Trevanion, or, Matrimonial Errors.

Smith (Horatio [Horace])

Trevanion, or, Matrimonial Errors.

In Four Volumes. Vol. I [-IV].

Description: FIRST EDITION, complete with half-titles, titles with ownership inscription erased or torn out of top margin, 2 leaves in vol. i with repaired tears entering the text entering the text without loss, a few leaves a little frayed at the edges, vol. i re-sewn,end gatherings of vol. ii proud, minor staining here and there, some worming emanating from the boards entering the textblock for a short way at either end, without loss, pp. 211, [1]; 209, [3, 2 blanks and 1 p. ads]; 211; 214, [1], 12mo, original calf, neatly rebacked, lower cover of vol.i charred, upper cover of vol. iii with some abrasions, bookplates of James Carnegie-Arbuthnott of Balnamoon and Findowrie, early signature of Henry ?Lazard on inside front cover of vol.ii - not erased, or obscured by bookplate, contemporary ticket (with a small worm hole) of A & J. Black, & H. Parry, Leadenhall Street

Publication Details: Printed [Knight and Compton, Printers] for Earle and Hemet, 1801

Notes: Horace Smith's fourth novel, a rare work - BL only in COPAC. 'The Smith brothers [Horace and James] shared a taste for wit, theatre, fashionable entertainments, and light verse. Horace Smith's first literary ventures were novels of contemporary manners, characterized by lively dialogue: A Family Story (3 vols., 1800), The Runaway, or, The Seat of Benevolence (4 vols., 1800), Trevanion, or, Matrimonial Errors (4 vols., 1801), and Horatio, or, Memoirs of the Davenport Family (4 vols., 1807)' (ODNB). The brothers shot to fame on the publication of Rejected Addresses in 1812. A early reader has en...moreHorace Smith's fourth novel, a rare work - BL only in COPAC. 'The Smith brothers [Horace and James] shared a taste for wit, theatre, fashionable entertainments, and light verse. Horace Smith's first literary ventures were novels of contemporary manners, characterized by lively dialogue: A Family Story (3 vols., 1800), The Runaway, or, The Seat of Benevolence (4 vols., 1800), Trevanion, or, Matrimonial Errors (4 vols., 1801), and Horatio, or, Memoirs of the Davenport Family (4 vols., 1807)' (ODNB). The brothers shot to fame on the publication of Rejected Addresses in 1812. A early reader has endorsed the text as 'Excellent' at FINIS.A & J. Black, & H. Parry are somewhat obscure booksellers and publishers. There are very few imprints with their name alone, but they participated in some joint ventures in the first decade of the 19th century. They were 'Booksellers to the Honorable East India Company. Stationers & Chart Sellers, wholesale, retail & for exportation' (BMC). HIDE

Bibliography: (Summers p. 536; Garside and Schöwerling 1801: 61)

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Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1801

Stock Number: 67241

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