Description: I have here for sale a book entitled THE MODEL MERCHANT OF THE MIDDLE AGES, exemplified in the Story of Whittington and his Cat: an attempt to rescue that interesting story from the region of fable, and to place it in its proper position in the legitimate history of this country, by Reverend Samuel Lysons, M.A. Published by Hamilton, Adams, and Co. in London in 1860. Includes fold-out family tree to rear, as well as b/w frontispiece portrait of Richard Whittington. Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country. However, the real Whittington did not come from a poor family of common stock, and there is no compelling evidence supporting the stories about the cat, or even whether he owned one.Brown cloth hardboards with gilt lettering to front board. Blind stamp decoration to both boards, as well as some dirt marks. Spine peeling from text block but still present. Corners bumped. Heavily chipped to head and tail. Binding generally tight. Ink annotations to prelims. Pages generally clean, with occasional light smudges. Very good condition. 23 cm x 15 cm, 95 pages. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if and anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 49.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-10-29T21:05:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 33.22 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Cloth
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Fiction Subject: General & Literary Fiction
Region: Europe
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: REV. SAMUEL LYSONS
Publisher: HAMILTON, ADAMS AND CO.
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1860
