Author: SANDERS, Robert
Title: The Roman History in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son
Description: 1774. [SANDERS, Robert]. THE ROMAN HISTORY IN A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A NOBLEMAN TO HIS SON. London, printed for R. Snagg [1774]. Two 12mo volumes. [2]ii,300; [ii]261pp. +2pp. publisher's ads. Often attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, probably because of confusion with his "A Roman History from the Foundation.." (London, 1769) and his "A History of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son" (London, 1764). More often attributed to Robert Sanders, author of "The Complete English Traveler" and "The Lucubrations of Gaffer Graybeard." An attractive copy in contemporary calf; spine gilt in six compartments, with two lettering-pieces. One lettering piece missing. Extremities worn; external cracks to hinges. Edges tinted red. Small chip cut from final endpaper, else internally fine. (One copy, unattributed, in NUC). .

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