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New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 1974 edition. Ex-library book with stamps and labels attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Covers and text in very good condition. [159 pages].
An Essay on History; in Three Epistles to Edward Gibbon, with Notes by Hayley, William - 1781
by Hayley, William
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An Essay on History; in Three Epistles to Edward Gibbon, with Notes
by Hayley, William
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London: For J Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1781. This is a tight clean copy that has no covers or spine. There is foxing throughout but in quite good condition. 168pp. A digital image can be made available.. Unbound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Publisher For J Dodsley in Pall-Mall
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1781
- Keywords History, Essay
- Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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An Essay on History in Three Epistles to Edward Gibbon, Esq. (1780)
by Hayley, William; Gibbon, Edward
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An Essay on History; In Three Epistles To Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes
by HAYLEY (William):
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London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1780. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 270 x 210 mms., pp. [ii], [1 - 3] - 159 [160 blank], rebound in quarter calf, preserving old marbled boards, gilt spine, red morocco label, marbled boards. Original end-paper preserved with bookplate of Studely Priority, the contemporary bookplate "Scotstoun" on the front paste-down end-paper, and the autograph "Mr Oswald Scotstoun," of whom there were several, but the volume possibly belonged to James Oswald (1703 - 1793), the Church of Scotland minister and philosophical writer. It is not exactly clear when Hayley (1745 - 1820) met Gibbon, but they were sufficiently friendly in October 1781 for Gibbon to write to him saying, "Accept, my dear Sir, my kindest Wishes for yourself, and your amiable Eliza!--The delightful Scenes of Eartham are still present to my Mind, and many Days will roll away, before I shall find, in the tumult of the World, those pleasures, which I enjoyed in the familiar Society of the…
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