1773 The Man Of The World by Henry Mackenzie Books - Nature A gilt bronze and marble

A gilt bronze and marble pocket watch holder in the form of an eagle taking flight from a neo-classical column above an ochre and tan marble base

The board leather of each volume has been historically and sympathetically replaced (please see photographs)

surrounded by spring flowers and foliage

gilt stamped decoration and five rasied bands ot the spine

A 19th century oil on canvas depicting a man leaning against a pillar before a leaded window with a flagon at his feet

1773 The Man Of The World by Henry Mackenzie Books - Nature A gilt bronze and marble'The Man Of The World' by Henry Mackenzie (Scottish, 1745 1831). Printed for W. Strahan, 1773. Second Edition. Foolscap octavo. Both volumes fully bound in tan calf leather with five raised bands and red leather title panels. Some light shelf wear to the extremities and evidence of historic restoration at the boards. Bindings tight. From the library of Franz Pollack von Parnau (1903 1981), Holocaust survivor, Viennese industrialist, book collector and