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GIBBON, Edward. Miscellaneous Works. Dublin, 1796. 3 volumes, 8°(207 x 120mm.). Silhouette portrait frontispiece, half-titles to volumes II and III. Contemporary speckled calf, green morocco and olive calf spine labels (joints very lightly rubbed). Provenance: T.Rice, Mount Trenchard (bookplate). FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. - MONTAGU, Elizabeth. An Essay on the writings and Genius of Shakespear. Dublin, 1769. 12°(165 x 100mm.). Half-title. Contemporary calf (spine stained). - [KING, William]. The Dreamer. London: W.Owen, 1754. 8°(200 x 120mm.). 2pp publishers advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf (joints slightly cracked). Teerinck 1623 p.383, contains the first printing of Swift's poem The Answer. - WAKEFIELD, Gilbert. Observations on Pope. London: A.Hamilton, 1796. 8°(225 x 140mm.). Half-title, 2pp advertisements. Original boards, uncut. - EDWARDS, Thomas. The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary. London: C.Bathurst, 1758. 8°(210 x 125mm.). 1p advertisements. Contemporary calf, spine gilt; and 17 others, 18th Century. (24)