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Author/Creator:Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829, author.
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Title:The origin of language, and Idea of a perfect government. : Two poetic epistles, to Thamyris.
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Publication:[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1785?]
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Physical Description:14 pages ; 17 cm
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
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Call Number: 496 B85 785
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Notes:Title page lacking.
Bound in brown calf over marbled boards. Portrait engraving of the author pasted onto blank after half-title page; notice of auction of Buchan papers, dated 16 January 1836, glued to front pastedown endpaper. For further information, consult library staff.
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Provenance:Sold at Bonhams Skinner, Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts auction, 3 May 2023, lot 50, to William Reese Company for The Lewis Walpole Library.
At the top of the half-title page is a presentation inscription "Honble. Horace Walpole from the author"; below the half-title is Walpole's note "by the Earl of Buchan."
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
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Notes:Author identified by Horace Walpole in his copy which is inscribed to Horace Walpole and signed "From the author".
Not in Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library.
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Variant and related titles:Idea of a perfect government.
- Format:Book
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References:English short title catalogue, N67521
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Subjects:Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829, depicted.
Epistolary poetry, English--Early works to 1800.
Language and languages--Early works to 1800.
Political science--Poetry.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Ms. notes.
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829--Presentation copy to Horace Walpole.
Bibliotheca Heberiana--Stamp.
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Genre/Form:Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Poems.
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Also listed under:England--London.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16641491