Virgil, Vergil, John Dryden, Wenceslaus Hollar, Franz Cleyn, Pierre Lombart, Michael van der GuchtBiblio.com
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16978721<p>Full paneled mottled calf; triple gilt ruled morocco label to spine. Large paper copy with 101 engraved plates. Light occasional foxing & plate ghosting. Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Fleetstreet near the Inner-Temple-Gate. Boards separating at hinge but cords remain strong.</p><p>9.75 x 14.75 inches; 24 x 37.5 cm</p> Jacob Tonson hardcover
1697033272<p>London : Jacob Tonson 1697 A good copy of the large paper 1st edition with 103 full page engravings. This is the first illustrated edition of Dryden's famous translations of Virgil's works completed in 1696. The illustrations are spectacular - each dedicated to a subscriber who donated 5 guineas for the privilege. This copy has 2 bookplates on the front pastedown endpaper. The oldest is of William Trumbull Esq 1708-1760 who was the son of Sir William Trumbull and inherited his estate. Sir William 1639-1716 was a Privy Counsellor and friend of John Dryden. This is certainly Sir William's subscription copy for which he paid 5 guineas and has the plate opposite page 125 in the Georgics section dedicated to him. He was particularly fond of the Aeneid and Dryden notes on the second page of his Postscript to the Reader that 'If the last Aeneid shine amongst its fellows 'tis owing to the Commands of Sir William Trumbull one of the Principal Secretaries of State who recommended it as his favourite to my Care: and for his sake particularly I have made it mine.' It likely stayed within the estate which became the Marquess of Downshire Estate until purchase for the Fox Pointe Library - their bookplate is the second of the two. The panelled calf boards are contemporary and in good condition with later reinforcement and some wear to corners. The spine with raised bands and title label is later but is degrading at the ends and there is splitting at the joints the boards are attached. Page edges are reddened. Contents: 3 initial blanks; frontispiece by M Vander Gucht a Flemish engraver working in England; rubricated title page; dedication to the Right Hon Lord Clifford 4pp; Life of Vergil 16pp; plate; Preface to the Pastorals 12pp; Poems to Dryden 5pp; Lists of Subscribers which also provide a plate index 4pp; Pastorals p 1-48 with 10 plates; Dedication to Earl of Chesterfield 5pp; Essay on the Georgics 6pp; Georgics pp 49-147 with 20 plates; Dedication 45pp; Aeneis pp 201-619 with 71 plates; Postscript to the Reader p621-623; Notes and Observations p625-640; Finis; 3 final blanks. The contents are very clean. The majority of the text and plates are on very good quality paper which has stayed white however some sections of text and some plates circa 18 are brown toned. There are a couple of paper flaws - eg side margin to plate 1 of Pastorals; side edge plate at p 63; a couple of tears - first page of subscribers has lost the bottom corner; small tear in the gutter of plate at p 20; small edge tear plate at p 61; and a printing fault at the top of the plate at p 56. Board size: 45 x 28.8 cm. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.</p> Jacob Tonson hardcover
1698250514001London: Jacob Tonson 1698. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals Georgics and Aeneid. Translated into English Verse; By Mr. Dryden Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures. <br /> <br /> Second Dryden Folio Edition with his tour-de-force translation from Latin into English & extraordinary engravings. One of the most desired and collected Virgil editions in the world. <br /> <br /> Condition: VG w/detached front board. Collated and complete all 102 total plates <br /> <br /> PROVENANCE<br /> <br /> From the Virgil Collection of Craig Kallendorf 1954 - 2023 who owned the largest private collection of antiquarian Virgil works 1150 editions not including Incunable books in the world. Only a handful of prominent institutions like the British Library had larger collections. Eighth-nine of the books in his collection were the only known surviving copies 71 only had one other known copy. He worked closely with Princeton University in helping to assemble supplement and catalog its Junius Spencer Morgan Virgil collection. Craig Kallendorf was Professor of English and Classics at Texas A&M University. He was the author or editor of 27 books and more than 170 articles book chapters and reference work entries. <br /> <br /> ABOUT THE BOOK <br /> <br /> Published in 1698 in London by Jacob Tonson. Second edition as stated on title page. Bound in later polished mottled 1/2 calf over 18th century marbled paper fine binding: spine with five raised gilt-bordered bands with a gilt lettered burgundy morocco spine label in compartment two and a gilt tooled emblem in the other compartments; all edges stained yellow. Folio 13.25" x 9" 2 690 pp. with 101 engraved full-page plates 10 Bucolics 20 Georgics 71 Aeneid as called for and the engraved frontispiece. Each plate dedicated to a prominent member of society and subscriber who paid 5 guineas for the honor. Title page in red and black. <br /> <br /> ABOUT DRYDEN'S VIRGIL TRANSLATION<br /> <br /> In 1694 he