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restraint was one of the stimuli to Milton’s composition of the
Areopagitica (1644), with its criticism of censorship tempered by a
defence of authorial rights … It is evident that his reputation among
contemporaries as ‘born and framed to be an Instrument of God for
stimulating, sharpening and uniting men’s inborn talents’ (Comenius),
‘that painfull and great instrument’ (Petty), ‘the incitement of great
good to this Iland’ (Milton), and ‘the greatest instrument of public
edification’ (Durie) was not entirely misplaced … He had a hand in over
half the patents for new inventions issued by the English government
during the Commonwealth and protectorate period, was on good terms
with the secretary of the council of state, and attended audiences with
Lord Protector Cromwell. His most substantial publications, Samuel
Hartlib his Legacie (1651 and subsequent editions), Chymical,
Medicinal, and Chyrurgical Addresses (1655), and The Reformed
Commonwealth of Bees (1655), were, in reality, offshoots of his scribal
network. They comprised letters and treatises solicited or received from
individuals in his circle upon a particular subject, which had then been
circulated for additional comments, the results edited, and then launched
upon the public (often without the express consent of the original
author), anticipating utility and inviting comment and amendment.
Less than 5 per cent of the copy was generated by Hartlib himself,
generally as prefaces, his talents being more as an editor and publisher.
He used Richard Wodenothe and William Dugard as his preferred
printers in the 1650s. His treatises spread a solvent of new ideas in a
variety of contexts, but they were particularly successful in husbandry.
He publicized the advantages of planting new leguminous crops,
experimenting with fertilizers and manures, and using seed drills and
new ploughs, and advocated the possibilities of apiculture, rabbit
farming, fruit-tree propagation, and silk cultivation (in Virginia). His
network included a group of innovative farmers willing to experiment.
But his pamphlets should also be read as ideas, models, or patterns as to
how the processes of reformation would occur. ” (DNB).
€350-€450 (£280-£360 approx.)
890
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HATTON (George J. Finch), Earl of Winchilsea and
Nottingham.
Abd-el-Kader. A poem in six cantos. By Viscount
Maidstone.
Chapman and Hall,
1851
FIRST EDITION, pp xxxix, 351, 8vo, original bright green
cloth, gilt, by T. R. Eeles & Son, with their ticket: nice, fresh
copy with neat ownership inscription dated June 16th, 1851.
Winchilsea (1815-87) contributed to The Keepsake and Gentleman’s
Magazine, kept racehorses and wrote on racing subjects in the Morning
Herald and political squibs in other papers under the signature of John
Davis. His other verse include The Deluge, 1853, The poem of the Book
of Job done into English verse, 1860, etc.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
LATIN VERSE.
Selections from
the English poets, Shakespeare, Pope, Cowper, Beattie, Rogers,
&c. rendered into Latin verse: to which are added the
remarkable adventures of Jack and Jill (an heroic poem in four
lines), anecdote of the illustrious Bo Peep, and thhe celebrated
sonnet Diddle Diddle - in two languages: with notes critical and
explanatory. Thirty-seventh edition, revised and corrected. Price
- “Thank ‘e”. Or two for “Oh, thank ‘e”.
[Lewes:] Printed and
published by Harris, Fullagar, Dawson, and Fullagar. Not to be sold by
Simpkin, Marshall … nor by Longman … nor any where in
Paternoster-row …,
1848. FIRST EDITION (?), pages (2, blank),
(2),22, (1, blank), leaf of notes critical and explanatory, tipped in
errata slip and and tipped in printed slip “Juvenilibus Poetis
Observandum”, square 12mo, sewn in the original blue printed
paper wrppers, slightly dusty and a little dog-eared, but
otherwise a very good to nice copy in original state.
WorldCat locates Folger only. Not in COPAC. The title is repeated on
the printed wrappers, but in Latin, beginning “Puerorum Opera … cum
notis Nesciocujus … Nova ediiono …”
(2)
[TAYLER (Charles Benjamin)].
