Accession number
PML 130081-83
Creator
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803.
Published
London : Printed by C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton ..., 1793-1794.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First edition.
Pagination: v. 1: [4], xvi, 349, [3] p.; v. 2: xiii, [1], 370 p.; v. 3: viii, 334, [2] p.
V. 2, half-title bound in after p. 370.
Errata sheet, final leaf of v. 1 (canceled in some copies).
Advertisement, final leaf of v. 3.
"Glossary of obsolete or difficult words"--V. 3, p. [307]-326.
Woodcut vignettes attributed to Thomas Stothard.
Contemporary sketches ("Gaming," "Jealousy," "King of Poland," etc.) bound in 6 leaves, laid in at end of v. 2.
Pagination: v. 1: [4], xvi, 349, [3] p.; v. 2: xiii, [1], 370 p.; v. 3: viii, 334, [2] p.
V. 2, half-title bound in after p. 370.
Errata sheet, final leaf of v. 1 (canceled in some copies).
Advertisement, final leaf of v. 3.
"Glossary of obsolete or difficult words"--V. 3, p. [307]-326.
Woodcut vignettes attributed to Thomas Stothard.
Contemporary sketches ("Gaming," "Jealousy," "King of Poland," etc.) bound in 6 leaves, laid in at end of v. 2.
Description
3 v. ; 19 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Edward Davenport (armorial bookplate with motto "time deum et honora regem"); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles.
Classification
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