Author: Richard Graves; Charles Whibley [intro.]
Title: The Spiritual Quixote: Or, the Summer&Apos;S Ramble of Mr. Geoffrey Wildgoose
Description: London, Peter Davies, 1926 . Cloth. A wonderful edition of Richard Graves's late eighteenth century novel, here with two volumes bound in one. Two volumes bound in one, with separate pagination and title pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I.Richard Graves's novel 'The Spiritual Quixote' was first published in 1773, and serves as a satire of Methodism, which Graves viewed as a threat to his Anglican congregation. A satirical work, it ridiculed the intrusion of the laity into spiritual functions and the enthusiasm of the Methodists. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine. Otherwise, externally very smart, with light mark to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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