Lot 59
  • 59

Defoe, Daniel.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Three works:
The Consolidator: or, memoirs of sundry transactions from the world in the moon. Benj[amin]. Bragg 1705, 8vo,  first edition, with half-title, contemporary panelled calf gilt, red speckled edges, some slight spotting and offsetting to endpapers, joint repaired; The Storm: or, a collection of the most remarkable casualties and disasters which happen'd in the late dreadful tempest, both by sea and land. For G. Sawbridge, 1704, 8vo, first edition, folding table of ships cast away by the storm, contemporary panelled calf, speckled edges, slightly browned, slight wear to edges of binding;  The  Political History of the Devil, as well as ancient as modern: in two parts. For T. Warner, 1726, 8vo, first edition, engraved frontispiece of Satan enthroned, contemporary calf gilt, red speckled edges, armorial bookplate (3)

Provenance

[The Consolidator:] "Agnew of Lochnaw", armorial bookplate (either Sir James Agnew of Lachnaw, 4th baronet (d. 1735), or Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, 5th Baronet (1687-1771)); [the latter's son] Thomas Agnew (1720-1771), signature "Tho Agnew" on title page, with partially erased location mark; David Borowitz of Chicago, the sale of his library at Sotheby's New York, 12 April 1978, lot 49

Literature

[The Consolidator:] Rothschild 737; Moore 93; Furbank and Owens 66
[The Storm:] Moore 81; Furbank and Owens 59(P)
[The Political History of the Devil:] Moore 480; Furbank and Owens 228

Condition

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