CADENUS AND VANESSA, A Poem, To Which is Added a True and Faithful Inventory of the Goods Belonging to Dr. S__t, Vicar of Lara Cor...The Sixth Edition
N. Blandford by J. Peele: London, 1726. Item #99-6861
7.25 x 4.5", vellum backed boards, 32pp, covers heavily worn and scuffed, vellum quite darkened, extremities badly bumped, outer hinges beginning to tear, hinges loose, eradicated ink name and date on front fly, bookplate removal marks inside front cover, toning with scattered soiling and ink marks throughout. ALSO contains: ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS Containing The Microscope, Piscatio, or Angling, The Beau and Academic...by Tipping Silvester; J. Wilford: London 1733, 60pp; AND: VERSES ON THE CORONATION OF THEIR LATE MAJESTIES KING GEORGE II AND QUEEN CAROLINE, October 11, 1727; W. Bowyer: London nd (1761; bottom of title page closely cropped), frontispiece illus. of coronation medals, 70pp; PLUS: THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH (by John Armstrong), np nd (c. 1750s), 99pp, page edges chipping, no title page. The lot.
Price: $495.00