The carcanet
Subtitle: being select passages from the most distinguished writers.
Contributors: Whittingham, Charles, 1795-1876 (printer)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: William Pickering
Published: 1830
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Notes: Publisher's device printed on t.p.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1] at beginning and p. [259]-264 at end.

"In a considerable degree these sheets are specimens of the best English authors of all periods, as selections have been made from nearly one hundred of the most distinguished writers, among whom are Bacon, Milton, Hooker, Addison, Pope, Johnson, Shakespeare, Beattie, Sheridan, Burke, Goldsmith, Sterne, Young, Cowper, Byron, Southey, Moore, Walter Scott, Campbell, Rogers, Montgomery, Hume, Junius, Canning, &c."--Preface.

Includes "Index of Authors.": p. [249]-252 and "Index of Subjects.": p. [253]-258.

MASS copy: Bound in blue moiré fine diagonal rib-grain cloth with title blocked in gold on spine; a.e.g.