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1711866801711. Lucian. THE WORKS OF LUCIAN TRANSLATED FROM GREEK BY SEVERAL EMINENT HANDS. with The Life of Lucian A Discourse on his Writings and A Character of fome of the present Translators. Written by John Dryden Esq. London Printed for Sam. Briscoe 1711. 4 vols. Nineteen century reback with new labels. Brown calf with red spine lables. Some light wear mostly to edges and at hinges. Binding is tight and pages are nearly all free from foxing. Volume 1 bears a previous owner's extensive notes to second and third leaves. A solid set. unknown books
1711866801711. Lucian. THE WORKS OF LUCIAN TRANSLATED FROM GREEK BY SEVERAL EMINENT HANDS. with The Life of Lucian A Discourse on his Writings and A Character of fome of the present Translators. Written by John Dryden Esq. London Printed for Sam. Briscoe 1711. 4 vols. Nineteen century reback with new labels. Brown calf with red spine lables. Some light wear mostly to edges and at hinges. Binding is tight and pages are nearly all free from foxing. Volume 1 bears a previous owner's extensive notes to second and third leaves. A solid set. unknown
17251264623Sold by William and John Innys 1725. thin 8vo.; VG; paperback green spine wrapped with green paper; housed in plastic sleeve; covers worn; minor bumping to corners of text; 'Virgil's husbandry written in ink on reverse of frontispiece; contains the following: Title page and frontispiece; The Preface xv; Notes unpaginated 15pp; Virgil's Husbandry frontispiece 50pp.; GP consignment; shelved case 4. 1264623. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Sold by William and John Innys unknown books
1730137210London: Various Publishers c.1730-1760. Finely bound sammelband collection of comedies and tragedies by early English playwrights including William Shakespeare John Dryden and William Congreve. Octavo 43 volumes bound into 7 in half contemporary calf over marbled boards with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt numerous engraved frontispieces headpieces tailpieces and illustrations. In very good condition. A very unique collection. The growing population of London at the turn of the 17th century the growing wealth of its people and their fondness for spectacle produced a dramatic literature of remarkable variety quality and extent. Although most of the plays written for the Elizabethan stage have been lost over 600 remain including the works of William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson. Tragedies and Comedies were very popular genres as were history plays such as Shakespeare's and Marlowe's plays about the lives of kings Marlowe's tragedies were exceptionally successful as were Shakespeare's his most popular remaining Hamlet Othello King Lear and Macbeth. Various Publishers hardcover
179452055Coventry: printed and sold by M. Luckman 1794. Very good. Scarce first edition presentation copy from the editor of this textbook of canonical poets for students - including Milton Dryden Burns Pope Smith Carter and Barbauld. Woolston created this collection of the "most admired poetry" from "the best authors." The biographical summaries at the rear include this description for Charlotte Smith: "Every reader of sensibility must lament with me the sorrows and afflictions which this very amiable Lady has been frequently and long exposed to though they gave birth to some of the most exquisite Sonnets perhaps ever written." <br /> <br /> Issued by Mary Luckman who took over her husband's printing business upon his death in 1784. Quite scarce with only three copies recorded in ESTC Bodleian BL Canterbury and another three via OCLC Yale Penn State University of South Carolina. A pocket window into the big names in poetry at the end of the 18th century. 36mo 5'' x 2.75''. Contemporary tree calf rebacked maroon spine label gilt rules to boards. Publisher's catalogue at rear. xii 310 2 pages. Ink inscription "The Gift of the / author April 24th / 1795" to front fly leaf. Subtle paper repairs to gutters of first few leaves. Boards rather rubbed at corners with some dry crackling to contemporary leather else neat and clean. printed and sold by M. Luckman unknown
173027311London: Jacob Tonson in the Strand 1730. Boards. Fair. 1 -1-blank 339-706 pages. Plus illustrated with 38 full plate engravings. 12mo. Page edges tinted red. Old mottled calf powdering and dry. Joints holding. Ink signature of "Tho Fitzhugh" on title page. Generally clean internally noting offsetting of plates some worse than others. Corners worn spine dry and darkened. Boards. One of three volumes issued. Edition unknown. Jacob Tonson in the Strand unknown books
