LOT 3163
4th December 2024
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LOT 3163
GUILDFORD. – [Charles Austen JACQUES.] Sylvae; Or, a Collection of Poems on Several Occasions by a Young Gentleman of Chichester. Guildford: for the Author, 1776. First edition, small 4to (197 x 122mm.) Title, 2pp. ‘Preface’, 8pp. ‘List of Subscribers’. (Light browning.) Later green morocco-backed cloth (paper label to spine). Note: usually attributed to Charles Austen Jacques, but also previously attributed to a T. Farley, Thomas Bradford (author of a collection of poems ‘Poetical Pieces’ published posthumously in 1808) and Henry W. Batty. However, in the ‘List of Subscribers’ a ‘C. Jacques, Bookseller’ has ordered four copies of this book and it’s possible that he was the proud father of the author, his son, Charles Austen Jacques. Provenance: West Sussex County Council (bookplates to pastedowns).
Estimate: £50 – £80
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