LESSING, G[ottold] E[phraim]:: NATHAN the WISE: A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts - Translated by William Jacks,introduction by Archdeacon Farrar and etchings by William Strang

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LESSING, G[ottold] E[phraim]: : NATHAN the WISE: A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts - Translated by William Jacks,introduction by Archdeacon Farrar and etchings by William Strang

SCOTLAND.GLASGOW.JAMES MACLEHOSE & SONS,1894.[Publishers to the University.]

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UK,12mo HB,1st edn thus.[One of the earliest or first English translations was in 1860.This translation is the first edn by this publisher,1894.] FINE.Handwritten ink presentation inscrptn to off-set shadowed front free endpaper.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original undecorated olive green cloth boards/ covers with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers with verso+recto of front+rear free endpapers with off-set shadows from respective opposing pastedowns,both hinges solid and sound,without any tears,splits or cracking.Top edges lightly toned,fore- edges deckled (untrimmed); contents bright,tight,clean - text body foxing-free,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation - many pages unopened.UK,12mo HB,1st edn thus,vi-xxivpp+2-252pp [paginated] includes a preface,an introduction by Fredk. W. Farrar,5 Acts,8 etchings - includes frntis - each with tissue guard annotated with prose extract from poem,plus [unpaginated] off-set shadow half-title,frntis+tissue guard,title page,and illustrations list/ table. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,1st edn thus.
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