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1895000794London: Frederick Warne and Co 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. The Albion Edition. Blue leather binding with title in gilt on red leather spine label. A.E.G. with inner edges stamped in gilt. xxxii 575 p.p. Scuffing to boards. Light rubbing to edges extremities. Corners gently bowed. Spine slightly yellowed and rubbed at ends. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. otherwise interior clean. A very good copy. Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
185548073Edinburgh: James Nichol 1855. Two volumes bound in one 8vo xxiv ii 314 iii-xxiv 344 pp bound without the half title to the second volume. Marbled endpapers prize label to paste down. Contemporary full calf a.e.g. gilt spine and borders and arms of the Edinburgh Academy black label some mild rubbing and scuffs otherwise an attractive copy. Edinburgh: James Nichol unknown
1882biblio37878FIRST VOLUME ONLY. Contains "The Life of John Dryden" by Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: William Paterson 1882. XX446 pages. Frontispiece. Hardcover in NearFine condition no dj. Original Green Leather binding Gilt spine title Gilt top edge. Minimal wear to the top of the spine. Personal ExLibris of S. W. Tager inside front cover otherwise otherwise Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding Excellent hinges. 9.1"x6.25"x1.5". be44902. William Paterson hardcover
1890FB1118 -1/6A<p>Tan calf spine and corners. Brown textured boards. Gilt banding on the spine with the title plate missing.</p><p>First Volume of a two-volume set</p> Cassell, Petter & Galpin. hardcover
1866W91923Edinburgh: James Nichol 1866. Full red calf gilt with 5 raised bands and titling and ornamentation panels. Gilt dentelles. Marbled edges and matching endpapers. Signed binding of Bickers & Son London. Wear on spines and joints edgewear and corners bumped; spine title labels missing but number labels present although chipped. Lengthy Christmas 1867 gift inscription on ffep Vol. 1. Ghost of white labels removed from preliminaries in each volume. First Thus. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. James Nichol Hardcover books
1841FB985 /6B<p>Green calf binding with green cloth boards. Spine faded to brown has gilt banding and title with emblems.</p><p><strong>A treasured early Victorian copy</strong> <strong>Publius Vergilius Maro</strong> traditional dates 15 October 70 – 21 September 19 BC usually called <strong>Virgil</strong> or <strong>Vergil</strong> in English was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the <em>Eclogues</em> or <em>Bucolics</em> the <em>Georgics</em> and the epic <em>Aeneid</em>. A number of minor poems collected in the <em>Appendix Vergiliana</em> were attributed to him in ancient times but modern scholars consider his authorship of these poems as dubious. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature most notably Dante's <em>Divine Comedy</em> in which Virgil appears as the author's guide through Hell and Purgatory. Virgil has been traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His <em>Aeneid</em> is also considered a national epic of ancient Rome a title held since composition. <strong>John Dryden</strong> 9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700 was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. On 1 December 1663 Dryden married Lady Elizabeth Howard died 1714. The marriage was at St. Swithins London and the consent of the parents is noted on the licence though Lady Elizabeth was then about twenty-five. She was the object of some scandals well or ill founded; it was said that Dryden had been bullied into the marriage by her playwright brothers. A small estate in Wiltshire was settled upon them by her father. The lady's intellect and temper were apparently not good; her husband was treated as an inferior by those of her social status. Both Dryden and his wife were warmly attached to their children. They had three sons: Charles 1666–1704 John 1668–1701 and Erasmus Henry 1669–1710. Lady Elizabeth Dryden survived her husband but went insane soon after his death. Though some have historically claimed to be from the lineage of John Dryden his three children had no children themselves. Dryden is seen as dominating 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. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John". What Dryden achieved in his poetry was neither the emotional excitement of the early nineteenth-century romantics nor the intellectual complexities of the metaphysicals. His subject matter was often factual and he aimed at expressing his thoughts in the most precise and concentrated manner. Although he uses formal structures such as heroic couplets he tried to recreate the natural rhythm of speech and he knew that different subjects need different kinds of verse. In his preface to <em>Religio Laici</em> he says that "the expressions of a poem designed purely for instruction ought to be plain and natural yet majestic. The florid elevated and figurative way is for the passions; for these are begotten in the soul by showing the objects out of their true proportion. A man is to be cheated into passion but to be reasoned into truth." <strong>Translation style</strong> While Dryden had many admirers he also had his share of critics Mark Van Doren among them. Van Doren complained that in translating Virgil's <em>Aeneid</em> Dryden had added "a fund of phrases with which he could expand any passage that seemed to him curt." Dryden did not feel such expansion was a fault arguing that as Latin is a naturally concise language it cannot be duly represented by a comparable number of words in English. "He.recognized that Virgil 'had the advantage of a language wherein much may be comprehended in a little space' 5:329–30. The 'way to please the best Judges.is not to Translate a Poet literally; and Virgil least of any other' 5:329." For example take lines 789–795 of Book 2 when Aeneas sees and receives a message from the ghost of his wife Creusa. <em>iamque vale et nati serva communis amorem.'</em> <em>haec ubi dicta dedit lacrimantem et multa volentem</em> <em>dicere deseruit tenuisque recessit in auras.</em> <em>ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum;</em> <em>ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago</em> <em>par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno.</em> <em>sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso</em> Dryden translates it like this: I trust our common issue to your care.' She said and gliding pass'd unseen in air. I strove to speak: but horror tied my tongue; And thrice about her neck my arms I flung And thrice deceiv'd on vain embraces hung. Light as an empty dream at break of day Or as a blast of wind she rush'd away. Thus having pass'd the night in fruitless pain I to my longing friends return again Dryden's translation is based on presumed authorial intent and smooth English. In line 790 the literal translation of <em>haec ubi dicta dedit</em> is "when she gave these words." But "she said" gets the point across uses half the words and makes for better English. A few lines later with <em>ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum; ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago</em> he alters the literal translation "Thrice trying to give arms around her neck; thrice the image grasped in vain fled the hands" in order to fit it into the metre and the emotion of the scene. In his own words The way I have taken is not so streight as Metaphrase nor so loose as Paraphrase: Some things too I have omitted and sometimes added of my own. Yet the omissions I hope are but of Circumstances and such as wou'd have no grace in English; and the Addition I also hope are easily deduc'd from Virgil's Sense. They will seem at least I have the Vanity to think so not struck into him but growing out of him. 5:529 In a similar vein Dryden writes in his Preface to the translation anthology <em>Sylvae</em>: Where I have taken away some of the original authors' Expressions and cut them shorter it may possibly be on this consideration that what was beautiful in the Greek or Latin would not appear so shining in the English; and where I have enlarg'd them I desire the false Criticks would not always think that those thoughts are wholly mine but that either they are secretly in the Poet or may be fairly deduc'd from him; or at least if both those considerations should fail that my own is of a piece with his and that if he were living and an Englishman they are such as he wou'd probably have written.</p> Thomas Allman. hardcover
1855mon0000023574Edinburgh: James Nichol 1855. Edinburgh: James Nichol unknown
1807307233Samuel Bagster 1807. Hardcover. Good. 13 to 14 cm tall 24mo. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Samuel Bagster hardcover
1814H41310London Edinburgh Glasgow: Oliver & Boyd John Bell Longmans etc. 1814. Hardcover. Very good. 4 volumes of mainly English plays 12mo 5.75 x 3.75 inches uniformly bound in old half calf with red spine labels marbled boards volumes numbered 1-4 and each containing several plays a few from Bell's British Theatre but the vast majority published in Edinburgh by Oliver & Boyd. Light rubbing and wear to bindings contents very good. Only a few plays have frontispieces or engraved plates. A selection of the most popular plays of the time. A full list of the plays follows with dates given if they appear on title page: Vol. I: The Carmelite Cumberland 1791 The Brothers Cumberland The Maid of the Mill Bickerstaff 1814 A Bold Stroke Mrs. Centlivre 1814 The Beaux' Stratagem Farquhar The Beggars' Opera Gay The Quaker Charles Dibin Coriolanus Shakespeare. Vol. II: The Duenna Mrs. Inchbald The Rivals Sheridan The Jealous Wife Colman She Stoops to Conquer Goldsmith The Country Girl Garrick The Wonder! Mrs. Centlivre The Mourning Bride Congreve The Road to Ruin Holcroft. Vol. III: The Gentle Shepherd Ramsay The Busy Body Mrs. Centlivre Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher The Busy Body Mrs. Centlivre - yes this appears twice in this volume Love in a Village Bickerstaff The West Indian Cumberland 1814 The Belle's Stratagem Mrs. Cowley The Man of the World Macklin. Vol. IV: Cleone Dodsley 1792 Venice Preserved Otway The Gamester Edward Moore Pizzaro Augustus von Kotzebue Isabella or the Fatal Marriage "Altered from Southern" Douglas John Home Aurenge-Zebe or the Great Mogul a Tragedy Dryden Glasgow 1752. Oliver & Boyd, John Bell, Longmans, etc. hardcover
18274708London: Jones & Company 1827. 1st Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Beautiful silk-woven miniature edition. Two books bound as one volume. Miniature Edition Jones & Company London 1827; 9 x 5.5cm; blank leaf 8 pages Publisher's ads 2 plates portrait tissue guard & "University Edition" title page xv blank 217 6 Publisher's ads 228 pages blank leaf; salmon silk-woven boards spine top bumped edges rubbed spine faded blue paper on spine with gold titling all edges gilt an excellent copy. Part of the "Jones' Diamond Poets" series so named due to the diamond-point tooling used to produce sharp clear text in these miniature formats. Includes "Pastorals" & "The Aeneid". <br/> <br/> Jones & Company hardcover
181368092London: The Stanhope Press 1813. Full red morocco binding gilt title and decoration inside dentelle. All edges gilt. 2 volumes bound in 1 complete 13x8 cm. 132 pp. & 132 pp. Engraved frontispieces to both volumes. corners bit bumped previous owner's name paper slightly browned Although very good decorative little book see pictures The Stanhope Press unknown
1855D386Edinburgh / London / Dublin: James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Full red morocco gilt-stamped crests to upper board lettering and detail stamped on spines worn top edge gilt; two volume set; extra-illustrated with engravings. <br/><br/> James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson hardcover books
1843442482London : W. Pickering 1843. Hardcover. Poor set 5 vols in gilt-blocked aniline calf. All covers detached but included. Spines cracked with some loss. Pages browned and nicked. Texts remain complete. Physical description; 5 v. : 17 cm. Subjects; Dryden John 1631-1700 Criticism and interpretation. Dryden John 1631-1700. London : W. Pickering hardcover
185523955Edinburgh: James Nichol. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1855. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering on burgundy labels in two compartments gilt borders on covers marbled endpapers t.e.g. John Dryden 1631-1700 was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating 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. . Mild shelf-wear along edges and hinges which remain strong covers lightly rubbed otherwise unmarked unread tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . British Poets Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxiv 2 314; xxiv 344 pp . James Nichol hardcover
1855D386Edinburgh / London / Dublin: James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Full red morocco gilt-stamped crests to upper board lettering and detail stamped on spines worn top edge gilt; two volume set; extra-illustrated with engravings. <br/><br/> James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson hardcover
183639127Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1836. 1st edition. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper covered boards. Average wear to binding edges rubbed. Wear and light soiling to endpapers and pastedowns ffep torn. An About VG - VG example. 6 416 2 blank pp. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/>At the time of cataloguing we see 2 institutional holdings recorded on OCLC. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover books
1881874Z2London: Macmillan and Co. 1881. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A first edition of this collection of poetry by John Dryden bound in half morocco and edited by W. D. Christie. A first edition of the work. The Globe edition.In half morocco with marbled paper boards and end papers and gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine.This work contains a collection of poems written by playwright translator and England's first poet laureate John Dryden. Dryden's works have received much praise with Sir Walter Scott calling him "Glorious John". This work has been edited with a memoir revised text and added noted by W. D. Christie. Bound in half morocco with paper to the boards. Externally very smart with minor handling marks and light rubbing to the top and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Light spotting to the front and rear blank pages and half title. Slight fading to the patterned fore edge. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
183225612London England: William Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1832. Full-Leather. VG full leather editions no previous owner's marks. Volume 1 has some scuffing to the leather on the front board and at the spine edge. All volumes have some rubs to the leather at the spine ends and along the hinges. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . William Pickering hardcover
1854690P17Not Stated: Not Stated 1854. Disbound. Fair. 11" by 8.5". None. A very scarce Latin edition of John Dryden's beautiful poem commemorating the St. Cecilia's day the saint patron of music written here in both English and Latin. A very scarce edition of this poem with both the English and Latin versions of the poems. Half-title is present. This poem celebrates the Christian martyr St Cecilia who is the patron saint of music. The poem was written to commemorate her saint's day in 1687 and was set to music for the celebration on the 22nd November. The poem begins with a description of the universe and its creation and how music created harmony. Written by John Dryden the noted English poet who became the first Poet Laureate in England in 1668. Translated into Latin by Robert Ward. Disbound. Externally wraps are discoloured with some marks. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front wrap 'Rev. J. C. Welch'. Some tidemarks to the wraps. Spots to the wraps. Edgwear to the wraps with some small chips and small closed tears. Rear wrap is detached but present. Internally disbound. Pages are age-toned with somes spots and tidemarks. Fair Not Stated unknown
185228855William Pickering 1852. 4 vols. of 5 8vo. small neat signature on front free endpaper of first volume; original plum cloth backstrips with printed paper labels one label chipped uncut a remarkably bright clean run in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry William Pownall on front paste-downs of all volumes. A most unusually bright crisp clean run tragically wanting the last volume. Pickering's Dryden was first published in 1843. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Aldine Poets 21222324 respectively. William Pickering, hardcover
1854191716London: John W. Parker and Son 1854. An attractive set of Dryden's verse bound by the bookbinders to Queen Victoria. This collected poetic works includes "Absalom and Achitophel" "Mac Flecknoe" "Religio Laici" and Dryden's translations of Chaucer and Boccaccio. 3 vols octavo 163 x 101 mm. Contemporary calf by Henderson & Bisset Edinburgh raised bands spine decorated with floral tooling in gilt twin red and green calf labels double blind fillet to boards edges sprinkled red and black. 19th-century bookseller's ticket of C. Wylie and Son London on front pastedowns contemporary ink ownership inscription to first blanks. Joints tender a few marks to bindings contents clean. A very good set. hardcover
1858LTH11-C-5Edinburgh: James Nichol 1858. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 6.5". None. A very handsome collection of the late Poet Laureate's works. Revered by Sir Walter Scott Dryden 1631-1700 was an English poet and essayist who for some time gave his name to the literary culture of Restoration England 'the Age of Dryden'. With its original calf boards marbled edging spectacular endpapers and broad clear margins this lovely and easily legibile compendium is sure to impress. Rebound in calf using old calf boards. Generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Lovely custard colour with gilt bordering and colourful marbled edging. Slight wear to corners of boards. Internally front hinges quite strained but gatherings remain firmly bound together. Pages clean with just the odd spot. Good James Nichol hardcover
1811W088DLondon: Rivington 1811. A working set neatly rebound in olive buckram and opening well. All edges colored reddish rose. Volume 1 has nice engraving by Holler after Kneller's painting of the poet. This edition edited by the Rev. Joseph Warton DD the Rev. John Warton M.A. and others. The forward tells us that these books are uniform in size with Dryden's Prose Works edited by Malone. Volume 4 is replete with an index. To repeat: A good working set for an enthusiast and/or scholar and scarce. First Thus. Library Buckram. Good/No Jackets. 8vo. Rebound. Rivington Hardcover books
18624220Edinburgh: James Nichol 1862. 2 vols. xxiv2314;xxiv344pp. Finely bound in full red morocco circa 1890 ornately gilt tooled spine & dentelles lightly soiled. A.e.g. James Nichol unknown books
1811hw303.002GB: F C and J Rivington and Others 1811. Old pale brown full leather. Spines are lettered quadruple ruled and decorated in gold. Frontispiece portrait has browne dtitel page opposite. Armorial bookplates of Campbell of Stonefield in vols 1 3 and 4 removed in 2. Very clean tight books butspines a little rubbed/worn. Set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY 2025 GB £8. Packed weight 3000g. . Hardback. VG/No DW. F C and J Rivington and Others Hardcover
