A NEW COVERING TO THE VELVET CUSHION

Rev. John Styles (Anon)

Published by Gale, Curtis, and Fenner (Printed for), Paternoster-Row, London, 1815

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W. First, Printer, Old Bailey, London. ***Good in original brown marbled leather boards with leather spine which has gilt tiles and decorative border to second compartment, five gilt square decorative devices to five compartments, and seven gilt triple rules. Gilt decorative borders to front and rear boards. Boards slightly rubbed. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. All edges of text-block marbled. Original spine has been relaid and is re-splitting at head and tail. Light foxing and light offsetting from the print to pages. All pages complete. No inscriptions. x-page prelims including preface by the author to the second edition to the fore plus two-page publisher's adverts to the fore for The Life of Philip Melancthon by Francis Augustus Cox, The Descent of Liberty, a Mask to which is prefixed, an Account of the Origin and Nature of Masks by Leigh Hunt and The Feast of the Poets by Leigh Hunt and Sketches of the History and Present State of the Russian Empire by Rev. William Anderson and in the press Letters from an officer in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London containing an Account of the Customs and Manners of the Highlanders (the work so often quoted by Mr. Scott in the Notes to the Lady of the Lake and said to be the only authentic account of the manners and Customs described in Waverley. 180 text-pages. 206 x 122mm. ***' "As probably, nothing animate or inanimate, even in this world of mutation, ever experienced greater changes tan myself; and as my extreme old age seemed to warrant the expectation of undisturbed repose, I now concluded that I should be allowed to remain in my present situation, till my frame could no longer be kept together. I fancied that as those round me, instead of resembling those barbarians, that carry out their aged friends to perish alone, when they become enfeebled and superannuated, were rather more remarkable for possessing more than even a Roman or Spartan veneration for OLD AGE, I stood the fairest chance of not only remaining unmolested, but of being absolutely VENERATED - not to say WORSHIPPED - amongst other antiquities." ' (Quote from pages 84-85 Chapter VIII). ***'A New Covering to the Velvet Cushion' was written and published as a critical and satirical 'inanimate fiction' response to John William Cunningham's 'The Velvet Cushion', first published in 1814, which was a fictional memoir about the Church of England as told by a vicarage cushion. The book was so successful it was reprinted several times by 1816. However the Reverend John Styles did not like the book and published his own satirical response in 'A New Covering to the Velvet Cushion.' ***Of interest to collectors of antiquarian editions and scholars of early English inanimate fiction and religious and literary criticism. ***Rare. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 3288

Bibliographic Details

Title: A NEW COVERING TO THE VELVET CUSHION

Publisher: Gale, Curtis, and Fenner (Printed for), Paternoster-Row, London

Publication Date: 1815

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued

Edition: Second Edition