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Vicesimus KNOX Elegant epistles : being a copious collection of familiar and amusing letters, selected for the improvement of young persons, and for general entertainment

Vicesimus KNOX

Elegant epistles : being a copious collection of familiar and amusing letters, selected for the improvement of young persons, and for general entertainment

T. Longman, London 1794, Fort grd In 8 (15x24cm), xii, 873pp., relié.


New edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with a frontispiece with various authors medallions. Printing on dual colonne.Plein Calf tan marbled time. Smooth spine richly decorated wheels Greek and others. Part of title in red morocco. boards decorated with 3 wheels framing. interior frieze. Slashed piece of title in the upper jaw and a subwoofer. Friction. A dull corner. Elegant English binding, despite some défauts.Les letters are divided into four books; the first offers excerpts of Cicero and Pliny; the second brings together famous personalities in the history of England; the book contains three letters of Pope and his friends; the last book contains the correspondence of Laurence Stern, Lord Chesterfield ... An appendix contains excerpts of French letter writers, Madame de Maintenon and Madame de sévigné. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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