£100
12mo, pp. x, [ii], 276. Twentieth-century tan polished calf antique, boards bordered with a gilt rule, gilt corner-pieces, spine divided by raised bands, red morocco label, other compartments with gilt corner- and centre-pieces. Lightly browned and spotted, borders of title-page browned from endpaper offsetting.
Dalrymple (1726-1810) 'was an early reader of Montesquieu's De l'esprit des lois and he published a substantial Essay towards a General History of Feudal Property in Great Britain (1757) which Montesquieu (who was notoriously generous with his time and encouragement when dealing with young scholars) seems to have read in draft and to whom it was posthumously dedicated. The Essay was generally well received' (ODNB). It was immediately popular as well, reaching its fourth edition by 1759.
