Research Catalog

Title

A book for a corner, or, Selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment : with comments on each, and a general introduction / by Leigh Hunt.

Author

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

Publication

London : Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, MDCCCXLIX [1849].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bolton, Thomas, active 1851-1893
• Chapman and Hall, publisher
• Franklin, John, active 1800-1861
• Hulme, Frederick William, 1816-1884
• Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902
• Vizetelly Brothers & Co., printer
• Hunt, Julia Trelawney Leigh, 1825-, former owner
• Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, inscriber
• Paget, I. M., former owner
• Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner
• Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936, former owner

Description

2 volumes : illustrations (wood engravings); 18 cm (8vo)

Alternative Title

Selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment

Note

• "Illustrated with eighty wood engravings, from designs by F. W. Hulme and J. Franklin" -- Title-page.
• "The Woodcuts engraved by W. R. Sedgfield and T. Bolton" -- Page [viii].
• Printer's imprint: "Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Printers and Engravers, Peterborough Court, 135 Fleet Street."
• Pagination: volume I: vi, [2], 240 pages; volume II: vii, [1], 240 pages.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• Brewer, L. My Leigh Hunt Library
• Smith, H. B. A Sentimental Library

Local note

• Pforzheimer copy 1: Publisher's brown diaper-grain cloth, gilt decorations and letters on spine, cover decorations blocked in blind, pale yellow endpapers. -- Ink ownership signature: "I. M. Paget" to front free endpaper of volume I; on verso of same endpaper in another hand: "2 vols, 5 francs, Paris, 1855." -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer through Bernard Quaritch Ltd., September 1951.
• Pforzheimer copy 2: Presentation copy: Ink inscription on title-page of volume I reads in full: "To Julia Trelawney Leigh Hunt from her loving Father." Ink inscription on title-page of volume II reads in full: "Julia T. L. H." (LH 0312). -- Late-19th century mottled calf by Francis Bedford, French fillet to upper and lower covers, spines tooled in gilt with decorations and fillets, red morocco spine-labels stamped in gilt, double gilt fillet to cover edges, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, red endpapers, original cloth covers bound in at end of each volume; within brown quarter morocco slipcase, gilt title. -- With the book-label of Harry Bache Smith tipped-in at front of both volumes.

Call Number

Pforz (Hunt, L. Book for a corner. 1849. 1st ed. London)

OCLC

• 2197554
• NYPGR2197554-B

Author

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.

Title

A book for a corner, or, Selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment : with comments on each, and a general introduction / by Leigh Hunt.

Imprint

London : Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, MDCCCXLIX [1849].

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexed In:

Brewer, L. My Leigh Hunt Library, page 234

Smith, H. B. A Sentimental Library, page 118

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy 1: Publisher's brown diaper-grain cloth, gilt decorations and letters on spine, cover decorations blocked in blind, pale yellow endpapers. -- Ink ownership signature: "I. M. Paget" to front free endpaper of volume I; on verso of same endpaper in another hand: "2 vols, 5 francs, Paris, 1855." -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer through Bernard Quaritch Ltd., September 1951.

Pforzheimer copy 2: Presentation copy: Ink inscription on title-page of volume I reads in full: "To Julia Trelawney Leigh Hunt from her loving Father." Ink inscription on title-page of volume II reads in full: "Julia T. L. H." (LH 0312). -- Late-19th century mottled calf by Francis Bedford, French fillet to upper and lower covers, spines tooled in gilt with decorations and fillets, red morocco spine-labels stamped in gilt, double gilt fillet to cover edges, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, red endpapers, original cloth covers bound in at end of each volume; within brown quarter morocco slipcase, gilt title. -- With the book-label of Harry Bache Smith tipped-in at front of both volumes.

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Added Author

Bolton, Thomas, active 1851-1893, wood engraver.

Chapman and Hall, publisher.

Franklin, John, active 1800-1861, illustrator.

Hulme, Frederick William, 1816-1884, illustrator.

Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902, wood engraver.

Vizetelly Brothers & Co., printer.

Hunt, Julia Trelawney Leigh, 1825-, former owner.

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, inscriber.

Paget, I. M., former owner.

Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.

Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936, former owner.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Hunt, L. Book for a corner. 1849. 1st ed. London)

8-NCZ (Hunt, L. book for a corner...)