Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy

by the president by Joshua Reynolds

$400 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

London: T. Cadell, 1778. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8 , iv, 5 -326, 2 ads; contemporary full calf, rebacked with original gilt-decorated spine laid down, red morocco label; waterstain on bottom edge, not seeping into textblock, corners worn, very good. This copy with three bookplates, including one each of the indexers and authors Henry B. Wheatly and Benjamin. R. Wheatly. The Dedication to the King, occupying 4pp. was written by Johnson, and DNB suggests that

• Binding: Leather

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