The life of man, symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations, and poutrayed in their season and phases, with passages slected from ancient and modern authors. . . .
by [CALENDAR -- ALLEGORY]. PIGOT, Richard (Ed.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52348
- Title
- The life of man, symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations, and poutrayed in their season and phases, with passages slected from ancient and modern authors. . . .
- Author
- [CALENDAR -- ALLEGORY]. PIGOT, Richard (Ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, Paternoster Row,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1866.
- Keywords
- Victorian, Victoriana, Fine Bindings, Red Morocco, Riviere, Woodcut Engravings, Engraved Books, Calendar, Horology, Time, Illustrated Books, Poetry, Verse, anthology, John Leighton, Bacon, Cicero, Carlyle, Caxton, Chaucer, Dickens, Dryden, Emerson, Goethe
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Dentelle
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