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Philosophy and theologyGomberville (Marin Le Roy de) The Doctrine of Morality; or, A View of Human Life, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by T. M. Gibbs, additional engraved title, engraved frontispiece, title vignette, illustrations (many full-page), engraved initials and headpieces, tear to Ii, some browning throughout, bookplate of E. H. Greenby to front pastedown and ink signature of Elizabeth Brown Greenby to flyleaf, contemporary calf with gilt morocco lettering label, worn with loss to spine extremities and cracking to joints, E. Bell, et al., 1721; Hooker (Richard) The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, in Eight Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity..., also prefix'd before the Book, the Life of the Author, Written by Isaac Walton, reissue of Gauden's edition, with some corrections by Strype, engraved frontispiece and additional title, browned, [ESTC T70803], bookplate of J. Lane to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, some cracking to joints, for John Walthoe, et al., 1723; Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vols., First edition, contemporary inscription to head of title page, vol. 2 title verso inscribed "The Original Manuscript of both Volumes of this History will be deposited in the Cotton Library by J. Burnett", [ESTC T144689], bookplate of Christopher Jefferson to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked with loss to extremities, for Thomas Ward, 1724-34; folio (4)
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Philosophy and theology: Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de)
Work by Marin Le Roy de Gomberville on morality and human life (first English edition) with translated text by T. M. Gibbs, engraved title/frontispiece, illustrations, and E. H. Greenby bookplate.
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349 €(£300)–465 €(£400)
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Price checked 26/09/2026, 04:57:04
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