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1726850P1London: J. Tomson 1726. Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An early edition of Dryden's translations of the satirical poems of Juvenal and Persius an illustrated work of the Roman satires. The fifth edition of this John Dryden translation.ESTC citation number T123528.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one plates.Collated bound without three plates.The collected satires of Juvenal and Persius. Both of the Roman poets are well remembered for their satirical poems though their works differed in style greatly. This volume includes sixteen of Juvenal's satires and six of Persius'.Juvenal's satires which are included in this volume are extracted from his collection title 'Satires' written between the end of the first and early second centuries A.D.Translated by John Dryden and others. In a full calf binding. Externally worn with rubbing to the board and spine. Loss of leather to the tail of the spine with a small amount of loss to the head. Crack to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities with the leather lifting a little in places. Small crack to the rear joint and to the head of the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm rear hinge is strained. Lacking most of the paper to the paste downs. Lacking the front endpaper. Rear endpaper is detaching. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally binding is strained in places. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with the occasional spot and ink mark to the margins. Title page is a little edgeworn. Frontispiece is edge worn and detaching. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Pages 175 to 186 are detaching. Plate facing page 13 is detaching. Lacking three plates. Good Only J. Tomson hardcover
17261448London: J. Tonson 1726. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth Edition. 22 fine engraved plates. Contemporary calf rebacked endpapers renewed; frontispiece torn in blank upper and outer margins and rehinged with cellotape with resulting discoloratiion in gutter. Despite flaws a nice book solidly bound. <br/><br/> J. Tonson hardcover books
179191406London:: John Bell. Very Good. 1791-1792. Hardcover. Three complete plays bound in one volume. Six illustrated plates. First edition thus. Duodecimo half bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design along the spine marbled boards top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Light edge wear leather portions are mostly faded to brown occasional foxing throughout text block else very good. Binding is sound and tight. . John Bell, 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
1726002065London: J. Tonson 1726. Fifth Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo. cxii 296 pp. With 23 engraved plates. One for each Satyr plus two frontises. One Satyr in second work is lacking a plate. Spine is dry and darkened. Joint extremities are rubbed and a bit rough. Calf on boards remains fresh. Light scattered soiling generally clean. One leaf in dedication cxi and verso with a lot of ink spotting. Plate to Satyr 16 of Juvenile with center tear and small loss not greatly detrimental to image. <br /><br /> J. Tonson books
1701717London: Jacob Tonson 1701. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO LEATHER. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES A FEW PAGES WITH MARGINAL NOTATIONS MINIMAL FOXING. BOOK MEASURES FOLIO 12.75"x8". FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION 324 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION. Jacob Tonson unknown
1709105238H. Hills 1709. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. binB. 16pp. String binding. Some shelfwear. H. Hills unknown
1735E23994London: Jacob Tonson 1735. Later printing. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo. Disbound from a larger volume. Title page printed in red and black and with a small portrait engraving of the author. Very good. Text is complete including the Epilogue on the final page. Originally performed and printed in 1673 a drama based on a 1623 massacre on Ambon Island in Indonesia resulting from cpmpetition between Dutch and English spice trading companies. Jacob Tonson unknown
1709931F29London: H. Hills 1709 . Unbound. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met. A 1709 edition of this uncommon work which was first published in 1692.The poem commissioned by the Earl of Abingdon praises the piety and charity of its subject in somewhat vague terms.ESTC. T32606Trimmed by 17mm to title page tail removing the One Penny price.The work of poet literary critic translator and playwright John Dryden who was England's first Poet Laureate. Unbound as issued. Title page trimmed to tail by 17mm. Two spots to title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but clean. Very Good H. Hills 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
17741805280056London: T. Davies B. White C. Say etc 1774-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Bound in early 19th century cloth. Top front corner bumped. English Short Title Catalog ESTCT116742 T. Davies, B. White, C. Say etc hardcover
1755C216041London: Tonson and Draper 1755. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. Twelvemo. lv 347pp. Contemporary full leather. Covers somewhat worn and rubbed with front board detached contents slightly age toned otherwise very good. Tonson and Draper, hardcover
1709105237H. Hills 1709. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. binB. 16pp. Stringbound. Some shelfwear. H. Hills unknown
1716EXP2-D-3London: Jacob Tonson 1716. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 3.5". None. The Complete Six volumes of Dryden's Miscellany. The fourth edition of this work. With an engraved frontispiece to every volume. Collated complete. 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 Humphrey Moseley and began his unfortunately unfinished PhD dissertation on him. This work is an anthology of poetry from the classic poetry as well as more recent poets including some of Dryden's own poetry. Poets featured include Mr Philips Mr Rowe Alexander Pope Ovid King Charles the First Joseph Addison and more. John Dryden was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright. In full calf bindings with gilt stamping to spines and to the board edges. Externally rubbed to the spines. Minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Spine to volume II is particularly rubbed with the gilt '2' not very visible. Loss to the head of spine to volume V. Front joint is starting but firm to volume V with the hinge slightly strained but firm. Rear joint to volume V has a crack from the head to the top of the spine label. Prior owner's signature to title page of all volumes. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of all volume Christopher Rowe. Internally all volumes are firmly bound Pages are slightly age toned to edges with the odd light spots to throughout. Very Good Indeed Jacob Tonson hardcover
17162201030017London Jacob Tonson 1716 1716. Fourth. Hardcover. Good. Tonson's Miscellany: Early English printing in contemporary binding 6 volume set. 12mo. Bound in acid-washed calf. Shelf wear. Some of the hinges cracked but solid. Gilt ruled. All edges red. Marbled end pages. Engraved frontispiece illustrations. : v.I; 12 i-xxxvi viii 1-360. v.II; xii 5-396. v.III; xii 1-380. v.IV; xii 3-420. v.V; xii 1-396. v.VI; xii 1-395 1. <br> Provenance: 18th century book plate of Frances Colleton. ESTC N65196. Frances Colleton -1805 was the wife of James Edward Colleton 1709-1790 a British MP from Haines Hill Berks. They owned a plantation in Barbados. ESTC N6906. Pt. 1-6. The first-sixth parts of Miscellany poems. Frontis. illustration A1 signed: Le Clerc Lefils inv. Lud. Du Guernier sculp. London, Jacob Tonson, 1716 hardcover
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
1756mon0001623315Rob & Foulis 1756. Hardcover. Good. . Leather binding. Boards scuffed and crack at bottom of spine of Vol.I .Hinges and binding firm with no loose pages. Edges dusty.Text clear and easy to read with some tanning. Rob & Foulis hardcover
17431008Y19London: J. and R. Tonson 1743. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. The first two-volume edition of John Dryden's 'Original Poems and Translations'. "Now first collected and published together in two volumes".In a contemporary full calf binding with red morocco spine labels. With the additional red and black title page to Vol I. Bound with the original blanks lacking front free endpapers. The poems and translations of John Dryden a dominating literary figure of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.The first volume contains verses in praise of Dryden whilst the second volume contains translations from Homer Theocritus Horace and Ovid as well as Dryden's epistles prologues epilogues elegies epitaphs and songs. In a contemporary full calf binding with red morocco spine labels. Externally loss to Vol II spine label and fading to Vol II boards. Rubbing to the extremities with loss to Vol II head of spine. Engraved armorial bookplate to Vol I front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned with occasional light scattered spotting largely concentrated to the margins. Small contemporary ink inscription to Vol I front free endpaper. Small closed tear and chip to rear endpaper of Vol I. Good J. and R. Tonson hardcover
1701SKU1169205Jacob Tonson 1701. Hardcover. Very Good. London 1701; Two Volumes complete; brown calf covered boards; blind embossed design; corners rounded; edge wear; covers lightly scuffed; Folio 12"-15" tall; portrait on front paste-down and illustration on rear paste=down; small notations of free front end papers; Volume I rear hinge partially split; Interior is clean and unmarked; 618 and 558 pages. photos available on request; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1701203888848502Jacob Tonson 1701. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL LEATHER - REBACKED RETAINING ORIGINAL LEATHER INLAID BOARDS SEVEN COMPARTMENTS AND SIX RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BLIND STAMPED DETAILS AND BRIGHT GILT TITLES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TOP MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE SOME LIGHT SOILING / FOXING. CORNER REPAIR TO FOLDOUT FRONTISE PORTRAIT BOOKS MEASURE 14"x8.5". FIRST FOLIO EDITION 321 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1800013417London: T. Cadell Jun and W. Davies 1800. Gilt on brown cloth covered boards Library rebound0. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on brown Library rebound cloth covered boards. 8vo 431pp. Ex-library card pocket on the first free end paper. Occasional foxing spots otherwise internally fine. <br/> <br/> T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies hardcover
1762mon0003126423London: J. and R. Tonson 1762. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 6 only. Bound in full leather. Cover shows minor wear tear rubbing edgewear loss on the spine joints starting. Stamp indicating previous ownership one of ""Prinz. von Preussen"" on the title page with a crown and the initial F. Engraved frontispieces for each play. Pages are tanned with minor scattered foxing. London: J. and R. Tonson 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
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
1709930F49London: H. Hills 1709 . Unbound. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart and scarce early eighteenth century edition of John Dryden's satirical criticism of the Whigs. First published in 1682.In this poem Dryden references the Whig creation of a medal commemorating the release of one of their leaders the Earl of Shaftesbury from the Tower in 1681.He uses the metaphor of the medal to mock Whig ambition and hypocrisy portraying them as destabilising the nation for personal gain.ESTC T39089The work of Poet Laureate John Dryden who dominated the literary life of Renaissance England. Unbound as issued. Spotting to fore edge of title page. Title page tenderly held to the tail only. Internally firmly bound. Leaves age toned due to paper type with light handling marks most concentrated to fore edge of leaves. Good H. Hills unknown
