Authors mirror (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Boards have some minor wear. Content has light toning, previous owner front endpaper, colour frontis, rough-cut pages, 213pp. No DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. London, 1794; Volume I, only; brown leather covered boards; heavy edge and corner wear with board exposed; foot of spine chipped with piece missing; covers scuffed; front board detached; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name-plate on front paste-down; lightly foxed; interior is clean and unmarked; 311 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. A late 18th century Edinburgh periodical, The Lounger (1785-1787) was a literary and moral weekly published by the authors of The Mirror, a prominent group of Scottish Enlightenment writers associated with Henry Mackenzie. Like its predecessor, it combined essays on manners, literature, and social commentary with the genteel moral tone popular in late-Georgian periodical culture. This fifth edition of 1794, printed in both London and Edinburgh, is attractively bound in full contemporary speckled calf with gilt-tooled spines and contrasting morocco labels. The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786, by the Authors of the Mirror, 1794, In Three Volumes (2 Vols only present - Vol III not included). Various contributors. These volumes include issues 1-69 , running up to May 27, 1786. Published by A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1794. The Fifth Edition. A very good set of 2 full contemporary speckled calf volumes, with gilt decoration to spine and red gilt morocco title labels and black number roundels. With some scuffing, bumping and wear. A little frayed to head of spine. All soundly bound. Text is bright and clean throughout and well presented. Occasional finger print or light usage mark. Previous owner's inscription of 'Anthony Murray' to blank free endpapers. An uncommon set of an almost forgotten periodical. Text in English. Vol. I: xii + 311pp;  Vol. II: vi + 312pp.  Dimensions: Each volume approximately 180mm high x 109mm wide x c.23mm deep. Weight: Approximately 622g (the set - unpacked).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 & 1786A literary and moral weekly published by the authors of The Mirror, a prominent group of Scottish Enlightenment writers associated with Henry Mackenzie. It combined essays on manners, literature, and social commentary with the genteel moral tone popular in latea?'Georgian periodical culture. This fifth edition of 1794, printed in both London and Edinburgh, is bound in contemporary speckled calf with badly damaged gilta?'tooled spines and contrasting morocco labels.Three Volumes. Various contributors.Published by A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London and W. Creech, Edi. …