Lot 502
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
Characteristics of men manners, opinions, times. The sixth edition, corrected. [London], 1737. 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1, engraved vignettes on the title-pages by Gribelin, contemporary panelled calf, spines worn, bookplates of Campbell of Shawfield; Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Letters written to his son, together with several other pieces on various subjects. London: J. Dodsley, 1775. Sixth edition. 4 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 19th century half calf, marbled boards, upper margin of frontispiece with water stain, occasional few spots; Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount The philosophical works. London, 1754. 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little wear to heads and tails, and a few scratches on boards; [Idem] Letters on the study and use of history. New edition corrected. London: for A. Millar, 1752. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf; Butler, Samuel The genuine remains in verse and prose. London: Tonson, 1759. First edition thus, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed; The Junius Stat nominis umbra. London: Bensley, 1805. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved titlepage to each volume, engraved portraits as frontispeices in each volume, other engraved portraits, contemporary calf, lettering pieces renewed (17)