Books on 18th Century
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British Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies. Vol 22, Nos 1 and 2.
2 issues 246p paperback, library marks, very good
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Two Quiet Lives: Dorothy Osborne, Thomas Gray.
xi 194p buff cloth, brown title panel to spine, decorative title page, 4 halftone plates, very good ...
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The Devonshire Diary: William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire Memoranda on Affairs of State 1759 - 1762.
199p hardback, gilt & black title panel to spine, index, fresh and clean copy
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Specimens of English Prose from Malory to Carlyle.
viii 208p green cloth, still very good copy from a school library, early edition
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Rabelais; Les moralistes français des 17ième et 18ième siècles; La poésie française depuis 1950. (= Cahiers de l'Association internationale des Études françaises, No. 30)
323p large paperback, contributions on Rabelais, La Bruyère, La Rochefoucauld, Voltaire, etc, ...
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Selected Philosophical Writings. (Edited by J Lough)
viii 223p blue hardback, very good: Pensées philosophiques; pensées sur l'interpretation de la ...
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Unpublished Poems by Voltaire, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Anne d'Urfé, Helvétius, Gresset, etc.
143p paperback, cover and spine a little rubbed and worn, bibliography, well preserved
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Les liaisons dangereuses. (Établissement du texte, introduction et notes par Jean Mistler)
xxxv 412p large paperback, appendix, a few faint pencil markings, still a very good copy
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Studies in Self-Interest from Descartes to Le Bruyère.
xiv 222p blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, index, very light library markings, excellent copy, ...
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The Way of the World.
126p brown cloth, dustjacket, text with notes, glossary, bibliography, very good, edited by J ...
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Kant and His English Critics: A Comparison of Critical and Empirical Philosophy.
xii 402p green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, binding a little soft and yielding, front hinge a ...
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The Moral Law: Immanuel Kant.
142p large paperback, notes, indices, cover creased, a well preserved copy from a Cambridge college ...
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Zadig and other Stories. Ed. H Mason.
276p blue and yellow paperback, appendix, bibliography, introduction, notes, very good indeed
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Le Barbier de Séville, comédie en quatre actes; Eugénie, drame en cinq actes, avec un essai sur le drame sérieux.
324p small format, red half morocco binding, marbled cover, lovely binding, a very good copy
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Poésies complètes: poèmes antiques et modernes, les destinées, poèmes retranchés ou non recueillis par l'auteur. Introduction et notes par Auguste Dorchain.
lii 353p rebound in full calf with school arms to front, prize label, spine a little hurt, paper ...
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Sur l'Art et les Artistes. Ed. Jean Seznec.
220p paperback in tall narrow format, very good condition, some minimal wear to corners and spine, ...
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Un Syphiligraphe, disciple de Broussais: Adolphe Richond des Brus, 1798 - 1856. ("Cahiers Lyonnais d'Histoire de la Médecine", No 1 Jan 1957)
13p stapled booklet, offprint, very good
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Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut.
lxxvi 226p blue boards, frontispiece, plates, fresh and clean pages, binding tight, French text ...
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Lettres Philosophiques. Edited by F Taylor.
lxi 185p well preserved paperback, notes, bibliography, variants, very good copy
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L'ingénu, histoire véritable. Édition critique publiée par William Jones.
188p paperback, index, bibliography, most pages uncut, very good
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The American War of Independence 1775 - 1783. A Commemorative Exhibition.
167p large paperback, many illustrations, many maps, a fresh and clean copy
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Swift's Corrected Copy of Contests and Dissensions, with other Pamphlets from his Library.
30p essay in Philological Quarterly, for sale is the complete issue, well preserved, including ...
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Speech on Conciliation with America. Ed. H Lamont.
lxxii 152p green cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, introduction, notes, index, clean and ...
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Sonnets chrêtiens sur divers sujets, divisez en quatre livres, par Mr Drelincourt. Dernière édition, à laquelle on a ajouté les pseaumes penitentiaux an vers héroïques.
192p small full calf volume, red title label on spine, minor hurts on spine, leather a bit worn, ...
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Horazens lyrische Gedichte, Theil 1, übersetzt und erläutert von F A Eschen.
x 242p old papercovered boards with small label to spine, minor water marks to cover, engraved ...
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Hagedorns poetische Werke. (Sammlung der besten deutschen prosaischen Schrifsteller und Dichter, Vol 16)
xxxviii 219p 320p 226p half calf firm, two gilt leather labels to spine, vignette, frontispiece, ...
