The School for Wits
by Ralph Wewitzer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
This volume--called a jest book--was dedicated to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, founder of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, and has a pencilled 3-name signature on the dedication page that clearly reads Richard, with the other two names too faded to decipher. Who knows? There are no other markings or labels. Good condition overall with rubbing on the embossed spine, edges and corners. Binding sound and pages firmly attached. At least one in-text graphic, plus a stylized rendering of Democritus on the title page, along with a notation that boarding schools and parents may safely give this jest book to amuse children "without danger of corrupting their morals , or contaminating the purity of their tender minds." Delightful copy!
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- Bookseller
- Medium to Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28
- Title
- The School for Wits
- Author
- Ralph Wewitzer
- Format/Binding
- Boards leather half bound with brown peble ground cloth. Corners bumped and scuffed, otherwise good.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
- Pages
- 300
- Size
- 7.5"x4.5"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jest book
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