Syntax dr pseud combe william (1 risultati)
Altre immaginiEditore: London W. T. Gilling, 1821
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
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Da: Shapero Rare Books, London, Regno UnitoShapero Rare Books
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EUR 3287,43
EUR 17,41 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Second edition, with letter by the Duke of Wellington tipped in; 4to (30 x 25 cm); 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, clean and tight internally; later full red morocco by Bayntuns preserved in cloth slip-case, boards gilt, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, boards edges gilt rolled,… all edges gilt, turn-ins panelled in gilt, a touch of rubbing to spine otherwise a fine copy; 175 pp. A finely bound copy of this poem, which includes a signed letter by the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) to MP John Capel (1767-1846), discussing business in London, with the franked envelope. William Combe (1742-1823) was a notorious hack, and often ridiculed those in high power such as Lord Lyttelton. The 6 plates are different to that called for in the Abbey copy, but all still taken from the first edition. Abbey (Life), 358; Tooley 153.
