Valentine verses; or, lines of truth, love, and virtue.
by COBBOLD, The Reverend Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ipswich: Printed and sold by E. Shalders, 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [i], 262 pp; lithograph frontis and 101 lithograph plates drawn and engraved by Cobbold, plus 2 copper-engraved portraits. Armorial bookplate of Lord Gwydyr to front paste down, later ownership signature to front inner blank. Some occasional foxing to the contents, the contents tight. Bound in a near contemporary 1/2 tan blind stamped calf. The binding tight with no splits some rubbing to board edges. Illustrated with unusual lithographs after pen-and-ink sketches by Cobbold. The contents are dominated by rural pieces, including several on hunting, but with occasional verses on contemporary political and military issues
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003521
- Title
- Valentine verses; or, lines of truth, love, and virtue.
- Author
- COBBOLD, The Reverend Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed and sold by E. Shalders
- Place of Publication
- Ipswich
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- Suffolk
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Calf
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- Rubbing
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- 12mo
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- Tight
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