Shaftesbury (Anthony, Earl of), Characteristicks (sic), volu...

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Shaftesbury (Anthony, Earl of), Characteristicks (sic), volumes I & II only (of 3), sixth edition, s.l. [London], s.n. [Printed by James Purser in Bartholomew-Close], 1737, volume I with portrait frontispiece, title-page and other vignettes, all engraved by Simon Gribelin, contemporary calf gilt, worn, red-speckled edges, 8vo, Anon., The Sportman's Dictionary, volume II only, first edition, London: Printed for C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1735, folding plates, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Pluche (Abbé [Noël-Antoine]) & De Freval (J.B., translator), The History of the Heavens, volume II only, first English edition, London: J. Osborn, et al., 1740, frontispiece, contemporary speckled calf, red-speckled edges, 8vo, [Royalty] The Trial of Queen Caroline [...], Dobson and Co.'s Verbatim Edition, London, n.d. [1820] engraved frontispiece, fold and full-page plates, 19th c quarter-calf, title-page with later owner's blind-stamp: IVEAGH/1899 [Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927)], 8vo, [Scotland] Jones (Thomas Snell, DD), The Life of The Right Honourable Willielma [Campbell], Viscountess Glenorchy, Edinburgh, 1822, 19th tan quarter-calf gilt over cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, an incomplete edition of The Copper Plate Magazine and further loose gatherings, 1778, 4to, bindings, including four volumes of Ainsworth's novels, n.d. [19th c], contemporary crimson quarter-morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, etc., (14)

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Sold as an uncollated collection of bindings and prints, and as such not liable for return.

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Auction Date: 6th Feb 2024 at 10am

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