Literary Beauties and Varieties; Or, Interesting Selections, and Original Pieces, In Prose and Verse; Arranged under the following Titles: Biographical Sketches, Interesting Narratives, Instances of Animal Sagacity and Fidelity, Remarkable Suicides. Extraordinary Cases of Resuscitations, Select Anecdotes, Moral and Entertaining Essays, Poetry Devotional, Sentimental, Pathetic, Rural, Descriptive, Monitory and Humorous.

Hulbert, C. (Author of the African Traveller, &c.)

Verlag: Shrewsbury: Printed by C. Hulbert and Published for him, by G. and W. B. Whittaker, London: and Sold by All Other booksellers in Town and Country. 1820.

Beschreibung

First edition, sm. 8vo. (152x93mm),(each gathering is of 9 leaves), pp: xviii, [1-3],4-510, pp:xiii-xvii is the list of 'Subscribers' with 'Additional Subscribers' pp:[1-2] with the text beginning on pp: [3], lacking pages 375-378 (2 leaves), the 2 engraved plates are frontispiece of Lieut. Gen. Ld. Hill & plate of Benjamin Franklin, both with tissue guards lightly foxed, woodcut tail pieces, ink contemporary owner's signature to front free endpaper scrubbed out, endpapers & edges browned, final leaf carelessly glued, however contents clean with tail pieces throughout text & good margins, bound in brown cloth, edges rough cut, worn, marked & head of spine split, however sound & tight with cloth glued to spine. Copac records only the British Library copy which appears to lack the subscribers List xiii-xviii. No copy at Shrewsbury Archives & obviously very scarce with the BL & this copy both lacking leaves. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 981

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Literary Beauties and Varieties; Or, ...

Verlag: Shrewsbury: Printed by C. Hulbert and Published for him, by G. and W. B. Whittaker, London: and Sold by All Other booksellers in Town and Country. 1820.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition