Lot 142
[Defoe, Daniel]
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs | 373
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The secret history of the October Club: from its original to this time. By a member. London: Printed in the Year 1711. First edition, 2 parts in one volume, half-title, calf gilt by Riviere, Henry Carlisle Tuttle copy with bookplate, [ESTC T066270; ECCO CB3327024575]; [Idem] The Scots nation and union vindicated, from the reflections cast on them, in an infamous libel. London: A. Bell for J. Baker, 1714. First edition, 4to., 28pp., modern wrappers, [ECCO CW3300186351]; [Idem] An essay at removing national prejudices, against a union with England. Part III. [London]: printed in the year 1706. 4to, 35pp., one leaf misbound; A fifth essay, at removing national prejudices. [London]: Printed in the year MDCVII [but 1707]. 4to, [8], 35pp., 2 works in one volume, blue morocco- backed cloth, Earl of Perth's crest on upper board; [ECCO CW3304801378 & CW3304682743] (3)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire