Peter pindar esquire john wolcot (1 risultati)

Disbound. Condizione: Poor. Various. John Wolcot (1738 - 1819) was an English satirist, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Peter Pindar". Between 1785 and 1796 he published The Lousiad: a Heroi-Comic Poem in five cantos, which took its name from a legend that a louse had once appeared on the King's dinner plate. This item is a sammelband of the first three cantos of The Lousiad and pages of other of Wolcot's poetry. Specifically 1. The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto I, G. Kearsley. Eighth Edition, London, 1788, pp. B-41 + 3 p. ads, includes frontis 2. The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto II, G. Kearsley. Fourth Edition, London, 1788, pp. B-50 + 2 p. ads. includes half title and frontis 3. The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto III, London, 1791, J. Evans, B-40, includes frontis 4. Pindariana, unknown edition, pp 57-64. 81-88, 145-152- 169-184 Poor, with sewn spine still tight, but no covers. Apparently the volume was bound in leather early on, but the covers detached long ago. Various pencil notations on the front endpaper.marbled page edges all around. Wear and minor tears at some page edges. Scattered foxing and age dardkening. Frontis and title pages of Canto I have repaired tears at the inside with soiling. But text is generally clean and legible. The ink name, address and date (1882) is at the top of the second front endpaper, and the ink name of an early owner is at the top of the title page of Canto III.…