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ADDISON (Joseph): Addison’s Papers in the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian: With Select Essays from the Freeholder, and his Treatise of the Christian Religion. To which are prefixed, Tickell’s Life of the Author, and Extracts from Dr Johnson’s Remarks on his Prose Writings. With Notes. Edinburgh: Printed for W. Creech and J. Sibbald, 1790. [5099]
4 volumes. Large 8vo (in 4s), pp. xlvi, 425 [426, 427 - 430 index, 431 - 432 blank]; [ii], 435 [436 blank, 437 - 446 index]; [ii], 440 [441 - 452 index]; [ii], 496 [497 - 509 index, 510 blank], with Johnson’s name spelled “Johnston” on the title-pages of volumes 3 and 4, contemporary lightly mottled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, morocco labels; text browned, rear cover volume 3 holding on by one cord, front joint volume 1 slightly cracked, slight wear to other joints, corners worn. With the initials AB as cypher on the front paste-down end-paper and the name “d'auverse” marked through on front free end-paper as well as author (probably early 19th century of “James C. Peabody M. D.” underneath. £250
The notes on the extracts from Johnson’s life are by James Beattie and do not appear in other editions of Addison's essays.
There were three issues of this by Creech in 1790: ESTC N16028, as in the present set (Paxton House, The National Trust; Torun University; Syracuse Library); ESTC T220038, with the title beginning “Mr. Addison’s Papers...,” and Creech’s name only in the imprint (Aberdeen; Queen's); and ESTC T170346, with “The Papers of Joseph Addison, Esq.” as the start of the title, and Creech’s name only in the imprint (Aberdeen, NLS [3 copies], BL [2 copies], Bodleian, John Rylands, Leeds; Smith College).
JOHN DRINKWATER’S COPY
ADDISON (Joseph): Poems on Several Occasions. With a Dissertation upon the Roman Poets. London: Printed for E. Curll..., 1719. [5890]
8vo (in 4s), pp. [iii] - xvi, [3], 01 [sic, for 10} - 162 [163 - 164 contents], [iv], 53 [54 - 56 adverts], engraved portrait as frontispiece, 2 other engraved plates (one printed on M3 verso and included in pagination), slightly later 18th century calf, recently morocco label; front joint cracked, top and base of spine slightly chipped. The T. A. Hollick copy, with John Drinkwater’s small gilt bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper, Drinkwater’s autograph with date of 1930 in pencil on upper margin of recto of front free end-paper, and the bookplate of Oliver Brett below that. £200
Foxon, p. 4. Straus, pp. 251 - 252.
AIKIN (John): Essays on Song-Writing; With a Collection of such English Songs as a most Eminent for Poetical Merit. A New Edition, with Additions and Corrections, and a Supplement, by R. H. Evans. London: Printed for R. H. Evans...by W. Bulmer..., 1810. [3599]
8vo, pp. xxviii, 352, including half-title, engraved vignette on title-page, contemporary calf, rebacked, with old spine gilt in compartments and with black morocco labels laid down. Contemporary amroial bookplate with initals “S F T W” and shield with three finches at top with lion rampant above on front paste-down end-paper, book plate of Francisci Thomae Arnold on recto of front free end-paper. £150
Aikin (1747 - 1822) first published this work in 1772, and it was frequently reprinted. This is Evans’s first edition, and it corrects a number of Aikin’s errors and prints a number of new items (pp. 259 - 352).
ALGAROTTI (Francesco): An Essay on the Opera Written in Italian by Count Algarotti. London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers..., 1767. [4368]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vi [vii Contents, viii blank], 192; lacks half-title. BOUND WITH: CAMPBELL (Thomas): An Essay on English Poetry. Boston: Published by Wells and Lilly, 1819. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 231 [232 blank, 233 - 234 adverts], engraved portrait of Campbell as frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1, bound in 19th century half calf, marbled boards, rebacked with old spine gilt in compartments (but worn and rubbed) laid down, newspaper clippings on end-papers and motto pasted above imprint on Campbell’s book. A rather strange combination of two disparate works. £500
Algarotti (1712 - 1764) wrote the most significant treatise on opera published in Europe in the 18th century. It was published in 1755 in Italy, Saggio sopra l’opera in musica. New Grove says of it that it was the “best-grounded and most wide-ranging of [18th century] critiques, also the one that received the widest diffusion through reprinting and translation. It proposed that all parts of music, including singing, be subordinated to a unifying poetic idea....”
ALPHABETS. CHILDREN. Alphabets a l'Usage des Artistes. Deuxieme Cahier. Paris, Maison Bouasse..., 28 et 29 St. Sulpice, [n. d.]. [c. 1830]. [6584]
Oblong 8vo, 280 x 138 mms., consisting of 18 engraved alphabets, printed on recto only, verso blank, with original printed front cover, "Paris Maison Basselt/ Alphabets a/a l'Usage des Artistes," plates printed on grid, all in very good condition with only very slight wear at edges. £2,000
The 18 alphabets illustrate various activities, anmials, birds, objects, or trades, in order of appearance: Les Cris de Paris; Oixeaux; Chasse; Poses et Tours; Armes; Feuillages; Varietes; Comestibles; Bunneterie et Modes; Costumes; Jouets; Arbres; Militaires; Instruments et Outils; Droleries; Metiers; Animaux; Ornementation.
Gumuchian 69: "Jolis alphabets gravés très décoratifs. Il y en a 18 (un per feuillet), contenant chacun 26 lettres, dessinées selon un certain sujet choisi....." See also http://www.inrp.fr/mnemo/web/vueNot.php?index=9309.
ANTONIOTTO (Giorgio): L’Arte Armonica, or A Treatise on the Composition of Musick, In Three Books, With an Introduction on the History, and Progress of Musick from it’s [sic] beginning to this Time. Written in Italian...and Translated into English. London: Printed by John Johnson..., 1761. [4479]
FIRST EDITION. Folio, two volumes in 1, pp. [x], 109 [110 blank], [ii], 62, recently rebound in quarter calf, linen boards; some slight waterstains to fore-margins in the second part, but generally a very good copy, with the contemporary autograph of T. Gerard on each title-page. £3,000
Antoniotto (1692 - 1776) was born in Milan but worked in London for more than twenty years. The Monthly Review complained that the translation lacked purity and elegance of style, but found it invaluable for students of music. New Grove notes that it is “an up-to-date and sophisticated presentation of theory, for instance in its use of Corelli’s opus 5 no. 1 to illustrate the transformation of chord progressions into melodies and counterpoint.” The first part of the work, after the engraved title-page, is letterpress text, while the second part is engraved throughout, with musical examples. Among the subscribers are Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Charles Burney, John Hawkins, Samuel Pegge, and numerous English organists. The Whig politician Sir George Saville subscribed for 20 copies.
RISM, BVI I, p. 91. ESTC locates copies at C, C, Dt, Lg, O; CtY-Mus, CU-MUSI, DLC, KyU, MH-Mu, NIC, PBa.
APPERLEY ([Thomas]): Essays and Reflections, Religious and Moral. Second Edition, with Additions. Glocester: Printed by D. Walker, for J. Washbourn.... Sold also by Messrs Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme; and Messrs. Rivington, London, 1806. [6266]
8vo, pp. 174, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, green morocco label; boards a little rubbed and front joint slightly rubbed. A very good copy. £200
No dates or first name are given for the author in OCLC or Copac, but he is almost certainly Thomas Apperley (1730 - 1814). In the Introduction, he describes himself as the “Father of a pretty numerous family,” and Thomas Apperley lived in Wrexham, where the first edition (1793) of this book was printed. He was the father of eight children, one of whom, Charles James Apperley (1778 - 1843) achieved fame as “Nimrod,” the sports writer. The topics are, of course, religious and moral, and Apperley doesn’t think much of philosophy: “Had it not been for philosophy, which perverted natural reason, mankind would never have disputed the immortality of the soul.”
For the first edition of 1793, ESTC T68681 locates copies in BL, Bodleian, Birmingham, and Glasgow. For this 1806 edition, Copac and OCLC locate copies in BL, Bodleian; Yale, Michigan.
ASHBY (Samuel): Miscellaneous Poems. The Illustrious Friends; Address to Music and Poesy, &c. &c. London: Printed for W. Miller..., 1794. [6374]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 245 x 190 mms., pp. xiv [xv Contents, xvi blank], 158, including list of subscribers, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules, morocco label, marbled boards; text washed but remains of large stain (approximately one quarter of each leaf, lower left-hand corner) persist to about page 66. With the contemporary autograph of the M. P., Edward Monckton, one of the subscribers, on the title-page. £750
Ashby is unknown to ODND, but he was a native of Bungay, and many of the subscribers are from East Anglia. The poems include "Reply to the Goitre," "The Captive Fly," "The Anniversary of Belinda's Birth-Day," and concludes with "Address to Music and Poesy." One poem, "Event in Scotland," seems curiously mis-named, as it is a rape narrative, in which a Youth, who "glows with wild desire" pursues the daughter of Acasto, a Scottish laird (apparently), who, in repelling him, throws herself off a precipice to her death. Whether this alludes to an actual "event" (hence the title) or is intended to be an allegory in the manner of the next poems, "Bride-Cake; An Allegorical Vision" is unclear.
ESTC T39429 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, Bodleian; American Philosophical Society, Princeton, Minnesota, Yale. OCLC adds Indiana and National Library of Australia.
AUSONIUS. [WORKS]. D. Magni Ausonii Burdig. viri consularis opera . A Iosepho Scaligero, & Elia Vineto denuo recognita, disposita, & variorum notis illustrata: Cetera Epistola ad lectorem docebit. Adiectis variis & locupletissimis indicibus. [AND]: Iosephi Scaligeri Iul. Cæs. F. Ausonianarum lectionum libri duo. Adiectis præterea, Doctissimorum id genus authorum: utpote Adriana Turnebi, Hadriani Iunii, Guilelmi Canteri, Iusti Lypsii & Eliæ Vineti notis. [Geneva]: typis Iacobi Stoer, M.D.XIIC, 1588. [6177]
2 volumes in 1. Small 8vo, 122 x 80 mms., pp. [xxxii], 350;[2], 247 [248 blank, 249 - 262 Index], title within ornamental woodcut border, and the autograph “Johannis Pricei” on the lower margin, 17th century calf (pitted and worn), early reback; covers dried, corners a bit worn. The autograph is probably that of John Price (?1602 - 1676), the classical scholar, who had an extensive library, who published commentaries on the New Testament and who was Professor of Greek at Pisa. £500
Ausonius (c. 310 - c. 395) was born in Bordeaux, and after a career as teacher, rhetorician, and soldier, retired to his estate in the Bordeaux area; Chateau Ausone, one of the finest St. Emilion wineries, is said to take its name from him. His works are interesting to wine historians as he has a number of comments on wine-making in the Bordeaux area. His achievements as a Latin poet, however, have not attracted universal admiration: Gibbon commented in his Decline and Fall, that “the poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age.” Sivan Hagith’s recent study, Ausonius of Bordeaux: Genesis of a Gallic Aristocracy (1993) emphasizes his role as teacher and aristocrat.
Cambridge A2285; Graesse I, 259.
AVISON (Charles): An Essay on Musical Expression. With Alterations and Large Additions. To which is added, A Letter to the Author, concerning the Music of the Ancients, and some Passages in Classic Writers, relating to that Subject. Likewise, Mr. Avison’s Reply to the Author of Remarks on Musical Expression. In a Letter from Mr. Avison, to his Friend in London. The Third Edition. London, Printed for Lockyer Davies..., 1775. [4516]
Small 8vo, pp. viii, 221 [222 blank], 4 folding engraved plates of music (one neatly strengthened at fold), recently rebound in quarter calf, gilt spine, morocco label, marbled boards; lacks the final adverts leaf. A very good copy. With two autographs on the recto of the front free end-paper: “Robert Nunn/ Bury” (in ink, and probably late 18th century); and “E. A. Wall/ 10/2/[18]93” in pencil. £350
Avison’s Essay was first published in 1752 with a second edition in 1753. It is not clear what authority this text has, as Avison died in 1770. The work to which Avison alludes on the title-page is that of the Heather Professor of Music at Oxford, William Hayes, whose Remarks on Mr. Avison’s Essay was an extensive criticism of this work.
AVISON (Charles): An Essay on Musical Expression. London: Printed for C. Davis..., 1752. [4758]
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. [viii], 138, Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, with raised bands between gilt rules, red morocco label. A very good copy. £600
Charles Avison (1709 - 1770) made his early reputation in Newcastle, chiefly as an organist, but he also accepted posts in Dublin, Edinburgh, and London. However, it was the above book which marked out his real genius, though it did not excite universal approbation. In some sense the work is a collective one, since Avison had help from Dr. John (“Estimate”) Brown, William Mason, John Jortin, among others. Charles Burney thought that it was the first of its kind to be written in English, and it is almost certainly the most serious attempt to treat the aesthetics of music systematically and philosophically in British intellectual discourse.
AYLIFFE (John): The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford. Containing I. An account of its antiquity, past Government, and Sufferings from the Danes, and other People, both Foreign and Domestick. II. An account of its colleges, Halls, and Publick Buildings; of their Founders and especial Benefactors; the Laws, Statutes, and Privileges relating thereunto in general; and of their Visitors and their Power, &c. III. An account of the laws, Statutes and Privileges of the University, and such of the Laws of the Realm which do any wise concern the same; together with an Abstract of several Royal Grants and Charters given to the said University, and the Sense and Opinion of the Lawyers thereupon. To which is added the Method of Proceeding in the Chancellor’s Court. With an Appendix and Index to the whole London: Printed for E. Curll..., 1714. [6599]
FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 198 x 122 mms, pp. [xxiv], 518 [519 - 528 Index]; [ii], 334 [335 - 344 Index], clxxxix Appendix [cxc errata], recently rebound in full panelled sheepskin, spines richly gilt in compartments, red leather labels, a reasonably good pastiche of an 18th century binding, though the titling labels are a bit clumsy. £650
Ayliffe (1676 - 1732) was made a Fellow of New College in 1704, and had a rather checkered career at Oxford for the next ten or fifteen years. Oxford DNB notes of this work that, "Part of the work was historical and, as Ayliffe acknowledged, borrowed to a large extent from Anthony Wood's earlier work. The book was very much that of a lawyer: the chapters on the corporate status of the colleges and on the procedural law applied in the chancellor's court and other university bodies were some of the most comprehensive studies on the subject written by an English civil lawyer. On several aspects Ayliffe's expressed views were strongly polemical. As a recurrent theme, Ayliffe denounced the propensity of some heads of colleges and university officials, particularly in his own time, to act beyond their proper powers; that tendency would, in Ayliffe's account, correspond to the political inclination of those (in his own words) ‘promoting Arbitrary Power in the Prince’. The argument no doubt had political merits, but may well also have been inspired by Ayliffe's personal grievances while researching his book, in particular when he tried to list the colleges' benefactions and their original purposes; on several occasions, he claimed, he had been denied access to the college archives. In some instances Ayliffe's attacks were more personal. In the last pages of his account he appears to refer to his own successful defence against the decision depriving him of his proctor's office and refers sharply to Thomas Wood. Nevertheless, Ayliffe's demotion from Oxford was provoked by more veiled attacks in his book."
Straus, pp. 228 - 229.
BANYER (Henry): Pharmacopoeia Pauperum: or the Hospital Dispensatory: Containing the chief Medicines Now used in the Hospitals of London. With Suitable Instructions for their Common Use. The Fourth Edition much enlarged. London. Printed for T. Longman..., 1739. [5194]
12mo, pp. [ii], ix [x blank], 167 [168 adverts], with contemporary printed extracts from journals pasted to verso of last end-paper and on rear paste-down end-paper, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, morocco label, marbled boards, new end-papers. With “Js. Walker’s 1746” on the upper margin of the title-page. £400
Banyer (1690 - 1749) published this work in 1718, and this was the last edition to be published in the 18th century.
BAYLY (Anselm): A Practical Treatise on Singing and Playing With Just Expression and Real Elegance. Being an Essay on I. Grammar. II. Pronunciation; or, The Art of Just Speaking. III. Singing - Its Graces - Their Application. - On Cathedral Compositions. London: Printed for J. Ridley..., 1771. [5557]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. v [vi blank], 16, 99 [100 blank], in a soiled blue 19th century wrapper, with “O. S. Williams’s Book/July 22, 1835” inscribed on front cover; title-page soiled and slightly creased, first three leaves detached from rest of text. £400
Bayly (1718/19 - 1794), a Church of England clergyman, wrote several works on philology, speech, metre, and rhythm, including what is probably his best-known work, The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and Oratory (1789). In this work, the chapter on singing takes us most of the last half of the book, while the guidelines on pronunciation give a fairly exact idea of how very different 18th century pronunciation of most words would have sounded to 21st century ears. See also the commentary by Robert Toft, “Rendering the Sense More Conspicuous: Grammatical and Rhetorical Principles of Vocal Phrasing in Art and Popular/Jazz Music,” Music and Letters (2004: 85, 3; 368-387).
ESTC T13167 locates copies in the BL, Bodleian, Cambridge; McMaster, Yale (2), Huntington, UC Berkeley, Library of Congress, Indiana State University Cunningham Memorial Library, Harvard, Rochester (Rhees Library).
BARRY (Sir Edward): Observations Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients. And the Analogy between them and Modern Wines. With General Observations on the Principles and Qualities of Water, and in particular those of Bath. London: Printed for T. Cadell..., 1775. [6548]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xii, 477 [480 errata], 2 engraved vignettes on title-page, engraved plate between pages 160 and 161, contemporary calf, later reback; hinges crudely strengthened, front free marbled end-paper removed, binding worn and dried, contemporary armorial bookplate of J. Watts Russell on the front paste-down end-paper. The directions to the binder call for the plate, which is labelled “Frontispiece” to be placed between pages 160 and 161, where indeed the text is about the illustration; however, in the other copies I have examined, the plate can appear as either frontispiece or, occasionally, between pages 160 and 161. No additional plate is called for. £1,250
Sir Edward Barry, the Dublin-born physician, published the first scientific treatment of wine in Britain. The main text deals with the nature and properties of ancient Greece and Rome, while the appendix (some 60 pages) is devoted to modern wines. Although the work is now recognized for its innovations and is a valuable research document, it did not fare very well at the hands of an early reviewer, the irascible Gilbert Stuart. Writing in the Edinburgh Magazine and Review, IV (1775), he commented “the author appears to be acquainted with no theory of fermentation posterior to that of Boerhaave, and, in particular, he seems to be ignorant of the late ingenious discoveries concerning fixed air.... The author discovers considerable knowledge, and much acquaintance with the writers of antiquity. We are sorry, however, to observe, that the reader does not always obtain satisfaction.” To soften these blows, he also comments, with some irony, on the binding of the copy he is reviewing, “The binding of the work is, nevertheless, fine, nay superlative, which, being the most important feature of a book, must therefore raise its value to an inestimable height.” The binding here leaves a lot to be desired!
Maclean, p. 8. Simon 168. Vicair, pp. 66-67.
BELLAMY (George Anne): An Apology of the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre. Written by Herself. To which is annexed, Her original Letter to John Calcraft, Esq; advertised to be published in October, 1767, but which was then violently suppressed. T London: Printed for the Author, by the Literary Society At the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Bell, at the British Library..., 1785. [6540]
FIRST EDITION. 5 volumes in 2. 12mo, 176 x 112 mms., pp. 12, 215 [216 blank]; [iv], 226 [227 - 228 adverts]; [iv], 216; [iv], 215 [216 adverts]; [iv], 144 [145 - 164 Index of Names], including half-titles for each volume, contemporary quarter calf, red leather labels, marbled boards (very rubbed); spines a little nicked. With the autograph and date "Mary Mallet/ 1797" on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 1 and her autograph repeated on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 2, the autograph "J. R. Gurney" on the first half-title of each volume. £450
George Anne Bellamy (?1731 - 1788) published this apologia in 1785, and some seven editions were published in 1785 and 1786. A sixth volume was published in 1785, and was added to various editions. It was edited by Alexander Bicknell (d. 1796), a minor author of romances, plays, poems, and a general literary hack. Bellamy, a great beauty, was a successful actress and survivor. She never married, but she had three children, one by George Montgomery Metham (1716–1793) and at least two with John Calcraft (bap. 1726 - 1772), the politician. Like many actresses, writers, musicians, etc. in the 18th century, her life was not financially secure, and she died in penury on 16 February 1788. Her account of her life, however, is full of anecdote, information, observation, and reflection on the life of an artist in a culture with money, time, and leisure for the arts but uncertain of the exact status of the arts in a changing social framework.
BELSHAM (Thomas): Elements of the Philosophy of The Mind, and of Moral Philosophy. To which is prefixed A Compendium of Logic. London: Printed for J. Johnson...by Taylor and Wilks..., 1801. [3664]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], xciii [xciv blank, xcv drop-title, xcvi blank], 447 [448 adverts], original boards, uncut, paper label on spine; approximately 4 mms. of top of spine missing, covers a little soiled, but generally a good copy. £250
Thomas Belsham (1750 - 1829) was the son of the dissenting minister James Belsham and brother of William Belsham. This was his first important publication, but it is more of a summary of liberal theological thought and empirical theology than an innovative system of philosophy. He accepts and uses the ideas of Priestley and Hartley, and he discusses many of the philosophical ideas of various 18th century philosophers. Perhaps he derived his title from the first volume of Dugald Stewart’s Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind (1792), leaving out “human” as pleonastic.
BEMETZTRIEDER (Anton): Music made Easy to every Capacity, In a Series of Dialogues; Being Practical Lessons for the Harpsichord, laid down in a new Method, So as to render that Instrument so little difficult, that any Person, with common Application, may play well; become a thorough Proficient in the Principles of Harmony; and will compose Music, if they have a Genius for it, in less than a Twelvemonth. Written in French by Monsieur Bemetzrieder, Musick Master to the Queen of France. And published at Paris, (with a Preface) by the Celebrated Monsieur Diderot, The Whole Translated, and adapted to the Use of the English Student, by Giffard Bernard. Perused and approved of by Doctor Boyce and Doctor Howard. London: Printed by R. Ayre and G. Moore...and sold by W. Randall..., 1778, 1779. [5494]
FIRST EDITION. Large 4to (272 x 205 mms.), pp. vi, vi, iv, 87 [88 blank], [2], [89] - 198, [2], [199] - 249 [250 blank], including list of subscribers and drop-titles (with complete imprint and dated 1779) for Part II and Part III, numerous music illustrations in text, contemporary marbled boards (rubbed and worn), recent calf spine, morocco label; corners worn. The copy of one of the subscribers, William Mitford, with his autograph “W. Mitford” at the top margin of the front free end-paper. This is possibly the historian of ancient Greece, William Mitford (1744–1827). £1,750
Anton Bemetzrieder (1743 - 1817) was trained as a Benedictine monk but went to Paris at an early stage to teach music. There, he made the acquaintance of Diderot no later than November, 1769, when his name appears in Diderot’s correspondence. Diderot’s interest in Bemetzrieder was no doubt prompted in part by his admiration for his musically gifted daughter, Angelique and by his own love of music. He liked Bemetzrieder’s practical teaching approach and offered to put into literary form his method. Lecons de clavecin et principles d’haromonie was first published in 1771, and, despite Diderot’s disclaimers, that he did more than act as redacteur. Charles Burney also met Bemetzrieder and thought well enough of his book to use it for the musical education of his daughters. Bemetzrieder left Paris to live in London, settling there in 1781. New Grove notes that his “principal contribution to theory lay in his practical, systematic and pedagogical presentation of the prevalent music ideas of the time. He divided the learning process into five basic parts, which he intended to serve as a framework for musical training: the art of reading music, accompaniment, execution, musical composition and (later) musical erudition. His harmonic theory was built on a firm knowledge of acoustics and mathematics, and on the work of Rameau, but compromised to embrace the thinking of other theorists of the day.” A second edition of the work was published in 1785.
ESTC T96492 locates copies at the BL, Cambridge, Bodleian (2) Queen's University of Belfast, Durham Cathedral Library, Glasgow University Library, Manchester Central Library; and in North America, the Huntington Library. University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University Music Library, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Baylor University Moody Memorial Library. There are also copies at Yale and the Spencer Library, Kansas.
BENSON (George): The History of the first Planting the Christian Religion: Taken from the Acts of the Apostles, and their Epistles. Together with the Remarkable Facts of the Jewish and Roman History, which affected the Christians, with this Period. With an Appendix: To prove, That St. Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles: And to show, That if the Acts contain a true history, Christianity must be true. London: Printed for Richard Ford..., 1735. [3585]
FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 4to, pp. vi, viii, 282; 325 [326 [ 328 adverts], recently rebound in full antique-style mottled calf, red morocco label; lower corner of title-page volume 1 repaired, title-page and first several leaves creased and foxed, title-page volume 2 foxed. £250
Benson (1699 - 1762) declared his sentiments with respect to St. Paul in 1731 with his A Paraphrase and Notes on St. Paul’s Epistle to Philemon, and published in the next year a similar volume. The above substantial work was well received, admired, and plundered; a second edition appeared in 1756.
BIANCHINI [or BLANCHINI] (Francois): Franciscisci Blanchine Veronensis Utriusque Signaturæ Referendarii, & Prælati Domestici, de Tribus Generius Instrumentorum Musicæ Veterum Organicæ Dissertatio. Romæ, Impensis Fausti Amidei Bibliopolæ in via Cursus. Ex Typgraphia Bernabò, & Lazzarini, 1742. [3348]
FIRST EDITION. Large 4to, xi [xii blank], 58, 8 full-page engraved plates of musical instruments, 5 engraved vignettes, contemporary vellum, with the armorial book plate of E. de Blavette on the front paste-down end-paper; fore-margins of first few leaves slightly frayed, slight wear to binding, but generally a very good copy. £2,500
Francois Bianchini [1662-1729] was librarian to Cardinal Ottoboni, later Pope Alexander VIII, in Rome. He seems to have been a much respected antiquary who enjoyed considerable Papal patronage. Bianchini’s name is often spelled Blanchini, but it seems to be one and the same person. Graesse in his 'Supplement' of 1869 lists the work under Bianchini gives these as alternative spellings for the same person. [With thanks to John Wilbraham for this information.] This seems to be a work that Bianchini compiled as librarian, and it was not published in its lifetime. At the Wolffheim sale in 1928 - 1929, a copy sold for £100.
Eitner II, 32. Wolffheim, I, 1126. Legacy of Sebastian Virdung (Grolier Club, 2005), no. 38.
BINET (Estienne): Abrege des Vies des Principaux Fondateurs des Religions de l'Eglise, Representez dans le Choeur de L'Abbaie de S. Lambert de Liessies en Haynaut Avec les Maimes spirituelles de chaque Fondateur. A Anvers, Chez Marint Notius, 1634. [5994]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Small 4to, 198 x 140 mms., pp. 300 [301 - 302 approbation and privilege, 303 errata 304 blank], with the pagination including engraved title-page, 38 engraved portraits, and a final engraved plate of Pope Innocent II in council, marbled end-papers, bound in early 18th century calf, gilt border on covers, sometime expertly rebacked, with old spine gilt in compartments and red morocco label laid down. With the armorial bookplate of [Major] Coningsby Disraeli (brother of Benjamin)on the front paste-down end-paper, the inscription “Collegy Soctis. Jesu Luxemburgi” in a contemporary hand on the top margin of the printed title-page, and “[?A. Mosheim]” in the top margin of the engraved title-page. A very good copy. £1,350
The engraved illustrations, designed by Theodore Galle (1570-1633) and engraved by his brother Cornelis Galle (1576-1650), illustrate for the most part lost paintings from the the Choir of the Benedictine Abbey of Liessies, northern France. The Jesuit Binet (1569 - 1639) provides a brief biography for each of the subjects. “Theodore made designs from the original paintings which were then engraved by Cornelis to produce superb portraits of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, early Church Fathers, founders of religious orders, Liessies most revered abbot, Louis de Blois (1506-1565) and recent Saints such as St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Theresa of Avila and St. Philip of Neri, all within richly detailed borders. The portraits were dispersed or burned following the French Revolution but some are still to be seen in neighbouring churches. This work, therefore, is one of the few records of a series of paintings for which the abbey was famous. The Galle brothers trained under their father Philip Galle (1537-1612) and later travelled to Rome to learn from the Italian masters. After his father's death Theodore took over his workshop and business while Cornelis became renowned for his reproductive engraving employing a traditional, dry engraving technique and style. He worked for Anthony van Dyck, Marten de Vos, Hendrick Goltzius and engraved Rubens' designs for title-pages and illustrations for the Plantin Press” (with grateful acknowledgement to Jonathan Reilly of Maggs Bros. Ltd.).
Funck p. 215 & p. 212, fig. 80.
BLACKSTONE (Sir William): Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Our Books. The Ninth Edition, with the last corrections of the author; and continued to the present time, By Ri. Burn, LL. D. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell...; and D. Prince, Oxford, 1783. [6592]
4 volumes. 8vo, 214 x 136 mms., pp. [iv],ii, [x], 485 [486 blank]; [viii],510, xix [xx blank]; [viii], 455 [456 blank], xvii [xviii blank]; [viii], 443 [444 blank], vii [viii blank], [50 - Index], engraved portrait (by Hall after Gainsborough) as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt, red leather labels; some slight wear and rubbing of joints and binding, but generally a very good and attractive set, with the armorial bookplate of John Guille of Guernsey on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. £1,750
Blackstone (1723 - 1780) published his famous commentaries between 1765 and 1769, and the work has hardly even been out of print. Richard Burn (1709 - 1785) prepared this edition from Blackstone's revisions before his death.
