MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES DISPLAYED: Wherein are exhibited the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprising practices of near one hundred different kingdoms and people in the world, now used in the celebration and consummation of matrimony, collected from the papers of A Rambling Batchelor. With a variety of remarks by him, serious and humorous, to which is added the comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven wives, with the character of each, - a genuine story; also an epigram on matrimony, in English and Latin.
Published by Printed for H. Serjeant and G. Woodfall no date (1880s?), London, 1880
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Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.Chanticleer Books
AbeBooks seller since March 26, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 30.00
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(104) pp., small octavo, blue cloth spine and marbled boards. An irreverant look at matrimonial practices around the world and down through the ages, with the farcical "Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald" for dessert. Edges ob boards rubbed, corners bumped, free endpapers darkened, else about very good.
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- Title
- MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES DISPLAYED: Wherein are exhibited the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprising practices of near one hundred different kingdoms and people in the world, now used in the celebration and consummation of matrimony, collected from the papers of A Rambling Batchelor. With a variety of remarks by him, serious and humorous, to which is added the comical Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald, who had seven wives, with the character of each, - a genuine story; also an epigram on matrimony, in English and Latin.
- Author
- "A Rambling Batchelor" [Louis De Gaya].
- Publisher
- Printed for H. Serjeant and G. Woodfall no date (1880s?), London
- Publication year
- 1880
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Early reprint.
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Chanticleer Books
Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 26, 1998
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We had our open bookshop in the town of Sonoma for a total of 17 years, including 9 years at our East Napa St. location, however, as of April 13, 2013 we have closed our doors. Our business is now conducted online, by appointment, and occasionally at antiquarian bookfairs at which we exhibit annually. Chanticleer Books is a sole-proprietorship owned and operated by Steve Blackmer, a full-time bookseller since 1985 and member of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America (ABAA) from 1998 to 2026…
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