- 1054
[Dibdin, Thomas Frognall]
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- [Dibdin, Thomas Frognall]
- Richard Arnold. The customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's Chronicle; containing among divers other matters, the original of the celebrated poem of the Nut-Brown Maid. Reprinted from the First Edition, with the addition included in the second. London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cadell and Davies; J. Mawman; and R.H. Evans [for Arnold's] and J. Johnson [for Rastell], 1811 — John Rastell. The Pastime of People, or, The Chronicles of divers Realms; and most especially of the Realm of England. Briefly compiled, and imprinted in cheapside, by John Rastell. Now first reprinted, and systematically arranged, with fac-simile wood-cuts... London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; et al, 1811
- Ink, paper and cow
Two volumes bound in one, 4to (11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.; 296 x 231 mm). Full-page facsimile woodcuts in Rastell; light offset from illustrations. Contemporary dark green morocco by Clarke & Bedford, gilt roll-tooled and narrow dentelle borders, gilt ornament on spine; some foxing on panels.
Provenance
Christopher Turnor (bookplate) — J.R. Abbey (bookplate; Sotheby's London, 21 June 1965, lot 48). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Seven Gables
Literature
Jackson, 30; Windle and Pippin A19
Catalogue Note
According to Windle and Pippin, Rastell's Pastime is the only edition edited by Dibdin.