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The Spoon:

with upwards of one hundred illustrations, Primitive, Egyptian, Roman, Mediæval, and Modern... Being a part of the Transactions of the Society of Literary and Scientific Chiffoniers.

Stock Code 101063

London, Wiley & Putnam, 1845

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A scarce work, chronicling the evolution and implementation of the humble spoon over millennia, on behalf of the presumably fictitious Society of Literary and Scientific Chiffoniers.

First London edition; 8vo; 8 lithographed plates, some foxing and oxidising, armorial bookplate to front pastedown; contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving contemporary spine, edge wear.

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The Spoon:

WESTMAN, Habbakuk O. [pseud. ?EWBANK, Thomas]

Stock code: 101063

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