The Percy anecdotes : original and select / by Sholto and Reuben Percy, brothers of the Benedictine Monastery Mont Benger
1823, 1st Edition in this form. London : Printed for T. Boys. Good copies bound in contemporary full leather. Gilt-titled red leather spine labes, with gilt-tooled compartments. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat worn and dulled as with age. Surface wear evident to leather on spines and panels. Lacking front board of vol. 18. Previous owner's inked stamp on blank leaf of prelims. in each vol. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description: 20 v : fronts. (ports. ) ; 14 cm. Subjects: Anecdotes - Great Britain. Pastoral theology - Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. Clergy - Great Britain. Notes: Each volume is in two parts with separate paging. Compiled by Joseph Clinton Robertson and Thomas Byerly (pseuds. Sholto Percy and Reuben Percy) and published originally in monthly parts. Item #198693
Price: €250.00