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180057060London: Printed for T Cadell and W Davies 1800. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. All in full calf leather contemporary boards and rebacked in the 20th century. Interior hinges have been reinforced with strong paper. The volumes are numbered Vol 1 parts 1 and 2 and then Vols 2 and 3. So actually 3 volumes in 4. A very presentable set. Size: Octavo standard book size. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 57060. . Printed for T Cadell and W Davies hardcover
170871533London:: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1708. Early edition first appeared in 1681. disbound. Some light spotting and age-toning to text. 12mo. Printed and Sold by H. Hills, unknown
1709721761709. DRYDEN John. The Medal. A Satyr against Sedition. By the Author of Absalom and Achitophel. Modern calf-backed marbled boards gilt-ruled spine red morocco spine label. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1709. Later edition. Very light uniform toning else a very good or better copy. unknown
170832399AB1708. The Second Edition. London Printed for Jacob Tonson 1708. Octavo. 6 406 pages. Plus 89 pages of Philips' "Cyder - A Poem" bound to the rear. Hardcover / Original full tooled leather with new spine-label in the style of the time. The binding is now in protective Mylar. page 405/406 a little frayed and loosely inserted. Complete edition with the wonderful "Cyder" by Philips bound to the rear. Overall a very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very minor signs of wormhole-damage to the margins. Text beautifully clean. If there was a Frontispiece included to "Cyder" it is not incldued in this Volume ! A very rare example of "Tonson's Miscellany". This rare Volume IV of Tonson's Miscellany includes: 1. "The Art of Poetry" by the Sieur de Boileau made english by Sir William Soame and revised and altered by John Dryden 2. "A Song for St.Cecilia's Day at Oxford" by Mr.Joseph Addison 3. "The Enquiry after his Mistress" written by Horatio Townsend 4. "To Anthony Hammond Esq." by Mr Charles Hopkins 5. "A Song" by the same Hand 6. "A Farewell to Poetry" by the same Hand 7. "To Sir Godfrey Kneller Principal Painter to his Majesty by Mr. John Dryden 8. "Prologue to the Queen upon her Majesty's coming to see the Old Batchelour" by Mr. William Congreve 9. "To Cynthia Weeping and not Speaking" by the same Hand 10. "To Mr.Watson on his Ephemeris of the Celestial Motions" presented to her Majesty. by Mr. Thomas Yalden 11. "Fortuna saevo Laeta negotio &c out of Horace" by the late Duke of Buckingham Lord Mulgrave / John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby and many many more hardcover
1735AQ28431London: Printed for J. Tonson 1735. cxi 1 296pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 23 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed lightly marked some loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate of Admiral Duff dated 1858 to FEP inked gift inscription to head of title page: 'Archd. Duff from C. Dyne'. A mid-eighteenth-century edition of a complete translation of Juvenal's satires by various hands and a complete translation of Persius done by poet John Dryden 1631-1700 alone. Dryden was additionally responsible for the translation of satires I III VI X and XVI of Juvenal selecting his fellow translators for the remainder including Nahum Tate William Congreve and his sons Charles and John. Dryden moreover provided a substantial preface the 'Discourse concerning the original and progress of satire' in which he presented a history of the genre a critique of its principal Latin practitioners and reflections on its modern use. The work was first published in 1693. Archibald Duff seventh of Drummuir 1773-1858 Royal Navy officer. Vice-Admiral Duff led a distinguished career in the Royal Navy serving with Nelson in the Napoleonic Wars and receiving both the Turkish gold medal for his role in the Egyptian campaign and the gold medal of the Royal Humane Society for his 'intrepid and manly exertions' in jumping overboard at night to save another man. ESTC T123512. Sixth edition. 8vo. Printed for J. Tonson unknown
171671773AB1716. Fourth Edition. London Jacob Tonson 1716. 9 cm x 15 cm. XXXVI 8 unnumbered pages 360 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary full leather with gilt lettering on spinelabel and ornament to boards. Binding slightly stained but in firm and very good with only some signs of external wear. Some pages with worm-hole damage text effected. Pastedowns loosened. Name of preowner "Ann Evans" on the Content-page. VERY RARE ! Includes for example the following poems: Virgil's Eclogues / Absalom and Achitophel by Mr Dryden / Song by Mr Prior / Astraea Redux etc. hardcover
