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D'ISRAELI, Isaac. An Essay on the Manners and Genius of the Literary Character. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1795. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS.
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D'ISRAELI, Isaac (1766-1848). An Essay on the Manners and Genius of the Literary Character. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1795. 

8vo (205 x 124 mm). (Some occasional staining.) Original blue-grey boards, uncut (some light staining and chipping); folding case. Provenance: Sir George Douglas (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. "The Literary Character has, in the present day, singularly degenerated in the public mind" (Preface). British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli was the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. ESTC T109852. 

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