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The Nurse [association copy]
by Tansillo, Luigi
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
A$136.70A$123.03
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About This Item
London: Cadell and Davies, 1804. Gilt-stamped Calf. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. London: Printed by J. M'Creery for Cadell & Davies, 1804. Translated by English historian and author William Roscoe, who also wrote the notes section and the sonnet entitled "Inscription" at the end. Association copy, having been presented to poet Lorenzo Sosso on his forty-fourth birthday by Mrs. John M. Jackson. 12mo, 89 pp. + 34 pp. of Notes and Inscription sections. Gilt-stamped calf, raised bands, black leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of C.W. Frederickson on the front pastedown, gift inscription to Sosso on the flyleaf. Spine largely perished, front cover detached, fair only. See scans. Tansillo's deft opus encouraging women to suckle their own young, written at a time when such a topic indeed needed to be handled deftly. Lorenzo Sosso was the author of San Francisco and Other Verses; The Last Roundup: A Book of Verse; Wisdom for the Wise, A Book of Proverbs; In the Realms of Gold; Poems; Poems of Humanity and Abelard to Heloise; and In The Realms of Gold, a book of verse 1891-1901. l50n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000686
- Title
- The Nurse [association copy]
- Author
- Tansillo, Luigi
- Format/Binding
- Gilt-stamped Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cadell and Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- poetry, Antiquarian, Association General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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