CONGREVE

CONGREVE, WILLIAM - THE WORKS...IN THREE VOLUMES Fifth edition, London, J Tonson, 1730. 12mo, contemporary calf. Contains The Old Batchelor, The Double Dealer, Love for Love, The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgment of Paris, Semele, and Poems on Several Occasions. From the library of Denton Manor in Linconshire, with the signature of William Welby in vol 3. ESTC T52788; HAMILTON, ELIZABETH - MEMOIRS OF MODERN PHILOSOPHERS Fourth edition, Bath, Cruttwell, 1804. 8vo, three volumes, half calf with marbled boards, an attractive set. A novel responding to the revolutionary fervour of the 1790s and concerning the role of women in modern society (6)