Eccentric biography, or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern : including potentates ... etc., the whole alphabetically arranged ; and forming a pleasing delineation of the singularity, whim, folly, caprice, etc. etc. of the human mind.
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- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1801 1ed Eccentric Biography Ben Franklin Mary Wollstonecraft Raleigh Joan Arc
'Eccentric Biography' is an early 19th-century encyclopedia-style work of fascinating historical figures, authors, dramatists, and thinkers from the history. This 1801 collection of biographical sketches features portrait engravings in addition to the biographies themselves. While this book covers hundreds of names, a few notable figures include:
· Mary Wollstonecraft
· Sir Walter Raleigh
· Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
· Ovid
· Nero
· Moliere
· Joan of Arc
· Benjamin Franklin
· Archimedes
· Jonathan Swift
· Daniel Defoe
Item number: #15485
Price: $750
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Eccentric biography, or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern : including potentates ... etc., the whole alphabetically arranged ; and forming a pleasing delineation of the singularity, whim, folly, caprice, etc. etc. of the human mind.
London : Printed by J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood, 1801. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 348
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 3.75in (15cm x 9.5cm)
· Rare and desirable
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- Title
- Eccentric biography, or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern : including potentates ... etc., the whole alphabetically arranged ; and forming a pleasing delineation of the singularity, whim, folly, caprice, etc. etc. of the human mind.
- Author
- anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1801 1ed Eccentric Biography Ben Franklin Mary Wollstonecraft Raleigh Joan Arcrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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