£819
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787. Second (first Edinburgh) edition with ‘Boxburgh’ for ‘Roxburgh’ on p.xxxvii and ‘stinking’ for ‘skinking’ on p.263, later half calf, spine lacking and upper cover detached, partially erased gift inscription on the title-page to Miss Lees in an unknown hand