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WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797). The Works. London: for G.G. & J.Robinson and J.Edwards, 1798. 5 volumes, 4 (293 x 230mm). Portrait frontispiece of Walpole in vol.I, three illustrations, title vignettes to each volume, 165 plates and plans, 4 folding, 5 double-page. (Occasional spotting, some offsetting of plates onto text.) Contemporary diced russia gilt (spines a trifle faded). Provenance: Lord Clonbrook (armorial bookplate). A VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF WALPOLE'S COLLECTED WORKS, without the 3pp. 'Directions to the Binder', sometimes found in either vol.I or V. Rothschild 2507.
Sir Francis VERE (1560-1609). The Commentaries... being Diverse pieces of service, wherein he had command, written by himself in way of Commentary. Published by William Dillingham. Cambridge: John Field, 1657. 2 (278 x 192mm). Half-title. 3 engraved portraits, 7 double-page engraved plates and maps. (A4 and six plates neatly remargined.) Contemporary red morocco gilt by Riviere, covers with single fillet border with shaped corner-pieces incorporating small tools, styllised foliage and pointill work, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in second compartment, the others with repeat pattern using similar tools to the corner-pieces, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: Earl of Cromer (armorial bookplate). First edition. Wing V-240.
Sir William BLACKSTONE (1723-1780). The Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest, with other authentic instruments. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. Large 4 (343 x 263mm). Engraved dedication, initials and tail-pieces. (Light soiling to title.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (spine somewhat rubbed). Provenance: William Ord (armorial ink ownership stamp). FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 406; and two others (J.Milton. Paradise Lost. A new edition, by Richard Bentley, London, 1732, 4.; R.Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Birmingham, Baskerville, 1765, 4). (9)
Sir Francis VERE (1560-1609). The Commentaries... being Diverse pieces of service, wherein he had command, written by himself in way of Commentary. Published by William Dillingham. Cambridge: John Field, 1657. 2 (278 x 192mm). Half-title. 3 engraved portraits, 7 double-page engraved plates and maps. (A4 and six plates neatly remargined.) Contemporary red morocco gilt by Riviere, covers with single fillet border with shaped corner-pieces incorporating small tools, styllised foliage and pointill work, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in second compartment, the others with repeat pattern using similar tools to the corner-pieces, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: Earl of Cromer (armorial bookplate). First edition. Wing V-240.
Sir William BLACKSTONE (1723-1780). The Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest, with other authentic instruments. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. Large 4 (343 x 263mm). Engraved dedication, initials and tail-pieces. (Light soiling to title.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (spine somewhat rubbed). Provenance: William Ord (armorial ink ownership stamp). FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 406; and two others (J.Milton. Paradise Lost. A new edition, by Richard Bentley, London, 1732, 4.; R.Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Birmingham, Baskerville, 1765, 4). (9)