Boyle's court and country guide, and town visiting directory, corrected for april 1814.
London.
Printed and sold by Eliza Boyle, 1814.
12mo.
x, 408pp, [2]. With half-title. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to lower board and head of spine, and slight cracking to foot of upper joint. Endpapers stained, with slight loss to FFEP, otherwise internally clean and crisp.
The April 1814 edition of Boyle's Court and Country guide, which listed in alphabetical arrangement the 'names and places in town and country, of all the Ladies and Gentlemen of Fashion' in London.
With the business established by Patrick Boyle in 1792, this edition was compiled by his wife Eliza Boyle, who took over printing and publication in 1808, and would pass production on to her son after her. Boyle's guides would be published every year until 1925, culminating in close to 250 editions, with a delivery service being offered to those fashionable people mentioned within.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 33444
With the business established by Patrick Boyle in 1792, this edition was compiled by his wife Eliza Boyle, who took over printing and publication in 1808, and would pass production on to her son after her. Boyle's guides would be published every year until 1925, culminating in close to 250 editions, with a delivery service being offered to those fashionable people mentioned within.
