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Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
[Arbuthnot, John] Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. First Edinburgh edition [reprinted from the London edition], [ESTC T37609, listing 9 copies of this printing]; [Idem] John Bull in his Senses: being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T29115, listing 9 copies]; [Idem] John Bull still in his Senses: being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T29123, listing 10 copies]; [Idem] An Appendix to John Bull still in his Senses... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T22319, listing 5 copies]; [Idem] Lewis Baboon turned Honest, and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T38600]; [Defoe, Daniel] Reasons why this Nation ought to put a Speedy END to this Expensive War. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Third edition, reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T65914, listing 10 copies]; [Manley, Mrs (Mary de la Rivière)] A True Relation of the Several Facts and Circumstances of the intended Riot and Tumult on Queen Elizabeth's Birthday. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T10771]; A Fair View of our Present Case... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. Half-title, [ESTC N18376, recording 8 copies]; 'D.L.' The Plain Case of Great-Britain... [Edinburgh?], 1712. Small tear to one foremargin slightly affecting text [ESTC T173696]; [Possibly Daniel Defoe] The Ballance of Europe... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Reprinted from the London edition, [ESTC T65920, listing 8 copies]; [King, William] Rufinus: or an Historical Essay of the Favourite-Ministry under Theodosius the Great... Edinburgh: James Watson, 1712. [ESTC T110508, listing 5 copies]; [Defoe, Daniel] The Secret History of the October Club. London: John Baker, 1711. Half-title, final advertisement leaf, [ESTC T66270]; [Distaff, John] A Character of Don Sacheverellio, Knight of the Firebrand in a Letter to Isaac Bickerstaff Esq... Dublin, 1710. [ESTC T30431, references 16pp., whilst this copy has 18pp.]; [Defoe, Daniel?] No Punishment No Government: an No Danger even in the Worst Designs. London, 1712. [ESTC T125615]; Bickerstaff, Isaac Predictions for the Year, 1712... [London], 1712. [ESTC T44186]; all 8vo, bound as one volume, 18th century calf, a few leaves throughout slightly trimmed, rarely affecting text
Provenance: From the library of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, with bookplate