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wrapper: the title-leaf lightly browned, otherwise a large and
very good copy.
Offering “a few thoughts on the Encouragement of Oriental Literature”.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SHIPLEY (Jonathan), Bp.
A
sermon preached before the House of Lords, in the Abbey
church of St. Peter, Westminster, on Tuesday, January, 30, 1770,
being the day appointed to be observed as the day of the
martyrdom of King Charles I.
London, Printed for T. Cadell in the
Strand,
1770. FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 23, (1, blank), with
half-title, 4to, recent wrapper: very good.
(2)
WATKINS (Roger).
A sermon preached at the visitation
holden for the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, by the Archdeacons of
Lincoln and Leicester in the cathedral church of Lincoln,
August 24th, 1778. By Roger Watkins, M. A. Rector of
Fillingham, and late Fellow of Balliol College in Oxford.
Published at the request of the Clergy.
Lincoln: Printed and sold by
W. Wood. Mr. Crowder, in Pater-Noster-Row, London. Mess. Merrills
and Fletcher at Cambridge. Mr. Fletcher, at Oxford. Mr. Smart at
Worcester. Mr. Turner at Ludlow.
[1778]. FIRST (ONLY)
EDITION, 22-pages, wanting half-title, 4to, recent paper
wrapper: a large and very good copy with the errata corrected in
a contemporary hand.
ESTC locates only two copies: L and LIN.
Apparently, there were no other printings.
(3)
KING (James).
A sermon preached before the honourable
House of Commons, at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, on
Wednesday, January XXX, 1771.
London: Printed by J. and H.
Hughs, near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; and sold by J. Wilkie …T. Payne …
and J. Walter …,
1771. FIRST EDITION, 20-pp, with half-title,
4to, recent wraps: a large and very good-nice copy.
On the grounds and obligations of civil government.
(4)
BARFORD (Wm.).
A sermon preached before the
honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret’s, Westminster,
on Tuesday, January XXX, 1770.
London: Printed by J. Hughs,
near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; and sold by T. Payne, near the Mews-Gate,
1770. FIRST EDITION, 22-pp, with half-title, 4to, recent wraps:
a large and very good-nice copy.
(5)
PORTEUS (Beilby).
Two sermons preached at the Chapel-
Royal, St. James’s. The second edition.
London: Printed by H.
Hughs, near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields: and sold by T. Payne … and J. and
T. Merrill, at Cambridge,
1772. Pages (4), 36, 4to, recent paper
wrapper: a large and very good copy.
(6)
PARKER (Wm.), FRS.
A sermon before the honourable
House of Commons, at St. Margaret’s, Westminster. On
Monday, January 31, 1757. Being appointed to be observed as
the day of the martyrdom of King Charles I.
London, Printed for
R. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, and J. Fletcher in the
Turl, Oxford,
1757. FIRST EDITION, 24-pages, with the half-
title, 4to, recent paper wrapper: the first and final page lightly
and evenly dusty, otherwise a large and very good to nice copy.
(7)
MARKHAM (Wm.), Abp.
A sermon preached before the
House of Lords, in the abbey church of St. Peter, January 31.
1774. Being the day appointed as the day of the martyrdom of
King Charles I.
London: Printed for T. Payne, at the Mews Gate,
1774. FIRST EDITION, 22-pp, with half-title, 4to, recent
wrapper: a large and very good copy.
(8)
THOMAS (John), Bp.
A sermon preached before the House
of Lords, in the Abbey-Church of Westminster, on Wednesday,
January 30th, 1744. Being the day appointed to be observed as
the day of the martyrdom of King Charles I. The second edtion.
London: Printed by J. Oliver, in Bartholomew-Close; and sold by E.
Nutt, and E. Cook …,
1745. Pages 23 (1, adverts), wanting half-
title, 4to, recent paper wrapper: the first and final page lightly
dusty, otherwise a very good copy. (9)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
479
.
WATT (Robert).
By Authority. The declaration and
confession of Robert Watt, written, subscribed, & delivered by
himself, the evening before his execution. For high treason, at
Edinburgh, October 15. 1794. Attested by the Reverend Dr.
Baird, principal of the University of Edinburgh; and the
Reverend T. S. Jones, one of the ministers of Lady Glenorchie’s
Chapel.
Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, Parliament Close,
1794
FIRST EDITION, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, pages
iv, 35, (1, advert), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: some foxing and
light staining: a good copy.
Goldsmiths’ 16165.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
GRENVILLE (Wm. W.), Baron
Grenville.
Speech of Lord Grenville in the House of Peers, on
the motion of the Duke of Bedford for the dismissal of
ministers, Thursday, March 22, 1798.
Printed for J. Wright,
1798.
FIRST EDITION, pages 31, (1, blank), 8vo, recent wrapper: a
very good to nice copy
Goldsmiths’ 17456. represented there.
(2)
GREAT BRITAIN,
PARLIAMENT, LORDS.
The Lords protest, November 18,
1740. To which is added, considerations upon the embargo laid
on provision of victual. Also the protests of Dec. 8. and 9. Jan.
28. and Feb. 3
London: Printed in the year
1741. Pages 29, (1,
blank), 31-38, (2), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to
nice copy.
ESTC, locating just five copies of this issue: L (2), C / DSoC, CLU-C.
(3)
HASTINGS (Francis Rawdon), first Marquess of
Hastings.
on the state of the public finances of Great Britain, by
Lord Rawdon, in a speech on the third reading of the Bank
Loan Bill in the House of Lords, on Thursday, June 9, 1791.
1791. a very good copy.
(4)
[BUDGELL (Eustace) ].
A short history of prime ministers
in Great Britain.
London: Printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Franckliln’s
in Russell-street, Covent-Garden. (Pr. 6 d)
1733. FIRST EDITION,
pp 31, (1, blank), 8vo, recent wraps: with a short closed tear
without loss in final leaf and shoulder notes on one page cut
close without serious loss: very good copy. (5)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
480
.
WATTS (Isaac).
Dissertations relating to the christian
doctrine of the Trinity. The second part (viz.) IV … V … VI …
VII.
Printed for J. Clark and R. Hett …,
1725
FIRST EDITION THUS, pages xxiii, (1, adverts), 240, large
12mo, contemporary calf, gilt bordered sides, gilt ruled spine,
with the signed armorial bookplate of Thomas Greene, and also
signed by him on the title-page: a nice, unpressed copy.
ESTC locates only seven copies (L, C, O, Manchester; AAS, Harvard &
Morgan). To accommodate Unitarian criticisms Watts continued to
rework his doctrine of the Trinity in this second group of essays. In the
18-page preface he admits that his sentiments have changed concerning
certain beliefs which he once held and which some of his earlier works
expressed.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
Liturgia, seu liber precum communium … una cum psalterio
seu Psalmis Davidis …
Londini, excudebat E. Jones, impensis A.
Swall & T. Childe,
1696. With additional engraved title and pp
(58); (328), signed a-b, A-N12, O8, large 12mo, 19C century
pale brown calf antique, red spine label, gilt, ‘Rev. F. Briscoe’
stamped in gilt on upper board, signed pencil inscription on
flyleaf ‘Francis Briscoe/Kilmessan/1855’: lightly browned,
some marginal worming towards end not too seriously affecting
text: very good
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