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[Goldsmith, Oliver]

The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq

London For J. Newbery and W. Frederick 1762 First Edition Extracted principally from His Original Papers. Engraved frontispiece portrait by A. Walker. 8vo. [1]f, vi, 234, [4] pp. Newly bound in old style calf, the spine lettered on a red goatskin label and dated at the foot, plain endleaves, untrimmed edges.Rothschild 1022. With the 4 pages of advertisements at the end. Leaf C6 is a cancel as usual, having contained a somewhat uncomplimentary description of Beau Nash's character as a wit. The title and a few other pages are lightly soiled and there is a small hole, caused by a paper fault, in the outer margin of A3, but it is a decent copy with good size margins.

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