Rev w parr greswell (4 Ergebnisse)

0 Fair. No dust jacket. spine covering gone, front cover detatched but present, good candidate for rebinding.

Hardcover. Second. Light green cloth, library binding; 524 pp.; No illustrations. Good (Ex-lib., bookplate inside front cover, pocket inside back, usual markings; Some scattered foxing and a few stray pencil markings, but very much readable).

First edition. [2], ii, 211pp, [1]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints split, without spine panel. Scattered spotting. The first edition of Church of England clergyman and bibliographer William Parr Greswell's (bap. 1765, d. 1854) series of succinct biographies of prominent poets of the Italian Renaissance, interspersed with translations of extracts of their notable compositions. Size: 8vo.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A first edition volume of Rev. W. Parr Greswell featuring a collection of biographical works of poets from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First edition. With biographical works on several 15th and 16th century poets, those being Angelus Politianus, Actius Sincerus Sannazarius, Petrus Bembus, Hieronymus Fracastorius, Marcus Antonius Flaminius, and The Amalthei. An exploration of the life and work of these notable poets and scholars. With notes and observations written by the then curate of Denton, Rev. W. Parr Greswell. In a half calf binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, joint and extremities. Large crack to the front joint. Rubbing to the front and rear boards. Label attached to the front board. Front and rear hinge are strained by firm. Handling mark and rubbing to the front and rear pastdown and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with light spots and handling marks to the pages. Good. None (illustrator). book.…