17011255506London: Jacob Tonson 1701. First edition. Thick tall quarto rebound in light brown leather; VG; six-bands embossed spine with heavy gilt and gold letters; high quality rebound; minimal soiling; slight fraying on bottom spine; blue moire end pages; gilt edges; previous owner's name on first title page; original paper in good condition; each book has a dedication page; rare and in good condition; shelved in Case #7; please contact us for shipping costs. 1255506. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1770V76052London: R.Hett for C.Bathurst W.Strahan with others 1770. Hardcover. Good. Portrait of Dryden . 4 Volumes 12mo but in 8's Newer tan leather gilt titled spines with marbled boards. Fore-edges uncut. Portrait titlepage half title "Poems of Dryden volume 1" 318pp 2p =contents Titlepage vol.14 Poems of Dryden volume 2 303pp including contents Titlepage vol.15 Poems of Dryden Vol.3 336pp with page 1 "Tales & Translations by Mr.Dryden" with contents at the end Titlepage vol.16 Poems of Dryden volume 4 336pp including contents. First two volumes with ink inscriptions "T.P.Polhill May ye 8th 1779" and 3rd-4th volumes dated "May ye 7th 1779". Two free end papers with marginal brown spot last blank orignal endpaper with full page pencil notes. There are a few . A crisp clean set. R.Hett for C.Bathurst, W.Strahan [with others] hardcover
1734320591London: Jacob Tonson 1734. hardcover. near fine. 15 volumes. 12mo handsomely bound in older full straight-grained red morocco gilt lettering and design on spine covers and inner dentelles all edges gilt and marbled end papers. Frontispieces vignette titles and numerous engraved plates throughout. Bookplates on inner front covers small ownership name on title pages a few early marginal notes. London: Jacob Tonson 1734. A near fine beautiful set.<br/> <br/> Comprising: "The Dramatick Works" 1735 6 volumes; "The Miscellaneous Works" 1767 4 volumes; "The Works of Virgil" 1748 3 volumes: The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: 1735 1 volume; "Fables" 1734 1 volume.<br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson unknown
1795GT1398London: Martin and Bain Fleet Street 1795. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 191pp. Volume one THE PASTORALS In Ten Books and GEORGICS Book III III. lacking Volume two. Original full calf with gilt dec. bands to the spine. A RARE ITEM in the original calf binding. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. <br/> <br/> Martin and Bain, Fleet Street hardcover
1763005532London: J. and R. Tonson 1763. Tonson published the first edition of Dryden's translation in 1697; this is a Very Good minus copy of a Later Printing - the Second Volume containing the "Aeneid." Full leather binding with five raised bands gilt decorations and titling on the spine. Clean text; marbled endpapers 370 pages with a Dedication using 105 of those. Distinguished by 42 spectacular illustrations. Rubbed at the margins covers cracked at the spine; the spine rubbing rather extensive. Pages 171-190 are present but have come loose. Please note the condition issues; Quercus must offer this as aBinding Copy in need of repairs or restoration. A nice rebind would make this a spectacular addition. Later Printing. Full-Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. and R. Tonson Hardcover
17116309London: Sam Briscoe. Very Good; This is the first volume of a four-volume set. Important for . containing Dryden's Life of Lucian. With an engraving of the bust of . Lucian by W. Faithorne facing engraved title page. MacDonald 141 . Repaired shallow chip to first page ; negligible foxing. Rebound in . quarter-leather with marbled-paper boards. 1711. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Lucian of Samosata was an Assyrian satirist and rhetorician best known for his extensive use of sarcasm in ridiculing superstition religious practices and belief in the paranormal. Lucian's works had a major impact on Western literature and inspired such writers as Thomas Moore Shakespeare Francois Rabelais and Jonathan Swift. John Dryden was an English poet translator and playwright appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He dominated English literature in Restoration England to such an extent that the period became known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. . Sam Briscoe 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
17302091202133211175Jacob Tonson 1730. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 books in total Jacob Tonson paperback
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
1709QQ0281Jacob Tonson 1709. Original brown panelled calf boards inner panel decorated in blind at corners with small tools remains of gilt decor to board edges. Rebacked in brown calf raised bands gilt lettering and gilt fillets to spines. Minor loss to top spines; chipping to bottom spine of vol. III. Wear to board corners. All edges speckled red top edges darkened. 8vos 13 x 21.1cm. Vol. I hinges very slightly tender. Endpapers cracked at gutters in vol. I; reinforced at gutters with brown cloth tape in vols II & III. 18th-century armorial bookplate of Alexander Trotter Esq. to inside front board of all vols. Title pages printed in red and black. Vols II & III have no edition statement. Vol. III t.p. has 'Volume the Third' cancelled in black ink. First gathering of vol. I with dedicatory epistle to Lord Clifford has pages out of order though all present. Mild scattered foxing. Decorated initials; woodcut and typographic tail-pieces. Lacking the frontis portrait of Dryden called for at the start of each vol 3 in total. 103 full-page plates as called for in MacDonald many signed by Michael Vandergucht or Louis Du Guernier. Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil and Preface to the Pastorals vol. I pp. 13-100 and Addison's An essay on the Georgics vol. I 77-92. Dryden's The Works of Virgil was first published in 1697 also by Jacob Tonson. His translation 'is a masterpiece which rarely flags and often rises to heights of eloquence and tragic reflection' ODNB. MacDonald 33d. ESTC T64661. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. 3rd edition. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked . Very Good/Fine. 3-4 1-2 7-85-6 11-12 9-10 13-211 212 2. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
