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1791004874Paris: Chez Jubert Mtre. Doreur 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 140pp. approx. 13 engravings. Text in French. Full leather binding with triple gilt border and gilt spine panelsl leather cylindrical edge closure spindle not present gilt foredge. First portion of this book contains poetic text and 12 fine engnravings some in romantic settings. The almanac portion contains a calender and sections for personal notes where numerous faint pencil notations are written and several in pen and ink all in French. Text and engravings are in very sound condition occasional smudge in the almanac and journal portion. <br/> <br/> Chez Jubert Mtre. Doreur hardcover
1710001487Netherlands 1710. Paperback. Good. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 4to. Possibly disbound from a larger volume. No publication information. Not in Worldcat or STCN; not in Knuttel. Intended as a continuation of J.M.G.V. Bouckart's satirical poem "Koning Lodewyk in de Griekse A tot Delft op het Eyndigen der Campangje 1702" 1702 Knuttel 14818. In this poem the speakers are Louis XIV the spirit of Abbe Porto-Carero and Lucifer. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking stitching; outer two leaves separating; old dampstaining throughout. paperback
1793075386Boston: Belknap and Hall 1793 Ex-Library. Fair. Leather. Belknap and Hall's Edition. Leather boards with library tape reinforced spine. Leather is significantly age worn with scuffs rub marks edge wear etc. Pages are age toned. Typical other library marks. Smells musty. A reading copy only. Belknap and Hall hardcover
1793007963London: Printed By E. Hodson for J. Anderson 1793. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition Corrected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 148 2p Contents leaf bound at end. With an additional engraved vignette title-page. Bound with: 'Topsy Turvy: with Anecdotes and Observations Illustrative of Leading Characters in the Present Government of France'. iv 56 pp. In original contemporary speckled calf gilt back with red morocco label lettered in gilt Very Good light wear at edges scant toning to engraved title-page otherwise remarkably clean and fresh internally. Armorial bookplates of A.R. Sutherland and J.B. Winterbotham and prior owner name T. H. Tragett Awbridge Danes Romsey. Pencil notation on "Monody on the Death of Dick" front end page and at p.129. SCARCE with Topsy Turvy. Printed By E. Hodson for J. Anderson Hardcover
1736ST12597London: Henrici Lintott 1736. 171 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". Two volumes. <br/> Appealing contemporary polished calf covers with blind-ruled borders and floral tooling along the joint raised bands gilt volume numbers. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume I. Title page of volume I printed in red and black. Front endleaves with ink ownership inscription "Chas. Chichester His Book 1741." ◆Three small slightly discolored areas on boards two short worm tracks to one board a couple of tiny abrasions to another but the binding tight and lustrous. A hint of offsetting from frontispiece otherwise AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY INTERNALLY clean crisp bright and in as close to original condition as one could hope to find.<br/> <br/> This little set is of special interest because of its astonishing condition. These two volumes contain a series of lectures on poetry given at Oxford by Joseph Trapp 1679-1747. The lectures are in Latin and his illustrations are taken largely from Latin poets although he also discusses Greek poetry and occasionally a phrase is given in Greek using a Greek font. His presentation is divided into such categories as tragic lyric epigrammatic and so forth and there is a lecture "On the Concept of Beauty; or Elegance and Sublimity." An Oxford graduate Trapp was that university's first professor of poetry; he was also an Anglican clergyman who wrote poetry himself. In addition he was a polemicist for the Tory cause and the Puritan rebellion which broke out at the end of his life filled him with horror. The pupil who owned these books was apparently markedly dilatory or even a dropout because the volumes have clearly experienced no use and remain much as they were on the day of their issue. Henrici Lintott unknown
