[Rarebooks] FS: Literary Anecdotes of the 18th Century. 9 vol. "best ed." 1812-15

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(SETS) Nichols, John (compiler). LITERARY ANECDOTES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; COMPRISING BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM BOWYER, PRINTER, F. S. A. and Many of His learned Friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in This Kingdom During the Last Century; and Biographical Anecdotes of... Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artists; with a Very Copious Index. In Six Volumes [see note below]. London: Printed for the Author... 1812-1815. Second edition. 9 vols. Indices. Illustrated with 8 frontispiece portraits (1, folding), plus an additional total of 25 plates (23 are portraits), 2 facsimile letters (1, folding), and 2 folding letterpress genealogical tables. All 9 vols. are uniformly bound in full 19th century polished calf, elaborately gilt tooled spines with red & brown calf labels. Engraved bookplate of Anne Cowdray on front pastedowns. An attractively bound set.	      $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition of 6 vols. was published in 1782. The second edition, published in 1812, was completed by 1815, adding an index and two more volumes. This 9 volume set is called, "The best edition."



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