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Title: Recueil De Diverses Oraisons Funebres Harangues, Discours, Et Autres Pieces D'Eloquence Des Plus Celebres Auteurs De Ce Tems - Tome IV [ only - seulement ]
Description: Jean Henry, A L'Isle [ Lille ], 1695, nouvelle edition. Full contemporary calf, G+. [vi]+407pp, leather rubbed at the edges, especially to the spine, last few pp rather yellowed, good margins, Armorial Bookplate of Charles Grave Hudson. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Odd volume of a collection of Funeral Orrations that went through many editions. Sir Charles Grave Hudson, 1st Baronet [ 1730 - 1813 ] married well and became the owner of Wanlip Hall in Leicestershire. He was a director of the South Sea Company and became a High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1783.

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