1825 The Every-Day Book; Or, the Guide to the Year: Relating the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to the 365 Days In Past and Present Times; Being a Series of 5000 Anecdotes and Facts; Forming a History of The Year, A Calendar of the Seasons, And a Chronological Dictionary of the Almanac; With a Variety of Important and Diverting Information, For Daily Use and Entertainment, Compiled from Authentic Sources.

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first edition of Hone's guide to the events and history of everyday of the year, in a half calf binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. William Hone (1780-1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. Hone has been described as one of the fathers of modern media. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom. Hone is best remembered for his works The Every-day Book, Table Book and Year Book; he was assisted with these by his friend Charles Lamb and his son-in-law Jacob Henry Burn.