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[Constable, John] ~ The Conversation of Gentlemen, Considered in most of the Ways, that make their Mutual Company Agreeable, or Disagreeable

London: Printed for J. Hoyles, 1738

£500

First edition, printed by J. Hoyles, 1738. Very Good, contemporary speckled calf gilt, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, a few small holes in title-page affecting one letter, otherwise clean and bright,text block tight, edges speckled red, 12mo (17 x 9.9 cm). Constable (1676/8-1743) was a Jesuit priest and chaplain to the Fitzherbert family of Swynnerton, Staffordshire; the Stourtons are a prominent recusant family. Collation: frontispiece, viii, 272pp, [7] index Provenance: 'Ld Stourton', contemporary ownership inscription to title-page: probably Charles Stourton, 15th Baron Stourton (1702-1753), or his brother and heir William, 16th Baron Stourton (1704-1781).

EDITION: First Edition

BINDING : Hardback

BOOK CONDITION: Very Good

JACKET: No Jacket

INVENTORY NUMBER: 109136


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