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A second series of facts and arguments : tending to prove, that the abilities of the two b-----rs, are not more extraordinary than their virtues. In a letter to a Member of Parliament
Title
A second series of facts and arguments : tending to prove, that the abilities of the two b-----rs, are not more extraordinary than their virtues. In a letter to a Member of Parliament / by the author of An examination of the priciples ...
Publication
London : Printed for A. Price, near Temple-Bar, MDCCXLIX [1749]
Physical Description
59, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Local Notes
LWL 49 119 2: Horace Walpole's copy, with his number, and the author's name on the title-page in his hand.
Notes
Author of An examination of the principles = John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont.
No. 5 in volume labelled: Pamphlets. II.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ H².
By Lord Egmont. The 'two brothers' are the Duke of Newcastle and Henry Pelham.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill sale, day i, lot 19 (with Arlington, Charles I, and Fraunce), to W.H. Miller, £18.18.0; Sotheby's, 31 March 1927 (Britwell Court Sale), lot 682, to Edwards, £3.10.0.
No. 6. Letter from a person of distinction ... : Horace Walpole's copy, with his number of half-title, but without note of authorship; listed on inside of cover as: Letter to Ld Egmont.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 119
English short title catalogue, T2709
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England London.
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