OBSERVATOR
by L'Estrange, Roger
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
[FREEDOM OF THE PRESS] L'Estrange, Roger. THE OBSERVATOR [Number 434]. London: Printed for Joanna Brome at the Gun in S. Pauls Churchyard, Thursday, November 8, 1683. First edition. Broadsheet, uncut, as issued. Minor aging and nicks, but a fine copy. In this issue L'Estrange uses his usual slangy dialogue format, cluttered with gothic and italic and all cap type fonts for emphasis, and peppered with apostrophes commas to replicate the tone of a lively conversation, to debate the freedom of the press under Queen Elizabeth. His use of colorful slang like "twitted" and phrases like "ticklish upon that question" or "a Bear by the Tooth" makes for amusing reading. An advertisement at the end offers for sale copies of Ayres' EMBLEMATA AMATORIA, and announces that a paper for horse-dealers, `The Jockeys Intelligence' was being revived due to popular demand.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23117
- Title
- OBSERVATOR
- Author
- L'Estrange, Roger
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- ELIZABETH,QUEEN , NEWSPAPER , FREEDOM OF PRES , HORSES , EMBLEM AMATORIA , SLANG
Terms of Sale
Mac Donnell Rare Books
15 day return guarantee if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mac Donnell Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
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- First Edition
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