began work on what would be his most ambitious and defining work as translator The Works of Virgil 1697 which was published by subscription. The publication of the translation of Virgil was a national event and brought Dryden the sum of 1400 - a princely profit in the day! Drydens Virgil is all that one could hope for in an English edition of the greatest Roman poet: it combines the finest suite of illustrations to accompany a post-Renaissance Virgil with the finest translation of Virgil in English an extraordinary improvement over Ogilbys pedestrian rhymes. "Dryden's translation of Vergil" says Pope whose own translation of Homer was inspired by Dryden's work "is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language." <br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> VG with detached front board. Collated and complete text and plates with refreshed endpapers and blanks. 18th century boards with the old leather replaced with 19th century polished mottled calf and a rebacked leather spine. Square spine front board detached and adhered using heavy duty hinge tape. Rear hinge also reinforced. Heavily rubbed marbled paper. Extremities rear joint and a few spine bands rubbed. Top text block edge darkened. The pages show a wide range of foxing levels from very light or sporadic to heavy. Most of the plate are well-struck and clean but there are multiple plates showing oxidation or light foxing while others look brand new. No marginalia. A few instances of marginal worming mostly to bottom page margins. Signs of handling - smudges some ink blots some creasing and multiple bent page corners a few small margin tears. Offsetting from the plates in multiple instances. Several instances of light water dampening along the top margins of multiple leaves of text. Some pencil writing on the endpapers and blanks and Kallendorf's ex libris sticker on the FFEP. <br /> <br /> All in all this is the second edition of the definitive English Virgil one of the greatest works of poetry in English and one of the most beautiful productions of a literary work in English with all of its astounding illustrations intact. Jacob Tonson hardcover
16973017London:: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1697. FIRST EDITION. Folio:. 44.6 x 28.7 cm. 2 A2 4 4 2 2 2 †2 ††2 x1 B-G4 ¶4 ¶¶2 H-T4 U2; a-f4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Zzz4 Aaaa-Ffff4 Gggg2 Hhhh-Iiii4 Kkkk2. An exceptional and exceptionally large "large paper" copy. This copy is complete with the engraved frontispiece the extra plate depicting Vergil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and all 101 of the magnificent engraved plates by W. Hollar called for in this edition: ten in the Bucolics twenty in the Georgics and seventy-one in the Aeneid. Bound in 17th-century paneled calf very nicely rebacked in the 18th-century. The spine is separated into eight compartments ruled and tooled in gold by raised bands. There are two spine labels one in red and one in green morocco tooled in gold. The boards are framed by a single gold fillet.Internally this copy is in superb condition with very little of the browning associated with this edition. The great majority of leaves are crisp lily-white and wide margined. In fact this is the largest and cleanest copy that we have had the pleasure to handle. There are a few incidental marginal tears only one of which –now mended- enters an engraving opposite p. 261. The final leaf is ink-stained. "Dryden's 'translation of Vergil'" says Pope whose own translation of Homer was inspired by Dryden's work "is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language." Thomas "The book was published by subscription a system of joint-stock patronage now coming into vogue. . Dryden's correspondence with his publisher Tonson showed a good many bickerings during the publication. One cause of quarrel was Tonson's desire that the book should be dedicated to William III. Dryden honourably refused; but Tonson had the engravings adapted for the purpose by giving to Aeneas the hooked nose of William Dryden Letter to his son 3 Sept. 1697." DNB"Shakespeare probably knew at least the earlier books of the 'Aeneid' in Latin while Milton's 'Paradise Lost' attempts to provide an English equivalent not only for Vergil's epic themes but even for his syntax diction and as far as possible meter. But in Britain he was also particularly well-served by translations. In the seventeenth-century the epic was translated by Dryden." Gian Biagio Conte's "Latin Literature A History" Wing V-616; Macdonald 33A; Wither to Prior #325; Malone I.1.313; See John Barnard "The Large- and Small-Paper Copies of Dryden's The Works of Virgil 1697" in "Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America" Columbia SC 92 no. 3 1998 Sept: p. 259-71. Printed for Jacob Tonson books
