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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-1792). Seven Discourses delivered in the Royal Academy by the President. London: T. Cadell, 1778. 8°, with half-title and final advertisement leaf, contemporary calf with green morocco lettering-pieces (some rubbing of spine). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Rothschild 1740.

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REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-1792). Seven Discourses delivered in the Royal Academy by the President. London: T. Cadell, 1778. 8°, with half-title and final advertisement leaf, contemporary calf with green morocco lettering-pieces (some rubbing of spine). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Rothschild 1740.

SAVARY, Claude Etienne. Letters on Egypt ... extracted from Joinville and Arabian authors. London: G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. 2 volumes, 8°, one folding engraved plate and 2 folding maps (short tears to plate and maps, 2D1v and 2D2r of vol. II slightly soiled, occasional thumb-soiling elsewhere), contemporary polished calf, flat gilt spines with floral ornament and contrasting morocco lettering-pieces (lightly rubbed), yellow edges. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Provenance: William Constable, F.R.S. and F.A.S. (armorial bookplate).

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Galatea: A pastoral romance, originally written in Spanish ... now translated from the French of M. Florian by W.M. Craig. London: George Robinson, 1813. 8°, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Jason Craig, wood-engraved vignettes by F. Craig, all after W. Craig (frontispiece browned at margins, offsetting to title), contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt (lightly rubbed, lower cover slightly scuffed), g.e. Provenance: Charlotte, Countess of Surrey (bookplate).

Together with 21 other volumes, most 18th- and early 19th-century books, in contemporary calf gilt bindings. (25)
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