Bindings
Gibbon, Pope, Johnson, Chesterfield and de la Fontaine
£756
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: T. Cadell Jun and W. Davies, 1802. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary streaked calf, spines refurbished;
Pope, Alexander. The Works of Alexander Pope. London: For B. Law [and others], 1797. 9 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, marbled ends, front board of volume 1 detaching;
Pope, Alexander [translator]. The Iliad of Homer. London: H. Baldwin, 1796. 6 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, marbled ends; Idem. The Odyssey of Homer. London: Bye and Law, 1796. 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, marbled edges;
Johnson, Samuel. The Rambler. London: P. Dodsley, R. Owen, 1794. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, corners bumped;
Stanhope, Philip. Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. 4 volumes, second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf;
[Jean] de la Fontaine. Contes et nouvelles en vars. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1709. 8vo, contemporary boards, spine refurbished; sold not subject to return (41)