A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues.

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A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In Three Dialogues. By Simon Wagstaff, Esq; London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street. M.DCC.XXXVIII. Paginates; [4], lxxxvi, [2], 216, (1). Complete. First edition. First issue. Large Paper Copy on thick paper. With the advertisement leaf before title, Neptune headpiece to the introduction, the first line of text on A1; 'As my Life hath been chiefly', with the last line 'I have so much labour'd, as that'. Teerink indicates that large paper copies were printed on thicker paper. Scarce at auction with Rare Book Hub showing nine listings for LP copies since 1902. Bound in contemporary calf, with a fine speckled calf re-back, mid to later 19th Century. The spine in seven gilt stamped compartments with six gilt ruled raised bands. A red leather hand-stamped lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. The boards with wear to the corners. Hinges fine. Renewed endpapers with Abbey Mills Greenfield watermark without crown. Internally very good with a few stains and fox marks on some pages. Teerink 761; ESTC T97412. The volume measures 23.8 x 15 x 3.5 cm. Each leaf measures 233 x 140 mm. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1704588647177

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