Heading: [English Printing]
Title: Five eighteenth-century books in English
Date Range: 1718-1798
Group Details: 5 volumes. Comprises: [Joseph Addison]. Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1718. Numerous text woodcuts of ancient Roman coins and medals. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and capitals. [12], x, 410, [10] p?. Duodecimo Period paneled calf. Binding rubbed, small chips at extremities of spine. Hinges cracked but still sound. Binding rubbed, front board nearly detached. Light toning throughout; bookplate; owner name at head of title partially rubbed out. *** Joseph Addison. The Free-Holder. Or Political Essays. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. [8], 316, [10] pp. Duodecimo Period calf, gilt tooled spine with red calf lettering piece. Comprises: The Free-Holder No. 1, Friday Dec. 32, 1715, thru No. 55, Friday, June 29, 1716. Binding rubbed, spine cracked, nearly separated in half. Two early ownership signatures on title (one crossed out); owner signature dated 1805 on page 47; 20th century bookplate; text light browning. *** [Richard Johnson]. The Blossoms of Morality; Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen. By the Editor of The Looking Glass for the Mind. Woodward's Second Edition. Philadelphia: Printed by and for William W. Woodward, 1798. 240 pp. Including a 4-page list of subscribers. Title within a type border. Duodecimo. Period tree calf, red calf lettering piece. Evans 33568. Welch 669.3. Soiled & rubbed, crack at the top of the front hinge but still sound. Light to moderate foxing. *** John Philips. Poems: Viz. An Ode to Lord Bolingbroke. The Splendid Shilling. Bleinheim... Cyder.... Edinburgh: Printed by Campbell Denovan... for Patrick Anderson, 1778. 120 pp. Duodecimo. Period speckled calf. Binding scuffed, extremities of spine chipped, hinges starting. Page edges a bit browned. *** Andrew Stuart. Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield from Andrew Stuart, Esqr. London, 1773. Engraved title page with a small vignette. 40, 64, 48, 48 pp. Period calf, red morocco spine label. Andrew Stuart (d. 1801) was an eloquent lawyer who represented the Duke of Hamilton in the famous lawsuit disputing the legitimacy and succession of Archibald James Douglas, first baron Douglas. Douglas prevailed, and in these letters Stuart assails Lord Mansfield, the judge in the case, for his "want of impartiality." Front cover rubbed and slightly warped, joints & head of spine expertly repaired, front hinge reinforced. Some rare spotting inside but overall quite clean.

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