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[PAMPHLETS] (i) BERKELEY, George. Siris; A chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water, Dublin & London: W. Innys and C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744, 8° in 4's, second edition, ownership signature of Edward Davies, Jesus College, 1745, on title. [Blake p. 43; Keynes Berkeley 64; Wellcome II, p. 149] [bound with:]
(ii) The Pamphlet entitled "Taxation No Tyranny" [by Samuel Johnson] candidly considered, and it's [sic] arguments, and pernicious doctrines, exposed and refuted, London: W. Davis and T. Evans, [1775], 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, with errata on verso of p. 131 (wormhole to lower part of final leaves, touching a few letters on K1r, last 3 leaves from the preceding pamphlet -- Criticisms of the Rolliad -- erroneously bound in after title), signature of Charles Morgan to half title. [Adams 75-103]
(iii) [(?) MATTHEWS, Thomas.] A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean, and the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, from the Year 1741 to March 1744 ... the second edition, London: J. Millan, 1744, 8° in 4's, second edition, 4 folding engraved maps, double-page folding engraved table of the "Lines of Battle," 5-page letterpress table (last page of table shaved with slight loss of heading), with final advertisement leaf (torn at upper margin).
(iv) The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others before Mr. Justice Heath at the Assizes of Shrewsbury on Tuesday July 16, 1796, for an assault, rout, and riot, London: T. Heptinstall [and others], [1796], 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION. [A famous quarrel over a minor vested interest. ESTCM RECORDS ONLY ONE COPY in Durham Cathedral Library]
(v) Criticisms of the Rolliad. Part the First ... sixth edition, London: James Ridgway, 1787, 8° in 4's, engraved frontispiece and title vignette (title shaved at lower margin, with final 2 leaves of text, X1-2, and advertisement leaf misbound after the title of the pamphlet following, some browning). [ESTC: "variously attributed ... possibly a reissue of the 1785 second edition, with the title page reset"]
The 5 works bound in one volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft and manuscript list of titles at the front of the volume.
(ii) The Pamphlet entitled "Taxation No Tyranny" [by Samuel Johnson] candidly considered, and it's [sic] arguments, and pernicious doctrines, exposed and refuted, London: W. Davis and T. Evans, [1775], 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title, with errata on verso of p. 131 (wormhole to lower part of final leaves, touching a few letters on K1r, last 3 leaves from the preceding pamphlet -- Criticisms of the Rolliad -- erroneously bound in after title), signature of Charles Morgan to half title. [Adams 75-103]
(iii) [(?) MATTHEWS, Thomas.] A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean, and the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, from the Year 1741 to March 1744 ... the second edition, London: J. Millan, 1744, 8° in 4's, second edition, 4 folding engraved maps, double-page folding engraved table of the "Lines of Battle," 5-page letterpress table (last page of table shaved with slight loss of heading), with final advertisement leaf (torn at upper margin).
(iv) The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others before Mr. Justice Heath at the Assizes of Shrewsbury on Tuesday July 16, 1796, for an assault, rout, and riot, London: T. Heptinstall [and others], [1796], 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION. [A famous quarrel over a minor vested interest. ESTCM RECORDS ONLY ONE COPY in Durham Cathedral Library]
(v) Criticisms of the Rolliad. Part the First ... sixth edition, London: James Ridgway, 1787, 8° in 4's, engraved frontispiece and title vignette (title shaved at lower margin, with final 2 leaves of text, X1-2, and advertisement leaf misbound after the title of the pamphlet following, some browning). [ESTC: "variously attributed ... possibly a reissue of the 1785 second edition, with the title page reset"]
The 5 works bound in one volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft and manuscript list of titles at the front of the volume.