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London (and Dublin): Bury St. Edmunds, 1792. London: Bury St. Edmunds, 1792 and Dublin: Printed for Messrs R. Cross, P. Wogan, L.White, P. Bryne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. Jones, W. McKensie, & F. Rice, 1793. Vol. 1 is a first edition Quarto. Bound in contempoary brown diced calf, gilt-stamped spine, rebacked. Vol. 2 is first Dublin edition and second edition. Octavo. Bound in modern brown morocco, gilt-stamped on spine. With 3 large fold-out maps. Custom slipcase made so books appear uniform. Very good. Arthur Young (1741-1820) was considered the greatest of all English writers on agriculture, however he is also known as a social and political observer as well. Young gave valuable accounts of the condition of the people and the conduct of public affairs at a critical juncture, the beginning of the revolution. HBS 67019. $1,500.

London: Stanhope Press, 1813. FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [1818]. Complete in four sixteenmo volumes bound in two. (5 1/4" x 3 5/16"). Full red straight-grain morocco. Decoratively gilt stamped on boards and spine. Gilt lettering on spines. All edges gilt. Joints of spine lightly rubbed. Top of spine in Vol 3 & 4 with very small crack. Very good. Each volume with a fore-edge paintings depicting a street scene. Volumes XVII and XVIII from the set of The Works of the British Poets. Including the Most Esteemed Translations from The Greek and Roman Authors Collated with the Best Editions: By Thomas Park, F.S.A. Vol. XVII. Containing the First and Second Volumes of Young. Vol. XVIII Containing the Third and Fourth Volumes of Young HBS 64332. $1,500.