The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, embellished with Thirty Engravings by George Cruikshank
by [Cruikshank, George, illustrator], poem by W. Combe (author of Doctor Syntax)
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Tegg. Plummer and Brewis, printer, 1815. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 24 by 15 cm. 260 pp. With 30 hand-colored engravings by George Cruikshank. The copy has all first edition points cited by Tooley 151. Bound very handsomely by Worsfold, with gilt crown, "N" and beetle devices on boards and spine, dentelles bordering within, gilt edges. Joints repaired. Offsetting of plates. Pages have age toning. Occasional soil marks, and a few very minor chips or tiny closed tears. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005471
- Title
- The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, embellished with Thirty Engravings by George Cruikshank
- Author
- [Cruikshank, George, illustrator], poem by W. Combe (author of Doctor Syntax)
- Format/Binding
- Full Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Tegg. Plummer and Brewis, printer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- 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....
- Morocco
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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