179320203Philadelphia: William Young 1793. First American Edition. Boards. Fair. First American Edition. 12mo. pp. viii 9-111 112 ads; contemporary calf lightly scuffed and rubbed; front board expertly reattached; ink spill from pp. 14-20 blotting out portions of text to as many as ten lines on each page; pp. 17-18 with horizontal tear clear across the page through ink blot; scattered foxing elsewhere; an otherwise generally sound copy. First American edition first edition published London 1792. Attributed to Frances Maria Cowper 1726-1797. Eva. Boards. ns 25353. WorldCat records 17 locations. William Young unknown
17918795London: Printed for J. Johnson 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 136 PP. First edition copy in attractive 19th century library binding. Formerly owned by the "Bradford Library and Literary Society" in Bradford. Lending library plates to front pastedown and evidence of call number on spine. Light foxing. <br /> <br /> John Aikin bridged the gap between Enlightenment rationalism and the emerging Romantic sensibility through his poetry and prose using literature as a tool for moral reflection and education. His works often created in collaboration with his sister Anna Laetitia Barbauld promoted the values of reason virtue and empathy at a time of social and intellectual transformation in Britain. Beyond his own verse Aikin's influence as an editor and critic helped shape how literature was discussed and valued emphasizing its power to cultivate both intellect and character. Through his writing and mentorship he helped lay the foundation for modern ideas about the moral purpose of literature and the importance of accessible thoughtful education for all readers. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover
179327050Litchfield CT: Printed by Collier and Buel 1793 1793. First edition state A. Stoddard & Whitesell 448; Wegelin 489; Evans 25104; BAL 4976 Dunlap & 5046 Dwight. Front blank and rear free endpaper lacking; some foxing and stains; a very good copy. 8vo contemporary sheep gilt rules spine label gone but still bearing the impression of the lettering. 6-page list of subscribers and errata. The first anthology of American poetry; a second volume was planned but never published. Smith 1771-1798 a physician and author who died at 28 of yellow fever was an active member of the "Hartford Wits" literary group and a close associate of the American novelist Charles Brockden Brown who was living with Smith in Litchfield when this anthology of 70 poems was compiled. Modern scholarship has placed Brown among the contributors of anonymous poems specifically as the author of "Utrum Horum Mavis Elige" on pages 222-224. Other contributors include William Trumbull Theodore Dwight Joel Barlow David Humphreys William Dunlap Richard Alsop and Philip Freneau. Litchfield, (CT): Printed by Collier and Buel, [1793] unknown
17910042Paris: Molini. VG : in very good condition. Cover professionally restored. Slight foxing to eps. 1791. First Edition. Brown hardback tooled leather cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". viii 242pp. . [Molini] hardcover
1777c1907London: Printed for G. Kearsley; et al. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Handwritten list of contents on pastedown with heraldic bookplate. Occasional notation within. Loss to two leaves impinging on text but content in overall good condition. 1777. First Editions and Reprints. Half-leather hardback with marbled boards. 260mm x 220mm 10" x 9". iv 24pp 16pp iv 38pp iii 23pp 22pp 68pp 42pp 38pp. Title page engraving for 'The Senators'. . 'a Very Satirical Copy of Verses Highly Reflecting on Mrs 's Poetical-Assembly at Bath-Easton'. An interesting selection of 18th century satire erotica and horticulture. Published 1772-7. . Printed for G. Kearsley; et al hardcover
1783WB16445London: Sold by J. Debrett. and Richardson and Urquhart 1783. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes 8vo 175 x 110mm. Pagination: 263pp.; 278pp. 1 errata. Contemporary tree calf ruled in gilt spine gilt in six compartments with red and green morocco labels joints starting light edgewear marginal staining on pastedowns and endleaves only otherwise good and sound copies. Stated Second Edition; first published in 1788. <br/><br/> Sold by J. Debrett... and Richardson and Urquhart hardcover
1797AQ21850London: Printed and Sold by Darton & Harvey 1797. 8 204pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurt to FEP near contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP else internally clean and crisp. An anthology of popular English verse first printed in 1793 including extracts from the works of celebrated British poets such as Cowper Milton and Pope. . New edition. 12mo. Printed and Sold by Darton & Harvey unknown
1770AQ13930London: s.n. 1770. 2 iv 4 139pp 1. With an engraved frontispiece and title and five further engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards gilt. Extremities rubbed. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Mary Kelly Easter 1957' some spotting to plates. An English translation of the anonymous Les amours de Mirtil Constantinople i.e. Paris 1761. Scarce in the British Isles with ESTC locating copies at Brighton BL and Oxford and 13 further copies worldwide. ESTC T118871. First edition. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
1737AQ25309London: Printed and Sold by R. Amy 1737. 2 16pp 2. With a half-title bearing the imprint 'Dublin: printed and re-printed in London and sold by R. Amey.' and a final leaf of publishers advertisements. Uncut later stab-stitched. A trifle browned and dusty. Later inked ownership inscription to half-title contemporary manuscript inscription to recto of final leaf: 'Mr. Alex. Williamson / Merkle Mains Parish of Preston / near Haddington / I. The Fall of Bob: or the oracle of Gin. / John Williamson' - this last line a reference to the the first work in the list of publisher's advertisements perhaps suggesting that John Williamson was the author of The Fall of Bob printed by J. Purser in 1736 under the pseudonym of Timothy Scrubb A rare survival of the sole edition of an anonymous verse dialogue doggerel between a frustrated half-starved poet and his unaccommodating ethereal muse: 'This Spirit makes me too exert me / Thy honest Muse will ne'er desert thee. / We will together Virtues sing / Or deeply with our Satire sting: / With twisted Scourges Vice engage / And either Mend or Shame the Age'. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Oxford and a further seven in North America Cincinnati Harvard Huntington NYPL Texas Virginia and Yale. ESTC T77120. First edition. Folio. Printed and Sold by R. Amy unknown
1796D16865New York: Printed for the author by G. Forman 1796. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 mo. 112 1 4. With subscriber's list which includes Alexander Hamilton James K. Paulding and Peter Stuyvesant.Contemporary sheep red spine label; small chip to head of spine but a still lovely copy of a rare book. Wegelin 243. Evans 30696. Linn graduated from Columbia College in 1795 and began the study of the law under Alexander Hamilton who had recently resumed his legal practice. Linn abandoned playwriting and the law to study for the ministry but continued to write verse. He died in 1805 at the age of 27. <br/><br/> Printed for the author, by G. Forman hardcover
170547008London: s.i. 1705. Very Good. London: s.i. 1705. Pirated Edition per Case. Octavo; 19th century full blind-tooled calf by B.E. Bult spine in six compartments crimson gilt spine label all edges stained dark red red glazed endpapers; 165911pp. collated complete. Leather dried and a bit flaky along spine edges brief 19th century marginalia to a couple early leaves extensive contemporary notes to p. 592 blank pencil shelf number to rear free endpaper; Very Good and sound overall. This variant with catchword "The" on p. 564. <br /> <br /> Arsenic green binder's ticket and ownership ex libris of the British politician Edward Goulburn 1787-1868 to front pastedown. <br /> <br /> This edition described by A.E. Case's Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750 as a piracy of the first three volumes of "Poems on affairs of state."<br /> <br /> Case 237; ESTC N5917. s.i. unknown
17792334<p>I. Large 8vo pp. 4; printed within decorative border with woodcut head- and tailpieces; clean and crisp in contemporary Italian decorative wrappers; II. Large 8vo pp. 7 1 blank; decorative border to p. 2 woodcut head and tailpieces; ink blot to foot of second leaf but otherwise clean and crisp throughout; in contemporary Italian decorative wrappers.</p><p>Lovely copies both in Italian block-printed paper wrappers of these two poems printed for the marriage of Heinrich XLII 1672-1818 and Caroline Henriette of Hohenloe-Kirchberg 1761-1849 which took place at Kirchberg in Thuringia on June 10th 1779. </p><p>Both take the form of brief cantatas with the first consisting of a short air followed by a longer recitative and a duet and concluding with a further recitative and a chorus "Fromme Wünsche bringen wir für die Neuvermählten"; this was according to the title-page to be performed at the Musik-Collegium in Kirchberg although neither the librettist nor the composer is named. The second similarly anonymous is divided into sections on joy married love and hope interspersed with interventions from 'Der Kirchbergische Genius' and concluding with alternating duets and chorus sections the latter to be performed by children of both sexes. Both are printed in Schwäbisch Hall.