179452055Coventry: printed and sold by M. Luckman 1794. Very good. Scarce first edition presentation copy from the editor of this textbook of canonical poets for students - including Milton Dryden Burns Pope Smith Carter and Barbauld. Woolston created this collection of the "most admired poetry" from "the best authors." The biographical summaries at the rear include this description for Charlotte Smith: "Every reader of sensibility must lament with me the sorrows and afflictions which this very amiable Lady has been frequently and long exposed to though they gave birth to some of the most exquisite Sonnets perhaps ever written." <br /> <br /> Issued by Mary Luckman who took over her husband's printing business upon his death in 1784. Quite scarce with only three copies recorded in ESTC Bodleian BL Canterbury and another three via OCLC Yale Penn State University of South Carolina. A pocket window into the big names in poetry at the end of the 18th century. 36mo 5'' x 2.75''. Contemporary tree calf rebacked maroon spine label gilt rules to boards. Publisher's catalogue at rear. xii 310 2 pages. Ink inscription "The Gift of the / author April 24th / 1795" to front fly leaf. Subtle paper repairs to gutters of first few leaves. Boards rather rubbed at corners with some dry crackling to contemporary leather else neat and clean. printed and sold by M. Luckman unknown
17771259868London: J. Rivington and sons 1777. Octavo hardcover in good condition. Good copy. Ex libris in pencil on first front free end paper. Bumping and shelf wear. Text age toned and foxed. Leather or leatherette cover chipped at extremities worn to boards at corners and hinges. Boards rubbed. Spine head chipped down to binding head. Binding sturdy but open in places. Spine is brown with five raised bands. GP consignment. Shelved in Room G.<br /> <br /> Privately bound collection of plays originally printed in Thomas Lowndes' 1719-1784 10-volume "The New English Theatre" 1776/1777. <br /> 1. "The Siege of Damascus" by John Hughes 1677-1720. Originally written in 1720 the pages included in this collection appeared in Volume 10 1777 of The New English Theatre.<br /> <br /> 2. "Venice Preserv'd" 1682 by Thomas Otway 1652-1685. Extracted from Volume 6 of TNET 1776.<br /> <br /> 3. "Cato A Tragedy" 1712 by Joseph Addison 1672 - 1719. Extracted from Volume 10 of TNET.<br /> <br /> 4. "The Drummer; or The Haunted House" 1716 by Addison. Extracted from Volume 7 of TNET 1776.<br /> <br /> 5. "The Spanish Fryar; or The Double Discovery" 1681 by John Dryden 1631 - 1700. Extracted from Volume 3 of TNET 1776. 1259868. Special Collections. J. Rivington and sons unknown
171600311MISCELLANY POEMS. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: together with several Original Poems. By the Most Eminent Hands Volumes 1 thru 6 complete Mr. Dryden / Jacob Tonson London 1716 some wear to the spine and outer hinges of each volume else a good set bound in full leather with at least vg or better contents free of foxing and staining. Four of the volumes have frontispiece engravings and four of the volumes contain the armorial bookplate of Oxford graduate Edust-wrapper ard Wilberforce Unwin. Mr. Dryden / Jacob Tonson hardcover
171028461London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills 1710. Self-wraps. 40pp. Disbound. Number and old price on title light toning. A very good copy. ; 12mo. Printed and Sold by H. Hills unknown
17501005J7London: Henry Lintot 1750. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 5". Not Stated. A pleasing eighteenth-century third edition of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's Art of Painting translated by John Dryden with contributions by Richard Graham and Alexander Pope. An excellent third edition of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's The Art of Painting translated by John Dryden ESTC: T1222964. First published in 1695 by W. Rogers in Fleetstreet London. Originally published after de Fresnoy's death in 1668 in Paris by C. Barbin under the title De arte graphica USTC 6133804.Bound in contemporary calf boards rebacked. Illustrated with an engraved frontis and woodcut initials head pieces and additional printer's ornaments. Includes both English and Latin printed annotations in the margins. Signatures run as follows: A8 a-d8 e4 B-Cc8 Dd2. England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden provides a lengthy preface on the parallels between poetry and painting. The work itself is a prose version of du Fresnoy's original poem on his observations on the art of painting written in Latin and edited by du Fresnoy throughout the 1650s.This edition contains supplementary prefatory material published in the 1716 second edition including a dedicatory poem 'To Mr Jervas with Fresnoy's Art of Painting' by Alexander Pope. Charles Jervas is considered to have edited the later editions.The third edition Richard Graham's A Short Account of the most Eminent Painters is included at the rear with a separate title page but continuous pagination. With rebinding this copy would make a superb candidate for collectors of works on historic art theory. Bound in contemporary calf boards rebacked with a reinforced spine. Externally sound. With prominent marks to boards and rubbing to extremities. Evidence of archival repair to the front board. Spine repair significantly cracked with heavily chipped spine label. Additional loss of leather to the head and tail of spine. Offsetting to end paper. A previous owner's ink inscription to the rear free end paper. Hinge notably strained and spine exposed at front board. Signatures K2-M and M2-M7 are held in by a single thread. Scattered spotting throughout occasionally heavier though text remains readable. The odd closed tears to pages. Good Only Henry Lintot hardcover
