Spence's Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters of Books and Men, Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time (From the Library of Joseph Hodges Choate, also Mabel Choate Bookplate)
Circa [1820]; Rebacked; Bound by Zaehnsdorf; Several portrait engravings in excellent condition, complete. Tan leather binding with gold gilt lettering, trims, embossed cover, spine. Rebound, original bookplate preservation - interior cover (provenance: Mabel Choate, Joseph Hodges Choate). No jacket. Gold top edge; Triple edge gilt framed cover with floral corner medallion accents. Preserved bookplates from the libraries of Joseph Hodges Choate and a Mabel Choate (Bookplate). Handling and edge wear. Ribbon. Light tanning of pages.
Publisher: W.H. Carpenter and Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, 1820, Hardcover, Condition: Good, 1st Edition