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![58 GIBBON (Edward) History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, engraved povtyait by J. Hall, after Siv J. Reynolds, 2 maps in Vol 2, 1 map in Vol 3, errata leaf in Vols 2, 3 and 6, 6 vols, 4to, tree calf, gilt, some joints weak, but firmly attached, except one, which is secured by one stving only, otherwise a good, clean copy, 1776-1788 £5/5/- All First Editions except Volume 1, whichis Second. Half-titles in all volumes. Miscellaneous Works, etc., with Memoirs of his Life and Writings, composed by Himself, illustrated from his Letters, with occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield, FIRST EDITION, with silhouette portrait in Vol 1, errata leaf at end of Vol 2, and engraved portraitin Vol 3., 3 vols, 4to, calf, newly vebacked, a nice copy, 1796-1815 £3/3/- Idem, FIRST EDITION, silhouette portrait and errata leaf at end of Vol 2, 2 vols, 4to, tree calf, gilt backs, one letter- -piece missing and another a little defective, A CLEAN SOUND copy, 1796 £2/10/- Enclosed is the original bill for this copy, dated Aug. 31, 1796. ‘‘ Gibbons’ Life, 2 vols, 4to bound, £3,” etc. A third volume was added in 1815. 61 GOETHE.—Wilhelm Meister’s Lehrjahre. Ein Roman, FIRST EDITION, 8 plates of music, and leaf of directions to bookbinder at end of Vol 2, some leaves a little embrowned and spotted, 4 vols, small 8vo, original grey paper wrappers, uncut and 3 vols unopened, A FINE COPY, Berlin, 1795 £5/5/- 62 GOLDSMITH (Oliver) Poetical and Dramatic Works, now first collected with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, FIRST LONDON COLLECTED EDITION, portrait engraved by Cook, name on title of Vol 1, a little foxed, 2 vols, small 8vo, contemporary tree calf, H. Goldney, 1780 £2/2/- ““ For shortness call’d Noll, who wrote like an angel, and talk’d like poor Poll.’’— Garrick, Essays, collecta revirescunt, FIRST EDITION, engraved title (a little foxed), with vignette, pages 107 and 201 misnumbered, blank leaves at beginning and end and advertisement leaf, last two leaves slightly stained, small 8vo, contemporary calf, one joint a trifle cracked at top, a clean, crisp copy, Printed for W. Griffin, 1765 £2/5/- 64 GRAMMONT.—/Hamitton (Count A.)] Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont: containing, in Particular, the Amorous Intrigues of the Court of England in the reign of Charles II., translated from the French by Mr. [Abel] Boyer, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, contem- porary panelled calf (a litile rubbed), letterpiece missing, 1714 £2 /2/- 65 [GRAY (Thomas)] An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard, SECOND EDITION, small teay in inner margins, not affecting text, neatly repaired, title a litile stained and creased, 4to, ll pp., wrappers, enclosed in new cloth case, EXTREMELY SCARCE, London, Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-mall ; and sold by M. Cooper in Patey-noster- Row, 1751 £9/9/- ‘* Had Gray written nothing but his ‘ Elegy’ high as he stands, I am not sure that he would not stand higher.’’— Byron. 343 Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of|350 Gray (Robert) Letters during the Course 59 60 63 Wakefield, with illustrations printed in oil Switzerland colours |Kronheim Process], some leaves loose, and soiled, sq. 8vo, original cloth, dull, Warne, 1867 4/6 344 with a Preface by Austin Dobson, and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, FIRST ISSUE of this edition, with the drawing on pp. 95 suppressed by the artist, and aliered in later reprints, cr. 8vo, original cloth, gilt, g.é., a nice copy, 1890 15/- 345 numerous coloured and black and white illustrations by Edmund J, Sulli- van, roy. 8vo, a nice copy, 1914 10/6 346 Gomez (Mde. de) Les Journées Amu- santes, 8 vols in 4, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf (gilt backs), Amsterdam, 1744 10/6 347 [Gordon (Thomas)] The Humourist : being Essays upon Several Subjects, sm. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, 1720 7/6 348 [Grant (Mrs. Anne)|] Letters from the Mountains ; being the Real Correspondence of a Lady, between the years 1773 and 1807, some pp. foxed, 3 vols, sm. 8vo, tree calf, 1813 5/- 349 Granville (George, Lovd Lansdowne) Heroick Love: a Tragedy, 1713; The Jew of Venice [Shakespeare], a Comedy, 1713; 2 vols in 1, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf 8/6 of a Tour through Germany, and Italy, in 1791-2, with Reflections on the Manners, Literature, and Religion of those Countries, zame on title, 8vo, calf gilt, 1794 4/6 351 (Thomas) Poems, to which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason, portrait, 4to, calf, gilt back, a nice copy, York, 1775 5 352 Poetical Works, with Memoir by J. Mitford, portrait, Vols 1-5, 16mo, morocco, gilt edges, nice copies, Pickering, 1843-53 12/6 353 Grotius (Hugo) De Veritate Religionis Christianae, notulisque illust. J. Clericus, frontis., 12mo, cf., Hagae-Comitum, 1718 4/6 354 The Truth of the Christian Re- ligion, corrected and illustrated with notes by Mr. Le Clerc, 2nd edn., with additions, [trans.] by J. Clarke, a little wormed in margin, 12mo, calf, 1719 4/6 355 Guardian (The) [by Addison, Steele, Pope and others], 6th edn., 2 vols, 12mo, 25 /- contemporary calf, Tonson, 1734 5/- 356 engraved plates, name on title, 2 vols, 12mo, tree calf, 1794 4/6 357 vignettes on titles engraved by Grignion, 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf, a well printed edition, 1797 8/6](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31810573_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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