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17515320London: J. Brindley S. Wright 1751. First Illustrated Edition. Measuring approximately 11.25" x 8.75" with 453 450 440 numbered pages respectively. <br /> <br /> These volumes are in fair condition. Volume one and two are in various stages of being rebound. Gilt lettering and design on spine is still legible. Volume III is in the worst condition with both boards detached. Front pages are loose and lacking the rear endpages. Interior pages of all volumes are clean and well preserved. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #F2-3. J. Brindley, S. Wright unknown
175144948London: printed for J. Brindley 1751. 3 volumes 4to; pp. 4 xxxvii 1 lxv 1 453; 2 450; 2 440 2 errata; 32 engraved plates after William Kent; woodcut head- and tailpieces; volume I bound in recent quarter tan calf antique maroon morocco label on spine; vols. II-III bound in full contemporary calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; joints barely cracked; very neat facsimile restoration in the fore-margin of b4 in vol. I with facsimile lettering touching the beginning or end of a total of 14 words; mild to moderate dampstain enters the foremargins of many pages throughout; textblock is otherwise very good and clean for the most part. One of the most splendid editions of Spenser's masterpiece with useful bibliographical information on the collation of the 1590 and 1596 quartos. The glossary occupies 13 pages of the preliminaries if vol. I. Ebert 21601; Lowndes III 2477. printed for J. Brindley unknown
175157003London: Printed for J. Brindley and S. Wright 1751. .To Which are Now Added a New Life of the Author and also a Glossary. Adorn'd with thirty-two copper-plates from the original drawings of the late W. Kent Esq; architect and principal painter to his Majesty. Mottled calf boards gilt decs to spine. All three vols have detached front board and ffep rear boards also loose. Binding bumped and chipped minor loss to spine ends all lack spine title labels. Bookplates of Henry Curwen and John Law to each front pastedown. Vol II has some minor biological damage to first few pagesTextblocks however in good order clean solid text and plates bright. Full Leather. Good Minus. 4to. Printed for J. Brindley and S. Wright Hardcover
1758BB1494London: printed for J. and R. Tonson 1758. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Fine. First Annotated Edition illustrated grangerized with the full suite of 32 double-page plates by William Kent for the 1751 edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene published by Stephen Wright and John Brindley ESTC T35152. 4to: xlii68 including glossary6731; 673pp Illustrated with 32 double-page tab-mounted copperplate engravings by William Kent. Engraved armorial bookplates of John Moore Paget 1791-1866 on front paste-downs. Laid in are various manuscipt leaves one on stationary of the Old Vicarage Cuckfield now a Grade II listed building originally built in the early 17th century rebuilt in Georgian style in 1780s and finally altered in the nineteenth century. A magnificent set printed on heavy paper and bound in contemporary full stained calf joints very skillfully rebuilt spine in six compartments between raised bands four very richly gilt two with red and black morocco lettering pieces gilt; decorative gilt rolls on thick board edges page edges speckled red. A superb perhaps unique example pages and plates pristine crisp fresh and bright. Lowndes V 2477 and III 2477. Alston III101. Spenser Encyclopedia pp. 389 for Kent and 706 for Upton. . Upton's edition was the first attempt at an original-spelling and an annotated text. "The extensive notes tracing sources and identifying historical personages are still valuable; all later annotators are indebted to Upton's erudition." Radcliffe Spenser and the Tradition: English Poetry 1579-1830 William Kent was a skilled designer and decorator but a poor painter and draughtsman and despite their energy and directness his designs for The Faerie Queene are not wholly successful they were severely criticised by Horace Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting in England. But the subjects represented contain many interesting reflections of Kent's involvement with picturesque gothic architecture and garden design including such romantic structures as the Hermitage and Merlin’s Cave a thatched mock-gothic building housing a library for Queen Caroline at Richmond. John Moore Paget of Cranmore Hall Somerset inherited from his father a "library of curious and valuable books and a decided taste for bibliology. A book-hunter from his youth his constant delight in after life was to search old book-stalls and add from time to time some scarce or quaint old work or rare engraving to his increasing collection." Gentleman's Magazine vol. 221 1866. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown
1750p024.066GB: J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper 1750. 134 x 82 mm. Old ful leather. Spines with raised bands are lettered in gold All edges gold. Frontispiece. No other plates. Clean tight texts are quite closely trimmed. All bindings are sound but a bit rubbed. Set is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1200g. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, Hardcover
176238669London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1762. 2nd Edition Corrected and Enlarged NCBEL II 690. Modern quarter speckled-calf bindings with marbled boards executed in a period style. Marbled eps. Bindings - Fine. Text - VG some light foxing & age-toning. 2 volumes: xx 228; 270 pp. 8vo signed in 4s. 8-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> Printed for R. and J. Dodsley hardcover books
172043CGO.J. (um 1720). Kupferstich (Brustbild mit ovaler Umrahmung) von G. Vertue (1684-1756). Bildgrösse: 15,5 x 10 cm. Blattgrösse: 17 x 11 cm.
172043CG1720. O.J. um 1720. Kupferstich Brustbild mit ovaler Umrahmung von G. Vertue 1684-1756. Bildgrösse: 155 x 10 cm. Blattgrösse: 17 x 11 cm. Blattrand alt hinterlegt. unknown