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Hayward 189, for the London edition of the same year. Considered the
outstanding hill poem of the decade. It is a long poem in blank verse
drawing on autobiographical reference and a very particular knowledge
of local landscape and history, as well as on the literary tradition of the
‘place poem’(ODNB). Amwell was one of Izaac Walton’s favourite
fishing sites.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
FARQUHAR (George).
The
Stage-Coach Opera As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-
Lane, by His Majesty’s servants. Written originally by Mr.
George Farquhar.
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Risk, at
Sakespear’s Head, in Dame-street,
1741. Pages 26, (6), (1, adverts),
12mo, recent stiff paper wrappers: a very good to nice copy
ESTC locates only a single copy of this edition: Dt. The only dramatic
work for which he had a collaborator, Peter A. Motteux, a French
dramatist on the English stage, and it was his only attempt at
translation, an Anglicization of Jean de la Chapelle’s Les carrosses
d’Orléans.
(2)
[SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley)].
a comedy; as it is
performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. 1782.
Signed A-F6, with prologue by Garrick and epilogue by Colman on the
final leaf. ESTC locates some eighteen copies, but only one in Ireland
(Dt).
(3)
ROWE (Nicholas).
The Fair Penitent. A tragedy.
Dublin:
Printed by S. Powell, for George Risk,
1732. Pages (8),56, 12mo,
recent wraps: first and final page lightly soiled and a small
horizontal abrasion in title-leaf (verso blank) affecting only the
printer’s ornament: good-very good.
Stratman 5250. ESTC locates eight copies: L, C (imperfect), O, D, Dp /
Dfo, CLU-C, CtY.
(4)
SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley).
The Critic: or, a tragedy
rehearsed. A dramatic piece of three acts. As performed at the
Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Sheppard,
Wilkinson, W. and H. Whitestone …,
1785. Pages vi, (3), (1, blank),
61, (1, blank), with the half-title, 12mo, recent wrapper: tear in
final leaf without loss and a small perforated stamp on the same
leaf, with light browning in places, but otherwise a very good
copy of a scarce edition of this theatrical satire (5)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1264
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SCOTT (John).
A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a review of
the moral, political, intellectual, and social condition of the
French capital. Third edition, corrected, and with a new preface
referring to late events. Printed for Longman, Hurst …, 1815.
[bound with:] EUSTACE (John Chetwode) A letter from Paris,
to George Petre, Esq. Seventh edition. Printed for J. Mawman,
1814. 1815-14
Pages lxxv, 343: (2),2, 98,2 works bound in 1 volume, 8vo,
contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, gilt, silk marker:
very good copies.
Scott (1783-1821), schoolfellow of Byron and editor of `The Champion’.
Eustace (1761-1815), antiquary and RC priest, wore his learning lightly,
and his polish and conversational charm made him popular in English
aristocratic and literary society. In June 1814 he accompanied lords
Carrington and Essex on a visit to Paris. His Letter from Paris, reprinted
eight times in its year of publication, depicts the effect on Parisian society
of war and ‘revolutionary madness’
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
HECQUET (Charles Robert).
Les
Représentans du peuple, [H. and others] mis en arrestation, par
décret du 3 octobre, 1793, vieux style. Detenus dans la maison
d’arrêt des Carmes, à la Convention nationale, et au peuple
français.
Paris: Chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, An 3 de la
République
[1794]. FIRST EDITION,23-pages, 8vo, 19C vellum-
backed marbled boards, with label, gilt: neat repair, without loss,
to two leaves, otherwise a very good copy.
Tourneux 4060. Hecquet (1750-96), Member of the Convention
Nationale, his name heads the list of printed subscribed names at end -
Blad, Bohan, Queinnec, Obelin, Darbay, Henry Fleury, Laurence,
Vincent et Ruault. COPAC notes just the BL and NLS copies.
(2)
RITCHIE (Leitch).
Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of
France … From drawings by Clarkson Stanfield, Esq.
Longman,
Rees …,
1834. FIRST EDITION, with an additional engraved
vignette title-page, a frontispiece and 19 engraved plates of views
after drawings by Clarkson Stanfield, pages (8),256, (2, blank),
8vo, original publisher’s red morocco, gilt, edges gilt: with some
light even foxing in places but still a very good or better copy.
Faxon 1403. Heath’s Picturesque Annual, 1834 The third year of issue.
(3)
COURTENAY (John).
Philosophical reflections on the late
revolution in France, and the conduct of the dissenters in
England; in a letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley.
Printed for T. Beckett,
1790. FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 94, with the half-title, 8vo,
cloth-backed stiff paper wrappers: with some light preliminary
foxing but a good copy.
An ironical pamphlet, not in Goldsmiths’, Kress or Black, though it is
well represented in ESTC, in which Courtenay (1736-1816), Co. Louth
born pamphleteer, minor poet and long a member of parliament, warmly
supports the French revolutionists.
(4)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1265
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SCOTT (John).
Amwell. A descriptive poem.
Dublin:
Printed for S. Price, W. Watson, J. Potts (and ten others) …,
1776
FIRST IRISH EDITION, 32-pp, with half-title, large 12mo,
recent wrapper: very good
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[SHERIDAN (Frances)].
The
Dupe, a comedy. As it is now acting at the Theatre-Royal in
Drury Lane. By His Majesty’s servants. By the author of the
Discovery.
Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Eewing (and eleven others),
1764. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages (2), 74, (2), 12mo, recent
paper wrapper: a nice copy.
(2)
WHITEHEAD (Wm.).
Creu[sa], Queen of Athens. A
tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane …
Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, and Richard Watts, Booksellers, in
Skinner-Row,
1762. FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp (8),59, (1,
blank), (4), 12mo, recent wraps: top corner of title torn off
affecting two letters only, as indicated above: light signs of use,
good-very good.
ESTC locates copies of this edition at L, C, D, O / TxHR, ICU and IU.
Stratman 6598. Based upon Euripides’ ‘Ion’. Whitehead’s success
revived the interest in classical tragedy derived largely from French
sources.
(3)
[SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley)].
The School for Scandal, a
comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin: Printed in the Year,
1782. Pages 70, (2), 12mo, recent
wrapper: some light browning, but still a very good copy.
Signed A-F6, with prologue by Garrick and epilogue by Colman on the
final leaf. ESTC locates some eighteen copies, but only one in Ireland
(Dt).
(4)
[HIPPISLEY (John)].
Flora; an opera. As it is acted at the
Theatre-Royal in Lincoln’s Inn-Fields, and at the theatre in
Dublin. Being the farce of the Country-Wake, alter’d after the
manner of the Beggar’s-Opera. Written by a gentleman.
Dublin:
Printed by George Faulkner,
1749. Pages 34, (2, adverts), 12mo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
Adapted from the play by Thomas Dogget.
(5)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1266
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[SCOTT (Sir Walter)].
St Ronan’s Well. By the author of
“Waverley, Quentin Durward”, &c.
Edinburgh: Printed for
Archibald Constable …,
1824
FIRST EDITION, pp (4), 310: (4), 325: (4), 323, (1, imprint), (4,
adverts), with half-titles but without the blank leaf at end of vols
one and two, 3 vols, original plum coloured cloth, uncut, with
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