Click for full-size.
The First Tome Of The Palace of Pleasure, Beautified, Adorned, And Well Furnished With Pleasant Histories And Excellent Novels. Very requisite for Delight and Profit; From the Edition printed by Thomas Marsh, 1575. Edited By Joseph Haslewood
by Painter, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Contemporary half calf, blue cloth decorated in blind in raised floral motif, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. 2 vols. V
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Triphook, 1813. Hardcover. Contemporary half calf, blue cloth decorated in blind in raised floral motif, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. 2 vols. Very good. 492, 700 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm, First modern edition, and first reprint since 1580, and the best edition of this important source book for Shakespeare (amongst others), printed from the early editions. These early tragedies herein adumbrate a large portion of the Elizabethan drama. Haslewood has added some biographical notes, including collations of all the early editions, and notes on the variations of the text. Painter, clerk of Queen Elizabeth's Ordinance compiled the collection of stories, and like others amassed a personal fortune through embezzlement, endemic in the Elizabethan civil service. An austerely, wide margined but finely printed work. Book labels, very clean and fresh internally, slight toning first few endpapers Vol.I, modest extremity rubbing, tight binding, raised bands gilt decorated.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19394
- Title
- The First Tome Of The Palace of Pleasure, Beautified, Adorned, And Well Furnished With Pleasant Histories And Excellent Novels. Very requisite for Delight and Profit; From the Edition printed by Thomas Marsh, 1575. Edited By Joseph Haslewood
- Author
- Painter, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary half calf, blue cloth decorated in blind in raised floral motif, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. 2 vols. V
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Triphook
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1813
- Keywords
- Theater
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Sets; Theatre;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Banned & Challenged Books
Build a revolutionary library of literature that has been challenged or even outright banned. You’ll be surprised by some of the titles in this gallery!
RIP (Please) George Romero: Modern Master of Zombie Horror
George Romero co-wrote and directed Night of the Living Dead in 1968, a film that inspired the modern zombie craze and made an indelible mark on American cinema. Come this way, horror fan...
