Fox, Arthur W. — A Book of Bachelors

New York, Dutton, 1900. Hardcover. Three-quarter binding with a red leather spine and pink marbled wraps over the boards. Gilt text and five bands on the spine. The end pages are marbled. 449 pages; black-and-white plates. Contents are as follows: Preface.--The schoolmaster: Henry Peacham.--The physician: Andrew Boorde--The parson: Henry Smith.--The bishop: Lancelot Andrewes.--The archbishop: George Abbot.--The poet: Abraham Cowley.--The traveller: Thomas Coryate.--The courtier: Sir Thomas Overbury--The diplomatist: Sir Henry Wotton.--The humourist: Robert Burton. VG: Wear to the edges and corneers, especially around the spine. Rubbing to the spine. Majority clean body pages and solid binding.