Literary and Characteristical Lives of John Gregory, M.D., Henry Home, Lord Kame, David Hume, Esq., and Adam Smith, L.L.D. To which are added a Dissertation on Public Spirit; and Three Essays

by William Smellie

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First edition

Edinburgh: Printed and Sold by Alex. Smellie, etc. 1800. Scottish Biography FIRST EDITION. Octavo 22 x 14cm , pp. 2 x; 450 2 . Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to red label, gilt ruling, blind tooling to spine and corners, and grey-brown paper over boards. All edges speckled brown. Small yellow label and black ink ownership for Roseville House Library, Gatehouse of Fleet, in Dumfries & Galloway, to front pastedown. Very light spotting to

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