Lot 116
 

Histories.- Fontenelle (Benard le Bovier de) The Northern Worthies : or, the Lives of Peter the Great…, woodcut portrait frontispiece, slight toning, E. Mory, 1728; [bound with] Memoirs of the Reign of Catherine, Empress and Soveraign of all Russia, woodcut portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, spine rubbed, 12mo, 1728; [Banks (John)] A New History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great…, FIRST EDITION, woodcut portrait frontispiece, general light toning, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of W.H. Carwithen, Vicar of Sandhurst, 12mo, J. Hodges, 1740; Mottley (John) The History of the Life and Reign of the Empress Catherine…, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved  coat of arms, list of subscribers, 3 engraved plates (1 folding), 1 engraved folding map, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary calf, spine gilt, boards cracked, bookplate of William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8vo, William Meadows, 1744; Card (Henry) The History of the Revolutions of Russia to the Accession of Catherine the First, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece, light foxing, contemporary green calf, spine gilt, boards and spine rubbed, ownership inscription of A. C. Riggs?, 8vo, T. N. Longman, 1804 (5)

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