Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

George Paston

Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1905

About this Item

An insightful exploration into the social climate of Britain during the 1700s, richly illustrated throughout. Containing chapters on the Beau Monde, dramatic and musical, literary and artistic, sport and games, royalty and popular delusions and imposters.Written by Emily Morse Symonds under the pseudonym George Paston, a British literary critic and writer.From Stoke Newington Public Library; with their bookplate to the front pastedown and inscriptions as to be expected.The first edition of this work.Illustrated with two hundred and thirteen illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally worn, with loss to the joints and bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. A burn to the front board. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound: the plates opposing page 88 as well as page 88 itself are loose but present. Pages are uncut and bright and clean. Fair. Seller Inventory # 789R10

Bibliographic Details

Title: Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Publisher: Methuen & Co., London

Publication Date: 1905

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Various

Condition: Fair

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book