Horace wallpole (1 Ergebnisse)
DAYS OF THE DANDIES [Grolier Society, biographies of 18th-century English authors, magnificently bound, 15-volume set.]
Various: Sterne, Lawrence; Horace Wallpole; Beau Nash; Fanny Burney; Lady Montagu; Peg Woffington; et al
Verlag: Grolier Society, London, 1900
- Hardcover
Anbieter: LOE BOOKS, Bathpool, CORNW, Vereinigtes KönigreichLOE BOOKS
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EUR 2.646,11
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In den WarenkorbThree-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.