Scarronides: or, virgil travestie. A mock poem on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneid, in english burlesque
by COTTON, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Durham: Printed and sold by G. Walker, 1807. 144pp. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, later rebacked. Boards rubbed. Hinges reinforced, library shelf-label and ink-stamp to FEP. An early nineteenth century edition of Charles Cotton's (1630-1687) perennially popular scatological burlesque of Virgil, of which book one first appeared in 1664 and book four the following year. Samuel Pepys, collecting a copy of book one on the very day it was licensed, found it 'extraordinary good'. . 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27355
- Title
- Scarronides: or, virgil travestie. A mock poem on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneid, in english burlesque
- Author
- COTTON, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed and sold by G. Walker
- Place of Publication
- Durham
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...