[GLENIE, JAMES]
A SHORT ESSAY ON THE MODES OF DEFENCE BEST ADAPTED TO THE SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ISLAND
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Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
£350
Description
London: G. & T. Wilkie, 1785. Second edition, 8vo, [ESTC T79893]; [bound with] [Lennox, Charles] An Answer to a Short Essay on the Modes of Defence... London: J. Almon, 1785. 8vo, [ESTC T77301]; [bound with] [Glenie, James] A Reply to the Answer to a Short Essay... London: G. & T. Wilkie, 1785. 8vo, [ESTC T79894]; in contemporary tree calf, a little light foxing, bookplates, blindstamps of [Shirburn Castle] South Library to a few leaves
Footnote
Provenance: Bookplate of Shirburn Castle, seat of the Earls of Macclesfield