Author: [William Beloe]
Title: The Sexagenarian, or, the Recollections of a Literary Life
Description: London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, second edition copy of 'The Sexagenarian', William Beloe's controversial literary anecdotes. The second edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A collection of humorous anecdotes and scenes of literary life at the turn of the nineteenth century, a work which caused and uproar when it was first published, as it was believed to be slanderous.Written by William Beloe, an English divine, well known for his anecdotal publications.Handsomely bound in quarter calf with marbled boards. Containing a contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the front blank, dated 1849, and numerous pencil notations to the front pastedown, front free-endpaper, front blank, and to the odd page. Handsomely bound in quarter calf with marbled boards. Externally, lovely, with just a very small touch of rubbing to the spine. Containing a contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the front blank, dated 1849, and numerous pencil notations to the front pastedown, front free-endpaper, front blank, and to the odd page. Internally, firmly bound. Light instances of spotting to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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