WARTON, Thomas (1728-90). The History of English Poetry. London: J. Dodsley (and others), 1775. Volumes I - II only, 4° (occasional spotting and browning). Contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt with red and green morocco lettering-pieces. cf. Lowndes VII, 2847 (citing later edition of 1824): "A most curious, valuable and interesting literary history." With a quantity of English histories bound in calf including Clarendon's History of the Rebellion (Oxford, 1717, 6 vols.). (a lot)

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WARTON, Thomas (1728-90). The History of English Poetry. London: J. Dodsley (and others), 1775. Volumes I - II only, 4° (occasional spotting and browning). Contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt with red and green morocco lettering-pieces. cf. Lowndes VII, 2847 (citing later edition of 1824): "A most curious, valuable and interesting literary history." With a quantity of English histories bound in calf including Clarendon's History of the Rebellion (Oxford, 1717, 6 vols.). (a lot)

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