A Fireside Book, or, the
account of a Christmas spent at Old Court. By the author of
May You Like It.
Printed for J. A. Hessey,
1828. FIRST EDITION,
with an engraved frontispiece by George Cruikshank, pages
(8),229, (2), (1, adverts), 12mo, original blue paper boards,
uncut: neatly rebacked: a very good copy with the ticket of the
Pall Mall bookseller C. Chapple.
Garside 1828: 77. Not in Wolff. Tayler (1797-1875), rector of Otley in
Suffolk, noted for his strong antipaty to Roman catholicism, wrote
extensively for youth.
(3)
DAVIDSON (John).
St. George’s Day. A Fleet Street
eclogue.
New York: John Lane,
1895. FIRST EDITION, 16-pages,
8vo, original pale brown printed paper wrappers: disbound but
the backstrip intact and otherwise a nice, fresh copy.
“Limited to a small number of copies printed to protect copyright; the
poem duly appeared, some months later, in the second series of Fleet
Street Eclogues. “ - Colbeck.
(4)
[DORSET (Catherine Anne Turner) and ROSCOE (Wm).
The Peacock “At Home”. A sequel to the Butterfly’s Ball... A
facsimile reproduction of the edition of 1807. With an
introduction by Charles Welsh.
Griffith & Farran...,
1883. With 6
plates, pp x, 14, 4to, original printed paper wrapper, uncut: very
good-nice copy. (5)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
891
.
[HAY (George)].
A detection of the dangerous tendency,
both for Christianity and Protestancy, of a sermon, said to be
preached before an Assembly of Divines, by G. C[ampbell]. D.
D. on the spirit of the gospel. By a member of the Aletheian
Club.
London: Printed for the Aletheian Club; and sold by J. P.
Coghlan in Duke’s-Street, Near Grosvenor-Square,
1771
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, pages (4), 176, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: with a light old stain on the ower inner margin on a
few leaves, not objectionable, otherwise a very good copy.
ESTC locates copies at: Abu, E(7 copies), O: AuANL. Not in C, D or
Dt. Signed at end: Staurophilus, i. e.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
BALGUY (Thomas).
Divine
Benevolence Asserted; and vindicated from the objections of
ancient and modern sceptics.
Printed for Lockyer Davis,
1781.
FIRST EDITION, pages viii, 143, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good copy.
Balguy (1716-95), one of the admiring disciples of Warburton - his
name frequently appearing in Warburton’s correcpondence with Hurd.
The present work, misdated 1782 in DNB, is part, all published, of an
unfinished treatise on natural religion.
(2)
TROY (John Thomas), Op., Bishop.
A pastoral instruction
on the duties of Christian citizens, addressed to the Roman
Catholics of Dublin …With observations on... a late publication
by Charles Francis Sheridan … entitled catholic claim to the
elective franchise … The third edition. To which are added, A
supplement im answer to some Misrepresentations, and an
appendix containing the Testament of Louis XVI, a charge from
the Bishops to the Catholic of Ireland …
London, Printed by J.
Debrett; Robinsons; Booker; Keating; Lewis; Watts, Gosport; Robins,
Winchester; Gregory, Brighton; Ledger, Dover, and P. Wogan, Dublin
1793. Psges (4), 147, (1, blank), with half title, 8vo, recent
wrappoer: a very good to nice copy.
Troy spearheaded the renewal of the Catholic church in Ireland. His
priority was the improvement of clerical discipline and religious practice,
and this he pursued through regular diocesan visitations and monthly
clerical conferences. These efforts intensified on his translation to the
archdiocese of Dublin in 1786, following the death of John Carpenter.
Comprehensive pastoral instructions were published in November 1787:
times of worship were regulated; priests were instructed to preach,
promote the Easter duty, and encourage confession, communion, and
almsgiving. Never slow to assert his authority, Troy excommunicated
Robert McEvoy, a priest of the diocese, in 1792 for taking a wife
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