Author: D'ISRAELI ISAAC
Title: Curiosities of Literature, A New Edition in One Volume
Description: London, George Routledge. 1867, New edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, green cloth, lightly handling soiled, remains of paper library label to spine (will be removable with care), library plate to paste down ( Victorian era from Selwyn & Dunsandel Library , Canterbury, New Zealand), hinges cracked and front hinge opened but holding well, book binders label to rear paste down of W. Bone Son, London, book corners rubbed back at tips, paste action to original chocolate endpapers, minor foxing to prelims, engraved frotnis. port. xv pp memoir of author with contents, 582pp of text with index + 10pp publisher's catalogue, a few minor neat Victorian era library stamps, includes folding facsimilie of Pope's Homer manuscript ( this with a small library stamp to blank margin), this facsimile is a bit frayed where it stands proud of the text, but not damaged to the folds, printed in small text, double column, this packs a huge amount of information on a wide variety of subjects, from ancient history through to morals and philosophy, culture, the arts etc. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Victorian Belles Lettres Essays Literature Non-Fiction Writing Miscellany Jew Jewish Isaac D'Israeli


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