POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
by Mallet, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Millar, 1762. 80 pages. Octavo. Full leather. First edition. Collection of 11 poems by Scottish poet and dramatist David Mallet (circa 1705-1765). The poem "Edwin and Emma" is accompanied by an engraved plate after the drawing by Paul Sandby. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight, with only occasional light foxing. There is a narrow line of browning along the top edge of the engraved plate and several adjacent pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Paul Sandby. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1970
- Title
- POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
- Author
- Mallet, David
- Illustrator
- Paul Sandby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. Millar
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1762
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...