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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  128
• Lot Description:
  Baudouin, Alexandre
  The man of the world's dictionary
• Notes:
  London : J Appleyard, 1822, 8vo. [162] p., unpaginated. Rebound. New endpapers. Small inscription to fly leaf. Foxing to contents. Translated from the French. First published in English in 1820 under the title 'A New Dictionary for the Fashionable World'. First published in French in 1818. A book of alphabetical witticisms: 'Bookseller: A man who lives on the sense and wit of others; a speculator on the curiosity, but more frequently on the stupidity of the public. It may be said of an ignorant bookseller, that he lives amongst his books like an eunuch in the midst of a seraglio'. 'Gold: A yellow metal, that causes men to be massacred, towns to be burned, citizens to be oppressed, and women to be overcome'. G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$100 - 100
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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