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Letters of Shahcoolen, A Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia; To His Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of Delhi
de KNAPP, SAMUEL LORENZO
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- Tapa dura
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- The lower blank margins of four leaves trimmed; moderately foxed; edges a little rubbed; fine copy in original state, enclosed i
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1802, 1802. First edition. American Bibliography 2490; Sabin 38076. The lower blank margins of four leaves trimmed; moderately foxed; edges a little rubbed; fine copy in original state, enclosed in a cloth clamshell box.. 12mo, original marbled paper boards, hand-lettered spine, untrimmed. With half-title. The first book by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), a series of 14 literary letters fashioned after Goldsmith and Montesquieu. Knapp writes about Mary Wollstonecraft and her influence on American women, women's rights in America, American poetry, with extracts from Joel Barlow and other Hartford Wits, etc. Knapp's Letters are one of the earliest examples of the literary essay in American literature; and they were glowingly dedicated to John Quincy Adams. Contemporary book label of Edmund Shalter on the front paste-down. Ink signature dated 1907 on the title-page.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 27369
- Título
- Letters of Shahcoolen, A Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia; To His Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of Delhi
- Autor
- KNAPP, SAMUEL LORENZO
- Formato/Encuadernación
- American Bibliography 2490; Sabin 38076
- Estado del libro
- Usado - The lower blank margins of four leaves trimmed; moderately foxed; edges a little rubbed; fine copy in original state, enclosed i
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1802
- Fecha de publicación
- 1802
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
