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Dinarbas; A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
by Knight, Ellis Cornelia
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1790. First Edition. This continuation of Samuel Johnson's Rasselas (1759) by Ellis Cornelia Knight is an excellent work with captivating provenance. On the front pastedown lies the pictorial bookplate of none other than acclaimed sculptor Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828). Damer came from an upper-class Whig family and was often referred to as a "female genius" in her time. She was incredibly talented in the arts and has credited her interest as a sculptor to her mentor, David Hume. The plate itself was designed by Agnes Berry and shows a young woman kneeling before what is perhaps a memorial of Damer herself as it is listed on front of the sculpture. Beneath it, a laurel wreath encircling a sculptor's tools and a shield flanked by dogs featuring a set of wings. Damer would one day choose to be buried with the ashes of her favorite dog and her sculptor's tools. Interestingly, bookplate was designed by painter Agnes Berry and engraved by close friend Francis Legat (1755-1809).
First Edition, Original leather boards, Spine rebacked, gilt tooling on spine with red Morocco label, noticeable wear to the corners and edges, mild scuffing. Bookplate on the front pastedown in excellent condition, and marbled endpapers otherwise clean and tight. Octavo, 339 pp. Fair copy of a book owned by a notable female sculptor.
First Edition, Original leather boards, Spine rebacked, gilt tooling on spine with red Morocco label, noticeable wear to the corners and edges, mild scuffing. Bookplate on the front pastedown in excellent condition, and marbled endpapers otherwise clean and tight. Octavo, 339 pp. Fair copy of a book owned by a notable female sculptor.
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- Bookseller
- De Wolfe and Wood
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 870
- Title
- Dinarbas; A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
- Author
- Knight, Ellis Cornelia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 1790
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About the Seller
De Wolfe and Wood
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Alfred, Maine
About De Wolfe and Wood
Founded in 1993 De Wolfe and Wood RareBooks is located in the small Maine town of Alfred. We have have an open shop and stock books, ephemera and antiques.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
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