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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 184

COOPER (THOMAS)
Some Information Respecting America, 8vo; and others, America, Tax, Whist (7)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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COOPER (THOMAS)

Some Information Respecting America, folding engraved map of "the Middle States of America", upper joint weakened [Goldsmiths 15910; Sabin 16615], Dublin, P. Wogan, 1794--MIRABEAU (GABRIEL-HONORÉ DE RIQUETTI, Comte de) Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus... as Also a Letter from the Late M. Turgot, Comptroller of the Finances in France, to Dr. Price, on the Constitution of America, [Sabin 49394], J. Johnson, 1785, contemporary half calf, joints slightly weakened--[JOHNSON (SAMUEL)] Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland's Islands.... And, Taxation and Tyranny, half-title, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, Dublin, W. Whitestone, 1777--HOYLE (EDMOND) A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist... Sixth Edition, WITH AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE of authentication on verso of title, 1746; A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, 1745; A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, 1745; A Short Treatise on the Game of Back-Gammon, 1745, 4 vol. bound in 1, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, T. Osborne--An Abstract of the Act... for Granting His Majesty Certain Duties upon Glass Wares, Stone and Earthen Bottles..., modern boards [ESTC R478777], Charles Bill, 1695, 8vo; and a mixed edition of "The London-Spy" (7)

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Provenance: First to third works, Marcus Gage, ownership inscription.

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