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Published by Printed for Samuel Richards and Co., London, 1822
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Complete set of three volumes. Gilt-ruled speckled calf, gilt-stamped lettering in red and green leather spine labels, t. e. g.; with 12 hand-colored engraved plates (complete). Spines a bit dry and scuffed, though spine labels are lovely; some rubbing and scuffing along edges of boards. Rear board of Volume III detached. A nice set, with bright, clean plates.
Published by Printed for Samuel Richards and Co. 3, Grocers'-Hall Court, Poultry; and T. Mason & Sons, 2, Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury, London, 1822
Paper-Covered Boards. Condition: Very Good +. The "best scandalous chronicle of the day," complete in three volumes. (Tooley) 12mo: viii,319; 321; 326pp, with 12 hand-colored plates engraved by Maddocks, E. F. Burney, and W. Read. Uniformly rebound to style by Fitterer, with period marbled paper-covered boards and modern paper labels, top edges gilt, end papers renewed with laid paper. Bindings pristine; some gatherings foxed in volume I, otherwise a very good or better set with only sporadic foxing and offsetting from the plates, which are generally fresh and bright. Tooley 283 (for 1821 octavo edition). Originally published pseudonymously, in 1760, in two volumes. This, Johnston's chief work (spelled variously Johnston, Johnson and Johnstone), "appeared in four volumes between 1760 and 1765. The first and second volumes were written during a visit to the earl of Mount-Edgcumbe in Devon and had already gone through three editions before Johnstone was prevailed on to write the concluding two, and the whole work was frequently reprinted during the eighteenth century (and translated into French). An excoriating satire that won Johnstone respect as a wit but few friends, the novel is set roughly during the period of the Seven Years' War (1757-63) and pretends to reveal political secrets, and to expose the private profligacy of many of the well-knownâ "and highly colourfulâ "public characters of the time." (ODNB) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).