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DIXON, William Hepworth SKU: 16150 Barcode:
Stock No. 16150
Authors: William Hepworth, DIXON (1821-79)
London: Hurst and Blackett 1870
First Edition. Two volumes. Demy 8vo (9 x 5.5 ins), pp viii, 352, [2] + vi, 344, 16. Coloured litho frontispieces in each vol. with tissue-guards. Publisher's decorative cloth with Byzantine designs in black and gilt crown above the coat of arms of the Russian Federation with the double-headed eagle. Spines rubbed and darkened with expert repairs to head and tail of each vol, new yellow endpapers. Half-titles present in both vols. A solid and tight set. Vol I: Religious Life; Pilgrims; Story of a Grand Duke; Dissent; etc. Vol II: A Peasant Poet; Communism; Serfs; Freedom; Parish Priests; Secret Police; etc. Dixon was a man of letters and a traveller. In the latter part of 1869 and into 1870 he ventured from the Polar Sea to the Urals via the four holy shrines of Solovetsk, Pechersk, St. George, and Troitsa. His preoccupation seems to be studying the people and their roles within society, thus he opines on pilgrims, monks and parish priests, about village lore, beggars and itinerants, sectaries, students' revolts and soldiers' grievances.
