Salmagundi: or, the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and others\

Salmagundi: or, the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and others. Third Edition.

Author(s): Irving, Washington and William Irving, James Paulding

24mo.(3.5" x 5.625") 2 vol bound as 1. 1820. Irving, Washington and William Irving, James Paulding. New York: Thomas Longworth. Half tan pebbled leather with corners, double blindstamp rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with four blindstamp decorated raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, single blackstamp leaf device centered to all other compartments, blindstamp decorative bands to head and foot of spine. All edges reddened, marbled endpapers. Reddened edges lightening (see pic) Edgewear, corners slightly bumped and rubbed, covers rubbed with small loss of color (see pic). Old bookplate of Fred F. Thompson to front pastedown, dime-sized debossed library stamp to first free flyleafs. Engraved frontispiece and one additional engraving of the subject himself start the novel.

From Wiki: Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s. Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe. He was also admired by some British writers, including Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Francis Jeffrey, and Walter Scott. He advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement.

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