beau nash (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. ii, 82 p. 16 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Nash. Half leather with marbled paper boards. Bumped corners, worn edges. Lacks final page of text. Bottom corners of frontispiece, title page, and first page of preface chipped. Interior margin and text of p. i/ii missing. Chip from pp. 13-14 bottom, not affecting text. Stained throughout. Title continues: "Consisting of a Variety of Humorous Sallies of Wit, Smart Repartees, and Bons Mots; Which Passed Between Him and personages of the First Distinction, and the most celebrated for True Wit and Humour. Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield." More photos available on request.

(2), IV, II, IV, 83 pp. + engraved frontispiece portrait. Later half cloth, recto of portrait with old ownership stamp. A very good copy. Nash (1674-1761), master of ceremonies in Bath, famous dandy who played a leading role in making Bath a fashionable resort in 18th-century England.

Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition. Complete 15 volume set; Edition De Luxe, this set numbered 990 of 1,000 copies. Collection of ten literary biographies [see below], beautifully bound in an elegant and refined "arts and crafts" style; contemporary three-quarter green morocco, gilt-decorated spines including floral motifs highlighted in red. Top edges gilt, other edges uncut; green and gold marbled end papers. Richly illustrated with hand-coloured frontispiece plates in each volume and, throughout the set, a further 75 b/w plates with captioned tissue-guards. In fine condition with minimal rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. Following the Grolier Society's successful Beaux & Belles of England, this collection of entertaining biographies was published including: Lawrence Sterne, Horace Wallpole, Beau Nash, Fanny Burney, Lady Montagu, Peg Woffington, Mrs Jordan, Colley Ciber and Captain Gronow. A fine set, beautifully bound. Size: Royal 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm). Book.

0. Sprache: Deutschu.

Zustand: Very Good. B. Wesley Rand (illustrator). Edition de Luxe. Half red grain morocco over marbled boards with gilt decoration and particulars to spine. Five raised bands; top edge gilt, other deckle; marbled endpapers. Edition de Luxe limited to 1000 copies, of which this is 328. Hand-colored frontispiece with original tissue guard. Four additional black-and-white illustrations. Publisher's watermark, three stars and three circles in a cartouche topped by a fleur de lis, to all pages. No previous owners' names or other markings. 6.25 x 9 inches.

First edition. First edition. Portrait. [ii], iv, 83 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. ESTC T148537 Bound in full tan polished calf, a.e.g., by Wallis. Rebacked, covers worn at extremities, top corner of text block damaged on final 10 pages Portrait. [ii], iv, 83 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.