guide classical learning polymetis abridged von tindal nicolas (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. London, Printed for J Dodsley and R Horsefield, 1764, first edition; 24mo, 108 x 167mm; pp [viii], iv, 340; full calf, rebacked in matching material with raised bands, gilt decorated and with a red leather title label gilt; corners worn and with a vertical iondication of an internal crack to the spine; book block slightly browned in places but generally clean; cracked with in consequence a signature (beginning H2) partially loose but the contents otherwise firm. . . . . . The compiler, Tindal, was a cleric and a writer, including translating Paul de Rapin's "History of England" in 13 volumes and writing a three-volume continuation of the work from the reigns of James II/VII to George II.

12mo., First Edition, neat nineteenth century signature on front free endpaper; full contemporary speckled calf, sides with double frame border in gilt, expertly rebacked in calf to style, back with raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. Although now best known for his translations of Continental histories (most notably Rapin's 'History of England' ), Nicolas Tindal is remembered also for this wide-ranging classical text-book, and for his continuing support of Greenwich Hospital which houses his portrait by Knapton. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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