[BLACKWELL (Thomas)]: An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer. The Second Edition. London: Printed in the Year..., 1736. [6360]
8vo, pp. [iv], 335 [336 blank, 337 - 416 Index, 417 list of plates (i. e., engraved vignettes), 418 errata], engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht), engraved vignette (by Gravelot after G. Scotin) on title-page, 12 engraved vignettes (mostly by Gravelot after Scotin, Gravelot (functioning here both as engraver and sketcher) and others), folding engraved map, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with old spine laid down, new morocco label; title-page slightly defective and mounted, dedication leaf slightly frayed, but a good copy with the 19th century ownership inscription of Jne. Bourn, Emman[uel} Coll[ege] Cambridge on the recto of the front free end-paper. £350
Blackwell (1701 - 1757) published this work in 1735, and his attempt to account for Homer’s popularity and what he perceived as Homer’s unique gifts prompted this second edition in 1736. The book is one of the more attractive productions of this period, but no printer is credited, though the names of artists and engravers of the attractive vignettes can just be discerned - among them Gravelot engraved by Van der Gucht, though Van der Gucht . The publisher’s adverts at the end are for J. Oswald.
BLAINVILLE (Charles Henri de): Histoire Générale, Critique et Philologique de La Musique, Dédiée à La Duchesse de Villeroy. A Paris, Chez Pissot..., 1757. [4328]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xi [xii “Avertissement”], 189 [190 “Approbation,” 191 - 192 “Privilege du Roi”], 68 engraved plates, including frontispiece which is supplied in facsimile, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label; lower corner of first four leaves water-stained, and slightly frayed, joints and corners neatly restored. £950
Blainville (1710 - 1777) maintained that he had discovered a third mode of music between major and minor, which he called “mode mixte”; his symphony in this mode was first performed on 30 May 1751, and Rousseau commented favourably upon it. The final section in this work is on harmonic theory.
BLASIS (Carlo): Manuel complet de la Danse comprenant la théorie, la pratique et l'histoire de cet art depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours; à l'usage des amateurs et des professeurs.... Trad. de l'Anglais de M. Barton sur l'édit. de 1830, par M. Paul Vergnaud. Ouvrage orné d'un grand nombre de Figures et de Musique. Paris. A la Librairie Encyclopédigue de Roret..., 1830. [6582]
FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 150 x 100 mms., pp. vi, 412, 90 page catalogue of Roret imprints dated January 1847 following text, engraved frontispiece of Terpsichore, 4 folding engraved plates of figures dancing (one with tear in upper margin), 24 pages engraved music, neatly bound in mid-19th century quarter maroon morocco, marbled boards and end-papers. A fine copy. £1,250
This work appeared in 1820 in London with the title The Code of Terpsichore: the Art of Dancing, published by E. Bull. This French translation appeared almost immediately thereafter. Blasis (?1797 - 1878), an Italian by birth, wrote a number of works on dance and music; the present work covers the history and theory of dance, pantomime, the composition of ballets, and contains a section devoted to social dances entitled "private dancing." His birthdate is often given as 4 November 1803, which would have made him a precocious 17 when he published in 1820 his first work, Traité élémentaire, théorique, et pratique de l'art de la danse.
BLOUNT (Charles): The Miscellaneous Works of Charles Blount. Containing I. The Oracles of Reason. II. Anima Mundi... III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians... IV. An Appeal from the Country to the City for the Preservation of his Majesties Person, Liberty, and Property.... V. A just Vindication of Learning, and of the Liberty of the Press.... VI. A Supposed Dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William ....To which is prefix'd the Life of the Author, and an Account and Vindication of his Death. With the Contents of the Whole Volumes. [?London] Printed in the Year 1695. [6024]
FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. [48], 228, 72, 85 - 133 [134 blank], [8], 45 [46 blank], [2], 35 [36 blank], [8], 17 [18 blank], [6], 27 [28 blank] with parts 5 and 6 paged continuously (the dialogue consisting of only 3 pages), contemporary calf, red morocco label; lower margins of front end-papers wormed, occasional staining and foxing of text, spine chipped at top and base, front joint cracked, rear joint rubbed. £650
Blount (1654 - 1693) made a notable reputation for himself in his short life. This volume was edited by Charles Gildon (1665 - 1724) and contains two of his most important works, The Oracles of Reason and Great is Diana of the Ephesians, books full of learning worn lightly, irony, and wit. Although Blount was dead (he shot himself when he was not allowed to marry his sister-in-law) when The Oracles of Reason was published, it was controversial work, and there were many replies to and attack on it, viz., that of James Lowde, who wrote that “Some are of Opinion that the Book call'd the Oracles of Reason is not worth the taking notice of by way of Answer, it being, they say, such as would soon dye of it self; I must confess I have no great opinion of the performance therein...not that I here reflect upon the abilitys of the Person, but of the weakness of the cause, that was not capable of a better defence” (Moral Essays, 1699).
The hasty assemblage of the work resulted in slight omissions, mis-paginations, and errors of the press. In the above copy, the pagination given for the 4th work is [2], 35 [36 blank]. In other copies, the pagination is 37 [1 - presumably blank]. In the present copy, there is indeed a catchword at the bottom of page 35, but page [36] is blank, so there is no text to be “caught”.
BLOUNT (Charles): The Two First Books of Philostratus. Concerning the Life of Apollonius Tyaneus: Written Originally in Greek, And now Published in English: Together with Philological Notes Upon each Chapter. By Charles Blount, Gent. London, Printed for Nathaniel Thompson..., 1680. [6359]
FIRST EDITION. Folio, pp. [vii], 243 [244 blank], title-page in red and black,contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with old spine laid down; some creasing of text, but a very good copy in a contemporary binding. £950
Blount (1654 - 1693) began his controversial career in 1678 or 1679 with his Anima Mundi, and the above work helped to establish him as the pre-eminent deist of his time. Most of the text consists of Blount’s notes to Philostratus, in a rough proportion of four pages of Blount to one of Philostratus. His commentary draws attention to analogies between Christ and Apollonius of Tyana, the miracle working mystic (or sham magician) Greek philosopher born just before Christ. John Leland in his View of the Principal Deistical Writers (1754), recognized Blount’s tactics and asserted that the work was “manifestly intended to strike at revealed religion.” In 1974, in The Journal of the History of Ideas, John Redwood claimed that Blount gave a “stimulus to nascent deism: the stimulus of propagating an eclectic tradition of heresy into the augustan age of contemplation. He stimulated the anti-clerical, the anti-papist, the radical and the republican, the pursuer of reason, and the man who hated miracles and revelation.”
Wing P2132.
BOURNE (Vincent): Miscellaneous Poems: Consisting of Originals and Translations. London, Printed for W. Ginger...And sold by J. Dodsley...and E. Johnson..., 1772. [6167]
Large 4to, 252 x 198 mms., pp. xvi, 352, contemporary olive green morocco, ornately gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, olive morocco label, all edges gilt; bookplate crudely removed from front paste-down end-paper, corners a little worn, but a very good and attractive copy, with the autograph “Thos. Assheton Smith” (1776–1858), quarry owner and sportsman, on the upper margin of the recto of the front free end-paper. £250
It is not clear why this edition of the poems of Bourne (1694 - 1747) should have attracted a list of just over 400 subscribers, though a Mr. and Mrs. Ginger (the work was printed for W. Ginger) are among the subscribers. I note that Governor Price, Uvedale Price, Robert Price, and William Price were among the subscribers. Pencil notes on the front free end-papers call this “First Edition” and “Best Edition”; the closest thing to a good scholarly edition of Bourne’s poems is probably that by Mitford published in 1840, while the first collection of Bourne's work, Poematia, appeared in 1734.
[BOND (William). DEFOE (Daniel)]: The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, A Gentleman, who tho’ Deaf and Dumb, writes down any Stranger’s Name at first Sight: with their future Contingencies of Fortune. Now Living In Exeter-Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand. The Second Edition corrected. London: Printed for E. Curll: And sold by W. Mears and T. Jauncy..., A. Bettesworth..., W. Lewis..., and J. Graves..., 1720. [4691]
8vo, pp. xix [xx blank, xxi - xxiv Contents], 33 [34 blank], 320, [16 - “A Catalogue of Books Printed for, and Sold by E. Curll....”], engraved portrait (By Van Der Gucht after T. Hill), four other engraved plates opposite pp. 11, 39, 71, 129, contemporary panelled calf, later reback with raised bands between gilt rules, morocco labels; some foxing of margins and occasionally text, front joint rubbed, but generally a very good copy. £350
The work is often attributed to Daniel Defoe, an attribution disputed by Defoe scholars and bibliographers, e. g., Max Novak and Furbank and Owens. This is a completely different work from that published in 1732 and attributed to Defoe or Eliza Haywood.
ESTC has two different entries for a second edition, N17925 and T69701. It is not immediately clear what the difference is between the two, but none of the copies listed have the 16 pages of adverts for Curll’s books at the end.
BORUWLASKI (Joseph): Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, A Polish Gentleman; Containing a faithful and curious Account of his Birth, Education, Marriage, Travels, and Voyages, Written by Himself. Translated from the French By Mr. Des Carrieres. With a Copper-plate Engraving, wherein he is represented in a Family Scene. London [no publisher], 1788 [6361]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 220 x 140 mms., pp. vii [viii blank, ix - xvi list of subscribers], 247 [248 blank], including half-title, text printed with French on verso and English translation on opposite recto, engraved (by W. Hincks) frontispiece, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine; joints neatly restored. A very good copy with the 19th century autograph "J. D. Hustler" on the front paste-down end-paper. £650
Boruwlaski (1739 - 1837) was an untitled member of the Polish aristocracy. Born in Poland, he grew very slowly and reached his maximum height of three feet, three inches at the age of 30. What he "lacked in size he made up in... culture, wit, [and] intelligence. Great men sought his company for the sheer pleasure of hearing him converse. [Nonetheless] he found it difficult to make a living... [and] resorted to exhibiting himself for money" (Toole-Stott). He traveled the Continent for several years until settling in London (where he had audiences with George III and the Regent). He wrote his autobiography in French, had it translated and arranged to publish it in this dual-language edition for his benefit.
Toole-Stott 2634. Lowndes 240.
BOSWELL (James): The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending An Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons: and Various Original Pieces of his Composition, never before published: The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. The Third Edition, Revised and Augment. London: Printed by H. Baldwin and Sons, for Charles Dilly..., 1799. [6528]
4 volumes. 8vo, 217 x 140 mms., pp. [ii], xxxi [xxxii epigraph and errata], 452;[ii], 490; [ii], 475 [476 blank]; [ii], 514, engraved portrait (by Baker after Reynolds) of Johnson in volume 1, folding engraved "Round Robin" plate (with long tear in fold) in volume 3, folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting in volume 4, contemporary calf, gilt spines, green morocco labels; text a little browned and title-page in volume 1 slightly foxed and browned at edges, binding firm, but dried and spines rubbed. With the contemporary ownership inscription, "Richard Stephens/ Brasenose Coll: Oxon/ 1803)"on the recto of the front free end-paper in each volume as well as the engraved bookplate of Barbara de Selincourt on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. £750
This edition was prepared for the press by Edmond Malone (1741 - 1812), whom Boswell met in 1781. Over the years, Malone urged, prodded, and assisted Boswell's literary endeavours, and he continued to revise Boswell's Life of Johnson until his own death. Pottle notes that this third edition is generally regarded as "definitive."
BRIGGS (Richard): The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice; Being a Complete Guide to all Housekeepers, on a Plan Entirely new; Consisting of Thirty-Eight Chapters.... With Bills of Fare for Every Month n the Year, Neatly and correctly engraved on Twelve Copper-Plates. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson..., 1788. [6140]
FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. iv, xx, 656, including half-title, 12 full page engraved plates, early 19th century blind-panelled calf, rebacked to match, morocco label; title-page very slightly soiled, occasional foxing of text, small piece torn from corner of “March” plate (no loss). With the ownership inscription on the verso of the blank leaf before the title-page: “Maria Newburn/ 3d of mo. 1844./ The Gift of her affectionate/ Mother Mary Newburn.” £950
In the preface, Briggs notes, “In one Article, that of trussing Poultry, I have endeavoured to give particular and useful Directions, because no Book of this Kind has contained such, that Subject having been universally overlooked by them - and in this, as well as in all other Branches of the Art of Cookery, I hope the Reader will find much Improvement, and many useful Hints.” Briggs’s work was very popular with several reprints in the 1790s, and editions published in Cork, Dublin, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Cagle 577. Maclean, p. 15. ESCT N9216 locates only eight copies of this first edition: BL, National Library of Wales, Leeds - Brotherton; Cornell, Michigan State, Radcliffe, Delaware, and Library of Congress. OCLC adds Indiana-Lilly, but it seems unlikely that there are so few copies of the first edition to be found.
BROWN (John): Letters upon the Poetry and Music of the Italian Opera. Addressed to a Friend. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute..., 1789. [4311]
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo (in 4s), pp. xx, 141 [142 blank, 143 Errata, 144 blank], later boards (20th century), paper label; title-page a little browned, but a good copy. £650
The Scottish artist John Brown (1752 - 1787) spent ten years in Italy studying painting and wrote a series of letters about Italian opera to his friend and quasi-patron, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, who arranged for the publication of some of the letters as this book. The work was published for the benefit of Brown’s widow, and Monboddo supplied a life of Brown in Latin for the work; in the second edition, the life was translated into English. Brown was appealing to Monboddo’s interest in language by finding analogies between spoken language and vocal music in these letters.
BROWN (John): A Dissertation on the Rise, Union, and Power, The Progressions, Separations, and Corruptions, of Poetry and Music. To which is prefixed, The Cure of Saul. A Sacred Ode. London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers..., 1763. [5922]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. 248 [249 - 250 adverts], title-page in red and black, contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label; spine faded with some loss of gilt, joints very slightly worn, corners worn. A modest copy.
£450
Brown's argument is an elegant example of cultural primitivism: the simplicity and power to move of music has been corrupted by modern refinement and impositions: “The Poet's and Musician's Office cannot probably be again united in their full and general Power. For in their present refined State, either of their Arts separately considered, is of such Extent, that although they may incidentally meet in one Person, they cannot often be found together.” Jaime Croy Cassler, in the entry on John Brown in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, claims that Brown's Dissertation “is remarkable for being one of the earliest systematic, self-contained treatises in English on the general history of music. In it Brown isolated 36 stages in musical history, from the early united of melody, dance and song and its perfection in Greek society to the separation and degeneration of those arts in the 18th century.”
Eddy 76.
BRUCE (Alexander): The Tutor’s Guide: Or, The Principles of the Civil and Municipal Laws and Customers, Relating to Pupils and Minors, and their Tutors and Curators. Laid down in an easy and natural Method. In Three Parts, viz. I. Of Tutors. II. Of Curators. III. Of Things common to Both. Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Robert Freebairn..., 1714. [6594]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [vi], x, 445 [446 - 447 index, 448 Errata], title-page in red and black, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked. £300
Bruce (d. 1729) draws attention to the legal requirements of tutors, following the method of Justinian. He observes that the moral and educational desiderata expected of tutors are often commented on, but their legal duties are seldom taken into account. Tutory is not necessarily restricted to minors but can also be invoked when a tutor is required for adults unable to manage for themselves. This would appear to be one of the earliest books on Scots legal education, or education and the law, and I have been unable to trace other books on Scots law and education until the 19th century (which probably means that there are about 50 which have escaped my notice).
BUCHANAN (John Lanne): Travels in the Western Hebrides: From 1782 to 1790. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson..; and J. Debrett..., 1793. [5760]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xi [xii blank], 251 [252 blank], including half-title, with the contemporary circulating library label, 112 x 72 mms., of C. Fellows, Salisbury (offering books, fishing tackle, toys, etc.) on the front paste-down end-paper, contemporary quarter calf, leather label, marbled boards (very worn); spine rubbed, front joint cracked, corners rubbed.
£600
John Lanne Buchanan (his middle name appears as “Lane” on the title-page; fl. 1780–1816) was born in Menteith, Perthshire and educated at Glasgow University. The present work is said to have been edited from a large mass of material by William Thompson (1746 - 1817), which probably accounts for the spelling of Buchanan’s middle name. He added some severe observations on the Scottish clergy, which Buchanan, a zealous missionary of the Church of Scotland, repudiated. He mentions the writings on the Scottish western islands by Pennant, Johnson, and Newte, but his work abounds with information not readily available in printed or manuscript documents.
[BUNBURY (Henry William)]: Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. Author of the Academy for Grown Horsemen; Together with most instructive remarks thereon, and answer thereto, by that accomplished genius. And now first published, by the Editor of the Academy for Grown Horsemen. Illustrated with Cuts by the most eminent Artists. London: Printed for John Stockdale..., 1812. [6414]
Large 4to, 295 x 240 mms., pp. xix [xx blank], 81 [82 blank], including half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 other full-page engraved plates (by Rowlandson after Bunbury), attractively coloured by hand, contemporary marbled boards (soiled), leather spine; half-title, frontispiece, and title-page partially detached at inner margin, short tears in lower margins of four leaves, some occasional spotting of text, but plates very fresh and the colouring contemporary. £750
Bunbury (1750 - 1811) published this in 1790 or 1791, some three years after his very successful Academy for Grown Horsemen . Stockdale published both volumes in a large quarto format in 1812.
BUNYAN (John): Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: or, a brief and faithful Relation of the exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his poor Servant. John Bunyan. Namely, in his Taking of him out of the Dunghill, and converting of him to the Faith of his blessed Son, Jesus Chrit [sic]. Here Is also particularly shewed, what Sight of, and what Trouble he had for Sin; and also, what various Temptations he had met with, and how God hath carried him through them. Corrected, and much Enlarged now by the Author, for the Benefit of the Tempted and Dejected Christian. The Seventh Edition, Corrected, with the Remainder of his Life and Character; by a Friend since his Death. London, Printed for Robert Ponder..., 1692. [6585]
12mo, 153 x 95 mms., pp [vi], 172 [173 - 174 adverts], recently rebound in full panelled calf; some very light browning of paper, but an attractive copy with text very clean, and the ownership inscription "Aquila [?Dachambe]/ His Book/ Novr 1 1804" on the verso of the title-page. £2,500
This is the first edition of Bunyan's spiritual biography to be published after his death in 1688. It includes at the end, pp. 157 - 172, the anonymous "Continuation of Mr. Bunyan's Life; beginning where he left off, and concluding with … his Death," written by '" Friend", "A brief Character of Mr. John Bunyan," and a postscript recording the death of Bunyan's wife in 1692.
Wing B 5527. 17th century editions of Grace Abounding are uncommon. ESTC locates copies of this 7th edition in BL, Bodleian, Bedford Central Library; NYPL, UCLA (Clark), Toronto (Fisher), Yale; Amsterdam Universiteitsbibliothek. An 8th edition also appeared in 1692.
BURNEY (Charles): A General History of Music, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. The Second Edition [volume 1]. London, Printed for the Author: And sold by Payne and Son..., 1789, 1782, 1789, 1789. [6115]
FIRST EDITION of volumes 2, 3, and 4. 4 volumes. 4to, pp. v [vi blank, vii - viii Contents], xviii, 501 [502 blank, 503 - 511 Index, 512 blank]; [iv], 597 [598 blank]; xi [xii blank], 622 [623 - 633 Index, 634 Errata]; [iv], 685 [686 blank, 687 - 688 bibliography, 689 - 700, 701 Errata, 702 blank], engraved portrait of Burney as frontispiece in volume 1, engraved frontispiece in each of the remaining volumes, engraved music in text as part of pagination in each volume, 11 other engraved plates (3 folding), and one folding woodcut in volume 1, early 19th century full tree calf, spines richly gilt, red and olive morocco labels, gilt borders on covers, marbled end-papers; joints neatly restored, corners a bit rubbed, but a fine and attractive set.
£1,600
The first volume of Burney’s History was out of print within a few weeks of publication, and Burney had decided by April of 1776 to prepare a second edition of the volume. The second edition of volume 1 takes account of a number of suggestions made by Thomas Twining. The “Dissertation” no longer features on the title-page of the second edition and becomes part of the Preface, while the “Questions and Answers” are transmuted into “Definitions.” Many passages from the first edition are radically altered or omitted. When publication of the four volumes was completed in 1789, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the reviewers. Writing in the February, 1790 issue of the Analytical Review, she said “Every lover of this captivating art, must thank the author, emphatically, for his unwearied researches, whilst the unimpassioned philosopher may coldly connect a more grand and comprehensive interest with the enquiry, and drawing metaphysical inferences from the ingenuity displayed in the progressive improvement of music, advance a step further into the terra incognita of the human mind.”
BURNEY (Charles): The Present State of Music in Germany, The Netherlands, and United Provinces. Or, The Journal of a Tour through those Countries, undertaken to collect Materials for A General History of Music. London, Printed for T. Becket ..., 1773. [4137]
FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. viii, 376; vi [vii Errata, viii blank], 352, contemporary calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels; expertly rebacked with old spines laid down with joints very firm and repair almost undetectable, covers somewhat scratched, but a good set. £950
Burney’s German Tour was published two years after the Italian Tour. The success of the first book led him to aim at a wider audience than before, and the book was widely praised in the journals, mostly, it has to be said, by friends and acquaintances. Despite the severity and abruptness of some his comments and observations on Germans and Germany, the two volumes were translated into German the same year.
BURNEY (Charles): The Present State of Music in France and Italy. Or, The Journal of a Tour through those Countries, undertaken to collect Materials for A General History of Music. The Second Edition, Corrected. London, Printed for T. Becket and Co..., 1773. [1954]
8vo, pp. [iii] - viii, 409 [410 blank, 411 - 420 Index], recently rebound in period-style half calf, gilt rules across raised bands on spine, morocco label, marbled boards; lacks advert leaf, but a very good copy. £500
Burney's Italian Tour (as he referred to it) was published on 3 May 1771 and was very favourably received by the journalists. Friends and acquaintances comment on the work in private letters: William Mason wrote to say that the work would "please generally in the form you have now put it," and Joseph Warton, in a letter to David Garrick, said that he had found the book "most entertaining."
BURNEY (Charles): An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey, And the Pantheon, May 26th, 27th, 29th; and June the 3d, and 5th, 1748. In Commemoration of Handel. London, Printed for the Benefit of the Musical Fund; and Sold by T. Payne and Son..., 1785. [5699]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [viii], xvi, 8, *1 - *8, 9 - 20, *19 - *24, 21 - 56, [1] - 41 [42 blank], [2], [43] - 139 [140 adverts, 141 Errata and Directions to the Binder, 142 blank], engraved frontispiece and eight full-page engraved plates, rebound in quarter calf, spine gilt to a lyre motif, morocco labels, marbled boards; some minor marginal worming affecting four fore-margins including the plan of the orchestra. “Lewis Jones’s/ 1820” at the top margin of the title-page. £950
Burney’s enthusiasm for these musical performances led to an invitation to prepare this account, though he was rather surprised not to be paid for it. Two thousand copies of the work were printed, and it was widely praised in the journals. In the present copy, an additional portrait of Handel “In the Collection of the Hon. Johns Spencer Esqr,” dated 10 September 1785 and engraved by Goldgar is inserted before the Preface. Samuel Johnson wrote the dedication.
Fleeman 85.2BH/1a. Rothschild 544. Tinker 1377. Hazen 30 - 33.
BUGG (Francis): The Pilgrim's Progress, from Quakerism to Christianity: Containing, A farther Discovery of the Dangerous Growth of Quakerism, not only in the Points of Doctrines, but also in their Politics..., and The Cure of Quakerism. To which is added an Appendix, discovering A most Damnable Plot, contriv'd and carrying on by New-Rome, by an United Confederacy, against the Reformed Religion and Professors thereof... The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed by R. Janeway, Jun. for the Author and sold by J. Robinson..., 1700. [6563]
8vo, 173 x 116, pp. [xxxii], xxxiii - xliv, 352, [2], 155 - 168, engraved portrait frontispiece in facsimile, folding engraved plate, depicting the Quaker Synod. BOUND WITH; BUGG (Francis): A Modest Defence Of my Boo, Entituled, Quakerism Expos'd: As Also, Of my Broad Sheet; with a Scheme of the Quakers Yearly Synod; and other Books, presented Anno 1699, to the Parliament. And G. Whitehead's Inside Turn'd Outward, by Reprinted his Ancient Book Ishmael, &c. intirely; shewing thereby the Quakers Ancient Testimony of Contempt of the Holy Scriptures, and Blasphemy against the Blessed Trinity; and they tell us they are not chang'd. London: Printed by R. Janeway, Jun. for the Author..., 1700. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 32, 32, 48 [49 - 52 books by Bugg and Contents]. 2 volumes in 1, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spines, red morocco label, marbled boards. £350
Bugg (1640 - 1727) was brought up in the Church of England bur embraced Quakerism in 1657, but by 1680 he had fallen out with them, for reasons which are not clear. He returned to the Church of England and began writing tracts against the Quakers. The second work also includes a reprint of Ishamael, and his Mother Cast out into the Wilderness Amongst the wild Beasts of the same Nature, dated 1655.
Wing B 5383; B 5375.
CALLCOTT (John Wall): A Musical Grammar, in Four Parts: I. Notation, II. Melody, III. Harmony, IV. Rhythm. Third Edition London: Printed for Robert Birchall..., 1817. [5850]
12mo (in 6s), pp. [iii] - xix [xx blank], 327 [328 blank], contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed), red morocco label; binding a little dried. £150
Callcott (1766 - 1821) began composing and playing as a young boy, and in 1782 he played the oboe in the orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music. He compiled materials for a dictionary of music, but it was never published. The above work was first published in 1806.
CALONNE (Charles Alexandre de): L'Etat de la France, présent & a venir. A Londres: De l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & Fils, October 1790. [6333]
Large 8vo, 225 x 142 mms., pp. [ii], xvi, 96, 81 - 96, 97 - 126, 119 -126, 127 - 151, 154 - 440, Errata on page [442],original boards, uncut; some marginal worming in latter half of book, slight nicks to front joint, corners a little crushed but a fine copy of a book in its original condition as issued, with the armorial bookplate of Lord Walsingham (Thomas de Grey, second Baron Walsingham [1748–1818]), on the front paste-down end-paper. £300
ESTC lists 12 separate issues or editions for 1790. This is T91446.
CAMPBELL (Thomas): A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing An Examination of the Principles advanced by David Hume, Esq. In an Essay on Miracles. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid & J. Bell. Sold by A. Millar, R. & J. Dodsley, W. Johnston, R. Baldwin, and J. Richardson, London. 1762. [6252]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xii, 288, contemporary calf, red leather label; joints and corners restored, lacks half-title, but a very good copy with the late 19th century autograph “Alexander Yale” on top margin of title-page. £750
Hugh Blair provided David Hume with a manuscript copy of this work before it was published, and Hume commented that he “could wish that your friend had not chosen to appear as a controversial writer, but had endeavoured to establish his principles in general, without any reference to a particular book or person; tho I own he does me a great deal of honour, in thinking that any thing I have wrote deserves his attention.” After the book was published, Hume wrote to Campbell, saying that he had the idea for his argument against miracles while he was living and studying in La Fleche in France in the Jesuit College there: “I believe you will allow, that the freedom at least of this reasoning makes it somewhat extraordinary to have been the produce of a convent of Jesuits....”
CHAUVIN (Stephanus [Etienne]): Lexicon Philosophicum secundis Curis... .ita tum Recognitum & Castigatum; tum varie variis in locis illustratum; tum passim quammultis accessionibus auctum & locupletatum, ut denuo quasi. Novum Opus in lucem prodeat. Tabulæ novas aliquot exhibent figuras, et quibus in locis explicentur singulæ indicatur. Leovardiæ [Leuwarden], Franciscus Halma..., 1713. [4724]
Folio, 395 x 247 mms., pp. [xii], 719 [720 blank], including half-title and engraved title-page, letter-press title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, 30 folding engraved plates at end, contemporary panelled velum, with a lozenge in blind within central panel on each cover, black leather label; lower corner of front board very worn and stained, other corners a bit worn, front joint cracked, ex-library, with library shelf-mark at base of spine. £250
Chauvin (1640 - 1725) first published this work, a dictionary of philosophy, science, and technology, in 1692 in Rotterdam. A French Protestant divine, Chauvin was born at Nimes on the 18th of April 1640. At the revocation of the Edict of Nantes he retired to Rotterdam, where he was for some years preacher at the Walloon church; in 1695 the elector of Brandenburg appointed him pastor and professor of philosophy, and later inspector of the French college at Berlin, where he enjoyed considerable reputation as a representative of Cartesianism and as a student of physics. Chauvin was instrumental in bringing the word “ontology” (“ontosophia” in the Lexicon) into the vocabulary of philosophy, particularly here in the entry on metaphysics.
CHEYNE (George): Philosophical Principles of Religion. Natural and Revealed. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Elements of Natural Philosophy, and the Proofs of Natural Religion arising from them. Part II. Containing the Nature and Kinds of Infinites, their Arithmetic and Uses together with the Philosophical Principles of Revealed Religion. The Fifth Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for George Strahan..., 1736. [5141]
8vo, pp. [xxx], 353 [354 blank]; [24], 189 [190 adverts], contemporary calf, morocco label, with joints very carefully restored; ex-library with library shelf marks on verso of title-page. £600
Cheyne (1671/2 - 1743) published Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion in 1705; a revised and expanded second edition appeared in 1715. This was the last edition to appear in his lifetime. Cheyne uses the principles of Newton to argue for the existence of a non-mechanistic deity.
