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The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum: or, His companion to the town in eighteen letters from a gentleman in London to his friend in the country. London: John Harris, 1699. 8° (17.6 x 10.5cm). With 2 final advertisement leaves. (Heavy dampstain at lower margins, some marginal spotting, without blank a4.) Black half calf, c. 1900, speckled edges. Provenance: F. Dinsdale (bookplate) -- purchased from Maggs for £1 15s, ownership signature of Norman Railing.
FIRST EDITION. Letter IX is an exposure of "the humours and tricks of the tennis courts". The dedication is signed Ed. S---cy, possibly Edmund Stacy. Republished in 1747 and 1927 as Tricks of the Town. Wing C-6533; Garnett p. 290; Henderson p. 184.
The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum: or, His companion to the town in eighteen letters from a gentleman in London to his friend in the country. London: John Harris, 1699. 8° (17.6 x 10.5cm). With 2 final advertisement leaves. (Heavy dampstain at lower margins, some marginal spotting, without blank a4.) Black half calf, c. 1900, speckled edges. Provenance: F. Dinsdale (bookplate) -- purchased from Maggs for £1 15s, ownership signature of Norman Railing.
FIRST EDITION. Letter IX is an exposure of "the humours and tricks of the tennis courts". The dedication is signed Ed. S---cy, possibly Edmund Stacy. Republished in 1747 and 1927 as Tricks of the Town. Wing C-6533; Garnett p. 290; Henderson p. 184.
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