Sold for:
$174
$174
London: Printed for W. Reeve, 1747. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo, early calf, later gilt-lettered spine label, marbled endpapers, half-title. Illustrated throughout with five full-page engravings, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page vignette, and head-piece. Includes, on pp. 87-320, an important index of English poets and playwrights, with 18 thumb-sized engraved portraits. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown and verso title page; hinges cracked and upper hinge partially detached; wear to boards.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09