Robet Aris Willmott — Conversations at Cambridge.

London, John W. Parker, 1836. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Wilmott's scarce 'Conservations at Cambridge.' Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. First Edition. Rather uncommon. With an armorial nameplate for Thomas Ansell on the front pastedown. Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott, 1809 – 1863, was an author and Church of England clergyman. In 1825 he entered Harrow School. In 1828 he became tutor to Thomas Green. In 1829–30 he was contributed to Fraser's Magazine, the London Magazine, and the Asiatic Journal. In 1832, Willmott was entered at Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he earned his living by writing, and graduated in 1842. Later in 1842, Willmott was ordained deacon, and in 1843, priest. In 1846, he was appointed as the first incumbent of St Catherine"s, in Berkshire. He resigned the benefice in 1862. Willmott retired to Nettlebed in Oxfordshire, and began writing. "His literary work showed wide reading and a pleasing imagination, and he was an admirable preacher." Willmott edited several editions of Routledge"s "British Poets". (DNB) Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild bumping and rubbing. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally clean with some very slight browning to the page edges. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .