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Literary Miscellanies: Including a Dissertation on Anecdotes
D'Israeli, I. (Isaac) · London
- Author
- D'Israeli, I. (Isaac)
- Date
- 1801
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Murray and Highley
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo. Speckled calf, 6 panel spine with ornate gilt designs
- Format
- Isaac D'Israeli, writer, scholar, and father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, is best remembered for his essays. Contents cover such topics as Prefaces, the "Enlightened Public," reading, poetical expression, literary genius, the influence of the female character in politics and religion, etc.
- Category
- Religion & Theology
- Record
- S.I.2743
Literary Miscellanies: Including a Dissertation on Anecdotes. A New Edition, Enlarged.
Author: D'Israeli, Isaac
8vo.(4" x 7.125") 1801. D'Israeli, Isaac. London: Murray and Highley. Full speckled calf covers. Spine with faded gilt bands with faded gilt devices centered to most compartments. Covers scraped and rubbed, evidently repaired at some point, and re-attached to book. Evidence of staining to inside front gutter (see pic). Moderate edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, with loss. Old bookplate of Joseph S. Lewis to front pastedown. Pg. 5/6 with long closed tear close to gutter. 282 pgs total with 2 pg of ads to rear. Text with "long s's", reminiscent of older texts. 4 pages of the preface (iii-vi) mis-bound at rear between pgs (274 / 275), otherwise complete as issued.
From Wiki: Isaac D'Israeli (11 May 1766 – 19 January 1848) was a British writer, scholar and the father of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. He is best known for his essays and his associations with other men of letters. He penned a handful of English adaptations of traditional tales from the Middle East, wrote a few historical biographies, and published a number of poems. His most popular work was a collection of essays entitled Curiosities of Literature. The work contained myriad anecdotes about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of book-collectors. The work was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century, reaching its eleventh edition (the last to be revised by the author) in 1839. It was still in print when the Encyclopædia Britannica entry was written in 1911. His book The Life and Reign of Charles I (1828) resulted in his being awarded the degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford.
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