The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated Poets from Pope to Byron

Anonymous; Charles P. Fessenden

Verlag: Charles P. Fessenden, 1831

Beschreibung

A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the First American Edition; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in a simple brown linen cloth over hardcover boards in 16mo. format. Previous owner's inscription in pencil at first free endpaper. Illustrated with two plates engraved by David G. Johnson (frontispiece of Canning, Swift, Pope, Walcott, and Byron in cameo, quite fine, and an added illustrated title page of "Retaliation," a table upset and three men with it). Rough-cut pages fore- and bottom-, moderate toning interior, but clean and unmarked. Individual chapters devoted to "English Bards and Scottish Revivalists," "New Morality," "Epistle to James Boswell," "Bozzy and Piozzi," "The Vanity of Human Wishes," "The Rosciad," "Retaliation," and others, with special focus on Pope, Johnson, Goldsmith, Whitehead, and others. xxvi, 388 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 357191

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The British Satirist: Comprising the Best ...

Verlag: Charles P. Fessenden

Erscheinungsdatum: 1831

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition.