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Old England's Worthies: A Gallery of Portraits, From Authentic Copies...
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.
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The Transactions of The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
London: Issued by the Society, 1922.
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4to. x,30,33-74,73-252pp. Engraved title page, folding frontispiece, and 26 plates, all hand-tinted in sepia. Contemporary half leather, spine simply ruled in gilt; marbled paper boards. The cancel leaf C8 (pp.31-32) is usually lacking and was removed because of a revision to Canto I, there being no loss of text; minor pagination duplication at 73-74. Boards worn at edges and rubbed, with a neat repair to the upper hinge; frontispiece reinforced at the fold; else a very good copy. This copy is unusual in that the plates are tinted, not colored. Tooley 412.
The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz. Illustrated with Engravings by Rowlandson.
"Quiz"; Rowlandson, Thomas, illus.
London: Thomas Tegg, 1816.
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4to. xlvii,(1),108pp. Original blue cloth, gilt spine titles and blocked in gilt on the upper board with title and vignette of a mitre. The Epistolare is preceded by the Kalendarium Aberdonense (1527), printed in red and black. The Kalendar and Epistolary are edited by Rev. Bruce McEwen; the Preface is contributed by W. A. Curtis and the Introduction by Francis E. Eeles. This book forms a complete edition of the very fine manuscript Epistolary written at Antwerp, in 1527, as the text itself bears witness, for Aberdeen Cathedral, to the order of Gavin Dunbar, Bishop of Aberdeen. A fine, bright copy. The scarce dustwrapper is present; it is lightly soiled, rough along the top and bottom, with a closed tars at the rear hinge, else very good. Text of the Epistolary is in Latin.
Epistolare in Usum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Aberdonensis
(Aberdeen Epistolary)
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1924.
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Folio. 50pp. Illustrated with full page plates of portraits, libraries, arms and more. Original dark blue cloth, gilt medal on the upper board and gilt arms on the lower. Nicely printed on heavy paper. Light wear and soil else a very good copy. Sir John Murray's copy, with his armorial bookplate and his penciled signature on the free endpaper: 'Sir John Murray, Edinburgh'. Corrigenda slip is present.
Pietas Oxoniensis In Memory of Sir Thomas Bodley, Knt., and the Foundation of The Bodleian Library
(Bodleian)
Oxford: At the University Press, 1902.
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12mo. (4),117(3)pp. Illustrated with a folding plan of Cambridge as the frontispiece as well as seven full page engravings. Half-title is present. Bound to style in quarter leather; red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. The date of publication is taken from the colophon on page 117. This copy has two additional folding illustrations of about the same period. The first is a engraving of a View of Cambridge (unsigned). The other shows the 'Academical Habits of the Several Degrees and Offices in the University of Cambridge 1748', and depicts 27 individuals dressed in their appropriate degrees. A fine copy in a fine period-style binding. ESTC T70893
Cantabrigia Depicta. A Concise and Accurate Description of the University and Town of Cambridge ....
(Cambridge)
Cambridge: Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer etc., 1763.
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A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D., London
(Campbell, Thomas)
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777.
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Disbound. 8pp. Woodcut of beehive on title page. Contents listed on the first page: 13 items, beginning with "She Lives not a Mile from the Meadow". Date of printing, based on Todd from the imprint address, is between 1802 and 1819. Text of songs only, no music. Four leaves, well stained , worn at edges (with loss of two words on page 7). Trimmed at the inner margin, but the two inner leaves are still connected. Only a fair copy, but a rare item.
The Bee Hive, Or, The Sips of the Season, Being a Choice Collection, of the Newest Songs, Now Singing at All Public Places of Amusement
(Chapbook, English)
(London): J. Pitts, Printer and toy warehouse,, n.d. (ca. 1810).
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Liturgia, seu Liber Precum Communium, Et Administrationis Sacramentorum ... Juxta Usum Ecclesiae Anglicanae ....
(Church of England)
London: E. Jones, 1696.
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12mo. Contemporary full leather in a straight-grain pattern; spine simply ruled with two initials (W. D.) in the title spot; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; ribbon markers. Light wear to the hinges and edges, gilt worn, else a very nice copy. Scarce Common Prayer specifically for the use of the Irish Church. ESTC T91485.
The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches
(Church of Ireland)
Dublin: Executors of David Hay, 1778.
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8vo. 296pp. Frontispiece engraving of Alfred the Great, Bound to style in quarter morocco, original red leather lettering label, gilt, marbled paper boards. A chatty, well noted, biographical discourse on the rulers of England. First published in 1740 and then attributed to Robert Dodsley, later reprinted in 1745 in Robert Dodley's Trifles. Now, however, it is usually attributed to Lord Chesterfield. Label chipped else a fine copy.
The Chronicle of the Kings of England, From William the Norman to the Death of George III.: Written after the Manner of The Jewish Historians
(Dodsley, Robert; Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield)
London: J. Fairburn, 1821.
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8vo. (16),103,(1)pp. 4to. Engraved frontispiece of Dr. Gauden reputedly by Cross . Bound to style in full calf; red leather lettering piece, gilt. A reply to John Gauden's Eikon Basilike. In the title, the first two words of the first line and the last two words of line 10 are in Greek characters. A fine copy. Rare . Wing, E267; Madan, 157, ESTC R21175. Lowndes, p. 723.
Eikon Alethine. The Pourtraiture of Truths Most Sacred Majesty Truly Suffering, Though not Solely ... Wherein the False Colours are Washed Off, Wherewith the Painter-steiner had Bedawbed Truth, the late King and the Parliament, in his Counterfeit Piece En
(Eikon Basilike)
London: Thomas Paine, 1649.
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8vo. 128pp. Bound to style in quarter leather; maroon lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. Woodcut vignette on the title and another above the colophon, Woodcut chapter heading and initial at the beginning of the Life. St Winifred, or St. Gwenfrewy, Abbess of Trefynnon and of Gwythenn,(d. 600 AD), was honored from early times in Wales as a saint. In 1136 her relics were translated to her shrine at the Benedictine Monastery in Shrewsbury. Two years later, her Life was written in Latin by Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury (d. 1167). Robert's Life was translated by 'J.F.' (probably John Falconer) in 1635, republished in 1712. Bishop William Fleetwood thought the translation so poor that he published this translation the following year, hence the statement 'Second Edition' on the title page. The removal of St. Winifred's relics to Shrewsbury was the basis for the first of the Brother Cadfael tales by Edith Pargeter, 'Morbid Taste for Bones'. Some soil to the beginning and ending pages, old library stamp on the verso of the title, else a very good copy in a fine binding of period design. ESTC T73725.
The Life and Miracles of St. Wenefrede, Together with her Litanies
(Fleetwood, William, attrib.)
London: Sam. Buckley, 1713.
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8vo. (8),269,pp. Folding frontispiece portrait of the King, without the Explanation. This edition is Madan #2, Almack #4, with two square blocks added to title page and text reset; misspelling "mali" for "mala" on title page. Originally attributed to Charles I, it is now acknowledged that the author is John Gauden. The portrait is signed "Guil: Marshall sculpsit"; in this issue the portrait is Marshall's original design, the second state (cf. Madan, p. 177). There were at least 40 different English editions printed in 1649 (some dated 1648, but actually printed in 1649). Contemporary full black calf with a crown and 'C' and 'R' at its base on both boards in gilt. Spine tips were replaced at an early date; light soil; lacks final blank; else a very good copy. Wing E272 ESTC R221528.
Eikon Basilike ( in Greek). The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in His Solitude and Sufferings
(Gauden, John)
n.p. (London): n.p. (Richard Roylston), 1648 ( but 1649).
