AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE (1764); Together with Sir Philip Sydney's Defence of Poetry and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence (1787)
by Edward Gibbon & Sir Philip Sydney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /J No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London [1764 & 1787]: JT. Becket and P.a. De Hondt / G.G.J. Robinson and J. Walters. F First Edition Collectible. H Full Leather. Very Good. A curious combining of two clelbrated works bound into a single volume. Featuring Gibbon's first title in English AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE (1764) bound together with Sydney's notable title - Defence of Poetry and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence (1787). Two works bound into full brown leather with gilt spine titling and gilt ruling to board edges, 8vo, 168 & 144pp. (light shelfwear, rubbing and dulling to outer extremities, page edges browned with minor foxing to extremities, offset browning from frontis portrait onto Gibbon title page, short note to Sydney title page).
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0822657
- Title
- AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE (1764); Together with Sir Philip Sydney's Defence of Poetry and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence (1787)
- Author
- Edward Gibbon & Sir Philip Sydney
- Illustrator
- B/w Frontis Tipped-in
- Format/Binding
- H Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- J No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- F First Edition Collectible
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- JT. Becket and P.a. De Hondt / G.G.J. Robinson and J. Walters
- Place of Publication
- London [1764 & 1787]
- Keywords
- Spel2015 AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE (1764); Together with Sir Philip Sydney's Defence of Poetry and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence (1787)
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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