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WATSON (JOHN) Memoirs of the ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time, 2 vol., 4to (4)
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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WATSON (JOHN)
Memoirs of the ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time, 2 vol., first published edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 53 engraved plates (several folding or double-page, one printed in sepia), engraved head- and tail-pieces, occasional light off-setting, contemporary "Etruscan" binding of panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., Warrington, W. Eyres, 1782--FOXE (CHARLES JAMES) A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, sides with Greek key, floral and pointillé corner-pieces, g.e., W. Miller, 1808--PENNANT (THOMAS) The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell, engraved vignette on title and divisional title, 22 plates (one double-page), B. & J. White, 1796; The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant Esq. By Himself, 4 engraved plates (one folding, hand-coloured), B. & J. White, and R. Faulder, 1793, 2 works bound in 1 vol., fine contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., 4to (4)
Footnotes
Three works, each a fine contemporary binding.
Provenance: First title, George de Ligne Gregory (1740–1822), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, engraved armorial bookplate; purchase inscription on front endleaf, "Bt. in London. Feb. 7 1818. Pr: 4pd –6s–0"; Second title, Mark Skinner Library of Manchester, Vermont, bookplate; Third title, Henry Merrik Hoare, armorial bookplate.