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12mo. (4),260,pp. This edition is likely a variant of Madan #8, or a mixed 12 from Newcomb's printings for No 7(see Madan, p. 18). Without a frontispiece portrait nor any other illustration. Possibly defective, ending with leaf M10 and the word '"Finis" and thus probably not bound with the Letter from the Prince as described by Madan in No. 8. Originally attributed to Charles I, it is now acknowledged that the author is John Gauden. There were at least 40 different English editions printed in 1649, some hurriedly, as this copy must have been Contemporary full brown calf tooled in blind on the boards and on the spine. Joints cracked, but firm; head of spine and lettering labels nearly perished; old library stamp and bookplate; else a good copy.
Eikon Basilike ( in Greek). The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in His Solitude and Sufferings: With a Perfect Copie of Prayers Used by His Majesty in the Time of his Sufferings.
(Gauden, John)
n.p. (London): n.p., 1649.
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First edition in English. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. Contemporary full calf with the boards tooled in a panelled 'Cambridge' style. Nicely rebacked at an early time, with the spine in 6 compartments, and retaining the original boards. Cosmetic crack to the spine, wear at spine tip, lacks lettering label, else a very good copy with an armorial bookplate and a neat ownership name. Geoffrey's Historia dates from the 12th century and purports to be a history of Britain from its first settlement by Brutus to the death of Cadwallader in the 7th century. In contains one of the earliest developed narratives of King Arthur and dwells on Merlin and his prophecies. Originally written in Latin, this is the first translation into English, made by Aaron Thompson, who provides a lengthy preface giving his views on the authenticity of the History. Thompson based his translation on the Heidelberg edition of 1587; J. A. Giles later updated it in his edition of 1848. Scarce, and the earliest edition of Geoffrey in English. ESTC T146343.
The British History, Translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth
(Geoffrey of Monmouth) Galfridus, Monumentensis, Bishop of St. Asaph
London: J. Bowyer, et al., 1718.
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8vo. iv,(i),106pp. Bound to style in half leather; red leather lettering label, gilt, mottled paper boards with tooling in blind; handmade paper end papers. With the large folding map of the British Isles by Tardieu. A fine copy. In French. Divided into sections by name or group and attributed to the Comte de Girardin (1762-1827). Rare. Lowndes p. 274.
Notice Historique Pour et Contre Les Descentes Qui Ont Ete Faites Dans Les Isles Britanniques Depuis Guillaume-le-Conquerant jusu'a nos jours: Avec une Carte Enluminee gravee d'apres P. F. Tardieu
(Girardin, Stanislas, Comte de) & P. F. Tardieu
Sur le Pas-de-Calais, 1798.
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8vo. viii,481,(i)pp. Contemporary half leather, spine in 6 compartments tooled in gilt, marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers. Woodcut pictorial initials. Extensive synoptical index. Nicely rebacked retaining most of the original spine and the endpapers. The bottom compartment of the spine has been tooled in blind to style of the missing compartment. Wear to the edges else a very good copy. Lowndes, p. 200, observes that this is an extremely useful catalogue of the rare and curious collection made by T. Park and added to by T. Hill. It affords intresting information about the works of the early poets.
Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: Or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry ....
(Griffiths, Acton Frederick, compiler)
London: Proprietors of Collection, 1815.
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Two volumes in one. 8vo. 421,(3)pp. Half titles are both present., with the half title for Part II at page (127). Frontispiece is a folding map of Ireland. Bound to style in quarter leather; green leather lettering piece, gilt; paper over boards. Light foxing and staining typical of US printings of this period; the map has a short closed tear at one of the folds (no loss) else this is a very good copy. Extensive history of the 1798 uprising involving Father Murphy, the Wexford Regiment and Vinegar Hill. Following page 360 is an appendix containing, inter alia, the Constitution of the Society of United Irishmen, extracts from publications signed by James Napper Tandy, and The Catechism of the United Irishmen. "Oh, I spoke to Napper Tandy and he took me by the hand...."
The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798 &c. Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1782, till the suppression of the Insurrection;: With a Review of the History of Ireland.
(Ireland)
Philadelphia: John Clarke, & Co., 1813.
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The Noble and Renowned History of Guy Earl of Warwick.: Containing a Full and True Account of his Many Famous and Valiant Actions....
(Merridew, John)
Warwick: Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, for J. Merridew, 1821.
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