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HOEY, [Abraham] van. Letters and negociations of m. van hoey, Ambassador from the States-General to his Most Christian Majesty. Containing An exact Representation of the present State of the Court of France... London. Printed for J. Nourse, 1743. First English edition. 8vo. viii, 155pp, [1]. Recent navy half-morocco, blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor wear to extremities. Recent marbled endpapers, marginal repair to penultimate leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15123
[BURT, Edward]. Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London;...interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. . London. Printed for S. Birt, 1754. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [1], x, 344pp; [2], 368pp, [1]. With an engraved map to Vol. I and a further eight engraved plates across both volumes. Contemporary calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily worn, with significant splitting to joints of both volumes. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun to FEP and ink-stamps of Alex. D. Denny, Dumbarton to FFEPs, of each volume. Some staining ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33422
[TESSIN, Carl Gustaf]. Letters from an old man to a young prince; with the answers. Translated from the Swedish. To which are prefixed Those of Her Present Majesty to her Son. London. Printed for R. Griffiths, 1759. Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. xliv, [1], 46-237, [1]; 228; 223pp, [5]. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Handsomely bound in contemporary vellum, spines richly gilt, contrasting black roan lettering-pieces. Extremities a trifle rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, recent book-labels of Peter Stewart Young and John Sparrow to front pastedowns, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of J. Gill and later inscriptions of C. Parker ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28187
[BROOME, Ralph]. Letters from simkin the second to his dear brother in wales, For the year 1790; giving a full and circumstantial account of all the most material points...brought before the high court of justice...during the trial of warren hastings... London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1790. First edition. 8vo. [4], 124pp, [4]. With a half-title. Without two of the final advertisement leaves. Uncut in contemporary marbled boards, later rebacked in drab paper. Boards worn and marked. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, naive paper repairs to foot of leaves B3-6 - clipping text, without loss of sense, occasional light dust-soiling. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20446
POPE, Alexander. Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, From the Year 1705, to 1711. London. Printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes in one, as issued. [12], 4, 3-14, 11-159, [1], 163-208, 194, [2], 117-164pp. Without fly-leaf title 'Letters to the Honourable Robert Digby', often excised as those letters that follow are in actuality 'letters to several ladies'. Uncut in recent half-calf, tan cloth boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, very mild damp-staining to text of gatherings Z-Dd, ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 13692
JOHNSON, Samuel. PIOZZI, Hester Lynch.. Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added, some poems never before printed. Published from the original Mss. in her possession. Dublin. Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrief..., 1788. First Dublin edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one. xvi, 279, [1]; ix, [1], 306pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary sheep, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A crisp copy, with faint crease to spine and a little scuffing to boards. Some damp-staining, most noticeably to the front endpapers. With bookplate of Murdock Library, Canterbury, to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11563
[BOLTON, Robert]. Letters to a Young Nobleman. Dublin. Printed for G. and A. Ewing, and J. Exshaw, 1763. First Irish edition. 12mo. [4], 230pp, [6] ads. Contemporary calf, morocco lettering-piece. Joints cracked, upper board held by cords. Lower corners of first four leaves with some fraying, occasional spots of foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12323
CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912
JACOB, G[iles]. Lex constitutionis: or, the gentleman's law being... In the Savoy [i.e. London]. Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling...for B. Lintot, 1719. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 360pp, [12]. Without initial blank leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, splitting to joints, slight loss to head of spine. Loss to front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, formerly the Barons King of Ockham, with their armorial bookplate to FEP, and the recent ink-stamp of the Ben Damph Forest library to ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 14478
KNOX, Vicesimus. Liberal education: or, a practical treatise on the methods of acquiring useful and polite learning. London. Printed for Charles Dilly, 1782. Fourth edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xxiii, [1], 486pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, all edges green. Board lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of the Swansea Training College reference library to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23768
[LITERARY MEMOIRS OF GERMANY]. Literary memoirs of germany and the north, Being a Choice Collection of essays on the following interesting subjects, viz. Alchemy, Algebra & Analysis, Anatomy, Animal Oeconomy...Done from the latin and high-dutch, By a society of gentlemen. London. Printed for J. Warcus...and J. Ross, 1759. Second edition. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one. [2], viii, 460; 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and a further 12 engraved plates (10 folding). Early sheep-backed paper boards. Extremities heavily worn. Very occasional chipping to margins. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Wallis to title page, dedication page, verso of first plate (alongside later inscription of Stephen Cummins), head of first leaf of text, and above caption title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19198
[KAMES, Henry Home, Lord]. Loose hints upon education, chiefly concerning the culture of the heart. Edinburgh. Printed for John Bell…and John Murray, 1781. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 381pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red Morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, joints starting, loss to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of James Crombie of Glasgow to FFEP and head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26115