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[?OLDYS, William (1696-1761)]. A Critical and Historical Account Of all the Celebrated Libraries in Foreign Countries ... by a Gentleman of the Temple. London: for J. Joliffe, 1739.
12° (156 x 90mm). Collation: A6(-6) B-S6 T1(=A6). (Lacking A1-2, apparently blanks, small wormhole through upper blank margins of K4 to end.) Contemporary English black morocco gilt, g.e. (joints a little rubbed). Provenance: James Hughes (armorial bookplate dated 1776).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The authorship of this work remains uncertain, but it was apparently successful: a second edition appeared in 1740. ESTC t034411.
12° (156 x 90mm). Collation: A6(-6) B-S6 T1(=A6). (Lacking A1-2, apparently blanks, small wormhole through upper blank margins of K4 to end.) Contemporary English black morocco gilt, g.e. (joints a little rubbed). Provenance: James Hughes (armorial bookplate dated 1776).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The authorship of this work remains uncertain, but it was apparently successful: a second edition appeared in 1740. ESTC t034411.