THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. IN SEVEN VOLUMES

Richardson, Samuel

Verlag: T. Longman; T. Johnson; et. al, London, 1796

Beschreibung

Octavos, iii-vi, [2], 316 pp (Vol. 1); 358 pp (Vol. 2); 374 pp (Vol. 3); 302 pp (Vol. 4); 294 pp (Vol. 5); 372 pp (Vol. 6); 421 pp (Vol. 7). Good; bound in contemporary leather with black leather and gilt spine titles, and elaborate gilt tooling to spines, some areas of discoloration and surface marks to covers, wear and slight tears to spine edges and corners; bindings tight; text blocks age toned but clean; pages clean; previous owner bookplate to front inside pastedowns, "Walter Blunt." Shelved above WWI. Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761) was an English writer and printer known for his epistolary novels. He printed almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar. Richardson had been apprenticed to a printer, whose daughter he eventually married. He lost her along with five sons, but remarried and had four daughters who reached adulthood, but had no male heirs to continue the print shop. As it ran down, he wrote his first novel at the age of 51 and joined the admired authors of his day. (via Wikipedia) Much like the Bertrams in Mansfield Park, Jane Austen and her siblings were fond of putting on "theatricals" at home for their friends and neighbors. In 1793, at the age of eighteen, Jane Austen began writing (and shortly afterwards abandoned) a dramatic adaptation of this work, entitled Sir Charles Grandison or the happy Man, a comedy in 6 acts. She completed it in 1800. 1360646. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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• Titel: THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. IN SEVEN VOLUMES
• Verlag: T. Longman; T. Johnson; et. al, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1796
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Eighth Edition.
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