The Microscope, Edited by a Fraternity of Gentlemen (Vol. I)

Language: English

Published by A. H. Maltby & Co., NEW HAVEN, 1820

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Contemporary tan calf, marbled sides, red leather label, git lettering. Foxing to pages. Minor professional restoration. Elegant illustrations. 200 pages. Contains prose, poetry and essays written by a group of New Haven literati and edited by Cornelius Tuthill, with an index at the conclusion, identifying the contributors as Henry E. Dwight, Nathaniel Chauncey, and James Percival. The contents include over 40 original poems, literary criticism, letters from the Western country (Ohio), prose sketches and general essays - including a series on the nature and character of dandies and an account of Mrs. Tabitha Busybody, "the she-politician." (Scans available upon request.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
The Microscope, Edited by a Fraternity of Gentlemen (Vol. I)
Publisher
A. H. Maltby & Co., NEW HAVEN
Publication year
1820
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Leather
Language
English
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Shadetree Rare Books

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Shadetree Rare Books specializes in British, American and Classical literature and history, with an ever-expanding inventory of historical documents pertaining to Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Civil War. Shadetree also offers a wide variety of signed First Editions, as well as Art books and books on Architecture and Design. It features a nice collection of Twain, as well as Wodehouse and many others.

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