Honours Table Rules Behaviour During by John Bewick (2 results)
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Published by London printed for the Author at the Literary-Press No. 14 Red-Lion-Street Clerkenwell ; and may be had of H.D. Symmonds Paternoster-Row and all book-sellers in town and country MDCCLXXXVIII, 1788
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United KingdomRoger Middleton P.B.F.A.
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Add to basketCondition: Good. TITLE CONTINUED: to which is added A Number of Hints or concise Lessons for the Improvement of Youth, on all occasions in Life. By the Author of Principles of Politeness, &c. For the use of young people. FIRST EDITION 1788. COOKERY FOR CHILDREN. 12mo approximately 160 x 100 mm, 6¼ x 4 inches, 26 woodcuts by John… Bewick, pages: [3], 4-120 plus 10 pages of adverts added later dated 1790 (A LIST of BOOKS PUBLISHED by the Rev. Dr. Trusler). Plain leather spine, old marbled boards with curiously a faint family tree of Royalty with crowns printed on them. Boards rubbed and stained, corners worn with board just showing at tips, 2 short closed tears neatly repaired, no loss, the last 3 pages of text have a tiny nick to fore-edge, all 8 catalogue pages have 2 tiny nicks to fore-edges, not affecting text, first free endpaper has neat repair to lower margin, a few tiny pale marks to margins, very occasional pale foxing, old ink names to first free endpaper, inner paper hinges cracked, binding sound, no loose pages, floral bookplate on first pastedown of Irene Gosse, author of "A Florilege: Chosen From the Old Herbals". A very good copy. See: Thomas Hugo, The Bewick Collector, page 15, No. 31; William Cagle, A Matter of Taste, pages 736-737, No. 1025; Katherine Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, page 466, listing a second edition; Virginia Maclean, Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books1701-1800, page 142; Arnold W. Oxford, English Cookery Books to the Year 1850, page 116; Osborne Catalogue of Early Children's Books 1476-1910, Volume 2, page 743, listing the second edition only; ESTC T71755. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. John Bewick (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by For the Author at the Literary-Press, London, 1791
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Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. Second Edition. [3], 4-120pp. Contemporary speckled sheep, recently rebacked to style. Corners worn with some loss, board edges bumped. Some light browning and occasional spotting to text, occasional ink marginalia, partial pencilled index to ffep. With Trusler's coat of arms engraved to reverse of tit…le, and twenty-six woodcuts by John Bewick showing joints, poultry, and fish to text, and another six later engravings pasted in onto blank leaves (these with slight off setting). The first edition was published in 1788. Bitting, page 466; Maclean, page 142; Osborne II, page 743; Oxford, pages 116-117 "gives curious information as to the habits of the time. For example, the custom of 'a gentleman and a lady sitting alternately round the table' had only been lately introduced. Till then the ladies had sat together according to rank"; Simon BG 1476; Wellcome V: 303 (their copy with a 12p list of Trusler's publications at the end, not present here) Size: 12mo. Bewick, John (illustrator).
