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Curiosities of Literature
by Isaac D Israeli
A New Edition with Portraits, Views and Other Illustrations
c1850 - London - Ward, Lock and Co
9 by 5 - 578pp
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Smart leather bound copy with cloth boards and gilt and red spine label.
A nice copy of this historical literary work by Isaac D Israeli which is illustrated with portrait frontispiece and further plates throughout.
This is A book which is acknowledged by all students and lovers of literature to be an indispensable adjunct to a good library, an almost essential introduction to a familiar acquaintance with the best authors form the Publisher s preface.
Isaac D Israeli (May 11, 1766 - January 19, 1848) was a British writer and scholar. He was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the only child of Benjamin D Israeli (1730-1816), a Jewish merchant who had emigrated from Cento in Italy in 1748, and his second wife, Sarah Syprut de Gabay Villa Real (1742/3–1825). He received much of his education in Leiden and as early as his sixteenth year began his literary career with some verses to Dr. Johnson. He was the father of the British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli.
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The binding is tight and firm and both covers are firmly attached. There is some mild wear to the extremities including some rubbing to the edges and bumping to the corners. Internally the book is generally clean and bright apart from some mild spotting in places and the odd handling mark. ...
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