Author: Cosens, John (Dr.)
Title: THE ECONOMY OF BEAUTY
Description: London, J. Walter, 1777. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Bickham, George, I. Taylor. The Economy of Beauty; in a Series of Fables: Addressed to the Ladies, 2 parts in one volume, engraved frontispiece and 22 fine engravings, 4" x 3"; 12 by George Bickham and 10 others (each illustrating a poetical quotation). Half-leather, marble sides, worn, front cover detached with endpapers, foxing, age-toning, offset from engravings .Frontispiece foxed, occasional light foxing to some plates. Dr. John Cosens was born at Southampton, attended Trinity College Cambridge and was Vicar of St. Martin's, West Drayton (1760-65). He took a D.D. from Edinburgh (1769) and was minister of Teddington (1761-91). Good.

Keywords: Engravings. Illustrated Books. 18th century Engraving. George Bickham. .


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