MARMONTEL M.Livre Rare Book
3 Vols Classic Tales: Serious And Lively
1895978H18London: William Paterson & Co. c1895. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 4". None. A very scarce three-volume collection of tales collected by Leigh Hunt featuring moral and entertaining stories with Hunt"s own critical essays introducing the authors. Rebound in half blue calf with marbled paper boards.This set contains three volumes from the original five-volume anthology Classic Tales Serious and Lively collected by Leigh Hunt.These volumes are undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at University of Birmingham Libraries National Library of Scotland York Minster and Trinity College Dublin Library.The volumes included here are Marmontel Goldsmith and Brooke and Johnson and Others. The two missing volumes are Hawkesworth and Voltaire.The anthology features moral and entertaining tales from a variety of prolific writers. Each volume includes Leigh Hunt"s critical essays introducing the authors and their works. Leigh Hunt 17841859 was an English essayist poet and critic known for his wit liberal politics and role in the Romantic literary circle. Rebound in half calf with marbled paper boards. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing to boards. Rubbing to spines resulting in slight loss to calf. Slight discoloration to perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges. Very Good Indeed William Paterson & Co. hardcover
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