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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. The Statesman's Manual; or the Bible the Best Guide to Political Skill and Foresight: A Lay Sermon Addressed to the Higher Classes of Society. London: S. Curtis for Gale and Fenner; J.M. Richardson; and Hatchard, 1816.
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. The Statesman's Manual; or the Bible the Best Guide to Political Skill and Foresight: A Lay Sermon Addressed to the Higher Classes of Society. London: S. Curtis for Gale and Fenner; J.M. Richardson; and Hatchard, 1816. 8 o (205 x 132 mm). (Occasional pale spotting to title and first few leaves, inscription shaved slightly.) Modern quarter morocco. Provenance : Edward Hincks (1792-1866), orientalist (presentation inscription from the author on the title: "27 March 1822. Reverend Edward Hincks with sincere respects of the Author S.T.C."); purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 13 November 1968. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY COLERIDGE TO EDWARD HINCKS. Hincks was a prominent orientalist of his day and, according to Brugsch, was the first to employ the true method of deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. Simultaneously with Rawlinson, Hincks discovered the Persian cuneiform vowel system. Ashley I, p.204; Tinker 695; Wise Coleridge 36.