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Lot 198

PRIESTLEY, Joseph. Memoirs of Joseph Priestley.

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Memoirs of Joseph Priestley, to the year 1795, written by himself...
With a continuation, to the time of his decease, by his son, Joseph Priestley: And Observations on His Writings, by Thomas Cooper and William Christie.

Athaliah; or the Tocsin Sounded by Modern Alarms, two collected sermons, preached April 19, 1795, by Mark Wilks.

Publisher: J. Johnson, London, 1806.

v, 469 pp., with errata. Wilks sermons, 106 pp.

Half-bound with marbled boards and gilt title.


H: 8 1/2 W: 5 1/2 D: 1 3/4 in. Poor. Water damage on edges. Foxing and browning throughout. Significant losses on board edges. Bumping, scuffing, and rubbing of boards and edges.

Inscription on back flyleaf includes personal index of select pages.

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.