TOPLADY, Augustus. A Course of Prayer For Each Day in the Week, morning and evening, with meditations and remarks suitable to a Christian family. New edn. 16mo. W. Row. 1814
Contemp. full red morocco, gilt borders & spine; a little rubbed, sl. wear to lower edge of back board. Inscriptions on leading e.ps: 'Prince Augustus Frederick of Esté & Sussex given him by the right honble. Ly. C. Murray' & 'This book belonged to my dear cousin Augustus d'Esté who was more like a brother than a cousin to me. Augusta Castletown of Upper Ossory Novr. 1891 - Hebden, Wimbledon'.
¶Augustus Frederick d'Este, 1794-1848, was the son of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, the sixth son and ninth child of George III. This volume was given to him by his grandmother Lady Charlotte Murray, mother of Lady Augusta Murrary, the wife of Prince Augustus. The later inscription is by Lady Augusta Castletown, 1810-1899, wife of John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron of Upper Ossory. D'Este is the earliest recorded person for whom a definite diagnosis of multiple sclerosis can be made, a diagnosis made posthumously in 1948 upon the discovery of his diaries.
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