Buy this book on-line CONSTABLE, John : REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES
CONSTABLE, John. REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES. London: Printed for John Hawkins, 1738. 2nd edition. Octavo. xvi,80,113- 246 pp., lacking two signatures (G & H, or p. 81-112). Modern half calf and marble paper covered boards, with a red leather label and raised bands on spine; new endpapers. Light wear to spine, but the label remains bright. Text clean. One leaf (L4) has a diagonal closed-tear which has an old repair at the fore-edge. Constable on writing: metaphor, style, antitheses; commentary on Aristotle, Tasso, Milton and others. A clean copy, attractively bound, but missing some text leaves (the end of the third essay 'Reflections upon Accuracy of Style'); it is offered with all faults. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of CONSTABLE, John : REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, first editions, used books, livres rares and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |