BOWLES, William Lisle (1762-1850). Two Letters to the Right Right Honourable Lord Byron, in Answer to his Lordship's Letter to **** ****** [i.e. John Murray], on the Rev. Wm. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope, London, John Murray, 1821, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf, covers with centrally-placed letter 'E' in gilt, surmounted by a coronet (extremities rubbed) -- The Sphinx's Head Broken ... a poetical epistle to ... Thomas James M[a]th[ia]s ... by Andrew Oedipus, London, for J. Bell, 1798, 4°, FIRST EDITION, modern calf-backed boards. (2)

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BOWLES, William Lisle (1762-1850). Two Letters to the Right Right Honourable Lord Byron, in Answer to his Lordship's Letter to **** ****** [i.e. John Murray], on the Rev. Wm. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope, London, John Murray, 1821, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf, covers with centrally-placed letter 'E' in gilt, surmounted by a coronet (extremities rubbed) -- The Sphinx's Head Broken ... a poetical epistle to ... Thomas James M[a]th[ia]s ... by Andrew Oedipus, London, for J. Bell, 1798, 4°, FIRST EDITION, modern calf-backed boards. (2)

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Provenance: I. Elizabeth, Princess of England, and Landgravine of Hesse-Homberg, 3rd daughter of George III. (1770-1840).