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The life and character of the late Lord Chancellor Jefferys
Title
The life and character of the late Lord Chancellor Jefferys.
Published
London, J. Pottinger [etc.] 1764.
Physical Description
54, [2] p. 21 cm.
Local Notes
LWL 49 1609 8:9: Horace Walpole's note on title-page: August 16.
LWL 49 1609 8:9: Horace Walpole's title: Life of Lord Chancellor Jefferies.
Notes
Introduction to first edition, 1725, compares Lord Jefferys and Lord Macclesfield. In this edition, comparison is to Lord Mansfield.
Publisher's announcement: p. [55-56]
Provenance
Strawberry Hill Sale, day iii, lot 110, to Thorpe, £36.15.0; offered in Thorpe's Supplement for 1842; purchased by Henry Labouchere, later Baron Taunton; sold by his grandson at Sotheby's, 2 December 1920 (Stanley Sale), lots 454-5, to Quaritch, £248; sold by Quaritch to Sir Leicester Harmsworth.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
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