Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; The Other, to a Lady

by John Gay

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

pp. iii-vi , 7-32 + 4, ads pp. Lacking A1 half-title . 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century brown calf with red leather spine label. Edges a bit rubbed and covers a little bowed. Very good else, with bookplate of Oliver Brett. Foxon G88; Rothschild 913. Item #260254 The second epistle, first published in 1714, has a separate titlepage reading: “An epistle to a lady, occasion'd by the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The fifth

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