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Mémoires du Duc de Rovigo (M Savary) écrits de sa main, pour servir à l'histoire de l'empereur Napoléon, Vols 1 - 4.
4 volumes approx 300p each, large polished calf with gilt decoration and leather label on spine, ...
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Design for a Gentleman: The Education of Philip Stanhope.
222p large cloth, blue dustjacket, frontispiece, index, bibliography, photographic plates, hardly ...
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Le Duc de Choiseul et l'Alliance Espagnole.
iii 250p plain terracotta cloth, library bookplate, appendix, very good copy from a Cambridge ...
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Mémoires du Marquis de Boissy, 1798 - 1866. Rédigés d'après ses papiers, précédés d'une lettre-préface par Mme la Marquise de Boissy. Vols 1 - 2.
2 volumes 372p 318p large paperback, spines tape-repaired, front board of volume 1 detached, cover ...
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan with a Short Account of his Life, Vol 1 and 2. Ed. G G S.
x 398p 416p original cloth, gilt ornaments to cover and spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, ...
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Adam Smith: Politica e Societá.
194p large format paperback, reproduced from typescript, contents page detached, index, very good, ...
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Everybody's Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell's complete Text and from the 'Tour to the Hebrides'. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
xx 609p brown cloth, illustrations, index, gilt motiv to cover, light soiling to spine, with many ...
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Sir Joshua and His Circle.
2 vols: xii 326p, x 310p brown buckram cloth, gilt lettering to spine, photogravure frontisps with ...
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An Account of the Life of that Ancient Servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson. Giving a Relation of many of his Trials and Exercises in his Youth, and his Services in the Work of the Ministry in England, Ireland, America, etc.
viii 238p original blind-stamped cloth, tiny letters to spine, no other library signs, clean text, ...
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Oeuvres complètes de Marivaux, de l'Académie Française, Vol 2. Nouvelle Édition, avec une notice historique sur la vie et le caractère du talent de l'auteur, des jugements littéraires et des notes. Ed. M Duviquet.
525p plain green library cloth, new binding, rebound, folding facsimiles of letter as frontispiece, ...
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Oeuvres complètes de Marivaux, de l'Académie Française, Vol 4. Nouvelle Édition, avec une notice historique sur la vie et le caractère du talent de l'auteur, des jugements littéraires et des notes. Ed. M Duviquet.
599p plain green library cloth, new binding, humidity line to many pages, library bookplate, a well ...
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Oeuvres complètes de Marivaux, de l'Académie Française, Vol 6. Nouvelle Édition, avec une notice historique sur la vie et le caractère du talent de l'auteur, des jugements littéraires et des notes. Ed. M Duviquet.
viii 505p plain green library cloth, new binding, some foxing, very faint pencil markings to ...
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William Cobbett: A Study of his Life as shown in his Writings. Illustrated.
xii 318p large green cloth, weak inner hinges, some foxing, appendix, index, many plates ...
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Documents of the Early Industrial Revolution.
112p large format, stapled, paper cover, spine and cover torn, tables, collection of essays, clean ...
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Le paysan parvenu ou Les mémoires de M. Nouvelle édition revue d'après les meilleurs textes avec une introduction et des notes de Abel Farges.
xiv 468p green library cloth, marginal ink markings on several pages, notes, very well preserved ...
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The Adventures of Joseph Andrews. Ed. G Saintsbury. Illus Herbert Railton. (Works, Vols 1 - 2)
2 volumes 350p cloth gilt, collotype plates, top of spine slightly chipped, very nice set, 16cm, ...
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The Age of Change 1770 - 1870: Documents in Social History.
199p brown cloth, dustjacket (rather torn), critical evaluation of essays by Adam Smith, Thomas ...
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English Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Maine.
xviii 415p brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, some movement to the spine, bright pages, a useful ...
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Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park. A Casebook.
254p card cover, index, a clean and firm copy only a bit dusty
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Constable: Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings.
204p large format paperback, frontispiece, notes, catalogue with text, colour plates, very good
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Thomas Gainsborough.
16p and 40 black-and-white plates, large hardback, white cover, frontispiece, bibliography, very ...
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Hartley and James Mill.
250p cloth, 30p stapled list of publications laid in, inner hinges yielding and soft, a very good ...
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