THE ENGLISH ROGUE: DESCRIBED, IN THE LIFE OF MERITON LATROON, A WITTY EXTRAVAGANT. BEING A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE MOST EMINENT CHEATS OF BOTH SEXES (4 VOLUME SET)
Published by HENRY MARSH, LONDON, 1875
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1665-1680. REPRINT CIRCA: 1875 (BASED ON CONVERSATION AND CONCURRENCE WITH A BOOKMAN MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN I). IN FOUR PARTS (VOLUMES). VOLUME I: 1665, XX + 471 PAGES, 2 PLATES. VOLUME II: XXII + 378 PAGES, 1 PLATE. VOLUME III: II + 304 PAGES, 5 PLATES. VOLUME IV: II + 324 PAGES, 4 PLATES. VOLUMES 3 AND 4 HAVE 4 PLATES WITH EACH PLATE SHOWING 6 ILLUSTRATIONS, ONE FOR EACH OF 24 CHAPTERS. RICH LOOKING THREE QUARTER BROWN LEATHER OVER SOMEWHAT RUBBED MARBLED BOARDS. A BIT OF EDGE WEAR. THE SPINE HAS 5 RAISED BANDS, DARK BROWN LEATHER LABELS WITH BRIGHT CLEAN CLEAR GOLD GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION, PRESSED BLACK RULED LINES. GOLD GILT TOP EDGE. MARBLED END PAGES. 1" BOOK SELLERS' LABEL ON ALL 4 INSIDE BACK COVERS: "ESTES & LAURIAT NEW & OLD BOOKS BOSTON". CONTRARY TO MY NON-EDITORIAL POLICY, I CAN'T HOLD BACK. RICHARD HEAD HAS A HUMOROUS HAND. FROM THE TITLE PAGE: "Read, but do'nt Practice: for the Author finds, They which live Honeft have moft quiet mindes." PRIOR TO THE FIRST CHAPTER HE WRITES: "TO THE READER, In ftead of the ERRATA. This Rogue hath had his faults, the Printers too; All men whilst here do erre; and so may you." HISTORY, HISTORICAL FICTION, FICTION? WHATEVER THE MIXTURE, IT'S WELL DONE. AND RIVETING. HE'S NOT JUST A WIT, HE'S A SAGE. FROM VOL. I, CHAPTER XXII, PAGES 204 & 207: "Some Observations concerning Love and Women ., In the first place, marry none but whom you love; for he that marries where he doth not love, will love where he did not marry." IF I WERE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE ENJOYABLE TEXT, YOU WOULD HAVE THE FULL FOUR VOLUMES. IF THRIFT IS A NECESSITY, DON'T MISS OUT, PURCHASE A RECENT REPRINT. THIS SET IS WELL MADE, PLEASANT TO THE EYE, SIZED FOR EASY HANDLING, WILL ENHANCE ANY SHELF AND PROBABLY STOP A READER FROM ACCOMPLISHING OTHER TASKS. IF YOU NOTE ZEALOUS ENTHUSIASM, SO BE IT! I COULD GO ON, BUT LET THE BOOKS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. IF YOU KNOW MORE, SPEAK TO ME. Size: 12MO Size: 12MO.…
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- THE ENGLISH ROGUE: DESCRIBED, IN THE LIFE OF MERITON LATROON, A WITTY EXTRAVAGANT. BEING A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE MOST EMINENT CHEATS OF BOTH SEXES (4 VOLUME SET)
- Author
- HEAD, RICHARD & KIRKMAN, FRA. (FRANCIS)
- Publisher
- HENRY MARSH, LONDON
- Publication year
- 1875
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- VERY GOOD.
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- THREE QUARTER BROWN LEATHER
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