![[RIDDELL, Maria, editor]. The Metrical Miscellany. London: A. Wilson for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. 8o (207 x 123 mm). Contemporary citron straight-grained morocco, cover with wide gilt and blind roll-tooled borders, smooth spine of green morocco, black morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges concealing a fore-edge painting of LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS (joints rubbed, some light chipping). Provenance: Mrs. Wilmot (presentation inscription reading, "To Mrs. Wilmot, from Maria Riddell, in pegno d'Amista, Aug. 1804). Weber I, p.146. -- LEES, Sir Harcourt (1776-1852). A Compendium of Sir Harcourt Lees' Anti-Popish Works. Dublin, W. Underwood, 1821. 8o (212 x 130 mm). (light spotting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders, upper cover gilt-stamped "The Most Valuable Legacy I can bequeath to my Children and Country - Harcourt Lees," spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of W](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/NYR/2010_NYR_02361_0248_000(riddell_maria_editor_the_metrical_miscellany_london_a_wilson_for_t_cad045652).jpg?w=1)
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[RIDDELL, Maria, editor]. The Metrical Miscellany. London: A. Wilson for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. 8o (207 x 123 mm). Contemporary citron straight-grained morocco, cover with wide gilt and blind roll-tooled borders, smooth spine of green morocco, black morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges concealing a fore-edge painting of LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS (joints rubbed, some light chipping). Provenance: Mrs. Wilmot (presentation inscription reading, "To Mrs. Wilmot, from Maria Riddell, in pegno d'Amista, Aug. 1804). Weber I, p.146. -- LEES, Sir Harcourt (1776-1852). A Compendium of Sir Harcourt Lees' Anti-Popish Works. Dublin, W. Underwood, 1821. 8o (212 x 130 mm). (light spotting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide gilt borders, upper cover gilt-stamped "The Most Valuable Legacy I can bequeath to my Children and Country - Harcourt Lees," spine gilt and gilt-lettered, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of WATERFORD (joints and corners rubbed). Provenance: Sir Charles Pagatt (presentation inscription, "For Sir Charles Pagatt from the author in testimony of the high respect he entertains for his character"); Edward Laurence Doheny (bookplate).
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's, 17 October 1988, lot 1340). (2)
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's, 17 October 1988, lot 1340). (2)