Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/43
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CRIME—continued. 131 Smith (William) Lire and Memorrs of, an Unfortunate Convict executed at Tyburn, Oct. 3, 1750, for Forgery, written by Himself, 8vo., hf. calf, 1750 10s 132 Cyphers.—Parsons (Colonel) A NEw Boox of Cypners, &c., on 56 copper- plates, each containing over 600 examples, oblong 4to., panelled calf, 1704 £3 133 Dancing.—GaLuin1 (GIOVANNI-ANDREA) TREATISE on the ArT of Danctne, folding plate, Printed for the Author, 1772—Crit1IcAL OBSERVATIONS on the Art of Danortne; to which is added a Collection of Cotillons or French Dances, engraved plates of music, Printed for the Author, N.D.—together 2 vols in one, 8vo., contemporary calf yilt 134 [Defoe (Daniel)] The SHortrst-Way with the DissenTERS, or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church, FIRST EDITION (slightly cropped), sm. 4to., marbled boards, 1702 £1 5s For writing this satiric pamphlet Defoe was fined, imprisoned and pilloried while the people drank his health. 135 Prack without Union, by way of Reply, at Home, FIRST EDITION, EDGES ENTIRELY UNTRIMMED, 1703—MACKWORTH (Sir H.) PEAcE at Homr, 1703—together in one vol, folio, hf. calf An HistoricaL Account of the BitreR StFFERINGS and MELAN- CHOLLY CIRCUMSTANCES of the EpiscopaL CHURCH in SCOTLAND, FIRST EDITION, 4to., sewn, WHOLLY UNCUT, as issued in cl. case, Hdinburgh, 1707 136 137 The Secret History of the OcroBeR CiuB, by a Member, the two parts in one vol, BOTH FIRST EDITIONS, cr. 8vo., hf. calf, 1711 £1 15s An attack upon the October Club and Jacobite principles. 138 The Conpuct of Partirs in ENGLAND, more especially of those Whigs who now appear against the New Ministry, and a Treaty of Peace, FIRST EDITION, 8vo., hf. cl., 1712 lis — ADVICE to the ProrLE of Great Britain, with respect to Two Impor- tant Points of their Future Conduct: I., What they ought to Expect from a mare ; I1., How they ought to Behave to him, FIRST EDITION, cr. 8vo., hf. , 1714 15s een to have been written in defence of Harley, Earl of Oxford, Defoe’s patron. 139 140 — A Decnaration of TrRutTH to Bensamin HoaDLy, one of the High Priests of the Land, and of the Degree whom Men call Bishops, by a Ministring Friend, rrrst EDITION, 8vo., Af. calf, London, 1717 12s 1414 ——-— Lire and ApvVENTURES of ROBINSON CRUSOE, Fourth Edition, 1719—-FARTHER ADVENTURES of, FIRST EDITION, 7ap, 2 vols, 8vo., cont. calf, FINE copy, 1719 410 The second mentioned book is the first issue with A4 blank; also 11 pages of adverts. at end. 142 ANOTHER Epiti0n, Vol. 1, 3rd edition ; Ver 2, 2nd edition, front. and map, 2 vols, 8vo., cont. calf (rebacked), 1719 143 — ANOTHER EDITION, wth plates, 2 vols, 8vo.,. crimson morocco gilt, full gilt corner-pieces and backs, t.é.g., BEAU- TIFUL copy, 1755 #5
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