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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
by Sidney Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: William Du-Gard, 1655. Tenth Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked with a new spine label, a bit rubbed and dry, rear hinge cracked but holding, but sound and attractive overall. Endpapers stained, light soiling to title and portrait, small tear to title in the gutter, scattered foxing, toning and minor stains, but otherwise unmarked and just about very good overall. (30), 624, (26)pp. Sidney wrote the original Arcadia in the 1580s and later revised and expanded it adding exciting episodes and enhancing the pastoral elements. It was widely read and influential throughout the English Renaissance. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 045649.
Synopsis
For more than 200 years after its first publication in 1593, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia was the most read, best-selling story in the language—the great English popular classic and one of the most influential. As much a work of entertainment and wit as of instruction, it affords the best insight we have into the tastes and standards of the Elizabethans. Sidney became to his contemporaries the beau idéal of the Renaissance courtier and his Arcadia embodies the highest literary aspirations of the age. Here we have a gladiatorial display of rhetoric which outshines anything achieved in English before and possibly since. Though there has been much scholarly study of Sidney over recent years, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia , in the traditional form in which it was read down the centuries, is not available anywhere else. The text is accompanied by a full introduction and notes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045649
- Title
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Author
- Sidney Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Tenth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Du-Gard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1655
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; NOISBN
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Rebacked
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cracked
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- New
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine Label
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Calf
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