Accession number
PML 130312-17
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
Published
London : Printed for J. Johnson ..., 1809-1812.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed.
Vol. 1-3 have "in three volumes" on t.p. and the date 1809 in the imprint; v. 4-6 have "in six volumes" and the date 1812.
Preface by R.L. Edgeworth (her father).
Colophons: "Printed by S. Hamilton ..." (v. 1); "Wood and Innes, printers ..." (v. 2); "W. Pople, printer ..." (v. 3); "Printed by C. Wood ..." (v. 4-5); "Heney, printer" (v. 6).
Advertisements on final page in v. 3.
Note by R.L. Edgeworth: "... the public will not consider any work under the name of Edgeworth that is not published by Messrs. Johnson and Co. ... as the production of any of [the] family" (v. 6, p. [vi]).
Pagination: v. 1: vii, [3], 400 p.; v. 2: [4], 338 p.; v. 3: [2], 369, [1] p.; v. 4: [4], iv, [2], 460 p.; v. 5: [4], 392 p.; v. 6: [4], 466 p.
Vol. 1-3 possibly issued without half-titles (see Slade).
Library's copy lacking half-titles in v. 4-6.
Vol. 1-3 have "in three volumes" on t.p. and the date 1809 in the imprint; v. 4-6 have "in six volumes" and the date 1812.
Preface by R.L. Edgeworth (her father).
Colophons: "Printed by S. Hamilton ..." (v. 1); "Wood and Innes, printers ..." (v. 2); "W. Pople, printer ..." (v. 3); "Printed by C. Wood ..." (v. 4-5); "Heney, printer" (v. 6).
Advertisements on final page in v. 3.
Note by R.L. Edgeworth: "... the public will not consider any work under the name of Edgeworth that is not published by Messrs. Johnson and Co. ... as the production of any of [the] family" (v. 6, p. [vi]).
Pagination: v. 1: vii, [3], 400 p.; v. 2: [4], 338 p.; v. 3: [2], 369, [1] p.; v. 4: [4], iv, [2], 460 p.; v. 5: [4], 392 p.; v. 6: [4], 466 p.
Vol. 1-3 possibly issued without half-titles (see Slade).
Library's copy lacking half-titles in v. 4-6.
Description
6 v. ; 19 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Speckled calf, gold-tooled, red morocco spine labels; PML 130307-130325 (all by Maria Edgeworth) bound by the same 19th-century bindery.
Classification
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