The History of Court Fools

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Richard Bentley, London.

BINDING

Half bound marbled boards. Remains of title patch and banding to spine.

BOOK CONDITION
Binding is intact but in poor condition. Split along front edge of spine and front hinge and generally worn. Water marks to first few leaves and then faintly to top edges. throughout. However, the majority of the printed pages are otherwise clear and little marked. Reading copy. 

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
1858, no edition remarks so possibly first. 

DESCRIPTION
Frontispiece drawing. 389 pp. 12mo.

SYNOPSIS
A detailed historical study of "Court Fools" from ancient Greece and Rome, the Far East and Europe.