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BURNET, Gilbert.

Lives, Characters, and a Sermon preached at the funeral of the hon. Robert Boyle.

Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for W. Watson and Son... 1804.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #002503

8vo (167 x 101 mm). ix [1], [10], 320 [2] pp., including final blank. Separate half-title pages for "Some passages of the life and death of...John Earl of Rochester", "A Sermon preached at the funeral of...John Earl of Rochester", "A Sermon preached at the funeral of...Robert Boyle", and "Biographical extracts from Bishop Burnet's history of his own times." Contemporary calf, spine with gilt-lettered label (boards, spine and extremities rubbed, corners worn). Internally little browned and occasionally spotted, title-page and first leaves somewhat dust soiled, occasional pencil annotations and markings in text. Provenance: The library of Hugh Selbourne. ----

FIRST EDITION, very rare. Content: The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale...[by Gilbert Burnet, pp. (1)-99] - Additional notes of the life and death of Sir Matthew Hale...written by Richard Baxter [pp. 101-128] - Some passages of the life and death of...John Earl of Rochester...by Gilbert Burnet [pp. (129)-211] - A Sermon preached at the funeral of...John Earl of Rochester...by Robert Parsons [pp. (213)-245] - A Sermon preached at the funeral of...Robert Boyle [by Gilbert Burnet, pp. (247)-285] - Biographical extracts from Bishop Burnet's history of his own times [pp. (287)-320].

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