A CORRESPONDENCE OF 60 PAGES REBOUND IN MODERN GREY CARD. NOT DATED BUT 1741. A LETTER OF COMPLAINT FROM HERVEY TO SIR THOMAS HANMER (1677-1746) WHO WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. VERY CLEAN NEW END PAPERS. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR AND SOLD ON LUDGATE HILL.
‘ON THE ATTACKS MADE UPON HIM AND HIS PENSION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS BY THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE EARLY IN THE PRESENT SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT- 1796’. BOUND IN BLIND STAMPED CLOTH 50 PAGES PAPER LABEL TO THE FRONT BOARD WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE OF 1s 6d. SOME FOXING TO THE EARLY PAGES BUT A VERY GOOD COPY.
TWO PAMPHLETS VERY NICELY CASED TOGETHER IN MODERN BLUE BOARD QUARTER CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY GOOD. ‘A LETTER TO DR. CODEX ON THE SUBJECT…’ 4TH EDITION 40pp. ‘A PROPER REPLY TO THE AUTHOR……’ 1734 FIRST EDITION 32pp. DR. CODEX WAS EDMUND GIBSON BISHOP OF LONDON.
SMALL OCTAVO pp vii 54. NICELY REBOUND IN STIFF MARBLED CARD NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE COPY. GIVES DETAIL OF THE DISPUTE ON THE ELECTION OF THE WARDEN OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INVOLVING DR. LOWTH THE FELLOWS OF NEW COLLEGE DR. PURNELL AND MR. GOLDING.
FINE MODERN BINDING HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMINARIES RAISED BANDS GILT TITLE ON RED SPINE LABEL. THE BOOK CONTAINS 2 PAMPHLETS: 1. A LETTER TO THE REVEREND MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE BY BENTLEY 24 PAGES; 2. SOME FARTHER REMARKS PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH UPON THE PROPOSALS LATELY PUBLISHED FOR A NEW EDITION OF A GREEK AND LATIN TESTAMENT BY RICHARD BENTLEY (1721) BY CONYERS MIDDLETON PREFACE (6 pp.) 74 pp.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK. LETTERS TO SIR JOHN RODES OF BARLBROUGH HALL IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY BARONET AND TO JOHN GRATTON OF MONYASH 1693-1742. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. AGE-TONING TO FEP.
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