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The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor
by PEACHAM, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
1661 ENGLISH Gentleman Peacham Heraldry Music ART Fishing War Philosophy RARE
Henry Peacham was a 17th-century English writer who is known solely for his book 'The Compleat Gentleman'. First published in 1622, this work was Peacham's directions for young men and their artistic and scholarly endeavors. Notable topics covered in this work include poetry and music, nobility and dignity, painting and drawing, exercise, military knowledge, fishing, cosmography, and duty to parents, among many other topics.
Item number: #22772
Price: $950
PEACHAM, Henry
The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor
London: E. Tyler for Thrale, 1661.
Details:
· Collation:
o [12], 304, [8], 305-455, [1]
o Illustrated with numerous hand-colored coats of arms
· References: Wing P 943
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.25in X 5.5in (18.5cm x 14cm)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22772
- Title
- The compleat gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor
- Author
- PEACHAM, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Tyler for Thrale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1661
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1661 ENGLISH Gentleman Peacham Heraldry Music ART Fishing War Philosophy RARE, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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