SHAFTESBURY, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. London, 1723. 3 volumes, 8°(195 x 120mm.). Engraved frontispiece portrait, general title with engraved device (misbound after section title and preface vol.I), section titles with ornate engraved vignettes, head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with ornate roll-tool borders and central arabesques, spines gilt but faded, g.e. Provenance: Christopher Jeaffreson, Dillingham (armorial bookplate). Third edition. - GISBORNE, Thomas. An Inquiry into the duties of the Female sex. London: T.Cadell and W.Davies, 1797. 8°(205 x 125mm.). 1p advertisements, Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Provenance: Rev.d John Holmes, Gawdy Hall (armorial bookplate and label). Second edition. - [HURD, Richard]. Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel. London: A.Millar, 1764. 8°(190 x 115mm.).Title in red and black. contemporary calf (spine slightly rubbed); and 25 others, leatherbound. (31)