Belisarius: A Tale by M. Marmontel; Cooke's Edition
London: Printed by J.D. Dewick for C. Cooke, 1799. Hardcover. "And sold by all the Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland." 147, [1] p.: frontispiece and 1 additional leaf of a plate; 15 cm. Contemporary calf with remains of old leather spine repair. Gilt decoration on board edges. Front free endpaper inscribed: "Master Oliver 1852." Frontispiece signed: "Kirk delin; Adolpho sculp.; C.Cooke July 1 99." Second plate signed: T. Kirk pinxit; C. Warren sculp.; C. Cooke Aprl. 16 1796." No date of publication given; 1799 is the date assigned in library records. Final unpaginated page contains List of the Works published in Cooke's Pocket Library. Small ink checkmarks next to many of the books listed in the publisher's advertisement on the final page. In Good+ Condition: original leather over spine lacking; remains of later amateur leather repair; stitching is intact; corners are rubbed; lacking lower corner of pp. 7-8, with minor loss of text; lacking lower corner of pp. 121-22, without loss of text; light stain along gutter of title page and following 2 leaves; occasional minor foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Good +. Item #003141
Price: $27.50