Montgomery County Planning BoardBiblio.com
MONTGOMERY, JAMESBiblio.com
The world before the flood a poem in ten cantos; with other occasional pieces. Second edition.
Best.-Nr. 120475London printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown Paternoster-Row 1813. 12mo. III-XVI;32813 blank p. Calf. 17 cm Details: Back with 3 gilt raised bands; gilt title in second compartment; other 3 compartments with blindstamped palmette cornerpieces. Both boards with tenfold blindstamped fillet borders within blindstamped floral borders a blindstamped wave/flood pattern in the central panel Condition: Cover shows wear to the extremes. Lacking the half-title before the title with the text: 'The world before the flood with other occasional pieces' Note: James Montgomery 1771-1854 was a British poet philanthropist and campainer for humanitarian causes. He achieved some literary fame with 'The wanderer of Switzerland' in 1806 against the annexation of that country by the French. The abolishment of slavery is the theme of his 'The West Indies' published 3 years later. He created a reconstruction of the world from the creation to the Deluge in his 'The world before the flood' published in 1812. The author states in his preface that he is 'under obligation of no other authority whatever'. The work was a success and sold more than 10000 copies Collation: pi-6 A4 2A8 B4 2B8 etc.- N4 2N8 O2 2O4 P4 leaf P3 verso and leaf P4 blank Between the gatherings A till N there is a regular alternation in the signature of the gatherings each gathering signed A etc. till N numbers 4 leaves and is immediately followed by a gathering signed 2A etc. till 2N numbering 8 leaves Photographs on request hardcover
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