Item #55968 The companion: being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse
The companion: being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse

The companion: being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse

Providence: printed by Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton, for Joseph J. Todd ... at the sign of the Bible and Anchor, 1799. First edition, 16mo, pp. viii, [1], 10-280; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco label, blue sprinkled edges; spine rubbed, joints restored; good and sound. Includes selections from Goldsmith, Ossian, Parnell, Gray's An Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard, and “The Fashionable Songs for 1798.” Alden 1615, noting that the book was actually printed in Wrentham, (Mass.), and sold in Providence by Todd. Evans 35333; Sabin 15024. Item #55968

Price: $225.00