Select Funeral Memorials
by BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON, COMPILER
- Used
- Condition
- Some faint foxing; corner of one leaf torn, only effecting the blank margin; very good copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Kent: Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, By John Warwick, 1818, 1818. First edition. Lowndes vol. 8, page 221, #41; Woodworth, The Literary Career of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 70. Some faint foxing; corner of one leaf torn, only effecting the blank margin; very good copy.. 4to, modern blue paste-paper boards, paper label on the upper board, untrimmed. Vignette title-page and six vignettes in the text. A collection of six funeral memorials in verse, with annotations on the publication history, brief biographies of the authors and subjects, etc., and as with most things by the antiquary Sir Egerton Brydges (1762-1837), they are entertaining.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28090
- Title
- Select Funeral Memorials
- Author
- BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON, COMPILER
- Format/Binding
- Lowndes vol. 8, page 221, #41; Woodworth, The Literary Career of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 70
- Book Condition
- Used - Some faint foxing; corner of one leaf torn, only effecting the blank margin; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Kent: Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, By John Warwick, 1818
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- First Edition
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