Item #2163 Social England Illustrated A Collection of XVIIth Century Tracts; An English Garner With an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Andrew LANG, intro.
Social England Illustrated A Collection of XVIIth Century Tracts; An English Garner With an Introduction by Andrew Lang

Social England Illustrated A Collection of XVIIth Century Tracts; An English Garner With an Introduction by Andrew Lang

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co. First American Edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. Pp. xxxii, (1), 458. Illustrated with facsimiles of title pages. Bound in blue ribbed cloth, gilt lettering on spine. A touch of dust-soiling to top edge, and corners a tad worn, else Fine. With the pseudo-heraldic bookplate of Mary Scott Townsend, a one-time doyenne of Washington, DC society. Near Fine. Item #2163

No publication date stated, but presumably published soon after the 1903 British edition. Provides an insightful and, at times, amusing view at English life in the 1600s. A handsome, persentable copy.

Price: $40.00

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