Mackenzie, Henry
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
£750
Description
The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh In the Years 1785 and 1786. Edinburgh: William Creech, [1785-87]. Folio, complete set of 101 numbers, first editions, with a duplicate of No. II in second edition bound in, and of No. XCVII loosely inserted (the latter frayed in inner and outer margins, pagination at head cropped), the usual fold marks, some of which a little discoloured, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips to corners, red lettering piece on spine, sides slightly rubbed, repairs to lower joint and foot of spine, [ESTC P1411], bookplate of James Elphinstone Erskine & Charles R. Cowie