Fables from Boccacio and Chaucer; A New Edition, with Engravings; and A Prefatory Essay, by J. Aikin, M.D..
London: Printed by W. Flint for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806.
Price: $250.00
Hardcover. 12mo. 236pp. Eight engravings. Presumably rebound in the late 19th century in full calf stamped in gilt with floral devices and lyres on the spine and morocco spine label. Tiny owner's stencil on preliminary page, and modest rubbing at the joints and extremities, but a handsome and sound very good or better copy, internally fine.
Item #444771
John Dryden
birth name: John Dryden
born: 8/19/1631
died: 5/1/1700
Biography
English poet, dramatist, and literary critic who so dominated the literary scene of his day that it came to be known as the Age of Dryden. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore