Books: The Repository of Modern Literature. Vol. 1., Gisborne in Gisborne, Gisborne for sale
Rebound by amateur binder. Moderate foxing, quite heavy to the plates. Engraved title trimmed slightly without loss of printed area. Some small 1/4"chips and dampstains to margins of frontispiece. ; Uncommon. 560 pages + engraved title + plates. Rebound by amateur binder in half-leather binding. Marbled boards. Later endpapers. Page dimensions: 217 x 131mm. The"List of Embellishments"lists 48 illustrations, which are all present. These are a mix of engraved plates and in-text woodcut illustrations. The plate called for facing page 533 has been bound in as the frontispiece. A compendium of extracts on literature, travel, and biography, with some editorial comment. Pages 412-420 include extracts from John Franklin's"A Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea"."We never remember to have read a narrative more full of suffering and privation than that of Captain Franklin; and, at the same time, one which places the character of ther persons exposed to them in so respectable a light [. . .] The influence of religion in the human mind is here displayed in a most striking manner, and without any of that cant which sometimes makes it disgusting, and oftener doubtful"- page 420. Other contents briefly covered includes: Bruce's Account of Hyenas in Abyssinia; Cashmeer, Shawl Manufactory at; Dwight, Dr. on Fashionable Education in America; Elephant Hunting at the Cape of Good Hope; Female Heroism; Gymnosophists, or Naked Philosophers; Indian Wit and Gratitude; Pilgrimage of Mahometans to the Burial-place of Moses; Plum-pudding at Paris; Shakspeare, observations on his Richard III; Vaccination, discover of; Witchcraft, the power of. Illustrations include: The African Wild Boar in pursuit of a Hottentot; A Buffalo attacking Professor Thunberg and Party; Whale-Fishing near the Cape of Good Hope; The Skunk, a pestiferous animal. Botoeudo Indian Family; The Hyena, and Method of Catching It.
Title
The Repository of Modern Literature. Vol. 1.
Publisher name
J. Robins&Co. [1823], London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1823
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d