2-201. Prospects and observations; on a tour in England and Scotland: natural, oeconomical, and literary. London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1791.
$850
First edition, 4to, pp. viii, 440; engraved folding map and 23 engraved plates; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, manuscript title on spine; some spotting of the plates, largely confined to the margins, occasional offsetting and wear at the extremities; otherwise a very good, sound copy.
Rare in original boards. Portions of the book were published two years previously in a "small octavo, entitled A Tour in England and Scotland by an English Gentlemen" (Advertisement, p. [v]).
Kress B. 2164.
2-202. A description of Manchester: giving an historical account of those limits in which the town was formerly included, some observations upon its public edifices, present extent, and late alterations, with a succinct history of its former original manufactories, and their gradual advancement to the present state of perfection at which they are arrived. By a native of the town. Manchester: printed by C. Wheeler, for M. Falkner, in the Market-place; S. Falkner, Corner of Old Mill-gate and Hanging-ditch; and Richardson and Urquhart, Royal-Exchange, London, 1783.
$325
12mo, pp. 94, [2]; uncut; contemporary marbled boards, old vellum shelfback; boards rubbed and bumped, light foxing to title page and margins; good and sound.
Apparently, the first guide to Manchester. Stab holes evident in the gutter indicative of rebinding, and likely 20th-century endpapers.
2-203. Headlong Hall ... Second edition. London: printed for T. Hookham, Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row, 1816.
$275
12mo, pp. [4], 217, [1], [2] ads; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; some cracking along the joints, corners bumped, but generally very good and sound. On the front pastedown in ink: "Calgarth Park / 1818" and with a Calgarth Park bookplate.
Calgarth Park was the home of Richard Watson (1737-1816) Bishop of Llandaff and a Whig politician. This second edition is published the same year as the first. "With this work Peacock found the true field for his literary gift in the satiric novel, interspersed with delightful lyrics, amorous, narrative, or convivial" (Wikipedia).
2-204. Curialia miscellanea, or anecdotes of old times; regal, noble, gentilitial, and miscellaneous: including authentic anecdotes of the royal household, and the manners and customs of the court, at an early period of the English history. London: printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley, at the Printing-Office of the Votes of the House of Commons, 25, Parliament Street, and 10, King Street, Westminster: Sold also at their Old Office in Red Lion Passage, Fleet street, 1818.
$200
First edition, 8vo, pp. lxxxviii, 351, [1] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 engraved plates; original green marbled boards, printed paper label on spine; edges sunned, corners bumped, spine label chipped (loss on 1 letter), upper joint partially cracked, hinges neatly reinforced; good, sound, and clean.
Samuel Pegge "the Elder" (1704-1796) was an English antiquary and poet; this work was left on his death to the printer, John Nichols, who has supplied a lengthy biographical sketch of the erudite and entertaining author.
2-205. Tours in Wales. With notes. London: printed for Wilkie and Robinson; J. Nunn; White and Cochrane; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Cadell and Davies; J. Harding; J. Richardson; J. Booth; J. Mawman; and J. Johnson and Co. [printed by S. Hamilton, Weybridge], 1810.
$500
3 volumes, royal 8vo (approx. 10½" x 6½" and termed "large paper" by Lowndes), pp. xviii, [2], 415, [1]; [4], 415, [1]; [4], 484; complete with 44 engraved plates (some folding); original marbled boards; patterned glazed brown tiger-stripe cloth shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; boards bumped and worn; spines darkened; lateral split in spine on volume III; joints splitting in places on all 3 volumes; spine extremities chipped, labels rubbed and soiled, plates a bit foxed and off-set.
Pennant (1726-1798), a Welshman by birth, was a traveller and naturalist whose writings were much praised and valued by his contemporaries -- Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, and Horace Walpole among them (see DNB xv, p. 767). This Tour, "of the tamer parts of our country" (Advertisement), was singled out by Pennant's biographer in 1883 as his "best performance." It was continued by the separate publication of The Journey to Snowdon, pt. 1 in 1781 and pt. 2 in 1783, which together form the second volume of Pennant's Tours in Wales (see Allibone II, p. 1553 for full publishing history).
Lowndes 1823.
2-206. Five pieces of runic poetry translated from the Islandic language.. London: R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1763.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 99, [1]; engraved vignette title page; original blue paper-covered boards, cream shelfback, manuscript title on spine; boards soiled, spine worn, joints starting, light pencil annotations in the preface only; good and sound, or better.
This work by Thomas Percy (1729-1811) represents one of his earliest endeavors in translation and his first published translation of Icelandic poetry. Percy, the bishop of Dromore, had among his neighbors the distinguished Anglo-Saxon scholar, Edward Lye, under whose influence he fell. And "deeply impressed by Macpherson's studies in Gaelic and Erse poetry," Percy published this small volume, in which he gratefully acknowledges the assistance of his friend and neighbor, Lye. This title, together with his well-known Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, did much to encourage and popularize the study of the literature of the ancient inhabitants of northern Europe.
2-207. Modern voyages and travels. [Six numbers, as below]. London: Richard Phillips, 1819-1822.
$950
6 volumes, 8vo, all in original drab printed paper-covered boards, lightly rubbed and worn, but overall very good.
Vol. I, No. 3 - May 15 1819: Narratives of two excursions to the ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in 1816, 1817, and 1818; together with a description of the breakwater at Plymouth, and also of the Caledonian Canal. Translated from the French of Charles Dupin, pp. viii, 96; folding map (Sketch of Plymouth Sound, with the Breakwater). London: printed for Richard Phillips; published by John Souter, 73, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and to be had of all booksellers. Printer: G. Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand.
Vol I, No. 4 - June 15 1819: Travels in Italy, descriptive off the rural manners and economy of that country. Frederick Lillian de Chateauvieux, Citizen of Geneva, pp. iv, 100; 3 engraved line plates (Neele & Son sc 352 Strand): 1. Interior of the Temple of Jupiter Serapis, at Pozzuoli; 2. Antique Entrance of the Villa Adriana, near Tivoli; 3. Pyramidal Rock near Terracina, named Pesculo, or Pescio Montano. Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. Bride Court, Bridge Street. Printer: G. Sidney (etc.).
Vol. I, No. 6 - Aug 15 1819: Analyses of new works of voyages and travels, published during the past six months in Great Britain, pp. [4], 107, [1], xvi; Printed for Sir Richard Phillips (etc.). Printer: W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill.
Vol II, No 3 - Nov 15 1819: (a) Dumont, P. J. Narrative of thirty-four years slavery and travels in Africa, by P. J. Dumont. Collected from the account delivered by himself, by J. S. Quesne. Frontispiece (Pierre Joseph Dumont - Neele & Son); (b) May, R. de. Narrative of the sufferings and adventures of Hendrick Portenger, a private soldier of the late Swiss regiment de Mueron, who was wrecked on the shores of Abyssinia, in the Red Sea. By R. De May, captain of the said regiment. (c) Burckhardt, M. Travels of M. Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia. from the Calcutta Journal. Pp. vi, 42; 28; 32; Printed for Sir Richard Phillips (etc.). Printer: W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill.
Vol II, No. 5 - Jan 15 1820: A voyage of discovery to the strait of Magellan; with an account of the manners and customs of the inhabitants; and of the natural productions of Patagonia. Undertaken, by orders of the king of Spain, by admiral Don. A. de Cordova, of the Royal Spanish marine. Translated from the Spanish, pp. iv, 104; frontispiece (Magellan. From an original painting at Toledo - Neil & Son); folding map (Cordova’s Voyage. Neele & Son - Phillips Jan 15 1820), [2] + [2] (orange paper inserted ads - for Phillips). Printed for Sir Richard Phillips (etc.). Printer: J. and C. Adlard, 23, Bartholomew-Close.
Vol VIII, Part III - Dec 1 1822: [Paulding, James Kirke] A sketch of Old England by a New England man. New York: published by Charles Wiley; London: republished by Richard Phillips, 1822, pp. [3], 8-136; elaborate ownership signature in ink on front pastedown: K. R. Duff 4 Dec 1822. See BAL 15696 which does not note this edition.
2-208. The works of Peter Pindar, Esqr. London: printed for John Walker, No. 44. Paternoster-Row, 1794-1796.
$750
First collected edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, pp. 444, [8]; 496, [6]; 432, [6]; [2], 500, [8]; uncut; engraved frontispiece in volume I, engraved title pages in each volume; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfbacks, orange paper labels on spines; corners rubbed, volume IV with a stain on upper board, occasional light foxing, last few gatherings of volume II creased; very good. The first three volumes were issued together in 1794, and the fourth followed in 1796. A subsequent volume was published in 1801.
Includes 41 works by the satirist, including Bozzy and Piozzi, a Town Ecologue, and A Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell. Wolcot (1738-1819) trained as a doctor, took Holy Orders, dropped his ecclesiastical career, returned to medicine, and then went on to become one of the most effective satirists of the late 18th century.
NCBEL II, col. 695.
2-209. The history of Scotland from the accession of the house of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers ... In two volumes. London: printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry [Bye and Law, St. John’s Square], 1797.
$850
First edition, 2 volumes 4to, pp. [5], vi-xvi, 517, [2]; viii, 510, [30]; engraved frontispiece portrait; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, over which an early rebacking to match, manuscript titling on spine; the rebacking at the base of the spine on volume II is a little problematic, and while the bindings are soiled and worn, both volumes are sound and internally clean.
While his views on ethnicity were (to put it politely) a bit on the whacky side, particulary with regard to the Celts, the Goths, and the Picts, the book remains of value for the ancient texts and documents he collected.
2-210. Traditions and recollections; domestic, clerical and literary; in which are included letters of Charles II, Cromwell, Fairfax, Edgecumbe, Macaulay, Wolcot, Opie, Whitaker, Gibbon, Buller, Courtney, Moore, Downman, Drewe, Seward, Darwin, Cowper, Hayley, Hardinge, Sir Walter Scott, and other distinguished characters ... In two volumes. London: printed by and for John Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street, 1826.
$425
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 360; iii, [1], 361-820; 8-page catalogue for John Nichols tipped in at the front of volume I; engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 engraved plates (4 double-page); original pink paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; spines chipped and cracked, upper joint on volume I cracked, half of the label on volume I chipped away, label on volume II chipped with loss of several letters; a good copy, at best.
A lending library copy, with a bifoliate Rules for the "Book Society," pasted in at the front pastedown on volume I, signed in print Wm. Baugh, Secretary; and a lengthy printed subscriber list (presumably the paid members of the Society) pasted in at the back listing 24 names with check-out and check-in dates. At the top of p. 2 of the Rules, in manuscript: "This set of books to be kept 14 days / 7 days each vol." With a (likely) later ownership signature in each volume of J. A. Cotton, almost certainly the Rev. J. A. Cotton whose name appears in the list of subscribers.
Based on subscriptions to Edinburgh journals and papers my sense is this is a Scottish lending library.
2-211. An essay on man. A new edition. To which is prefixed a critical essay, by J. Aikin, M.D. London: printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell), Strand, 1796.
$150
12mo, pp. [4], 102, [2], 103-142, [2] ads; 3 engraved plates after Strothard; original marbled boards backed in glazed red paper, gilt fillets on spine; occasional dampstaining and the whole lightly rubbed; all else very good.
John Aiken (1747-1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon but devoted much of his life to literary pursuits. He was the first editor of The Monthly Magazine (founded by Richard Phillips), and later was editor of Dodsley's Annual Register. His sister was the poet, critic, and author of numerous children's books, Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
2-212. Imagination. A poem. In two parts. London: printed for J. Hatchard and Son, No 190, Piccadilly [by J. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket, London], 1820.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 103, [1]; tear entering the final leaf from the fore-margin (no loss), original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; label partially perished, a few spots on the covers, otherwise, a near fine copy.
Inscribed "From the authoress" at the top of the title page. This is Poulter's only original book of which there was a revised edition published in 1841. She also edited an anthology of English religious thought, A Treasury of Great Pearls of Great Price (1854). (See Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry.)
2-213. The gentle shepherd, a Scotch pastoral ... Attempted in English by Margaret Turner. London: printed for the author, by T. Bensley; and sold by G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in Pall-Mall; and by Mrs. Turner, No. 56, Upper Horton Street, Portland Road, 1790.
$750
First edition of this translation, 8vo, pp. viii, xi (subscriber list), [2], 103, 103 (English and Scottish text parallel on facing pages), [1], 6, [2] errata; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, manuscript title on spine; small paper shelf label at the foot of the spine; lightly rubbed, spine a little darkened, else very good.
With the contemporary ownership signature of "Tweeddale" on title page - Marquis of Tweedale appears in the subscriber list.
Ramsay (1686-1758), not to be confused with the portrait artist of the same name - his son - was by turns a wig-maker, poet, bookseller, publisher, editor, and playwright. He was an vocal promoter of Scots poetry and poets. His own chief composition was The Gentle Sheperd, first printed in 1725, a work that attained great popularity but went for many years without being translated into English. In her preface, Margaret Turner makes clear "it is a great disadvantage to this beautiful poem that it is written in the old rustic dialect of Scotland, which, in a short time, will probably be entirely obsolete, and not intelligible."
Lowndes indicates that there were two English versions that preceded this one, one by Cornelius Vanderstop in 1777, and one by W. Ward in 1785. Given the fact that "Tweeddale" appears on the title page, the fact that John, Charles, and James Hay are listed among the book's subscribers, and the fact that members of the Hay family had for many years been marquises of Tweedale, there is a very strong likelihood that this is a subscriber's copy.
2-214. Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy by the President. London: T. Cadell, in the Strand, Bookseller and Printer to the Royal Academy, 1778.
$500
First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 326, [2]; largely unopened; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback later papered-over with red paper, gilt-lettered label on spine; bottom edge trimmed, spine sunned, touch of wear to boards, some foxing, most heavily at first and last few gatherings, all else very good and sound. Old library sticker at the base of the spine.
The Dedication to the King, occupying 4 pages, was written by Johnson, and DNB suggests that the Discourses "probably received some polish from Johnson, Burke, Malone, and others before they were published."
This copy is an interesting example of a book in boards that had been modified to serve a permanent purpose.
Chapman & Hazen, p. 154; Courtney & Smith, p. 129; Fleeman 78.5RD/1a; Lowndes, p. 2078; Rothschild 1740.
2-215. Human life. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819.
$125
First octavo edition, 8vo, pp. 100; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label (chipped, with loss of 2 or 3 letters) on spine; some cracking with loss of paper along the joints; a good, sound copy, internally clean. In a blue cloth slipcase. Ownership signature on front pastedown of: on front pastedown: 'H. Senhouse, Netherhall.'
2-216. Human life, a poem. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, [printed by Bensley and Son, Bolt Court, Fleet Street], 1819.
$250
First edition, quarto issue, pp. 94, [2], [8] Murray catalog; original drab paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; label considerably rubbed with loss of legibility, joints rubbed, corners bumped, the Murray catalog is toned; all else very good, clean and sound. Bookplate of Doctor Batty / Fairlight (i.e., Robert Batty, M.D., 1763-1849, British physician specializing in obstetrics).
Among Murray's books "in the press" are Ross's Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions; Malthus's Principles of Political Economy; and the present title, "neatly printed in small 4to."
2-217. Poems. London: printed for T. Cadell, Strand; and E. Moxon, Dover-Street, 1834.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 295, [1]; 73 engraved vignettes in the text throughout; original yellow-tan paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; joints cracking, occasional foxing, otherwise very good and sound. Early inscription on the flyleaf reads: "Mr. J. D. Allcroft. From M. T. Lowry In grateful recognition of many kindnesses received. Christmas 1874." Alcroft is likely John Derby Allcroft (1822-1893), an English philanthropic entrepreneur, evangelical Anglican and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1880. His company was one of the largest glove-makers in the world.
The binding is remarkably clean, likely due to some covering over the years as there is some light staining on the endpapers where a protective jacket was once present.
There are 73 untitled engravings (some as large as half-page), mainly illustrative of the text. Of these, 33 are designed by Turner, 35 by Stothard, one each by Flaxman, Parmagiano, Callot, and D. Allen, and one is unsigned. The engravings were mainly done by Goodall, who did 27, working almost exclusively for Turner, and Finden, who did 33, working almost exclusively for Stothard. Other engravings were done by Miller (4), Le Keux (2), Wallis (2), Engleheart (1), Watt (1), and Allen (1).
2-218. The life of Lorenzo de’ Medici, called the Magnificent ... The third edition, corrected. London: printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (successor to Mr. Cadell) in the strand; and J. Edwards in Pall Mall, 1797.
$375
2 volumes, 4to, pp. [4], xxvi, [2], 320, 136 (appendix); [4], 312, 48 (Posie), 111 (appendix), [1], 11 (index); engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette title pages, 12 engraved illustrations in the text, most with original tissue guards intact; original blue paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfbacks; spines worn with cracks and pieces lost, especially on volume II, boards soiled, portrait with slight dampstain; a reasonably good example of a late 18th-century quarto in its original binding.
Roscoe (1753-1831) trained for the law and was admitted attorney of the King's Bench in 1774. However, his real interests were in literature and the arts. This work, first published in 1796, was an immediate success and gave Roscoe a well-deserved reputation as a meticulous and careful biographer. Horace Walpole said of it: "Mr. Roscoe is by far the best of our historians, both for beauty, style and deep reflexions." In all, a total of 13 editions were eventually published.
2-219. Apology to the travellers’ club, or anecdotes of monkeys.. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1825.
$450
First edition, 12mo, pp. [8], 183, [1]; original drab paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback; top of spine chipped, spine with vertical crack, but generally a very good, sound, and clean copy.
Rose (1775-1842) held a number of government posts in Parliament, and was an MP himself from Christchurch. He famously translated Orlando Furioso, and wrote plenty of satire. He was an acquaintance of Lord Byron and championed the Italian poets. The text of the book concerns "amusing and entertaining anecdotes about monkeys, which were popular pets among aristocrats in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book is written in the form of a letter of apology to the Travelers Club, a prestigious social club in London. Rose explains that he was inspired to write the book after spending time with a group of monkeys owned by a friend. He goes on to recount various humorous and sometimes absurd stories about the monkeys, including their mischievous behavior, their interactions with humans, and their intelligence and cunning" (amazon.com).
2-220. Devout exercises of the heart, in meditation and soliloquy, prayer and praise. By the late pious and ingenious Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. To which are prefixed, memoirs of the author, with a portrait. Reviewed and published, at her request, by I. Watts, D.D. Jones’s edition.. London: M. Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1803.
$175
16mo, pp. xxiv, 168; largely unopened; stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of the Ms. Rowe; original blue paper-covered boards; spine soiled with hairline cracks; very good, sound and clean.
2-221. Poems and other writings, by the late Edward Ruston. To which is added, a sketch of the life of the author, by the Rev. William Shepherd. London: printed for Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange [by Bushton and Melling], 1824.
$325
First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, [1], x-xxviii, 212, 10; original brown paper-covered boards, printed red label on spine; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, small chips from spine extremities; a good, sound, and clean copy. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Abercromby of Birkenbog Bart.
Rushton (1756-1814) "was a British poet, writer and bookseller from Liverpool, England. He worked as a sailor aboard a slave ship as a young man, and became an abolitionist as a result. After losing his own vision, he opened a school for the blind, the oldest such school in continuous operation in the world" (Wikipedia). Much of this is touched upon in Shepherd's biographical sketch.
2-222. Caius Gracchus, a tragedy. From the Italian of Monti. London: printed by J. Moyes, Took’s Court, Chancery Lane, 1830.
$250
First edition limited to 50 copies privately printed; 8vo, pp. [4], 120; unopened; original drab paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; spine ends chipped, front joint starting to crack at the top, light foxing; all else very good. This copy with the bookplate of Francis, seventh Duke of Bedford (1788-1861), the brother of the translator.
Printed for the translator Lord George William Russell (1790-1846), the second son of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, and brother of the future Prime Minister Lord John Russell. George William was an aide-de-camp to Wellington, sat as the M.P. for Bedford from 1812, served as ambassador to Berlin from 1835-1841, and was appointed major-general in 1841.
Martin, Privately Printed Books, p. 389.
2-223. Dramatic table talk; or, scenes, situations, & adventures, serious and comic, in theatrical history and biography. London: John Knight & Henry Lacey, Paternoster Row, 1825.
$450
First edition, foolscap 8vo, 3 volumes, pp. [xi]-xiii, [vii]-li, [1], [iii]-x, 288; [iii]-x, 288; [iii]-ix, 317, [1], [2] ads; engraved title pages and 21 engraved plates, 8 folding; original drab paper-covered boards and green paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; spines sunned and creased, text clean and sound; generally very good.
The binding of these volumes is in a preliminary state. A list of the engravings is given in II, [318], with their (intended) page locations. Here, they are bunched together at the beginning of each volume, prior to being placed in their correct positions. Furthermore, the ordering of the preliminary pages has yet to be regularized.
2-224. Letters on Theron and Aspasio. Addressed to the author. In two volumes ... The fourth edition, with a preface and an appendix. Edinburgh: Vernor and hood, Booksellers, London, 1803.
$250
2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 276; [4], [277]-580; original blue paper-covered boards, blue-green paper shelfbacks, printed orange labels on spines; spines chipped level with text blocks, spines a little spotted, small cracks starting at the joints; all else very good and sound.
In these letters, first published in 1757, Sandeman, a Scottish sectarian and follower of John Glas, criticized James Hervey's Dialogues between Theron and Aspasia. In 1764, Sandeman left England for America where he and his followers quickly became unpopular for espousing Loyalist principles; in 1770 he was brought to trial in Danbury, Connecticut for failure to obey an order to depart as an undesirable transient.
2-225. Letters on Egypt, containing, a parallel between the manners of its ancient and modern inhabitants, its commerce, agriculture, government, and religion; with the desert of Louis IX. at Damietta, extracted from Joinville, and Arabian authors. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1799.
$650
Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 440; [4], 460, [14] index; 3 engraved folding maps and a folding plan; original gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; labels a little rubbed, small cracks starting at the joints, corners bumped, text and maps a bit spotted, clean tear entering one map from the stub (no loss); all else good and sound, or better.
The original French edition was published in 1785 and enjoyed significant popularity. Savary, who spoke fluent Arabic, traveled in Egypt from 1776-79 and is remembered for his writings of experiences with the locals.
2-226. The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet. In eleven volumes. Edinburgh: printed for Cadell & Co. Edinburgh, and Simpkin and Marshall, London [by James Ballentyne & Co.], 1830.
$375
Second 18mo edition; 11 volumes, (approx. 6" x 4"), engraved frontispiece and engraved title page in each volume, and 1 extra plate in volume I; original drab paper-covered boards, green cloth shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; labels darkened and rubbed, with some loss of letters (sense remains clear); a good, sound set. On front pastedown of each volume: "E lib: Gul. Jerdone Braikenridge E coll Exon Oxon Octo. 1835." Bookseller’s label on lower right corner, front pastedown, of volumes I, III, V, VII, VIII, and on lower right corner of verso of front endpaper of volume X: "James Miles, / Antiquarian Bookseller, / 34, Upperhead Row, Leeds."
A reissue of the 1823 edition with a new frontispiece and 5 new introductions by Scott and an added volume XI.
Todd & Bowden, 266Ab
2-227. The vision of Don Roderick and other poems ... The second edition. Edinburgh: printed for and sold by John Ballantyne and Co. Hanover Street, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1811.
$275
8vo, pp. 164, [4] ads; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; moderate to heavy staining along the fore-margins of about four internal leaves, small chips to the edges of the printed label (slight loss to two or three letters); otherwise a near fine copy.
Todd & Bowden 59Af noting that 9 "smaller poems" have been added to this edition which were not previously collected.
2-228. The vision of Don Roderick; a poem. Edinburgh: printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. Hanover Street, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1811.
$650
First edition, quarto issue, first impression, second state of p. 3 (beginning "May rise" in line 2); 4to, pp. ix, [3], 122 [i.e. 128], [2] ads; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; corners worn, small cracks and some rubbing, but on the whole a very good, sound copy.
This follows the privately printed edition of 50 copies by several days.
Todd & Bowden 59Ab: "To 'strengthen' a rather slim performance, typographically, one or more of the early gatherings were usually printed on heavier paper [as here] .... Because of the belated insertion of a second, half-sheet (H) there is a repetition of numbered pages 68-69 resulting in the misnumbering of all subsequent pages."
2-229. The life of Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of the French. With preliminary view of the French revolution. By the author of “Waverley,” etc. 3 vols. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea , and Carey,—Chestnut-Street., 1827.
$250
3 volumes, 8vo, pp. 7 [1] Carey & Lea ads, [blank leaf], [2] Advertisement, iv, [1], x-xv, [2] 18-516; 8 Carey & Lea ads dated June, 1827, viii, [1], 10-399, [1]; viii, [1], 10-368, lxix, [1] appendix; includes the advertisement leaf in volume I which is only in "some copies," and the Author's Advertisement leaf with the first word on the verso being On; wanting, though apparently issued without the frontispiece portrait in volume I, and the final leaf of errata in volume III; some spotting throughout, but a good copy in original blue paper-covered boards, beige muslin shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; rear joint of volume I with short split, spines showing a total of three holes in the muslin; a good, sound copy in a later cloth slipcase.
First published June 28, 1827 in Edinburgh, followed two days later by a London edition. Portions of this American edition were published as early as June "but was delayed in publishing the whole work until 21 August."
American Imprints 30544; Todd & Bowden 200Rf.
2-230. Anne of Geierstein; or, the maiden of the mist. By the author of “Waverley,” &c.. Edinburgh: printed for Cadell and Co., Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London [by Ballantyne and Company, Paul's Work, Canongate], 1829.
$500
First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], 336; [4], 346; [4], 381, [1], [2] Cadell ads; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, terracotta cloth shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; spines a bit sunned, and with the ownership [?] name "Ayton" in manuscript at the bottom on the spines; edges rubbed, but on the whole, very good.
Todd & Bowden 227A.
2-231. Redgauntlet, a tale of the eighteenth century. By the author of “Waverley” ... In three volumes. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh: and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. London., 1824.
$450
First edition, first issue, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], 319; [4], 328; [4], 331, [1]; original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; labels a bit cracked (no loss of letterpress), rear flyleaf in vol. II torn away, ads removed from the back of vol. III, some cracking along the joints and with spine extremities a little chipped, but in all a good, sound set. With the early ownership signature of "Leham 1824" on titles.
Todd & Bowden 178Aa.
2-232. Rob Roy, By the author of “Waverley,” Guy Mannering,” and “The Antiquary” ... In three volumes ... Second edition. Edinburgh: printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London., 1818.
$750
3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], Longman ads, viii, 321, [1];[4], 324; [4], 348; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; spines with cracks and small loss at the top of volume II, scrape on front board of volume I with some loss of paper; all else very good. With the ownership signature of Ballygarth House on the first page of text in each volume.
Bookseller’s ticket at top left corner of front cover on volume I: "Sold by / Martin Keene / Bookseller & Stationer / 6 College Green / Corner of Anglesea Strt. / Dublin."
Todd & Bowden 112Ab noting this as "first edition, second issue." This so-called second edition "constitues an overrun of first edition sheets."
2-233. The fortunes of Nigel. By the author of “Waverley, Kenilworth,” &c. ... In three volumes. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London, 1822.
$300
First edition, first issue, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], xlviii, 313, [1], [2] Simpkin and Marshall ads; [4], 334, [2]; [4], 349, [1], [2] Constable ads; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; joints cracked or starting, labels soiled and with small chips, boards soiled; a good copy. Contained in an attractive decorative paper-covered slipcase.
Library (shelf) numbers in ink on the upper covers: "129," "130," and "131" above three other numbers which have been crossed out. This has the looks of a lending library copy, viz. the numbers on the covers, the remains of sealing wax and small adhesion marks on the endpapers of volumes I and II, and the faint ink numbering at the tops of the spines duplicating those on the covers.
Todd & Bowden 157Aa.
2-234. The monastery. A romance. By the author of “Waverley.” In three volumes ... Second edition. Edinburgh: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, Bookseller to the King, Edinburgh, 1820.
$300
3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], 331, [1]; [4], 333. [1]; [4], 351, [1]; original drab paper-covered boards, green muslin shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; labels darkened, spines, sunned, corners bumped, boards soiled on volume III; all else very good.
Todd & Bowden's "first edition, second issue." See 144Ab.
2-235. Woodstock; or, the cavalier. A tale of the year sixteen hundred and fifty-one. By the author of “Waverley, Tales of the Crusaders,” &c. ... In three volumes. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London [by James Ballantyne and Co.], 1826.
$300
First edition, 3 volumes, pp. 4 (ads dated May 1826), [2], xvi, 315, [1]; [4], 332; [4], 370; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spine; some chipping along the joints, spine ends creased and with small cracks, labels rubbed and darkened, that on volume II chipped with the loss of 2 letters; binding remains sound and the text mostly clean.
Todd & Bowden 190Aa.
2-236. An appendix to the representation, (printed in the year 1769,) of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery, or of admitting the least claim of private property in the persons of men in England. London: printed for Benjamin White, (No. 63) in Fleet-Street, and Robert Horsefield, (No 22.) in Ludgate-Street., 1772.
$1,250
First edition, 8vo, pp. 28, errata slip pasted down to verso of title leaf; contemporary navy-blue boards, gilt decorated spine and rules; edges and spine rubbed, upper hinge starting, tidestain on fore-edge, largely affecting flyleaves, armorial bookplate of Ernest Hamilton Sharp and later owner's signature of Julie Bennett on upper pastedown, good.
Ernest Hamilton Sharp (1861-1922) was appointed as the King's Counsel for the colony of Hong Kong in July 1902. He had acted as the Attorney General for Hong Kong in 1904. He was Granville Sharp's great nephew (if I figured it correctly).
This copy with small ink corrections to text on pp. 3, 11, 12, 14, 24. and 26, possibly authorial.
Sharp was a leading abolitionist and represented a number of people in court against slavers. This copy likely came down through the family from his own collection. The Sharp library was often bound in similar navy blue boards. In 1769 Sharp published A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery, the first tract in England attacking slavery. This appendix, published three years later, reinforces his argument.
Sabin 79809.
2-237. The life of Poggio Bracciolini. Liverpool: printed by J. M'Creery for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802.
$400
First edition, 4to, pp. [4], iv, 487, [1]; engraved vignette title page; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; top of spine chipped away, joints cracking, good and sound.
Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459) was an Italian humanist scholar of the Renaissance. His biographere, William Shepherd (1768-1847), was an English abolitionist, educator, dissenting minister, politician, and poet whose interest in Italian literature was stimulated by his friendship with William Roscoe. EB-11 cites the work as "a good authority."
2-238. An inquiry into the constitution and oeconomy of man, natural, moral, religious. London: printed for Richard Phillips, No. 6, Bridge Street [by R. Taylor and Co. 38 Shoe Lane], 1807.
$225
First edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 158, [2] ads, 24 (Phillips catalog); original pink paper-covered boards, green paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; label rathger chipped but with only small loss of lettering, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked; a clean and good copy.
Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Sir Geo. Beamont [sic] / From the Author." Also, in pencil, on recto and verso of front free endpaper - a positive appreciation of the work, dated March 22 1817 (perhaps by Beaumont), and a small number of corrections to text in ink (pp. 5, 133) and pencil markings (pp. 38, 40, 71, 136) suggesting a close reading.
OCLC locates only the University of Florida copy.
2-239. The Tor hill. By the author of "Brambletye House," Gaieties and Gravities," &c. &c. London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1826.
$650
First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [2], 310; [2], 350; [2], 330 (including the final 4 pages of ads); original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; small cracks at the hinges and light soiling; very good and sound. Wanting the errata slip in volume I as called for by Sadleir, also wanting in the Wolff copy.
Contemporary ownership signature of Eliza M Geough (possibly M'Geough, or McGeough) at the top of each title page. Also, with the bookseller's label of "Jellett / Bookseller / and / Stationer / No. 1 / Commd. Buildings / Belfast" on the upper cover of volume I.
Sadleir 3110; Wollf 6438.
2-240. Oberon, a poem. From the German of Wieland. In two volumes ... Third edition. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1826.
$200
Small 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. [4], 203, [1]; [6], 229, [3]; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, original printed labels on spine; corners rubbed and bumped, text clean; very good.
"Sotheby's skill in translation secured for him a wide literary reputation. In 1798, after rapidly acquiring a knowledge of German, he published Oberon: a Poem, a translation of Christoph Martin Wieland's Oberon, which had already achieved popularity in Europe. Wieland, to whom Sotheby sent a copy of his translation, expressed great satisfaction" (DNB).
2-241. Specimens of the later English poets, with preliminary notices ... In three volumes. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Pater-Noster Row [by S. Hollingworth, Crane-Court, Fleet Street], 1807.
$375
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. liii [1], 449, [1]; [2], 451, [1]; [2], 481, [1] ads for works by Southey; original drab paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; labels chipped at edges (loss of a few letters), paper chipping on the shelfbacks along the joints and spine extremities; labels darkened, occasional moderate foxing; bindings remain sound.
A sequel, of sorts, to Ellis's Specimens of the Early English Poets (1790).
2-242. Facts: addressed to the landholders, farmers, stockholders, manufacturers, merchants, tradesmen, proprietors of every description, and generally to all the subjects of Great Britain and Ireland. Second edition. London: J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Almon, in Piccadilly, [1780].
$850
8vo, pp. 117, [1]; contemporary burnished navy boards ruled in gilt, gilt decorated spine in six compartments; boards rubbed, joints cracked, spine worn and chipped, text clean and sound; good.
A popular tract critical of British financial policies, much of it relating the British government's involvement in the war with the American colonies. As many as eight different editions appeared, all in 1780. Written about a year after having been discharged from the king's bench prison for attempting to raise money for the American colonists "inhumanely murdered by the king's troops at Lexington," this pamphlet, "stimulated by the failure of the American conflict" (DNB) demands parliamentary and financial reform in British government.
This copy likely comes from the library of lawyer and abolitionist Granville Sharp, who had many of the books in his library bound in similar style.
Sabin 96174.
2-243. A companion to the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England: containing a comment on the service for Sundays; including the collects, epistles, and gospels ... The second edition. London: printed for J. Johnson and Co. in St. Pauls’ Church-Yard [by T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London], 1812.
$250
12mo, pp. [2], 475, [1]; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, manuscript titling on spine; upper joint starting, corners bumped, but on the whole a very good, clean, and sound copy. Early ownership inscription on pastedown reading: "P. M. Hopper / a reward for good behavior." Also, with his signature at the top of the title page.
The book was first published in 1791, and is here reissued two years after her death. Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810) was a British author of mostly children's literature. "Her periodical, The Guardian of Education, helped to define the emerging genre by seriously reviewing children's literature for the first time; it also provided the first history of children's literature, establishing a canon of the early landmarks of the genre that scholars still use today. Trimmer's most popular children's book, Fabulous Histories, inspired numerous children's animal stories and remained in print for over a century" (Wikipedia).
2-244. Darien; or, the merchant prince. A historical romance. By Eliot Warburton ... In three volumes. London: Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Street, 1852.
$500
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], 319, [1]; [2], 314; [3], 304; original drab paper-covered boards, green muslin shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; the first two volumes slightly skewed, labels a little rubbed and chipped, spines a little sunned, else generally very good and sound. Armorial bookplate of James Ackers in each volume, also that of Eric Quayle in volume I.
Ackers (1811-1868) was a conservative member of Parliament 1841 to 1847. And Quayle? I knew Quayle. What I could say.
Warburton (1810-52) was an Irish novelist and traveler. His last book, the novel Darien; or, The merchant prince: an historical romance (1852), "described the horrors of a ship fire at sea, a tragic foreshadowing of his own fate. Delegated by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Co. to establish friendly relations with Indigenous tribes in Darién, on the isthmus of Panama, he sailed from Southampton on board the mail steamer Amazon on 2 January 1852. The ship caught fire off Land's End, and Warburton was one of the many who perished (4 January)" (DIB).
Not in Sadleir or Wolff.
2-245. The history of the reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By Robert Watson, LL. D. professor of philosophy and rhetoric in the university of St. Andrew’s. In two volumes. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1777.
$750
First edition, 2 volumes 4to, pp. [4], 443, [1]; [4], 437, [1], [18] index; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfbacks, manuscript title and stamped volume designation numbers on spines (that on volume I largely rubbed away); the front board of volume I and the back board of volume II with abrasions, as if the two were stuck together at some point; joints cracked but the binding remains sound and the text block clean.
Philip II (1527-1598) was King during the Spanish conquests of the Inca empire and the Philippines (which were named in his honor). "Under Philip II, Spain reached the height of its influence and power, sometimes called the Spanish Golden Age, and ruled territories in every continent then known to Europeans" (Wikipedia), including, of course, much in the western hemisphere.
2-246. Metrical romances of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries: published from ancient manuscripts. With an introduction, notes, and a glossary. Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and John Murray, and Constable, Hunter, Park, and Hunter, London, 1810.
$675
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. lxxxvii, [1], 381, [1]; [6], 479, [1]; [6], 459, [5]; original drab paper-covered boards, volume designation numbers stamped on spines, hand-made manuscript labels on orange paper set within a white frame decorated with ornamental foliage; yellow silk book markers; 2 spines a little stained, joints rubbed, but on the whole a very good set. Bookplates of "J. Carter. MA, FAS".
Carter is likely John Carter FAS (1748-1817), the author of The Ancient Architecture Of England (2 volumes, 1795-1808), "possibly the first to attempt a systematic analysis of the development in Britain of the Gothic or Pointed-Arch style" (royalacademy.org).
The sophistications make this set interesting - the attractive labels and the silk book markers, one of which is detached. These labels are likely made by Carter himself.
Weber (1783-1818) was employed by Sir Walter Scott "from August 1804 as his amanuensis, and secured for him profitable work in literature. Weber was described as affectionate, but imbued with Jacobin principles by Scott. (Scott, Journal, 1890, i. 149). After Christmas 1813 a fit of madness seized Weber at dusk, at the close of a day's work in the same room with his employer. He produced a pair of pistols, and challenged Scott to mortal combat. A parley ensued, and Weber dined with the Scotts; next day he was put under restraint. His friends, with some assistance from Scott, supported him, "a hopeless lunatic," in an asylum at York. There he died in June 1818" (Wikipedia).
2-247. The antiquities of Furness. Illustrated with engravings ... A new edition with additions by William Close. Ulverston: printed and sold by George Ashburner, and may be had of R. S.Kiurby, London-House-Yard; Messrs. Lackington, Allen and Co. London; H, Mozley, Gainsborough; Wilson and Spence, York; Troughton, and Gore, Liverpool; Thompson and Sons, Manchester; Ware, Whitehaven, 1805.
$300
First octavo edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 426, [6] index; engraved map, 6 plates (4 aquatints and 2 engravings), plus 8 woodcuts in the text (1 printed in red and 3 full-page); original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback with printed spine reading "West’s / Antiquities / of / Furness. / — / A New / Edition / by / [W] Close / Price 12s"; old vernacular repair at the top of the front joint, and the bottom of the back joint, the binding a bit soiled, but generally very good and sound.
2-248. A history of the forest or chase, known by the name of Cranborn Chace, collected from authentic early records, and continued to a late period: with a brief description of its present state.. Gillingham: printed by E. Neave; and sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, and J. Asperne, Cornhill, London; and by Brodie and Downing, Salisbury; J. Shipp, Blindfold; and T. Adams, Shaftesbuty, 1816.
$350
First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 132, [2]; partially unopened; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; endpapers foxed, spine darkened and with several hairline cracks, joints starting; good, or better.
Not such a common book: 18 in OCLC worldwide, only NYPL, LC, Newberry, Chapel Hill, and Harvard in the US.
2-249. An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Designed chiefly as a guide to strangers. The new monuments are continued down to the present year. London: printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1834.
$150
12mo, pp. iv, 5-189, [5] index; tipped in bifolium advertisement printed on yellow paper for "Juvenile and Prize Book" offered by A. K. Newman; original printed drab paper-covered boards, vertical title printed direct on spine with the price 2 shillings; near fine.
2-250. Fan-Hy-Cheu: a tale, in Chinese and English: with notes, and a short grammar of the Chinese language. London: printed for the author, and published by Robert Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster-Row, 1814.
$2,200
First edition, 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; 6 engraved plates of Chinese characters (occasional light spotting); near fine copy in original cream paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine in Chinese. Inscribed at the top of the front board: "From the author."
Lust 1106: "a romantic tale of a rebel from a Ming anthology of love stories."
2-251. Observations on the present state of the Scotch fisheries, and the improvement of the interior parts of the highlands. Being an essay on these subjects, given into the Highland Society of Scotland, and to which they were pledged to adjudge their highest prize medal for the year 1790. Edinburgh: printed for the author, by Grant and Moir, Paterson’s Court, 1791.
$650
First edition, 12mo, pp. 202 [i.e., 204: pp. 167-68 are repeated in the pagination]; largely unopened; light cracking of the paper along the front joint, but still a near fine, sound, and clean copy in original marbled boards, cream paper shelfback.
An excellent, unsophisticated copy of the first and only edition of this tract, written with "the experience of ten years residence upon the North-West coast of Scotland.... Our reader will see, that the inferences which we have drawn, are almost totally different from those which have been drawn by others who have wrote before us"' (Preface).
White was an employee of the General Excise-Office, Edinburgh; among the unusual "inferences" he draws are that the superiority of the Dutch in the fishing trade "is owing, in great part, to the cleanliness and care with which they pack their fish, and the want of these requisites in our fish-curers," and that the woolen industry of the remote highlands would be best served by focusing on serge and stockings.
Goldsmiths' 14672; Kress B.2238.
2-252. [Whittingham, Charles.] Early blossoms of genius and virtue: including maxims of early wisdom, juvenile memoirs, a great variety of examples of the moral virtues, and a selection of moral poesy embellished with engravings.. London: T. Heptinstall, 304 Holborn. Printed by C. Whittingham, Oct 7, 1797.
$150
8vo, pp. 190, [2]; inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, 4 plates engraved by Saunders and Rothwell after Woolley; original marbled boards, green paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; upper joint crack and held by cords, lower joint starting, corners pushed, spine with several vertical cracks, text lightly toned; a good copy at best. Early ownership signature of E Crawford on the front free endpaper.
An early production by Charles Whittingham (1767-1840) who originally "was apprenticed to a Coventry printer and bookseller. In 1789 he set up a small printing press in a garret off Fleet Street, London, with a loan obtained from the Caslon Type Foundry, and, by 1797, his business had so increased that he was enabled to move into larger premises. An edition of Gray's Poems, printed by him in 1799, secured him the patronage of all the leading publishers. Whittingham inaugurated the idea of printing cheap, handy editions of standard authors, and, on the bookselling trade threatening not to sell his productions, took a room at a coffee house and sold them by auction himself" (Wikipedia). He didn't start his famed Chiswick Press until 1811.
2-253. Oberon; a poem, from the German of Wieland By William Sotheby. First American from the third London edition. With a preface, containing bibliographical notices of the author and translator, and a review of the work. Newport, R. I., and Boston: L. Rousmaniere, Newport, R. I.; and J. Belcher, Boston, 1810.
$325
2 volumes, 12mo in 6s, pp. [2], xlviii, [6], 263; 231; pages toned, but generally a good, sound set, or better in original pink paper-backed marbled boards, printed paper labels on spines. Early ownership signature of David S. Wilson, 1822.
Contains a 3-p. "List of the works of Wieland" in volume I. In volume II on verso of title is "Printed by Joshua Belcher." The introduction is attributed by Hammett to the Hon. William Hunter.
Hammett, p. 151; Shaw & Shoemaker 22052.
2-254. [Worcester.] A concise history of Worcester: containing an ample and authentic description of whatever is worthy of remark in that ancient city; together with an account of royal & other visits, and chronological events ... from the earliest period to the present time. To which is added, the tolls claimed by the sheriff and sword-bearer, and a copy of the charter of James I to the city, and various extracts of other charters and by-laws, relating to the qualification of freemen as electors, and government of the same. Also—an account of the posts, mails, stage coaches, wagons, trows, wherries, and other conveyances, to, and from the city. Worcester: printed by T. Holl, forT. Eaton, Sidbury; and sold by all booksellers, 1808.
$150
First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 156; tinted engraved frontispiece, engraved plan of cathedral and engraved plan of the city; original marbled paper-covered boards, blue paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; boards notched and rubbed, spine rubbed and soiled with bottom inch chipped away; front joint cracked, old taped repair on p. 27-28 and short breaks in the fore-edge of the title page; shaken, but still a good copy.
2-255. The white doe of Rylstone; or the fate of the Nortons. A poem. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row [by James Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh], 1815.
$500
First edition, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 162; uncut; engraved frontispiece by J. C. Bromley after Sir George Beaumont; original drab paper-covered boards, neatly recased and rebacked to style (unsigned, but by Bayntun, Bath, Sept 1975) in gray cloth, new paper label on spine; boards soiled and with some peeling but the text block is clean and the binding sound.
Wise 12.
2-256. De Cyril Institution libri octo ... Ex recensione, et cum notis, Thomae Hutchinson. Glasgow: excudebat Andreas Duncan, academiae typographus. Veneunt apud R. Priestley, T. Hamilton, et G. Cowie et Soc., Londini; Bell & Bradfute, et Doig & Stirling, Edinburgh; et Andream Duncan, Glasguae, 1814.
$375
8vo, pp. [4], 566, [2] ads; engraved frontispiece map of Persia and Asia Minor; text entirely in Greek, with Latin notes; original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; joints and extremities rubbed, label with slightest chipping, but in all, a pleasing copy. Early ownership signature of H. D. Forbes on title page.
Hutchinson (1698-1769) edited Xenophon's Cyropaedia, London, 1727, and his Anabasis, London, 1735, each of which passed through numerous editions.
2-257. Night thoughts, and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job. With a life of the author. London: printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham; for J. Carpenter; J. Booker; J. M. Richardson; W. Lindsell; Cradock and Joy; Sharpe and Hailes; R. Jennings; Effingham Wilson; and G. Dowie and Co., London, 1812.
$275
8vo, pp. lxvi, [2], 353, [1]; inserted engraved frontispiece portrait and vignette title page after Stothard; original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; edges rubbed, spine and label darkened, but still a very good, clean, and sound copy.
This is an early Chiswick Press production, beautifully printed by Charles Whittingham. The press was founded only a year earlier in 1811.