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[PAMPHLETS] (i) [TWISS, Richard] A Trip to Paris in July and August, 1792, London: printed at the Minerva Press, and sold by William Lane, 1793, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and one plate (clean but severe internal tear to contents leaf, lacks half title). [Blakey Minerva Press p. 164. The author is best known for his 2-volume work on Chess (1787-89)] [bound with:]
(ii) SERLE, Robert. A Dissertation on Landed Property so far as respects manors, farms, mills, London: printed for the author and sold by J. Hatchard, 1802, 8°, FIRST EDITION, with half title. [Perkins 1543; not in BMC]
(iii) CAPPER, James. Observations on the Cultivation of Waste Lands addressed to the Gentlemen and Farmers of Glamorganshire, London: T. Egerton, 1805, 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION, with half title and final blank. [Perkins 312; not in BMC]
(iv) MORRIS, Edward (M.P.). A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly and Forestalling. A third edition with considerable additions, London: T. [C]adell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, 8°, third edition, with final blank. [First published in 1795]
(v) STURGES, John. Thoughts on the Residence of the Clergy. The second edition with additions, Winchester & London: Robbins and Cadell Jun. & Davies, 1802, 8°, second edition, with half title.
(vi) WATSON, Richard (Bishop of Llandaff). The Substance of a Speech intended to have been spoken in the House of Lords, November 22nd, 1803, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803, 8° in 4's, third edition, with final blank.
The 6 works bound in one volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (spine slightly frayed at head).
(ii) SERLE, Robert. A Dissertation on Landed Property so far as respects manors, farms, mills, London: printed for the author and sold by J. Hatchard, 1802, 8°, FIRST EDITION, with half title. [Perkins 1543; not in BMC]
(iii) CAPPER, James. Observations on the Cultivation of Waste Lands addressed to the Gentlemen and Farmers of Glamorganshire, London: T. Egerton, 1805, 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION, with half title and final blank. [Perkins 312; not in BMC]
(iv) MORRIS, Edward (M.P.). A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly and Forestalling. A third edition with considerable additions, London: T. [C]adell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, 8°, third edition, with final blank. [First published in 1795]
(v) STURGES, John. Thoughts on the Residence of the Clergy. The second edition with additions, Winchester & London: Robbins and Cadell Jun. & Davies, 1802, 8°, second edition, with half title.
(vi) WATSON, Richard (Bishop of Llandaff). The Substance of a Speech intended to have been spoken in the House of Lords, November 22nd, 1803, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803, 8° in 4's, third edition, with final blank.
The 6 works bound in one volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (spine slightly frayed at head).
Provenance
Thomas Hammond Foxcroft, ownership label and signature to several titles. Manuscript list of titles on front free endpaper.