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Knickerbocker, Diedrich [pseudonym of Washington Irving] A Humourous History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
London Printed for W. Wright, 46 Fleet Street 1820 New Edition Half Leather Very Good
From the Beginning of the World, to the End of the Dutch Dynasty; Containing, among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter The Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William The Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter The Headstrong; the Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam; Being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been Published.Slight cracking to leather at joint where it meets the spine strip at top edge, else a very good clean copy with leather spine and corners and marbled boards. Spine strip has faded and edges and corners are rubbed. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. xvi + 495 pages. Witty satire which takes a poke at many of the pretentious historians of the day.
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152.50 GBP
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