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BUDGELL, EUSTACE Memoirs of the lives and characters of the illustrious family of the Boyles; particularly of the late eminently learned Charles Earl of Orrery. In which is contain'd many curious pieces of English history, not extant in any other author . With a particular account of the famous controversy between the Honourable Mr. Boyle, and the Reverend Dr. Bentley, concerning the genuineness of Phalaris's Epistles; also the same translated from the original Greek . With an appendix containing the character of the Honourable Robert Boyle . By Bishop Burnet. Likewise his last will and testament.
London, Olive Payne, 1737. Third edition, "carefully corrected," 8vo, pp. xl, 258, 38; engraved frontis portrait, title-p. printed in red and black, dedication-page with engraved headpiece, woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1, edges stained red; a fine copy, with the early ownership signature on the front pastedown of Cottrell Dormer. The first two editions of 1732 did not contain the appendix. Budgell had just drowned himself in the Thames because of financial irregularities which had just been uncovered. CBEL II, 1712.
Offered for US$ 937.50 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 29381