No author given (Greville, Fulke and Frances) — Maxims, Characters, and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical and Moral

London, Printed for J and R. Tonson in the Strand, 1756. Full Leather. Full leather. xvi, 268 pp. Presumed first edition, based on ESTC record T99706. A collection of short passages, poetry and essays providing philosophical musings on various subjects, as well as reflecting on literature, daily living, etc. Written by Fulke Greville and his wife Frances Greville, an English poet born in London. GOOD condition. Covers weakly attached to the binding, with the leather cracked along the length of the hinges. Moderate to heavy scuffing, uneven fading and minor soiling to the covers. Semicircular ring stain to the front cover. Spine leather flaking and brittle. Extremities worn. Heavy offsetting to the extremities of the endpapers. Ownership signature present. Minor toning to the paper. Good/No Jacket.