Author: Jonathan Curling
Title: Edward Wortley Montagu, 1713-1776 : The Man in the Iron Wig
Description: London, Andrew Melrose, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first edition biographical study of this scholar, traveller, MP and gambler. The first edition of this biographical study, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. With a number of illustrated engravings, reproduced in collotype.A biography of author and traveller Edward Wortley Montagu, 'a rogue, a vagabond, constantly in trouble and an associate of dubious characters', Montagu was also known as Europe's leading Arabic scholar, astounding polite society with his esoteric writings.An exciting biography about a man arrester numerous times for crimes including fraud, seduction and even necromancy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Boards bright, with minor shelf wear to spine head and tail. marks to dust wrapper rear wrap, with discolouration to back strip and loss to back strip head. A small amount of spotting to reverse of dust wrapper. Edgewear and some small chips to dust wrapper head. Internally, firmly bound. The odd spot to first and last few pages, pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: Edward Wortley Montagu Traveller Biography Traveller Not Stated


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