Gaffarel (J), UNHEARD-OF CURIOSITIES: CONCERNING THE TALISMA...

Hammer

£1,200

Gaffarel (J), UNHEARD-OF CURIOSITIES: CONCERNING THE TALISMANICAL SCULPTURE OF THE PERSIANS; THE HOROSCOPE OF THE PATRIARKES; AND THE READING OF THE STARS, translated by Edmund Chilmead, first edition, later red leather, marbled endpapers, in-text and foldout diagrams, printed for Humphrey Moseley, London 1650, with Hartcliffe (J), A TREATISE OF MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES, full leather, printed for C. Harper, London 1691, Gent (J.B.) THE YOUNG LOVER’S GUIDE, OR, THE UNSUCCESSFUL AMOURS OF PHILABIUS, A COUNTRY LOVER, full leather, engraved frontispiece, London 1699, Sherlock (W), PRACTICAL DISCOURSE CONCERNING DEATH, full leather, London 1794, WISDOM AND REASON, OR HUMAN UNDERSTANDING CONSIDERED, full leather, printed for John Hooke, London 1714, LETTERS WRITTEN TO AND FOR PARTICULAR FRIENDS, ON THE MOST IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, fourth edition, full leather, printed for J. Osborn, London 1750, THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE; OR THE GROANS OF SAMUEL SENSITIVE, AND TIMOTHY TESTY, WITH A FEW SUPPLEMENTARY SIGHS FROM MRS TESTY, ¾ leather, engraved hand coloured foldout frontispiece, printed for William Miller, London 1806, and ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE, vol III, full leather, London 1711 (8)

Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.