Mordaunt. by [MOORE (Dr. John).] - 1800

Sketches Of Life, characters, and manners, In Various countries; Including the Memoirs Of A French lady of quality. By the Author of Zeluco & Edward. Vol.I [II; III]. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; S. Hamilton, [so Vol.I; vols.II & III: By S. Hamilton] Falcon-court, Fleet-street, 1800.
3 Vols., lge post 8vo; half-titles not called for; [A]2, B-I, K-U, X-2C8, 2D2; [A]2, B-I, K-U, X-2C8, 2D4; [A]2, B-I, K-U, X-2F8, 2G6; pp.[2]+ii+403+[i (blank)]; [2]+ii+408; [2]+ii+460; contemporary full watered calf, spine ruled and tooled elaborately gilt, with black lettering-piece; brown burnished edges; marbled end-papers. Minute chip to one extreme headband; spines just a little rubbed; some gatherings folded badly, with irregular margins; some staining or marking, mostly of lower margins; two leaves with light dampstaining of margins; short tear in lower margin of P8 in volume two, and small hole in lower margin of G1 and 2G1 of volume three, due to an original paper fault; 2D2 and 2D3 in volume two supplied in facsimile; otherwise a nice copy. The first printing of Moore’s original English text of a novel published in a French translation in 1798. Cast in epistolary form, and including reference to contemporary personages and events - in particular the French Revolution and the war. The following errata or typographical faults have been noted in this copy: in volume two: p.70, last line, for ‘former’ read ‘latter’; p.354 in heading to letter for ‘Miss’ read ‘Mrs’; in volume three: the ‘B’ of signature mark ‘B4’ turned on its side, the ‘4’ slanted; p.93, l.2, for ‘lady’ read ‘Lord’; p.237, l.21, for ‘Diana’ read ‘Deanport’. CBEL, II, p.551; NCBEL, 2: 148; ESTC, T57357; Block,p.165. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.