Dialogues of the Dead
London: Printed for W. Sandy, 1760. First Ediition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #001675
Brown full calf binding.Title on red leather spine label. xii, 320 p.p. Title vignette of the Greek God Mercury. Start of each dialogue adorned with head and tailpiece's. The bookplate of Kenneth Newton Colvile on front pastedown. Includes 28 dialogues, or conversations, between Plato and Fenelon, Mr. Addison and Dr. Swift, Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, and Plutarch, Charon and a Modern Bookseller, among other philosophical and political dialogues. The last three dialogues were written by Elizabeth Robinson Montagu. Rubbing to edges. Corners worn at tips. Front and rear joint cracked. A small chip to spine head. Damp stains to endpapers. Margins of title-page darkened. Early ownership signature in right margin of title-page. Light foxing. Otherwise a very good copy. ESTC no: T78376.
Price: $450.00