16656722London: Henry Herringman 1665. Very Good. pp 12 242 2 Howard's first plays including his collaboration with his brother in law John Dryden in The Indian Queen and his inflammatory preface on dramatic verse. The book is bound in half brown rexine over marbled boards with new endpapers. The text is collated and complete with much toning to the paper stock and the following paper repairs and minor defects: K1 missing small blank triangle outer corner tail of leaf last leaf of The Surprise; L2 small section of paper missing from tail of leaf text unaffected; L4 long shallow triangle of paper missing from foreedge touching a few words in margins. Substantial loss to Gg1-2 final leaves of book affecting about one third of the text of the Epilogue with old paper repair. An old shelfmark 'N239' appears at the head of the title page along with a couple of early annotations to The Indian Queen which suggest the text may have been used for performance or rehearsal in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century. In Act II Scene I next to the printed 'Enter Traxalla.' is written 'Enter' and the first word of the ensuing speech is also replicated in the margin 'See'. LAter in the play the number '10' is written against two successive lines as if counting syllables in response to Howard's preface about blank verse. The Indian Queen was first staged in 1664 and opinion varies as to attribution of authorship either to Dryden Howard or a combination of the two men. At all events Howard had acted as Dryden's patron until the publication of this volume but in his outspoken preface on the need to separate tragedy from comedy in playwriting he opened up a bitter personal dispute and prompted years of critical debate. Widely held institutionally this book is scarce in commerce with no copy at auction since 1995 and before that 1976. Very Good 1665 Henry Herringman hardcover
1698000030London: Sam Briscoe 1698. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 3 volume set: Volumes 2 & 3 bound as one. 1698. Vol. I Printed by W. Olney for Sam Briscoe in Covent Garden and R. Wellington at the Lute in St. Paul's Churchyard. Vol. II Printed for Samuel Briscoe at the Corner of Charles Street in Covent Garden. Vol. III printed for Sam Briscoe in Russel Street Covent Garden. Including 6 books in 2 volumes. Volume I: Book 1 and 2 pp270 book 3 pp196 this volume is complete with folding map of ancient Sicily in lovely condition. Volume II: Books 4 and 5 pp304. Volume III contains book 6 "never before printed by another hand" pp93 complete with foldout map of ancient Greece again in lovely condition. Both vols contemporary full calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Vol I some shelf wear to top of spine splitting down edge of spine with leather strip over bottom of spine. Some age marks and wear on spine and rubbing/fading to gilt. Tiny sign of intrepid book worm. Vol II same condition as above although spine has separated somewhat from front board and leather on front board his lifted a little but binding holding nicely. Assumed same intrepid book worm has left tiny hole through all pages. Inside contents of both volumes are in incredibly good condition with only slight aging to pages considering age. An excellent set of this scare edition. Photographs and further information on request. <br/> <br/> Sam Briscoe hardcover
168887277London: Printed for J.T. and are to be sold by R. Wild . 1688. The fourth Edition with the addition of three epistles of Paulus Sabinus in answer to as many of Ovid. Hardcover. Presumed original binding. Front and rear free endpapers lacking with remnants visible in gutters; chips and wear to exterior and paste-downs with very small portion of leather lacking to spine foot; private ower name stamp to rear paste-down. All plates and paged leaves appear present. Overall a good copy. Binding tight. Leaves clean with faint foxing and browning in parts. Small quarto in full brown leather raised bands to spine; 18 253 3 23 pages; striking high-quality b&w engravings throughout; 19 cm. Presumed original binding. Front and rear free endpapers lacking with remnants visible in gutters; chips and wear to exterior and paste-downs with very small portion of leather lacking to spine foot; faint and small private owner name stamp to rear paste-down. All plates and numbered pages appear present. Overall a good copy. Binding tight. Leaves quite clean with faint foxing in parts. In English Uniform Title: Heroides. "The three epistles of Aulus Sabinus in answer to as many of Ovid. Made English by Mr. Salusbury" has special t.p. and separate pagination. Early printed books 17th Century. Printed for J.T. and are to be sold by R. Wild .. hardcover
17001008H5London: Jacob Tonson 1700 . First edition. Leather. Good. 12" by 7.5". None. The first edition of Dryden"s final major work translating classical and medieval sources into influential Augustan verse in a contemporary full calf binding. In a contemporary full calf binding. Half-title is present. First edition.A volume of fables translated by John Dryden. John Dryden's important collection of classical and medieval poetry translated here by himself. This was Dryden's last and one of his greatest works.Including the poetry of Ovid Geoffrey Chaucer Giovanni Boccaccio and Homer with selections from their works 'Iliad' 'Metamorphoses' and 'The Canterbury Tales' alongside some of Dryden's own works.The Chaucer works appearing in this work were modernised by Dryden who confessed that he didn't understand Chaucer's Middle English prosody which he proclaims to in the preface.With this work Dryden aimed to increase the reputation of English literature by adapting these classic works. All the translations to this work are in Dryden's heroic couplet.John Dryden was a popular seventeenth century English poet and literary critic. His talents in Restoration England landed him the position of England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally a little worn. Hinges cracked with loss to calf. Front board almost detached holding at three cords loose but holding. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in loss to calf and slight loss to boards. Slight loss to head and tail of spine. Bookplate of Pakington Geo Tomkyns to front paste down. Slight loss to upper corner of front free endpaper. Hinges weak. Internally text block generally firmly bound. Hinges strained in places. Pages characteristically age toned but notably bright for the period. The odd spot heavier to first and last few leaves. One or two minor handling marks to fore edge. Slight loss to upper corner of final two leaves not affecting the text. Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
1692LTH12-C-26London: John Everingham 1692. First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A collection of Saint-Evremond's essays continued by John Dryden. The first edition of this work and in fact the first English translation of Evremond's works. This is the first volume of this work a second volume followed in 1694. Bookplate to front pastedown has been covered with a Cholmondeley library plate. The bookplate belongs to one of the Cholmondeley family as it bears the family crest. The bookplate is likely to belong to either George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley and The Earl of Cholmondeley or one of his descendants. From the antiquarian library of Christopher Rowe. Christopher Rowe was a schoolmaster in Norwich and then in Bristol. Throughout his career he inspired many to love literature history and music. He was a specialist on 17th century printer and bookseller Humphres Moseley and began his unfortunately unfinished PhD dissertation on him. Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis seigneur de Saint-Evremond was a French soldier hedonist essayist and literary critic. He wrote only for his friends and did not intend for his work to be published despite a few pieces being leaked in his lifetime. This work includes essays on the Roman people the Wars of the romans the Carthaginian war of Tiberius and more. Translated and continued by English poet and literary critic John Dryden. Dryden is also famed for being England's first Poet Laureate. In a full calf binding with gilt stamping to spine and board edges. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Loss to the head and tail of spine and to the spine label due to rubbing. Prior owners' bookplates to front pastedown one armorial crest and a library plate for cholmondeley library. Bookplate to recto of front endpaper belongs to Christopher Rowe. Internally firmly bound. Book is closely cut to running title throughout resulting in small loss to the top of words. Pages are age toned as expected with instances of occasional light spots. Good John Everingham hardcover
16973569jJacob Tonson 1697. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. 504 pages with 17 plates including the frontis. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally there are age-related marks and wear throughout but the text remains neat and legible. Securely bound and in good condition indeed considering the age of the book! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1684919P45London: M. Flesher; Jacob Tonson 1684. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Maimbourg's fascinating history of the French Wars of Religion. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Louis Maimbourg's 'Histoire de la Ligue'.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Register runs as: A8 a-b8 c6 B-2K8 2L4 2M2 3A-3U8 3X4. Errors in pagination and register as issued. Collated complete. An in-depth history on the French Wars of Religion a series of civil wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in France between 1562 and 1598. Maimbourg was a French Jesuit who is well known for his 1675 'Histoire des Croisades' in which is regarded to be the first use of the term "crusade".First published in French this faithful translation to English was done by Dryden under the request of Charles II. Dryden was England's first Poet Laureate an eminent poet critic translator and playwright who dominated the literary scene of Restoration England.Ink inscription of James Gisborne to the title page. In the original cloth binding. Externally worn. Rear board is held by one cord only. Front joint and hinge are strained. Rubbing to the leather. A small amount of loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine and to the front joint. Crack to the spine. Bumping to the extremities. Paste downs and endpapers are discoloured endpapers are edge worn. Internally binding is strained in places. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. The occasional note or line to the margins in pencil and ink. Good Only M. Flesher; Jacob Tonson hardcover
1697612030London: Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be Sold by Robert Knaplock at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1697. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Octavo. ii 1 blank xc 501 3 contents pp. Illustrated with 18 plates as called for. Contemporary or nearly so paneled leather framed with decorative elements blindstamped at the corners spine in five compartments. Binding heavily worn with the rear joint partially split some loss at the spine base and the front cover attached by the cords only modest worming affecting the pastedowns endleaves and the first 100 or so pages most engravings foxed one with a small foredge chip and a few leaves toward the end with light staining at the foredges a good only copy. Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be Sold by Robert Knaplock, at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard hardcover
16931260218London: Jacob Tonson 1693. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Folio 315pp. 87pp.; VG; brown paneled spine with black plate and gilt lettering; half bound in contemporary paneled calf; 2 parts in 1 each with a title-page and separate pagination; page lii misprinted as xxxix; some minor waviness to pages no foxing; some shelf-wear and bumping; GP consignment; shelved case 7. 1260218. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Jacob Tonson hardcover books
1693268145London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Contemporary full acid-stained calf spine with raised bands in 6 compartments lettered in gilt in one the rest richly gilt. Neatly rebacked preserving original spine internally a clean well-margined copy. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Dryden's translation of the 1st 3rd 6th 10th and 16th Satires of Juvenal and all of Persius with help from fellow translators Nahum Tate William Congreve and Dryden's sons Charles and John. Congreve also contributed the poem that prefaces the translations of Persius. ESTC R12345; Macdonald 30a. Provenance: Reginald Pole bookplate; John Drinkwater his signature dated 1923; Lytton Strachey his booklabel; Roger Stenhouse his booklabel Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown
1693272384London: Tonson 1693. hardcover. very good. Contemporary full mottled calf folio spine and corners rubbed 13 1/2 x 9 inches. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Dryden's long and important essay on satire is in the form of a dedication to the Earl of Dorset. Dryden himself translated Satires I III VI X and XVI of Juvenal; the others were by William Congreve Nahum Tate George Stepney Stephen Hervey William Bowles Thomas Power Thomas Creech and John Dryden Jr. The satires of Persius all translated by Dryden have a separate title-page pagination. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson London 1693. First edition. A beautiful clean copy.<br/><br/> Wing J1288<br/><br/> Tonson unknown books
16971701090010Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be sold by Robert Knaplock at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's church-yard 1697-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Bound in contemporary leather. Blind stamped ornament to covers. 4 raised bands. Red and gold spine label. Solid binding. 19 cm. xc 501 3 pages 17 of 18 leaves of plates. Lacking frontispiece. Wear to edges some chipping. Scattered marginalia and foxing. Book plate of R. Clifton Hodgkins. Early signature on title of John Higginson. Printed for Jacob Tonson; and are to be sold by Robert Knaplock, at the Angel and Crown in St. Paul's church-yard hardcover
1693272384London: Tonson 1693. hardcover. very good. Contemporary full mottled calf folio spine and corners rubbed 13 1/2 x 9 inches. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Dryden's long and important essay on satire is in the form of a dedication to the Earl of Dorset. Dryden himself translated Satires I III VI X and XVI of Juvenal; the others were by William Congreve Nahum Tate George Stepney Stephen Hervey William Bowles Thomas Power Thomas Creech and John Dryden Jr. The satires of Persius all translated by Dryden have a separate title-page pagination. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson London 1693. First edition. A beautiful clean copy.<br/> <br/> Wing J1288<br/> <br/> Tonson unknown
1693268145London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Contemporary full acid-stained calf spine with raised bands in 6 compartments lettered in gilt in one the rest richly gilt. Neatly rebacked preserving original spine internally a clean well-margined copy. First edition. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Folio. Dryden's translation of the 1st 3rd 6th 10th and 16th Satires of Juvenal and all of Persius with help from fellow translators Nahum Tate William Congreve and Dryden's sons Charles and John. Congreve also contributed the poem that prefaces the translations of Persius. ESTC R12345; Macdonald 30a. Provenance: Reginald Pole bookplate; John Drinkwater his signature dated 1923; Lytton Strachey his booklabel; Roger Stenhouse his booklabel Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1676NC0283Printed for T. N. for Henry Herringman 1676. Hardcover. Very Good. From the library of ABAA bookseller Tom Nicely. First Issue with mistakes in pagination pages 34 35 38 39. Rebound in three quarter leather with cloth covered boards; gold spine titles; edges worn; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pages toned; no internal markings; numerous blank pages bound in at rear; 86 pages. Printed for T. N. for Henry Herringman hardcover
1682935P12London: Jacob Tonson 1682. First edition. Hardback. Good. 8.5" by 6.5". None. The first edition of this religious poem in heroic couplets by John Dryden. The first edition second issue with the second line of the imprint ending "in". This second issue is more common to see than the first issue of which only two examples were known to the bibliographer Macdonald.John Dryden wrote 'Religio Laici' as a response the Father Richard Simon's 'Histoire Critique due Vieux Testament'. In this text Dryden set out to address the issues in Simon's book such as his tendency to undermine Protestantism and other religious issues of the day such as Deism. Five years after Dryden published this poem however he converted to Roman Catholicism. Written in heroic couplets by Dryden during his tenure as Poet Laureate. Register runs as: 1 a3 b2 C2 B-C4 D6. Collated complete. Rebound in paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. Tear to the head of the front joint. Spine and extremities are age-toned. Light handling marks to the wraps. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small chips to the head and tail of the spine. Prior seller's note tipped-in to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with scattered spots. Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
1687994Y1London: R. Bentley 1687 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". None. An early book edition of 'The Duke of Guise' a controversial tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. An early book edition of The Duke of Guise. First printed in 1683.In a later quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards. Renewed endpapers. Bound without half title as issued.The story which in Dryden's early effort had been intended to suggest a parallel to the English rebellion was now to be applied to the contest of the court against Shaftesbury and Monmouth. Dryden however did his best to extenuate his own responsibility in a Vindication of the Duke of Guise separately published.This play was first performed December 4th 1682 to dubious if not unfavourable reviews but with revisions found success with the United Companies of London.John Dryden 1631 - 1700 was the poet laureate of England in 1668. He was a prolific author and writer with some calling his time the Age of Dryden. Co-produced with English dramatist Nathaniel Lee.ESTC No.R16601Register: A-I4. Collated complete. In a later quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally lovely with minimal shelf wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are toned but generally clean with a few spots throughout. Very Good Indeed R. Bentley hardcover
16935000London: Jacob Tonson 1693. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition of this English translation of the works of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated by John Dryden into verse. Modern early 20th century binding with light green cloth leather spine and leather corners over boards. Five raised bands on spine with stamps and gilding. Some rubbing to leather and minor scuff to cloth. Gilded top-edge. Textured marble endpapers. Front endpaper with some residue where former bookmark was removed. Some creasing in pages likely from original printing and age. Very solid square clean and all text is clear. Overall near fine in later binding. <br /> <br /> Pages: 56 315 2 87 Dimensions: 13 x 9 x 1½. Jacob Tonson unknown
1697Biblio185<p><strong><em>Virgil Publius. b. BC 70 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgics and Æneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1697. Large Folio 423 x 265. First edition. 640pp</em></strong></p><p>One hundred and two full paged engraved illustrations. This is a large paper copy excepting for the first few pages exceptionally white and crisp. Lacks introduction to Lord Clifford and large plate of Virgil at the Senate. Most of the Life of Virgil which contains the image of Virgil in the Senate is lacking. Title page remounted Tear B1 somewhat affecting text and browned pages that correspond to other copies. Priced accordingly for this rare Subscribed Royal Folio First Edition. Rebound in a modern binding of mottled calf and tastefully restored.