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[PEEL, Robert (1788-1850)]. BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). The Works. London: Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearn and Charles Brome, 1686.
2o (326 x 192 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Robert White, three engraved illustrations in text on Lll4v, Ooo3v and Ppp1r. Title printed in red and black, sectional titles, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Title and frontispiece very browned, some light browning and staining.) 19th-century calf (upper joint renewed); Provenance: Robert Peel (bookplate and signature on title).
First collected edition. "He is interesting almost exclusively to the student and lover of style" (Edmund William Gosse, Sir Thomas Browne). Grolier Wither to Prior 110; Keynes Browne 201; Wing B-5150. ROBERT PEEL'S COPY. Peel was educated at Harrow and Oxford, and became a member of Parliament as a Tory in 1809 at the age of 21. He was Prime Minister in 1834 and again in 1841.
2o (326 x 192 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Robert White, three engraved illustrations in text on Lll4v, Ooo3v and Ppp1r. Title printed in red and black, sectional titles, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Title and frontispiece very browned, some light browning and staining.) 19th-century calf (upper joint renewed); Provenance: Robert Peel (bookplate and signature on title).
First collected edition. "He is interesting almost exclusively to the student and lover of style" (Edmund William Gosse, Sir Thomas Browne). Grolier Wither to Prior 110; Keynes Browne 201; Wing B-5150. ROBERT PEEL'S COPY. Peel was educated at Harrow and Oxford, and became a member of Parliament as a Tory in 1809 at the age of 21. He was Prime Minister in 1834 and again in 1841.