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Volume of plays and oratorios published by Harrison and Co in 1779 and 1780. Includes 3 plays by Shakespeare

[Baron Ludvig Holberg, writing as:] KLIMIUS, Nicolaus (1684-1754)Biblio.com

Utopian Literature Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum Novam Telluris Theoriam Ac Historiam Quintae Monarchiae Adhuc Nobis Incognitae Exhibens e Bibliotheca B. Abelini

1766BB0214Hafinae & Lipsiae Copenhagen and Leipzig: Printed By Pelt Friedrich Christian 1766. Early Reprint. Full Leather. Near Fine. Fourth Edition in Latin of one of the most popular eighteenth-century utopian novels second only to Gulliver's Travels eventually reaching some 60 editions in 13 different languages. Small 8vo: 10360pp with portrait frontispiece engraved title-page folding map and six full-page plates engraved by Brühl the 1741 first edition published in Copenhagen contained only 3 three plates in addition to the frontispiece; the first English edition none. Contemporary dark brown mottled sheep elaborately gilded spine sewn on five bands green and tan lettering pieces gilt red paste-paper end papers marbled edges. Spine rubbed with some loss of gilt else an extremely pleasing and collectible copy of this satirical romance in the style of Gulliver's Travels although Bleiler notes that "Holberg's satire is wider in scope more penetrating in analysis and less local than Swift's" by the father of Danish literature "Holberg found Denmark with no books and he wrote a library for her."—Encyclopedia Britannica. Internally fine and bright with excellent plate impressions. Hoover 425. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1114 of "international importance". Gove pp. 303-305; Stammhammer II p. 171. Brunet III 260. Originally published in 1741 this highly imaginative Swiftian journey to a fifth underground continent is set in the Norwegian town of Bergen where a penniless student visits a strange cave falls into a void and ends up on the subterranean planet Nazar which is inhabited by sentient monkeys thinking trees goat philosophers and double basses that communicate musically. According to Lewis Utopian Literature p. 92 Niels Klim is the first important fictional use of the astronomer Edmond Haley's theory suggested in a paper published by the Royal Society in 1692 that three concentric hollow balls nested inside the earth account for the magnetism of the poles through their movement and that openings at the poles provide access to hidden worlds through a series of caves. Nor was Haley alone: from the 1600s to the early 1900s the notion of a hollow earth was treated seriously by leading scientists including Johannes Kepler and Athanasius Kircher. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Printed By Pelt, Friedrich Christian unknown

Fine Editions Ltd · États-Unis949,00 $US≈ 802,95 €

Addison, JosephBiblio.com

The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison Esq.

1761biblio137First Baskerville edition. Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson at Shakespear's Head in The Strand London. Birmingham. 1761. 4 volumes. Quarto. Complete with the rare "Directions to the Binder". Text and plates all complete.Vol. I: I title ii blank iii-v dedication vi blank vii-xx Preface xxi-xxv Poem xxvi-xxvii Contents xxvii blank 1-501 Poems on Several Occasions 502 blank 503-37 Poemata 538 blank 3z2 blank 3z2 verso "Directions to the Binder. This leaf is to be cut out". therefore usually missing 413-537 Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals 538 blank 539-42 index 543-4 blank. 3 engraved plates plus 6 plates included in pagination.Vol. II: Title A1 blank A2 sub title to Remarks on Several Parts of Italy A2v blank. A3-A3v Dedication A4-A4v Preface 1-171 Remarks on Several Parts of Italy 172 blank 173-372 The Tatler 373-538 The Spectator 539-40 Index 550 blank. 7 engraved plates.Vol. III: Title blank 3-579 The Spectator 580 blank 581-91 Index 592 blank.Vol. IV: Title blank 3-117 The Spectator 118 blank 119-271 The Guardian 272-8 The Lover 279-300 The Present State of the War 301-7 The Trial of Count Tariff 308 blank 309-32 The Whig-Examiner 333-522 The Free Holder 523-55 Of the Christian Religion 556 blank 557-66 Index 567-8 blank. Full calf spines renewed with gilt rules leather labels in red and black with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Minor paper fault to I p.401 II p.148 no loss; marginal spot II p.100/101; slight marginal browning to IV p.487/8 text unaffected. A handsome set.Provenance: From the library at Thurland Castle. Armorial bookplate of R. H. Welch to fep of each volume illustrated with a Star Wand and Garter crest. Robert Welch Liverpool Merchant. d.1780 of Thurland Castle Lune Valley.ESTC T89166. Gaskell 17. Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head in The Strand hardcover

Paul Haynes Rare Books · Royaume-Uni750,00 £GB≈ 856,35 €

Cowley, AbrahamBiblio.com

The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley . Consisting of those which were formerly printed; and those which he design'd for the press publish'd out of the author's original copies. With The cutter of Coleman-street.