1716827F2London: Bernard Lintott 1716 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An excellent copy of the second edition of Dryden's translation of du Fresnoy's 'De Arte Gaphica' the narrative poem in which provides his observations on the art of painting. The second enlarged edition of John Dryden's English language translation of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's Latin poem about the art of painting termed a critical treatise on the practice of the art including general advice to students.Rebound in half morocco and illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.This second edition is believed to have been edited by painter Charles Jervas with the assistance of Alexander Pope and includes a dedicatory verse poem to Jervas from Pope 'To Mr. Jervas with Frensoy"s Art of painting'. Pope greatly admired Dryden's translation of the work as did Dr. Samuel Johnson who borrowed hundreds of quotations from it for his Dictionary.Richard Graham's biographical chronology of renowned painters "A Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters' appears to the rear with a separate title page as called for.ESTC reference no. N14578. With a former owner's inscription dated 1874 to the verso of the frontispiece.An exceptionally lovely copy of this treatise. Rebound in half morocco with cloth covered boards and endpapers renewed. Externally lovely. A touch of fading to back strip. Inscriptions to recto of frontispiece. Internally firmly bound. Spotting and light discolouration to first and last few leaves with pages otherwise generally clean and bright with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Bernard Lintott hardcover
1735463868Dublin : M. Rhames ; George Faulkner ; Theo. Jones ; James Dalton ; T. Moore 1735. First Dublin Edition. Hardcover. Very good sammelband in contemporary leather boards rebacked in later gilt-blocked leather. Boards somewhat scuffed and lightly edgeworn. The Double Gallant lacks its title page as originally bound. The binding is cracked between Elfrida and Don Sebastian with both sides remaining very secure. Marginal tear to the lower corner of the final leaf with text unaffected. The text block remains strong overall showing only the scattered faint dust-dulling foxing and offsetting expected of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; 1 volume variously paginated ; 17 cm. Contents; 1. The double gallant or The sick lady's cure / Colley Cibber. Dublin : M. Rhames 1735. 2. Elfrida : a dramatic poem / William Mason. Dublin : George Faulkner 1752. 3. Don Sebastian : King of Portugal : a tragedy / John Dryden. Dublin : Theo. Jones for William Smith 1735. 4. The fair penitent : a tragedy / Nicholas Rowe. Dublin : James Dalton 1750. 5. The tragedy of Zara / Voltaire ; translated by Aaron Hill. Dublin : T. Moore 1737. Subjects; English drama 18th century. English drama Tragedy 18th century. Verse drama English 18th century. Irish imprints 18th century. Dublin Ireland Imprints 1730-1752. Sammelbands 18th century. Collected works. Dublin : M. Rhames ; George Faulkner ; Theo. Jones ; James Dalton ; T. Moore hardcover
1702500031563London: Jacob Tonson 1702. Third edition. . Hardcover. Fair. boards detached spine worn <br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson, hardcover
177273349Dublin: Printed for W. Smith H. Bradley and T. Edwing Booksellers. 1772. 12mo. iv 283 pp. Full brown calf with a gilt title label and the initials 'E. R.' to the spine. Rubbing at the binding's edge with chipping and loss to the spine and corners. Scratches and markings to the boards and splitting at the hinges. Enclosed tears to the bottom of the prelims. Leaves darkened with creasing throughout alongside scattered spots and foxing particularly at the extremities. Ink ownership marking to the the front pastedown and first free endpaper. An uncommon edition of these satirical dialogues. . Good. Full Calf. 1772. Printed for W. Smith, H. Bradley, and T. Edwing, Booksellers. 1772 unknown
175482407R Tonson and S Draper. 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. xcix 1 294pp bound in full leather respined in leather gilt lining raised bands red leather spine label new endpapers; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . R Tonson and S Draper hardcover
1770V76052London: R.Hett for C.Bathurst W.Strahan with others 1770. Hardcover. Good. Portrait of Dryden . 4 Volumes 12mo but in 8's Newer tan leather gilt titled spines with marbled boards. Fore-edges uncut. Portrait titlepage half title "Poems of Dryden volume 1" 318pp 2p =contents Titlepage vol.14 Poems of Dryden volume 2 303pp including contents Titlepage vol.15 Poems of Dryden Vol.3 336pp with page 1 "Tales & Translations by Mr.Dryden" with contents at the end Titlepage vol.16 Poems of Dryden volume 4 336pp including contents. First two volumes with ink inscriptions "T.P.Polhill May ye 8th 1779" and 3rd-4th volumes dated "May ye 7th 1779". Two free end papers with marginal brown spot last blank orignal endpaper with full page pencil notes. There are a few . A crisp clean set. R.Hett for C.Bathurst, W.Strahan [with others] hardcover
