Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs.

BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT

Verlag: Vernor, Hood and Longman and Rees., 1802

Beschreibung

8vo. A small oval stipple portrait by Ridley after Edridge of the author. ix, 119 and eleven wood engraved illustrations. Bound in full tree calf leather with gilt decoration on spine, leather label. Ex libris plate of D.A.N Russell. Binding is slightly worn but very firm, inside two leaves are a little grubby, see photo, otherwise a very good clean copy. This edition includes 'The Fakenham Ghost'. The second of Bloomfields books to appear, it was first printed in 1802. The woodcuts are very much in the style of Bewick and are noted by Hugo, but were in fact by the wood engraver, Charlton Nesbit. Nesbit did a lot of work for the publishers Vernor & Hood and his work often appears in their publications. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 020099

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs.

Verlag: Vernor, Hood and Longman and Rees.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1802

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Charlton Nesbit

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 4th Edition