Lot 367
Prevost (Abbé) The Dean of Coleraine. A Moral History, Founded on the Memoirs of An Illustrious Family in Ireland, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, Dublin, 1742; and 14 others (17)
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Prevost (Abbé) The Dean of Coleraine. A Moral History, Founded on the Memoirs of An Illustrious Family in Ireland, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, engraved frontispiece, pagination and collation occasionally erratic but as issued, light offsetting, ink name to titles, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, Dublin, by S.Powell, for R.Gwynne, S.Hyde, G.Risk, [& c.], 1742 § Memoirs... on the Turks and the Tartars, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, vol.2 half titles only (likely as issued), ink name to titles, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, a little scuffed, Dublin, for L. White, J. Cash, and R. Marchbank, 1785 § Fauques (Marianne Agnes Pillement, Dame de) The Vizirs: or, the Enchanted Labyrinth. An Oriental Tale, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, occasional foxing, vol.3 G3 with small portion of loss with loss to a few letters of text, bookplates, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, for G. Riley, Bookseller, at Sterne's-Head, Curzon-Street, May-Fair, 1774; and 8 others, works in French or French works in translation, large 12mo (17)
⁂ A good group of works in translation demonstrating the cross-channel development of the novel, many scarce.
Description
Prevost (Abbé) The Dean of Coleraine. A Moral History, Founded on the Memoirs of An Illustrious Family in Ireland, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, engraved frontispiece, pagination and collation occasionally erratic but as issued, light offsetting, ink name to titles, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, Dublin, by S.Powell, for R.Gwynne, S.Hyde, G.Risk, [& c.], 1742 § Memoirs... on the Turks and the Tartars, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, vol.2 half titles only (likely as issued), ink name to titles, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, a little scuffed, Dublin, for L. White, J. Cash, and R. Marchbank, 1785 § Fauques (Marianne Agnes Pillement, Dame de) The Vizirs: or, the Enchanted Labyrinth. An Oriental Tale, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, occasional foxing, vol.3 G3 with small portion of loss with loss to a few letters of text, bookplates, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, for G. Riley, Bookseller, at Sterne's-Head, Curzon-Street, May-Fair, 1774; and 8 others, works in French or French works in translation, large 12mo (17)
⁂ A good group of works in translation demonstrating the cross-channel development of the novel, many scarce.