ONE OF 32 LARGE PAPER, BROCKETT COPY
A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use. From an Original Manuscript, in the Library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., with Considerable Additions.
Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. and J. Hodgson, for E. Charnley, 1825.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
First edition. One of 32 Large Paper copies. Engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Colalrd after W. Nicholson, on india paper and mounted, engraved armorial headpiece to dedication page. xxxvi, 243, [1] pp. Royal 8vo (248 x 181 mm). ONE OF 32 LARGE PAPER, BROCKETT COPY. Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, covers with double gilt rule and corner arabesques, covers centered with gilt arms of Brockett family (motto: Invictus Maneo), spine gilt, a.e.g. Small stain at foot of spine and a few small scuffs to boards, offset and minor spotting to title, spotting to endpapers, later gift inscription to f.f.e.p., but overall a fine copy internally in an attractive binding. Vancil p 34; O'Neill B-198 (Regular Issue).
Item #305815
An attorney by profession, Brockett (1788-1842) was a dedicated antiquarian with an interest in philology, printing, and book collecting. His 1818 Hints on the Propriety of Establishing a Typographical Society in Newcastle led to the founding of that society. Brockett assembled remarkable collections of books, medals, and coins, and the sale of part of his library in 1823 through Sotheby's lasted fourteen days and raised more than £4000. That sale catalogue notes numerous bindings bearing his arms by the great London binder Charles Lewis (1786-1836). The present binding is unsigned but of a very high quality, suggesting it may also be an example of Lewis' work, for presentation or for the author’s own shelf.
The regular edition was printed in 600 copies. This large paper copy is about 2 inches taller.
A fascinating work on dialects in the north of England, in a fine binding bearing the arms of the author.
