Bishop John Earle (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Bliss Edition, contemporary gilt vellum, brown morocco label just chipped. C.pp360, vellum bit dusty & soiled. Elegant endpaper signature of Edward Sisson [?? a pencil note suggests, wrongly, provost of Trinity College, Dublin] and date(?) 34TCD. Also attractive ticket of David Nutt, late 19thC London bookseller & editor. Excellent attractive copy with clean crisp text. Best Edition [DNB] of Earle's famous 'character book'. First published 1628 : a 'very remarkable work which gives Earle his literary fame . Every sentence is full of wit & humour. The characters are inimitably drawn . and throw great light upon the social condition of the time' [DNB] revealing it as overwhelmingly masculine : the only two female characters are A She Precise Hypocrite and A Handsome Hostess. With very extensive c.120pp Notes & Life by Bliss. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question. Signed by Author(s). …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. The scarce first eighteenth century edition of Bishop Earle's popular and humorous collection of essays on life in seventeenth century England. First published in 1628, the text of this edition is reprinted from that of the 1633 sixth edition.A remarkable collection of essays providing a view of life in the early seventeenth century in a humorous and witty manner, through the introduction of a series of unusual characters. ESTC reference number T112961.With pages 145-156 miss numbered 133-144, as called for.With the inscription of William Cecil to the versos of a front free endpaper and a rear blank. With a paper label to the verso of the front free endpaper. With a further inscription, noting 'this book was written by Bishop Earle', to the verso of a front blank.A handsome copy of a scarce edition of this popular work. Rebacked, in a full calf binding with original boards restored, and spine label laid down. Retaining original endpapers. Light rubbing to board perimeters. Inscription and label to verso of front free endpaper. Inscription to a verso of a rear blank. Lengthy inscription to verso of a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Brown hardback. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.