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193152661London: Nonesuch Press 1931. One of 750 sets. 6 vols. 4to. Original quarter green buckram t.e.g. Spines lightly sunned edges rubbed else very good. One of 750 sets. 6 vols. 4to. Vols. I-II published Dec. 1931 Vols. III-IV published Feb. 1932 and Vols. V-VI published May 1932. Dreyfus 80 Nonesuch Press unknown books
9023268New York: Bigelow Brown. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Bound in publisher's half leather and cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spines. Rules stamped in gilt on the covers spines stamped and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispieces and illustrations throughout. <br/><br/> Bigelow, Brown hardcover books
1692865591692. DRYDEN John. CLEOMENES THE SPARTAN HEROE. A Tragedy as it is acted in the Theatre Royal. To which is prefixt The Life of Cleomenes. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson . 1692. First edition. Quarto. A4a2B-C4d-e4B-K4. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. 1228472 pp. In a shelfworn Roxburghe-style binding: black quarter leather with marbled paper sides gilt-stamped spine title. One leaf C4 pp. 15-16 in `The Life' has a 9 cm horizontal closed tear near the bottom edge. The top of the running title on p. 43 G2r is shaved. Otherwise some mild age-staining and spotting throughout and in very good condition overall. This was the next to the last of Dryden's plays to be produced. Owing to Dryden's illness the fifth act of the play was completed by Thomas Southerne. The life of Cleomenes was translated from Plutarch by Thomas Creech. It is believed that the revival of some of Shakespeare's Roman plays about this time turned the attention of both playwrights and public to classical themes. Macdonald 92; Pforzheimer 321; ESTC R19821. unknown books
1806227138London Stanhope Press 1806. 1806. Small 8vo. With three engraved plates by Anthony Garden; P.W. Tomkins after Richard Westall. Full contemporary brown calf with spines stamped in gilt speckled edges. 3 volumes. Very good. Bookplate of Carl Downes on the front pastedown of all 3 volumes. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Stanhope Press, 1806. hardcover books
1694043060London: Jacob Tonson 1694. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Small quarto rebound in 1/4 red morocco over red cloth. Wear and rubbing to edges light foxing and discoloration a few pages more heavily browned small tear to one page corner not touching any text but a generally clean unmarked copy internally. Lacking the half title. viii 82 2pp. Page 73 includes a poem by the up and coming William Congreve. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 043060. <br/><br/> Jacob Tonson hardcover books
1694606231694. DRYDEN John. LOVE TRIUMPHANT; or Nature will Prevail. A Tragi-Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal by Their Majesties Servants. Written by Mr. Dryden. London: Jacob Tonson 1694. First edition. 4to. Collation: A4; a2; B-L4; M2; this copy lacks A1 the half-title page; 47 leaves. Modern paper boards title printed in black to spine. Ex library; a small very discreet embossed stamp to t.p. and two ink stamps on the verso. The first and second leaves are moderately soiled; the title-page has a paper repair along the inner margin with some type loss; in the phrase "By Their Majesties Servants" the word "by" is missing; there is another small repair at the upper fore-corner. Occasional very light foxing to text leaves. The binding is heavily soiled. This is a good copy. unknown books
168532955London: Printed for Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes 1685. 2nd edition MacDonald 118b; TC II 118; Wing B-664. Later full brown calf binding executed in a period style. Spine sunned. Usually browning to paper with t.p. a bit grubby. Catchwords / running titles occasionally shaved by binder's knife. Bookplate of 'Kenneth Rapoport'. A VG copy. 8 62 2 pp. 4to: A - I4. 8-5/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>Dryden contributed the Epilogue. Printed for Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes unknown books
16912110London Printed for Henry Herringman 1691. 1691. Second edition. Small 4to. Modern 1/2 red morocco over marbled boards good margins no license leaf title browned. Fine. Leaf with publisher's list of 81 plays at end "Plays Printed for R. Bently.". Hardcover. London, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1691. hardcover books
1952410391952. VIRGIL. The Georgics. 174 pp. Translated by John Dryden; Introduction by George F. Whicher. Illustrated and signed by Bruno Bramanti and the designer Giovanni Mardersteig. 8vo. bound in deluxe half brown morocco. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. Virgil's passionate message to care for the land and for the crops and animals that it sustains could hardly be more topical two millenia after he wrote it. One of 1500 copies printed and bound by the Officina Bodoni. Set in monotype Bembo printed on Maslianico special paper in a handsome new binding. LEC 229. unknown books
185920755Boston: Little Brown and Company 1859. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 5 Volumes large 8vos. Bindings of textured brown cloth embossed in b blind on the boards and spines. and with gilt titles on the spines. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Publisher's catalogue dated March 1859 bound in the front of volume 1 between the pastedown and free endpaper. This is a set in original publisher's cloth in superb condition. The cloth is still bright and fresh with hardly any trace of age or wear. Dryden issued his translation of Plutarch's Lives from 1683-1686. Clough corrected the Greek text an revised the Dryden translation accordingly to make it more accurate and faithful to Plutarch. Little, Brown and Company hardcover 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 books
1683287408London: Bentley 1683. hardcover. very good. 80 pages including 4 pages of music at the end. Title page cropped very slim tall 8vo 3/4 brown calf marbled boards; joints and hinge strengthened tips repaired. London: Bentley: 1683. Scarce. First Edition.<br/><br/> Bentley unknown books
1682305844London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Dryden vs. Shaftsbury Once Again. Dryden's satirical poem directed as was his Absalom and Achitophel against the Earl of Shaftesbury who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown 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
169236913London: John Everingham 1692. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers. Very good. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dryden contributed the last half of the "Character." A second volume of Essay appeared two years later.<br/><br/>Saint-Evremont 1613-1703 was exiled in 1663 for criticizing Mazarin's treaty with Spain 1659 and spent the rest of his life in the English courts of Charles II James II and William III. "A man of sceptical and epicurean temperament one of the most distinguished of the 'libertins' he wrote with light sober witty elegance short disquisitions on many subjects literary and other and his literary criticism had considerable influence in England where he was on intimate terms with courtiers such as Buckingham and writers such as Hobbes Waller and Cowley . " - Oxford Companion to French Literature. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Macdonald 1371 John Everingham unknown books
168246505London: Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition second issue. Small 4to pp. 12 20. Bound in modern thin marbled boards. Leaves toned but a very good tight clean copy. Wing D2311; CBEL II 264; Macdonald 13aii; ESTC R17608. Early in 1682 Dryden published The Medall a work full of unsparing invective against the Whigs prefaced by a vigorous and plainspoken prose "Epistle to the Whigs." The opposition party the nascent Whigs had a medal struck in Poland to commemorate the release of one of their leaders the Earl of Shaftesbury who had been held in the Tower on charges of treason. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1695179138London: J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers 1695. Leather bound. VG light shelfwear and smudging to leather boards spine has some tears internally but all pages are intact. Staining to block age toning to pages. Tan leather boards with four raised bands on spine bw frontispiece 4 lxiv 355 1 pages. Translation of: De arte graphica. Parallel texts in English and Latin. Added engraved title page. By C.A. Du Fresnoy ; with remarks ; translated into English together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry by Mr. Dryden ; as also 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 by another hand. J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers unknown books
1693174083London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. Hardcover. VG- cracking to spine front cover loose light rubbing scuffing and general wear to boards light toning to page edges. Calf leather boards with gilt trim spine with 6 gilt decorated compartments and raised bands marbled endpapers gilt adornment to interior edges. xxxix 315 87 pp. Translated into English verse. By Mr. Dryden and several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden. With explanatory notes at the end of each satire. To which is prefixed a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset by Mr. Dryden. -foot of title page. Contains bookplate of famous book collector Herschel V. Jones. Printed for Jacob Tonson hardcover books
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
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 books
167664653DRYDEN John. Aureng-Zebe. A Tragedy. Acted at the Royal Theatre .London: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman 1676. First edition of one of Dryden's most successful plays based on the life of the Indian Moghul ruler set in Agra in 1660. Octavo 8 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 213 x 159 mm. 12 86 2 epilogue pp. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in modern quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt-stamped on spine. New endpapers. Previous owner's ink notes on leaf a2. Pages slightly darkened. Very good. HBS 64653. $750 Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman hardcover books
1702008169London: Jacob Tonson 1702. 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. . Third Edition. Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacob Tonson Hardcover books
16832326London: T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson Thomas Hodgkin 1683. First Edition. Half Leather. Very good. First edition of The Duke of Guise by John Dryden. Octavo 8 76pp. Advertisement on page 76 lacking music at rear. In contemporary half brown morocco marbled boards title in gilt on spine. Housed in custom quarter leather chemise case. Previous ownership bookplates affixed to front endpaper. Pencil marks on title page. Overall in very good condition some toning to leaves occasional loss at edges closed tears. Wing D2264; MacDonald 87a. 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. T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson [Thomas Hodgkin] unknown books
1803007949London: Published by Pr. by James Swan for Vernor & Hood; Cuthell & Martin; J. Walker; Lackington Allen & Co.; Wynne & Scholey; J. Satcherd; and Darton and Harvey 1803. Three volumes bound in contemporary calf the backs gilt with red and black morocco labels lettered in gilt plain end papers. Armorial bookplate of Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod Cadboll Invergordon Castle 1877 front paste downs. Complete with 16 plates engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi James Fittler and Sharp. Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil; v. 1 p. xiii-liv originally prefixed to Dryden's Works of Virgil 1697 and here ascribed to William Walsh. The set Very Good the calf showing light wear small chip to calf head of Vol. I the interiors clean and lovely a SCARCE work and particularly in such lovely condition. . New Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published by Pr. by James Swan, for Vernor & Hood; Cuthell & Martin; J. Walker; Lackington, Allen, & Co.; Wynne & Hardcover books
0281Dryden John. Cleomenes the Spartan Heroe. A Tragedy. London: For Jacob Tonson 1692. 4to. 16 28 72pp. Later quarter morocco. Two running reads cropped else a very nice copy. First edition. References: Pforzheimer 321; Wing D2254.<br /><br />It is believed that the revival of Shakespeare's Roman plays caused Dryden to write this play. It is said that Southern wrote the last act. <br /><br />The scene is Alexandria. Cassandra falls in love with Cleomenes and in the absence of Ptolemy confesses her passion to which Cleomenes does not respond. He is thereupon imprisoned and nearly starved. He and Cleanthes incite the Alexandrians to revolt but the attempt fails and Cleanthes and Cleomenes kill one another. <br /><br />"The additions which Dryden has made to the real story are chiefly the scene in which the Spartans are nearly starved the love of Cassandra for Cleomenes the whole character of Cleora and nearly the whole of Cleanthes" Genest. In his preface to the play as printed Dryden wrote: "Mrs. Barry has in this tragedy excelled herself and gained a reputation beyond any woman whom I have ever seen in the theatre." <br />It is believed that the revival of Shakespeare's Roman plays caused Dryden to write this play. It is said that Southern wrote the last act. <br /><br /><br /> books