Author: Anonymous [Richard Brathwait]
Title: Barnabae Itinerarium, or, Barnabee&Apos;S Journal
Description: London, Printed for J Harding by R and A Taylore, 1818. Hardback. An uncommon seventh edition of the brilliant poem of Barnaby's Journal by Richard Brathwait. The seventh edition of the lively poem by Richard Brathwaite, first published in 1683.Barnabee's Journal follows the drunken character of Barnabee on his pilgrimage through England, both in rhymed Latin under the pseudonym Corymbaeus, and doggerel English verse. This work contains amusing topographical information and persistent glee throughout, as Barnabee travels at a time when taverns boasted that customers could be 'drunk for 1d, dead drunk for 2d, with clean straw provided.'Illustrated with nine full plates. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages present a minor faint scattered spotting throughout. Minor puncture mark to the lower edge of the gutter up to page thirty, not affecting any of the text. Illustrated with nine illustrations. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .

Keywords: barnabee's journals seventh edition illustrated richard brathwait seventh edition Unnamed


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