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Russel (James). Letters from a Young Painter abroad to his Friends in England, 1st edition, for W. Russel, 1748, 5 engraved plates (most folding), small worm-track in first 2 quires affecting a few letters, closed tear in plate 4 just touching image, contemporary mottled calf, scuffed and rubbed, spine worn, 8vo (20 x 11.8 cm), together with: Nicholson (Peter), The Principles of Architecture, 3 volumes, 2nd edition ('with additions, revised and corrected by the author'), for J. Barfield and T. Gardiner, 1809, 218 engraved plates numbered 1-216 (numbers 85 and 86 used twice), several folding, variable spotting, many plates closely trimmed with numbering or imprint cropped, contemporary tan half calf, joints scuffed and rubbed, front joints cracked but holding, 8vo (21.2 x 12.5 cm), Quintilian, Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim ... brevibus notis illustrati, a Carolo Rollin, 2nd edition, William Thurlbourn [and others], 1758, bookplate of Michael Jaffé, 18th-century ownership and gift inscriptions to front free endpaper, initial blank and title-page verso, contemporary mottled calf, front joint cracked, label perished, 8vo (20.8 x 12 cm) (Qty: 6) Provenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. ESTC T122509 for Russel, an uncommon Grand Tour narrative. The plates including depictions of mountain landscapes. A second edition appeared in 1750.