Author: Iohn Eliot; Jack Lindsay [ed]
Title: The Parlement of Pratlers: A Series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues Illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour Extracted from Ortho-Epia Gallica a Book on the Correct Pronunciation of the French Language
Description: London, The Fanfrolico Press , 1928. Cloth. Limited edition of John Eliot's collection of Elizabethan dialogues and monologues. Limited edition of 625 copies, of which this is number sixty-eight. Rapsody of dialogues compiled by Iohn Eliot, extracted from 'Ortho-Epia Gallica', published in 1593. Edited by Jack Lindsay. Illustrative of the daily life and conducts of gentlemen of the Grand Tour, with chapters titles 'The walking,' 'The drunken mens banket,' and 'Hunting' among many others. Illustrated in text by Hal Collins. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over pictorial boards. Externally very smart with only light soiling to boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to occasional leaf, particularly first and last few. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hal Collins. Very Good Indeed .

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