The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. In Two Volumes. To Which is Prefix'd Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London: Printed for A. Churchill, T. Godwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, etc. MDCCXX (1720).
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Containing:
Volume One:
- Observations Upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- Miscellanea. The First Part. Containing I. A Survey of the Constitutions and Interests of the Empire, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Holland, France and Flanders; with Their Relations to England, in the Year 1671. II. An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government. III. An Essay Upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland. IV. Upon the Conjuncture of Affairs in October, 1673. V. Upon the Exesses of Grief. VI. An Essay Upon the Cure of the Gout, by Moxa.
- Miscellanea. The Second Part. In Four Essays. I. Upon Ancient and Modern Learning. II. Upon the Gardens of Epicurus. III. Upon Heroick Virtue. IV. Upon Poetry.
- Miscellanea. The Third Part. Containing I. An Essay on Popular Discontents. II. An Essay Upon Health and Long Life. III. A Defence of the Essay Upon Ancient and Modern Learning. With Some Other Pieces.
- Memoirs. The Third Part. From the Peace Concluded 1679, to the Time of the Author's Retirement from Public Business.
- The Appendix. Containing the Pieces Referr'd to in These Memoirs.
Volume Two:
- Letters Written by Sir William Temple, Bart. And Other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad. Containing an Account of the Most Important Transactions That Pass'd in Christendom from 1665 to 1672.
- Letters to the King, the Prince of Orange, the Chief Minsters of State, and Other Persons.
- An Introduction to the History of England.
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1,250 copies were printed in ordinary paper format and 60 in large paper format, this being one of the ordinary paper examples. Both volumes are in their first edition format.
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Provenance:
Bookplate of Richard Norman Esq. with the ownership inscription of "Louisa Julia Norman 1853" and the note "Bought at Lady Ely? Norman's Sale".
Size: 213 x 320 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[frontis, title, 10pp., 480pp.]; [title, contents pp., title, dedication, 585pp.]
Spines rubbed and lightly cracked with prominent wear to heads and bottoms of spines. Tooled labels lacking. Front board of volume two detached. All other boards attached with cracked joints and hinges. Boards scuffed and rubbed. Shelf and edge wear. Corners prominently rubbed. Dulling to page edges. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in both volumes. Pen inscriptions to the front pastedown in both volumes. Endpapers with minor foxing. Text blocks very clean with very sporadic very minor foxing. Very small wormhole from the front pastedown to pp.146 in volume two. Very small tear to preliminary in volume one.
[OCLC 8099955; ESTC T136596; MMSID 9940278443804341].
