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Title

The Lives

of

Donne, Wotton, Hooker,

Herbert and

Sanderson

Written by

Izaak Walton

[Pickering's Diamond Classics – Miniature Books – Full Leather Binding by Zaehnsdorf – First Edition]

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Author

Izaak Walton

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Year of Publication

1827

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Publisher

London: William Pickering

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For full description see below - after all photographs

Description:

London: William Pickering, 1827, First Edition.

Beautiful full leather coarse Morocco binding by Zaehsndorf, titles in gilt, plain compartments, in very good condition, attractive miniature of Pickering’s Diamond Classics.

Pagination – frontispiece, title, [3], 4, [ii], xix, [i], 442pp.

From Bondy (p89, Miniature Books), “In 1827 there followed Walton's The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson, also printed by White and decorated with a multi-portrait frontispiece engraved by A. Fox after Stothard, 442 pages, measuring 4 by 2 and 5/16th inches.”

Provenance: signature for George Pereira to the front end paper.

Approximately 3 3/8 inches tall (8.5cm).

 

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – very good condition – titles in gilt, raised bands, elegant, faded.
• Joints – very good condition.
• Corners – very good condition.
• Boards – very good condition – very minor marks.
• Page edges – very good condition – top edge marked, all gilt .
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – very good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – very good condition – marbled with inner gilt dentelles.
• End papers –  very good condition – marbled.
• Title – good condition – tanned with some minor foxing.
• Pages – good condition – tanned with minor foxing.
• Binding – good condition.
• See photos.

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1827
Binding: Hardback

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