1707biblio7The Works of Abraham Cowley Printed and Published by Jacob Tonson 1707-08 3 Volumes with 33 beautifully engraved plates including one folding linen-backed plate. Volume 2 has 2 pages of advertising at the rear. The text is trimmed by the book binder not affecting text with occaisonal light browning and spotting. Volume 3 M2 has a marginal repair and boards are loose on Volume 1 and Volume 3 has upper joint split. Cloth Slip-case a little rubbed at the extremities but the binding is superb and certainly worthy of repair. Gold leaf edges with gold leaf filigree and wonderful Red Moroccan leather. Binder is unknown but certainly is of the quality of a Riviere binding placing the rebinding of the book in the 1800's. The bookplate is the initials 'D D' entwined with one another and the words. Quis Separatbit and the date 1783 making this owner a standing member of the Order of Saint Patrick founded by George III in 1783 specifically for the Irish aristocracy who in many cases supported the Catholic Irish rights some of course did not. This work is very nice with many wonderful poems plays and writings as well as many notables living during Cowley's time. A rare and beautiful set.Title: The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley . Consisting of those which were formerly printed; and those which he design'd for the press publish'd out of the author's original copies. With The cutter of Coleman-street. Authors: Cowley Abraham 1618-1667. Sprat Thomas; 1635-1713. Publication: London J. Tonson Edition: The 10th ed. Adorn'd with cuts. Year: 1707-1708 Description: 3 v. fronts. plates part fold. ports. 21 cm. Standard No: LCCN: 12-18676 Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously./ "The mistress Pindarique odes Davideis" v. 1 and "Cutter of Coleman-street" v. 2 have special title-pages./ Vols. 1-2: 10th ed.; v.3 has title: The 3d and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: being the 2d and 3d parts thereof: Adorn'd with proper and elegant cuts. Part II. What was written and publish'd by himself; now reprinted together. The 8th ed. Part III. His six books of plants . London Printed for C. Harper 1708./ The 3d pt. with special t-p. is 3d ed./ "The tragical history of Piramus and Thisbe" the 8th ed. with special t.-p. has imprint: London Printed for C. Harper 1708. "Loves riddle" with special t.-p. has imprint: London Printed by B. Motte for C. Harper 1707; "Naufragium joculare" with special t.-p. has imprint: Londini typis B. Motte; veneunt apud C. Harper 1707. Class Descriptors: LC: PR3370; Dewey: 821.4 More Records: Show record information Entry: 19760419 Update: 20110503 Accession No: OCLC: 2124771 Tonson, Jacob hardcover

Calix Books · États-Unis525,00 $US≈ 444,20 €

WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687)Biblio.com

The works of Edmund Waller Esqr. in verse and prose published by Mr. Fenton

1729BB0664London: printed for I. Tonson in Ye Strand 1729. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine. Large 4to: 18450xci1pp with engraved title page four full-page copper-engraved plates including frontispiece portrait of Waller engraved by Vertu after Kneller and numerous superb head- and tailpieces and historiated initials. Contemporary cambridge-style calf sides decorated in blind and framed with rat's tooth roll ribbed spine richly gilt in seven compartments red morocco lettering piece gilt chipped plain period end papers. Near Fine or better with light offsetting sporadic foxing and the odd smudge else clean and crisp throughout; joints very skillfully repaired spine ends renewed. Provenance: signature of the bibliophile Douglas Grant in pencil to front fly-leaf. Wither to Prior 941. Grolier English 100 27. First Collected Edition the "most sumptuous ever published. It contains all the poems which had hitherto appeared to which the editor has added four new . . . Waller's letter are added for the first time and the various prefaces to the earlier editions are reprinted. Finally the information given in the notes is so full and accurate that little has been left to the research or correction of later editions." Wither to Prior Waller's poems were widely read during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. "Dryden who greatly admired Waller and consistently treated him as mentor and precursor claimed that ‘the well-placing of words for the sweetness of pronunciation was not known till Mr. Waller introduced it.' . . . When neo-classical canons of correctness fell out of fashion in the nineteenth century Waller's poetic reputation plummeted and it has never fully recovered though . . . renewed interest in court culture and in the intersection of literature and history toward the end of the twentieth century has led to a modest Waller revival." ODNB N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for I. Tonson in Ye Strand unknown

