Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum: Or Magazine of Remarkable Characters; Including all the Curiosities of Nature and Art, From the Remotest Period to the Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated with Elegant Engravings from the Most Singular and Valuable Collection of Prints and Drawings Extant.
Published by R. S. Kirby, London, 1804
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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A very scarce 1804 edition of Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum, in a half calf binding. In a half calf binding. 16 plates including the frontispiece. Collated complete. Volume II of a six-volume compilation of accounts of famous people, strange, morbid or sensational happenings, and scientific discoveries and inventions. Some of the subjects covered include: extraordinary animals, boiling fountains, child prodigies, dwarfs, extraordinary burials, ghosts, giants, strange murders, and prophets. Among the famous people mentioned are Mary Ann Talbot, notable for serving as a soldier in the French Revolutionary Wars; Colonel Blood, who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels; and Patrick O'Brien, one of only 22 people in medical history to stand at 8 feet tall. The work was produced by R. S. Kirby, a London bookseller, who had had worked for Alexander Hogg, publisher of the "Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle" which appeared in parts in the late 18th century. They worked together on another "Wonderful Magazine" until Kirby allegedly purloined much of Hogg's work, producing his own "Wonderful Magazine." A lawsuit followed, but Kirby continued to publish, producing his "Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum" in parts between 1803 and 1820. In a half calf binding. Externally smart, with rubbing to the spine and extremities, and bumping to both boards. The front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean, with the odd spot and occasional offsetting to the plates; a couple of plates to the rear have tidemarks to the fore edge. There is a closed tear and consequent small loss to pages 47/48. Very Good.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum: Or Magazine of Remarkable Characters; Including all the Curiosities of Nature and Art, From the Remotest Period to the Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated with Elegant Engravings from the Most Singular and Valuable Collection of Prints and Drawings Extant.
- Author
- R.S. Kirby
- Publisher
- R. S. Kirby, London
- Publication year
- 1804
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- Sir William Ouseley; G. Scott
- Item weight
- 0.75 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 8.5" by 5.5"
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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