</p><p>The alert may be surprised at Heinrich's regnal number; the house of Reuss of which he was a member had a convention that rather than giving sons different names they would all be called Heinrich and numbered whether or not they had any expectation of becoming the head of the house.</p><p>Neither work recorded by OCLC or VD18.</p> Johann Christophe Messerer
1765BIB321342<p>London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson. 1765. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Full leather binding. Raised bands and title patch to spine. Good condition - solid but a little rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown of all volumes. Owner's surname to front free endpaper of all volumes. 311. Volume Three contains " Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals Especially in relation to the Latin and Greek Poets." Volume Four contains " Remarks on Several Parts of Itale etc. In the Year 1701 1702 1703." Joseph Addison 1 May 1672-17 June 1719 was an English essayist poet playwright and politician. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.</p> Printed for J. and R. Tonson hardcover
1741004012London: Jacob Tonson 1741. Hardcover. Good . The Third Edition: With a Compleat Index." 4 volumes: frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1 6 leaves of engravings of medals; 26 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with seven spine compartments between triple gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title "Addison's Works." Green leather label in fifth compartments with gilt-tooled volume number. Woodcut headpieces initials and tailpieces. Armorial bookplate of Arthur Irwin Kelly with Kelly motto "Turris Fortis mihi Deus" on each front fixed endpaper. Former owner's name written at head of title page of vol. 1. In Good Condition: edges rubbed; joints weak with old interior repairs; vol. 2 back board detached but present; some loss to spine labels primarily to lower volume number labels; dampstain in upper corner of frontispiece; hole at lower edge of vol. 1 title page; otherwise clean and bright. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1780022725London: A Millar et al 1780. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. The pages are intact there is some scuffing to the spine. This is Volume 3 and there are in a complete set 6 Volumes Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall A Millar et al hardcover
17661245E017London: A. Millar J. and R. Tonson C. Bathurst H. Woodfall R. Baldwin W. Johnston B. Law T. Longman T. Caslon Johnson and Davenport and M. Richardson 1766. Reprint . Hardback. Printed pages: Small 8vo. lvi 271 16 Index. Very Good. 4.75 x 7.25 inches 12 x 18 cm. Volume V only of the nine volume set but complete in itself and containing the complete text of The Dunciad all four books plus the appendices. Contemporary full calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands morocco title and volume labels gilt decoration to compartments. Rubbing to spine and board edges. A few tears to leather on rear board. Slight wear to head of spine. Good solid binding with no cracking to joiunts. Offsetting to margins of endpapers and first and last few pages. Light water stain to upper margins. Very clean text throughout. Title page printed in red and black. An early edition of Pope's classic satirical poem a nice solid example. ESTC: T5446. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches 12 x 18 cm. A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, B. Law, T. Longman, T. Caslon, Johnson and Daven hardcover
