Young juba: or, the history of the Young Chevalier, from His Birth, to His Escape from Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden..
by MICHELL, M
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- Hardcover
- first
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Translator, 1748. xvi, 296pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and one further engraved plate depicting Flora Macdonald. Later half-calf, buff paper boards, tolled in blind, lettered in gilt, marbled edges. Heavily rubbed, scorched, upper joint split. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title, partially erased, resulting in small marginal hole, closed vertical tear to leaf Gg1, plate shaved at fore-edge. The first edition in English of a heavily romanticised account of the early life of Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), 'the Young Pretender', translated from the Italian of Michele Vezzosi, former secretary to the 'Old Pretender' and the young Stuart's valet de chambre following his defeat at Culloden and the failure of the Jacobite Rising. ESTC T125466.. First edition in English. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22034
- Title
- Young juba: or, the history of the Young Chevalier, from His Birth, to His Escape from Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden..
- Author
- MICHELL, M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition in English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Translator
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1748
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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