benjamin thompson thurston (1 risultati)

Original half leather boards. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition (english); First Impression. Visible cracking to spine & corners. Marbled boards are rubbed & scuffed. Corners are scuffed. Some staining & foxing. Tear on page 81-82 (>3 cm). Previous owner signature in ink on end paper. ; Ex-libris William Gibton (of Mack, Williams & Gibton, a notable figure in Irish arts & commerce of the 19th century) as evidenced by personal bookplate. Original half-leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering & bands on spine & corners. Frontispiece, chapter headings & vignettes collaboration between T. Thurston ( Well-regarded artist & exhibitor at the Royal Academy) & C. Warren ( renowned engraver). A handsome early 19th century compilation volume of three German plays bound together & translated by Benjamin Thompson ( a key figure in the cultural exchange between Germany & Britain at the turn of the 19th Century). ; 16.8 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm ; 82 pages.