Pocock dr edward (3 risultati)

Soft cover. 4to. pp 68. Original publisher's colour illustrated card covers, lettered white at spine and front. First trade paperback edition not the limited hardback edition. Copiously illustrated in colour throughoout. Minor bumps at corners, else clean and bright. Very good plus.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. A compact early nineteenth century collection of ecclesiastical biographies centred on Dr Edward Pocock one of Englands earliest and most influential Oriental scholars alongside notable Church of England figures including Zachary Pearce and Thomas Newton. The work reflects the Georgian interest in moral intellectual and clerical biography. Description; Two volume set in contemporary calf with red morocco spine labels and gilt detailing. General rubbing and wear to bindings with some loss to spine edges and joints worn but holding. Internally clean and sound with light toning and occasional spotting. A solid unrestored period copy with good shelf presence. Collation and Bibliography; Octavo complete in two volumes. London F C and J Rivington 1816. Includes lives of Edward Pocock by Twells Zachary Pearce and Thomas Newton autobiographical and Philip Skelton by Burdy. Early collected edition of these important ecclesiastical biographies. Why It Matters; An appealing example of Georgian era theological biography bringing together several important clerical lives in a single accessible format. Of particular note is Edward Pocock a pioneering Orientalist whose work helped shape early English engagement with Arabic and Eastern scholarship. A solid period bound set representing both intellectual and religious history of the early nineteenth century. Offered by Atlas Rare Books specialists in rare and antiquarian books. …

FIRST EDITION THUS, 2 VOL SET BOUND AS 1 (states Volume One on title page but appears to contain a life of Pocock followed by all of his works, suggesting the two volumes have been bound as one), lg quarto, half leather bound beige buckram reasonably modern boards- contemporary eps also, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate, spine also has raised bands plus gilt numerals & blind stamp decoration, red speckling to page edges, (4) + iv + (4) + 84pp + 363pp, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate to heavy water staining to edges of page block, heavy cracking to some gutters, some occasional minor other soiling to pages).…