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1770895M24Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for the University of Glasgow 1770. Leather. Very Good. 5" by 3". Not Stated. A small two-volume set of the poems of England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden in full calf bindings. A two volume set in full speckled calf bindings. Ink inscription to the title page of both volumes. A charming two-volume set of poetry by John Dryden including his best known poems such as 'Threnodia Augustalis' 'The Hind and the Panther' and 'Annus Mirabilis' as well as many prologues epilogues songs epitaphs and elegies. This set is uncommon to find in this edition.John Dryden 1631-1700 was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He dominated the literary scene of Restoration England to such a point that the period became known as the Age of Dryden. With a four-page catalogue of books printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis to the rear of Volume I. In full calf bindings. Externally generally smart with a little rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Half of the spine label to Volume I is detached but intact and kept inside the front of Volume I for safe-keeping. Small loss of leather to the head of the spine of Volume II. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for the University of Glasgow hardcover
1717846F58London: J. Tonson 1717 . Leather. Fair. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. Five volumes only of this very scarce early eighteenth century six volume edition of the dramatic works of Restoration era poet and playwright John Dryden. Volumes I II III IV and VI only of this six volume set; lacking volume V only.Illustrated with a frontispiece of Dryden to each volume as called for.The plays of influential English poet literary critic translator and playwright John Dryden who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Dryden was England's first Poet Laureate awarded the title in 1668.Edited by playwright and poet William Congreve.With the stamp of Cornwell House to each front free endpaper.With a single leaf of advertisements to the final lead of volume VI.ESTC reference number T145328. In full calf bindings. Small losses of leather to back strip head and tail. Volume I boards detached. Volume II front board detached with rear board tenderly held by one cord only. Volume III lacking both boards. Volume IV joints starting with boards holding firm. Volume VI lacking front board with rear board tenderly held by one cord only. Stamps to front free endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with pages 323-326 of volume III detached and loosely inserted with a significant closed tear and pages 107-110 of volume IV detached and loosely inserted. Pages generally clean and bright with only the odd light spot. Fair J. Tonson hardcover
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
1750g7194London: Henry Lintot. G : in good condition plus. Cover rubbed. Neatly rebacked. 1750. Reprint. Contemporary calf. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 18pplxvi iv 397pp 7pp. Frontispiece engraving and vignettes in the text. Also laid on engraving of Dryden on fep. 'Translated into English with An Original Preface Containing a Parallel Between Painting and Poetry by Mr. Dryden. As Also a Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters both Ancient and Modern by Richard Graham Esq.' Also includes some Latin text. . Henry Lintot unknown
1767QQ0439J. and R. Tonson 1767. Original mottled tan calf boards. Rebacked in light brown calf blind fillets and red gilt label per spine. Gilt decor to board edges. Wear to board corners. Small dent to rear fore-edge of vol. III. Small 8vos 10.8 x 17.0cm. Original endpapers restored at gutters. Armorial bookplate to inside front board of all vols; as it has Fortescue motto and earl's coronet it is almost certainly that of James Fortescue created Earl Fortescue in 1789. Somewhat tight margins at title page gutters; no issue elsewhere. A little foxing mostly to prelims. Loop of cord from rebacking left free in vol. IV between pp. 368-69. Vignette chapter headpieces. An early collected edition first published in 1760 in the midst of Dryden's career as an author who succeeded in 'reforming the syntax of our prose at the same time as he was perfecting the rhyming couplet as the dominant form for English verse fashioning it into an instrument for argument giving it a rhythmical variety and tonal range which no one has matched' ODNB. ESTC T131403. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. . Very Good. xvi 286 vi 368 xlvii 334 iv 379pp. J. and R. Tonson Hardcover
1716867F46London: Jacob Tonson 1716 . Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. A lovely early eighteenth century copy of Ovid's Heroides illustrated with twelve engraved plates. A very smart edition of Roman poet Ovid's 'Heroides' a collection of fifteen epistolary poems arranged in the format of aggrieved heroines of Roman and Greek mythology addressing their heroic lovers.Translated into English by 'several hands' including Pope Dryden Tate Behn and Otway.Illustrated with twelve engraved plates. Collated complete.ESTC Citation No. T99266 With seven pages of advertisements to the rear. Lacking the final advertisement leaf.With the bookplate of antiquarians William and Marianne Salloch to the front pastedown. William and Marianne Salloch were founding members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America ABAA with William serving as ABAA President from 1970 to 1972. Salloch"s private collection of books about books was exhibited at the Grolier Club in 1976 and again at the J. Regenstein Library University of Chicago in 1984. Rebound in quarter calf with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned with tide mark to tail of leaf A3 I9 and K1 and to tail of final three advertisement leaves. Light worming to head of first eighteen leaves not affecting text. Very Good Indeed Jacob Tonson 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
1734847G3London: Jacob Tonson 1734. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4" . Gucht . A scarce new edition of John Dryden's collected fables in a very smart half morocco binding. The scarce fourth edition. Rebound in handsome half morocco with new endpapers. WIth an engraved frontispiece and some small vignette illustrations throughout. The final work produced by the English poet John Dryden first published only two months prior to his death. The work contains translations of the First Book of Homer's 'Iliad' selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' and Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' stories from Boccaccio and many more translations including original poems by Dryden himself. John Dryden was a notable seventeenth century poet playwright critic and translator. He is best known for being appointed England's first Poet Laureate. The pagination is as follows: 2 A-R12 ESTC Citation No. T124903 Rebound in half morocco with new endpapers. Light shelf wear to the edges. The odd small handling mark to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages age-toned but generally bright and clean. Light spotting and scattered handling marks throughout. The frontispiece has been partly coloured in by the previous owner. Ink mark to the title page. The vignette illustration on page C6 has been coloured. Small ink marks to pages 344-345 and to the two final pages of the table. Red ink marks to the final page. Marks to page 56 and 57 affecting the text. Very Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
178210007London: C. Bathurst; J. Rivington 1782. Volumes I - IV beautifully bound in tree calf with delicately decorated spines tooled in gilt and titled over red ground. Text blocks sound and square; clean and unmarked throughout. b/w engraved frontispiece in Volume the First; additional engravings throughout; index to rear of Volume the Fourth. 324 pp.; 318 pp.; 285 pp.; 470 pp. A very attractive set of this notable 18th century binding a little bumped here with rubbing to edges and extremities. From the library of a retired English Literature professor. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1782 C. Bathurst; J. Rivington unknown
1790117630London: Jacob Tonson 1790. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. three volume settitle pages in red and blackoriginal blindstamped full leather hardcoversspines with five raised bands ruled in giltoriginal gilt lettered red leather spine label to each volumeportrait frontis to each volumefull page engraved plates throughout857 pagesone board detachedleather rubbed otherwise a very good complete early set.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. <br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson hardcover
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
1701BS5ALARGE611London: Jacob Tonson 1701. Hardbacks contemporary calf gilt decoration to spines. 48cm x 31cm. This is a wide margined copy. 2 volume set. Pp. 2 618; 558. No frontispiece. The title pages and first leaf in vol. 1 cut down and mounted. Slight worming to margin of volume 2. Some cracking to hinges bindings worn lacking spine label to vol. 1. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedowns. A very heavy set 12kg additional postage will be required for orders outside the UK. under bs5a and bs132. Hard Cover. Good. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
1760955F2London: J. and R. Tonson 1760 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The scarce four volume first comprehensive collected edition of the poetry translations and literary writings of England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden. A first edition complete in four volumes.This was the first comprehensive collection of his Dryden's works.With explanatory notes and observations also an account of his life and writings by Samuel Derrick. These volumes contain his most popular works including 'Astraea Redux' 'Annus Mirabilis' 'The Art of Poetry' 'The Hind and the Panther' and a selection of his other poetry.Dryden was the first Poet Laureate when the position was created in 1688 under King Charles II. He held the post until 1689. ESTC T145665Volume I lacks the portrait frontispiece. The front board of volume I is detached.Illustrated with a small number of engraved headpieces.With the bookplate of William Battell to the front pastedowns and his inscription to the title pages.Dryden was the dominating English literary figure in Restoration England an era that is often dubbed the 'Age of Dryden'. In full calf bindings. Boards bright with back strips significantly ager toned small losses of calf to back strip heads and tails and significant loss to volume IV spine label. Small loss to volume I spine label. Front board of volume I detached. Volume II joints and front joints of volumes III and IV starting with boards holding firm. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Inscriptions to title pages. Spotting to title page heads and head of first few leaves of each volume with pages otherwise bright with the odd spot. Volume I lacking frontispiece. Good Only J. and R. Tonson hardcover
