BROWNING, Robert

Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day: To Wit, Bernard De Mandeville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and Charles Avison.; Introduced by a dialogue between Apollo and the Fates; concluded by another between John Fust and his friends.

London: Smith, Elder, 1887. First edition. 12mo. viii, 268 pp. Publisher's ads. Engraved bookplate of Adolph Zukor, film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, and red morocco bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter. Original terra cotta cloth, gilt spine title. Front hinge just starting to crack, else a very good, mostly unopened copy in a custom brown quarter-morocco slipcase, with chemise. (1419). Item #54721

Price: $250.00