Lot 177
18th Century British Literature
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The London and country brewer London: T.Astley and R. Baldwin, 1750. 8vo, contemporary calf, binding rubbed and soiled, joints split, lacks one page of index [ESTC T16828]; Bellamy, George Anne Memoirs. London: J. Walker, 1785.contemporary half calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, lacking pages 197-198 [ESTC T63776]; Young, Arthur The example of France, a warning to Britain. London: W. Richardson, 1793. contemporary half calf, rubbed, spotted, bookplate of Lord Gretton [ESTC T33671]; Ferguson, James Selected mechanical exercises... London: A. Strahan, 1790. Third edition, 8vo, 9 folding plates, contemporary quarter calf, upper cover detached, text block split into two parts, spine rubbed [ESTC N21211]; Sterne, Laurence Letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne. London: T. Becket, 1776. 8vo, three volumes, portrait, contemporary calf, gilt tooled spines, bookplates of Lord Gretton, a little rubbed [ESTC T14767]; [Crokatt, Gilbert] The Scotch Presbyterian eloquence... London: M. Smith, 1719. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, upper board detached, some spotting [ESTC T171714]; Butler, Samuel Hudibras, the first part written in the time of the late wars. London: Henry Herringman, 1689. 8vo, 3 parts in one volume, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, a little rubbed, small marginal tear to page 230 with loss of a couple of letters [ESTC R12253 ], [Wing (second edition) B6304/B6317A]; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs. Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1770. 8vo, 5 volumes, contemporary calf, bookplates of Lord Gretton, some darkening and marginal worming with loss of a couple of letters [ESTC N21998]; Dryden, John The satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Dublin: Sam Fuller, 1732. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, portrait, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, rubbed [ESTC T47106]; And a quantity of others; sold not subject to return (32)
Footnote
Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton