charles frederic hardy (2 resultados)

Cloth. Condición: Good. None Ilustrador. First edition. A scarce work curated of letters of five Benenden residents or visitors across the span of the Georgian era. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece facsimile copy of a letter.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper explaining the premise of the work.This collection of letters, edited by Charles Frederic Hardy, offer a look into some fascinating history and personalities of their writers, all of which are Benenden residents or visitors.Hardy gives introductions to the eras of letters with his own knowledge and context. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Spine is tender. Marks to the boards and fading to the text to spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting, heaviest to the the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Good. book.

8vo. 6 x 9 inches. xix + [i] + 390 pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in original green cloth, gilt. Deckled edges. A little wear to extremities and some scattered foxing, including fly leaves and edges; otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate of William Cleveland Stevens. Illustrated by frontispiece facsimile of letter in red. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. 'The private correspondence of a set of persons who were all more or less obscure in their day' but justified by 'the intrinsic quality of the letters themselves.' Reprints 178 letters of five Benenden residents or visitors, Richard Waite Cox, written, 1753-1778 and 1779-82, Jean de Caulier, a French tutor, 1779-80, The Clevelands, 1782-1802 and William Ward, 1803-1821. Some of the letters refer to national and international affairs, especially the various wars with France. This copy was owned by William Cleveland Stevens, whose ancestors, the Clevelands are among the correspondents. A scarce title. KENT BENENDEN KENT - WEALD VILLAGES CORRESPONDENCE 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY KENT.