FIRST EDITION QUARTO HALF LEATHER WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT FIRM BINDING (SPLIT HINGE) AND CLEAN. WITH 9 PLATES AS CALLED FOR. 2 BOOKPLATES. THE BOOK COMPRISE TWO LECTURES ONE AGAINST THE REMARKS OF SIR ASTLEY COOPER THE SECOND ON THE LATE JOHN BELL’S TITLE TO CERTAIN DOCTRINES. PREFACE (xv pp) TWO LECTURES (74pp) EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES (25pp) ADVERTS (2pp) 9 PLATES SOME FOLDING.
FIRST EDITION. LOVELY HALF LEATHER BINDING OF RED MOROCCO OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS NEW ENDPAPERSGILT TITLE. ONE SMALL STAMP OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS TO THE BACK OF THE TITLE PAGE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF JOHN LAWSON. VERY GOOD. VERY SCARCE.
FACSIMILIE OF THE 1803 EDITION. A VERY FINE COPY. QUARTO QUARTER CALF OVER BUCKRAM TEG RAISED BANDS LEATHER TITLE LABLE MARBLED ENDPAPERS. WITH 38 TISSUE-GUARDE PLATES SOME IN COLOUR AND WITH OVERLAYS. TEXT FIGURES AND DRAWINGS. HOUSED IN A MATCHING SLIPCASE.
FIRST EDITION REBOUND IN RECENT ATTRACTIVE MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. TITLE PAGE49 pp. THE ATTACK ON THOMAS WHARTON’S HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. THE TONE OF HIS OBSERVATIONS IN WHICH WHARTON IS TREATED AS A PRETENDER IS CHARGED WITH CHEATING AND LYING TO COVER HIS IGNORANCE CAUSED A SENSATION IN LITERARY CIRCLES. RITSON WAS SAID TO HAVE DESTROYED MANY COPIES AFTER HE REPENTED HIS ATTACK HENCE VERY SCARE.
