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Paulli Manutii Commentarius in M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes, commentaries. Ad Gregorium XIII pont opt. Max Liberalium disciplinarum Mæ-cenatem.
Coloniae Agrippinae: Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1579. 794, [120 Index], [1 colophon] pages. Original full leather binding with decorative devices to both panels. 168 x 110 mm. First edition thus. Title-page is rather worn and creased with some loss to the gutter and to the top outer corner; binding is worn with loss to the head & heel of the spine and to the edges and corners; some occasional annotation; else very good. Scarce.
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THE CONDUCT OF A MARRIED LIFE. Laid down in series of letters, written by the Honourable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, to a young lady, her relation, lately married.
London: R. Baldwin, 1753. vi, [1], 2-257, [1ad’] pages. Contemporary gilt ruled calf with chipped lettering piece. Contemporary signature and date on end-paper; binding rubbed and worn and splitting at upper joint, but firm; else a very good, clean copy. 12mo. First edition. [14888] A series of eighteen letters on the behaviour, manners, temperament, chastity and loyalty of an exemplary 18th century wife, written by the actor and physician John Hill (1714-1755). Hill had very traditional views on the role of women in married life. ‘There is only one path by which a married woman can arrive at happiness’, ‘and this is by conforming herself to the sentiments of her husband’. Scarce. ESTC locating only three copies in the U.K.
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