Familiar letters on a variety of important and interesting subjects, From Lady Harriet Morley, and others
by [LETTERS]. [DOUGLAS, Francis]
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for W. Strahan, 1773. [7], iv-viii, 16, 560pp, [i.e. 460pp]. With 16pp subscribers' list. Contemporary calf, gilt. A trifle rubbed, some discolouration to joints. Without lettering-piece, gilt faded. Preliminaries a little browned, else internally a fine copy. Francis Douglas (bap. 1719, d.1790), Scottish bookseller, stationer and writer. In the dedication (to Queen Charlotte) and preface to Familiar letters, Douglas expresses dismay at migration from the British Isles, but also of the need to better educate the inhabitants in 'decency and decorum of character, so graceful, so indispensable necessary in the FAIR SEX', and that 'happiness is founded in VIRTUE and FRIENDSHIP; dignity of mind, in a reverence for RELIGION, and the LAWS'. Uncommon, with ESTC recording copies in only six British libraries, and seven elsewhere (BC, McMaster, Ohio State, Princeton, Stanford, Virginia and Yale). ESTC T99697.. First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ12517
- Title
- Familiar letters on a variety of important and interesting subjects, From Lady Harriet Morley, and others
- Author
- [LETTERS]. [DOUGLAS, Francis]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Strahan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1773
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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