The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. Illustrated with Six Etchings, by William Heath, Esq.
The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. Illustrated with Six Etchings, by William Heath, Esq.

The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. Illustrated with Six Etchings, by William Heath, Esq.

  • Irving, Washington
  • Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co. 1825

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Description

12mo, pp. vii, [i], 316 + frontispiece and 5 plates. Contemporary green calf, boards bordered with gilt rules and rolls enclosing blind rolls and rules, boards tooled centrally in blind, spine divided by raised bands, red morocco label, other compartments tooled in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Just a little rubbed, leather lightly discoloured to spine and board edges. Gift inscription to verso of frontispiece: ‘To Ann Amelia Sheffield from her affectionate Cousins, Sept. 21st 1828’.

Notes

A scarce, attractive pocket anthology of the works of the American writer. Library Hub records just two copies of this printing, at BL and NLS, alongside a handful more of its 1830 2nd edition. An 1835 edition, produced by Thomas Tegg but with Griffin's name in the imprint, is entirely reset and replaces Heath's illustrations with those by George Cruickshank.

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