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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
de JOHNSON, Samuel
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Bridgeport: Printed and sold, by S. Backus, & Co, 1809. Hardcover. Good. Second American edition. To which is prefixed a life of the author, by F.W. Blagden. 24mo. xxviii, viii, 169, [207]-216pp., illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece portrait. Contemporary small owner's name in ink on recto and verso of the front free endpaper. In the original mottled calf, gilt spine with black leather titling label. The boards are rubbed and chipped on the spine and back cover, moderate toning and scattered foxing, a good copy. Johnson's classic work, often compared to Voltaire's *Candide*. An uncommon, early American edition.
Sinopsis
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was the leading literary scholar and critic of his time. A writer of vigor, power, passion, and profundity, he helped to shape and define the Augustan Age.
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- Título
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
- Autor
- JOHNSON, Samuel
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- Usado - Bien
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- Printed and sold, by S. Backus, & Co
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- Bridgeport
- Fecha de publicación
- 1809
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- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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- Spine
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
