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A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ETC. BEING OBSERVATIONS OR MEMORIALS OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, BOTH PUBLICK AND PRIVATE, WHICH HAPPEN'D IN LONDON DURING THE LAST GREAT VISITATION IN 1665. AND WRITTEN BY A CITIZEN WHO CONTINUED ALL THE WHILE IN LONDON. NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC BY MR. JAMES SUTHERLAND, OF LONDON & BERKSHIRE, AND EMBELLISH'D WITH NOTABLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIGNOR DOMENICO GNOLI, OF ROME

A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ETC. BEING OBSERVATIONS OR MEMORIALS OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, BOTH PUBLICK AND PRIVATE, WHICH HAPPEN'D IN LONDON DURING THE LAST GREAT VISITATION IN 1665. AND WRITTEN BY A CITIZEN WHO CONTINUED ALL THE WHILE IN LONDON. NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC BY MR. JAMES SUTHERLAND, OF LONDON & BERKSHIRE, AND EMBELLISH'D WITH NOTABLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIGNOR DOMENICO GNOLI, OF ROME

A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ETC. BEING OBSERVATIONS OR MEMORIALS OF THE MOST
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A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ETC. BEING OBSERVATIONS OR MEMORIALS OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, BOTH PUBLICK AND PRIVATE, WHICH HAPPEN'D IN LONDON DURING THE LAST GREAT VISITATION IN 1665. AND WRITTEN BY A CITIZEN WHO CONTINUED ALL THE WHILE IN LONDON. NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC BY MR. JAMES SUTHERLAND, OF LONDON & BERKSHIRE, AND EMBELLISH'D WITH NOTABLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIGNOR DOMENICO GNOLI, OF ROME

by DEFOE, Daniel

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Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Some darkening to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some discoloration. Domenico Gnoli. Quarto (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full natural burlap with a gilt-lettered crimson leather spine label, the front cover an "x" Plague symbol printed in crimson and the rear with the date 1665 printed in crimson; 618 pages. Introduction by James Sutherland. Defoe's account of the Great Plague that hit London in 1665. Illustrated by Domenico Gnoli with 8 full-page color plates and numerous black-and-white text illustrations, some rather harrowing. Copy #894 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

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Title
A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ETC. BEING OBSERVATIONS OR MEMORIALS OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, BOTH PUBLICK AND PRIVATE, WHICH HAPPEN'D IN LONDON DURING THE LAST GREAT VISITATION IN 1665. AND WRITTEN BY A CITIZEN WHO CONTINUED ALL THE WHILE IN LONDON. NOW NEWLY INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC BY MR. JAMES SUTHERLAND, OF LONDON & BERKSHIRE, AND EMBELLISH'D WITH NOTABLE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIGNOR DOMENICO GNOLI, OF ROME
Author
DEFOE, Daniel
Illustrator
Domenico Gnoli
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Some darkening to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some discoloration
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication
Bloomfield, CT
Date Published
1968
Keywords
Signed, Limited Editions Club, Illustrated Books, Fine Press, Daniel Defoe
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18th Century Literature;

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