1702008169London: Jacob Tonson 1702. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition bound in contemporary calf with 19th century professional rebacking ornately gilt tooled with red morocco label. ixxxviii 4 advert 424 pp. Pages xc and 173 misnumbered lxxxviii and 137. "Adorn'd with sculptures" 13 full page engravings. Persius's 'Satyrs' has a separate title page. Very Good Plus 2" chip at head of title page inscription in ink dated 1799 at top of title page calf rubbed at corners. A very well bound complete copy of the Third Edition of Dryden's classic translation. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
17211400335The Hague: T. Johnson 1721. Other. Octavo 80 94 96 pages. In Good condition. Fully bound in publisher's leatherette. Binding cracking at hinges strings exposed but intact. Leather on spine cracked majority of decorative layer and gilt inlay missing foundation exposed. Title missing from spine except for a gilt "IV." Edges and corners worn and bumped exposing paper board base. Textblock agetoned interior clean. Shelved case 0. ESTC: N17238. Issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English plays' 1710-21 published by Johnson in The Hague London. 1400335. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. T. Johnson unknown
1704174318London: John Nutt near Stationer's Hall 1704. Hardcover. VG- rubbing/scuffing and chipping to boards. re-backed. Full brown leather-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. 388 pp. Text only. Pages 71-94 199-201 257-266 313-315 349 i.e. 351-352 numbered in roman./ "The dying thoughts and last reflections of Mr. Thomas Brown . in a letter to a friend": p. 385-388. This particular copy was last sold at acution in 1922 before that in 1915. Very scarce! John Nutt, near Stationer's Hall hardcover
17086095London: H. Hills 1708. First Edition. First Edition. Early edition of the 1681 published poem by John Dryden in contemporary gray paper wrappers with cover notation dating to 1908. 24pp. With contemporary manuscript notation on title-page: “by Mr. John Dryden.†Front cover and attending first blank leaf detached otherwise very good. Scarce thus. H. Hills unknown
179788702T Bensley 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition First Printing Date of 1797 on title page. Published by T. Bensley 1797. Folio. Bound in three-quarter dark blue morocco over blue cloth boards with marbled endpapers and gilt topstain. Five raised spine bands with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Binding circa 1900. Book is in very good condition. Spine straight binding tight and all pages intact. Has some light spotting and offsetting to some pages. Some moderate wear/tears to corners. Small tear along right side of front flyleaf. Complete with 9 full-page plates and 15 smaller head and tail illustrations throughout. A very good copy of this classic edition featuring the illustrations of Lady Diana Beauclerc. 241 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. T Bensley hardcover
1709721751709. DRYDEN John and HOWARD Robert. The Duel of the Stags a Poem . Together with an Epistle to the Author by Mr. John Dryden. Modern calf-backed marbled boards gilt-ruled spine. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hill 1709. Later edition. Howard was Dryden's brother-in-law. Dryden praised Howard's poem. Light uniform toning scattered light foxing closely trimmed at the head of the page with no loss to letters else very good. unknown
1780261CG1780. N.d. about 1780. Copper engraving. Picture size: 127 x 75 cm. Leaf size: 145 x 81 cm and 217 x 14 cm respectively. Re-margined. unknown
173419863<p><b>1734 Dryden Fables Ancient & Modern Homer Ovid Chaucer Boccaccio English Lit</b></p><p>John Dryden was a 17th-century English poet who was known as England's very first Poet Laureate and would lead England into a literary period that would become known as the Age of Dryden. He also established standard forms of English poetry though his satires fables epigrams poems and plays. </p><p><i>'Fables Ancient and Modern'</i> is Dryden's translations of some of the most famous and iconic works of ancient literature. Dryden includes selections from Ovid's '<i>Metamorphoses'</i> Chaucer's '<i>Canterbury Tales'</i> Homer's '<i>Iliad'</i> and even stories from Giovanni Boccaccio all translated into English verse.</p><p>Item number: #19863</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>DRYDEN John</p><p><b><i>Fables ancient and modern: translated into verse from Homer Ovid Boccace and Chaucer: with original poems.</i></b></p><p>London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand MDCCXXXIV. 1734</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 58 345 3</p><p>o Engraved frontispiece</p><p>· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Lord Rivers</p><p>o Likely George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers 1721–1803 an English diplomat and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament during the War of the Austrian Succession commissioned colonel of the Dorset Militia under the Militia Act 1757 and served as Envoy-extraordinary to the Kingdom of Sardinia at Turin. Motto: ÆQUAM SERVARE MENTEM</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19863</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand hardcover