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HISTORIES -- Daniel DEFOE (1661-1731). The History of the Union of Great Britain . Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson 1709. 2° (301 x 188mm). (A little spotting.) Contemporary blind-pannelled calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. Goldsmiths' 4528; Hanson 983; Moore 161. Alexander GORDON (1692?-1754?). Itinerarium Septentrionale: or A Journey through most of the Counties of Scotland and those in the North of England . London: for the author, 1726. 2° (348 x 220mm). 66 enrgaved plates. (Some spotting.) Contemporary calf (worn). Of the two issues printed in 1726, this is the smaller in paper size: with another 13 volumes, including a 1786 London reprint of Defoe's work above (which has in addition a life of Defoe by George Chalmers and an introductory essay by J.L. De Lombe, dated 1787). (15)