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Verlag: London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1837, 1837
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition of a scarce work on the history of frauds, delusions and deceptions, issued as volume 63 of the Family Library. Davenport's work predates Mackay's more famous Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions by some four years, and may well have been Mackay's inspiration. "The author of 'Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity,' aspires only to give, under various heads, a sample of the manifold frauds which have, in all ages, been successfully employed to frighten and gull mankind." (Advertisement). Among the subjects treated are alchemy, mesmerism, superstition, holy relics, and financial bubbles, with a chapter devoted to the South Sea Bubble. Not in Goldsmiths' or Kress. Octavo (143 x 91 mm). Contemporary half blue calf and pebbled cloth, spine ruled and decorated gilt in compartments, red morocco label, marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Joan of Arc, illustrations in the text. Ownership inscription dated 1872 to front pastedown. Spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed. Frontispiece a little spotted, offset onto facing title page; a crisp, clean copy.
Verlag: CHIZINE PUBN, 2018
ISBN 10: 1376703149ISBN 13: 9781376703146
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the origina.
Verlag: SAGWAN PR, 2015
ISBN 10: 1297904230ISBN 13: 9781297904233
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.