THE PORTFOLIO OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, IN HISTORY, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS &C.

Categories: Fiction

Non-fiction

Anthology / Collection

Year: 1829

Date Details: Last issue dated July 4, 1829

Publisher: Printed and Published by J. Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street, Holborn ; and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country

Pagination: vi, 362p.

Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 cm

Illustrations: Engravings and woodcuts

City: London

Document Type: Book

Language: English

Printer: J. Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street, Holborn

Seller: Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country

Index: [iii]-vi 'INDEX TO VOLUME VI'.

Other Content: vi 'EMBELLISHMENTS.'

Price: 3d. per issue as noted on each cover (not collected)

Binding: Red (spine) and brown (corners), half calf. Front and bacl marbled board. SPINE: [gilt-tooled] '(decorative design) | (wavy lines) | '(lines) | THE | PORTFOLIO | (lines)' (on black calf) | (wavy lines) | '(lines) | VOL. | VI. | (lines)' (on black calf) | (wavy lines) | (decorative design) | (wavy lines) | (decorative design) |(wavy lines) | (decorative design) | '(decorative lines)'.

Marginalia: Trimmed

Notes:

Full title: THE PORTFOLIO OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, IN HISTORY, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS : CONTAINING ORIGINAL ESSAYS ; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS ; HISTORICAL NARRATIVES ; TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS ; NOVELS ; TALES ; ANECDOTES ; SELECT EXTRACTS FROM MODERN AUTHORS ; POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ; THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC PRESS ; DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES ; DOMESTIC HINTS OF UTILITY, &C. &C. &C. ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS AND WOOD CUTS. VOL. VI.