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Memoirs of British Ladies, Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences . .
de BALLARD, GEORGE
- Usado
- Estado
- Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing; very good copy.
- Librería
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San Francisco, California, United States
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London: Printed for T. Evans, 1775, 1775. Second edition; the first was published in 1752 under the title Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain . .. ESTC T94269; NCBEL II, 1806. Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing; very good copy.. 8vo, contemporary smooth calf rebacked to style, red leather spine label, gilt rules and lettering. A slightly revised edition of George Ballard's collection of 50 brief biographies of remarkable English women, from poets to heads of state, including Juliana Berners, Anne Finch, Mary Astell, Constania Grierson, Katherine Philips and Katherine Killigrew, followed by an index of every person mentioned in the text. Ballard (1705-1755) had antiquarian interests from an early age. The list of 400 subscribers (not called for here) to the first edition included 143 women. See the ODNB. Contemporary armorial bookplate of John Cator on the front paste-down.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 28888
- Título
- Memoirs of British Ladies, Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences . .
- Autor
- BALLARD, GEORGE
- Formato/Encuadernación
- ESTC T94269; NCBEL II, 1806
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Edges a little rubbed; some light foxing; very good copy.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second edition; the first was published in 1752 under the title
- Editorial
- London: Printed for T. Evans, 1775
- Fecha de publicación
- 1775
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- A.N.
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- Spine Label
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
