Curiosities of literature, with a view of the life and writings of the author, by his son (Still Image)

Curiosities of literature, with a view of the life and writings of the author, by his son

Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848

4 v. : ill., ports. 21 cm

The author, Isaac D'Israeli (1766 – 1848) was a British writer, scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his essays, his associations with other men of letters, and as the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Curiosities of Literature, his most popular work, was a collection of essays about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of book-collectors. The book was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century, reaching its eleventh edition (the last to be revised by the author) in 1839.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/D%27Israeli,_Isaac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_D'Israeli

From the fourteenth corrected London edition.

Literature -- Anecdotes

Litterateurs

English literature -- History and criticism

b29175513

PN43 .D5 1858

Boston : W. Veazie, 1858

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