[Rarebooks] fs: Four 19th c. Epitaph titles, bound as 1 volume

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

An interesting collection of four epitaph titles, bound into a single volume-

"A Select Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, with 
Anecdotes of Distinguished Extraordinary Persons" -anonymous. Published by 
J. Raw in 1806. With a nice frontispiece.

"Church=Yard Gleanings, and Epigrammatic Scraps: being a collection of 
remarkable Epitaphs and Epigrams..." by William Pulleyn. London: 1830.

"[Epitaphia], or, A collection of memorials, inscribed to the memory of 
good and faithful servants, copied on the spot, in various cemetaries 
throughout the counties of Berks, Buckingham, (etc)." by J.W. Streeten. 
London: 1826.

"Church-yard Gleanings, or, A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental 
Inscriptions". Derby, no date (ca. 1840).

The good news about this last title is that it is fairly scarce, with only 
2 OCLC listings, and that it has a nice folding frontispiece showing a 
churchyard. The bad news about it is that the frontispiece is somewhat 
strongly (though not unpleasantly) colored, and that in trimming the pages 
to make them fit into the binding with the rest of the books, the edges 
have been trimmed right up to, and in some cases into the text (in these 
case nicking off small parts of the outermost letters).

Hardcover. 4"x6.5", xv + 230 pages + engraved frontispiece; xxiii + 264 
pages; xii + 312 pages; 24 pages + folding colored frontispiece. Bound in 
19th century plain quarter leather with marbled boards. Covers somewhat 
worn and rubbed; spine head chipped at one corner; a little internal soil 
and spotting. [00553] $350.00

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