Lot 54
Novel.- Mouhy (Charles de Fieux) Injur'd innocence: being the instructive and diverting memoirs of the Marquess of Fieux, 4 parts in 2 vol., rare first edition in English, Printed for the translator, and sold by F. Needham, 1745.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Novel.- Mouhy (Charles de Fieux) Injur'd innocence: being the instructive and diverting memoirs of the Marquess of Fieux, containing sundry moral reflections naturally deduced from many various and entertaining Occurrences he met with in the course of his life, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, worm trace within text of final signature, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, spines in compartments, Vol.2 upper cover detached, worn, [ESTC N47480], 12mo, Printed for the translator, and sold by F. Needham, 1745.
⁂ Rare, with only four copies recorded by ESTC (BL only UK), of which one a single part only.
Description
Novel.- Mouhy (Charles de Fieux) Injur'd innocence: being the instructive and diverting memoirs of the Marquess of Fieux, containing sundry moral reflections naturally deduced from many various and entertaining Occurrences he met with in the course of his life, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, worm trace within text of final signature, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, spines in compartments, Vol.2 upper cover detached, worn, [ESTC N47480], 12mo, Printed for the translator, and sold by F. Needham, 1745.
⁂ Rare, with only four copies recorded by ESTC (BL only UK), of which one a single part only.
