The Monks and the Giants: Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work.
by FRERE, John Hookham (under the names William and Robert Whistlecraft)
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About This Item
John Murray, London., 1821. Fourth edition of a work originally published in 1817. Small octavo. pp viii, 119. Period binding of full dark green morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration. All edges gilt. A mock-Arthurian poem in four cantos. The ottava rima scheme he employed was borrowed by Byron for Don Juan. The author was implicated in the disastrous Battle of Corunna (1809), after which he retired from public life and retreated to Malta where he devoted himself to literature. Ownership inscription dated 1835 of a member of Frere's family on the first blank. On the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of Stephen Edmond Spring Rice, son of First Baron Monteagle of Brandon, and the husband of a member of the Frere family.Spine snagged at head. Some light rubbing to covers. Very good indeed.
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- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FREREJOH025671
- Title
- The Monks and the Giants: Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work.
- Author
- FRERE, John Hookham (under the names William and Robert Whistlecraft)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London.
- Date Published
- 1821
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
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