Item #63193 The Parlement of Pratlers. A Series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour. Extracted from 'Ortho-epia Gallica', a Book on the Correct Pronunciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593. Binding, Jack LINDSAY.

[Binding]. LINDSAY, Jack (editor)

The Parlement of Pratlers. A Series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour. Extracted from 'Ortho-epia Gallica', a Book on the Correct Pronunciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593

London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1928.

Octavo, 120 pages with numerous woodblock illustrations by Hal Collins.

First few leaves lightly foxed; in excellent condition.

Number 564 of 625 copies, with the publisher's quarter cloth and papered boards replaced with a stunning designer-binding by Ron Eadie. The accompanying images make short work of any written description we could provide.