pleasing instructor entertaining moralist consisting (7 Ergebnisse)

Hard. Zustand: Fair. Missing all illustrations (published with 6 copper plates). (illustrator). Fair. Reading copy only. Missing title page and all plates (possibly never bound in). xii prelims and 355pp. A rare opportunity to purchase this title at a globaly affordable price.

New Ed. Title page [ii] + ii + xii + 368pp. Vignette title page, 3 plates. Some light age toning browning and thumbing, later ownership inscription, occasional ink annotation, new marbled e.ps., rebound in later half morocco with terracotta cloth boards, minor rubbing to corners and joints, sl. dampstaining to lower edge of both boards, gilt filleted raised bands and gilt lettered title to spine. Signed by the Author to end of Introduction.ESTC T16298 'The introduction signed in MS. by the compiler: A. Fisher. The titlepage is engraved. The advertisements following the preface includes one dated March 1, 1774. In this edition the sixth line of text proper on A1r ends "his Medi-". Pp.271, 273 and 295 misnumbered 732, 72 and 592 respectively. Plates: Title page, p.19 'The basket-maker', p.237 'Santon Barsisa', p.313 'The hermit'. All plates, including title page, dated 1770.' US$52.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good-. reprint. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 358 pages; London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1785. Small 8vo. Xiv, 358 pp. Engraved title-page vignette, plus 3 copperplate engraved plates. Soundly bound in full polished calf; red morocco title label largely perished with only a trace remaining. Leather shows shallow chipping/loss at crown; corners lightly bumped. Contents sound, clean, and complete. Printer not identified on title page; possibly a pirated edition, though the presence of the engraved plates suggests otherwise. VG-.

Hard. Zustand: Good-. With engraved title page, vignette and 5 of 6 coppper plates. (illustrator). Good-. Contemporaneous calf rubbed and chipped around the corners. Free endpapers are missing. Pastedowns penned upon. xii and 355pp.

Leather. Zustand: Fair. 368pp + 2 plates. Cover very worn but all still well bound together. Owner's name etc from 1796 inside cover & on fep. Apart from useage wear & ageing interior generally in nice clean condition, no deliberate markings. Well used but quite readable in original leather cover. Picture of this book available.

New Ed. [vi] + xii + 355pp. Engraved t.p. (with marginal loss), 5 engraved plates. Some light browning, rebound in modern speckled calf, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spine. This edition apparently not recorded by ESTC. It went to numerous editions and was pirated. The preface is signed A. Fisher, the compiler.At foot of p.iii of the preface: "A wretched piracy of this book being now in circulation, executed in the most paltry manner, . the public are requested to be cautious in purchasing only those printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, London, and S. Hodgson, Newcastle; and containing six copper plates .". US$187.

Published for the Booksellers, and Printed and Sold by Henry Mozley, Market-Place, Gainsborough/ London 1801. 8vo. Engraved frontespice+XII+368+(4) pages + three engraved plates. Frontespice and one plate [The Hermit] handcoloured. Contemporary full mabled calf binding with gilt bordures. A bit shaky in the binding. Frontespice loose. Condition: Very good.