Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Begun by Himself and Concluded by his Daughter Maria Edgeworth. With an Introduction by Desmond Clarke. London: Richard Bentley, 1820. First Edition. Two Volumes. (1) 392, (2) vii, 498, [2]. Handsomely bound set in half morocco over marbled boards; spines ruled in gilt with compartments blind embossed. Scattered light foxing to contents pages, buy overall a very nice set.

Illustrated with three engraved portraits & five facsimile sketches alluded to in chapter 14 (volume 2).

Autobiography of this reform-minded Irish landowner and educationist, edited and concluded by his daughter and sometime collaborator, the novelist Maria Edgeworth.