[PRATT, Samuel Jackson.] The Pupil of Pleasure; or, The new system illustrated, inscribed to Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, editor of Lord Chesterfield's letters, by Courtney Melmoth, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, 1776, 2 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, with half titles, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine of vol. I a little chipped at head, spine of vol. II slightly crinkled and lacking lettering-piece). [Block p. 189; Gulick 131] (2)

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[PRATT, Samuel Jackson.] The Pupil of Pleasure; or, The new system illustrated, inscribed to Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, editor of Lord Chesterfield's letters, by Courtney Melmoth, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, 1776, 2 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, with half titles, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine of vol. I a little chipped at head, spine of vol. II slightly crinkled and lacking lettering-piece). [Block p. 189; Gulick 131] (2)

Provenance

Ownership signature of Thos. Foxcroft on titles and of P. Davies on half titles; book label of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft.

Lot Essay

RARE FIRST EDITION of a popular novel, "designed to illustrate the pernicious effects of Chesterfield's precepts." ESTC microfiche records only one copy of the first edition in British libraries (BL).

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