in the Reform Act 1832. In Parliament he was a supporter of agricultural and electoral reform. He lost his seat at the 1832 general election but the following year he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Western, of Rivenhall in the County of Essex.
Lord Western never married and the title became extinct on his death at Felix Hall in November 1844, aged 77. He entailed his estates to his cousin Thomas Western, who was created a Baronet of Rivenhall in 1864.
Bound in contemporary half leather bindings. Joints lightly cracked but still well attached.

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• Titre: A paraphrase on the book of Isaiah: with notes critical, historical and practical. For the use of families. In two volumes. By Lawrence Holden, of Malden in Essex.
• Éditeur: Chelmsford: Printed for the author, by S. Gray. M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]., Chelmsford
• Date de parution: 1776
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Satisfaisant
• Dimensions: 5,5 L x 8,5 H x 1,2 P (centimètres) 5,5 centimètres de largeur par 8,5 centimètres de hauteur par 1,2 centimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1,2 kilogramme