Buy this book on-line Anonymous : Marriot the Great EaterLondon, early 19th cent.
Engraving by an unknown artist of Marriot the Great Eater, a lawyer reknowned for his consumptive ability, mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary. Image size: 169 x 129 mm. Trimmed within plate marks. Wove paper. Verse below image: "Here to your view's presented the great Eater,/ Marriot the Lawyer, Grayes-Innes Cormorant;/ who for his Gutt is become a meer cheater:/ Those that will feed him Councell shall not want." From scrapbook compiled by noted 19th c. British collector T. Purland in 1845. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Anonymous : Marriot the Great Eater. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, antiquarian books, used books, livres illustrées and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |