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Blacklock, Thomas; and other Scotch Gentlemen; Andrew Erskine, edBiblio.com

1760356692Edinburgh Scotland: Printed for A. Donaldson and sold by him at Pope's Head and sold by R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall and J. Richardson in Pater-noster-row London 1760. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Scarce in the trade there being only a single additional copy available and at $945. Particularly fine-looking exemplar of the First Edition of a collection of light verse from Scottish Scotch poets. Rebound in full calf leather with five raised bands to spine no lettering. Text-block clean and bright slightly wavy. The Advertisement at front notes a coming second and third volume if potential contributors would only communicate with the editor. This first volume published in 1760 was followed in 1762 with the publication of Volume II and that had poetical contributions by James Boswell. Very light toning to and foxing of pages and only sporadic. Four-page range of a bit spot thereof dissipating quickly in both directions. Tightly bound sturdy stands upright easily by itself. Contributions by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Blacklock by Mr. R.S. Professor Beattie Mr. A.E. Mr. C. and plentiful others. Edited by Mr. A.E. Andrew Erskine. From the James Boswell-focused web-site an entry for Andrew Erskine notes that he was "the youngest son of Alexander Erskine d. 1756 5th Earl of Kellie and Janet Pitcairn d. 1775. As such he was also the younger brother of Elizabeth Anne Jenny Archibald and Thomas Alexander Erskine." He served in Scotland's army being in 1762-63 a Lieutenant in the 71st regiment and when it ceased to exist he "transferred to the 24th regiment where he did rise to the rank of Captain. He lived with his sister Elizabeth from 1768 Lady Colville at Drumsheugh Edinburgh for most of his adult life." He is described as living in penury but as having published his own poetry and that of others including of his personal friend Robert Burns. viii 1 2-231 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Printed for A. Donaldson and sold by him at Pope's Head and sold by R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall and J. Richardson in Pate hardcover

not given (Thomas James Mathias); Goeorge Chalmers, arranged and printed by Mr Owen Junior assisted by Mr Jasper HargraveBiblio.com

A Translation of the Passages From Greek Latin Italian and French Writers Quoted in the Prefaces and Notes to the Pursuits of Literature a Poem in Four Dialogues & Epistle; Chalmeriana; Prose on Various Occasions

179805221101064T Becket; T Hurst London 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Three works bound together in marbled end-papers but is missing covers and spine. Binding of the text-block is sound and pages are clean. The works consist of: "A Translation of the Passages From Greek Latin Italian and French Writers Quoted in the Prefaces and Notes to the Pursuits of Literature a Poem in Four Dialogues To Which is Prefixed a Prefatory Epistle Intened as a General Vindication of the Pursuits of Literature fromvarious Remarks which have been made upon that Work" The Third Edition printed for T Becket Pall Mall London in 1798. ; "Chalmeriana or a Collection of Papers Literary and Political Entitled Letters Verses &c. Occasioned by Reading a Late Heavy Supplemental Apology for the Believers in Shaekespeare Papers Reprinted from the Morning Chronicle in which They First Appeared - Collection the First - " includes in foreword abridged "The Fable of the Bee and the Spider" from Swift's Battle of the books and No. I dated Sept 4 1799 through to No XI and No. XII dated Nov. 29 1799 Printed for T Becket Pall Mall London by D Jacques Lower Soane Street Chelsea in 1800. "Prose on Various Occasions Literary and Political Collected from the News-Papers" Printed for T Hurst Paternoster-Row London by Jacques and Vo. Lower Sloane Street Chelsea and consisting of: Three Letters of the Pursuits of Literature for the Morning Herald May and June 1799; An Account of the Literary Opera called Semiramide in Londra as it was performed Under the Direction of Sir Joseph Banks in Soho Square; An Account of the Sale of a Literary Vessell Extraordinary named the Rvenge at aLloyd's Coffee House Morning Chronicle; The Order of the Procession observed in the Literary Funeral of the late George Chalmers; The Apologist and the Sovereign or Words of Comfort in a Letter from Barbador; The Apparition of the Ghost of the late George Chalmers; The Letters Political and Literary of Laurentius Musambertius occasioned by the Appearanceof the Poem called The Soverereign by Charles Small Pybus; The Orgies of Thespis or the Mysteries of Parnassus and Castle Howar in a letter from Petronius on the Earl of Carlisle's Tragedy of The Step-Mother; Barbadoro's Third Letter to William Pitt; An Account of the Imperial Concert at the Great Room at the Opera House on April 23 1800; Some Account of an Unpublished State-Work in MS in Prose and Verse entitled "The Imperial Metamorphosis" in 1801. Printed for T Hurst Paternoster-Row London by Jacques and Co. Lower Sloane Street Chelsea in 1801 Third edition of first work and first edition of second and third works. lxxv 104 viii 94 viii 112. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05221101064. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. T Becket; T Hurst hardcover

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