[LOCK, Peter]
An Exmoor Scolding, between two sisters, Wilmot Moreman and Thomasia Moreman as they were spinning
Exeter, Printed and sold by T. Brice, 1802
TEXT IN ENGLISH PATOIS WRITTEN IN 1727 BY A BLIND ITINERANT FIDDLER NAMED PETER LOCK.
NICE BINDING
In-8 (178 x 100mm)
COLLATION : 31 pp.
ENGLISH BINDING OF THE PERIOD. Rooted calf with gilt and mosaic decoration, central panel of another rooted calf, multiple framings of roulettes and fillets, long spine decorated with vertical titling, orange marbled paper endpapers, gilt edges
PROVENANCE: George Bayntun, Five Hundred years of fine, fancy and frivolous bindings, n° 64
Hinges restored