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STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS. -- Edward, Lord HERBERT of Cherbury (1583-1648). The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by himself. [Twickenham]: Strawberry Hill, 1764. 4 (240 x 180mm). Engraved title vignette, double-page portrait, double-page genealogical table. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with decorative border of fillets and roll-tools, floral spray corner-pieces, large central lozenge-shaped floral spray, the flat spine with large olive morocco lettering-piece, the foot of the spine with monogram and crest of Charles Bedford, g.e. Provenance: Charles Bedford (binding, armorial bookplate); Laurence Currie (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Limited to 200 copies. Hazen 11.
Marcus Annaeus LUCANUS. Pharsalia, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Richardi Bentleii. [Twickenham]: Strawberry Hill, 1760. 4 (300 x 230mm). Engraved title vignettte and one decorative vignette. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with single fillet border, the flat spine with large olive morocco lettering-picece, the foot of the spine with monogram and crest of Charles Bedford, g.e. Provenance: Charles Bedford (binding, armorial bookplates); Charles Butler (booklabel). FIRST EDITION. Limited to 500 copies. Hazen 7.
FINE COPIES OF BOTH WORKS, the second with a note that it was bound by Roger Payne. The same tools appear on the spines of both works, making it probable that they are the work of the same binder. Charles Bedford, according to an early catalogue entry pasted into the second work, was a friend of Walpole. (2)
Marcus Annaeus LUCANUS. Pharsalia, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Richardi Bentleii. [Twickenham]: Strawberry Hill, 1760. 4 (300 x 230mm). Engraved title vignettte and one decorative vignette. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with single fillet border, the flat spine with large olive morocco lettering-picece, the foot of the spine with monogram and crest of Charles Bedford, g.e. Provenance: Charles Bedford (binding, armorial bookplates); Charles Butler (booklabel). FIRST EDITION. Limited to 500 copies. Hazen 7.
FINE COPIES OF BOTH WORKS, the second with a note that it was bound by Roger Payne. The same tools appear on the spines of both works, making it probable that they are the work of the same binder. Charles Bedford, according to an early catalogue entry pasted into the second work, was a friend of Walpole. (2)