Ianthé, or the Flower Of Caernarvon, a novel, in two volumes. Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales / by Emily Clark, Grand-Daughter Of The Late Colonel Frederick, Son Of Theodore, King Of Corsica.
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Main Collection pre-1900
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Publication Year
1798
Subject
Novel
Description
(PHY) Two volumes in one.||(CON) Vol I; [A]10, B-L12, M8, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, verso blank; [A]2r Title, verso blank; [A]3r-[A]4v Introduction; [A]5r-[A]10r Subscribersí List; [A]10v Publisherís Advertisement; B1r-M8v Text.Vol II; [A]2, B-M12, N5, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, verso blank; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-N5r Text, N5v blank.||(REF) Block, p. 41; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography, p. 363; Garside, Raven, and Schˆwerling, 1798:23; Four copies in ESTC (two at L, both imperfect, MH, Corvey);||(PRV) From the Library of John Charles Hardy, with his bookplate, and an additional contemporary armorial bookplate.||(BIN) Contemporary calf, spine gilt-ruled and lettered, red label.||(ABS) The plot concerns jealousy between two brothers, the younger of whom marries the woman he loves, is wounded, has two children (one of them from Ianthe), and is blessed with his retirement in Wales near Mount Snowden.||(REF) Reviews: Monthly Review, August 1798; Critical Review, October 1798.
Biblio Notes
1v. ; 12mo.
Number of Copies
1