Anecdotes, &c. Antient and modern. With Observations
Andrews, James Pettit
Edité par Printed for John Stockdale, London, 1789
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First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait after the author. 1 vols. 8vo. An interesting volume of tidbits culled from various sources on such subjects as Books, Gaming, Oeconomy, Liberty, Lazy Monks, Laws, Jeu de mots, Hermits, Harsh Sounds, Suspicion, Superstition, Romance, Virtue and Vice, Wagers and Women. "an amusing collection of gossip from old books". Contemporary calf. Rebacked, new endpapers, offsetting of frontispiece, some light browning and spotting of pages, else a good copy Engraved frontispiece portrait after the author. 1 vols. 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur 16744
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Titre : Anecdotes, &c. Antient and modern. With ...
Éditeur : Printed for John Stockdale, London
Date d'édition : 1789
Edition : First edition.
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Anecdotes, &c. Antient and Modern. With Observations
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John Stockdale, 1789
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Vendeur : Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Elegantly rebound with calf spine, xvi, 469pp. Frontispiece. Light spotting on pages, otherwise Near Fine. A collection of anecdotes ranging from advice, good old times, hermits, poetry, sailors and other miscellaneous topics. N° de réf. du vendeur 012776
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Anecdotes, &c. - Antient & Modern - With Observations (A New Edition, Corrected and Much Enlarged)
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Printed for John Stockdale, London, 1790
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Vendeur : Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
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Leather. Etat : Very Good. A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED & MUCH ENLARGED (the first edition was published one year earlier in 1789). This new corrected & enlarged edition of Andrews' Anecdotes includes a 106-page Addenda at rear, with its own separate index. Also includes errata page at rear. With appendix, plus index. FINE BINDING. Bound in London by the renowned bindery of SANGORSKY & SUTCLIFFE in half-leather & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine. Alphabetical sections containing contemporary anecdotes on a wide variety of subjects, including alchymy, animals, art, books, coaches, conjugal infidelity, customs and inventions, family, fanaticism, feasting, free-thinking, gaming, heraldry, hermits, inhumanity, laws, lazy monks, liberty, medicine, natural enemies, parliament, passions, plays and novels, poetry, pride, religion, romance, scandal, superstition, suspicion, taste, tyranny, vanity, virtue and vice, wealth, whims, & women, amongst several other sections. James Pettit Andrews (c.1737-1797) was an English historian and antiquary. Lacks frontispiece portrait & Stockdale's catalogue at rear, blank indentation through middle of several preliminary pages, closed tear to page 13/14, otherwise an exceptionally nice clean tight solid leatherbound copy. xvi (preface + contents) + 470pp + xvi (index) + 106pp (addenda) + v (index to the addenda) + 1pp (errata). Scarce. N° de réf. du vendeur 001063
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