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Bound Volume of Tales Including Almoran and Hamet Solyman and Almena the Sincere Huron Zadig or the Book of Fate The History of Jonathan Wild the Great with the Celebrated Political Letters of Somers to the Right Honorable Mr. Douglas Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant; Accompanied with the Replies of Probus and Maynard and the Rejoinders by Somers signed by 'Maynard' or Dublin Barrister John Kells
1780ref. z08545London Dublin: Harrison and Co 1780. Hardcover. Good. A bound volume of tales by esteemed authors of the time illustrated with copper plates. Includes Almoran and Hamet 1791 Solyman and Almena 1790 the Sincere Huron 1786 Zadig or the Book of Fate 1780 and The History of Jonathan Wild the Great 1782 bound curiously together with an Irish political pamphlet titled the Celebrated Political Letters of Somers to the Right Honorable Mr. Douglas. 1794. The pamphlet contains letters to Sylvester Douglas later 1st Baron Glenbervie chief secretary of Ireland under William Pitt the Younger and offers Douglas advice on how best to govern. The author employs the psudonyms Somers Probus and Maynard but appears to have been Dublin barrister John Kells by whom some of the letters are autographed. 1780s-1790s. Hardcover 8vo. in leather backed patterned paper boards with leather title. Varying paginations with copper plate illustrations. Good. Spine leather worn with cracking loss to extremities and evidence of repair. Front board detached rear board nearly detached. Light foxing throughout. Illustrations and text remain bright. Housed in protective mylar. Of Irish interest. Harrison and Co hardcover
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