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Lot 165
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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D'ISRAELI, Isaac (1766-1848). An Essay on the Manners and Genius of the Literary Character. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1795.
8vo (205 x 124 mm). (Some occasional staining.) Original blue-grey boards, uncut (some light staining and chipping); folding case. Provenance: Sir George Douglas (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. "The Literary Character has, in the present day, singularly degenerated in the public mind" (Preface). British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli was the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. ESTC T109852.
Property from the Annette Perlman Trust