176372980Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alexander Donaldson 1763. 8vo. 6 volumes. Full brown patterned calf with raised bands gilt lettering and decoration to the spines. With explanatory and critical notes from Dacier and others to which is prefixed The Life of Plutarch written by Mr. Dryden. Chipping and some loss to the spines alongside splitting at the hinges. Some edgewear and markings to the boards. Title labels of volumes 1 and 3 are missing alongside partial loss to the labels of volumes 5 and 6. Ink inscription to the first free endpaper of volume 1 alongside ink stains to the edges of volumes 1 & 2. Some offsetting to the text. ESTC = T107384. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1763. Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alexander Donaldson 1763 unknown
1791QQ0242R. Morison and Son and G. Mudie 1791. ~Early 20th-century binding in full light brown morocco double gilt frames to boards gilt and blind decor and two black gilt labels per spine. Gilt decor to turn-ins. Hinges sound. 12mos 9.6 x 15.4cm. All edges red. Decorated endpapers. Binder's label of John Aiken & Son Academy Street Belfast to inside rear board of all vols. 5 plates inc. frontis to vols I & II engraved by D. B. Pyett after G. Zocchi. Tailpieces. Occasional tidemarking to vols I & IV; very light scattered foxing. Soundly rebound late 18th-century edition of Dryden's Virgil 'a masterpiece which rarely flags and often rises to heights of eloquence and tragic reflection' ODNB. ESTC N25897. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked . Near Fine. lxxx136 240 225 206pp. R. Morison and Son, and G. Mudie Hardcover
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
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 books
17603000London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1760. 8vo. 4 vols. Engraved frontis. portrait and several engraved text illustrations. Cont. mottled calf a bit worn nicely rebacked in period style volume I newly rebacked red & green morocco spine labels. Title pages lightly foxed. Printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown books
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
173960315printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand 1739. 4th edition. Hardback. Full calf G. 2 volumes xiilvi239pp viii339pp in vol II pagination jumps at 306 to 309 but the text is complete b/w engraved frontis to each volume grand total of 16 engraved plates armorial bookplate of the Baring family over an earlier bookplate of James Drummond upper board to volume I detached marginal worming to both volumes occasional affecting the text or plate edge but with the meaning legible from the context occasional burn mark & smudges leather rubbed & worn with some loss to the corners & edges. The forth edition of this much reprinted edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses which had first appeared in 1717 & was editied by Garth with Dryden the providing much of the translating. It was to become the standard text of Ovid's Magnum Opus in English. The plates consist of a portrait of Queen Caroline consort of King George II as the dedicatee plus 15 plates showing scenes from the poems each dedicated to a different English noblewoman. a different English noblewoman. ESTC T175634. printed for J & R Tonson, in the Strand hardcover
1760223903London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1760. First Edition. Hardback. Previous owner's signature. Finely bound in later nineteenth century aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with contrasting gilt-blocked lables. Spine uniformly sun-toned with some dust-toning to the board extremities. A good set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description; 4 v : ill. ports ; 21 cm. Life and notes by Samuel Derrick. Dedicatory poems to Dryden by Joseph Addison and the Earl of Roscommon ; extracts from dedicatory poems by Alexander Pope and Thomas Gray. Decorative headpieces and tailpieces. Fly-title pages for separate works. Pagination is not continuous. Includes translations from Latin and Italian. Subjects; Dryden John 1631-1700 - Biography - Early works to 1800. Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375 - Translations into English - Early works to 1800. Ovid 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. - Translations into English - Early works to 1800. Horace - Translations into English - Early works to 1800. Lucretius Carus Titus - Translations into English - Early works to 1800.Theocritus - Idylls - Translations into English - Early works to 1800. English poetry - 17th century - Early works to 1800. London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson hardcover
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
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
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
1797292433London: T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. Harding 1797. Full Leather. Very Good binding. ESTC T128162. Very Good binding. T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. Harding unknown
