[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Smollett's "Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" 4 vols. 1751

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[Smollett, Tobias]. THE ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE. In Which Are 
Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for the 
Author, by D. Wilson. 1751. 12mo. 4 volumes. Cont. speckled calf, each volume 
rebacked with the original spine laid down (at first glance you don’t notice the 
fine rebacking). In Vol. 2 a small piece at the very bottom blank corner of the 
title page has torn away, otherwise a particularly pretty set. Each volume 
with the 18th c. armorial bookplate of Thomas Western. Housed in a folding cloth 
box, rubbed.                               $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition. With the cancel L12 in Volume III. See THE ROTHSCHILD LIBRARY 
#1910.

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