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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet). The Age of Louis XV. Being the Sequel of the Age of Louis XIV.

Volume I, London, G. Kearsly, 1770. Together with Addison, Joseph and Steele, Richard. Together with The Guardian.

18th-century full calf panelled London, Printed for J. Tonson, 1714. (2)

Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110

Large Image & Place Bid 421

422

Waring, Edward Scott. A Tour to Sheeraz, by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad ;

With various remarks on the manners, customs, laws, language, and literature of the Persians. To which is added, a

history of Persia, from the death of Kureem Khan to the subversion of the Zund dynasty. Printed for T. Cadell and

W. Dsavies., by W. Bulmer, and Co.,1807. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with 2 engraved plates, pages xiii, (3), 329, bound

without the half-title, 4to, recent quarter calf over marbled boards, with label, gilt : with some light foxing, but other-

wise a large and very good copy, pleasantly bound. An uncommon work by a major in the Bengal civil service, here, it

is claimed, much improved on the numerous and absurd errors of the press” in the Bombay edition of 1804. Allibone

characterises this London edition as “very rare”.”

Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150

Large Image & Place Bid 422