(i) VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de. Letters concerning the English Nation, London: C. Davis, 1733, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (title & last page slightly browned, else clean), contemporary calf, gilt (skillfully rebacked, corners scuffed), sprinkled edges Provenance: John Lee; JCL

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(i) VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de. Letters concerning the English Nation, London: C. Davis, 1733, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (title & last page slightly browned, else clean), contemporary calf, gilt (skillfully rebacked, corners scuffed), sprinkled edges Provenance: John Lee; JCL
(ii) RUMFORD, Benjamin. Essays, political, economical, and philosophical, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, 1800-1802, 3 vols., 8°, fifth edition, 17 plates, one folding, one engraved vignette and several illustrations in the text (13 plates missing, library stamps, leaves slightly browned, else clean), later brown cloth (library labels to spine, extremities rubbed). [Kress B.4263]
(iii) TUCKER, Josiah. Four Letters on important national Subjects... Gloucester: R. Raikes, 1783, 8°, second issue, (library stamps, leaves slightly browned, else clean), later calf-backed marbled boards (scuffed, library label to front cover & spine). [Kress B.660]
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