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[England] [GROSLEY, Pierre-Jean] Londres. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & considérablement augmentée. Lausanne, s.n., 4 vol., 12mo: xii-371-[3], 388-[2], 1/32-[4]-33/375-[4], 393-[pp.; 1 pl. (hole in p. in vol. I, marg. tear to pp. 137-in vol. IV). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, marbled edges (some sm. traces of use). Second edition of this interesting work by the well-read observer Grosley illustrated with a large plan of London (1st ed.: 3 vol. 12mo). Articles on: racehorses, "melancholia", English interest in sciences and culture, arts, women, tolerance, French antipathy for the English, religious minorities (Quakers, Methodists...), etc. Grosley (Troyes 1718-was a contributor to the Encyclopédie.