A Metrical Version of The Acharnians, The Knights, and The Birds: In the Last of Which a Vein of Peculiar Humour and Character is For the First Time Detected and Developed
London: William Pickering, 1840. Hardcover. Bound in full calf with spine and cover stamped in gilt, five raised bands, and leather spine label marbled endpapers and page edges. Three plays, each seperately paginated. The second and third plays have colophons reading "Malta: Printed at the Government Press. 1839." All three were bound and published in London by Pickering in 1840. Text block is in nice shape, with crisp and bright pages, sharp edges and corners. Very faint and disperse foxing, not present everywhere. Binding calf has rubbing to extremities, edges and heel of spine, and a one-inch piece of calf missing from head of spine. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Multiple paginations. Very Good. Item #9033846
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