Letters on the Study and Use of History. In two volumes.

Bolingbroke, Lord Viscount, Henry St. John

Published by Printed for A. Millar, London, 1752

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By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. Two vols. 8vo. Vol. I, 315pp., Vol. II, 286pp, plus Contents, 4 unnumbered pages at the back. Very good books in full leather with double gilt fillet borders on front and back panels; five raised bands on spine, also edges in double gilt fillet. Red leather labels with gilt lettering in the second section of both books, and the volume number in gilt in the third sections. Page edges are red-speckled, also age-darkened. Bookplate on front paste-downs in both books of Eric Gerald Stanley, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor at the University of Oxford. External gutters of both volumes are cracked but holding. Loss on corners and edges at head of spine. Outermost board edges are scuffed, and fore-edge corners are rubbed through. End-papers are mildly soiled and with transfer or leeching stains around margins. Text pages are age-toned, foxing is not present. Text blocks are snug. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. Seller Inventory # ABE-1712620435103

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Title: Letters on the Study and Use of History. In ...

Publisher: Printed for A. Millar, London

Publication Date: 1752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.