A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. with Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magnae Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Undecimo

by Thomas Guy

$200 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed for John Osborn, 1725. 2 vols. in 1, first editions, small 8vo, pp. 55, 16, blank ; 45; woodcut title-page vignettes; original brown calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, title label lacking, marbled endpapers; binding rubbed, joints just starting; overall a very good copy. Guy, a bookseller by trade, was a noted philanthropist and, after selling a large quantity of South Sea Stock, he used his vast fortune to found Guy's Hospital see DNB . Item

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