[DRYDEN, John]. JUVENAL PERSIUSBiblio.com
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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
175482407R Tonson and S Draper. 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. xcix 1 294pp bound in full leather respined in leather gilt lining raised bands red leather spine label new endpapers; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . R Tonson and S Draper hardcover
172651094London: J Tomson 1726. Front board extant boards have heavy rubbing chipping and scuffing. Small period ink inscrip to flyleaf PP are quite clean and tidy. Tight bind. Leather Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. J Tomson Hardcover
1726C218573London: J. Tonson 1726. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Sixteenmo. cxii 296pp. Contemporary leather with gilt edging. Covers with some rubbing slight splitting and chipping at hinges but remaining sound occasional mark to contents otherwise very good. Armorial bookplate to pastedown. With a frontis portrait and 22 plates lacks the Juvenal portrait. J. Tonson, hardcover
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. J. Tonson unknown
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
172615288London: Printed for J. Tonson. Fair. 1726. Hardcover. Tan calf leather with gilt blind stamped spine and 5 raised bands has old glue along hinge holding back board on. Front board is detached but present. One quarter inch dentelles marbled end sheets and paste downs with former owner's bookplate affixed. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned and foxed but clean and very good. A nice candidate for repairing cover or rebinding. . . Printed for J. Tonson hardcover
1702500031563London: Jacob Tonson 1702. Third edition. . Hardcover. Fair. boards detached spine worn <br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson, 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
1713Q6GLTBRN1010London: Jacob Tonson 1713. Hardback half-calf gilt title to spine label. Marbled paper covered boards. 13.5cm x 8.5cm. Pp. clxii 2 372. Frontis 22 plates. Binding slightly rubbed and worn. Inner hinges reinforced. Bookplate and previous owner's details written to front pastedown. Ink doodles to front free end-paper. A decent copy. q6. Hard Cover. Good. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
171335745The Fifth Edition Adorn'd with Sculptures.- London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head overgainst Katherinestreet in the Strand M. DCC. XIII. 1713.- CLXII p. 1 h. 372 p.: Ilustrado con 24 bonitos y finos grabados al cobre abriendo uno como frontis seguido de otro con el retrato de "To the Right Honoureble Charles Earl of Dorset and Middlesex Lord Chamberlaine of His Majesty's." a quien va dedicado el libro; 8º minúsculo 137 x 85 cm.; Buena impresión sobre papel verjurado de calidad; Ex-libris grabado al cobre en el verso de la tapa anterior con escudo de armas Yelmo de caballero con un perro sobre el y debajo escudo con tres conchas rodeado de ornamentación floral; Encuadernación de la época en Plena Piel. La encuadernación fatigada con rozaduras en bordes y esquinas lomo con pequeñas faltas de piel en la cabeza. Interior en perfecto estado salvo las hojas que comprenden desde la pag. XXV hasta la pag. CLXII y la hoja siguiente que tienen tenues manchas de óxido. Es una importante traducción al inglés de estos inmortales textos latinos Esta 5ª edición que ofrecemos es rara en el mercado. GRECIA Y ROMA FILOLOGÃA CLASICA Book in english Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head overgainst Kather hardcover
1777005450Edinburg sic: John Bell 1777. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition of Bell's "Poets of Great Britain" all three volumes bound as one. Polished calf binding with gilt ruling titling and decorations in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 225 pages. Frontis portrait of Dryden alonf with Bell's attractively-engraved half-title. Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Rubbed at the margins; cracking at the spine but holding nicely. An attractive little 18th-century book. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. John Bell Hardcover
17983908London : Printed for C. Cooke 1798. First Thus. Hardback in three quarter calf and marbled boards. Title in gilt on red morocco labels to spine decorated in gilt. Each of the three volumes has two additional title pages one engraved and one letterpress. Without date of publication but plates are dated 1798. Embellished with superb engravings including decorative headpieces and tailpieces. The boards are lightly rubbed at the corners internally also in very good condition. 145 x 95 mm 5¾ x 3¾ inches. Printed for C. Cooke hardcover
178476971Edinburg : Apollo Press By the Martins 1784. Spine coverings are worn and chipped in places. Leatherbound. Good Used Condition. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 Inches. Apollo Press By the Martins Hardcover
1784016919Edinburgh: Apollo Press for John Bell 1784. 3 volumes. 202 239 225 pp additional engraved title in Vol II engraved portrait. Contemporary tree calf bordered in gilt with gilt decoration to spine maroon and black leather title labels; marbled endpapers. Lightly worn at edges and spine with each volume having the 18th century bookplate of A Walker Newry at front. Small chip and start of plit in letaher at top of front hinge and light toning to preliminaries; some offsetting from engraved title to previous blank fly leaf slightly rough eadges to engraved title of Vol III. Beautifully figured tree calf. These three volumes represent the poetical works of John Dryden 1631-1700 and are numbered 40 41 and 42 on the spine gilt worn. Dryden was a poet and dramatist who dominated literary life in the latter half of the 17th century becoming Poet Laureate in 1670. A most attractive little set. Bells Poets published in the 18th century consisted of the works of some 48 poets and totalled over one hundred volumes. Second Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Apollo Press for John Bell Hardcover
1779005580London: C. Bathurst and 35 Others 1779. Volume the Sixteenth in Samuel Johnson's "Works of the English Poets" - with Dryden's translations of Ovid Homer Theocritus Lucretius and Horace. Full leather binding. Clean text; 336 pages. Very bright and clear with no foxing. The front cover and the first 17 pages are present but close to separation. Please note the condition; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy in need of repair or restoration. With a strong textblock this would be a good candidate for a nice rebind. Later Printing. Disbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. C. Bathurst (and 35 Others) Paperback
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
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
1760100742London: J. and R. Tonson 1760. First Thus. Full-Leather. Ex library-very good. 4 vols: xxxiv 387; 480; 494; 456 p. 21 cm. Engraved text illustrations. Lacks frontispiece portrait. Spine ends a bit chipped hinges loose. Small reference labels on front pastedowns. Still an attractive set with clean neat pages. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Containing all His Original Poems Tales and Translations. Now first Collected and Published together In Four Volumes. With Explanatory Notes and Observations. Also an Account of His Life and Writing." J. and R. 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
