REEVE, Clara (1729-1807). Destination; or, Memoirs of a private family, London: for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, half titles (K6 of vol. I cleanly torn), contemporary half calf over marbled boards, flat-backed gilt spines (lightly rubbed), with bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft and his signature to titles. [Block p. 195; Summers pp. 144, 294; ESTC records an earlier issue without the publisher's imprint] (3)

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REEVE, Clara (1729-1807). Destination; or, Memoirs of a private family, London: for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, half titles (K6 of vol. I cleanly torn), contemporary half calf over marbled boards, flat-backed gilt spines (lightly rubbed), with bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft and his signature to titles. [Block p. 195; Summers pp. 144, 294; ESTC records an earlier issue without the publisher's imprint] (3)

拍品专文

William Bartlett, the son of a successful schoolmaster, narrates the fortunes of both his own family and their relations, the Stanmores. While great stress is laid on the right choice of education and profession for all the sons of a family, the author also shows her interest in wills, marriage settlements, and those details of the transfer of property which affect a family dynasty. The least conventional of the many characters introduced is William's bosom friend, Arthur Stanmore who, though a dunce at Latin, shows a great interest as a schoolboy in English travel books. Rather than become a vicar as his parents wish, Arthur is reluctantly allowed to go to India as an officer of the East India Company, but leaving the service out of a dislike of their racist policies, he marries a woman of mixed race, indulges in many dangerous adventures, but finally returns home with a numerous progeny and a fortune in precious stones.