1858 The Earnest Student, or, Memorials of John Mackintosh

Description

Fine Binding, Prize Binding

This is the ninth edition of the biography of John Mackintosh (1822-1851), penned by his brother-in-law, Scottish clergyman Norman Macleod (1812-1872). Mackintosh was a talented and diligent student, acting as dux of Edinburgh Academy in 1837 before studying Latin and Greek at university in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Cambridge. He then studied to become a minister, travelling around Geneva, Italy and Rome before rupturing a blood vessel in his lung and passing away suddenly, dashing his dreams of becoming a minister. Macleod's biography of him, however, immortalises him whilst exploring religion, society and travelling in mid 19th century Britain.

This copy is a prize binding, with a prize bookplate to the front pastedown awarding it to Miss Jessie Cunningham for Best Weekly Essays from Mr Hunter's School, Edinburgh, dated July 1860. It contains a lovely illustrated frontispiece.

Bound in full calf with a gilded spine and edges, this copy is embossed with the gilded logo of the school from which it was awarded, Mr Hunter's School.