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Wintle’s ‘Daniel, an improved version attempted; with a preliminary
dissertation, and notes, critical, historical, and explanatory. ‘ Oxford,
1792, pp (2), lxviii, 48,213, (11).
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
909
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HOGARTH (Wm.).
The complete works of William
Hogarth: in a series of one hundred and fifty superb engravings
on steel, from the original pictures. With an introductory essay
by James Hannay; and descriptive letterpress, by the Rev. J.
Trusler and E. F. Roberts. One hundred and second thousand.
New and revised edition.
The London Printing and Publishing
Company, Limited …, circa
1880
With an engraved portrait, two additional engraved title-pages
and 143 engraved plates, pages (4), xviii, 135, (1): (12), 149-201,2
vols bound in 1, 12 by 9 inches, large 4to, contemporary half
black morocco, gilt lettered spine, edges gilt, silk marker: the
binding rubbed at corners and outside joints but still remarkably
strong and outwardly attractive, the title-page lightly spotted,
otherwise internally fresh and clean.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
SHERER (John), FRGS.
Europe
illustrated: in picturesque scenes and places of note. Superby
embellished with steel engravings, by Turner, Allom, Bartless,
Leitch, and other eminent artists. First Series. France, Belgium,
and the Rhine. Vol. I. [& Vol. II.].
The London Printing and
Publishing Company, Limited, circa
1876-79. With 120 engraved
plates, including the additional engraved titles, pages (2), ii,240:
(2), ii, 198,2 vols bound in 1, large 4to, 10. 5 by 13 inches,
contemporary half black morocco, gilt lettered spine, edges gilt,
silk marker: binding rubbed at corners and outside joints but still
remarkably strong and outwardly still attractive and internally in
fine, fresh state throughout.
The first volune has 56 plates and
engraved title-page and the second 62 plus engraved title: this is the
correct total in both case, according to their lists of plates.
(2)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
910
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HOLDERNESS (Mary).
Notes relating to the manners
and customs of the Crim Tatars; written during a four years’
residence among that people.
John Warren,
1821
FIRST EDITION, with 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates,
pages vi, (2), 168, complete with the half-title and the advert leaf,
large 12mo, with very light suggestion of foxing in places, but
still a very good to nice copy, neatly bound in recent cloth, all
edges uncut, with the neat contemporary signature of R. H. F.
Butler.
Based upon her experiences during a four-year residence (1816-
20), with her children, in the Crimean village of Karagoss, describing
the people, marriage and other customs, social conditions, hunting
practices, building styles, etc. “Objective, factual and thorough... with a
clear and unprejudiced eye, telling us much about the land and its people
but nothing about herself ” - Robinson 240”.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
SHKLOVSKY (Isaak V.).
In Far
North-East Siberia. By I. W. Shklovsky (“Dioneo”). Translated
by L. Edwards and Z. Shklovsky.
Macmillan and Co.,
1916.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with a map,21 plates and 3 other
illustrations, pages vii,264, 8vo, original green cloth: faint mark
on the upper board, a tear in one leaf without loss and with a
library label on the rear endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.
(2)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
911
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[HOME (Henry), Lord Kames].
Historical Law-Tracts.
The second edition.
Edinburgh: Printed by A. Kincaid, for A. Millar
…,,
1761
Pages xv, (1, adverts), 463, complete with the half-title, 8vo,
contemporary calf: a very good to nice, unpressed copy.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
912
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HOMER.
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by
Alexander Pope, Esq;
Dublin: Printed for James Williams,
1766
Pages xxviii,290, (2, blank): 317, (3, blank): 284, (12, index); 16
(“Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice. By Mr. Archdeacon
Parnel. Corrected by Mr. Pope”), 3 vols, large 12mo,
contemporary calf, with labels, gilt: a strongly bound and very
good to nice set.
An attractive, unsophisticated copy of an uncommon Dublin printing.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
ADDISON (Joseph), et al.
The
Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians. Corrected
and digested under alphabetical heads. In two volumes.
Dublin:
Printed by James Williams,
1778. Pages (4), 344: (4), 336,2 vols,
12mo, contemporary speckled calf, gilt ruled spines, with red
and black labels, gilt: a very little wear to the spines, but the
bindings strong and otherwise in very good state.
First published in 1753. All four Dublin printings are rare. This, the last
Dublin printing of the 18C, is represented in ESTC by only six copies:
L, D, Di, Dp: ZWTU (vol 1 only) and AuVMOU – no copies in N.
American libraries and only two copies of any Dublin printing: 1757
(PPL) and 1767 (MiEM).
(5)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
913
.
[HOOK (Theodore)].
Sayings and Doings. [First, Second
and Third Series complete].
Printed for Henry Colburn,
1824-25-28
FIRST EDITIONS, ALL PUBLISHED, pages v, (3), 336: (2),
350: (2), 358: viii, 326: (4), 344: (4), 412, 4(adverts): (6), 378: (4),
326: (4), 333, (1, imprint), (2, adverts), complete with the five
half-titles (no others called for) and the 3 leaves of
advertisements, together 3 works in 9 vols, 8vo, original boards,
uncut, with printed paper labels: the first and third series with
minor repairs to the backstrips and the spines to the second
series sympathetically renewed retaining the original printed
labels: a very good set.
Sadleir 1212-13-14. Not in Wolff. A collection not often found complete:
it includes some of his best known tales, including ‘Passion and
Principle’, ‘Cousin William’, ‘Gervase Skinner’, and, ‘Martha the
Gipsey
(9)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
914
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HOPKINS (Charles).
Epistolary Poems; on several
occasions: with several of the choicest stories of Ovid’s
Metamorphoses and Tibullus’s Elegies. Translated into English
verse.
Printed by R. E. for Jacob Tonson …,
1694
FIRST EDITION, pages (16), 119, complete with the half-title,
8vo, contemporary speckled sheep: the binding only a little worn
but sound, inscribed in a clear hand ‘Elisa Gregor her Book /
1694’ on a preliminary blank leaf and, in the same hand on
another preliminary blank leaf ‘read in 1694’, and with the later
bookplate of G. W. F. Gregor.
Wing H 2721. Grolier, Wither to Prior, 463. Macdonald 277. Sweeney
2347, considering it important, interesting and scarce. Charles Hopkins
(1664?-1700?), of Trinity College, Dublin and Queens’ College,
Cambridge, was a member of the circle of Dryden and Congreve. His
brother John, of Jesus College, Cambridge, was also a poet, his chief
works being his rhyming imitation of ‘Paradise Lost’ (1699) and his
‘Amasia’ (1700).
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx.)
915
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HOPKINS (Charles).
The History of Love. A poem: in a
letter to a lady.
Printed by J. Dawks, for Jacob Tonson …,
1695
FIRST EDITION, pages (12), 132, complete with the half-title,
8vo, contemporry calf, gilt bordered sides, the spine recently and
skilfully repaired retaining the original backstrip and label and
all the original endpapers and flyleaves: a very good copy.
Wing H 2724. Grolier, Wither to Prior, 464. Sweeney 2349 ‘interesting
and scarce’. Includes also some verse imitations of Ovid’s
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