The Flowers of Wit, or, A Choice Collection of Bon Mots, Both Antient and Modern; With Biographical and Critical Remarks. In Two Volumes.
The Flowers of Wit, or, A Choice Collection of Bon Mots, Both Antient and Modern; With Biographical and Critical Remarks. In Two Volumes.

The Flowers of Wit, or, A Choice Collection of Bon Mots, Both Antient and Modern; With Biographical and Critical Remarks. In Two Volumes.

  • Kett, Henry
  • London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1814

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FIRST EDITION, 12mo, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 216; [ii], 222. Half-titles discarded. Contemporary green calf, boards bordered with triple blind rules, spines divided by double gilt rules, red morocco labels, 3rd compartments numbered direct in gilt. Some gatherings bound slightly proud, leather a little scratched and rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Felix Booth to vol. 1 pastedown, his ownership inscriptions to flyleaves.

Notes

This copy of the Rev. Henry Kett's anthology was owned by Sir Felix Booth, Bart., gin magnate and financier of the 1829 expedition led by John Ross to find the Northwest Passage; the Gulf of Boothia in Nunavit was named after him in recognition of his backing.
This 1814 first edition, of which Library Hub records 7 copies, was followed by a couple of North American printings over the next decade, at Boston and Hartford.

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