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![of the late happy revolution . . . with some seasonable remarks on the danger of a @ Popish successor. London, 1714 30s - 4to. New half calf. 37 pp. First Edition. 704. Stevenson (John Hall) The Works of .. . containing Crazy Tales, Fables for Grown Gentlemen, Lyric Epistles, corrected and enlarged, with several original poems, now first printed, and explanatory notes. Lon- don, 1795 308 8vo. 3 vols. Half calf. 2 engraved frontispieces, but there is none in vol. 3. 705 Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Stevenson (Fanny van de Grift) More New Arabian Nights. The Dynamiter. London, Long- mans, Green and Co., 1885 12s 6d 8vo. 207 pp. Original cloth. First EDITION. \ 706 Stillingfleet (Edward, D.D., Chaplain im Ordinary to His Majesty) A Sermon Preached November V, 1673, at St. Margarets, West- minster. The Second Edition. London, Henry Mortlock, 1674 10s 6d 4to. 50 pp. Recent half calf. — He became Bishop of Worcester in 1689. 707 (Stonehenge). — Charleton (Walter, Dr. in Physic, and Physician in Ordinary to His Majesty) Chorea Gigantum, or, The most Famous Antiquity of Great Britain, vul- garly called, Stone-heng, Standing on Salis- bury Plain, Restored to the Danes. Lon- don, Henry Herringman, 1663 £4 10s Sm. 4to. 64 pp. Full straight grained morocco gilt, g.e. 2 plates. ; A good copy of this attractive book by the most prolific of royal physicians. Dryden did the book the great honour of contributing his commendatory lines to Dr. Charleton on the recent advances of science. The present copy has its own distinctive medical association, for it belonged to Dr. Richard Bright, & bears his autograph on the fly-leaf. 708 (Stonehenge). — Smith (Dr. John, Inocu- lator of the Small-Pox) Choir Gaur; The Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids, com- monly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Astronomically explained, and Mathe- matically proved to a Temple erected in the earliest Ages, for observing the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies. Llustrated with Three Copper-Plates. Salisbury, Printed for the Author, and Sold by E. Easton, 1771 30s Ato. 73 pp. Half calf Goints broken). 3 folding plans, and 2 folding engraved plates of Stonehenge, not always but sometimes with this book, _ The author settled at Boscombe, Wiltshire, as an Inoculator, but the inhabitants showed themselves so inimical to his mission that he had recourse to Stonehenge as a diversion. 709 (Strawberry Hill Press). — {Temple (Anna Chamber, Countess)] Verses Sent to Lady Charles Spencer, with a painted Taffety, Occasioned by saying she was low in Pocket and could not buy a new Gown. (1764 £1 10s Ato. 1 leaf. 12 lines. Lowndes, No. 55. Bry Paget Toynbee, “‘ Journal of the Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill,” p. 45. ; 710 (Strawbery Hill Press). — [Fox (Charles ‘James)] To Mrs. Crewe. (1775) £1 10s Ato. 1 leaf. 38 lines on 2 sides. Lowndes, No. 70. Paget Toynbee, “Journal of the Printing Office,” 62. Both these rare separate sheets have at some time been bound in a volume, & the left-hand edges are therefore rough. dos: or, Feminine Valour: Eminently dis- covered in Western Women, at the Siege of Lyme . . . with Marginal Notes on the Work, and several Copies of Verses by a Club of Gentlemen on this Authors year and half work. Re-printed Anno Dom. 1674 (with Additions) for the satisfaction of his Friends £6 10s Sm. 4to. 26 leaves. Old half calf. Not the least interesting portion of this scarce book is the preliminary matter which comprises 31 poems addressed in great high spirits by his friends to the author. They are in English, Scots, Spanish, Latin, Welsh, pseudo-Chaucer, and legal French-English. The allusions, literary and local, would afford sub- jects for a volume of annotation. the Cruelties and Barbarities of the French, upon the English Prisoners of War. Being a Journal of their Travels from Dinan in Britany, to Thoulon in France: And back again. With a Description of the Situation and Fortifications of all the Eminent Towns upon the Road... of their Prisons and Hospitals . . . with an Account of the great Charity & Sufferings of the Poor Protestants: of France. London, Richard Baldwin, 1690 £1 10s 4to. 57 pp., 1 leaf. Half calf. A good and vivid narrative by a seaman, who dates his prefatory address to “‘ all Sea-Faring Men ” from Deptfofd. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James’s Library. London. John Nutt, 1704 £20 8vo. 322 pp., with the advertisements before title. Contemporary calf rebacked. A good copy of the First Edition. It has at the end (pp. 283-322), “‘ A Discourse concerning the Me- chanical Operation of the Spirit.” and Verse. London, John Morphew, 1711 £1 10s 8vo. 416 pp. Calf rebacked. Name-stamp on title-page, & first half dozen leaves slightly water- stained. a Teerink, No. 2. L711. To which is Prefixed, A Letter to the Examiner. London, John Morphew, and A. Dodd, 1712 12s 6d 12mo. 306 pp., 7 leaves. Calf. (back very slightly defective). The contributors were Swift, Dr. William King, Mrs. Manley, Oldisworth, etc. I. The Art of Punning. II. The Right of Precedence. III. Advice to a Young Poet. IV. The Swearer’s Bank. V. A Defence of English Commodities. VI. An Imitation of Horace. VII. Letters, Poems, Tales, &c. The Fourth Edition. London, Printed in the Year 1722 18s Tall 12mo. 204 pp. Tree calf, full gilt back. Portrait. A pleasant copy.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159191_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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