Eighteenth Century Essays

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[001140] Dobson, Austin (Selected and Annotated). Eighteenth Century Essays. London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co., 1889. First Edition. 12mo. Full Morocco. Very Good. xxiii, [1], 284pp, contemporary full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, raised flat bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, author to fourth, remaining panels with two repeated butterfly tools, covers with single fillet border and the same butterfly tools repeated, inner edges gilt, top edge gilt with marbled endpapers.

Small bump to head of spine, slightly rubbed to extremities, spine slightly dulled. Internally quite bright and clean. Title in red and black. Zaehnsdorf binding with their gilt stamp to lower pastedown.

Selections from several eighteenth century periodicals including Tatler, Spectator and Connoisseur.

Not in Alban Dobson’s bibliography of books by Austin Dobson