The Cabinet comprising Select Pieces in Prose and Verse, by a Society of Gentlemen. Illustrated with engravings.

Published by London: Printed by J. Coxhead, 53 Holywell Street, Strand. Price 10s boards., 1811

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8vo First edition. pp [ii], 376. Numbers 1-4 of the Cabinet New Series bound together, and issued in a single volume. Engraved portraits of William Owen, John Opie, Samuel Coleridge, and George Dyer. Original boards, edges uncut, paper spine. Binding somewhat worn, internally clean. An unsophisticated copy. A rare literary periodical, containing articles and reviews of contemporary figures, such as a long review of Monk Lewis Romantic Tales and of his Anaconda, of Coelebs in Search of a Wife, an amusing memoir on John Opie describing how he became an artist, Theatre News, Shakespeare and so on, with some comment too on science, eg on Foureroy s Chemical Philosophy. Seller Inventory # A5089201

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Title: The Cabinet comprising Select Pieces in ...

Publisher: London: Printed by J. Coxhead, 53 Holywell Street, Strand. Price 10s boards.

Publication Date: 1811

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition.