The Club; In a Dialogue Between Father and Son
Puckle, James [James Puckle (1667-1724) was an English inventor, lawyer and writer from London chiefly remembered for his invention of the Defence Gun, better known as the Puckle gun]
(Book #ID 109921)
Printed For The Proprietor By John Johnson; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row, London 1817. 1817.
Large paper copy edition hard back binding in blood red polished elaborately tooled morocco, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second and fifth, tools to the others, gilt turn-ins, symmetrical gilt tools to both the front and rear, pea green end sheets, all page edges gilt, on James Whatman water-marked paper, who invented wove paper without lines running through the structure, quite simply the best paper ever made. Imperial octavo. 10½'' x 7¼''. This is Puckle's best-known literary work (reprinted as recently as 1900), a moral dialogue between a father and son. Contains frontispiece portrait of Puckle by T. Bragg; decorative title, [10], x, 96 pp with 27 tissue-guarded small wood engravings by John Thurston after James Thompson etc., the opening 18 pp of preliminary leaves red bordered, the remainder of the volume with black geometrical design decorative borders. 1 of 200 Limited Edition large paper copies, with the illustrations printed on smooth paper and skilfully laid in. Reprint of the 1711 edition of this popular collection of character sketches, embellished by Thurston illustrations. Lovely book plate to the second front free end paper motto 'Spec Fides et Patientia' (stands for Hope, Faith and Patience). Rubbing to the edges of the spine and spine caps, foxing to the tissue guards and prelims. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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