Author: 
    
            
                    Edward Copleston (1776-1849), Bishop of Llandaff, Provost of Oriel College,  Professor of Poetry, Oxford, Political Economist        
         
 
      Publication details: 
    
            
                    11 March 1821. Oriel College [Oxford].        
         
 
1p, 4to. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper with one corner torn away (without any loss of text). Folded three times. The recipient is not named. The letter begins: 'Sir | Your letter enclosing a prospectus of your proposed work has just reached me. I beg you will excuse me for not entering into a discussion of the subject, which is a rule I have found it necessary, under my engagements, to make.