Lot 7
18th Century Literature
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
[Anon.] Three tracts on the corn-trade. London: [Charles Smith], 1766. Small 4to., contemporary half calf, relevant newspaper clippings pasted to endpapers, [ESTC T50306], spine and boards rubbed, lower joint cracking, foxing to first few and last few pages; Addison, Joseph The free-holder... London: Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1758. 8vo., 1758 publication of the complete 55 issues of the celebrated news-sheet, modern half morocco, [ESTC N6554], some slight dust soiling; Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester Secret memoirs... written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript never printed, to which is added a preface by Dr. Drake. London: Sam Briscoe, 1706. 8vo., contemporary speckled calf, [ESTC T145844], slight rubbing and chipping to spine, some light dustsoiling; [Colquhoun, Patrick] A treatise on the police of the metropolis... London: C. Dilly, 1796. 8vo., contemporary calf, [ESTC T99184], joints splitting, slightly rubbed, some spotting to pages, occasional pencil annotations; Webb, Daniel An inquiry into the beauties of painting... London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. First edition, 8vo., Bowyer's records show 1000 copies printed, [ESTC T131072], original boards, dust soiled, with title and author written on spine in biro, some soiling to endpapers and title; Lindsay, Robert The history of Scotland... Edinburgh: Charles Elliot, 1778. 8vo., contemporary calf, [ESTC T083320], spine rebacked, hinges cracking, some rubbing to spine and covers, some light spotting; Ramsay, Allan The gentle shepherd... Edinburgh: 1776. 8vo., engraved portrait, 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf, [ESTC T119623], slight rubbing, occasional spotting and slight offsetting onto title; Salmon, [Nathaniel] A short view of the families of the Scottish nobility. London: W. Owen. Large 12mo., contemporary calf, [ESTC T48231], plate on the rules of borrowing from the library of D.C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. (Dundee) attached to the front free-endpaper, a few embossed library stamps, some slight dust and damp soiling, spine rebacked, slightly rubbed; Wharton, Philip, duke of Wharton. The life and writings... London: the Bookfellers, 1732. 8vo., 2 volumes, titles in red and black, modern half calf; and 40 others (50)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire