CARLYLE (J D)

lot 140 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

Specimens of Arabian Poetry : from the earliest time to the extinction of the Khaliphat, with some account of the authors. Cambridge, 1796, small 4to, ... read more

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WOOD (Robert)

lot 141 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer, with a Comparative View of the Ancient and Present State of the Troade. London 1775, 4to, half ... read more

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WRIGHT (G N)

lot 142 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

An Historical Guide to Dublin, 1825, 12mo, folding plan, plates, a little toned, half calf; The Independent Whig, numbers 1 - 53, printed for J ... read more

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BRYDONE (P A)

lot 143 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

A Tour through Sicily and Malta, in 2 vols., 1775, 8vo, folding map, final 2 leaves brown-stained to vol. II, contemporary calf; PORTER (Major W) A ... read more

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HOYLE (Edmond)

lot 144 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

Mr Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon, 14th edition, [circa 1765], 12mo, signed by the author overleaf of title, ... read more

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[GIBBES, (Sir Philip)]

lot 145 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

Instructions for the Treatment of Negroes, &c. &c. &c., London: Shepperson and Reynolds, reprinted with additions 1797, 12mo, presentation copy to ... read more

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VIRGIL.

lot 146 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

Works. Glasgow: Foulis 1778, two vols. in 1, folio, handsome dark blue morocco gilt, all edges gilt, slight rubbing along upper joint.

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CHANDLER (Richard)

lot 147 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

Travels in Greece: Or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, first edition, Oxford 1776, 4to, seven engraved maps and ... read more

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[ORME (Robert)]

lot 148 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year MDCCXLV, 2 vols. in 3, 1763-78, 4to, folding plates and maps ... read more

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FERISHTA (Muhammad)

lot 149 (The Library Sale, 6th May, 2021)

History of Dekkan from the First Mahummedan Conquests, edited by Jonathan Scott, in 2 vols., Shrewsbury 1794, 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf

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