Literary works, also some on scientific and other subjects, 18th century COLLECTION OF 107 WORKS, COMPRISING 95 PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS WORKS IN 14 VOLUMES AND 12 OTHER WORKS (SOME INCOMPLETE SETS) IN AN ADDITIONAL 13 VOLUMES: a volume of early 18th century literature including Pope, Alexander. Of the Characters of Women. lacking title page and imprint--Harvey, John. The Life of Robert Bruce King of Scots. A Poem. Edinburgh: for John Catanach, 1729--Steele, Richard. The Lying Lover: or the Ladies Friendship. Bernard Lintott, 1704, first edition, and six others, 4to; 3 volumes, mostly literature and criticism, including Keate, George. The Alps. R. and J. Dodsley, 1763, first edition, half-title--[Percy, Thomas.] The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad. T. Davies, 1771, first edition, half-title--Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. J. Newberry, 1765 [1764], first edition, half title, advertisement leaf--Inglis, Mr Richmond. Anna and Edgar: or Love and Ambition. A Tale. Edinburgh: A. Muray and J. Cochran 1781--Van Reenen, Jacob, and Riou, Edward. A Journal of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope, undertaken in 1790 and 1791 ... in search of the wreck of ... the Grosvenor. for G. Nicol, 1792, folding engraved map--Particulars of the Lands and Fishings, lying in the United Parishes of Slains and Forvie, Belonging to the Earl of Errol. n.p., n.d., NOT IN ESTC--[Felton, Samuel.] Imperfect Hints towards a New Edition of Shakespeare [Parts 1 and 2]. At the Logographic Press, 1787-78--Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Aikin. Poems. for Joseph Johnson, 1773--Goldsmith, Oliver. Retaliation: A Poem. for G. Kearsley, 1774, "new edition", and 22 others, 4to; a volume including "Thermopilae". The Speech of a Scots Weaver: dedicated to Richard Glover W. Nicholl, 1774--Thomson, Edward. Edward and Eleonora. A Tragedy. sold by A. Milar, 1739, first edition--[Bent, William.] The London Catalogue of Books ... That have been printed in Great Britain, since the year 1700. n.p., 1773, and three others, 8vo; three volumes of plays including [Cumberland, Richard.] The Brothers: A Comedy. W. Griffin, 1770 and 17 others, 8vo; six volumes of late-18th century tracts including a volume with 14 works mostly on the French Revolution, a volume of 5 works on the controversial election of John Leslie to the chair of mathematics at Edinburgh University, a volume of Scottish works including MacNeill, Hector. The Links o'Forth ... A Plaint. Edinburgh: Constable etc., 1799, and two others, a volume with More, Hannah. Remarks on the Speech of M. Dupont ... on ... Religion and Public Education. T. Cadell, 1793, second edition, and one other, a volume of scientific tracts including Directions for preparing aerated medicinal waters : by means of the improved glass machines made at Leith Glass-Works. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787, engraved frontispiece-- Thiville, J.G.J.B. Count. An Essay on the Means Hitherto Employed for Lighting Streets and the Interior of Houses. Richardson etc., 1800, folding engraved plate, and three others, a volume of military works including Tyndale, William. Instructions for young dragoon officers. T. Egerton, 1796, 10 folding plates, ONLY THREE COPIES ON ESTC, and two others, all six volumes 8vo; the 14 tract volumes in various contemporary bindings, some with lettering pieces and numbered in gilt (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 34, 45), general wear and dust-staining; [with:] [Brown, Robert.] Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk's Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland: with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration. Edinburgh: Alex. Smellie for John Anderson and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Sir William Forbes, contemporary speckled calf--Sterne, Lawrence. A Sentimental Journey. T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768, 12mo, 2 vols, "new edition"; and 10 other volumes (including incomplete sets)
Literary works, also some on scientific and other subjects, 18th century COLLECTION OF 107 WORKS, COMPRISING 95 PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS WORKS IN 14 VOLUMES AND 12 OTHER WORKS (SOME INCOMPLETE SETS) IN AN ADDITIONAL 13 VOLUMES: a volume of early 18th century literature including Pope, Alexander. Of the Characters of Women. lacking title page and imprint--Harvey, John. The Life of Robert Bruce King of Scots. A Poem. Edinburgh: for John Catanach, 1729--Steele, Richard. The Lying Lover: or the Ladies Friendship. Bernard Lintott, 1704, first edition, and six others, 4to; 3 volumes, mostly literature and criticism, including Keate, George. The Alps. R. and J. Dodsley, 1763, first edition, half-title--[Percy, Thomas.] The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad. T. Davies, 1771, first edition, half-title--Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. J. Newberry, 1765 [1764], first edition, half title, advertisement leaf--Inglis, Mr Richmond. Anna and Edgar: or Love and Ambition. A Tale. Edinburgh: A. Muray and J. Cochran 1781--Van Reenen, Jacob, and Riou, Edward. A Journal of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope, undertaken in 1790 and 1791 ... in search of the wreck of ... the Grosvenor. for G. Nicol, 1792, folding engraved map--Particulars of the Lands and Fishings, lying in the United Parishes of Slains and Forvie, Belonging to the Earl of Errol. n.p., n.d., NOT IN ESTC--[Felton, Samuel.] Imperfect Hints towards a New Edition of Shakespeare [Parts 1 and 2]. At the Logographic Press, 1787-78--Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Aikin. Poems. for Joseph Johnson, 1773--Goldsmith, Oliver. Retaliation: A Poem. for G. Kearsley, 1774, "new edition", and 22 others, 4to; a volume including "Thermopilae". The Speech of a Scots Weaver: dedicated to Richard Glover W. Nicholl, 1774--Thomson, Edward. Edward and Eleonora. A Tragedy. sold by A. Milar, 1739, first edition--[Bent, William.] The London Catalogue of Books ... That have been printed in Great Britain, since the year 1700. n.p., 1773, and three others, 8vo; three volumes of plays including [Cumberland, Richard.] The Brothers: A Comedy. W. Griffin, 1770 and 17 others, 8vo; six volumes of late-18th century tracts including a volume with 14 works mostly on the French Revolution, a volume of 5 works on the controversial election of John Leslie to the chair of mathematics at Edinburgh University, a volume of Scottish works including MacNeill, Hector. The Links o'Forth ... A Plaint. Edinburgh: Constable etc., 1799, and two others, a volume with More, Hannah. Remarks on the Speech of M. Dupont ... on ... Religion and Public Education. T. Cadell, 1793, second edition, and one other, a volume of scientific tracts including Directions for preparing aerated medicinal waters : by means of the improved glass machines made at Leith Glass-Works. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787, engraved frontispiece-- Thiville, J.G.J.B. Count. An Essay on the Means Hitherto Employed for Lighting Streets and the Interior of Houses. Richardson etc., 1800, folding engraved plate, and three others, a volume of military works including Tyndale, William. Instructions for young dragoon officers. T. Egerton, 1796, 10 folding plates, ONLY THREE COPIES ON ESTC, and two others, all six volumes 8vo; the 14 tract volumes in various contemporary bindings, some with lettering pieces and numbered in gilt (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 34, 45), general wear and dust-staining; [with:] [Brown, Robert.] Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk's Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland: with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration. Edinburgh: Alex. Smellie for John Anderson and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Sir William Forbes, contemporary speckled calf--Sterne, Lawrence. A Sentimental Journey. T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768, 12mo, 2 vols, "new edition"; and 10 other volumes (including incomplete sets)
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