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Zustand: New. In English.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Letters of a Peruvian Princess | with the sequel - Vol.I | M. de Grafigny | Taschenbuch | 216 S. | Englisch | 2021 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337383626 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. Six pocket-sized, leather bound novels published by Charles Cooke. Six pocket-size novels published by Charles Cooke. Cooke was a major publisher of pocket editions in the eighteenth century, and is said to have commissioned over one thousand quality engravings for his pocket editions. With one plate to the Letters of a Peruvian Princess, collated and complete. With two plates to Devil on Two Sticks, collated and complete. With two plates to The Adventures of Launcelot Greaves, collated and complete. With three plates to The History of Pompey the Little, collated and complete. With two plates to the first volume of The Tales of Gen, and three plates to the second volume, collated and complete. The History of Pompey the Little by Francis Coventry is bound with Voltaire's Zadig. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of all volumes except Tales of the Gen. William Raynes has also inscribed his name in ink to the recto of the front endpaper of The History of Pompey the Little. It is possible that the set belonged to the socialist politician of the same name, who was nominated as Derby's first Labour mayor in 1921. In a contemporary tree calf binding. Externally, generally smart. With a scuff in the calf to the second volume of Tales of Gen. The Letters of a Peruvian Princess is missing a quarter of the spine label, and the spine label to Pompey the Little is a little chipped. The spines are cracked, with a little wear to the head and tail of the spines. The front joint of Launcelot Greaves is beginning to crack, and the front hinge is starting to Devil on Two sticks, The Adventures of Launcelot Greaves, and both volumes of the Tales of the Gen, but is firm across all four. The rear hinge is starting, but firm to the second volume of Tales of the Gen. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd patch of light foxing. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

6. Paris, Chez l'Auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arts, 1783, small in-4°, 22 x 16,5 cm, xvi pp + 355 pp. Bound in contemporary half roan, boards covered with marbled paper, titel label on smooth spine. Binding with minimal wear, interior very good. Very fine copy. The author explains in his preface - which contains also some grammar and pronounciation clues - his method to learn Italian. The book contains the complete text of the '' Lettres Péruviennes'' in French with the interlinear translation in Italian (printed in Italic). The author claims that if you read attentively, word by word, the text you will master the Italian language. This ''language course'' is also testimony to the success of Mad. de Grafigny's novel ''Lettres Péruviennes'' which had only appeared 2 years earlier ( 1781). …