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GROSE [FRANCIS]
The Antiquities of Ireland. S. Hooper, London 1791, Two vols.
Hardcover in full brown calf and gilt title and decoration to spine,
marbled end papers, 4to, with bookplate of Richard Lane Freer.
First Edition.
€300 - €500
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GROSE, FRANCIS.
The Antiquities of England and Wales.
London 1773-87, 6 vols including the supplementary vols, full polished
morocco gilt, many fine plates, generally clean. Upper hinge of vol. 1
broken, spines of vols 2-4 worn, vols. 5 & 6 recently rebacked. Basi-
cally a fine set of this important work, but the bindings need work.
€800 - €1,200
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GIBBON, EDWARD.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
6 vols, London 1787-88, mixed editions, vols 4-6 first editions, others
third / new edition, quarto full tree calf, spines richly gilt, contrasting
labels, engravings. The spines a bit worn, but bindings holding firmly.
One of the great books of English history and style. Printing & the Mind
of Man 222.
Rare in this condition.
€1,200 - €1,500
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LYSONS, REV. DANIEL.
The Environs of London:
Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages and Hamlets within
Twelve Miles of that Capital. 5 vols quarto, stoutly bound in half brown
calf, 2nd edition,1810, plates, some folding.
€400 - €500
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