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Roscoe (William). The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, 3 volumes, 4th edition, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, 1800, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, titles with engraved vignettes, occasional spotting, front pastedowns with ownership label of Lt. Colonel Mercer, Third Guards, and front free endpapers bearing signature of 'Douglas Mercer 3rd Gds' and armorial bookplate of the Earl of Buckingham dated 1906, contemporary tree calf, elaborate gilt spines with red morocco title labels, joints lightly cracked, 8vo, together with: Melmouth (William), The Letters of Pliny the Consul, 2 volumes, new edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1777, half-titles, front blank with contemporary ownership signature Emilia Lawson, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Pindar (Peter), The Works, 3 volumes, London: John Walker 1794, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, engraved titles to each, contemporary marbled calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked, 8vo, Clarendon (Edward, Earl of), The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the year 1644..., 3 volumes in six, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1705, half-titles to three volumes, engraved portrait frontispieces to each, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco title labels to spines, joints cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th century antiquarian including Martin (Benjamin), The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art; by way of dialogue, 2nd edition, 1772; Stanhope (Philip), Letters written by the late honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, o his son, Philip Stanhope..., 4 volumes, 7th edition, 1776; Robertson (William), The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V, 3 volumes, Dublin, 1788, etc. (Quantity: 51) Colonel Douglas Mercer-Henderson CB (d.1854) was a British Army officer who fought during the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign.