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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWN'D Q. ELIZABETH, AND THE E. OF ESSEX; The Earl of Essex of the Amours of Queen Elizabethn
de A Person of Quality
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Cologne (but likely, London): Will with the Wisp, at the Sign of the Moon in the Eclipstick, 1740. Early edition. Leather-bound. Good. 24mo. 5 1//2 in. x 3 in. Smooth brown calf with more recent corners and spine, in lighter-coloured calf. Double-ruled in gilt. Some edgewear, cracking and scuffing, with some chipping to very top of spine. Later endpapers. First published in French in 1678 as 'Comte d'Essex histoire angloise' and (first) in English, 1680. In Two parts, with separate title pages, but pagination is continuous. The same woodcut preceding each part. [4] 114: Ill. 12mo.."...The bookseller's name is fictitious; the recto of the frontispiece and pp. 115-116 bear advertisements for James Hodges at the Looking-glass on London-bridge.. It is generally held that the (Cologne) imprint is false, as is the name of the bookseller..." ESTC T67645.
"One of a few undated editions with false "Will with the Wisp" imprint, all rare. The recto of the frontispiece and pp.115-16 bear advertisements for James Hodges at the Looking-glass on London-bridge. ESTC locates only 4 copies with the same advertisements (BL, Bodleian, Pierpont Morgan Library and University of Toronto)" (from Rare Book Hub). The book purports to reveal the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
"One of a few undated editions with false "Will with the Wisp" imprint, all rare. The recto of the frontispiece and pp.115-16 bear advertisements for James Hodges at the Looking-glass on London-bridge. ESTC locates only 4 copies with the same advertisements (BL, Bodleian, Pierpont Morgan Library and University of Toronto)" (from Rare Book Hub). The book purports to reveal the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
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- Librería
- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 86448
- Título
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWN'D Q. ELIZABETH, AND THE E. OF ESSEX; The Earl of Essex of the Amours of Queen Elizabethn
- Autor
- A Person of Quality
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather-bound
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Early edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Will with the Wisp, at the Sign of the Moon in the Eclipstick
- Lugar de publicación
- Cologne (but likely, London)
- Fecha de publicación
- 1740
- Palabras clave
- Early English Imprints.
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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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
