[GOLDSMITH, Oliver]. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq; extracted principally from his original papers, London: for J. Newbery, 1762, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece after Walker, contemporary calf (head of spine worn, otherwise lightly rubbed). [Rothschild 1022] Provenance: Fifth Earl of Cork & Orrery (bookplate); Henry Hampden Dutton (bookplate); John Wood (pencil annotations)

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[GOLDSMITH, Oliver]. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq; extracted principally from his original papers, London: for J. Newbery, 1762, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece after Walker, contemporary calf (head of spine worn, otherwise lightly rubbed). [Rothschild 1022] Provenance: Fifth Earl of Cork & Orrery (bookplate); Henry Hampden Dutton (bookplate); John Wood (pencil annotations)

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John Boyle, the fifth Earl of Cork, was a friend and admirer of Swift and Pope. This copy is annotated in pencil by the architect John Wood the younger, in particular passages relating to his father, "Wood of Bath". One note is signed and dated by him June 1775.

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