1920 First Edition (Thus) 1st Printing With Provenance
A NEASTE OF WASPES
By William Goddard
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Vellum, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
Language: English
Provenance: Bookplate for the General Theological Seminary Library Chelsea Square, New York; Rare Bok Cases.
Collation: pp. 64
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002588
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
A Neaste of Waspes
Latelie Found Out and Discouered in the Law-Countreys: Yealding as Sweete Hony as Some of Our English Bees
PROVENANCE
Bookplate for the General Theological Seminary Library Chelsea Square, New York; Rare Bok Cases.
Purchased from the fund bequeathed to the Seminary by Eugene Augustus Hoffman. D.D. Dean 1879-1902
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Soft vellum cover,
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
"A Nest of Wasps" is a book by William Goddard, published in 1615, that critiques the legal system in the Netherlands, portraying it as corrupt and driven by profit rather than justice. The title uses the metaphor of a wasp's nest to represent the legal profession, suggesting lawyers are like wasps, stinging their clients for financial gain.
This edition has been reprinted in England at the Oxford University Press from the copy in the Worcester College Library, and is issued by the Clarendon Press with a Bibliographical note by Mr C. H. Wilkinson, Fellow and Librarian of Worcester College
AUTHOR BIO
GODDARD, WILLIAM (fl. 1615), satirist, probably belonged to the Middle Temple. He lived at the beginning of the seventeenth century in Holland, where he seems to have been employed in a civil capacity.
1920 First Edition (Thus) 1st Printing With Provenance
A NEASTE OF WASPES
By William Goddard
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Vellum, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
Language: English
Provenance: Bookplate for the General Theological Seminary Library Chelsea Square, New York; Rare Bok Cases.
Collation: pp. 64
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002588
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
A Neaste of Waspes
Latelie Found Out and Discouered in the Law-Countreys: Yealding as Sweete Hony as Some of Our English Bees
PROVENANCE
Bookplate for the General Theological Seminary Library Chelsea Square, New York; Rare Bok Cases.
Purchased from the fund bequeathed to the Seminary by Eugene Augustus Hoffman. D.D. Dean 1879-1902
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Soft vellum cover,
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
"A Nest of Wasps" is a book by William Goddard, published in 1615, that critiques the legal system in the Netherlands, portraying it as corrupt and driven by profit rather than justice. The title uses the metaphor of a wasp's nest to represent the legal profession, suggesting lawyers are like wasps, stinging their clients for financial gain.
This edition has been reprinted in England at the Oxford University Press from the copy in the Worcester College Library, and is issued by the Clarendon Press with a Bibliographical note by Mr C. H. Wilkinson, Fellow and Librarian of Worcester College
AUTHOR BIO
GODDARD, WILLIAM (fl. 1615), satirist, probably belonged to the Middle Temple. He lived at the beginning of the seventeenth century in Holland, where he seems to have been employed in a civil capacity.
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