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The Centaur not Fabulous: in Five Letters to a Friend on The Life in Vogue by Edward Young - 1755

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The Centaur not Fabulous: in Five Letters to a Friend on The Life in Vogue

by Edward Young

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[Young, Edward]. The Centaur not Fabulous: in Five Letters to a Friend on The Life in Vogue. London, A. Millar, R. and J. Dodsley, 1755.

1st ed, 8vo, pp. frontispiece, [2], xvi, [2], 378; [π1, B9, C8-Z8, Aa8, Bb8, Cc4, Dd1]; in contemporary speckled calf with ruled gilt border, rebacked and recornered in lighter tan leather, five raised bands to spine, original red lettering-piece re-laid to spine; rubbing to corners; spotting and tanning to leaves and especially end-papers, tight and generally clean, contemporary correction in pen to p. 131; engraved frontispiece, small vignette to title page.

Attractive engraved frontispiece showing the centaur leading the profligate towards purgatory, as represented by a cave in the foreground.

The title of the books is explained in the amusing introduction; "The men of pleasure, the licentious, and profligate, are the subject of these letters … farther, I call them Centaurs 'not fabulous,' because by their scarce half-human conduct, and character, the enigmatical, and purely ideal figure of the ancients, is not unriddled only, but 'realised'". The book is broken into five letters entitled Infidelity, Pleasure (thrice) and Life's Review, discussing sin, dignity and desires.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding In contemporary speckled calf with ruled gilt border, rebacked and recornered in lighter tan leather, five raised bands to spine
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  • Edition First
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher A. Millar, R. and J. Dodsley
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1755
  • Keywords georgian society, history, social commentary

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