THE CABINET OF MOMUS; A CHOICE SELECTION OF HUMOUROUS POEMS, FROM P. PINDAR, FRENEAU, LADD, SWIFT, DIBDIN, PITT, &C., &C. EMBELLISHED WITH SIX ENGRAVINGS. COPY RIGHT SECURED
Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, Philadelphia, 1809. Item #41608
1st American Edition. Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, Philadelphia, 1809. Period full leather with leather spine label, 12mo, viii, 136 pages Illustrated with 6 engraved plates [all present]. Publication of humorous essays and stories by Pindar, Freneau, Ladd, Swift, Dibdin, Pitt, and others. One of the first printed collections of American humor. Not in Paltsits. Scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker 17136; BAL, vol. 3, p. 253. Last auctioned at Christie's, Nov. 18, 1988, lot 282. SUBJECT(S): English wit and humor. English poetry. OCLC: 2161350. Some darkening as expected, front board detached but present, light edgewear to boards and spine, Very Good Condition thus. (AC-22-23).
Price: $725.00