Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries...

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1813. First edition, "to Which are Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, The Seat of Browne Willis Esq. and Lives of Eminent Men... The Whole Now First Published from the Originals in The Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum." Letters and biographical sketches, including Cavendish, Harvey, Hook. Marvel, Raleigh, Spencer, Shakespear, etc. Two volumes in three, as issued. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, blindstamped spine ornaments, leather labels. Light rubbing to joints and boards, scattered light foxing in text, all edges marbled. Overall very good condition. Marginal notes, and extensive summaries on back endpapers of each volume, probably by M. Schery (?), 1900, whose ownership inscription is in all three volumes.. (Inventory #: 49533)