north hon roger (5 Ergebnisse)

Two volumes 8vo. xvi+318pp. and 348+[20]pp. (index). Engraved portrait frontis. in each volume.Recent green buckram with leather labels. A very good set. Third edition.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Brown leather spine; intact, but worn; losses to head of spine; binding a little frail, but intact. Gilt titling still quite bright. Faded brown boards, somewhat worn; corners worn. Engraved frontis. ; 4to (7" x 9 1/2"); 139 pages.

Leather. Zustand: Good. Various (illustrator). The famous biographies by Roger North of his brothers. With the interesting provenance of The Travellers Club binding. In The Travellers Club fine binding, with their emblem to the tail of the spine. Complete in Three Volumes. Edited by Henry Roscoe. "North wrote biographies of three of his brothers, his most ambitious being that of his brother Francis. North's theory of biography, discussed in his "general preface".is among the earliest in English, and his longest biographythat of Francis Northdemonstrates not only his theoretical concerns but, in its innovative form, his ideas of combining chronological and thematic structure" -ODNB. Henry Roscoe, 1800-18369, was a biographer and legal writer. "In January 1819 Roscoe moved to London and began studying for the bar, supporting himself almost entirely by literary work. Roscoe was the author of a number of legal treatises. He also wrote a biography of his father William Roscoe, and brought out an edition of Roger North's The Lives of Francis North Dudley North John North (1826). He was joint editor of the exchequer reports for 18345" -ODNB. With The Travellers Club ink stamp found on each volume. The Travellers Club was founded in 1819 to provide a meeting place for gentlemen who had travelled abroad, their foreign visitors and diplomats posted in London. In the 21st century the Travellers Club continues to fulfil this role. In half calf binding, with gilt lettering and decoration. Externally, sound. There is some wear to the extremities, including some rubbing and edge wear, with loss. With The Travellers Club bookplate to the front pastedown, with the ink stamp stating 'Withdrawn from The Travellers Club' across its face. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have slight browning and the occasional spot, most prominent to the first and last few pages. With The Travellers Club ink stamp to the reverse of the title page, with the ink stamp stating 'Withdrawn from The Travellers Club' across its face. Good. book.

Three Volumes: Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Halfbound calf leather with marbled paper to boards. Gilt banding to spines with black leather spine labels. Speckled page edges. In good conditions. Darkening and rubbing to spines and edges of boards, chips to ends of spine on vol.1, vol.2 front hinge cracked, corners bumped. Endpapers darkened and foxed. Some dark foxing to frontis plates, offsetting to title pages. Some occasional minor foxing spots to inside pages. Else tight copies. 3 vols: xxiii + 442, 475 & 428pp. Illustrated with 3 B&W engraved frontis portrait plates.

First edition. 8vo. 176x110mm. pp. [8], 79, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with four raised bands, second compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt. In excellent condition. Internally very good with some browning and foxing, slightly heavier to title page. Attractively decorated with a variety of head and tailpieces and wood engraved initials. Front pastedown has ownership inscription: "E.Kynaston. 1743". A very nice copy of "the principal English work of early date on fish culture". Roger North was a politician and lawyer ("one of only two honest lawyers I ever knew" according to the Earl of Clarendon). On his retirement from public affairs in 1688, North retired to Norfolk where he devoted his time to music (he wrote extensively on music theory), architecture and the organisation of his estate at Rougham. This small book on Fish and Fish-ponds was intended as a guide for other landowners who "have a Mind to divert themselves with the most reasonable employment of beautifying and improving their own estates". It was a popular book, further editions appearing in 1714, 1715 and 1726.