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Beresford James - The Miseries Of Human Life (2 Volumes)

Estimate $300 - $500
Closed $160 (2 bids, reserve met)
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or the Groans Of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy, with A Few Supplementary Sighs From Mrs Testy, In Twelve Dialogues As Overheard By James Beresford, Fellow Of Merton College, Oxford, Printed For William Miller, London, sixth edition, 1807, each volume with folding frontis, Vol I being a hand coloured aquatint, other illustrations in the text, half tan calf, marbled boards, EP's and fore-edges, spines taped top and bottom, ex owners stamp. Scarce.

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