THE LIFE AND ERRORS OF JOHN DUNTON. Citizen of London with the Lives and Characters of More Than a Thousand Contemporary Divines and Other Persons of Literary Eminence to Which are Added Dunton's Conversations in Ireland, Selections from His Other Genuine Works and a Faithful Portrait of the Author

2 volumes. First of the Edition and a facsimile of the original edition of 1705. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece in Volume I. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the spines lettered in gilt. xxxii, xx, 413; v, 414-773 pp. A pristine copy, as mint and without fault.

Edizione: first printing of this facsimile of the original edition. 'dunton, an english bookseller and author, founded in 1691, the athenian society to publish the athenian mercury, the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous periodical in england. in 1693, for four weeks, the athenian society published also the ladies' mercury, the first periodical published that was specifically designed just for women.<br> in 1686, he visited new england, where he stayed eight months selling books and observing with interest the new country and its inhabitants. he sailed from gravesend in october 1685, and reached boston after a four months voyage. he sold his books, and visited cambridge. in roxbury he saw the missionary john eliot and learnt something of native american customs. he stayed for a time at salem and wenham, and returned to england in the autumn of 1686.<br> on his return to england, he opened a new shop in london in the poultry, in the hope of better times. it was here, that he founded in 1691 a new kind of journal, the athenian gazette/the athenian mercury, with anonymous questions-and-answers, powered by his athenian society. he also wrote the first periodical and the first dictionary designed specifically for women: the ladies' mercury - an imitation of his wider athenian project - and acting here as the publisher more than the author: the ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex, a work never attempted before in english (1694). the work offered here is one of his most famous books.' wiki