Author: W. H. Davenport Adams
Title: Good Queen Anne; or, Men and Manners, Life and Letters in England&Apos;S Augustan Age
Description: London, Remington & Co. 1886. First edition. Cloth. William Henry Davenport Adams offers cultural survey of the Augustan period in this uncommon two-volume work. A first edition of William Henry Davenport Adams' cultural survey of the Augustan period. The work opens with a discussion of the state of theatre, music, art, and architecture during the reign of Queen Anne, before enumerating the queen's trusted soldiers and seamen. In the second volume, Adams focusses on the literature produced in the first half of the eighteenth century. Davenport was a prolific writer, publishing over 140 volumes during his lifetime, including several translations. With a sticker from 'Newbold's' booksellers to the front pastedown of each volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very lightly rubbed to the joints, with some light bumping towards the extremities. Bumped to the head of the spine, less so to the tail. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from some light foxing to the front of the volume, pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Good Queen Anne Men and Manners, Life and Letters in England's Augustan Age Augustan Age W. H. Adams Davenport Men and Manners, Life and Letters in England's Augustan Age First Edition Uncommon None


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