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[Binding - 18th-century woman owner]
Maxims and Discourses, Moral and Divine
£1,008
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
taken from the Works of Arch-Bishop Tillotson, and Methodiz'd and Connected. London: for J. Tonson, 1719. First edition, 8vo (22 x 14cm), [16] 109 [3] pp., contemporary red morocco, covers richly gilt with broad stylised outer roll enclosing elaborate central panels incorporating a variety of floral stamps, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, spine sunned, small white mark to foot of front board
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.
Footnote
With the ownership inscription ‘Caroline Brydges 1745’ to the initial blank: this is Lady Caroline Leigh née Brydges (1729/30-1804), daughter of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, wife of Thomas Leigh, and grandmother of Chandos Leigh. There is also a later Leigh family bookplate to the front pastedown.