From Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 29 March 2012
About this Item
A particularly rare Valentine Writer with hand-stenciled Cruikshank frontispiece printed in 1814. Provides sweet and amusing messages to send to your sweetheart, tailored to their profession. Includes messages for every trade from Actor, Fish-Monger, and Tallow-Chandler, to Auctioneer, Tailor, Pastry-Cook and Engraver. The entry for Bookseller is quite charming: "In vain I read what sages teach, Philosophy I cannot reach;- To read your charms is my delight, An index of your mind so bright; Consent to bind your fate with mine, And I am blest, sweet valentine" (pp. 20-1). 12mo in half-sheets (7.75" by 4.75"), pp. [2] 5-32 with hand-stenciled frontispiece, partially uncut, loose in original publisher's printed wrappers. 6 copies on OCLC, 2 in U.S. only (May 2022). Delicate. Possibly lacking half-title; wrappers worn, dust soiling, tape repairs. Seller Inventory # 21015339
Bibliographic Details
Title: The School of Love; or, Original and Comic ...
Publisher: Printed for Mrs. Perks, London, England
Publication Date: 1814
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