ANONYMOUS. Splinters, Historical, Sacred and Profane. Newcastle: J. and R. Akenhead, 1827.
12mo, sometime rebound in half black calf, marbled boards; pp. 33, woodcut on title page and 5 others by Bewick; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, very good.
First edition.
A truly peculiar collection of miscellaneous pieces on sea-faring, British superiority, world history, homespun wisdom and other seemingly unrelated aspects of domestic life.
Hugo 477.
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