Miscellaneous Antiquarian Books. Abolitionism & Slavery:...

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Miscellaneous Antiquarian Books. 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, Military: Mauvillon (Jakob), Essai sur l'influence de la poudre à canon dans l'art de la guerre moderne, Leipsie: Jean Philip Haug Veuve, 1788, 7 folding engraved plates of maps/plans, occasional contemporary marginal notes, early 19th c English quarter-russia over marbled boards, split, disbound and worn, marbled endpapers, uncut, 8vo; [&] Perrinet d'Orval (Jean-Charles), Essay sur les feux d'artifice pour le spectacle et pour la guerre, first edition, Paris: Coustelier, 1745, 12 engraved plates of diagrams, later cloth over marbled boards, red edges, 8vo, (5) 

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. 4th: Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy FRS, FLS (1785-1851), of Lambeth, sometime MP and book collector; his bookplate to recto pastedown.