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Abolitionism & Slavery. Hoare (Prince), Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. Composed from his own Manuscripts, and other Authentic Documents in the Possession of his Family and of The African Institution [...], first edition, London: Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., 1820, portrait frontispiece engraved by Henry Meyer after George Dance, lower gutter of frontispiece and title-page with stain, both and prelims foxed, later calf back, lettered in gilt, over 19th c cloth, 4to; and two miscellaneous books, Dunois (The Countess of), Memoirs of the Court of England, [...], To which is added, The Lady's Pacquet (sic) of Letters, two parts in one, London: Printed, and Sold by B. Bragg, 1707, black-ruled title-page, contemporary panelled two-tone calf, worn, upper-cover detached, speckled edges, 8vo, & Classics: [Cellarius (Christoph) & Walch (Johann Georg, editor)], Christophori Cellarii Dissertationes academicæ, varii argumenti in summam redactæ, Lipsiæ: Io. Lud. Gleditschii, 1712, portrait frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary English panelled two-tone calf, gilt-lettered morocco piece, some minor wear, verso pastedown with contemporary manuscript inscription, 8vo, (3)
Provenance: 2nd: George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757-1839), of
Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire, and Cassiobury House, Hertfordshire; the spine gilt with his monogrammed supralibros.
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