Author: W. Jillard Hort
Title: The New Pantheon, or an Introduction to the Mythology of the Ancients
Description: London, T. Davison, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Jillard Hort's uncommon children's primer on Greek and Roman mythology. Inscribed by the author to a front blank: 'Revd. Mr Fawcett with the Author's affectionate respects, best wishes and sincerest congratulations&apos.The second edition of this work, first published the year prior.Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and sixteen further engraved plates. Collated, complete.With an index and publisher's advertisements to the rear.Retaining the original half title. Rebound, with endpapers renewed.A charming early nineteenth century children's guide to the principle characters within the mythologies of ancient Rome and Greece. Rebound in paper covered boards, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Author's inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with some leaves lightly age toned to perimeters, and the odd spot to plates. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: The New Pantheon; or an Introduction to the Mythology of the Ancients, in Question and Answer: Compiled for the Use of Young Persons. W. Jillard Hort mythology old norse W. Jillard Hort Not Stated


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