Miscellaneous. [De Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier)], Jugement...

Hammer

£60

Miscellaneous. [De Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier)], Jugement de Pluton, sur les deux parties des nouveaux dialogues des morts, first edition, Paris: G. Quinet, 1684, contemporary English speckled calf, split, some losses, 8vo, [Bouhours (Dominique)], Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson, grand-maistre de Rhodes, second edition, Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1677, contemporary calf, worn, 18th and early 19th c Bibliothèque de Marseille stamps to title-page, 12mo, [Aikin (John)], The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons, second edition, London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, early 19th c quarter-calf over marbled boards, perished spine, some movement, 12mo, & [Americana], [Watts (William)], The Yahoo; a Satirical Rhapsody, first edition, New York: Printed and Published by H. Simpson, 1830, half-title, original publisher's grey papered boards, spine perished, disbound, 8vo, (4) 


Provenance: 1st: Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (1670-1710); his Jacobean armorial bookplate dated 1701, verso of title-page.