[COLMAN, George (the Elder)] The Connoisseur by Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. The second edition, London: for R. Baldwin, 1755, volumes I-II only (of 4), 12° (L12 of vol. II severed with loss of almost half a page of text recto and verso, B12v of the same vol. slightly soiled), contemporary speckled calf (spines rubbed and lacking labels) -- and 12 others, including a 9-volume set of Pope's Works. The lot sold not subject to return. (14)

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[COLMAN, George (the Elder)] The Connoisseur by Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. The second edition, London: for R. Baldwin, 1755, volumes I-II only (of 4), 12° (L12 of vol. II severed with loss of almost half a page of text recto and verso, B12v of the same vol. slightly soiled), contemporary speckled calf (spines rubbed and lacking labels) -- and 12 others, including a 9-volume set of Pope's Works. The lot sold not subject to return. (14)

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The Connoisseur was a weekly paper, published on Thursdays from 31 January 1754 to 30 September 1756, which Colman edited jointly with Bonnell Thornton. Contributors included John Earl of Cork & Orrery, Thomas Warton, John Duncombe, William Cowper, Robert Lloyd and Orator Henley.

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