Lot 264
Smith, Revd. Sydney
The works
Auction: 8 February 2006 at 11:00 GMT
Description
London: Longman, etc. 1839-40. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo., full light calf, covers with border of gilt fillet and floral roll tool, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red and green morocco lettering pieces, marbled fore-edges, by Grieve of Edinburg (4)
Note: Smith after a sojourn in Edinburgh became a lifelong friend of Stewart, Scott, Horner and others. It was he who suggested to Jeffrey and Brougham the starting of the Edinburgh Review and he supervised and contributed to the first three issues. "A lover of justice and truth, he was a life-long defender of the oppressed. His failure to rise higher in the church is attributed to his wide reputation as a master of wit and satire. He is placed among the premier English wits and has been compared to Swift and to Voltaire." (Columbia Encyclopedia)