1723 3rd Edtn DRUNKEN BARNABYS FOUR JOURNEYS TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND By Richard Braithwaite Illus. Anon Good Classic Literature

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1723 3rd Edition

DRUNKEN BARNABYS FOUR JOURNEYS TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
Together with Bessy Bell
By Richard Braithwaite

Author Bio: Richard Brathwait or Brathwaite (1588 – 4 May 1673) was an English poet. He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, which records his pilgrimages through England in rhymed Latin (said by Southey to be the best of modern times), and doggerel English verse.

Illustrated By: Anon
Illustrator Bio:

Synopsis: In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and merrily (tho'an Hundred years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty Books that had lain a long time by in a Corner, and now at last made publick. Together with Bessy Bell. Hic est quem quaris, ille quem requiris, Toto notus in Orbe Britannus. Mart, Barnabas Ebrius, The Third Edition, illustrated with several new copper cuts. London Printed for Richard Braithwaite "Richard Brathwaite's most famous work is Barnabae Itinerarium or Barnabees Journall [1638], by "Corymbaeus," written in English and Latin rhyme. The title-page says it is written for the "travellers' solace" and is to be chanted to the old tune of "Barnabe." The story of "drunken Barnabee's" four journeys to the north of England contains much amusing topographical information, and its gaiety is unflagging. Barnabee rarely visits a town or village without some notice of an excellent inn or a charming hostess, but he hardly deserves the epithet "drunken." At Banbury he saw the Puritan who has become proverbial, "Hanging of his cat on Monday For killing of a Mouse on Sunday." - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, Vol. 4, p. 436.

Binding: Leather, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 175
Language: English

Published By: S. Illidge, under Serle's Gate Lincolns-Inn New Square., London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, ornaments, parallel text in Latin and English (printing flaw on C3 and F3 with loss of a few letters, corner torn away from F5 with loss of a few letters on verso, a few marginal repairs, one plate stained, occasional light spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary calf gilt, yellow edges ([?]rebacked some time ago, joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: D. [?]James (old signature on front free endpaper). Cox III, 5; Lowndes 260; Grolier Wither to Prior 79..

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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SKU: BTETM0001732

1723 3rd Edition

DRUNKEN BARNABYS FOUR JOURNEYS TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
Together with Bessy Bell
By Richard Braithwaite

Author Bio: Richard Brathwait or Brathwaite (1588 – 4 May 1673) was an English poet. He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, which records his pilgrimages through England in rhymed Latin (said by Southey to be the best of modern times), and doggerel English verse.

Illustrated By: Anon
Illustrator Bio:

Synopsis: In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and merrily (tho'an Hundred years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty Books that had lain a long time by in a Corner, and now at last made publick. Together with Bessy Bell. Hic est quem quaris, ille quem requiris, Toto notus in Orbe Britannus. Mart, Barnabas Ebrius, The Third Edition, illustrated with several new copper cuts. London Printed for Richard Braithwaite "Richard Brathwaite's most famous work is Barnabae Itinerarium or Barnabees Journall [1638], by "Corymbaeus," written in English and Latin rhyme. The title-page says it is written for the "travellers' solace" and is to be chanted to the old tune of "Barnabe." The story of "drunken Barnabee's" four journeys to the north of England contains much amusing topographical information, and its gaiety is unflagging. Barnabee rarely visits a town or village without some notice of an excellent inn or a charming hostess, but he hardly deserves the epithet "drunken." At Banbury he saw the Puritan who has become proverbial, "Hanging of his cat on Monday For killing of a Mouse on Sunday." - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, Vol. 4, p. 436.

Binding: Leather, duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7 3⁄8 in 127 × 187 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: pp. 175
Language: English

Published By: S. Illidge, under Serle's Gate Lincolns-Inn New Square., London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, ornaments, parallel text in Latin and English (printing flaw on C3 and F3 with loss of a few letters, corner torn away from F5 with loss of a few letters on verso, a few marginal repairs, one plate stained, occasional light spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary calf gilt, yellow edges ([?]rebacked some time ago, joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: D. [?]James (old signature on front free endpaper). Cox III, 5; Lowndes 260; Grolier Wither to Prior 79..

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

SKU: BTETM0001732

Engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, ornaments, parallel text in Latin and English (printing flaw on C3 and F3 with loss of a few letters, corner torn away from F5 with loss of a few letters on verso, a few marginal repairs, one plate stained, occasional light spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary calf gilt, yellow edges ([?]rebacked some time ago, joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: D. [?]James (old signature on front free endpaper). Cox III, 5; Lowndes 260; Grolier Wither to Prior 79.