Lot 169
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[Swift, Jonathan]
A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used At Court, and in the Best Companies of England … By Simon Wagstaff, Etc. London: printed for B. Motte and C. Bathurst, 1738. First London edition, first issue, 8vo, ordinary paper (18.7 x 10.8cm), with advertisement leaf (in this copy bound at end of text), and head-piece depicting Neptune on p. [1] of introduction, early 19th-century? red morocco, gilt, with coat of arms of possibly a member of the Order of the Garter on upper board, edges gilt, some minor rubbing to spine and corner tips, internally very clean [Teerink-Scouten, 761; Rothschild 2160; ESTC T97412];
[Sterne, Laurence]. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. London: printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768. First edition, 2 volumes, small 8vo (15.2 x 9cm), contemporary quarter mottled calf, red and blue morocco labels, spines gilt with bird, star and flower tools, marbled boards, vellum corner tips, with list of subscribers in volume 1 and half titles, without the loose advertisement leaf issued with this edition at time of publication, joints in volume 2 cracking slightly, light worming to first few leaves in volume 2, contemporary ownership inscriptions of William Greenby on the half-titles, bookplates of E .H. Greenby on front pastedowns, book labels on rear pastedowns of art historian John Bernard Bury (1917-2017) [ESTC T14747; Rothschild 1972];
[Addison, Joseph]. Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705. First edition, 8vo (19 x 11.5cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, panel binding with gilt tooling on spine, joints cracking slightly, with book labels on front pastedown of Wiston Old Rectory, art historians John Bernard Bury (1917-2017) and Michael Bury (1947-2021) [ESTC T74575];
[Peacock, Thomas Love]. Crotchet Castle. London: published by T. Hookham, 1831. First edition, 8vo (15.8 x 9.2cm), half calf, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling and black morocco label, without half title or advertisement leaf, book label on front pastedown of art historian John Bernard Bury (1917-2017) [Sadleir 1957] (5)