An Essay on Nothing. A Quaint Jeu d'Esprit attributed to Arnot
by ARNOT (Hugo):
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid..., 1886. Large 8vo, 250 x 190 mms., pp. [iv], 51 [52 ornament], including half-title, text printed within borders, limitation notice on verso of title-page, "This Edition is limited to 50 Copies," contemporary quarter red sheepskin, marbled boards; spine defective, covers detached. Arnot (1749 - 1786) delivered this as a paper before the Edinburgh Speculative Society, and it was first printed in 1776.
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5855
- Title
- An Essay on Nothing. A Quaint Jeu d'Esprit attributed to Arnot
- Author
- ARNOT (Hugo):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid..., 1886
- Keywords
- satire printing history prose
- Bookseller catalogs
- satire;
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