The Lives; of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson. With Notes, and the Life of the Author by Thomas Zouch, M.A.
by Walton, Izaac
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- Condition
- Rear cover detached; wear to hinges and binding edges; armorial bookplate on front pastedown.
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About This Item
York: Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman . ., 1796. Rear cover detached; wear to hinges and binding edges; armorial bookplate on front pastedown.. 4to, frontispiece portrait of Walton; liv, [2], 518, [2]; contemporary diced calf with marbled endpapers and edges. An attractive copy of the first Zouch edition, complete with all seven engravings in addition to the frontpispiece. Bookplate of Stafford Northcote and with his ink inscription on the first blank identifying the book as a gift from his father, 1814.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206384
- Title
- The Lives; of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson. With Notes, and the Life of the Author by Thomas Zouch, M.A.
- Author
- Walton, Izaac
- Book Condition
- Used - Rear cover detached; wear to hinges and binding edges; armorial bookplate on front pastedown.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman . .
- Place of Publication
- York
- Date Published
- 1796
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