ESTC T78567 locates 7 copies: L, Llh, Llp, SAN; DNLM, IaU, MeB.
CHINNERY (William): Writing and Drawing made Easy, Amusing and Instructive. Containing The Whole Alphabet in all the Characters now us'd Both in Printing and Penmanship; Each illustrated by Emblematic Devices and Moral Copies. Calculated for the Use of Schools, and Curiously Engrav'd, by the Best Hands. London, Printed for and Sold by T. Bellamy, Bookseller at Kingston upon Thames; - as also by most of the Book-sellers and Print-sellers in Town and Country, [n. d.]. [?1750]. [6578]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Oblong 8vo, 172 x 194 mms., pp. [2], otherwise engraved throughout, with engraved half-title facing title-page (with variant of title-page), engraved title-page, 48 engraved plates, 24 on verso illustrating a letter of the alphabet ("j" and "i" and "u" and "v" conflated), with emblem in centre, 24 on recto with word and verse for each letter, engraved variously by T. Hutchinson and W. Tringham after William Chinnery Senior, recently rebound in half calf, marbled boards, with paper label on front cover; a few leaves soiled and margins frayed, some fingering of both engraved text and illustration, last recto engraving mounted, corners of three engravings repaired, but a reasonable copy. £3,500
The work functions as an alphabet book, a children's book, and an emblem book, and illustrates the art of the engraver and the calligrapher. For example, the letter "O" on a rector is for a "The Ostrich./ The thoughtless Ostrich drops her Eggs, nor cares/ Who tramples on, or who her Offspring rears./ Application/ Hard-hearted Parents are worse than Infidels." The facing verso has engravings of various fonts for "o" and an illustration of an ostrich walking away from its eggs, with the motto "Parental negligence" underneath. The illustrations are not without an agenda, viz., "Z" is for "A Zealot," and the facing illustration is of a man being burned at a stake with "Papal Barbarity" as the motto. The engraved half-title reads, "The Compendious Emblematis; or Writing and Drawing made Easy, Amusing and Instructive. The Whole Engrav'd by the best Hands."
Heal, A.: English Writing-Masters (1931), 187-189. ESTC T118619, dating the work [1750?], locates copies in BL and Brighton Central Library; and Columbia, Getty, Huntington, Wisconsin-Madison, Newbery, and Clark (3 copies). OCLC, giving a date of 1783, adds Free Library of Philadelphia
CLARENDON (Edward Hyde), Earl of: The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year, 1641. With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the King's blessed restoration, and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660. Oxford, Printed at the Theater..., 1705, 1706. [6527]
3 volumes in 6. 8vo, 192 x 128 mms., pp. [iv], 288, [2], 289 - 720; [x], 466, [2], 467 - 753 [754 blank]; [xvi], 364 [2], 365 - 773 [774 blank, 775 - 849 Index, 850 - 852 blank], engraved portrait in each volume, contemporary panelled calf, paper labels; joints a bit worn, but firm, and generally a good to very good set, with the ownership inscription of A. Burnaby, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1722 in each volume and his autograph on each title-page, and the bookplate of Barbara de Selincourt on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. Andrew Burnaby (1702 - 1776) named his son, the church of England clergyman and traveller, Andrew Burnaby (1732 - 1812) as well. £1,250
"Clarendon remained in the mind because of his literary achievement—the fashioning of the most sophisticated and finely balanced history yet written in English (or written for a long time afterwards)—and for an unmistakable rhetorical voice. Clarendon's writings—and his own life—were steeped in the literary stoicism of the early seventeenth century; but in the History he created a distinctive work of art based on a highly wrought style, a forensic dissection of character and issue, and a sense of the depth of individuals' moral responsibility for their actions..." (Oxford DNB). Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon (1609–1674), began work on his history while he was in exile in Jersey, and it was first published in 1702.
COOKE (William): The Elements of Dramatic Criticism. Containing An Analysis of the Stage under the following Heads, Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Comedy, Pantomime and Farce. With a Sketch of the Education Of the Greek and Roman Actors; Concluding with Some General Instructions For succeeding In the Art of Acting. London: Printed for G. Kearsly..., 1775. [4807]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], vii [viii blank, ix - xii Contents], 216, contemporary calf, rebacked, original morocco label preserved; corners worn. £500
Cooke (1757 - 1832) published this when he was 18. His dramatic theory is based on Aristotle, and he is as dogmatic as he is perceptive. The work is dedicated to David Garrick.
COOKERY. MEDICINE. VITICULTURE. HOUSEKEEPER’S ASSISTANT. The Housekeeper’s Assistant; and Necessary Companion: In The different Uses, that the various Fruits, Flowers, Herbs, &c. the Growth of this Kingdom, may be put to, such as the making of Wines, Pickling, Preserving, Drying, Candying, with the Method of making Marmalades, Jellies, Conserves, &c. &c. Particularly of the Apple, Apricot, Barberry, Cherry, Currant, Dewberry, Damson, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Grape, Lemon, Mulberry, Nectarine, Orange, Peach, Quince, Plumb [sic], Raisin, Raspberry, Strawberry, &c &c. &c. &c. Also The Art of Distilling from Herbs, Flowers, &c. and the Uses they are of in different Disorders; with the Directions for preparing them accordingly. With full Directions for Brewing, making Cyder, and restoring Wines when tainted. London: Printed for R. Snagg, No. 29, Pater-noster Row; 1775. [6184]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 195 x 120 mms., pp. [iv], 142, engraved frontispiece of “A Course of Nine Dishes for a Dinner at Buckingham or Gunnersbury Houses,” uncut, original wrappers (soiled); stitching gone, with frontispiece, title-page, and blank leaf following title-page loose, stab-holes visible in margins, title-page with inner margin frayed and fragile, gatherings loose in wrappers, spine worn with small piece missing from lower spine. £6,000
The title-page doesn’t mention the section at the end (pp. 114 - 142) on “Medicines, Salves, &c.” These are listed in alphabetical order, beginning with remedies for “Agues,” followed by such items as “An infallible Cure for the Bite of a mad Dog,” “Caesar’s Cure for the Bite of a Rattle-Snake,” “Spitting of Blood,” “To stop Bleeding inwardly,” “To raise a Blister,” “For a Cold, Dr. Radecliffe’s Receipt,” “An excellent Remedy for Whooping Coughs,” “To cure a Dropsy,” “To take off Freckles,” etc. Otherwise, the volume is given over mostly to the use of fruits in making wines and other beverages. The recipes are really for items that accompany the meat and vegetables at a meal.
The only copies that I have been able to find of this item are in Cornell University Library and the Bodleian; neither of those copies has the engraved plate. Rather a rare book.
[COOPER (Elizabeth), editor]: The Muses Library; Or, A Series of English Poetry, Containing, the Lives and Characters of all the known Writers; the Names of their Patrons; Complete Episodes, by way of Specimen of the larger Pieces, very near the intire Works of some, and large Quotations from others. Being A General Collection of almost all the old valuable Poetry extant, now so industriously enquir'd after, tho' rarely to be found, but in the Studies of the Curious, and affording Entertainment on all Subjects, Philosophical, Historical, Moral, Satyrical, Allegorical, Critical, Heroick, Pastoral, Gallant, Courtly, and Sublime, by Langland, Gower, Chaucer, Lidgate, Occleve, Harding, Barclay, Fabian, Skelton, Howard Earl of Surrey, Sir T. Wyat, Dr. Bourd, Sackville Earl of Dorset, Churchyard, Higgens, Warner, Gascoign, Turbeville, Nash, Sir Philip Sidney, Grevill L. Brook, Spencer, Sir John Harrington, Chalkhill, Fairfax, Sir John Davis, Sir W. Raleigh, Sir Edw. Dyer, Daniel, &c. London: Printed for James Hodges..., 1741. [6135]
8vo, pp. [vii], viii - xvi, 400, attractively bound in later (probably early 19th century) full calf, with borders in blind and gilt on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, black morocco labels. A fine copy. £350
Elizabeth Cooper (née Price, c. 1698 - 1761) made the acquaintance of literary men in her husband’s auction rooms, and she had William Oldys as her collaborator for this volume, which was first published in 1737. Yvonne Noble in Oxford DNB notes, “The Muses Library is competent in every respect and remains well worth reading. It has been credited by reputable modern scholars as the model for Samuel Johnson's format in his Lives of the Poets and as the chief inspiration for Thomas Chatterton's antique style.” David Baker, in his Companion to the Playhouse (1764) said, “we must rank [her] among the Female Geniuses of this Kingdom.”
This is a reissue of the 1737, with a cancel title-page, but lacking the leaf of adverts before the title-page found in some copies. The final leaf has been reset.
CROMWELL. [HEATH (James)]: Flagellum: Or The Life and Death Birth and Burial of O. Cromwell The late Usurper: Faithfully Described. With An Exact Account of His Polices and Successes: Not heretofore Published or Discovered. The Third Edition with Additions. London, Printed by W. G. for Randall Taylor..., 1665. [6354]
Small 8vo, 155 x 103 mms., pp. [viii], 200, engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 19th century continental boards. An inscription on the recto of the frontispiece is barely legible, with an inscription at the top of the page that is virtually unreadable; the lines below seem to read: "[?dnt] to from Mr. Hume/ [d--] to [?me ?mr} from David Hu[me]." Below that is a sum, either "12 - 6" or "2 - 6," the first number having been crossed out and "2" inscribed above. The inscription is very unlikely alluding to or by the philosopher David Hume, but was perhaps given to the previous owner by Hume's nephew, though the handwriting appears to be much earlier. £500
Heath's book was first published in 1663, and there were a further seven editions. As it happens, David Hume did write to Sir David Dalrymple, on 3 April 1754: "There is a Book, calld Flagellum or the Life of Oliver Cromwell, which I have commission'd for the [Advocates'} Library; but as it is a very scarce Book, & these Commissions are not soon answer'd, I may wait long before I get it. I know you have a very large Library; & if that Book be in it, I shall be very much obligd to you for a Loan of it; that being now the Period, which I have begun upon [i. e., in writing his History of England]." The present copy is unlikely to be the one formerly in Sir David's library, and the handwriting is not either. When his books were auctioned by Sotheby's in 1937, no copy of Flagellum was listed, though it might have been in a job lot. However, Dalrymple was very proud of his library and would probably not have defaced the book with the existing notations. In short, this copy is very unlikely to have any tangible connection either with David Hume or Sir David Dalrymple
DAUBENY (Charles): A Guide to the Church, in Several Discourses; to which are added, Two Postscripts; The Fist, To those Members of the Church who occasionally frequent other places of public worship; the second, To the Clergy, addressed to William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies..., 1798. [6516]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 230 x 137 mms., pp. xv [xvi blank], 488. UNIFORMLY BOUND WITH: DAUBENY (Charles): An Appendix to the "Guide to the Church:" In which the Principles advanced int hat work are more fully maintained; in Answer to Objections brought against them by Sir Richard Hill, Bart. In his Letters address to the Author, under the Title of "An Apology for Brotherly Love." London: Printed for J. Hatchard...and F. & C. Rivington..., 1799. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo, 230 x 137 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 344, [2], 345 - 644 [645 - 653 Index, 654 blank, continuous collation and pagination, with separate title-page for volume 2 and several contemporary annotations in ink. Two volumes, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, gilt borders on covers, spines ornately gilt, red morocco labels; very slight wear to spines, but generally an attractive set, with the contemporary armorial bookplate of William Thomas Parr Brymer (d. 1852) on the front paste-down end-paper in each volume. £350
Charles Daubeny (bap. 1745 - d. 1827) made little secret of his high church principles, which were steadfastly affirmed in these two books. They were much admired by Anglicans in Britain and by Episcopal churchmen in America and Scotland.
Copies of both books are numerous in UK libraries, but rather less common in north America. For the Guide, ESTC T85232 locates copies in the College of William and Mary, General Theological Seminary, Saint Mark's Library, Iowa, Virginia, and Washington and Lee. For the Appendix, T85305, copies in General Theological Seminary, Saint Mark's Library, Harvard, Iowa, and Washington and Lee.
1855 CLASSIFICATION
DANFLOU (Alfred): Les Grands Crus Bordelais. Monographies et Photograpies des Chateaux et Vignobles. Première partie: Premiers grands crus. Deuxième et troisième grands crus du Médoc. Seconde partie: Quatrième et cinquième grands crus du Médoc. Bordeaux: Librairie Goudin...Typ. Aug. Lavertujon..., [n. d.], [1867]. [6154]
FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Folio, 362 x 260 mms., pp. 110; 106, including half-title in each volume, 54 original photographs, 170 x 130 mms., with tissue paper guards, of the chateaux of the 1855 classification tipped in before each chateaux, original printed boards, rebacked with old spines preserved, but, amusingly, with the contents of volume 1 bound in the boards of volume 2, and vice versa (?a binder who was enjoying too much fine pre-phyloxera claret with his work); some slight foxing on half-titles, short tears in fore-margins of two leaves in volume 1, some damp-staining to lower margins in volume 2 slightly affecting text on 12 pages, rear free marbled end-paper in volume 2 repaired at lower margin, boards spotted and soiled, text fresh and clean and photographs very clear and without blemish; with a presentation inscription mounted on the verso of the front free marbled end-paper in volume 2, “Offert avec mille compliments affecticeux a Monsieur Eugene Gislain par ses correspondance a Bordeaux la maison, Barton & Guestier le 28 Mai 1868.” Barton et Guestier are the largest wine merchants in Bordeaux and often purchased the entire output of the various classified growths. £5,500
The 1855 classification of the Bordeaux Chateaux is like Holy Writ to the serious drinker of claret. Wines were ranked in order of greatness from the first growth to the fifth growth. The first growth wines were Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite, Chateau Margaux, and Chateau Haut-Brion. Chateaux Mouton Rothschild (Château Branne-Mouton) was famously relegated to the second growths, which prompted the motto, “Premier ne puis, second ne daigne, Mouton suis.” This appears to be one of the first, if not the first, book on the 1855 classification and certainly the first to contain illustrations of the chateaux.
Vicaire 248. Bitting 114. Copies located in BL; BN; University of California, Berkeley and Davis, Library of Congress.
[D’ALEMBERT (Jean le Rond)]: Elements de Musique, Theorique et Pratique, suivant les Principes de M. Rameau. Paris, Chez David...Le Breton..., Durand..., 1752. [3016]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xvi, 171 [172 Approbation, 173 errata, 174 blank], including half-title, ten folding engraved plates of musical notation, contemporary slightly mottled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, red morocco label; small stain in lower margin of first 8 leaves, very slight wear to corners, but a very good and attractive copy. £750
D’Alembert (1717 - 1783) is perhaps best-known as one of the chief editors or contributors to the Encyclopedie. Although he was often in trouble with clerical authorities for his views on religion, he also maintained a reputation in mathematics and music theory. The present works displays considerable powers of elucidation, and it was one of the most important books on music theory to be published in the 18th century. Unfortunately, d’Alembert’s doubts about some of Rameau’s speculations, particularly (as New Grove notes) Rameau’s “derivation of geometry from musical laws” led him into an intellectual controversy. He wrote several subsequent books on music and contributed over 30 articles on music to the Encyclopedie.
DARWIN (Erasmus): A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools. Derby: Printed by J. Drewry;---for J. Johnson..., 1797. [6587]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, 268 x 212 mms., pp. [i - vi], vii - viii [9] - 128, including half-title, engraved frontispiece (off-setting on title-page), newly rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, morocco label; last two leaves (book list, apology for the work, advert for "Miss Parkers School") in facsimile. £850
Darwin (1731 - 1802) was one of the late 18th century's polymaths and an active member of The Lunar Society as well as the Derby Philosophical Society. This work might have evolved as a result of his liaison Mary Parker, by whom he had two illegitimate children, Susan and Mary, whose school is advertised on the last page. Oxford DNB notes, "Darwin's concern with women's roles was expressed not only in his theories of reproduction, but also through his prescriptions for girls' education. He helped his illegitimate daughters, Susan and Mary Parker, to establish a boarding-school in Ashbourne in 1794. The Misses Parker also sought their father's advice on the education of young women and A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools (1797) resulted from their urging him to make this advice publicly available. Regretting that a good education had not been generally available to women in Britain during his time Darwin drew on the theories of Locke, Rousseau, and Genlis in assembling his own educational precepts. Oriented to women in the middle ranks of the social order, the treatise reinforced contemporary conventions linking the female character to 'the mild and retiring virtues.' Darwin argued that amorous romance novels were inappropriate for young women and that they should seek simplicity in dress. Nevertheless he also proposed some reforms of contemporary practices, contending that young women should be educated in schools rather than privately at home, learn physiognomy as a basic social skill, take vigorous exercise, cultivate some knowledge of botany, chemistry, mineralogy, and experimental philosophy, familiarize themselves with recent achievements of arts and manufactures through visits to sites like Coalbrookdale, and Wedgwood's potteries, learn how to handle money, and study modern languages. Darwin's educational philosophy amplified the view that men and women should have different, but complementary capabilities, skills, spheres, and interests. His educational innovations seemed designed to make middle-class women better wives, mothers, and companions to men of industry, commerce, and natural philosophy."
DIXON (James Henry), editor: Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs on the Peasantry of England, taken down from oral recitation, and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. London: Printed for the Percy Society, by T. Richards..., 1846. [5967]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xv [xvi blank], 250. BOUND WITH: A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings Relating to the Seasons, the Weather, and Agricultural Pursuits. Gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M. A. Denham. London: Printed for the Percy Society, by T. Richards..., 1846. 8vo, pp. [iv], iv, 73 [74 blank]. AND: The Crown Garland of Golden Roses, Part II. From the edition of 1659. London: Printed for the Percy Society, by T. Richards..., 1845. 8vo, pp. [vi], 74. AND: A Poem on the Times of Edward II, from a ms. preserved in the library of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. Edited by the Rev. C. Hardwick. London: Printed for the Percy Society, by T. Richards..., 1849. 4 volumes in 1, contemporary half calf, green morocco label, marbled boards; upper front joint slightly cracked, but a very good copy. £300
Dixon’s work was a landmark in the history of collecting of folk song and ballad from oral as well as written sources, and one of the Percy Society's most significant publications; it would form the basis of Robert Bell's similar work of 1857, and though without music, it is well annotated in the early spirit of antiquarianism. As such it makes fascinating reading today for the folk poetry since lost.
DUNCAN (Alexander): Miscellaneous Essays, Naval, Moral, Political, and Divine. London: Printed for the Editor, By J. Barfiled...And sold by T. Gardiner..., H. D. Symonds..., and Mr. Downes and Mr. Bush, Yarmouth. 1799. [6462]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, pp. xii [xii - xvi Contents], 132, including half-title and list of subscribers, gathering E consisting only of 7 leaves, with stub visible between C7 and D1, but pagination and sense continuous, K1 and K2 cancels, contemporary boards, later paper spine, uncut; spine defective with cords exposed, boards a little soiled, hinges repaired rather amateurishly, but a decent copy with the armorial bookplate of Edward Gould on the front paste-down end-paper. £450
The book is dedicated to Lord [Adam] Duncan, Viscount Camperdown, Baron Lundie of Lundie, Admiral of the White Division and Commander in Chief in the North Seas, and some of the subscribers are naval officers who served under him, e. g., Sir William Johnstone Hope (1766 - 1831), flag Captain to Lord Duncan, and who subscribed for nine copies. The author had served as Naval Chaplain to Lord Duncan (1731 - 1804), who defeated the Dutch Fleet in the Texel on 11 October 1797. For this feat, he was given a pension of £2000 p. a. and created Baron Duncan of Lundie and Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. The first three essays consider the role of the British Navy, the 4th essay queries the possibility of peace with the French, the 5th and 6th, how war can be justified morally and by Christians, the 7th the reasons for continuing to oppose "proud imperious France," and the 8th, the desirability of all good Christians to pray for the defeat of the French Directory.
ESTC T109489 locates copies in the BL, NLS (2), St. Andrews, Bodleian, and John Rylands; McMaster, NYPL, Kansas, and Yale in North America.
EACHARD (John): Dr. Eachard's Works, Viz. I. The Grounds and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy and Religion enquir'd into; in a Letter to R. L. II. Observations on an Answer to the Enquiry; in a Second Letter to the same. III. Mr. Hobbs's State of Nature considered; in a Dialogues between Philautus and Timothy. To which are Added, Five Letters, &c. London, Printed for J. Phillips..., 1712. [6552]
8vo, 193 x 123 mms., pp. [ii], 111 [112 blank]; [vi], 151 [152 blank]; [x], 113 [114 blank]; [ii], 66, [6], 69 - 76, with continuous collation, contemporary panelled calf, black leather label; front joint slightly worn, top and base of spine very slightly chipped, but a good copy, with the contemporary armorial bookplate of Nath. Cholmley on the front paste-down end-paper, autographs "Lewis Howard" and "J. Cholmley" on the front free end-paper, and the autograph "Jno Cholmley" on the top margin of the title-page. £200
Eachard (1637 - 1697) used the initials "T. B." in most of his publications, all of which appeared between 1670 and 1673. His witty, jesting style met with the approval of the book-buying public, and his colloquial, lively style still makes him entertaining, though it would be difficult to credit him with deep seriousness. Swift perhaps summed him up rather well: "I have known men happy enough at ridicule, who upon grave subjects were perfectly stupid; of which Dr. Echard … was a great instance."
EASTCOTT (Richard): Sketches of the Origin, Progress and Effects of Music, with an account of the Ancient Bards and Minstrels. Illustrated with various Historical Facts, Interesting Anecdotes, & Poetical Quotations. Bath: Printed and sold by S. Hazard..., 1793. [3517]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vi [vii - viii Contents], viii, iv [v quotation, vi blank], 275 [276 adverts], including list of subscribers, L2 in cancelled state, contemporary panelled calf in two different shades, gilt borders on covers, spine ornately gilt to a lyre motif, red morocco label; spine a little rubbed, joints rubbed, slight worming to lower front joint, lower rear joint slightly cracked with very slight loss of leather, but generally a very good and attractive copy. £500
Eastcott (?1740 - 1828) was born in Exeter and seems to have spent most of his life there, latter as Chaplain of Livery Dale, a post he held until his death in 1828. This is his only publication and owes much to the work of Burney and Hawkins, though he is unusual in considering musical taste. The subscribers include a number of residents of Bath and Exeter, as well as the composer William Jackson of Exeter and the M. P. William Wilberforce.
[EDGCUMBE (Richard), Second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe]: Musical Reminiscences of an Old Amateur for Fifty Years from 1773 to 1823. London: W. Clarke [Printed by J. F. Dove]..., 1824. [5921]
FIRST EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), pp. xii, [13] - 148, including half-title, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments to a lyre motif, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, marbled end-papers, with the bookplate of Joyce Scudamore on the front paste-down end-paper; front board very slightly curled, but a fine copy. £450
Edgcumbe (1764-1839) was a genuine amateur musician, an enthusiast for opera and himself the composer of an opera, Zenobia, which had one performance, on 22 May 1800 at the King's Theatre, Haymarket. There is much on opera singers in this slender volume. Edgcumbe published expanded editions in 1827 and 1828, and the last edition was published in 1834. A fine caricature of him appears in Gillray’s “Pic-Nic Orchestra” (1802).
Copies located in the BL, Edinburgh City Library (2); Yale, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of Cincinnati
[EDGCUMBE (Richard), Second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe]: Musical Reminiscences of an Old Amateur chiefly respecting the Italian Opera in England for Fifty Years from 1773 to 1823. The Second Edition, continued to the present time. London: W. Clarke [Printed by W. Nicol]..., 1827 [6082]
12mo (in 6s), pp. xii, [13] - 183 [184 colophon], including half-title, uncut, contemporary marbled boards (worn), recently rebacked in polished calf, spine ornately gilt, green morocco labels, new end-papers. A very good copy. £300
Edgcumbe (1764-1839) was a genuine amateur musician, an enthusiast for opera and himself the composer of an opera, Zenobia, which had one performance, on 22 May 1800 at the King's Theatre, Haymarket. There is much on opera singers in this slender volume, with valuable descriptions of opera performers and performances in the Regency period. This edition concludes with a charitable appeal on behalf of the singer Celia Davies; the last edition was published in 1834. A fine caricature of him appears in Gillray’s “Pic-Nic Orchestra” (1802).
FENTON (Mr. [Richard]): Poems by Mr. Fenton. London, Printed for E. and T. Williams..., 1790. [6155]
2 volumes. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [xviii], 168; [ii], 166 [167 Errata, 168 blank], including list of subscribes in volume 1, contemporary mottled calf (dried), red leather labels; lacks numbering labels, corners a bit worn. £450
The Welsh poet, antiquary, and topographical writer Richard Fenton (1747 - 1821) published a quarto volume of poems in 1773, followed by this two-volume set in 1790. When he was living in London, he was on friendly terms with a number of writers and painters, among them Oliver Goldsmith, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, and Sir Joshua Reynolds. The poems here include “On seeing Mr. Garrick in the character of Lusignan, soon after the beautifying of Drury-Lane Theatre in 1775,” “To the different commentators on Shakespeare,” “To Doctor Goldsmith, on the publication of his Deserted Village”; and there are several others addressed to or about Garrick and Goldsmith. The work is dedicated to John Campbell, a judge and patron of the arts, who subscribed for ten copies; a large proportion of the subscribers have Welsh surnames.
ESTC T142986 locates copies in the BL, Bodleian, Cambridge, Liverpool; Folger, Huntington, Newbery, Princeton, California Davis, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas; McMaster; Otago
FÉLIBIEN (André): Principes de l'Architecture, de la Sculpture, de la Peinture, et des autres Arts qui en Dependent. Avec un Dictionnaire des Termes propres à chacun de ces Arts. Paris: Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard..., 1676. [3860]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [xxiv], 795 [796 blank], 65 full-page engraved plates, 3 engraved head-pieces, p. 295 mis-numbered as 695, clean tear in pp. 3M3 (pp. 461 - 462), handsomely rebound in full 17th century style panelled calf, raised bands within gilt rules across spines, title blocked in gilt, marbled end-papers; margins a little age-darkened, but generally a fine copy. £2,500
Félibien (1619 - 1695) was one of the most important French architects and aestheticians in 17th century France. He had earlier published Entretiens sur Les Vies et sur Les Ouvrages des plus excellentes Peintres Ancien et Modernes (1666 - 1668), as well as Conferences de l'Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (translated into English in 1740) and Origine de la Peinture (1660). The first part of the book, consisting of three chapters of unequal length, cover the principles of architecture, sculpture, and painting, while the second part is a dictionary of the correct terms to be used in those subjects, as well as other arts which depend on them.
[FIELDING (Henry)]. A Compleat and Authentick History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction Of the Late rebellion, and of the proceedings against the principal persons concerned therein. Containing A clear and impartial Narrative of the Intrigues of the Pretender’s Adherents before the Breaking out of their Design in North-Britain; their Proceedings after their taking Arms; the Actions in that Part of the Island before they march’d Southwards; their March to Derby, and true Reasons of their Retreat; the Dispute at Falkirk, and Motives of their transferring the War into the Highlands; with the principal Causes of their Defeat at Culloden. Interspersed with the Characters of their chief Leaders, and a curious Detail of their Negociations abroad. The whole compos’d with the greatest Accuracy possible in regard to Facts and Dates, and free from all Mixture of fictitious Circumstances, or ill-grounded Conjectures. London: Printed for M. Cooper..., 1747. [6365]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 200 x 130 mms., pp. [iv], 16, 9 - 155 [156 blank], including half-title, recently rebound in full pigskin; inner margin of half-title and title-page encroaching upon letterpress, some headlines missing from top margins, no final adverts leaf or map, a modest copy. £450
Although the work is attributed to Fielding, it is not the work, thought to be lost until 1934, published in 1745 under the title The History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland, which was sometimes attributed to James MacPherson. The Compleat and Authentick History is based, very loosely, on Fielding's account of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion in Scotland as published in The True Patriot; but it is a separate and different work, with only a very indirect relationship to anything Fielding wrote about the '45.
R .C. Jarvis, "Fielding and the Forty-Five," Notes and Queries (Nov. 1956).
[?FOLWELL (Samuel)]: Two 18th century or, more probably, early 19th century, oval, 220 x 150 mms., embroidered pictures of "Emma Corbett," heroine of the first English novel about the American Revolution. [?Philadelphia] [c.1800] [6466]
These embroideries are possibly the work of Samuel Folwell (1764 - 1813), the American miniaturist, silhouettist, engraver, and hair worker. In any case, they are very much in the style of needlework and embroideries produced by Folwell and his wife, Ann Elizabeth Gebler Folwell. In the first embroidery, Emma sits contentedly under a tree holding a garland of flowers, with a basket of flowers at her feet. She wears a long flowing white gown, and her long curly hair (very much in the style of the 1790s) is decked out with flowers. In the background is a road and gate leading to a farm house. The second picture is a fine example of the iconography of mourning so popular in America after the death of George Washington in 1799. In this one, a forlorn woman sits under a tree in front of a tombstone which reads "In Memory of Emma Corbett." There are withered and dead leaves around her and in the background is a house with a thatched roof. Both textiles have some loss to the background, sky, but are otherwise in very good condition. This second textile exhibits many elements of the iconography of mourning of a type often associated with the death of Washington, but they might have been done before his death. The illustration of a woman grieving in front of a tombstone seems to be clearly patterned after a painting by Angelica Kauffman (1741 - 1807), Virtue Weeping at the Tomb of Emma Corbett, an engraving of which was published by Robert Wilkinson, London, 7 August 1786; and another engraving of "Emma Corbett" was published by Laurie and Whittle of London in 1794. It is difficult, of course, to have a firm attribution to Folwell, or even to his school; but they are more consistent with the work that he was doing than with English examples. Moreover, the iconography of mourning seems to have been particularly pervasive in post-colonial America. Finally, if the embroideries post-date the death of Washington, it seems unlikely that the English would have felt comfortable with the stylistic allusions to the iconographic illustrations of mourning for Washington
£4,500
Samuel Jackson Pratt published Emma Corbett, or, The Miseries of Civil War, anonymously in 1780; it was translated into French in 1783, and ran into many editions (16 in the 18th century). The above embroideries are sold with: PRATT (Samuel Jackson): Emma Corbett. By Mr. Pratt. The Ninth Edition, with elegant frontispieces. London: printed for T. Becket, 1789. 2 volumes. Large 12mo, 182 x 112 mms., pp. viii, 264; 259 [260 blank], including half-title in volume 1, engraved frontispiece (by P. W. Tomkins and Thomas Burke after Angelica Kaufman) in each volume, attractively bound in contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines, brown and black morocco labels, gilt borders on covers; front covers slightly scored, but a fine set, with the early bookplate of Robert Dymond, of Bolton Hall on the front paste-down end-paper in each volume. Pratt (1749 - 1814) published just this one novel, an extremely popular epistolary sentimental novel, set in North America at the time of the Revolution. As originally published in Bath, in 1780, the novel had a subtitle, "Miseries of the Civil War," and it was additionally described as "founded on some recent circumstances which happened in America." It was the first full-length novel to have as its subject the American Revolution. In 1783, for the fifth edition, the text was compressed to two volumes (but still not closely printed), and provided with a frontispiece in each volume after a design by Angelica Kauffman, an artist who was very popular in her day, but did little in the way of book illustration. This appears to be the last edition to contain these plates.
FRENCH ROYAL BINDING. JEAN DE LOYAC. Le Triomphe de la Charite en la Vie du Bien-Hevrevx Iean de Diev. Institvtion et Progrez de son Order Religievx. Avec les Ceremonies de la Beatification, & de la Translation solemnelle de sa Relique, ennoyée a la Rene Mere par le Roy d'Espagne. A Paris, Chez Antoine Chrestien…, 1661. [5931]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, 210 x 160 mms., pp. 408, 12, [21 index, 22 blank], with engraved and printed title-pages, 4 other engraved plates, handsomely bound in full red morocco (probably contemporary) red morocco, with the gilt arms to a gilt anchor device on the covers, with inset of three fleur de lys and short stroke at 45 degree angle (denoting relationship to the king) in gilt in centre, with ornate gilt rolls on each cover surrounding the panel, and with a crown on cipher in each corner, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label, all edges gilt; corners a little worn, slight abrasions to binding at lower right-hand front cover, some slight loss of gilt at margins, but generally a fine and attractive French royal binding from the late17th or early 18th century. The binding is similar to those made for Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Panthievre (1725 - 1793), though this binding appears to be earlier and probably exhibits the arms of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678 - 1737), admiral of France, the third son of Louis XIV, hence the anchor motif and the diagonal bar between the fleur-de-lys. With a presentation inscription (“Ce Livre appartient à Mariane Vier [?] Demeurant à la ferté sous gouarre [?]. Je prie Les personnes qui Le trouveront d'avoir La Bonté De Le remettre à mon aDresse. Fait à la ferté le 28 août 1819 [signed] Femme[?] Fournier”) in French dated 28 August 1819 on the recto of the blank leaf before the engraved title-page, and the autograph “J. Spencer Northcote/ Clifton/ 1857” in the top corner. Ex-libris, with the bookplate of St. Dominic’s Convent/ Stone on the front free marbled end-paper. The historian, priest, and college head James Spencer Northcote (1821 - 1907) was ordained priest of St. Dominic’s Convent in 1855. £2,500
Jean de Dieu (1495 - 1550) was the son of Portguese partns, André and Thérèse Ciudad.and devoted most of his life to caring for the poor. He was beatified by Urbain VIII in 1630 and was canonized by Alexandre VIII, in 1690.
GARRICK (David). MURPHY (Arthur): The Life of David Garrick, Esq. Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. Wogan, Burnet, Porter, Moore ...[et al], 1801. [4153]
FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. 8vo, pp [iv], xxxi [xxxii blank], 507 [508 blank], including half-title, contemporary sheepskin, red morocco label (probably a Dublin binding); lacks front free end-paper, slight chip at base of spine but generally a very good copy. £350
Murphy published this in London earlier in the same year in two volumes. The appendix prints a number of Garrick’s prologues and epilogues, as well as some of his early letters.
GEDDES (James): An Essay on the Composition and Manner of Writing of the Antients, particularly Plato. Glasgow, Printed and Sold by Robert Foulis, 1748. [5142]
SOLE EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [viii], 362 (but 370, with pp. 351-370 misnumbered 345-362), recently rebound in quarter calf, gilt spine, morocco label, marbled boards; lacks half-title, text a little browned but an attractive copy. £400
In this work, his only publication, Geddes (1710-1745) examines the styles of Xenophon, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, but devotes most of his attention to Plato. He analyzes the way in which a philosopher's style will affect the way in which the reader considers known, or “exhortative,” truths, as well as truths yet unknown - “explorative.” Yet his analysis of philosophical style in classical authors has the curious effect of subverting his description of language as the “garment” of thought, since one of the effects of his examination is to indicate that style and thought form a coherent unity rather than a combination or juxtaposition of two different entities.
Gaskell 109
GENTLEMAN (A Society of): The Biographical Magazine; Or, Complete Historical Library. A Work replete with Instruction and Entertainment, and accompanied with such embellishments As have not hitherto appeared in any Publication in Europe. By a Society of Gentlemen. Volume 1 [All Published]. London: Printed for F. Newbery..., 1776. [6467]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, 262 x 218 mms., pp. iv, 812 [813 Errata, 814 blank], but mis-numbered at page 452 which is followed by page 457 (with note in contemporary hand about mis-numbering), 7F one leaf only, but collated and complete as issued, 27 engraved portraits, including King George III and Queen Charlotte before title-page, recently rebound in half speckled calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red morocco label, marbled boards; title-page slightly creased and soiled,margins of portraits of George and Charlotte chipped and with water-stains in upper inner margins, tear in fore-margin of portrait of Dryden opposite page 293, small piece torn from fore-margin of pp. 697-8 (text unaffected), but a good copy in an attractive pastiche of an 18th century binding, with the contemporary ownership "Jane Woodforde 1786" inscribed on title-page. Jane Woodforde is possibly a relation of the diarist James Woodforde (1740 - 1803), or the painter Samuel Woodforde (1763 - 1817). £950
The preface indicates that the work was to be published in monthly instalments, "the whole being comprized in Four Volumes in Quarto." There are no separate title-pages to indicate volumes 2, 3, and 4, but the "magazine" is complete, beginning with Archbishop George Abbot and ending with Edward Young. Among several curious entries is that for Mrs. Johnson, i. e., Hester Johnson (1681 - 1721), Swift's "Stella," who, the biographers assert was "the concealed, though undoubted wife of Swift." Newbery re-issued the work with a cancel title-page in 1780, but with fewer plates.
Roscoe A 39. ESTC T98528 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, National Library of Ireland, Nottinghamshire Country Library, Bodleian; Folger, Huntington, Wisconsin-Madison, NYPL, Library of Congress. OCLC adds Michigan, Pittsburgh, Texas.
[GENTLEMAN (Francis)]: The Dramatic Censor; or, Critical Companion. London: Printed for J. Bell...and C. Etherington..., 1770. [6554]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 207 x 133 mms., pp. [vi], 479 [480 Index]; [vi], 499 [500 Index], engraved (by Isaac Taylor) frontispiece in each volume, F2 in volume signed E2, small hole in inner margin of Ppp2 (pp. 475 - 476) in volume 1, with loss of text (photocopies of both pages supplied), contemporary mottled sheepskin, fragments of gilt on spine, red morocco labels; bindings a bit dried, with joints, tops, and bases of spines rubbed and slightly worn, but a decent set. The late 18th century or early 19th century autograph of James or J. Gasking (probably the medical doctor James Gasking, 1756 - 1817, of Plymouth) appears on the paste-down end-papers of each volume, and another autograph scored through (possibly "Wm. Evans") on the front free end-paper of each volume, the remains of the label of a contemporary bookseller, stationer, and binder in Plymouth (?"[W]hitfeld"] on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 1. Gasking has written the following comment on the lower margin of the front paste-down end-paper, "Not but an ignorant or envious man would give such Characters of Reddish [Samuel Reddish, 1735 - 1785] or Jefferson [Thomas Jefferson, 1732 - 1807]"; and in volume 2, where Gentleman writes about Colley Cibber, he has marked an X through two paragraphs, with the comment, "Infamous!!!/ Even Pope dared not go so far as this fellow!" £300
The playwright and essayist Francis Gentleman (1728 - 1784) originally issued these commentaries in monthly parts. The first volume is dedicated to David Garrick, and the second to Samuel Foote. "Even though Gentleman was fulsome to the point of extravagance in his praise of the actor in his writing, The Dramatic Censor is of interest for its accounts of Garrick's major Shakespearian roles, including Macbeth, Romeo, and Richard III.... Garrick's Shakespearian acting, in Gentleman's account, offered a harmonious, well-regulated, and decorous synthesis of cultivated craft and innate artistry, and in this respect the actor constituted an appropriate apostolic successor to the national poet himself. In a rhetorical manoeuvre which foreshadowed later debates over the competing authorities of literary criticism and theatrical performance, Gentleman declared Garrick to be Shakespeare's most astute commentator (Oxford DNB)."
[GENTLEWOMAN (A.)]: The Young Lady’s Companion In Cookery, And Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c. Containing The newest and best Receipts for making all Sorts of Broths, Gravies, Soups, Ragoo's, Hashes, &c. Dressing several Sorts of Meats, Collering, Potting, and making Force-Meats, &c. Also Making of Cakes, Creams, Marmalades, Tarts, Puddings, Pies, Pasties, Biscuits, Custards, &c. Likewise Preserving and Candying Angelico, Apples, Cherries, Currants, Figs, Goosberries, Grapes, Oranges, Peaches, Nectarines, &c. Violets, Roses, Couslips, and other Flowers. And The best Method of Pickling Melons, Cucumbers, Barberries, Mushrooms, Purslane, &c. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth C. Hitch in Pater-Noster Row, J. Hazard against Stationers Hall, W. Bickerton and C. Corbett, without Temple bar, and R. Willock, in Cornhill, 1734. [6116]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [xii], 204, contemporary sheepskin (worn); no blank end-papers, binding rubbed, joints slightly cracked. £2,500
“The following Receipts were Collected a Gentlewoman who formerly kept a Boarding School; her often being Importun’d by her Friends, for Copies of the, has occasion’d their being published; thereby to oblige her Friends an easy Expence and save herself much Trouble. We hope they’ll prove acceptable to the Publick, being the most useful Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, and Candying, which are at present used, laid down in an easy familiar Way” (Advertisement). If one is to judge by the recipes, the pupils at her boarding school ate rather well.
Not in Cagle. ESTC T63526 locates copies in the BL; and Kansas State University, Lehigh University, Stanford, Library of Congress. There is also a copy in the Lilly Library.
GIBBON (Edward): Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in Six Volumes, Quarto, Abridged in Two Volumes, Octavo. London, Printed for G. Kearsley..., 1789. [6064]
FIRST ABRIDGED EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xi [xii blank], 569 [570 blank, 571-572 adverts]; xi [xii blank], 562 [563-564 adverts], contemporary calf, rebacked with old spines and labels preserved and laid down, new front free end-paper in each volume. A very good set, with the words “Philospher & Infidel” in a contemporary hand bracketing Gibbon’s name on the title-page. £1,250
This abridgement of Gibbon’s six massive quartos has been variously attributed to the Aberdonian schoolmaster and educational writer John Adams (1750 - 1814) in the BL catalogue and in the Oxford DNB; and to the Reverend Charles Hereford by other commentators. The same abridgement was published in Dublin in 1790.
There are three ESTC listings for this work. T78371 locates copies in the BL, the Bodleian, Oxford University Trinity College Library, National Library of Wales; Huntington, Stanford and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A Dublin edition of 1790, T78372: BL, National Library of Ireland, Trinity College Library; and in 1790 a reissue of the sheets of the 1789 edition, “Abridged and expurgated for ‘the youthful mind’ (vol.1, 2nd preliminary leaf)”: Cambridge, Longleat House, Essex; Harvard Houghton, Library Company of Philadelphia.
GIBBON (Edward). [EYRE (Francis)]: A Few Remarks on the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Relative chiefly to the two last chapters. By a Gentleman. London: Printed for J. Robson..., 1778. [5276]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 154, newly rebound in half calf, boards, gilt spine, morocco label. A fine copy. £750
Francis Eyre (1732 - 1804), a Roman Catholic apologist, describes himself as a “Gentleman” on the title-page, to which Gibbon responded in his comment on the wrok: “The unknown writer has thought proper to distinguish himself by the emphatic, yet vague, appellation of A GENTLEMAN: but I must lament that he has not considered, with becoming attention, the duties of that respectable character.” In 1779, he published another work on Gibbon, A short appeal to the public. By the gentleman, who is particularly addressed in the postscript of the vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
The work is well represented in British libraries, and ESTC T35499 locates 9 copies in North American libraries: Harvard, Huntington, McMaster, Pierpont Morgan, California Berkeley, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Yale. OCLC adds Cincinnati and Penn State.
GLASSE (Hannah): The Art of Cookery, made Plain an Easy; Which far excels any Thing of the Kind yet published. Containing, I. A List of the various Kinds of Meat, Poultry, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, in Season, in every Month of the Year. II. Directions for Marketing. III. How to Roast and Boil to Perfection. IV. Sauces for all plain Dishes. V. Made Dishes. VI. To dress Poultry, Game, &c. Vii. How expensive a French Cook’s Sauce is. Viii. To make a Number of pretty little Dishes for Suppers, or Side or Corner Dishes. IX. To dress Turtle, Mock-Turtle, &c. X. To dress Fish. XI. Sauces for Fish. XII. Of Soups and Broths. XIII. Of Puddings and Pies. XIV. For a Lent Dinner; a Number of good Dishes, which may be made use of at any other Time. XV. Directions for the Sick. XVI. For Captains of Ships; how to make all useful Dishes for a Voyage; and setting out a Table on board. XVII. Of Hog’s Puddings, Sausages, &c. XVIII. To pot, make Hams, &c. XIX. Of Pickling. XX. Of making Cakes, &c. XXI. Of Cheesecakes, Creams, Jellies, Whipt Sullabubs. XXII. Of Made Wines, Brewing, Baking, French Bread, Muffins, Cheese, &c. XXIII. Jarring Cherries, Preserves, &c. XXIV. To make Anchovies, Vermicelli, Catchup, Vinegar, and to keep Artichokes, French Beans, &c. XXV. Of Distilling. XXVI. Directions for Carving. XXVII. Useful and valuable Family Receipts. XXVIII. Receipts for Perfumery, &c. In which are included, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, not inserted in any former edition. With a copious index. A New Edition, With all the Modern Improvements: And also the Order of a Bill of Fare for Each Month; the Dishes arranged on the Table in the most fashionable Style. London: Printed for T. Longman, H. Law, J. Johnson...[et al], 1796. [6522]
8vo, 218 x 138 mms., pp. [ii], xl, 419 [420 Errata], including half-title (with corner repaired), with the author's autograph on the first page of text,additional ms. recipe in 19th century hand after Index, contemporary calf, rebacked in early 20th century, red morocco label. A good copy. £450
Glasse (c. 1708 - 1770), the "illegitimate" daughter of Isaac Allgood [sic] and his mistress Hannah Reynolds, married John Glasse in 1724, and, with a growing family and an indifferent husband, began collecting recipes and published this very popular book in 1747. However, she seems to have lacked business acumen and had accumulated debts totalling more than £10,000 by 1954; she was made bankrupt and the copyright for the book was taken over by Andrew Miller and a conger of other London booksellers.
Cagle 706. Maclean, p. 60. Oxford, p. 77.
GLASSE (Hannah): The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy. To which are added, One Hundred and Fifty New Receipts, A copious Index, and, A modern Bill of Fare, for each Month, in the Manner the Dishes are placed upon the Table. Edinburgh: Printed for Alexander Donaldson: Sold at his Shops (No. 48.) in St. Paul's Churchyard; and at Edinburgh. 1774. [6314]
FIRST SCOTTISH EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), pp. vi, [18], 440 [441 - 464 Index], contemporary calf; fore-margins of first few leaves frayed, some water-staining, lower inner margins of first 15 leaves slightly wormed, some leaves sprung. Inscribed on front paste-down end-paper "[?Jane] Edwards Jany 1st 1816" and below that, "Amy G. Bolton from Mother March 1789." On the recto of the front free end-paper, in pencil, "given to me by Ruth Smith (mother of A. Bolton), Omega Altwood Bailey, Maidenhead, May 1964." The 18th century autograph "Bolton Jane" appears, upside down on the lower margin of the last page of index. £500
Glasse's Art of Cookery was first published in 1746, and there were some 50 editions in the 18th century. The first ESTC listing gives a curious date for publication - "[1700 - 1750?]." Since Hannah Allgood was not born until 1708 and did not become Mrs. Glasse until 1724, a publishing date before that time is unlikely. Mrs. Glasse was made bankrupt in 1754, and as the Oxford DNB notes, "on 29 October 1754 the copyright of The Art of Cookery and the printed sheets of the fifth edition were sold to Andrew Miller and his conger (a partnership of booksellers), who were to be responsible for the Art for the next fifty years." If Donaldson were a member of the conger, it seems curious that it took him twenty years to publish an edition. Although a "modern Bill of Fare" is promised on the title-page, none of the extant copies seems to have one.
The ESTC listing is confusing. The above copy conforms to N29939 (NLS; Missouri), with a comma after "cookery," and before "a modern," and the catchword on p.147 is "turn." but the imprint has "Shops (No. 48.)" and not "shops." ESTC T90934 (BL, Leeds; Case Western Reserve, LSU, Radcliffe, Library of Congress, California San Diego, Delaware) is said to be "Different ed. completely reset has a comma after 'cookery' and before 'a modern' on the titlepage; 'shops' in the imprint and the catchword on p. 147 is 'turn.'" Is it "shops" or "Shops"? The registration given for both entries is the same.
GLEES. COOKE, CALLCOTT, DANBY , WEBBE; CORFE: The Favorite New Glees Composed by Dr. [Benjamin] Cooke, Mr. [John Wall] Callcott, Mr. [John] Danby, and Mr. [Samuel] Webbe. Expressly for, & performed at Messrs. Harrison & Knybett’s Vocal Concerts, 1792. Most Respectfully Dedicated to The Subscribers. London, Printed for Messrs. Harrison & Knyvett, to be had at their Houses in Percy Street, Rathbone Place, Stratton Street Piccadilly, and at Messrs Longman & Broderip in Cheapside..., 1792. [5196]
BOUND WITH: CORFE (Joseph): Twelve Glees, For Three and Four Voices, Dedicated by permission to His Grace the Duke of Leeds. Composed from Ancient Scotch Melodies By Joseph Corfe. Gentleman of His Majesty’s Chapels Royal. &c. To be had at the principal Music Shops in London, & at Mr. Corfe’s, Salisbury, 1791. 2 volumes in 1. Oblong folio, 360 x 240 mms., pp. [iv], 62 + 3 [4 blank], 4, 13 - 15 [16 blank], 5 [6 blank]; [iv], 35 [36 blank], 6, 21 - 23 [24 blank], 10, with ms. additions to page 41 of first item, 2 pages of subscribers for Corfe’s work and with the autograph “Miss Priscilla Carsons Book” on the title-page, engraved throughout, with title-pages for Cooke et al and Corfe, with additional engraved leaves of music by other composers inserted after main items, recent leather spine, old marbled boards (worn), with the red morocco label “Miss Roberts” on front cover and her armorial bookplate on title-page of first items, various autographs in album, including “Saml. Harrison” and “[Charles] Knyvett” in the lower margin of title-page of first item (with 110 mms. removed from margin and removing Knyvett’s first name, “Benj. Cooke” on last item in album; some wear and damage to title-page of first item, some fingering of other leaves, tears in a few margins, blank preliminary leaf severely creased, corners very worn.
£400
The first collection testifies to the collaboration of Charles Knyvett (1752 - 1822) and Samuel Harrison (1760 - 1812), with whom he founded the Vocal Concerts which ran from 1792 - 1795. In addition to the composers named on the title-page, additional glees by J. R. S. Stevens and Luffman Atterbury.
GRASSINEAU (James): A Musical Dictionary; Being a Collections of Terms and Characters, As well Ancient as Modern; Including the Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Parts of Music: As also, an Explanation of some Parts of the Doctrine of the Antients; Interspersed with Remarks on their Method and Practice, and curious Observations on the Phaenomena of Sound Mathematically considered, As it’s Relations and Proportions constitute Intervals, And those again Concords and Discords. The whole carefully abstracted from the best Authors in the Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English Languages. London: Printed [by C. Jephson] for J. Wilcox..., 1740. [6138]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. v [vi blank], ix - x, ix - xii, 347 [348 adverts], music illustrations in text, 4 folding engraved plates, Z2 in cancelled state, contemporary calf; joints slightly cracked (but firm), lacks label. With the autograph of Thomas Inskip on the first page of text, and his surname on the front paste-down end-paper, and T Inskip on the title-page. £850
Much of the material in this work derives from the work of the French musicologist, Sebastien de Brossard, as well as other contemporary sources. “While Grassineau’s Dictionary awaits serious studies in textual criticism, it can be said to be the most important dictionary of music published in Britain until the translation of Rousseau’s. In 1769, after Grassineau’s death [in 1767], it was reissued with a separate appendix containing articles from Rousseau’s dictionary; the editor is unknown” (New Grove). ESTC on-line lists two separate entries for a 1740 printing, but does not distinguish between them in any noticeable way, except for locations.
EDWARDS OF HALIFAX STYLE
GREGORY (John): A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World. A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World. 1788. [3356]
8vo, pp. [ii], xx, 291 [292 blank, 293 - 201 Contents, 202 blank], bound in contemporary vellum, border consisting of two parallel light blue lines on covers, gilt rules in spiral twist across spine, light blue morocco label in gilt, marbled end-papers; no half-title or portrait. £150
The style very much resembles bindings from the Edwards of Halifax bindery, though the boards seem somewhat thicker than those on bindings from Edwards of Halifax and which often have a solid blue border. But the binding is attractive and in fine condition. Gregory's Comparative View was first published in 1765 and many times reprinted. Of the seven copies located by ESTC in British libraries and six in North American libraries, several lack the half-title and the portrait.
[GREY (Dr)]: A Short History of the Donatists. With an Appendix, in which The proud and Hypocritical Pharisee and Schismatical Donatist are compared with the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, and the Methodists. London: Printed for T. Cooper..., 1741. [6518]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 210 x 130 mms., pp. viii, 59 [60 blank], interleaved throughout, with manuscript corrections on the recto of the blank leaf opposite page 3, recently rebound in quarter calf, morocco label, marbled boards; library stamp on title-page, some margins slightly frayed. £450
A note in a contemporary hand on the title-page has written "by Dr. Grey" underneath Whitefield's name in the title and "The mss. Notes are in Dr. Grey's own handwriting." Possible candidates for Dr. Grey are Zachary Grey (1688–1766), LLD,or Richard Grey (1696–1771), DD both Church of England clergymen, and neither very keen on dissenters.
ESTC T96899 locates 9 copies in UK libraries; and a copy at Union Theological Seminary. OCLC adds Yale and Princeton; and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
GROTIUS (Hugo): The Truth of the Christian Religion. In Six Books. Corrected and Illustrated with Notes, By Mr. Le Clerc. To which is added, A Seventh Book, Concerning this Question, What Christian Church we ought to join ourselves to? By the said Mr. le Clerc. The Fifth Edition, with Additions: Particularly one whole Book of Mr. Le Clerc’s, against Indifference of what Religion a Man is of. Done into English by John Clarke, D. D., Dean of Sarum. London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton..., 1754. [3158]
8vo, pp. [xxiv], 350 [351 - 352 adverts], contemporary panelled reversed calf, red leather label; some slight wear to binding, but generally a very good copy. £150
John Clarke (1682 - 1757), the younger brother of Samuel Clarke, first published this work in 1711, and it was undoubtedly the most popular exposition of Grotius’ book in the 18th century. Le Clerc had published his edition of Grotius in 1709.
GROVE (Henry): A System of Moral Philosophy. Published from the Author's Manuscript, with his latest Improvements and Corrections. By Thomas Amory. London, Printed and Sold by J. Waugh..., 1749. [6047]
2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [xlviii], 420 [421 - 424 adverts]; [xx], 616 [617 Errata, 618 blank, 619 - 637 indexes, 638 - 640 adverts], including additional title-page in volume 2 adding “The Second Edition,” as well as list of subscribers in both volumes, contemporary speckled calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red leather labels; blank front end-papers removed from both volumes, corners worn, joints volume 2 slightly cracked, but an attractive set. £750
The Presbyterian minister Henry Henry (1684–1738) came to the attention of the literary world in 1714 with the publication in The Spectator of four essays, including one on novelty which Samuel Johnson much admired. Thomas Amory (1710 - 1774) was his nephew, and it was he who brought about the publication of these volumes (he is said to have written the last eight chapters) and procured the numerous subscribers, which includes, among others, Thomas Birch, Edmund Calamy, Philip Doddridge, David Fordyce, Edward Gibbons [sic], Arthur Onslow, and Arthur Ashley Sykes. In volume 1, on b3r is a note, “This Book is Mary Howdell [sic]/ it was Bought of Mr: Samuel: Silver,” who was in fact one of the subscribers. Grove was also a long-time tutor at Taunton Academy, and one of his chief distinctions there was that of helping to disassociate moral principles and actions from dogmatic theology.
HAMILTON (Elizabeth): Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education. Second Edition Bath, Printed by R. Cruttwell; for C. and J. Robinson..., 1801. [1427]
2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iii] - xv [xvi blank], 436 [437 adverts, 438 blank]; [iv], iv, 455 [456 adverts], including half-title in volume 2, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, black leather labels; spines a little rubbed, front joint volume 1 cracked and tender, slight wear to front joint volume 2, ex-library with four stamps. £200
In his biography of Lord Kames, Alexander Fraser Tytler described this work as “excellent,” citing Mrs. Hamilton as “one of the ablest of those writers..who have treated the subject of education according to philosophical principles.” He alludes specifically to a passage in volume 1, p. 13, in which Hamilton explains in this edition something that she had omitted in the first edition, the philosophical use of the term “association.”
HANDEL (George Friedrich): Judas Maccabæus. Sacred Oratorio in Score With all the Additional Alterations Composed in the Year 1746. [London: Printed for the Editor (Samuel Arnold) by Longman and Co.], [1789]. [5088]
Large 4to, 325 x 245 mms., pp. 195 [196 blank], including engraved title-page and engraved music throughout, slightly later half red calf, spine stamped in blind, marbled boards, with black morocco title label on front covers; corners worn, top and base of spine chipped. £250
Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802) began editing Handel’s oratorios in the 1780s for performances, working with Thomas Linley the elder. He planned to produce a complete edition of Handel’s oratorios and in fact some 40 volumes did appear as part of a series published between 1787 and 1797. The absence of an imprint makes the exact identification of edition difficult, but this appears to be that printed by Longman.
HANDEL. [MAINWARING (John)]: Memoirs of the Life of the late George Frederic Handel. To which is added, A Catalogue of his Works, and Observations upon them. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1760. [6192]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [iv], 208, including half-title, engraved portrait of Handel as frontispiece, contemporary calf, joints, top and base of spine, and corners neatly restored, new morocco label. A very good copy. £1,250
Mainwaring (1724 - 1807) studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1748. He had several collaborators for this work; some of the factual information is from John Christopher Smith, some of it was written by Robert Price, and the list of compositions is by James Harris. It was reviewed and quoted extensively in various contemporary periodicals and is a useful source of information about Handel’s life and activities. There is a footnote in the “Observations” to James Harris's Hermes, citing Harris’ discussion “with great judgment and accuracy” the “imitative power in Music....”
HARE (Francis): The Difficulties and Discouragements Which attend the Study of the Scriptures In the Way of Private Judgment; Represent in a Letter to a Young Clergyman. In order to show, That, since such a Study of the Scriptures is Mens indispensable Duty, it concerns all Christian Societies to remove (as much as possible) those Discouragements. By a Presbyter of the Church of England. The Eighth Edition. There is added in this Edition, corrected from the Original, A Letter written by the Reverend Mr. John Hales of Easton, to Arch-Bishop Laud, upon Occasion f his Tract concerning Schism. Never before Printed. London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton..., 1721. [5849]
8vo (in 4s), pp. [2], 39 [40 blank]. BOUND WITH: STEPHENS (William): A Sermon preach’d Before the Honourable House of Commons, January 30. 1699/1700. Being an Anniversary Sermon for the Day. London, Printed: And are to be Sold by A. Baldwin..., 1700. 8vo, pp. [4], 5 - 30. AND [LYTTELTON (George), Lord]: Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul. In a Letter to Gilbert West, Esq. The Third Edition. London: Printed for R. Dodsley and sold by M. Cooper..., 1747. 8vo, pp. [ii], 110; with the contemporary autograph “Arnold Mello” on the top margin of the title-page. AND: WHITEFIELD (George): A Brief Account of some Lent and other Extraordinary Processions and Ecclesiastical Entertainments Seen last Year at Lisbon. In Four Letters to and English Friend. London: Printed by W. Strahan..., 1745. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [ii], 29 [30 adverts]. AND: WATSON (Richard): An Apology for Christianity. In A Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq; Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for T. Evans..., 1791. 12mo, pp. [v], vi - vii [viii blank], 250, including half-title. 4 volumes bound in one, late 18th century lightly mottled calf, spine ornately gilt, red leather label, “Religious Tracts.” From the Easton Neston Library, with library label for shelf mark and the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. on the front paste-down end-paper. £250
A curious Sammelband, since none of the works seem to have only the most general themes in common; but I like to preserve these combinations as a document to whatever decision, eccentric or otherwise, led a previous owner to bind them together.
HATTON (Thomas): An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work. In Two Parts. Containing all the Arithmetical and Geometry Necessary, with their Particular Applications in the said Branches. A Work very useful for the Working Mechanic, or Gentlemen Mechanically Inclined. Illustrated by Eighteenth Copper-Plates, Geometrically Drawn for the Use of the Trade. London: Printed for T. Longman, and G. Robinson..., B. Law..., and J. Wilkie..., 1773. [5593]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], xvi, 400, including half-title, 18 folding engraved plates (at pp. 164, 180, 186, 194, 206, 212, 230, 242, 290, 300, 326, 328, 368, 384 (4 plates that should have been bound before page 368), 400, contemporary annotation in lower margin of p. viii, contemporary calf, recently rebacked to match with gilt spine and raised bands, morocco label, and corners restored; slight stains on front free end-paper and verso of half-title, but a very good copy with the armorial book-plate of William Lewis Newman on the front paste-down end-paper. £3,500
In the dedication of the work to “Lord Stanley,” Thomas Hatton (fl. 1757 - 1774) notes his family seat is in the “centre of the whole support of this great branch of trade, which is the subject of the following sheets.” He complains however that the number of those employed in the clock and watch trade is only one fourth of what it once was: “a great part of it is got into the hands of Pagan and Christian Jews, who carry on the business to suit their brethren, and have sold the faith of the Nation abroad....” In the preface, he mentions previous works by Hugyens, Hook, Derham, and Martin. In the same year, Hatton also published his Essay on Gold Coin. It was reprinted in 1774, with new material. A facsimile of the above work appeared in 1978.
ESTC T101329 locates copies in the BL, Cambridge, NLS, Edinburgh, British Dental Association Library, London, Guildhall Library, London, University of London, John Rylands Library, Bodleian, St. Andrews, and Taunton Library in the UK; copies at Bancroft Library, Berkeley; Hagley Museum and Library, Greenville, Delaware; Winterthur Museum Library, Winterthur, Delaware; Smithsonian Institution, University of Notre Dame Library, Amherst College Library, Boston Public Library, MIT, in the USA; and elsewhere at Niedersachsische Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek, Gottingen and Auckland Public Library.
HAY (William): Mount Caburn. A Poem. Humbly inscribed to Her Grace the Dutchess [sic] of Newcastle. London: Printed for J. Stagg..., 1730. [6143]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Folio, 292 x 205 mms., pp. 14, later 18th century marbled wrappers, stitched; title-page slightly brown, a little wear to spine of wrappers, but a very good copy. £750
Hay (1695 - 1755) was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn (1714) and the Middle Temple (1715) but seems never to have practised law. This poem, which was printed by Samuel Richardson, adumbrates his marriage in 1731 to Elizabeth Pelham (1709–1793), the second daughter of Thomas Pelham of Catsfield Place, Sussex, and a cousin of the Duke of Newcastle. Mount Caburn is an ancient hill-fort on the South Downs near Lewes, Sussex. Calling his Mount Caburn a “spiritless imitation of Cooper's Hill, a bad copy of the noblest original,” Hay hints at his childhood memories of the place, and makes much of its history, from pre-Roman times to his own. He is also remembered as the author of Religio Philosophi (1755), whose anti-clerical tone supports an incisive analysis of religion and morality.
Foxon H 117. Aubin: Topographical Poetry, pp. 86 and 298; Sale: Samuel Richardson: Master Printer, 82.
[HAYLEY (William): A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids. By a Friend to the Sisterhood. London: Printed for T. Cadell..., 1785. [5789]
FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iii] - xix [xx blank], 261 [262 blank]; [ii], 250; [ii], 255 [256 blank], contemporary half calf but with new spines blocked in gilt and new morocco labels, contemporary marbled boards, recornered. A very good set. £450
John Johnson, the editor of Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley (1823) records that “Never was a book projected and written with more guileless or more benevolent intentions, yet a host of prudes and hypocrites railed against it, as immoral and irreligious.... Conscious of his pure intentions in composing the essay, he only smiled at the mistake of those rigid ladies who reviled the production as indecent and irreligious; and he exulted in the warm applause of several most accomplished and candid members of the sisterhood, who regarded and extolled it as an elegant and moral performance, that truly deserved, not the censure, but the thanks and the esteem of their society.”
[HAYWOOD (Eliza)]: The Female Spectator. The Second Edition. London: Printed and published by T. Gardner..., 1748. [6505]
4 volumes. 12mo, 170 x 107 mms., pp. [viii], 317 [318 blank, 319 -328 Index]; [iv], 319 [320, 321 - 324 Index]; [iv], 323 [324 blank, 325 - 332 Index]; [iv], 319 [320 blank, 321 - 326 Index], including half-title in volume 1, engraved frontispiece in each volume, contemporary calf, rebacked, spines blocked in gilt; strip cut from top of half-title in volume 1, binding worn around edges, but a serviceable set. £1,100
Haywood (1693 - 1756) began publishing this work in 1744, and it was one of her most successful publications. The Female Spectator contains a mixture of amusement, gossip and instruction and includes warnings of the dire consequences that result from the pursuit of pleasure, as well as exhortations to women to open their minds to learning.
[HENDERSON (George)], compiler: Petrarca: A Selection of Sonnets from Various Authors. With an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin and Structure of the Sonnet. London: Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin, 1803. [6162]
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. xl, 192, engraved frontispiece and two other engraved plates (by P. W. Tompkins after F. Henderson), slightly later 19th century half red morocco, spine ornately gilt in compartments, blue boards; plates slightly foxed, some minor stained but a very good copy. £400
The title is a bit misleading, as most of the sonnets are original, and not translations, from Petrarch or otherwise. Included are selections from such early writers as Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton, along with numerous examples from recent sources, such as Mary Robinson (13), Charlotte Smith, (7), Anna Seward (7), Helen Maria Williams (2), William Cowper (2), William Sotheby (8), William Lisle Bowles (6), Thomas Moore (2), and Sir Brooke Boothby (11). This volume also marks one of the first book appearances of Leigh Hunt, as it contains one sonnet from his Juvenilia (1801) and one extracted from the 1801 volume of the Poetical Register (just possibly, as Brewer points out, first printed here). The compiler George Henderson is a shadowy figure, though the three plates are engraved after designs by his brother P. Henderson. In his preface he acknowledges the assistance of Charlotte Smith, who provided two hitherto unpublished sonnets, one anonymous and the other by a Mr. Crowe. Henderson also tried to get permission to print the sonnets of “Mr. Southey, and likewise...a small number of his immediate poetical colleagues,” but an application to Southey's publisher was turned down. His introductory “dissertation,” therefore, makes no mention of such practitioners as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, or Charles Lloyd.
Brewer, page 17 (for Leigh Hunt); Jackson: Annals of English Verse, page 271.
HILL (Brian), Rev.: Henry and Acasto: A Moral Tale. In Three Parts. Dedicated, by Permission, To the Right Honourable Lady Kenyon. London: Printed for John Stockdale..., 1798. [6501]
8vo, pp. viii, [3], 12 - 115 [116 - 120 adverts], engraved frontispiece (by S. Springsguth after P. J. Loutherbourg) and two other engraved plates (by Stallard and Sanders), contemporary half calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, marbled boards (very slightly soiled); two plates closely cropped at lower margin, probably removing "Published as the act directs" information, joints a little creased, but a very good copy. £300
Brian Hill (1755 or 1756 - 1831) published this first in, probably, 1786, though it was written in 1783. This edition is considerably expanded from editions published in 1786, which consisted of 44 pages of text and no illustrations.
HOBBES (Thomas): The Art of Rhetoric, With a Discourse of The Laws of England. London, Printed for William Crooke..., 1681. [6127]
8vo, pp. [viii], 168, 208, with verso of A1 being a portrait of Hobbes. BOUND WITH: RYMER (Thomas): The Tragedies of The last Age Consider’d and Examin’d by the Practice of the Ancients, and by the Common sense of all Ages. In a Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard. London, Printed for Richard Tonson..., 1678. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 144, including imprimatur leaf before title-page. Two volumes in one, bound in recent full sheepskin, spine blocked in gilt. The two volumes were originally bound together as well, as the first of the two contemporary leaves before the portrait of Hobbes notes, “Hobbes’ Art of Rhetoric & laws of England/ Rymers Tragedies of the last Age.” £1,850
The text for Hobbes’s discourse on rhetoric began life as a digest in Latin of Aristotle’s work on rhetoric that Hobbes made for his pupil, the son of the Countess of Devonshire, which was first published in English in 1637 as A Briefe of the Art of Rhetorique. Although Hobbes had almost nothing but contempt for most of Aristotle’s writings, he admired the work on rhetoric, and its influence can be found in many of his writings. Rymer sent John Dryden a copy of his book, and Dryden said of the book that it was “the best piece of Criticism in the English tongue; perhaps in any other of the modern … and think my selfe happy he has not fallen upon me, as severely and as wittily as he has upon Shakespeare and Fletcher.”
Hobbes: Wing H 2212. MacDonald & Hargreaves 13. Rymer: Wing R 2430.
HOBLER (J. Paul): The Words of the Favourite Pieces as performed at the Glee Club, held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. Compiled from their Library. London. Printed for the Editor. Sold by H. D> Symonds..., 1794. [4884]
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo (in 4s), pp. [iv], 85 [86 - 91 index, 92 blank], contemporary tree calf; lacks label. Inscribed on title-page, “Dora Tennant from/ dear Pap/ June 1871.” The inscriber was the explorer H. M. Stanley, and the recipient was his daughter. There are also a few contemporary annotations in the text, mainly names, presumably those of the singers in the club who performed the songs. £200
HOLDER (William): A Treatise of the Natural Grounds, and Principles, of Harmony. To which is Added, by way of Appendix: Rules for Playing a Thorow-Bass; with Variety of Proper Lessons, Fuges, and Examples to Explain the said Rules. Also Directions for Tuning an Harpsichord or Spinnet. By the late Mr. Godfrey Keller. With several new Examples, which before were wanting, the better to explain some Passages in the former Impressions. The whole being Revis’d, and Corrected from many gross Mistakes committed in the first Publication of these Rules. London: Printed by W. Pearson...for J. Wilcox...and T. Osborne..., 1731. [3393]
8vo, pp. [vi], 156, 159 - 174, 179 - 203, 42 - 43, 206, with penultimate leaf signed R and paginated 203/42 and final leaf signed G2 and paginated 43/296, folding engraved plate of scales opposite p. 118, music illustrations in text, neatly rebound in quarter calf, morocco label, marbled boards; inner margin of title-page repaired, very faded library stamp in lower margin of verso of title-page, but a very good copy. £950
William Holder (1616 - 1696) exhibited remarkable skills as mathematician and musician at an early age; he also expressed an interest in speech and speech therapy, and his first book was The Elements of Speech (1669). The above work was first published in 1693 (date on title-page is 1694), and, according to New Grove, “praised by Burney and Hawkins for its clarity..,” adding that “its preoccupation with the physical basis of music is typical of the growing spirit of scientific inquiry of the period and of the Age of Reason that brought the arts as well as the sciences within the scope of such inquiry.” Holder added further lustre to his reputation with his publication in 1694 with the publication of his A Discourse concerning Time. Godfrey (or Gottfried) Keller (d. 1704) was preparing his Compleat Method for Attaining to Play Thorough Bass just before his death, and it was published posthumously in 1705 and reprinted in 1706 and 1717. This is the first appearance of Holder’s work and Keller’s work in the same volume, and it is the second revised edition of Keller’s work.
The pagination and signing of the last two leaves of text are different from another copy in my stock, though the musical text appears to be the same; I leave it to those with more energy and more bibliographic skills than I possess to explain what has happened.
HOPS. Instructions for Planting and Managing Hops, And for Raising Hop-Poles. Drawn up and Published by order of the Dublin Society. Dublin: Printed by A. Rhames, Printer to the Dublin Society, 1733. [5576]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 79 [80 blank], woodcut illustrations on pp. 49 and 174, recently rebound in half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards. A very good copy. £2,500
The Dublin Society was concerned about the act of 1711 which prevented Ireland from importing hops from any country other than Great Britain. This actually served the purposes of the Irish hop-growers, encouraging them to grow their own hops, because “whenever the Season is unfavourable for Hops in England, they are sure to sell at a very high price, which lays us under great Distress, tho’ perhaps at the same Time they are sold cheap in other Countries.” The work was a collaborative effort on the part of various members of the Society. An edition was published in London in the same year, and a second edition in Dublin in 1758. John Mills, publishing a version of the work in his New System of Practical Husbandry (1767), described it as the “best method yet laid down for the culture of hops.”
Henrey 665. ESTC T132555 locates several copies in these islands, and in the USA at the Clark Library, Huntington (2 copies), Winterthur Museum Library, University of Illinois Library, University of Kansas Spencer Research Library, and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
HUME (David): Essays, Moral and Political. The Third Edition, Corrected, with Additions. London: Printed for A. Millar...and A. Kincaid in Edinburgh, 1748. [4069]
12mo, pp. iv, 512, contemporary calf, morocco label; front joint restored, top and base of spine renewed, ex-library with two discreet library stamps. £750
HUME (David). HUME-ROUSSEAU DISPUTE. Exposé Succinct de la Contestation qui s'est élevée entre M. Hume et M. Rousseau, avec les pieces justificatives. A Londres, 1766. [6486]
8vo, pp. xiv, 127 [128 blank], recent full calf; signature inked out from top margin of title-page, but a good copy. £500
Hume's account of the controversy between himself and Rousseau was first published in Paris on 20 October 1766, translated from English by J. B. A. Suard and edited by d'Alembert. This is the counterfeit edition, printed in London, with press figures, probably published in early November, 1766. T See W. B. Todd's note in Book Collector, vii (1958), 191.
Chuo 78.
HUTTON (William): A Journey from Birmingham to London. Birmingham, Printed by Pearson and Rollason; and sold by R. Baldwin...and W. Lowndes..., London, 1785. [6539]
FIRST EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 175 x 108 mms., pp. [iv], 228, engraved frontispiece, 19th century half calf, marbled boards, morocco label; slight browning of early leaves of text, other very occasional browning, boards rubbed and worn, joints cracked (but firm). £200
Hutton (1723 - 1815) was mostly self-education and began to earn a living in 1746 by working as a bookbinder. The book documents many of the excursions he made from Birmingham, but this book, despite its title, is more of a social and topographical history of London at the time. Hutton was also one of the radical freethinkers associated with Joseph Priestley, and in the riots in Birmingham on 14 July, his houses were attacked and burned.
JOHNSON (Samuel): The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abbissinia [sic]. A New Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for William Crech, 1789. [6562]
FIRST SCOTTISH EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), pp. [viii], 264, contemporary sheepskin, gilt rules across spine, red morocco label; joints slightly cracked (but firm), top and base of spine chipped. £600
Rasselas was first published in 1759, but even this posthumous Scottish publication didn't seem to help its reputation among the Scots: in January 1815, in the inventory of Creech's estate, 310 copies of this edition in unsold quires still remained, and they were auctioned in July of that year.
Fleeman 59.4R/16. ESTC T146480 locates copies in BL, Birmingham Central, Cambridge, National Library of Ireland, NLS, Bodleian, Pembroke; and only Cornell in the USA. The copy in the Hyde collection is now at Harvard. Fleeman adds WiM and CaOTP.
JOHNSON (Samuel): Rasselas, Prince d'Abyssinie, Conte. Traduite de l'Anglais par Alexandre Notré. Londres: Chez G. et W. B. Whittaker..., 1823. [6332]
FIRST EDITION of this translation. 12mo, 182 x 110 mms., pp. [ii], iv, 230, including half-title, contemporary straight grain olive morocco, gilt spine, all edges gilt; text a bit foxed, top of spine chipped, but a very good copy with the ownership "Miss Hawkins" in a fine calligraphic script at the top of the half-title. It would be pleasant to think that this once belonged to Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins (1759 - 1835), the author and daughter of Sir John Hawkins (d. 1789), whom the author of Rasselas declared to be "unclubbable." Also with the pencil ownership autograph of Roger Senhouse on the front paste-down end-paper. £150
Fleeman 59.4R/TF/24. Copies located in BL, Bodleian, Aberdeen, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow; Yale, Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, Toronto Public
JONES (Mary): Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. Oxford Printed; and delivered by Mr. Dodsley..., Mr. Clements in Oxford..., and Mr. Frederick in Bath, 1750. [6128]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vi, [ix] - lv [lvi blank], including list of over 1400 subscribers, slightly later 18th century sprinkled calf, gilt border on covers, spine gilt in compartment, morocco label (chipped); P2 slightly sprung, top and bottom of spine chipped, but a very good copy. £950
Mary Jones (1707 - 1778) was born in Oxford, and how she managed to collect 1400 subscribers to this volume is unclear. Although she had friends in high places, her own domestic life seems to have been spent mostly with her brother. However, she came to the attention of the literati and the glitterati of mid-18th century England. She met Samuel Johnson, who called her “the chantress,” alluding to her brother's post as Chanter of Christ Church Cathedral. Ralph Griffith reviewed this volume in 1752 in The Monthly Review and described Jones as “the best woman writer since Katherine Phillips in the seventeenth century.” Roger Lonsdale describes her as “one of the most intelligent and amusing women writers of her period.” The Feminist Companion to Literature in English concurs; “her poems [are] colloquial, sinewy, satirical, sometimes risqué; her letters to women confront their situation both bleakly and playfully.”
Foxon I. p.391. Rothschild 1280. Lonsdale: Eighteenth Century Women Poets p.155-165, Janet Todd: A Dictionary of British and American Women Poets p.181.
JONES (Rowland): The Circles of Gomer, or, An Essay toward an Investigation and Introduction of the English, as an Universal Language, upon the first Principles of Speech, according to its Hieroglyphic Signs, Argrasic, Archetypes, and superior Pretentions to originality; a retrieval of original Knowledge; and a re-union of Nations and Opinions on the Like Principles, as well as the Evident of ancient Writers; With an English Grammar, Some Illustrations of the Subjects of the Author's late Essays, and other interesting Discoveries. London: Sold by S. Crowder..., 1771. [6489]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 225 x 145 mms., pp. [iv], 203 [204 blank], 47 [48 blank], 19th century boards, respined; lower margins of several leaves discoloured and browned. £200
The Welsh philologist Rowland Jones (1722 - 1774) was a gifted linguist, apparently being able to speak, read, and write twelve languages. Searching for the world's original language before the Tower of Babel, he concluded that it was a form of Celtic (surprise, surprise!). In this work, he proposes English as a putative international language, mainly by discovering the etymology of place names. Don't ask. Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth, and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. A Persian tradition posits that Gomer lived to be 1000. In Jones's book it is an eponym "standing for the whole family," as originally expressed by the compilers of the early Jewish encyclopaedias.
Alston vii 298.
JONES (Stephen): A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in every age and nation. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged: With considerable Additions. London: Printed by T. Bentley, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme..., 1805. [6391]
12mo (in 6s), 135 x 95 mms., unpaginated [454 pages, including half-title], attractively bound in contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt spine, all edges gilt; small nick to lower front joint, but otherwise a fine copy, with the inscription "gift of J. & S: P. E. Mount 1809" on the top margin of the title-page. £150
Jones (1763 - 1827) is probably best-known for his updated edition of David Baker's Biographica Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Playhouse (1764). The above work was first published in 1794 and ran to eight editions. There are approximately 100 new entries in this edition.
JONES (William): A Course of Lectures on the Figurative Language of the Holy Scripture, and the Interpretation of it from the Scripture itself. Delivered in the Parish Church of Nayland in Suffolk, in the Year 1786; to which are added, Four Lectures on the Relation between the Old and New Testaments, as it is set forth in The Epistle to the Hebrews. Also, a Single Lecture on the Natural Evidences of Christianity; Delivered as a Sermon n Mr. Fairchild’s Foundation, at the Church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, on the Tuesday in Whitsun Week, 1787. Second Edition. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson..., 1789. [5899]
Large 8vo, 210 x 155 mms., 8vo, pp. [iv], 446 [447 adverts, 448 blank], slightly later half red sheepskin, marbled boards; joints a bit rubbed, ex-library, with library stamp of The Theological Library, Bala, on front free end-paper, autograph of John Walker, Jnr. , dated 1824, on front paste-down end-paper and title-page. £150
Jones (1726 - 1800), a Church of England clergyman, had an interest in the sciences as well and published, for example, Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy (1762), as well as works on physiology and zoology. Here, he is concerned with “the figures which the scripture hath borrowed from the natural world and the objects of common life.” The first edition of this work was published in 1787, and this second edition appears to be the sheets of the first with a cancel title-page.
[JONES (Sir William)]: Poems, Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages. To which are added Two Essays. I. On the Poetry of the Eastern Nations. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. The Second Edition. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: For N. Conant..., 1777. [3970]
8vo, pp. xv [xvi blank], 208, contemporary calf, gilt spine, red leather label; spine slightly dried and rubbed but a good copy. With the contemporary bookplate of John Rutherfurd, Esq; of Edgerston on the front paste-down end-paper. £400
Jones (1746 - 1794) first published this work in 1772; the two essays on aesthetics are informed to some extent by Jones’s orientalist scholarship and studies.
[KETTILBY (Mary)]: A Collection Of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the Use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses. By several Hands. The Fourth Edition. To which is added, A Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c London: Printed for Mary Kettilby, and sold by Richard Wilkin..., 1728. [6465]
8vo, 127 x 199 mms., pp. 272 [273 - 276 Index], contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, new end-papers; corners worn, occasional marks and stains in text, but generally a good copy, with the contemporary autograph "Sarah Day" on the verso of the leaf preceding the title-page and "Cesham Dies" on the upper margin of the title-page. £650
Mary Kettilby first published this collection of recipes in 1714, and it was reprinted several times in the eighteenth century. One of the distinctions of this collection is that it contains the first printed recipe for "modern" orange marmalade, that staple of British breakfasts.
ESTC 006225939 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, Oxford - Hertford, Leeds; Michigan State, NYPL, Radcliffe, U. S. National Library of Medicine, Toronto; Maria Curie-Sktodowska University Library; Alexander Turnbull - Wellington.
KING (Charles): The British Merchant: A Collection of Papers Relating to the Trade and Commerce of Great Britain and Ireland. First Published by Mr. Charles King, from the Originals of Sir Theodore Janssen, Bart. Sir Charles Cooke, Henry Martin, Esq; James Milner, Esq; Mr. Nathaniel Toriano, Mr. Joshua Gee, Mr. Christopher Haynes, Mr. David Martin, and Others the most eminent Merchants of the City. The Second Edition. London: Printed for the Proprietors; and Sold by James Hodges, at the the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge, 1744. [6418]
3 volumes. 12mo, 170 x 107 mms., pp. xxiv, 343 [344 blank]; iv, 383 [384 blank]; [ii], vi, 324 [325 - 351 Index, 352 blank], contemporary calf, with arms of Bute family in gilt on each cover, neatly rebacked, gilt spines, red morocco labels; slight wear to fore-margins of initial blank leaves, binding rubbed and dried, ex-library, with several stamps in each volume, and the small rectangular bookplate of Claudius Girard Guide in volumes 2 and 3. £850
King (fl. 1713 - 1721) contributed a number of articles to this work, which was original published as a semi-weekly periodical in 1713 - 1714. These papers were reprinted in 1721. What is often called a "pamphlet war" emerged after the end of the war of Spanish Succession, when the Treaty of Utrecht contained more liberal provisions for trade with France. "The opponents of the commercial articles of the treaty, drawn mainly from the ranks of the Whigs, were convinced that a more open trade with France would be fatal for some infant industries, such as silk manufacturing, and detrimental to Britain's comparative advantage in general. The British Merchant concocted statistics to show the treaty would result in an adverse trading balance of £1.4 million. Woollen and linen makers were to the fore in the campaign against the treaty. It was also felt that the new treaty would endanger the Portugal trade established by the Methuen treaty (1703). The earl of Halifax was the major supporter of the British Merchant, and King was taken on, alongside Joshua Gee, Henry Martyn, and other leading figures of the merchant community, to rally opposition" (Oxford DNB).
Another "second edition" in 1743 bears this imprint: "London: Printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head, in Round-Court in the Strand, and Thomas Davies in Duke's Court, over-against St. Martin's Church in St. Martin's Lane, 1743." This printing seems to be a re-issue of Marsh's sheets with a cancel title-page. ESTC N15699 locates only the copy in Pennsylvania Van-Pelt with this imprint.
LA FONTAINE (Jean de): Les Amours de Psyche et Cupidon, Avec le poème d'Adonis, Par La Fontaine. Edition ornée de Figures dessinées par Moreau le Jeune, et gravées sous sa direction. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Didot le Jeune, l'An Troisieme. [1795]. [6376]
Large 4to, 304 x 230 mms., pp. [vii], 234 [235 - 236 blank], including half-title, engraved portrait of La Fontaine as frontispiece, 8 full-page engraved plates, engraved by Dambrun, Duhamel, Dupreel, de Gheriot, Halbou, Petit et Simonet, in the first state, all with tissue papers preserved, printed on vellum paper ("papier velin"), finely bound in contemporary full straight-grain red morocco, spine gilt in compartments to an urn and a botanic motif, gilt borders and gilt dentelles, the borders with a rolled small acorn too and the outer border with small gilt to motifs that include a lozenge, an urn, bow and arrow, crossed torches, harp, cornucopia, all edges gilt, marbled end-papers; corners very slightly worn, some slight loss of gilt to the spine, but a fine copy with the contemporary book plate of "M. Bouree, Docteur-Medecin/ a Chatillon-sur-Seine/ (Cote d'Or)".
£5,000
Ray: Art of the French Illustrated Book (1982), 56.
LAMB (Charles): Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. WITH: The Last Essays of Elia. Being a Sequel to Essays Published under that Name. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey; Edward Moxon [volume 2], 1823, 1833. [5960]
FIRST EDITIONS, and first issue of volume 1. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iv], 341 [342 printer’s imprint “Printed by Thomas Davison”]; xii, 283 [282 printer’s imprint “Bradbury and Evans, Printers”], including half-title in volume 2 (not required in volume 1), attractively bound by Rivere in late 19th century tan calf, gilt borders on covers, spines richly gilt in compartments, maroon and olive morocco labels, all edges gilt; front hinge to volume 1 slightly cracked and upper front joint volume 1 neatly restored, upper rear joint volume 2 very slightly cracked, corners a bit worn, but generally a very good and handsome set, with the ticket of the bookseller Thomas Thorp, 5 Old Bond Street, London. £1,000
Although Lamb (1775 - 1834) was a well-established and popular writer by the time the first series of the essays of “Elia” was published, the first volume did not sell well. Taylor and Hessey tried to prevent the publication of the second volume by Moxon but did not succeed. Moxon republished the two volumes in 1836.
LAMB (Patrick): Royal Cookery; or the Complete Court-Cook. Containing the Choicest Receipts In all the particular Branches of Cookery, Now in Use in the Queen’s Palaces of St. James’s, Kensington, Hampton-Court, and Windsor. With near Forty Figures (curiously engraved on Copper) of the magnificent Entertainments at Coronations, Instalment, Balls,Weddings, &c. at Court; Also Receipts for making the Soupes, Jellies, Bisques, Ragoo’s Pattys, Tanzies, Forc’d-Meats, Cakes, Puddings, &c. To which are added, Bills of Fare for every Season in the Year. London, Printed for Maurice Atkins..., 1710. [5572]
FIRST EDITION, first issue, without the date in the third line of first page of adverts. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 127 [128 blank, 129 - 140 bills of fare for each month of the year, 141 - 144 adverts], including half-title, 35 engraved plates (6 full-page, 29 folding; all plates present as called for and correctly placed), contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked in matching style, new red morocco label, new end-papers. A very good copy. £6,000
In August 1677, Lamb (c.1650–1708/9) was appointed as master cook to the queen consort, a post that he held jointly with that of office of Sergeant of His Majesty's Pastry in Ordinary, to which he was appointed in November 1677; he became Master Cook to the monarch in February 1683. Like many famous chefs today, Lamb made his reputation with spectacular layouts and preparations which he equalled in the quality of his cooking. At a time when French chefs were more-or-less de rigeur in households of the wealthy and titled, Lamb was unusual in being English born and bred. The work was published after Lamb’s death and probably edited by one or more of the publishers; it was reprinted in 1716, 1726, and 1731.
Cagle 809 (mentioning only 34 plates). Biting, p. 271. Maclean, p. 88. Oxford, p. 52 The more common imprint (at least in ESTC) for this first edition is that of “Printed for Abel Roper, and sold by John Morphew.” ESTC T117552 locates copies of this imprint in BL, Suffolk Record Office, Leeds-Brotherton; Minneapolis Public and Texas. Copies of this first edition of Lamb’s classic work with the Abel Roper imprint are not uncommon, but they often lack the half-title, the adverts leaves, or one or more of the plates.
[LANGHORNE (John)]: Solyman and Almena. London: Printed for H. Payne and W. Cropley..., 1762. [5379]
FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. iv, 198 [ 199 - 200 adverts], contemporary calf, new morocco label; joints slightly cracked at top and base, corners a little worn. £500
Langhorne (1735 - 1779) began his literary career by writing reviews for Ralph Griffith’s Monthly Review and published this novel on an oriental theme while working for Griffith. It was immediately popular, and 11 other editions were published in the 18th century. He and his brother, William, are probably best-known for their popular translation of Plutarch’s lives, first published in 1770. Martha Pike Conant in The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century (1908) claimed for the work “an attractive kind of purity and sweetness like the fragrance from an old-fashioned garden.”
[LA REYNIE DE LA BRUYERE (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Louis)]: The Livre Rouge, or Red Book: Being a List of Secret Pensions, paid out of the Public Treasure of France; and containing Characters of the Persons Pensioned, Anecdotes of their Lives, an Account of their Services, and Observations tending to shew the Reasons for which the Pensions were granted. Transited from the Eighth Paris Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley..., 1790. [6525]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 127 mms, pp. [ii], 163 [164 blank], printed throughout in red, contemporary grey wrappers (soiled); front wrapper detached. £300
A translation of the first two "livraisons" of La Reynie’s work and of the third and subsequent "livraisons" of the imitation. La Reynie de la Bruyere (1759 - 1807) was training in a seminary in Angouleme but left it in 1784 after having seduced a girl making her confession. He was one of those who "stormed the Bastille," and by his own account was instrumental in inciting the citizens of Paris to rebellion. This work purports to be an accurate government account of the way the French government treated its more privileged citizens, but the work seems to be largely fictional. Two editions were published in Dublin the same year.
Goldsmiths 14375. Kress B.1928.
LINNAEUS (Charles). STOEVER (Dietrich Heinrich): The Life of Sir Charles Linnaeus... to which is added, A Copious List of his Works, and a Biographical Sketch of the Life of his Son. Translated from the Original German By Joseph Trapp. London: Printed by E. Hodson... for B. and J. White..., 1794. [4738]
FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 4to, pp. xxxviii, 435 [436 blank], uncut, engraved portrait of Linnaeus by J. Heath as frontispiece, first two leaves of 3F misbound, newly rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, morocco label; edges a little browned with some chipping, occasional spotting of text. £300
Trapp appropriately dedicates his translation to the Linnean Society of London, whose founder and first president, Sir James Edward Smith, bought Linnaeus' library, herbarium, and manuscripts from his widow in 1783. Smith is one of the subscribers to the book.
ASSOCIATION COPY
LOCKE (John): The Works of John Locke, Esq. In Three Volumes. With Alphabetical Tables. London, Printed for John Churchill... and Sam. Manship..., 1714. [6355]
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 3 volumes. Folio, 323 x 221 mms., pp. [viii], xxviii, 575 [576 Errata to Second Reply, 577 - 592 Index to volume 1]; [ii], 671 [672 blank, 673 - 687 Index, 688 blank]; [vii], 668 [669 - 681 Index, 682 blank], engraved portrait of Locke as frontispiece in volume 1, engraved plate of Locke's epitaph as frontispiece to volume 3, contemporary calf, later rebacked, somewhat clumsily, in dark sheepskin, black morocco labels; corners a bit worn, edges with evidence of having been in fire and some fore-margins slightly water-stained. This copy once belong to the American abolitionist Lewis Tappan (1788 - 1873), with his autograph on the top margin of the title-page in volume 1; and with a relation's autograph, "J. A. Tappan/ Newburgh/ N. York," on the recto of the front free end-paper, possibly his brother Arthur Tappan. On the verso of the title-page inscriptions by two other previous owners, the first in a 18th century hand, "Ex libris Jacobi Davy" and the other in a 20th century hand, "Ex Libris Christopher A. Clark." On the top margin of the portrait of Locke is another 18th century inscription, somewhat illegible: "Lib. W R Highy. homo eruditie Religiosi [illegilbe word] Doni/ Edward Lisle Armiger."
£2,100
This first collected edition of Locke's works was issued ten years after his death. In this edition, his authorship of the Two Treatises on Government, The Reasonableness of Christianity, and the long essay On Liberty is acknowledged for the first time. The work was edited by his nephew, biographer, and executor, Peter King, in conjunction with the publishers. It is pleasant to think that Lewis Tappan would have found inspiration for his anti-slavery endeavours in some of Locke's writings. It is unlikely that Locke would have gone as far as advocating one of Tappan's more radical solutions to racial discrimination, that of intermarriage in order to produce an America populated by "copper-colored" skin.
Yolton 63. Attig 48.
LOCKE (John): Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: Viz. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. II. An Examination of P. Malebranche's Opinion of Seeing all things in God. III. A Discourse of Miracles. IV. Part of a Fourth Letter for Toleration. V. Memoirs relating of the Life of Anthony first Earl of Shaftesbury. To which is added, VI. His New Method of a Common-Place-Book, written originally in French, and now translated into English. London, Printed by W. B. for A. and J. Churchill..., 1706 [6264]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp.[iv], 336, contemporary panelled calf, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco label; top margin of title-page torn to remove name, slight wear to binding, but generally a very good copy. £500
Locke’s literary executors, Anthony Collins and Peter King, compiled this collection of Locke’s works, including both published and unpublished items.
Yolton 299. Attig 724.
LUMLEY (Benjamin): Reminiscences of the Opera. London: Hurst and Blackett..., 1864. [5394]
FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo (220 x 146 mms.), pp. xx, 448, including half-title, engraved portrait of Lumley as frontispiece, attractively bound in half vellum, spine ornately gilt, red morocco labels, marbled sides, top edge gilt. A very good and attractive copy, with the bookplate of Alvin W. Krech, the American financier, on the front paste-down end-paper. £200
Lumley (1811 - 1875) trained as a solicitor but found himself working as assistant to Pierre-François Laporte, manager of Her Majesty's Theatre, of which Lumley became manager in 1842. These memoirs have the effect of suggesting that Lumley was not quite as attentive in paying his singers as he should have been.
MALCOLM (Alexander): A New System of Arithmetick, Theorical [sic] and Practical. Wherein The Science of Numbers is Demonstrated In a Regular Course from its First Principles thro’ all the Parts and Branches thereof; Either know to the Ancients, or owing to the Improvements of the Moderns. The Practice and Application to the Affairs of Life and Commerce being also Fully Explained: So as to make the Whole a Complete System of Theory, For the Purposes of Men of Science; And of Practice, for Men of Business. London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman..., 1730. [4125]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. 144, *145 - 296, 293* - *296, 297 - 440, 437 - 440, 441 - 623 [624 Errata], recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, black morocco label, marbled boards; pp. 148, 215 and 503 misnumbered 146, 115 and 493, title-page mounted, text a little browned. Despite the curious pagination, the text is continuous. £400
Malcolm (1685 - 1763) published A New Treatise of Arithmetick and Book-keeping in 1718, and this appears to be a greatly revised and expanded version of the arithmetical part of that book. Malcolm also published a highly-regarded Treatise of Musick in 1721, re-issued in 1730.
MALCOLM (Alexander): A Treatise of Musick, Speculative, Practical, and Historical. Containing An Explication of the Philosophical and Rational Grounds and Principles thereof; The Nature and Office of the Scale of Musick; The whole Art of Writing Notes; And the General Rules of Composition. With A Particular Account of the Antient Musick, and a Comparison thereof with the Modern. London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman..., 1730. [4436]
8vo, pp. xxiv, 608, 6 folding engraved plates at end, recently rebound (somewhat clumsily) in quarter navy morocco, morocco label, marbled boards; margins and edges a little browned. £650
Malcolm (1685 - 1763) was born in Edinburgh but emigrated to New York in 1734, and he died in Maryland in 1763. In his early career, he divided his time between teaching mathematics and related subjects, but it was the above book which made his reputation. Malcolm’s approach is both philosophical and technical, and John Hawkins described the work as “one of the most valuable treatises on the subject of theoretical and practical music to be found in any of the modern languages.” Charles Burney, in compiling The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (1802 - 1819) with Abraham Rees, based his definitions of musical terms on those of Malcolm. This is a re-issue of the first edition, published in Edinburgh in 1721, with a cancel title-page and the dedication to the “Directors of the Royal Academy of Music” removed.
MALTHUS (Francis): A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works Both for Warres and Recreation: with divers pleasant Geometricall observations, Fortifications, and Arithmeticall Examples. In fauour of MathematIcall Students. New written in French, and English by the Authour Tho: Malthus. London, Printed [by W. Jones] for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his Shop in Chancerie-lane neere to Seriants Inne, 1629. [5946]
FIRST EDITION in English. 8vo, 165 x 100 mms., pp. 1 - 40, 19, 40 - 41, 44 - 45, 42 - 43, 48 - 94, 96, 96, 97 - 149, 160 - 161, 152 - 153, 164 - 165, 156 - 157, 168 - 169, 160 - 172, 171 - 261 [262 blank, 263 - 270 Contents], collating complete despite the erratic pagination including engraved title-page (of Vulcan apparently explaining the technology of fireworks and gunpowder to Minerva) opposite printed title-page, engraved illustrations within text on pp. 7, 12, 18, 22, 26, 30, 35, 19 [sic - misnumbered], 42, 52, 57, 66, 72, 98, 116, 127, 143, 146, 160, 153, 156, 169, 162, 166, 170, 173, 177, 182, 184, 190, 193, 196, 199, 202, 205, [208], 211, and 214, for a total of 38, newly rebound, preserving old end-papers, in full antique-style calf, gilt borders on covers, raised bands between gilt rules on spine; lacks blank leaves A8 and S8, corner torn from pp. 173 - 174 (text unaffected), stain cleaned from engraved title-page, occasional spotting of text, but a very good copy of an uncommon book. With the autograph and date “Wm. Davis. 1791” on the top margin of the title-page, and on the recto of the engraved title-page the date Sept. 1855 and the note, “Compositions for my rockets of the following size. Mould No. 1. Interior diameter of case, 1/2 inch, full Powder 8 oz., Chace 1 1/2 oz.” [Bang.] Given the various mathematical calculations in the treatise, the former owner William Davis is possibly the mathematician and publisher (1771/2 - 1807). £4,000
Malthus published Traite des Feux Artificiels pour la Guerre, et pour la Recreation in 1629, and this English translation came out in the same year. He was “Commissaire des Feux Artificiels du Roy,” and this is a typical handbook of the period, dealing with cannon, gunpowder, fireworks, fortifications, sieges, etc. It was republished several times in the 17th century.
STC (2nd ed.), 17217. ESTC S109781 locates copies in the BL, Magdalene College Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Huntington, Folger, Harvard, Free Library of Philadelphia.
[MAXWELL (John)]: An Essay upon Tune. Being an Attempt To free the Scale of Music, and the Tune of Instruments, from Imperfection. Illustrated with Plates. Edinburgh: Printed [by Macfarquhar and Elliot] for C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, London, 1781. [5475]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. iv, 290 [291 Corrections, 292 blank], 19 large folding engraved plates, 8 between pages 151 and 152, the rest at the end of the volume, contemporary calf, early reback in lighter calf, with original morocco label preserved; four plates carelessly folded but without tears or loss. £950
This work has also been attributed to Francis Kelly Maxwell (ESTC retains this attribution), but New Grove assigns it to John Maxwell (died 1806). a Scottish writer on music, based on manuscripts of Maxwell’s in he Huntington Library. Five hundred copies of this first edition were printed, and a second edition was published in 1794. Charles Burney, assisted by Thomas Twining, reviewed the work in the April, 1782, issue of the Critical Review, praising it as a “work of singular merit..., [presenting] in a very strong and clear point of view, the imperfections of temperament, and errors of the best performers. It therefore deserves the attention of every practical musician, not only as a curious but useful production; as it will convince him of the importance of improvements in intonation, and stimulate a desire to counteract the influence of tempered instruments and systems of temperament, which have certainly introduced into practice an indifference and insensibility to intonation; corrupted our ears; [and] prevented our search after true harmony....” The work is a major contribution to the development of equal temperament.
Gregory and Bartlett: Catalogue of Early Books on Music before 1800, p. 176;Kassler: The Science of Music in Britain, II, 760 - 761. RISMB, VI, 566.
MEMORANDUM BOOK. England 1794 [6412]
An English pocket notebook, with "Memorandum Book/ 1794," inscribed in a contemporary calligraphic hand, from the English Early Romantic / Georgian period dated 1794 on the cover with a further hand-written date of 1784 in pencil to reverse of cover. The notebook is bound in marbled paper covers, internally cream hand-made paper interleaved with a purple paper that probably acted as a blotting paper, forty two leaves or eighty four pages, apart from two pages that have been line bordered in red ink, and evidence of four cleanly removed leaves the remainder of the book is unused blank leaves. The note book is housed in its original leather slip case, which is tooled in gilt to the borders, with a small separate compartment to house a small pencil (the pencil is not present but replaceable). The notebook measures 160 x 95 mms., the leather case, 164 x 106 mms. The marbled paper is a little rubbed, small nicks to cover along leading edge, internally a three leaves of the purple paper have some light usage spotting; the leather case has some signs of wear with some loss to leather along one edge and corner with some splits to joints else still holding together nicely; otherwise the notebook is in very good condition. £200
METHOLD (William) [PURCHAS (Samuel)]: Naauw-keurige Aanteekeningen van William Methold President van de Engelsse Maatschappy, Gehouden op sijn Voyagie, in het Jaar 1619. Aangaande de Koningrijken van Golconda, Tanassary, Pegu Arecan en meer andere Landen, geleegen langs de Kust van den Zee-boesen van Bengale; als mede den Koophamdel, die door de Engelsse in die Land-streeken gedreeven word. Beneffens den Gods-dienst, Aart, Zeden en Gewoontens omtrent de Stammen deser Volkeren, Huwelijken, Verbranding der Vrouwen met hare Mannen; ook op wat wijse de Diamanten uyt des selfs Mijn aldaar gehaalt worden, door den Schrijver selfs ondersogt en besien; Van hem in het Engels beschreeven, en nu alder-eerst uyt die spraak vertaalt. Met Noodig Register en Konst-Printen verrijkt. Te Leyden, By Pieter Vandera Aa...., 1707. [6286]
FIRST EDITION. Slender 8vo, pp. 37 [38 - 42 Index], folding engraved map, 2 folding engraved plates, recently rebound in half calf, spine blocked in gilt, marbled boards. A very good copy. £300
The English civil servant William Method (1590 - 1653) was born in Norfolk; he acquired fluency in several foreign languages, including Latin, Dutch, French, and Persian. He began service for the East India Company in 1616, and this account of his experiences there was one of several reports he made to his employers. ODNB notes, "Apart from forthright letters and reports to the company, partly published, he composed a ‘Relation of Golconda’, a brilliant description of that part of India, which appeared in the 1626 edition of Samuel Purchas's Purchas his Pilgrimage. It included brief descriptions of the kingdoms of Arakan, Pegu, and Tenasserim, based on trade information, not personal observation." This would appear to be the first translation into Dutch of the material published in 1625.
Cordier Indosinica, 415. OCLC locates several copies in continental libraries, and UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, and the John Carter Brown Library in the USA; Copac adds BL.
MILLAR (John): Observations concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society. Under the following heads: I. Of the Rank and Condition of Women in different Ages. II. Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of a Father over his Children. III. Of the Author of a Chief over the members of a Tribe or Village. IV. Of the Power of a Sovereign over an extensive Society. Of the Authority of a Master over his Servants. The Second Edition, greatly enlarged. London: Printed for J. Murray..., 1773. [6321]
8vo, 211 x 127 mms., pp. [iv], xxii, 312, including half-title, contemporary calf, red morocco label; short tear in fore-margin of last leaf of text, binding a little scratched, but generally a very good, near fine copy. £1,350
John Millar (1735 - 1801), Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow, is a good example of an author whose reputation flourished during his lifetime, and who thereafter virtually disappeared from the map of intellectual history. Observations concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society was first published in an attractive quarto by John Murray in London in 1771; a Dublin edition was published in the same year by Thomas Ewing with Murray's consent and collaboration. A second edition, "greatly enlarged," followed in 1773, and for the third edition, "corrected and enlarged" of 1779, Millar revised the title to The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or, An Enquiry into the Circumstances which Give Rise of Influence and Authority in the Different Members of Society. Commenting on the last section, the reviewer for The Monthly Review said, "The performance, indeed, deserves to be read in the Author's own words. The manner in which it is written is agreeable; and the style is in general correct, without stiffness or affectation. From the short analysis of it which we have given, the learned Reader will perceive that this is one of those works which only could be produced in an age superior to prejudices, and guided by the spirit of a free and liberal philosophy." Nothing like self-congratulation to warm the cockles of a reviewer's heart.
W. Zachs, The First John Murray (1998) 70.
MILTON (John): Milton's Paradise Lost. A New Edition, By Richard Bentley, D. D. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson; and for John Poulson; and for J. Darby, A Bettesworth, and F. Clay, in Trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, 1732. [6358]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 4to, 300 x 235 mms., pp. [xx], 399 [400 blank, 401 - 416 Index], 2C4 and 2D4 in uncancelled state but with correct text, including half-title, two engraved portraits of Milton bound between half-title and title-page, pencil annotations (probably late 19th century) on page 45, contemporary annotation in ink on page 168, and another pencil annotation on page 398, contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, with raised bands between gilt rules, new red morocco label; text a little browned, but a very good copy. £800
Bentley (1662 - 1742) tied textual criticism of Milton in perplexing knots with his baffling editorial procedures in this edition, and the edition provoked mirth, anger, and censure. It is difficult not to be dubious about Bentley's ear, taste, and judgement when he amended Milton's final two lines - "They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow,/ Through Eden took their solitary way" to read "Then hand in hand with social steps their way? Through Eden took, with Heav'nly Comfort Cheer'd."
Coleridge 103. Bartholomew, Bentley, 257.
MILTON (John). DUPRE SAINT MAUR (Nicholas Dupres de): Milton’s Paradise Lost, or, the Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical, Critical, and Explanatory Notes, From the Learned Raymond de St. Maur, wherein The Technical Terms in the Arts and Science are explained; the original Signification of the Names of Men, Cities, Animals, &c. and from what Language derived, rendered easy and intelligible. Also the Mythological Fables of the Heathens, wherever referred to, historically related; difficult Passages cleared of their Obscurity; and the Whole reduced to the Standard of the English Idiom. In Twelve Books. Embellished with a great Number Copper Plates. London: Printed for M. Cooper...; W. Reeve...., and C. Sympson..., 1754. [6491]
8vo (in 4s), 208 x 132 mms., pp. 430 [431 - 448 Index], engraved frontispiece, 26 other full-page engraved plates (from drawings by Hayman; no engraver given but possibly Van Der Gucht), title-page in red and black, contemporary calf; binding rubbed, joints cracked, corners worn £350
The first English translation of this work by Nicolas François Dupré de Saint-Maur appeared in 1745, and it was translated and paraphrased by George Smith Green. There were more than a dozen further editions in this 18th century. This prose version was originally published in French as Paradis perdu de Milton. The illustrations are generic and represent scences from Genesis rather than specifically Milton's poem.
ESTC N34801 locates copies of this edition in Brighton Central Library, Hull Central Library; Columbia, Huntington, Princeton, Illinois, Michigan; Alexander Turnbull.
MONBODDO (James Burnett), Lord: Of the Origin and Progress of Language. Second Edition [volumes 1 and 3]. With large Additions and Corrections. To which are annexed, Three Dissertations, Viz. 1. Of the Formation of the Greek Language. 2. Of the Sound of the Greek Language. 3. Of the Composition of the Ancients; and particularly of that of Demosthenes [volume 2 only]. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Balfour, Edinburgh [inter alia]; and T Cadell..., London, 1774 - 1792. [6434]
FIRST EDITION of volumes 2, 4, 5, and 6. 6 volumes. 8vo, 217 x 136 mms., pp. x, xi [xii blank], 678; xi [xii blank], 588; xv [xvi blank], 466; xli [xlii Errata], 463 [464 blank]; xxxi [xxxii blank], 471 [472 blank, 473 Errata and notice to binder]; lii [liii Errata, liv blank], 473 [474 blank], with volumes 4, 5, and 6 printed in half-sheets, contemporary polished calf (probably Scottish), spines richly gilt, red and green morocco labels, bindings almost uniform except for the first three volumes lettered in Roman and the last three in Arabic numerals and minor variations in tools; spines slightly rubbed, heavier to volume 1 with lettering indistinct and a few chips, but a handsome set, with the early 19th century autograph of "Joseph [?W L] Shirreff" on the front paste-down end-paper and the small armorial bookplate, in the shape of a balloon with motto "Justitia" at the top, with "J. L. Shirreff" underneath on the front paste-down end-paper £7,500
For the record, here are the imprints in volumes 2 - 6: volume 2, Edinburgh: Printed for J. Balfour...And T. Cadell..., 1774; volume 3: London: Printed for T. Cadell...and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1786; volume 4: Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, Edinburgh and T. Cadell..., 1787; volume 5: Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell...and T. Cadell..., 1789; volume 6: Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute...and T. Cadell..., 1792. A portrait was added to some copies, but it is not “called for.” The fullest account of Monboddo’s work on language is found in Iain Maxwell Hammett’s Ph. D. dissertation (1985), “Lord Monboddo's Of the origin and progress of language: its sources, genesis and background, with special attention to the Advocates' Library.” In his Oxford DNB entry on Monboddo, Dr. Hammett writes, “Essentially an attack on Locke's fashionable theory of ideas as the source of scepticism and materialism in Hume and the French Enlightenment, Monboddo's work was recognized in France, Italy, and Germany. It was translated in part into German by E. A. Schmidt (1784–6) and praised by J. G. von Herder, who attributed the British notices of the first volume to a conspiracy in defence of Locke. British criticisms, which included vicious attacks in the Edinburgh Magazine and Review (1773–6) and in Dissertations: Moral and Critical (1783) by his friend James Beattie, culminated in John Horne Tooke's Lockian assault on Monboddo and Harris in The Diversions of Purley (1786). A century later, the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1875–89) found neo-Kantianism implicit in Monboddo's ‘intimate knowledge of Greek philosophy’ and Darwinism in ‘His idea of studying man as one of the animals, and of collecting facts about savage tribes to throw light on the problems of civilisation.’”
Alston records that volumes I and III were reprinted as a “second” edition in 1774 and 1786 as the publishers discovered that they had not printed a sufficient number. Some copies have mixed sets accordingly.
MORLAND (Samuel): Tuba Stentoro-Phonica, An Instrument of Excellent Use, As well at Sea, as at Land; Invented, and variously Experimented in the Year 1670. And Humbly Presented to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty Charles II. In the Year, 1671. The Instruments (or Speaking-Trumpets) of all Sizes and Dimensions, are Made and Sold by Mr. Simon Beal, one of his Majesties Trumps: in Suffolk-Street. London, Printed by W. Godbid, and are to be Sold by M. Pitt..., 1671. [5344]
FIRST EDITION. Folio, 295 x 200 mms., pp. [ii], 14, with five illustrations of trumpets and acoustical phenomena on the verso of the title-page, and pages 2, 6, 8, and 10, title-page and page 12 printed in red and black, late 18th century calf spine, marbled boards (slightly worn); without the portrait found in some copies, small paper flaw in C2, very slight browning of margins with a few very minor abrasions. From the Macclesfield Library, with the armorial bookplate date 1860 on the front paste-down end-paper and the small Macclesfield crest in blind on the first two leaves. £2,000
Sir Samuel Morland (1625 - 1695) was interested in mathematics, natural philosophy, and languages from an early age and was a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. One of his students was Samuel Pepys, who recorded his presence at a dinner in 1660 when no one “did give him any respect, he being looked upon by...all men as a knave.” Later in 1668, when Pepys was invited to see the calculating machine that Morland had invented, he observed that the invention was “very pretty, but not very useful.” Of this particular invention, Alan Marshall in the Oxford DNB says “Early work on a speaking trumpet, said to be Morland's own invention, culminated in the 1670s with his experiments in St James's Park before Charles II and a number of courtiers. With the king's encouragement various types of trumpet were manufactured and used, the three largest being sent off to Deal Castle for trials there. The navy was also given orders for their use at sea. It was claimed that voices could be heard at a distance of over a mile....” His trumpets were much talked about in the late 17th century, but it was another 150 years before the modern tuba found a place in orchestras. Morland’s tuba looks more like an early trumpet or cornet, or even a trombone without the slide. As a method for gathering and projecting sound, it was in advance of anything in its day.
RISM Écrits p.597 (3 copies); Wing M 2783; Gregory & Bartlett ii, 75. ESTC R3006 locates copies of this first edition in L, CHT; CLU-C, DLC, Inu; P.
MOZART (Leopold): [Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule] Leopold Mozarts Hochfürstl. Salzburgisch Vice-Kapellmeisters grünliche Violinschule, mit vier Kupfertaflen und einer Tabelle. Vierte vermehrte Auflage. Augsburg, gedruckt und zu finde ben Johan Jacob Lotter und Sohn, Buchbrucker und Musickalien Verleger, 1800. [6026]
Small 4to, pp. [vi], 268 [269 - 276 index], engraved frontispiece, three full-page engraved plates, folding engraved plate of music at end, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on spine; repairs to folding plate, engraved frontispiece rather faint, but other plates fine, occasional spotting and staining, but otherwise a very good copy. £1,250
Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787) published this in a propitious year for music and music-lovers, 1756, the year of his son’s birth. It was republished several times (a second edition appeared in 1770, a third in 1787, and a further edition in 1791), translated into other languages, and became a standard text on the subject of violin playing. In a paper published by the American Mozart Society, Thomas Irvine argues that, “Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756) is more than a mirror of eighteenth-century violin playing. In this paper I will argue that Mozart’s Versuch documents a struggle between two competing models of musical communication, one based on a general semiotics of affect and another based on specific individual responses to music. The conflict between the two is the conflict between rationalist, systematic thinking and what Panajotis Kondylis has called the eighteenth century’s ‘rehabilitation of the sensual.’”
RISM B/VI/2 p. 601.
MOZART. NOHL (Ludwig): The Life of Mozart Translated from the German Work of Dr Ludwig Nohl. By Lady Wallace. London: Longmans, Green, and Co..., 1877. [3335]
FIRST EDITION of this translation. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xvii [xviii blank], 260, 2; [vi], 320, engraved portrait frontispiece in each volume, original cloth; fore-margin of pp. xv -xvi in volume 1 frayed and soiled, binding a little soiled. £150
Nohl (1831 - 1885) published this work in 1863, and it proved to be a popular success.
NEW FEMALE INSTRUCTOR (The). The New Female Instructor; or, Young Woman's Guide to Domestic Happiness: being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to from the female character, in every class of life: with Examples of Illustrious Women; to which are added, Advice to Servants; a Complete Art of Cookery, and Plain Directions for Carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous other interesting articles, forming A Complete Storehouse of Valuable Knowledge. London. Printed [By W. Clowes] for Thomas Kelly..., n. d. 1817. [6454]
8vo, 218 x 138 mms., pp. vi [vii Directions for Placing the Plates, viii blank], 520, engraved title-page (by Thomas Crabb), engraved frontispiece, 6 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary tree sheepskin, gilt rules on spine, black leather label; slight water-stain to corner of one plate, but a very good copy. £450
The engraved title-page omits the word "new," and gives Nov. 8, 1817, as the date of publication. The engraver and artist (?Thurston) are identified on the frontispiece, but the impression is almost too faint to be read. The first engraved plate, "Love and Courtship," is dated 9 May 1818, while "Lady and Butterfly" is dated 28 April 1818. The cookery section takes up the last part of the book, pages 382 - 520.
Cagle 899 lists a work printed by Kelly, a "new edition" of 1824, noting that the work was originally published in London, by R. Edwards, in 1814, adding "This work is not the same as The Female Instructor, Liverpool, 1812 (items 681 and 682)." However, the two pictorial plates mentioned above are reprinted in the 1824 edition. Copac locates a copy (Liverpool) which it dates 1818, though the engraved title-page is dated 1824.
NORTH-COUNTRY GENTLEMAN (A): A Panegyric on the Town of Paisley. By a North-Country Gentleman. [?Paisley] Printed in the Year MDCCLXV 1765. [6153]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 24, including half-title, late 19th century quarter red calf, gilt spine; half-title soiled with two small holes and mounted, some slight fingering of text, but a good copy. £750
A humorous poem addressed by the poet to a lady resident of Paisley at whose house he had stayed. “This satirical fiction contains a compliment; as Mercury is the God of Trade, their obtaining his rod, signifies the dexterity of their manufactures; and his wings, the extensiveness of their commerce, both being then very flourishing.”
ESTC on-line suggests Paisley as the place of printing which, if correct, puts this piece four years earlier than first confirmed Paisley imprint. Uncommon: ESTC T94080 locates copies in BL, Cambridge, Glasgow University, and the NLS (3); there is also a copy at Guelph.
OGILVIE (John): Rona, A Poem. In Seven Books, Illustrated with a Correct Map of the Hebrides, and Elegant Engravings. London: Printed for J. Murray..., 1777. [6319]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [ii], xv [xvi “The Argument”], 219 [220 adverts, 221 errata, 222 blank], including half-title, engraved frontispiece by James Caldwall after William Hamilton, large folding map of the Hebrides by Armstrong, 6 other engraved plates (again, by James Caldwall after William Hamilton) as called for, contemporary sheepskin, rebacked, red leather label; corners a bit worn and binding rubbed. With the notation on the recto of the leaf before the half-title: "Read at Norwich Oct 23rd 1807/ by desire of M. B./ Edward Hodge/ Capt. of L. D." £450
This attempt by John Ogilvie (1732 - 1813) to write an epic tragedy set on Rona in the Western Islands doesn’t quite achieve the soaring grandeur he aims for, but it appealed to contemporary readers avid for anything to do with the “Highlands and Islands” after the publication in the 1760s of the Ossianic verses.
Zachs, The First John Murray, 161; 500 copies were printed.
ORPHEUS. TAYLOR (Thomas), translator: The Mystical Initiations; Or, Hymns of Orpheus Translated from the Original Greek: With a Preliminary Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus; by Thomas Taylor. London, Printed for the Author, And sold by T. Payne..., L Davis..., B. White and Son..., and G. Nichol..., 1787. [6382]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 192 x 124 mms., pp. xii, 227 [228 blank], contemporary sheepskin, rebacked with old spine laid down, corners restored, with the 20th century bookplate of James Fraser Gluck on the front paste-down end-paper. £600
Taylor (1758 - 1835) spent six years working as a bank clerk before acquiring patrons to subsidize his studies in ancient philosophy. These studies led to his early translations, of Plotinus and Orpheus, both published in the same year. His major translation was the works of Plato, published in five volumes in 1804.
PILKINGTON (H. W.): A Musical Dictionary, comprising the Etymology and Different Meanings of All the Terms that most frequently occur in modern composition. Compiled and arranged by H. W. Pilkington, Musician. Boston [Massachusetts]: Published by Watson & Bangs, 1812. [6057]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Slim 8vo (in 4), pp. 84, contemporary red sheepskin, marbled boards; text a little foxed and browned, with the autograph “S. B. Pond/ 1818” on the upper margin of the title-page. £100
Pilkington was born in England and emigrated to the United States and settled in Boston, where he worked as teacher and flute-player.
Wolfe 7033; Imprints 26468.
PRESENTATION COPY FROM AUTHOR’S BROTHER
ORVILLE (Pierre d’): Petri d’Orville, Jurisconsult, Poemata. Amstelaedami, Apud Adrianum Word & Haeredes Gerard..., 1740. [5996]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 8vo, 230 x 155 mms., pp. [xx], 291 [292 Errata], including half-title and engraved title-page, title-age in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces by A. vander Laan, attractively bound in full contemporary vellum, embossed covers with lozenge in centre of each board, red morocco label. A very good copy, with the armorial bookplate of Brown ofWaterhaughs on the front paste-down end-paper, and the following presentation inscription on the leaf preceding the half-title, “Donum Vivi Clarissimi Jacobi Phillipi D’Orville, ejus una cui Libro accepti literas, ad me datas Amsteladami, vicesimo Octobri Die. 1740/ Ge. Rosse H. L. P. G.” A beautifully-printed book. £600
Pierre d’Orville (d. 1738) was the younger brother of the distinguished scholar and historian, Jacques-Pierre d’Orville (1696 - 1751), who edited and published his brother’s poems after his death and added poems of his own. The work is noted as an exceptional example of the printer’s and engraver’s arts.
Copies located in BL, Bodleian, Cambridge, Aberdeen; Columbia, Hamilton College, Harvard (2); and five libraries in the Netherlands.
PENROSE (Thomas): Poems by the Rev. Thomas Penrose late rector of Beckington and Standerwick, Somersetshire. London: Printed for J. Walter..., 1781. [6152]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp. viii, 120, contemporary fair polished calf, gilt spine, red leather label; upper and lower front joint very slightly cracked, but a very good and handsome copy, with the Heytesbury House bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper. £400
Penrose (1741 - 1779) began his career as a naval adventurer in South America, but a wound forced him to retire to Oxford; he later took holy orders and became curate to his father at Newbury. The brief biographical introduction is by James Pettit Andrews, who married Penrose’s sister. The poems include some references to his American experiences, for example, one to the lady who later became his wife, “To Miss Slocock. Written on board the Ambuscade, Jan. 6th 1763, a short time before the attack of Nova Colonia do Sacramento, in the river of Plate” and “Elegy on leaving the River of Plate....” Penrose published several collections of poems and his works were included in a number of anthologies. In addition to his poetry, he wrote a number of books on religious and patriotic subjects and a study of Petrarch and Dante with an account of Italian and Latin literature in the fourteenth century.
PLAYFORD (John): A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick: In Three Books. The First, The Grounds and Rules of Musick, according to the Gam-ut and other Principles thereof. The Second: Instructions for the Bass-Viol, and also for the Treble-Violin: With Lessons for Beginners. The Third: The Art of Descant, or Composing Musick in Parts. By Dr. Tho. Campion. With Annotations thereon, by Mr. Chr. Simpson. London, Printed by William Godbid for John Playford, and are to be Sold as his Shop in the Temple, 1670. [5934]
8vo, pp. [xviii], 151 [152 adverts], engraved portrait frontispiece, fore-margin for A4 used to provide fore-edge ms. label (unusual), contemporary sheepskin, joints neatly restored. A very good copy with the armorial bookplate of Lionel Copley on the recto of the front board (no paste-down end-paper), and the autograph of [Sir] Godrfey Copley (1653 - 1709), the politician and active member of the Royal Society as well as Lionel’s cousin, to whom Godfrey’s property was left in trust. £3,000
Playford (1623 - 1686) published this work in, probably, 1654, with the title, A Breef Introduction to the Skill of Music. As music publisher, editor of music, and expositor of music theory, Playford had an almost unrivalled reputation in his day, and the work was frequently reprinted. This appears to be the fifth edition, the fourth having been published in 1664. The last edition, styled the 19th, appeared in 1730, but by that time, Playford’s account of music theory, and his nostalgia for earlier composers and their musical styles, had lost much of their attraction and popularity. Samuel Pepys visited Playford’s shop in February, 1660, and reported, “that for two books that I had and 6s. 6d. to boot, I had my great book of songs [possibly Select Ayres and Dialogues (1659)], which he sells always for 14s.” Playford was a member of the Catch Club (the engraved portrait shows him holding two musical phrases), and Pepys made one of his many visits to the shop to buy Catch that Catch Can; or The Musical Companion (1667), only to be disappointed: “At the Temple I called at Playfords and there find that his new impression of his Ketches are not yet out, the first having hindered it, but his man tells me that it will be a very fine piece - many things new being added to it.”
ESTC R8313 (Bl, Cambridge, Royal College of Music, Bodleian; Huntington, Harvard, and ESTC R8313), gives a pagination of [20], 134, [2] p., including the portrait in the first [20] pages and with a final leaf of adverts. The pagination in the present copy is, in fact, the same as that of the 1666 edition as given by ESTC R31907 (BL, Royal College of Music; Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Clark), viz., [20], 151, [1] p with the adverts comprising the last page and the portrait included in the registration. This could be a reimpression (likely) of the 1666 edition or a re-issue with a cancel title-page. Most of the 17th century editions have 134 pages or fewer.
POETS (Most Eminent) [sic]: The Muse in Good Humour: a Collection of Comic Tales. By the most Eminent Poets. The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for F. Noble...; W. Bathoe...; and J. Noble..., 1766. [6593]
2 volumes. 12mo, 187 x 111 mms., pp. [iv], 288; iv, 283 [284 adverts], uncut, contemporary quarter sheepskin, blue boards; gathering D in volume 1 misfolded, fore-margins of B11 and B12 (pp. 21 - 24) in volume two closely trimmed but no loss of text, tops and bases of spines slightly chipped, boards a little rubbed, edges slightly soiled, but a good set as issued probably in its original binding, with the engraved decorative bookplates, measuring 150 x 97 mms. of Ogilvy and Leightons Circulating Library, Dundee, on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. £500
The Muse in Good Humour was first published by Noble in one volume in 1744; a second part - really another volume - was added in 1744. As the work was reprinted over the succeeding years, however, the contents were changed, sometimes to omit risqué poems, and on other occasions to add new ones. The volumes were issued both separately and as a set.
ESTC T41632 locates four copies: BL, Bodleian (2); and McMaster. The eighth edition of 1785 has slightly different contents.
[PREULLER (Peter). THOMPSON (Peter)]. The Compleat Tutor For the Harpsichord or Spinnet wherein The Italian manner of Fingering With Suits of Lessons for Beginners & those who are already Proficients on that Instrument & the Organ: with Rules for tuneing the Harpsichord or Spinnet. London, Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson Musical Instrument Maker at ye Violin, Houtboy, & German Flute at ye West End of St. Pauls Church Yd. Where Books of Instructions for any Single Instrument may be had, [c. 1755]. [5447]
8vo, pp. [ii], 33 [34 blank], with every leaf being engraved recto and verso except title-page and last leaf which are engraved on recto only, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plate illustrating harpsichord keyboard (some contemporary corrections in ink), recently rebound in full calf, spine blocked in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end-papers, with the engraved bookplate (dated 1905) to a violin theme of Arthur S. Hill FSA on the front paste-down end-paper. £1,650
This work derives from part 6 of P. Prelleur's The Modern Musick-Master (1731), published there as “The Harpsichord Illustrated and Improv'd,” with different “lessons” appended. Among the musical works here fingered for harpsichord are “The March from Judas Macchabaeus,” “The Charms of Lovely Peggy,” “Jockey,” “Wouldst thou all the Joys receive,” “Lord Cathcart’s or Bath Minuet,” “When first by fond Damon,” the “Minuet in Samson,” “Musetta in Alcina,” and “Handel’s Water Piece.” There are also works by Hasse and Corelli. This is one of several editions published in the 18th century, though all are uncommon.
See The Legacy of Sebastian Virdung (Grolier Club, 2005), no. 32.
PROVERBS. [MAPLETOFT (John)]: Select Proverbs, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Scotish, British, &c. Chiefly Moral. The Foreign Languages done into English. London, Printed by J. H. for Philip Monckton..., 1707. [6565]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 171 x 111 mms., pp. [xiv], 126 [127 - 128 adverts], recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, morocco label, marbled boards; some headlines and lower margins closely trimmed. £350
The work is usually attributed to John Mapletoft (1631 - 1721), a physician and Church of England clergyman, as well as a life-long friend of John Locke. Most of the text is taken up with Italian, Spanish, and French proverbs, and only on page 101 does Mapletoft begin to list English-language proverbs.
QUILLET (Claudius): Callipaedia. A Poem. In Four Books. With Some Other Pieces. Written in Latin by Claudius Quillet, Made English By N. Rowe, Esq; To which is Prefix’d, Mr. Bayle’s Account of His Life. London, Printed for E. Sanger...and E. Curll..., 1712. [4797]
8vo, pp. [xviii], 7 [8 - 14 Contents and Section title], 51 [52 blank], 48, [2], 48, 95 [96 blank], 29 [30 Privilege, 31 - 32 adverts], engraved frontispiece, uncut, sewn in original soft boards (soiled); small piece chipped from top of spine, slight flaking to front joint, but uncommon in this condition. £400
Two previous editions in English appeared in 1710, one translated “By Several Hands,” the other probably by William Oldisworth. Both translations are quite different from this by Rowe.
Rothschild 1769. Straus, p. 218. Foxon R 280.
RAFFALD (Elizabeth): The Experienced English Housekeeper, For the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from Practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper: Consisting of near Nine Hundred Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part I. Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of made Dishes, Soups, Fish, Plain Meat, Game, made Dishes, both hot and cold, Pyes, Puddings, &c. Part II. All Kinds of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweetmeats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar; with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner, and in the modern Taste; Floating Islands, Fish-Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling; with two most value Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines; and a correct List of every Thing in Season for every Month in the Year. The Eighth Edition, with an Engraved Head of the Author; Also Two Plans of a Grand Table of Two Covers; and A curious new invented Fire Stove, wherein any common Fuel may be burnt instead of Charcoal. London: Printed for R. Baldwin..., 1782. [6521]
8vo, 210 x 132 mms., pp. [iv], iii [iv description of plate], 384 [385 - 396 Index, 397 - 398 adverts], engraved portrait of Raffald as frontispiece, with her autograph on the first page of text, folding engraved plan of stove preceding first page of text, 2 folding engraved plans of table layouts at end of text, later half calf, buckram sides, morocco label; slight staining in lower margin of portrait leaf and margins of two succeeding leaves, small rectangular bookplate "Mrs. Poynton" on front paste-down end-paper, inscribed on recto of front free end-paper, "Dearest Grade/ from her loving husband Milner./ Christmas 1943."
£450
Mrs. Raffald first published this work in Manchester in 1769, and by the end of the 18th century at least another 29 editions had been published.
Cagle 947. Maclean, p. 123. Oxford, p. 99.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS JOLLEY
[RITSON (Joseph)], editor: The English Anthology. London: Printed by C. Clarke, for T. and J. Egerton..., 1793, 1794. [6457]
FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo, 205 x 135 mms., pp. xvi, 349 [350 Sonnet, 351 "Corrections," 352 blank]; xiii [xiv blank], 370; vii, 334, engraved vignette on title-pages, engraved head- and tail-pieces, contemporary half roan, gilt spine, plain boards, fore-margins and lower margins uncut; upper front joint volume 1 very slightly cracked, boards a bit rubbed, but a good set, with the bookplate of Thomas Jolley, F. S. A. (d. 1854) on the front paste-down end-paper of volume 1 and his autograph and date 1824 on the upper margin of the recto of the front free end-paper. Jolley's books were sold at auction in the 1850s. £450
By the time Ritson (1752 - 1803) published this anthology, his trouble with reviewers was well established, but the British Critic was enthusiastic about this set: "...[T]he English Anthology is entitled to much commendation from the correct taste with which the whole is printed, for the careful accuracy with which the whole is printed, for the extreme elegance and beauty which distinguish it as a specimen of typography. It is, indeed, an ornament to the English press, and very few who are lovers either of Poetry or Printing will consent to be without it." The reviewers in the Critical Review and the Monthly Review were not quite so generous, and the Gentleman's Magazine accused Ritson of "garbling the major poets of Great Britain by wholesale..."
Bronson 22.
REDDING (Cyrus): A History and Description of Modern Wines. Third Edition, with Additions and Corrections. London: Henry G. Bohn..., 1851. [5906]
8vo, pp. viii, 440, engraved frontispiece (with early repair and laid down on contemporary paper) and engraved chapter vignettes, contemporary buckram, faded label; binding rather worn. £250
A well-used, but appealing association copy: Underneath the author’s name on the title-page is the inscription “Lord Hastings Melton Constable,” with underlinings and annotations in the same hand. The annotations are most extensive for the wines of Bordeaux, with pp. 164 - 171 having several notes. This appears to have been the copy of Lord Hastings of Melton Constable Hall in Norfolk, a house designed by Christopher Wren. “Lord Hastings” is not the family whose peerage became extinct with the death of Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon, fourth marquess of Hastings (1842–1868), but is a “Lord of the Manor” of the Astley family in Norfolk, who were mostly farmers; the present holder of the title is 23rd Baron Hastings, 13th Bt Astley. It is unclear which Lord Hastings owned this copy.
RERESBY (John): The Memoirs Of the Honourable Sir John Reresby, Bart. And last Governor of York. Containing several Private and Remarkable Transactions From the Restoration to the Revolution Inclusively. To which is added a Copious Index. London: Printed for Samuel Harding..., 1735. [5919]
8vo, pp. [iv], 287, 286 - 349 [350 blank, 351 - 366 Index], with, curiously, a title-page (?cancellandum) cut in half horizontally and bound between pp. [360] and [361] and pp. [364 - 365] of the index, title-page(s) in red and black, recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, morocco label. A very good copy. £350
These memoirs were first published in 1734 in quarto and octavo, with this second issue of the octavo edition in 1735. I have no explanation for the curious configuration in the index of the second title-page. James J. Cartwright edited the work from the original manuscript and published it in 1875. Andrew Browning produced another edition in 1936, but the definitive edition had to wait until 1991, when it was edited by W. A. Speck and M. K. Geiter for the Royal Historical Society.
ROBERTSON (William): The History of America. Books IX. and X. Containing the History of Virginia, to the year 1688; and the History of New England, to the year 1652. London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell June. and W. Davies..., 1796. [6334]
FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. 8vo, 225 x 140 mms., pp. 249 [250 blank, 251 adverts, 252 blank], including half-title, original boards, uncut; spine soiled and base of spine defective, lower front joint cracked, top of spine chipped, slight abrasions to corners, and very slight water-staining to front board, but a good example of a book in its condition as originally issued.
£200
Robertson (1721 - 1793) published his History of America in two quarto volumes in 1777 and was preparing additions to the work before his death in 1793. This edition has been prepared by his son, who states in his preface that he has not "presumed to make any addition, alteration, or corrections whatsoever" from the manuscript.
The work was also published in quarto format, so that it could be bound with copies of the first edition of The History of America. The same would be true for this octavo edition.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M.DCC.XCIII. The Twenty-Fifth [1793]. [AND]. The Twenty-Sixth. The Twenty-Seventh. The Twenty-Eighth. The Twenty-Ninth. The Thirtieth. The Thirty-First. The Thirty-Second. The Thirty-Third. The Thirty-Fourth. The Thirty-Fifth. The Thirty-Sixth. The Thirty-Seventh. The Thirty-Eighth. The Thirty-Ninth [1807]. London: Printed by Joseph Cooper [1793 - 96]; Cooper and Graham [1797]; J. Cooper [1798 - 1799]; B M'Millan [1800 - 1807], 1793 - 1807. [6591]
4to, 247 x 187 mms., catalogues for 15 consecutive years, pp. 24 [25 - 32 list of exhibitors]; 22 [23 - 33 list of exhibitors, 34 blank]; 20 [21 - 26 list of exhibitors]; 23 [24 - 28 list of exhibitors]; 31 [32 - 38 list of exhibitors]; 35 [36 Members, 37 - 43 list of exhibitors, 44 blank]; 39 [40 Members, 41 - 47 list of exhibitors, 48 blank]; 40 [41 Members, 42 - 47 list of exhibitors, 48 blank]; 37 [38 Members, 39 - 45 list of exhibitors, 46 blank]; 41 [42 Members, 43 - 50 list of exhibitors]; 40 [41 Members, 42 - 48 list of exhibitors]; 41 [42 Members, 43 - 49 list of exhibitors, 50 blank]; 36 [37 Members, 38 - 44 list of exhibitors]; 35 [36 Members, 37 - 44 list of exhibitors]; 43 [44 Members 45 - 52 list of exhibitors], with contemporary annotations identifying sitters or places in years 1794, 1795, and 1796, a few other contemporary annotations in pencil, the contemporary autograph "G Rhodes" on title-page of first three catalogues, newly rebound in half calf, gilt spine, green morocco label, marbled boards; many leaves soiled, especially title-pages, last leaf of thirtieth catalogue repaired, small piece torn from upper margin of title-page of thirty-seventh, and with other evidence of the catalogues actually being used, but a good collection of an uncommon piece of ephemera. £2,000
The Royal Academy of Arts was found in December, 1768, with Sir Joshua Reynolds as its first president. Presumably its first exhibition catalogue was issued that year or in 1769; the second was certainly issued in 1770, though extant copies of that exhibition are on paper watermarked "1825."
Copies of all early issues are uncommon. For example, ESTC T12724 for 1793 locates copies in the BL, and the National Gallery; Huntington, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Penn State (Pattee).
[RUNDELL (Maria Elizabeth): A New System of Domestic Cookery: From upon Principles of Economy; and adapted to the use of Private Families. By A Lady. Fifty-Ninth Edition, corrected, and augmented with a New Chapter on French Cookery. London: John Murray..., 1836. [6524]
8vo, 172 x 112 mms, pp. liv, 36* - 37*, 448, engraved frontispiece and nine engraved plates (water-stained, mostly on borders and not affecting plate area), rebound in mid-20th century by Poole of Chelmsford, with his ticket, in half calf, linen boards, red morocco. A good copy. £100
Maria Eliza Rundell [née Ketelby] (1745–1828) published this very successful cook book first in 1806, and editions were published throughout the 19th century. She gave it to Murray more-or-less free of charge, and it proved to be one of his most lucrative printing ventures: in 1808 he gave her £150 to mark its success. Later, various legal challenges and battles ensued, and Murray eventually bought out her claims for £2000.
RUTHERFORTH (Thomas): An Essay on the Nature and Obligations of Virtue. Cambridge, Printed by J. Bentham...for William Thurlbourn..., 1744. [6097]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [xii],384 [385 - 396 Index], including half-title and Errata leaf, recently rebound in half antique-style calf, gilt spine, morocco label, gilt spine, marbled boards. With contemporary annotations in the margins of four pages, with two small leaves of notes loosely inserted. £650
Rutherforth (1712 - 1771) published this work in the same year as his System of Moral Philosophy. In this work, he argues that the distinction between virtue and vice has a foundation in nature, and he takes issues with Mandeville’s arguments in The Fable of the Bees. We cannot fail to be happy if we are virtuous. He also addresses the question of man’s responsibility to animals and concludes that man’s treatment of animals for his own use and pleasure is acceptable because they are not designed for a future life. Oxford DNB notes that “Rutherforth offered a critique of the other dominant schools of moral philosophy active within Britain at the time, chiefly the hedonist views of Mandeville, the rationalist views of Clarke and Balguy, Shaftesbury's theory of the disinterestedness of virtue, and the Hutchesonian conception of an innate moral sense. As an alternative he developed a form of Christian utilitarianism, arguing that good actions advanced one's happiness in both this world and the next. Such a view prompted the strictures of Catharine Cockburn who maintained that ‘by denying … to the duties of religion or virtue any foundation but the prospect of a reward; he highly injures and dishonours both’ (Works, 2.105).”
SACCHI (Giovenale): Delle Numero e dell Misure delle Corde Musiche e loro Corrispondenze. Dissertazione del P D. Giovenale Sacchi Bernabira. Milan: [Giuseppe Mazzucchelli, successore Maltesta], 1761. [6009]
FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, pp. 126, contemporary cream-colored boards; slight foxing to edges and first and last leaf, boards a little soiled, but generally a very good copy. £950
Sacchi (1726 - 1789) was both a mathematician and a musician, not a bad combination for someone writing a book on the role of metre in music. This was his first book, one of several on the theoretical aspects of music. In 1770, he published Della Division de Tempo nella Musica, nel Ballo e nella Poesia, and in 1788, Specimen Theoriae Musica. He was also the author of a very good work on ancient Greek music, Della Natura e Perfezione della Antica musica de’ Greci (1778).
See Riccardi, Biblioteca Mathematica Italiana, II, 406
SALMON (Thomas): An Essay To the Advancement of Musick, By Casting away the Perplexity of Different Cliffs. And Uniting all sorts of Music, Lute, Viol, Violin, Organ, Harpsichord, Voice, &c. In one Universal Characters. London, Printed by J. Macock..., 1672. [6590]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Small 8vo, 173 x114 mms., pp. [xvi, including engraved title-page], 92 [93 adverts, 94 blank], engraved title-page in facsimile, 5 folding engraved plates of music, newly rebound in quarter calf, gilt rules, red morocco label, marbled boards; lacking the licence to print leaf, library (Macclesfield) stamp in blind on title-page and next three leaves, contemporary inscription on verso of fore-margin of a5. £1,250
"It is one of the ironies of history that perhaps the most interesting and controversial figure of seventeenth-century British music studied mathematics at university and was a musical amateur. Thomas Salmon's unique contribution to his times was primarily the Essay to the Advancement of Musick (1672), a work that advocated several innovations concerning musical notation and solmization. Salmon's revolutionary approach stands out even during a time when new ideas about music were commonplace in Britain. There can be no doubt that Salmon saw himself on a mission of sorts, to illuminate the arcane aspects of the musical art and, in so doing, to democratize and demystify practices which seemed to him intentionally obscure and illogical" (Oxford DNB). The work was famously attacked by Matthew Locke (1621/2 - 1677).
Wing S 417.
SCOTTISH HERRINGBONE BINDING. HOLY BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments; Newly translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Kincaid..., 1764. [6547]
18mo (in 12s and 6s), 133 x 80 mms., unpaginated, final leaf Ee6, ending with Proverbs, xvi, i. e., almost certainly one volume of 2, with rest of OT and NT in unlocated second volume, but an attractive contemporary Scottish herringbone binding in red morocco, spines gilt in compartments to a thistle motif, covers ornately gilt to various motifs (birds, floral, acorns, bellows), all edges gilt, Dutch floral paste-down end-papers; some gilt gone from lower front cover, but generally a fine example of a typical pattern found on other Bibles and prayer books from this period in Scottish binding history. £1,250
A similar binding in green morocco can be found on the NLS website, http://www.nls.uk/bookbinding/1770-5.html.
SCHIMMELPENNINCK (Mary Anne): Theory on the Classification of Beauty and Deformity, and their Correspondence with Physiognomonic Expression, exemplified in Various Works of Art, and Natural Objects, and illustrated with Four General Charts, and Thirty-Eight Copper-Plates. London: Printed for John and Arthur Arch..., 1815. [6071]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 4to, 287 x 222 mms., pp. [ii], xviii, 440 [441 Errata, 442 blank], 38 engraved plates hand-coloured with pink red, yellow, and other washes, and two large folding letterpress tables (not four: in some copies, e. g., that in the BL, these folding leaves are each divided into two parts), entirely uncut, some leaves unopened, recently rebound in rather soft sheepskin, spine blocked in gilt; some scratches on covers. £1,850
After her marriage to a Dutch shipping trader failed, Mary Ann Schimmelpenninck (née Galton; 1778 - 1856) turned her hand to authorship, publishing accounts of her European travels in the early 19th century. This rather odd and bizarre book is perhaps more remarkable for its industriousness, learning, and the plates than its contribution to aesthetics; but it clearly derives from a genuine curiosity about a theory of beauty. The plates are remarkable; they were engraved by the satirical artist William Henry Brooke her own sketches and annotated prints. Each plate in the first section illustrates a type of line - straight, curving of circular - and are thus categorised as Sublime, Sentimental, or Porcine, coloured, consequently, in red, pink, or yellow. The results can be comic, but some of the facial illustrations allude to Fuseli or even Blake.
SERRE (Jean-Adam): Essais sur Les Principes, ou l’on traite De la Theorie de l’Harmonie en general, Des Droits respectifs de l’Harmonie & de la Melodie, De la Basse Fondamentale, Et de l’Origine du Mode Mineur. A Paris, Chez Prault Fils..., 1753. [1502]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [viii], 160, 2 engraved plates of music, all edges uncut, recent half calf, morocco label, marbled boards; repair to fore-margin of A5, second plate slightly water-stained, occasional browning of text. £350
Although Serre (1704 - 1788) had skills in physics, chemistry, and painting, his theories of music probably represent his best abilities. He is interested in both the theoretical and practical aspects of harmony, and his ideas exerted a good deal of influence in the 18th century. He developed his ideas on harmony further in his Observations sur les Principes de l’Harmonie in 1763. Both works were reprinted in 1967.
SHAKESPEARE (William): The Works of Shakespear. In Six Volumes. Carefully Revised and Corrected by the former Editions, and Adorned with Sculptures designed and executed by the best hands. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1744, 1743. [6507]
FIRST EDITION. Large 4to, 350 x 250 mms., pp. [ii], xliii [xliv - l text of legal document about John Shakespeare and Jonson's poem], 514; 600; 563 [564 blank]; 507 [508 Epilogue]; 552; 547 [548 blank, 549 - 563 Glossary, 546 Errata], volumes 2, 3, and 4 dated 1743, engraved portrait of Shakespeare as frontispiece as well as the 2 engraved plates of the Stratford and Westminster sculptures, engraved vignette on title-page, 36 full-page engraved plates (one for each play), engraved tail-piece at end of each play, the plates being engraved by Gravelot after Hayman's designs, entirely uncut, recently rebound in half calf, gilt spines, morocco labels, marbled boards; some occasional water-staining of text and borders of plates, engraved plate of Othello in volume 6 mounted to repair missing piece from fore-margin and tear in plate, edges slightly dust-soiled, but generally a very good set with uncut margins, with the autograph "John Salmon Junr./ 1814" on the top margin of each title-page. £3,500
This edition by Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677 - 1746), Speaker of the House of Commons, produced this edition of Shakespeare in his retirement; D. W. Hayton, in his Oxford DNB entry for Hanmer, describes it as an "utterly unremarkable edition" of Shakespeare; the engraved plates are anything but "unremarkable," and the set is finely printed. Hanmer completed the edition for the printers at the end of 1742; his letter of 30 December of that year reveals his reasons for publishing an edition of Shakespeare: "I must now acquaint you that the books are gone out of my hands, and lodged with the University of Oxford, which hath been willing to accept them forthwith, in a fair impression adored with sculptures; but it will be so order that it will be the cheapest book that ever was exposed to sale.... None are to go into the hands of booksellers." Hanmer had used Pope's text as his copy-text, often adopting some of Theobald's readings; Hanmer's copy of Pope's edition, with the Preface and Notes in his holograph is now in the Bodleian. In their William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion (1997), Wells, Taylor, Jowett and Montgomery, confirm the assessment of the text made in ODNB: it "...was one of the worst in the eighteenth century, despite its elegant bindings, fine typography, and original illustrations...." Nonetheless it enjoyed a considerable commercial success.
SHARP (Granville): An Account of the Ancient Division of the English Nation into Hundreds and Tithings: the happy effects of that excellent institution; -that it would be equally beneficial to all other Nations and Countries, as well under monarchical as republican establishments;-and that, to the English Nation in particular, it would afford an effectual means of reforming the Corruption of Parliaments by rendering the Representation of the People perfectly equal, in exact numerical Proportion, to the total Number of Householders throughout the whole Realm. Intended as an Appendix to several Tracts on National Defence, & London: Printed by Galabin and Baker..., 1774. [6315]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 205 x 128 mms., pp. 370, original boards, uncut; boards a bit knocked about and soiled, spine defective, an unprepossessing copy of a book as issued. £300
Sharp (1735 - 1813) published over sixty works in his lifetime, though he is often remembered today for his association with Wilberforce in the attempt to abolish the slave trade. In this work, he argues rather presciently for universal enfranchisement.
[SHENSTONE (William)]: The Judgment of Hercules, A Poem. Inscribed to George Lyttelton Esq. London: Printed for R. Dodsley...and sold by T. Cooper..., 1741. [6131]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 35 [36 blank], without the half-title and leaf of adverts at the end, recently rebound in quarter calf, gilt spine, morocco label, marbled boards; ex-library, with old library number on verso of title-page. £350
Shenstone (1714 - 1763) published his first volume of poems in 1737, but this was the first of his poems to be published by itself. Samuel Johnson said, of the work, “The numbers are smooth, the diction elegant, and the thoughts just; but something of vigour perhaps is still to be wished, which it might have had by brevity and compression.” “In The Judgement [sic] of Hercules (1741), addressed to George Lyttleton, whom he supported at the Worcester election in 1740, he appears to choose the pursuit of active virtue and literary fame against the pleasures of slothful rural retirement, but most of the subsequent poetry reverses this decision” (Paul Baines in Oxford DNB).
Foxon S394
SHENSTONE (William): The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq. The Fifth Edition [volumes 1 and 2]. A New Edition [volume 3]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1777. [6595]
3 volumes. Small 8vo, 180 x 125 mms., pp. 332 [333 - 334 Contents]; vii [viii blank], 345 [346 blank], viii, 360, engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page in volumes 1 and 2, engraved tail-piece in volume 1, folding engraved plan of The Leasowes at page 287 in volume 2, attractively bound in contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt border roll on covers, spine ornately gilt to a bird and cup balanced on urn motif, represent in three separate panels on each spine, red and olive morocco labels; bookplate crudely removed from front paste-down end-paper of each volume, front joint volume 1 slightly cracked, top of spine volume 1 very slightly chipped, upper rear joint volume 2 very slightly chipped, but generally a fine and attractive set, with ornaments that resemble those used by Scott of Edinburgh, with the contemporary autograph of F or T Pope on the top margin of each title-page. £350
Shenstone (1714 - 1763) is little read, or likely to be read, these days, but Samuel Johnson had some praise for some of his poems, concluding his remarks in The Lives of the Poets, by saying, "The general recommendation of Shenstone is easiness and simplicity; his general defect is want of comprehension and variety. Had his mind been better stored with knowledge, whether he could have been great, I know not; he could certainly have been agreeable."
SIMPSON (Christopher): A Compendium: Or Introduction to Practical Musick In Five Parts. Teaching, by a New, and Easie Method, 1. The Rudiments of Song. 2. The Principles of Composition. 3. The Use of Discords. 4. The Form of Figurate Descant. 5. The Contrivance of Canon. The Fourth Edition with Additions: Much more Correct than any former, the Examples being put in the most useful Cliffs. London, Printed by Pearson, for John Cullen..., 1706. [4643]
8vo, pp. [xii], 144, engraved portrait of Simpson as frontispiece, music illustrations throughout text, contemporary vellum, early paper label on spine. A very good copy. £750
Simpson (1605 - 1669) published this work in 1665, and it was frequently revised and reprinted. New Grove declares him to be “the most important English writer on music of his time,” and no less a figure than John Locke praised this work as a “new, plain and rational; omitting nothing necessary, nor adding any thing superfluous.” Of additional interest is the font, designed by the publisher Pearson and first used in 1699 in Twelve New Songs. This fourth edition is the first to employ the new font, and to striking effect.
ESTC T77981 locates copies in L, LEu, Oc; CLU-C, DFo, IU, KYU, KMK.
SINGLETON (Mr. [John]): A Description of the West-Indies. A Poem. In Four Books. By Mr. Singleton. During his Excursions among those Islands. London: Printed for T. Becket..., 1776. [6142]
FIRST LONDON EDITION. 4to, pp. [ii], 63 [64 blank], no half-title, recently rebound in quarter calf, morocco label, marbled boards. A very good copy, with the contemporary autograph “J Wise” on the title-page. £950
The poem was first published in Barbados in 1767 and in fact was the first piece of literature printed on that island. The poem is full of descriptions of local interest based on first-hand observation; with descriptions at some length of Montserrat, St. Croix, and Barbados. Other sections include “The sugar cane,” “Reflections on the Negro trade,” “Obeah Doctors,” “Wreckers and pirates in those seas.” At the beginning of the second book Singleton pays tribute to Grainger, whose poem “The Sugar Cane” (1766) had partly inspired his own. He then goes on to deplore the slave trade which had peopled the islands of the West Indies with captives from Africa: “Accursed method of procuring wealth!/ By loading free-born limbs with servile chains.” Before coming to the West Indies, Singleton had been a member of the first theatrical company in North America, arriving in Yorktown in 1752, and opening in The Merchant of Venice a few months later at Williamsburg. A second London edition was published in 1777.
Sabin 81424.
SMITH (Robert): Harmonics, or The Philosophy of Musical Sounds. Cambridge, Printed by J. Bentham...and Sold...by W. Thurlbourn..., 1749. [5643]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xv [xvi contents], 292 [293 - 303 Index, 304 Corrections & Additions, 305 advert, 306 blank], 25 folding engraved plates, additional printed tables inserted between pp. 174 - 15, 182 - 183 (folding), and 238 - 239, recently rebound in quarter straight-grain morocco, gilt spine, morocco labels. A very good copy. £750
Smith (1689 - 1768) trained as a mathematician and was Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge for forty-four years (1716 - 1760). Although his work on harmonics has a mathematical basis, he approaches the problems of tuning keyboard instruments as a musician would. Commenting on the book some thirty-five years later, another commentator on the aesthetics of music, Thomas Robertson (d. 1799), author of An Inquiry into the Fine Arts, called it “a work of ingenuity, as well as of great labour”; but, damning with faint praise, he added, “but who ventures to peruse it? The accomplished mathematician, in the first page almost, takes leave of his reader; and, plunging at once into the recesses of abstraction, may be said never to have been heard of since; so few of the learned themselves pretending to have followed him.” Geoffrey Canton in the new Oxford DNB is a bit more appreciative: “Music was both Smith's pastime and his other main scientific interest. He was an accomplished performer on several instruments, particularly the violoncello, and possessed a ‘correct ear’. In his Harmonics he advocated the mean-tone temperament or method of tuning keyboard instruments. In the same work he contributed to the mathematical theory of music with an extended discussion of equal harmonic intervals.”
SMOLLETT (Tobias): Travels through France and Italy. Containing Observations on Character, Customs,Religion, Government, Police, Commerce, Arts, And Antiquities. With a Particular Description of the Town, Territory, and Climate of Nice: To which is added, A register of the Weather, Kept during a Residence of Eighteen Months in that City. London: Printed for R. Baldwin..., 1778. [5303]
2 volumes. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 291 [292 blank]; 290, including half-titles, contemporary lightly speckled calf, gilt rules across spines, red morocco labels; very slightly wear to spines and front joints but generally a nice set. £200
First published in 1766, Smollett’s Travels was immediately successful. The reviewer in the St. James Chronicle for 8 May 1766 remarked that the work was “entertaining, curious, and instructive, and will be found of singular Use to such as may have Occasion to go abroad”; while The London Magazine remarked that it was a “performance which bespeaks the scholar and the gentleman.” However, its popularity was short-lived: there were seven editions published in the 18th century, and this is the last before one published in 1907.
SOMERVILLE (William) Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c By William Somervile. London, Printed for Bernard Lintot..., 1727. [6263]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vi, 392, [24 - adverts], slightly later 18th century half calf, morocco label, marbled boards; binding a little worn, front joint very slightly creased, but generally a very good copy, with the contemporary autograph “Chas. Smith” and “J. Wrightson/ York June 6th 1860” on the front paste-down end-paper. £350
Somerville (or Somervile; 1675 - 1742), wrote one of the 18th century’s most popular poems, The Chace (1735), but this early volume, the second he published, testifies to a wide variety of poetic techniques and subjects. A number of the poems have a robust sense of humour, and while there are some occasional moralistic touches, there is also a lot of witty empathy with his subjects.
Foxon, p. 742. ESTC lists a number of copies, but none of them appear to have the 24 pages of “Books printed for Bernard Lintot” at the end of this volume.
SONGSTER. The Convivial Songster, Being a Select Collection of the Best Songs In the English Language: Humourous Satirical Bachanalian, &c. &c. &c. With The Music prefixed to each Song. London: Printed for S. Highley in Fleet Street, [n. d.], 1788. [5218]
12mo (in 6s), pp. xii, 371 [372 blank], engraved frontispiece by W. Angus after Daniel Dodd, entitled “The Chapel of Venus” and dated 1 October 1788, catchwords “A hearty” on p. 368 not “caught” by words at top of p. 369, “May Britain,” recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, morocco label. A very good copy. £500
A number of works with similar titles were published in the last third of the 18th century. The first song in this collection begins, “Last night a dream came into my head....” The introduction gives guidelines for singing correctly and clearly. Many collections of such songs stress that they are chosen so as not to bring a blush to the cheeks youthful innocence. No such promise is made here.
ESTC N48148 recording only the copy at ICN. However, Highley appears to have used the same sheets that Fielding used in his edition of 1782.
SPOHR (Louis): Louis Spohr's Grand Violin School, From the Original German, dedicated to Professors of the Violin, by the translator, C. Rudolphus. Vienna, T. Haslinger. Paris,S. Richault, and London, Wessel & Co. Importers and Publishers of Foreign Music, n. d. [1833] [6487]
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Large 4to, 345 x 26s mms., pp. [vi], 233 [234 adverts], engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved throughout, including three full-age engraved plates after title-page illustrating violin posture and hand position, contemporary half calf, pebbled binder's cloth, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, all edges red. A fine copy. £750
Spohr (1784 – 1859) published his Violinschule in 1832, and this English translation appeared almost immediately. It codified many of the new conventions and practices of violin playing, and Spohr introduced his chin rest, which he had invented in about 1820. His pupil, U. C. Hill, produced a revised edition of the English translation in 1839.
This first English translation is probably more common than the six OCLC locations suggest: California-Berkley, New England Conservatory of Music, Free Library of Philadelphia, Southern Methodist University, Edinburgh City Library (2). Copac adds a copy in the BL.
STEWART (Dugald): Outlines of Moral Philosophy. For the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech..., 1793 [5949]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xiv [xv - xvi blank], 302, including half-title, contemporary polished fair calf, gilt rules across spine, red morocco label; joints just a little bit rubbed, but a very good, near fine copy. £1,250
This was Stewart's second publication, the first being volume one of his Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind in the previous year. Stewart began his university career in 1772, teaching mathematics at Edinburgh University, and he was appointed to the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh in 1785, upon the resignation of Adam Ferguson. The above work was republished many times during the next 80 - 100 years and was used as a text-book in many universities in Britain and America.
TESSIN (Carl Gustaf): Letters from an Old Man to a Young Prince, with the Answers. Translated from the Swedish. To which are prefixed Those of Her Present Majesty to her Son. The Second Edition London: Printed for R. Griffiths..., 1759. [6388]
3 volumes. 12mo, 173 x 103 mms., pp. xliv, 237 [238 blank]; 228; 223 [224 blank, 225 - 228 adverts], contemporary calf, gilt spines, red morocco titling labels; numbering labels almost rubbed away, tops and bases of spines chipped, joints very slightly tender, but a good set, with the contemporary autograph of "J. Haden" on each title-page. £250
Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695 - 1770) acted as tutor to Gustav III when he was crown prince of Sweden. En ädre Mans Bref till en Stadigare Prints (also given as Gammal mans bref til en ung Prints) was first published in 1753, and this translation by John Berckenhout, who dedicates it to the Prince of Wales, was intended to encourage further knowledge of Sweden by Britain. It is a completely different translation from that published in 1755. See the commentary by N. Afzelius, Books in English on Sweden (Stockholm, 1951).
ESTC T65243 locates copies in the BL, Bodleian, Private Collections, Suffolk Record Office; Harvard, Library Company of Philadelphia, Wisconson-Madison, UCLA, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Western Ontario.
THEOPHRASTUS. HILL (Sir John): Theophrastou peri ton lithon biblion. Theophratus’s History of Stones. With an English Version, and Notes, Including the Modern History of the Gems described by that Author; and of many other of the Native Fossils. To which are added, Two Letters: I. On the Colours of the Sapphire and Turquoise. II. Upon the Effects of different Menstruums on Copper. Both tending to illustrate the Doctrine of the Gems being coloured by Metalline Particles. The Second Edition; Enlarged by the Addition of a Greek Index of all the Words in Theophrastus. Also Observations on the New Swedish Acid, and of the Stone from which it is obtained; and with An Idea of a Natural and Artificial Method of Fossils. London: Printed for the Author...And sold by L. Davis..., 1774. [5502]
8vo, 215 x 145 mms., pp. viii, 342 [343 - 388 indexes, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt to a flower and scroll design, red morocco label; small leaf stains on D 1 and D2, some gilt missing from lower spine, corners worn, but a very good copy.
£750
Theophrastus’ History of Stones is the earliest preserved text on any subject related to chemistry or metallurgy. John Hill (c. 1714 - 1775) styled himself Sir John Hill after being awarded the order of Vasa by Gustavus III of Sweden. His career interestingly mixed science and acting, though his publications on science and natural history proved to be more rewarding. The present work was first published in 1746 and is one of the most important expositions of gemmology in the 18th century. His footnotes probably are probably about as long as the text that he translates.
See The Herbert Clark Hoover Collection of Mining & Metallurgy (1980), no 784 for the 1746 edition. Ward and Carozzi, 2168.
[TOLAND (John)]: The Life of John Milton, Containing, besides the History of his Works, Several Extraordinary Characters of Men and Books, Sects, Parties, and Opinions. London, Printed by John Darby..., 1699. [6193]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 165 [166 Errata], contemporary calf, rebacked rather firmly, morocco label. A very good copy.
£750
Toland’s life of Milton first appeared in an edition of Milton’s prose works published in 1698, often referred to as Toland’s edition, though he had little or nothing to do with the editing of the text: “The edition is commonly known as ‘Toland’s’, but he was not the editor. He remarked elsewhere that he would have omitted several of the works” (Coleridge). Toland’s life is printed in Volume 1, which is signed and dated: I. T. Sept. 3. 1698. Toland made some use of the biographical information found in Edward Phillips’ Letters of State (1694). Toland emphasizes Milton’s political interests and beliefs, which called forth an anonymous commentary, Remarks on the Life of Mr. Milton (1699), which emphasized instead Milton’s poetry. Toland replied to this and other criticisms in Amyntor (1699).
Wing T 1776. Coleridge 414.
TOMBLESON (William): Tombleson's Views of the Rhine. Edited by W. G. Fearnside. London, Published by W. Tombleson..., 1832. [6597]
4to, 273 x 212 mms., pp. [2], 3 - 96 [97 - 98 Appendix], engraved title-page, 68 steel-engraved plates, folding engraved panoramic map of the rhine from Cologne to Mayence, 1200 x 165 mms., loosely inserted, contemporary half plum calf, spines richly gilt, marbled boards (rubbed). A very good copy. £600
TOSI (Pierre Francesco): Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers. Written in Italian By Pier. Francesco Tosi...Translated into English by Mr. [John Ernest] Galliard. Useful for all Performers, Instrumental as well as Vocal. To which are added, Explanatory Annotations, and Examples in Music. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Wilcox..., 1743. [4059]
12mo, pp. xviii [xix contents, xx adverts], 184, 6 folding engraved plates of music before first page of text, 19th century marbled boards, recent calf spine, morocco label; short tear in fore-margin of title-page, but a good copy. £350
Tosi (1653 - 1732) was one of the best castrati of his day and first sang in London in 1692. The above work was first published in 1723 as Opinioni de’ Cantori Antichi e Moderni. As New Grove notes, the work remains “a valuable source of information about Baroque performing practice, particularly regarding the interpretation of appoggiaturas, trills and other vocal ornaments and the use of tempo rubato.” John Ernest Galliard (c.1687 - 1749), a German composer who worked in London, had a reasonable success as a composer of operas and incidental music for the stage. His translation of the work by Tosi, whom he knew, adds a number of notes and observations to Tosi’s original.
TRYDELL (Rev. John): Two Essays on the Theory and Practice of Music. In the First are laid down the Principles of the Science. In the Latter are demonstrated the Rules of Harmony, Composition, and Thorough Bass. To which is added, A new and short Method of attaining to Sing by Note. Dublin: Printed for the Editor By Boulter Grierson..., 1766. [6350]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 195 x 120 mms., pp. xx, 140, disbound; lacks all 51 plates. £150
Ellen T. Harris, in The Music Lover in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England (Tufts Digital Library) writes that, 'John Trydell published his Two Essays on the Theory and Practice of Music with the hope of rendering "the knowledge of Music easy; and Composition more practicable than it seems to me it is among us at present." Trydell's strategy for making music easier was to construct a system based on geometrical reasoning (Kassler, p. 1024), in which he took great care, as he put it, "to avoid all obsolete Words, or such as are derived from other languages: and to speak as plain English, as the nature of the Subject would admit, that I may be understood by every English reader." [Trydell's essays were used for the article on 'Music' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1771, but never reprinted thereafter, since, as Kassler writes, "the opinion that music and geometry were congenial and inseparable was losing ground" (Kassler, p. 1025).]'
TURNER (William): Sound Anatomiz’d, in a Philosophical Essay on Musick. Wherein is explained The Nature of Sound, both in Essence and Regulation &c. Contrived for the Use of the Voice in Singing, as well as for those who Play on Instruments. Together with A thorough Explanation of all the different Moods used in Musick, for regulating Time in the different Divisions of Measures used therein. All render’d plain and easy, to the meanest Capacities, by familiar Similes. To which is added, A Discourse, concerning the Abuse of Musick. London: Printed by William Pearson... for the Author..., 1724. [5986]
FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [vi, 80, 7 [8 ms. ownership note: “Mr Edward Hubbard/ his Book/ March ye 2d 1725.”], one folding plate of music, music illustrations in text, early 19th century half calf, plain boards; front cover stained, spine worn, with joints cracked (but firm), with the inscription “Owen Davis...New Year’s gift 1868.” £750
It is not clear if this work is by the singer and composer William Turner (1651/2 - 1740), as a work with a similar title, A Philosophical Essay on Musick, Directed to a Friend was published in 1677. However, there were second and third editions of this work published in 1735 and 1740, both attributed to Turner. But there was also a third William Turner, flourishing in the early part of the 18th century, about whom little is known, but who could also be the author of the work. In any case, it is a conservative document in many ways (disputing, for example, the necessity of key signatures), but interesting on the nature of sound, on notation, and on singing. It is often described as an “important” work, despite the uncertainty surrounding the author.
VINEYARD. J. (S.): The Vineyard: Being a Treatise Shewing I. The Nature and Method of Planting, Manuring, Cultivating, and Dressing of Vines in Foreign-Parts. II. Proper Directions for Drawing, Press, Making, Keeping, Fining, and Curing all Defects in the Wine. III. An Easy and Familiar Method, of Planting and Raising Vines in England, to the greatest Perfection; illustrated with several useful Examples. IV. New Experiments in Grafting, Budding, or Inoculating; whereby all Sorts of Fruit may be much more improv’d than at present, Particularly the Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, Plumb [sic], &c. V. The best Manner of raising several Sorts of compound Fruit, which have not yet been attempted in England. Being the Observations made By a Gentleman in his Travels. London: Printed for W. Mears..., 1727. [5657]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 192, engraved frontispiece (by H. Fletcher after R. Cooper), woodcut illustration on page 83, contemporary (or slightly later) panelled calf, with front joint neatly restored; paper flaw on B6 with loss of one letter on each page, but a fine copy. £3,250
The dedication is to James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos (1674 - 1744), perhaps encouraging him to attempt a vineyard at Chandos, his estate in what is now Herefordshire. Although the dedication is signed “S. J.,” Blanche Henry in British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 contends (II, 450) that the work was probably by Richard Bradley (1688 - 1732), the botanical writer, because the publisher, Mears, was also associated with a number of Bradley’s publications.
Gabler p. 289 G40200; Simon BV p.49, Bitting lists only the second edition
VOLTAIRE (Francoise Marie Arouet de): Henriade. An Epick Poem. In Ten Canto's. Translated from the French into English Blank Verse. To which are now added, The Argument to each canto and Large Notes Historical and Critical. London, Printed for D. Davis..., 1732. [6292]
FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 212 x 135 mms., pp. vi, [20], 311 [312 note], title-page in red and black, engraved frontispiece, uncut, late 18th century calf, sympathetically rebacked, morocco label; a very good copy with the inscription "Jas. Bonar/ 1791" on the top margin of the title-page, and the 20th century bookplate of Ray Livingstone Murphy on the front paste-down end-paper. £400
Voltaire dedicated this long poem on the life of the French King, Henri IV to Queen Caroline, and it was published in French in 1728. It was translated into English by John Lockman (1698 - 1771), and this apparently earned him the sobriquet "l'illustre Lockman" in France, a fact that Dr. Johnson, according to Boswell, found irritating and ridiculous. The translation, in blank verse, is accompanied by a large number of notes, almost all of an anti-Catholic hue.
Foxon L 215.
VOLTAIRE (Francoise Marie Arouet de): Micromegas: A Comic Romance. Being a Severe Satire upon the Philosophy, Ignorance, and Self-Conceit of Mankind. Together with A Detail of the Crusades: And a new Plan fro the History of the Human Mind. London: Printed for D. Wilson, and T. Durham..., 1753. [6493]
FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 12mo. 176 x 108 mms, pp. [ii], 252, late 19th century half calf, olive morocco label, marbled boards; title-page soiled and with short tear amateurishly repaired in fore-margin, lower corner chipped, some fingering and soiling of text, but a reasonable copy, with the bookplate of Geoffrey A. M. Whittall on the front paste-down end-paper, and his autograph and date, "7.41" on the recto of the front free end-paper £450
The translator is unknown, and work was first published in 1752, suggesting "Londres" as the place of publication, but possibly Berlin and Paris as well. The work clearly owes something to Gulliver's Travels and to De Begerac's Histoire Comique. Science fiction in this instance has led to real science, with MicroMegas being a particle detector first developed at CERN. Literature exists to give science a nomenclature, a compliment which science returns by providing literature with useful images and metaphors.
WALPOLE (Horace): Il Castello di Otranto. Storia Gotica. In Londra: Presso Molini..., 1795. [5989]
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. Large 8vo, 249 x 159 mms. pp. [iii] - x [xi index, xii blank], 253 [254 errata], including half-title, engraved frontispiece (by Medland after Joino), 6 other engraved plates by Birrell after Anne Melicent Clarke, with footnote on page 8, uncut and unopened, almost illegible contemporary autograph on title-page, contemporary marbled boards, with later (19th century) spine and paper label. £400
This Italian translation by George Sivrac uses the plates by Harding that first appeared in 1793. The work appears in various states and issues: this appears to be Hazen’s second state.
Hazen, p. 63.
WATSON (Richard): An Apology for Christianity. In A Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq; Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Sixth Edition. London: Printed for Messrs. Cadell and Davies..., 1797. [5434]
UNIFORMLY BOUND WITH: WATSON (Richard): An Apology for the Bible, in A Series of Letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, Author of a Book entitled, The age of Reason, Part the Second, being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology. Eighth Edition. London: Printed by J. Rider..., for F. and C. Rivington..., 1799. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. 250; 250, attractively bound in contemporary tree calf, spines ornately gilt to a bird motif, red and black morocco labels; some slight wear to bindings, but generally a fine set. From the Easton Neston Library, with library label for shelf mark and the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., Rufford Hall Lancashire on the front paste-down end-paper. £250
WILKES (Thomas): The Golden Farmer A Poem. Humbly Inscrib’d to the Right Honourable Wlliam [sic] Lord Craven. London: Printed for T. Payne..., 1723. [6157]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Folio, 353 x 235 mms., pp. [iv], 8, including half-title, engraved head- and tail-piece, recent wrappers; half-title and page 8 slightly soiled. With an inscription on the half-title crossed out and another added, “To The Right Honble Lord Noel Somerset, the Gift of the Author.” Wilkes has also made two authorial corrections and added a couplet on page 6. £750
Thomas Wilkes (1677/8 - 1745) was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and rector of Hempsteed, near Gloucester. The poem describes a rich farmer of Sparsholt in the White-Horse Vale, “The Galen of the Neighbourhood” famous for the medicinal qualities of his herbs and flowers. One wonders if Wilkes had heard of the thief John Bennet [Bennett], alias William Freeman or Hill, also called the Golden Farmer (d. 1690), for whom the subject of his poem would probably not have had much sympathy.
Foxon W 460. ESTC T75076 locates copies in BL (2, one being the author's presentation copy with MS. corrections, including the “i” in William on the title page, and ms. additions), Leeds; Harvard, Huntington, Newbery, Princeton, Clark, Chicago, Texas, and Yale. There is also a copy in the Bodleian.
[?WILLIAMS (Sir Charles Hanbury)]: S---ys's budget open'd; Or, Drink and be D-----’d A New Ballad, To the Tune of A Begging we will go. London: Printed for W. Webb..., 1743. [6164]
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Folio, 312 x 195 mms., pp. VIII, disbound; no half-title. £500
This satire on the repeal of the gin act is tentatively attributed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams 1708–1759). As Foxon points out the canon of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams presents many difficulties. The collections of 1763, 1768, and 1822 contained many poems not by him. Foxon states that any poems not vouched for by Horace Walpole in his annotated copy of the 1763 collection should be treated sceptically. The present poem was not in the earlier collections and was not attributed to him until the edition of 1822. Foxon concludes “the authorship is perhaps questionable.” Williams had been elected to Parliament in 1735 and supported Walpole until his resignation in 1742, just before the riots of 1743 against the increase in tax on gin that had been put in place in 1729. Pelham’s government, in response to the riots, proposed to reduce penalties and duties. Still, in the 1740s, the British managed to drink about eight million gallons of gin each year.
Foxon W480. The press variant in which page VI is misnumbered V. Simon Biblotheca Gastronomica 637 (probably this copy). From the John Lyle collection of books on food and drink. When Andre Simon died in 1970 John Lyle was involved in the dispersal and many Simon books were transferred to his collection. I have not been able to see the Ph. D. dissertation, The Works of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1988) by T. D. S. Urstand, which examines Williams’ canon. ESTC T109560 locates copies in the BL (2), Cambridge, Bodleian, Oxford All Souls, Manchester, and Brotherton Leeds; Harvard, Lilly Indiana, Clark, North Carolina, Yale Walpole, and Yale Beinecke.
WOODWARD (John): An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals As also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. With an Account of the Universal Deluge: And of the Effects that it had upon the Earth. London: Printed for Ric. Willkin..., 1695. [5958]
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 277 [278 - 279 adverts 280 blank], including imprimatur leaf before title-page, contemporary panelled calf, red morocco label (slightly chipped); upper and lower joints very slightly cracked, spine a little dried, but generally a very good copy. £1,250
Woodward (1665/1668–1728) had a classical education but also developed an early interest in natural history and medicine, and granted an M. D. in 1695, when he published this book. Woodward argued that the world was essentially unchanged since the Flood, a view not in accord with contemporary scientific thinking, which held that the earth was constantly changing its geological features. Edward Lywyd, the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and a geologist, reported that Woodward’s book “had acquired a great name in this Town [Oxford]...partly because he undertakes to confirm by his Observations the History of Moses and partly because he bylds [sic[ upon Experiments”; Lywyd almost remarked disapprovingly that the work was written in English. Ldwyd’s friend, John Archer, physician to Charles II, noted that it was very popular in London, more so than any other book of its kind, and Woodward was “look’d upon to be one of the most ingenious men in the whole world.” The naturalist John Ray wasn’t entirely pleased with the work, remarking that “I cannot but wonder to find such a strand of confidence and presumption running through his whole book.”
Wing W 3510.
YOUNG (William): The History of Athens Politically and Philosophically Considered. With the View to an Investigation of the Immediate Causes of Elevation, and of Decline, operative in a free and commercial state. London: Printed for J. Robson..., 1786. [6104]
4to, pp. xvi, 392, including half-title, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt to an urn and a bird motif (but slightly rubbed and faded), red morocco label. From the library of Earl Fitzwilliam (1478 - 1833), with his armorial bookplate and country seat label (Milton/ Peterborough) on the front paste-down end-paper. He was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795 and was sympathetic to the idea of Catholic emancipation and enfranchisement. £250
Sir William Young (1749 - 1815) published this work first in 1777, and the above second edition has been thoroughly revised. “The design of the following treatise,” he says in the Preface, “is from the annals of men and things, to extract the spirit of character and event,--with the narrative to interweave the moral, and thus in the history enfolding its comment, to render each political lesson explicit and applicable.”
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