Fine Editions Ltd · États-Unis1 039,00 $US≈ 879,10 €

[English Antiquities]; Strutt JosephBiblio.com

THE REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND. Containing the Representations of All the English Monarchs From Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; Together with Many of the Great Persons that were eminent under their several Reigns; on Sixty Copper Plates Engraved by the Author. The Whole Carefully Collected from Ancient Illuminated Manuscripts. with A SUPPLEMENT TO THE REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL Antiquities Manners Customs Arms Habits &c. of the English

179230870London: Printed for Benjamin and John White; Printed for the Authork and sold by Messrs. White and Son et al. 1793; 1792. 2 volumes bound as one. A New Edition To Which Is Now Added a Supplement Containing Twelve Plates. First Edition of the Supplement Printed in 1792. Illustrated with 72 fine full-page copperplate engravings printed in sepia complete. Quarto very handsomely bound in contemporary three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spine with raised bands gilt ruled and decorated one compartment lettered in gilt gilt rules to the turnovers marbled endleaves probably supplied at a later date. iv; 119 5; ii; 24 pp. 72 plates on 72 leaves. A pleasing copy handsomely bound at the time of publication very little evidence of wear to the binding which remains tight and strong the text-block with some of the typical mellowing of the paper at the edges the plates all with strong images and well preserved. A fine example. FIRST PRINTING OF THE EXPANDED VERSION WITH THE 24 PAGE TEXTUAL SUPPLEMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL 12 PLATES. A very fine source work expertly illustrated by engravings made from the originals. A scholarly and visually pleasing tour through centuries of English history and rule. Of the author/illustrator the great antiquary and bibliographer Thomas Dibdin said â€œI will boldly affirm that he who wishes to be informed of the curious and interesting details connected with ancient manners and customs costumes regal and ecclesiastical antiquities must devote his days and nights to the volumes of Strutt.â€ Printed for Benjamin and John White; Printed for the Authork and sold by Messrs. White, and Son et al. hardcover

Buddenbrooks, Inc. · États-Unis1 155,00 $US≈ 977,25 €

BIBLE; English; MACKLIN, Thomas (publisher).Biblio.com

The Old New Testament. Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists.

1800173564London: printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley 1800. The grandest Bible ever printed in Britain First Macklin edition of the Bible handsomely bound. "The most ambitious edition produced in Britain often pirated but never rivalled" ODNB this Bible is a masterpiece of book art published at the apogee of British copperplate engraving and involving some of the best artists of its day. The Bible dedicated to the king was published serially between 1791 and 1800 in 70 parts each at £1. 1s. Thomas Macklin 1752-1800 began work on the project in the year following the opening of his famous Poets' Gallery in Pall Mall. The prospectus issued in 1789 explained that he was planning to add scripture pictures to his exhibition to be then reproduced in a "magnificent Bible". The paintings were realised by several artists including Hamilton Fuseli and Loutherbourg and exhibited at the Poets' Gallery between 1790 and 1796. Initially promising 60 plates the project eventually included 71 some of which never appeared in Macklin's exhibitions. Most of the headpiece and tailpiece vignettes were designed by Loutherbourg the type was cut by Joseph Jackson and his apprentice Vincent Figgins and the paper made by Whatman. The Bible took 11 years to complete and the publication costs exceeding £30000 almost bankrupted Macklin. Though the final engraving was finished five days before his death the last of the vignettes was not completed for another six weeks and he consequently never saw the finished work. Some copies of the Bible were bound in a fine neoclassical style by contemporary London binders particularly Staggemeier and Welcher. This set is unsigned but the treatment of the spine appears closer to the work of Kalthoeber see Maggs Cat. 1212 II no. 164. This set is bound in six volumes as recommended in the instructions to the binder vol. I. However sets are sometimes found bound in seven. 6 vols large folio 458 x 370 mm. With 71 copper engraved plates after Fuseli and others 113 wood engraved vignette head- and tailpieces. Contemporary diced russia spines with raised bands compartments lettered and tooled in gilt elaborate gilt frames to covers incorporating foliate and flower tools board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt leather inner hinges marbled endpapers edges gilt silk bookmarkers. Bound with half-titles. A few trivial marks and light scuffs to covers small cosmetic repair to rear cover of vol. I superficial splits to a couple of joints subsequently retouched and now firm occasional foxing to contents and offsetting from plates else clean and bright. A very good set. ESTC T123175; Herbert 1441; Lowndes I p. 192. Maggs Bros Ltd Bookbinding in the British Isles Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century Cat. 1212 Part II 1996. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni12 500,00 £GB≈ 14 272,50 €

