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Published by London: Printed for the author, and sold by W. innys, and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's. M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737], London, 1737
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Seller: Humber Books Ltd, Kingston Upon Hull, United KingdomHumber Books Ltd
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 395.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in two volumes. [8.00in tall x 5.25in wide]. An attractive pair of volumes in contemporary bindings from a prominent country house library. Collates [16], xxxii, 431, [1]p; [10], 352; 85, [23]p. Good copies. Minor marks, blemishes or reading wear commensurate with age else sound. Occasiona…l intermittent light toning else clean and solid in the main. Quite a rare theological work. With the bookplates, library plate and signatures of Thomas Western [1714-1766]. The bookplate is 'Thos. Western, Clare Hall, Camb.'. The private library plate being 'Felix Hall Library, shelf A5', being the seat of the Western family. Both front end papers with the signature 'Tho. Western'. Thomas Western [1714-1766]. Son of Thomas Western (d. 1733), MP for Sudbury in Suffolk, and his wife Mary Shirley. The Westerns of Rivenhall, Essex, were among the emerging middle-classes of the early eighteenth century, having made their fortune as foundry masters of government ordnance and timber suppliers to the navy. Thomas Western and his family were also the subject of Hogarth's conversation piece, The Western Family, painted in 1738 and now in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Thomas Western, attended university at Clare Hall, Cambridge, from 1731 and upon leaving Cambridge married Anne Callis in 1735. A portrait of Thomas Western was sold at Christies in 2015 for £248,000. Bound in a contemporary mottled calf bindings. Minor marks, light rubbing or wear else an attractive pair of contemporary bindings. Joints cracked but still well attached.
