Lot #1078 - Books On David Hume (2)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1078
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Lot Description:Books On David Hume (2)
[HUME, David] BURTON, J.H.Letters of Eminent Persons addressed to David Hume. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1849. First edition.(32),334pp., 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and contrasting title label, spine a little rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings external or internal. A nice copy. Uncommon. From the papers bequeathed by his nephew to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The eminent persons include Horace Walpole, Helvetius, Bishop Percy and (in French) Turgot, D'Alembert, Diderot and others. From single letters up to 15 or so, from 53 correspondents; [HUME] HILL, G. Birkbeck [editor] Letters of David Hume to William Strahan. Now first edited, with notes, index, &c.Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1888. First edition.Folding facsimile letter, xlvi,386pp., marbled endpapers and edges, blank endpapers foxed otherwise very clean, 8vo., con -
Estimate:A$250 - 350
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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