£40 - £60
Americana; Early American Female Ownership. Philips (Ambrose), The Poetical Works. With the Life of the Author, Bell's edition, Edinburgh: [Printed] at The Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1781, engraved frontispiece and additional allegorical Neoclassical title, contemporary sheep, gilt-lettered red morocco piece, some light wear, minor chips, split joints but without movement, 12mo in 6s
Provenance: Francenia Sitgreaves (née Allibone; 1763-1794), first wife of Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), Federalist Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (1795-97) and later trustee of Lafayette College; her ownership stamp to verso of frontispiece.
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