The Works of Ben. Johnson. In Six Volumes. Adorn?d with Cuts.

JOHNSON, Ben:

Verlag: London, J. Walthoe, M. Wooton, J. Nicholson &c &c. 1716 1st thus

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Six Volumes. Hardbacks, approx 8 x 5 inches. In full-calf leather fine bindings, decorative blind embossed boards, gilt decorated spines, with maroon leather spine labels lettered in gilt, raised and gilt banding &c. Red speckled page edges, plain endpapers. In very good conditions. Some wear to extremities; corners bumped and chipped, a couple of bumps and chips to edges. Professionally rebacked spines. Later endpapers. Bookplates to fronts ?Mr. G. Frere, Brunswick Square.? Small neat inscription on title page/rear of frontis plates ?Geo. Frere.? Pages and plates darkened and tanned, some mild foxing. Else a very good clean and tight early set. 6 vols. Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait, plus 4 B&W engraved plates in vol.1, 4 in vol.2, 1 in vol.3, and 2 in vol.4. (12.) With decorative tail & letterpieces and chapter headings. Includes: Every Man In/Out His Humour; Cynthia?s Revels, or the Fountain of Self Love; Poetaster. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 90073

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Titel: The Works of Ben. Johnson. In Six Volumes. ...

Verlag: London, J. Walthoe, M. Wooton, J. Nicholson &c &c. 1716 1st thus