</p><p>John Dryden:</p><p>. "Virgil is the only complete representative of the deepest sentiment and the highest mood of his countrymen and of his time. In his pastoral and didactic poems he gives a living voice to the whole charm of Italy in the Aeneid to the whole glory of Rome. He was in the maturity of his powers at the most critical epoch of the national life one of the most critical epochs in the history of the world. Keeping aloof from the trivial daily life of his contemporaries he was moved more profoundly than any of them by the deeper currents of emotion in the sphere of government religion morals and human feeling which were then changing the world; and in uttering the enthusiasm of the hour and all the new sensibilities that were stirring in his own heart and imagination he had in the words of Sainte-Beuve 'divined at a decisive hour of the world what the future would love.' He was also by universal acknowledgement the greatest literary artist whom Rome produced. Š Virgil's fame as a poet rests on the three acknowledged works of his early and mature manhood-the pastoral poems or Eclogues the Georgics and the Aeneid-all written in that hexameter verse which Tennyson has called 'The stateliest measure ever molded by the lips of man.'" EB vol. 28 page 112-113 Wing V-616</p><p>The works of Virgil is the first addition with 102 excluding the plate of Virgil in the Senate stunning illustrated plates each dedicated to a subscriber and produced by the finest European engravers – Michael van der Gucht Wenceslaus Hollar and Pierre Lombart.</p><p>Dryden and Tonson the printer had a long and profitable relationship. Dryden indeed was one of the first authors to draw a 'significant advance' for his works from Tonson which caused many bitter arguments but in the end Tonson and Dryden were a powerful team publishing many works previously only found in Greek and Latin editions. Dryden besides being a popular playwright in his time made these works popular amongst the rising middle class who without classical training in Greek or Latin were omitted from reading the works of Virgil and others that Dryden seemed to crank out in record time for Tonson's presses. A rare and evocative poem.</p> Jacob Tonson
1697Biblio186<p><b><i>Virgil Publius. b. BC 70 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgics and Æneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1697. Large Folio 423 x 265. First edition. 640pp</i></b> One hundred and three full paged engraved illustrations. This is a large paper copy excepting for the first few pages exceptionally white and crisp. Complete with full introduction to Lord Clifford and large plate of Virgil at the Senate. Contains the Life of Virgil and an extensive dedication section to Montrose later. Some browning to the pages somewhat affecting the text and images but this phenomena correspond to other copies. A rare work that includes the subscriber list for this Royal Folio First Edition. Tastefully restored retaining original leather except at spine. A complete edition.</p> Jacob Tonson hardcover
169534244London: J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1695. First Edition. Illustrated with a handsome engraved frontispice by H Cooke and S. Gribelin. Quarto handsomely bound in antique mottled calf the spine with raised bands gilt ruled red morocco lettering label gilt the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders. lxiv 355 1 Errata pp. A fine copy the binding tight and very well preserved with little evidence of age an old unobtrusive blindstamp signifying past ownership to the title the text clean and crisp. A very well preserved copy. FIRST EDITION. Although the pagination runs continuously throughout the volume the 'Short account of the most eminent painters' has its own title-page which reads: 'A Short Account Of the most Eminent Painters Both Ancient and Modern Continu'd down to the Present Times According to the Order of their Succession. London Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. 1695.'.<br> Du Fresnoy's Latin poem was originally published shortly after his death in 1668. It was followed by translations into French 1668 English prose 1695 German 1699 Italian 1713 and Dutch 1733. Du Fresnoy opens his poem by declaring that 'As poetry shall be like a painting so should painting be like poetry'. Beauty should be interpreted in different ways - as may be seen in such famous ancient statues as the Antinous the Hercules the Venus the dying Gladiator.<br> Besides Dryden's translation of Du Fresnoy's poem the present volume includes a translation of the Remarks with which Roger de Piles accompanied his French version of the poem 1668. Dryden's famous preface Parallel of Poetry and Painting stands on its own as one of the author's most respected works. The first appearance of Richard Graham's chronology of eminent artists both ancient and modern is presented here with its own title-page.<br> While President of the Royal Academy Sir Joshua Reynolds published extensive notes on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting in William Mason's new translation 1783. Royal Academy<br> Contents: T.-pl. t.-p. - Preface Of The Translator With a Parallel Of Poetry and Painting - The Preface Of The French Author - A Table of the Precepts Contain'd in this Treatise - Text in Latin and English - Observations On The Art of Painting Of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy - The Judgment of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy On the Works of the Principal and Best Painters of the two last Ages - Divisional title-page 'A Short Account Of the most Eminent Painters Both Ancient and Modern . London Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. 1695' - The Preface - Ancient Masters - Modern Masters - Ancient Modern Masters indices - Errata J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers, at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet hardcover