173027311London: Jacob Tonson in the Strand 1730. Boards. Fair. 1 -1-blank 339-706 pages. Plus illustrated with 38 full plate engravings. 12mo. Page edges tinted red. Old mottled calf powdering and dry. Joints holding. Ink signature of "Tho Fitzhugh" on title page. Generally clean internally noting offsetting of plates some worse than others. Corners worn spine dry and darkened. Boards. One of three volumes issued. Edition unknown. Jacob Tonson in the Strand 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
17091381565London: J. Tonson 1709. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavos three volumes. Bound in early brown calf with gilt tooling to boards and spine and labels bearing gilt titling to spines. Light plus bumping to edges and corners of boards; light overall bumping and wear to board surfaces. Joints lightly scuffed. Damage to leather finish along lower half of both joints of Vol. 1. Text blocks lightly age toned. Lacking original title pages; early handwritten title pages supplied for each volume. Scattered ink annotations to first several leaves of each volume. Frontispiece present in all three volumes along with numerous engraved full-page plates in each volume. ESTC: T64661.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> CONTENTS: Vol. 1 4 108 211 1 pages -- Vol. 2 4 213-545 1 pages With folding map. -- Vol. 3 4 549-857 pages.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Multivolume set. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> EH Consignment. 1381565. Special Collections - Downstairs. J. Tonson hardcover
1721BBS-2024469Jacob Tonson 1721. Hardcover. Good. The first two volumes from a three-volume edition. Brown leather with tooled decoration gilt spine lettering and five raised bands at spines. Bindings sound. Red speckling to textblock edges. Two prior owner's names inked at front endsheet of first volume; small prior owner's stamps at both rear paste downs; penciled underlining through the introduction of volume one; light toning foxing throughout; interiors else clean. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1704D291London: R. Wellington 1704. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. Later boards spine chipped but contents very good. Prologue and Epilogue written by John Dryden. Early reprint of this 17th century English play which may have been written by Bacon. It is significant that Bacon is not mentioned in the trial of Essex. The part that Bacon took in the trial was much noted by the public of that time and had Banks really written the play it is scarcely possible that he would have omitted Bacon. Bacon himself would naturally do so. <br/><br/> R. Wellington hardcover books
1727453856London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1727. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original full leather with raised bands and gilt-tooling now worn to spine. Covers show the expected wear of age with panel edges and spine bands somewhat rubbed. Text tight if somewhat dust-dulled with faint marginal foxing. A well-preserved copy overall. Provenance: bookplate of Wenman Coke Esq. Series; Miscellany poems ; 3. Physical description; 12 xv 1 379 1 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. Notes; Edited and chiefly written by Dryden. Subjects; English poetry -- Early modern 1500-1700. English poetry -- Translations from Greek. English poetry -- Translations from Latin. English poetry -- 18th century. London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover
17043040London: T. Bennet 1704. Hardcover. Very Good. Later boards. Small quarto. Title page states second edition but this is printing is a bit later than that 1686 actual date for the second. Still a nice copy of a Dryden quarto. <br/><br/> T. Bennet hardcover books
1770441London: Pr. for R. Butters ca. 1770. 12mo. 59 1 pp. lacks frontispiece. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume; sewing loosening. The outlines of the Spanish fryar are off-set to the title-page from the missing frontispiece. Only a few spots inside. Without the frontispiece. Pr. for R. Butters unknown books
17043040London: T. Bennet 1704. Hardcover. Very Good. Later boards. Small quarto. Title page states second edition but this is printing is a bit later than that 1686 actual date for the second. Still a nice copy of a Dryden quarto. <br/><br/> T. Bennet hardcover
