The unknown; or, the northern gallery. A romance. In four volumes / by Francis Lathom, author of The mysterious freebooter, The impenetrable secret, Mystery, &c. &c.
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Main Collection pre-1900
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Publication Year
1826
Subject
Novel
Description
(HIS) First published 1808 by the Minerva Press.||(REF) Garside, Raven & Schˆwerling: 1808:67 (first edition); COPAC, copac.ac.ik,: 2 copies of this 1826 edition (including British Library);||(PRV) Accession no. 8780: label of 'W. A. Hunt, Subscription Library, Market Place, Ramsgate' on front inside board of all 4 volumes.||(PHY) Accession no. 8780: bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards; front board detached on vols. 1, 3 & 4; hinge very weak on vol. 2 (cased in red cloth drop box).||(SUM) lathom (1774-1832) is notable for being one of the first writers of historical fiction and one of the first gay writers to openly address homosexuality in the novel.
Biblio Notes
4 v. (xi, [1], 262; [2], 244; [2], 255; [2], 264 p.) ; 12mo
Number of Copies
1