THE TALE OF THE RAVEN AND THE BLACKBIRD. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BLACKBIRD'S SONG
by [Stacy, Edmund]
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About This Item
London: Printed for R. Barnham ..., 1715.. 23,[1]pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Slight tanning to final leaves, very good. First edition. An anti-Jacobite fable, cast in verse, analogous to several other titles by Stacy employing the ornithological conceit. ESTC locates 4 copies in North America. FOXON S700. ESTC T53824.
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- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE TALE OF THE RAVEN AND THE BLACKBIRD. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BLACKBIRD'S SONG
- Author
- [Stacy, Edmund]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Barnham ...
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1715.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...