18th-/19th-century works: (1) On the Antiquity of Intellectual Man

from a practical and astronomical point of view; by C. Piazzi Smyth. Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1868. XVIII,512 + 3 pp. advertisements. Ribbed half leather with stamp Society of Writers to the Signet, 8vo. Leather slightly worn along edges and joints, library stamps on new endpapers, else good. (2) Works by Sir Walter Scott published in Dutch translation by various publishers, c. 1825. Incl. De Oudheidskenner (3 volumes), Walladmor (3 volumes), Waverley (2 volumes) and Guy Mannering (2 volumes). Altogether 23 uniform half leather bindings with gilt, decorated spines with letterpieces in red and green. Bindings here and there worn, else good. (3) The History of Tom Jones, a foundling. London, A Millar, 1750. 4 (of 4) volumes in uniform ribbed leather. Volume 2 lacks a quire, volume 4 lacks 12 pp., else good. (4) The History of Tom Jones at J. Walker in London, 1819. 2 (of 2) volumes in later cardboard. (5) The Works of Christopher Marlowe. London, William Pickering et al., 1826. 3 volumes in uniform leather with blind stamp Society of Writers to the Signet. Front boards loose, else good + 1 more.

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