(BINDINGS - GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS). BIBLE IN ENGLISHBiblio.com

THE MACKLIN BIBLE

1800ST20221aLondon: T. Bensley for T. Macklin final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1800 for the six volumes of the Bible 1816 for the Apocrypha. First Printing of this Edition. 480 x 385 mm. 19 x 15 1/8". One leaf in the Apocrypha 3P2 comprising two prologues of Ecclesiasticus invisibly inserted from another copy. Seven volumes comprising the regular Bible in six volumes and the Apocrypha usually not included as a seventh volume. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY RED NEOCLASSICAL-STYLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO SUMPTUOUSLY GILT AND ONLAID WITH BLUE BY GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS done for Prince Albert Casimir Duke of Saxe-Teschen with repeated "AST" monogram covers with very elaborate frames incorporating 11 plain and decorative gilt rules four onlaid borders of blue morocco and very elegant swirling foliate ornamentation around the central scalloped panel six pairs of raised bands each pair flanking a recessed gilt and blue metope and pentaglyph rule very handsome spine compartments with blue fan-shaped cornerpieces and central gilt-decorated blue medallions within sunburst gilt collars turn-ins with Greek key pattern in gilt striking endleaves of turquoise and green watered silk the Apochrypha endleaves slightly different. With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO-SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli Reynolds West and others most plates printed before letters. Tissue guards perhaps later. Herbert 1442 and 1651. First volume with about 30 leaves noticeably foxed the majority of plates offset onto previous and following pages consistent inoffensive offsetting of text on facing pages other trivial imperfections but still a very impressive copy internally with the luxurious paper used for the text both fresh and clean and the engravings richly impressed and with very little foxing. Some unimportant scuffing and rubbing to the leather but all defects minor THE MAGNIFICENT BINDINGS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED the heavy volumes completely solid with only insignificant signs of use and THE MOROCCO AND LAVISHLY GILT DECORATION EXTREMELY BRIGHT. AN ALTOGETHER MEMORABLE COPY. The most prodigious form of Scripture in English ever published the Macklin Bible was often put into ornate bindings especially by London binders like Staggemeier and his contemporaries. But however much other sets may glisten the present magnificent example surely stands at or near the front of the line as one of the most lavishly decorated and arresting copies in existence. Its decorative extravagance also testifies to the fact that Macklin's publication was sufficiently admired outside of England to warrant the finest workmanship and the expenditure of great sums of money on artistic resources. The very large and bold type the fine Whatman paper and the series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period make this an item that is already very desirable. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" also printed by Bensley our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. But it is of course the bindings here that matter the most. Francesco Piranesi is generally given credit for inventing the Neoclassical style when he designed volumes presented to Gustavus III of Sweden during this monarch's visit to Rome in 1783-84. Quickly popular the Neoclassical style was imitated and developed by Staggemeier & Welcher in London by F. W. Standlander in Stockholm and by Georg Friedrich Krauss in Vienna. Krauss was the most prominent Continental binder working in this style of the day and Saxe-Teschen was perhaps his most important client. Products of the Krauss bindery have passed through some of the most distinguished collections over the years particularly those of Fürstenberg and Schäfer; and his bindings have consistently brought remarkable sums of money at auction. It is sufficient to say that the present group of bindings represents the most impressive collection of decorative volumes we have ever offered for sale. The collector for whom these bindings were originally executed Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen 1738-1822 was the son of Friedrich August II of Saxony and the son-in-law of the empress Maria Theresa. After providing important military and civil service to the Habsburg empire he retired to Vienna in 1795 and afterward devoted himself to the fine arts. He founded the Albertina which now houses the greatest collection of prints in the world and he put together a great library distinguished by the highest taste and most exacting standards. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume: the Macklin Bible however it is bound most often appears in the marketplace without the Apocrypha appearing here as Volume VII which was not issued until 16 years after the others. It is also of some interest that the bindings of our seven volumes were decorated in an entirely uniform fashion as a close inspection shows something not typical of a set with volumes published so many years apart. The non-uniform endleaves in the final volume here may have resulted from the fact that given the physical size of the books the binder simply ran out of the cloth he had used for lining the first six volumes. The present set was offered though unsold at Sotheby's in 2003 with an estimate of £40-50000 approximately $64000-80000 and in 2005 for £30-40000 approximately $54000-72000. T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies] unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis57 200,00 $US≈ 48 396,92 €

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