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Lot 270
Three Complete Sets of Small 18th and 19th Century Leatherbound Books
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: West, Gilbert. Odes of Pindar (London: J. Dodsley 1756), three volumes, tree calf binding with gilt to spine; Lesage, Alain-René. The Adventures of Gil Blas (London: S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1771), the Smollet translation, full calf, raised bands; Goldsmith, Oliver. The Miscellaneous Works (London: John Sharpe, 1809), six volumes, full calf with gilt rules.

Tallest book 7 in. spine

From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Julius J. Chamberlain, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina

Could the "T. Payne" co-publishing Gil Blas in 1771 be one and the same as the author of "Common Sense?"

Wear and expected aging; good estate condition.