8vo. 15pp, [1], iv. Stitched, without original wrappers. Slightest of dust-soiling and marking to title-page and terminal leaf, overall a near fine copy.

The first edition of Washington Irving's (1783-1859) succinct abstract of the character of historian and patron of the arts, William Roscoe (1753-1831), composed following a chance encounter between the pair whilst visiting the Liverpool Athenaeum.

COPAC records only a singly copy (Liverpool).