The Shipwreck, a Poem, . The Text Illustrated with Additional Notes, and Corrected from the First and Second Editions; with a Life of the Author, By J. S. Clarke F.R.S. Vicar of Preston, and Librarian to The Prince.

Descripción

Corrected from the First and Second Editions Size 9¼" x 5¾", 214 pages plus 12 pages of publisher's advertisements. Black leather binding with ornate gilt scrolls and frames on the front and back covers. 4 gilded raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the second compartment and ornate gilt frames in the other compartments.With gilt dentelles to the cover edges and inner turn-ins. With ten steel plate engravings by James Fittler, R.A.S. from the paintings of Nicholas Pocock, esq. Condition good/very good, cover edges rubbed, binding sound, endpapers spotted, marginal spotting to the plate pages, texts clean. William Falconer (1732-69) was lost at sea 7 years following the publication of the first edition of this work.

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Título

The Shipwreck, a Poem, . The Text Illustrated with Additional Notes, and Corrected from the First and Second Editions; with a Life of the Author, By J. S. Clarke F.R.S. Vicar of Preston, and Librarian to The Prince.

Editor

London: Printed for William Miller, Albemarle Street., London

Fecha de publicación

1811

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Fine Binding

Ilustrador

James Fittler, R.A.S.

Estado

Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

No Jacket

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• Fiction
• Poetry