Description: THE LIFE OF THOMAS GENT, PRINTER OF NEW YORK, Written by himself. Edited by Rev. Joseph Hunter London, Thomas Thorpe 1832. 8vo, original cloth, original paper spine label. Ftp engraved portrait of Gent, 208 pgs. FIRST EDITION. Nice vg, Very RARE. A very interesting biography of a distinguished country printer. Also contains a number of details relative to the history of topography during the second half of the eighteenth century. Thorpe found the manuscript in an Irish collection he had purchased. Gent had written the manuscript in 1746 when he was in his 53rd year, thirty two years before his death at 85.
Price: 295 USD
Location: Palmyra, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-21T23:57:43.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8.5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1832
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Hardcover
Region: Europe
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
