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AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE. WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH...NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH by Gibbon, Edward:
Book Description
London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1764.. [6],163pp. (wanting the final blank and terminal ads). Octavo. Speckled calf, rebacked in matching calf, gilt extra, gilt label. Restoration to blank portion of fore- margin of title, otherwise a very good, crisp copy. First edition in English of Edward Gibbon's first published work, following its publication in French (in London) by three years. This edition omits the text of the "Avis au lectuer," as well as Dr. Maty's letter to the author which had appeared in the French edition. NORTON 6. ROTHSCHILD 939.
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