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London: for the Author, 1745. First edition. xii, 340, [16]; [vi], 389, [13]; illustrated with 'heads of divers illustrious persons', and each book with an index. Contents in very good order, with minimal toning of paper. In contemporary bindings of full calf, boards ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands, with new labels and recent Japanese tissue repairs to joints and ends. A very nicely refurbished set. Very Good+.

Price: £420.00

New York: Dutton, 1920. First U.S. edition. viii, 169, [2], illustrated. Contents very clean and fresh, with slight tanning to endpapers and adjacent pages. In the original binding of green cloth, upper board decoratively ruled in black, spine titled in gilt. Cloth bright and clean, corners sharp, gilt slightly dulled, spine ends crimped. In the protected unclipped cream dust jacket: chips to spine (an inch at the head, and a smaller one lower down), scuffs to the foot, and splits to joints and folds, with previous owner's neat internal repairs using non-decaying plastic tape. Near Fine in VG- dust-jacket.

Price: £75.00

London: Peter Owen, 1999. First edition. 294pp + [10] pages of illustrations. Contents fine and unmarked, in the original cream cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, sparkling bright, in the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Immaculate copy of a fascinating book. Fine in fine dust-jacket.

Price: £45.00