English Literature and History
Lot 131
WILMOT
WILMOT, JOHN, EARL OF ROCHESTERPOEMS, (&c,) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS: WITH VALENTINIAN; A TRAGEDYLondon, Jacob Tonson, 1696. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, joints cracked, old re-back. Plus: BACON, FRANCIS - THE ESSAYS, OR COUNSELS, CIVIL & MORAL....WHEREUNTO IS ADDED THE WISDOME OF THE ANCIENTS. London, Thomas Ratcliffe, 1668. 12mo, lacks portrait, contemporary calf with later re-back. Plus 10 other volumes, mainly 18th century, including a 2-volume 1743 copy of Dryden's Poems plus one loose pamphlet (12)
Estimate: £100 - 200
Sold for £130