17827767Paris: Onfroy. Good. 1782. Hardcover. 88 pp.; 32mo; full dark red morocco lettered & ruled in gilt; all edges gilt; spine & cover edges a bit rubbed; spine & extremities darkened; light pinkish wine we hope stains across lower half of second blank front endpaper & prelims; moderate thumbing to dedication page; numerals in mathematical division written in pen on rear blank with several small handstamps. Count Francesco Algarotti 1712 1764 was an Venetian polymath philosopher poet essayist anglophile art critic and art collector. He corresponded with many of the leading authors of his time including Voltaire Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Marquis d'Argens the atheist Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Lord Chesterfield Thomas Gray Benedict XIV and Heinrich von Brühl. Here he has turned his pen to a poem erotique in five parts. . Onfroy hardcover
1795148136Edinburgh: Printed for John & Arthur Arch; for Bell & Braffute and J. Mundell & Co 1795. COMPLETE in 14 VOLUMES. Vol 14 is the worst of the bunch with detached boards and a missing full title page Illustrated Title page remains intact Overall a wonderful set worthy of rebinding or as is with some help given to Vol 14. Scarce in the full 14 Volume set. I Chaucer Surrey Wyat Sackville and a Glossary Volume II Spenser Shakespeare Davies and Hall III Drayton Carew Suckling IV Donne Daniel Browne Fletcher F. Fletcher G. Jonson Drummond Crashaw Davenant V Milton Cowley Waller Butler Denheam VI Dryden Rochester Roscommun Otway Pomfret Stepney Philips Walsh Smith Duke King Sprat Halifax VII Parnell Garth Rowe Addison Hughes Sheffield Prior Congreve Blackmore Fenton Granville Yalden VIII Pope Gay Tickell Somerville Parrison Hammond Savage Hill Broome Pitt Blair IX Swift Thomson Watts Hamilton Philips West Collins Dyer Shenstone Mallet Akenside Harte X Edward Young XI Wilkie Dodsley Smart Langhorne Bruce Chatterton Graeme Glover Shaw Lovibond Penrose Mickle Jago Scott Johnson Whitehead Jenyns Logan Warton Cotton Blacklock XII Pope's Iliad Pope's Odyssey West's Pindar Dryden's Virgil Dryden's Persius Dryden's Juvenal Pitt's Aeneid Rowe's Lucan Homer's Hymn to Ceres Pindar's Odes Omitted by West XIII Cooke's Hesiod Fawke's Theocritus Anacreon Sappho Bion Moschus Fawke's Musaeus Apollonius Rhodius Mr C's Coluthus Lycopolites Creech's Lucretius and Grainger's Tibullus XIV - BOARDS DETACHED BUT INTACT and NO SECOND TITLE PAGE Francis' Horace Garth's Ovid & Lewis' Statius. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Printed for John & Arthur Arch; for Bell & Braffute and J. Mundell & Co Hardcover
1788047296London: Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson Paternoster Row 1788. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 2 ii 4 xxviii 184 159 1 299 1 pages. Contains an early British printing of the United States Constitution Hardcover begins page 100 of the second section. Hardcover bound in original full leather with raised bands on the spine. Spine also has a burgundy lettering piece the date 1787 and rules in gilt. The binding is worn and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is starting. Removed bookplate from the front pastedown but an early simple paper bookplate bears the name "Robert Y. Hayne" and the title page has the signature of "Robt. Y. Hayne." The text of the book is toned and the text block is sound. Robert Young Hayne 1791-1839 was Governor of South Carolina 1832-1834 and was Mayor of Charleston 1836-1837. He was an ardent States Rights supporter. He died in Asheville North Carolina. This volume is notable for the inclusion of an early printing of the United States Constitution page 100 of the second section. This volume also includes George Washington's "Plan of a new Constitution of the United States of America agreed upon at a Convention held at New York." There is also "Dr. Ruston's Letter to Dr. Franklin on the Cure of Smoky Chimneys From Dr. Franklin's Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers." Page 147 has the "History of Virginian Mountains. From Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia." <br/> <br/> Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson, Paternoster Row hardcover
1797000588London Eng: Vernor and Hood 1797. Hardcover. Fair. A New Edition." Printed for the Associated Booksellers Vernor and Hood J. Cuthell J. Walker Lackington Allen and Co. and J. Nunn. viii 175 1 p.: 5 leaves of engraved plates; 16 cm. Half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled red. The plates are signed: Baynes delin. Tayler sculp. Satirical letters in verse describing the antics of visitors to Bath the fashionable English spa. In Fair Condition: front board detached but present; lacking leather over spine; boards are slightly soiled and rubbed; upper corner of title page creased; occasional foxing and marginal soiling; otherwise pages and plates are clean and tight. Vernor and Hood hardcover
