Language: English
Published by Not Credited, England, 1818
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
US$ 34.59
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Add to basketBrown Cloth. Condition: Very Good (stained covers). No Jacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition of This Edition. Please Email for further details. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.
Published by Printed for C. Cooke n.d., London
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Leather bound. Condition: Fair. Cooke's Edition. 16mo. (approx 5.75" x 3"). Two books in one. First book "Reflections on Death": 125 pages, [1] page blank, [4] page index, [2]. Illustrated title page and two plate illustrations in the text (no frontispiece if issued). Second book "Thoughts on Prison, and Other Misc. Pieces": 125 pages, [1] page blank, [2]. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving of Dodd, illustrated title page, and two illustrated plates in text. Brown marbled leather calf binding. Gilt ruled lines on the boards. Gilt decorations and title on the spine. Marbled end papers. The front outer joint is cracked and the board is very loose. The rear joint is rubbed. Back cover is secure. Leather chipped head of the spine and worn on the edges. Light toning to the text. Previous owner name written in old ink top of the title page. A fair copy only.
Language: English
Published by from the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham : Sold by R. Jennings, T. Tegg, A.K. Newman and Co, [London], 1821
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, Very Good, gilt lettering at spine worn away, boards rubbed, edges soiled, widely scattered light toning. 5 1/4" x 3 1/8". [3], vi-x, 353, [19] pages (Index). With four illustrations, one at title pg. and one at head of each of the three Parts - Comedies, Historical Plays, and Tragedies. An uncommon edition.
Published by Vernor and Hood, E. Newberry, J. Cuthell, 1800
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Good. 1800. The third edition. "The Beauties of history; or, pictures of virtue and vice; drawn from Examples of Men eminent for their Virtues, Or infamous for their vices. Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourn Lane. For Vernor and Hood, E. Newberry, J. Cuthell, Darton and Harvey, J. Scatchard, Lackington, Allen & Co. and J. Walker. Octavo. Red leather with gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Ornamented with upwards of 30 engravings beautifully cut upon wood.
Published by London: printed for [1790?] Folio, J. Cooke, 1790
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. R Dodd 25,Thomas Stothard 10 (illustrator). iv, 5-466, [6: index] double-column p.; 42 engraved pl. 7 not signed); 38 cm. (John Cooke loc. at 17 Paternoster Row in 1789) calculated to promote the Protestant Religion, expel superstition [etc.] Plates: 1 Front. Faith, Hope, and Charity.martyr'd by Pagan, or by Popish foes - 2 Burning of Rome - 3 Ignatius of Antioch torn by wild beasts - 4 Saturninus of Toulouse drawn by bull - 5 80 ministers burnt in a ship - 6 Calepodius thrown into River Tyber - 7 Cassian of Imola scourged to death - 8 Flora and Mary beheaded - 9 Prince of Orange shot at Delft - 10 Marcus of Arethusa study to death with wasps - 11 Rochus burnt by Inquisition - 12 Massacreing Protestants in Piedmont - 13 Stanislaus of Cracow murdered at alter - 14 Cypriania Bustia thrown to dogs - 15 Massacre of Paris - 16 Alelbert of Prague murdered with darts - 17 Edmonbury Godfrey strangled - 18 Minister at Hungary torn by dogs - 19 70 Protestants' throats cut - 20 Hermenigildus of Goths hewn - 21 Bookseller burnt at Avignon - 22 John Calas broke on wheel - 23a Bohemian strangled - 23b 4 Dutch Protestants burnt at the Hague - 24 Protestants shot by Duke of Guise - 25 Francis Gamba, Lombard - 26 Sisters of Simeon of Salencia quartered - 27 Woman tied in a sack - 28 Julietta, a Liconion - 29 Nicholas Burton at Inquisition at Cadiz - 30 13 burnt at Stratford-le-Bow - 31 Baron of Scanaw racked - 32 Dominico Berto led on an ass - 33 Adrian Chalinsky roasted - 34 Ridley and Latimer burnt - 35a Dragging Protestants through Irish bogs - 35b Lollards in St. Giles's Fields - 36 Inside Lollards Tower - 37 Scenes in Irish massacre - 38 Martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer - 39 Tortures of Inquisition - 40 Burning of Philpot in Smithfield -- Lacks leaf of subscribers' names. Fair contemporary sheep, rubbed, covers detached. Text lt. foxed.