miscellaneous works late second (6 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Volume 2 only of 3. Calf boards very scuffed and worn, with some mildew-staining and loss on front. Gilt frame decoration still visible. Gilt writing on spine relatively bright, 'Addison's Works' and '2.' Hinges cracked and repaired internally with faux leather tape. Bookplate and book printer's label on pastedown; owner's name small and attractive on front free end paper. Endpapers browned. Internally, pages generally browned and spotty, but all text legible, most very bright. Used - Acceptable. Poor hardback in full leather Used - Acceptable. Poor hardback in full leather.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). Two volumes of Matthew Prior's works, issued following his death and edited by the executor of Prior's will. ESTC No. T75984. Published in two volumes, with a separate title page to each volume but with an additional title page to volume I. With a frontispiece to 'Miscellaneous Works' (Volume II). Ex library, both volumes are in library cloth bindings, with shelf numbers gilt stamped to the spines. Lambeth public library plates to the front pastedowns. Matthew Prior was an English poet and diplomat remembered for contributing to the political newspaper, 'The Examiner'. Stylistically, Prior's poems vary and exude skill. He was full of witty turns, well-remembered allusions and his mastery of the octo-syllabic couplet. In full library cloth bindings. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spines and to the extremities. Library bookplate to the front pastedowns, Lambeth Public Libraries. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the occasional spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Together three works in two volumes, 8vo, pp. [viii], cxxviii, 264; [ii], 98; [iv], 322; [ii], 192; with two engraved frontispieces; bound in old half calf and marbled boards, a bit crudely rebacked (some wear). First edition: an essential collection, edited by the author's brother-in-law, who also completed the memoir begun by Henry Grove; appended to the memoir are elegies by Elizabeth Carter, Isaac Watts, and other friends. The second volume contains Rowe's letters, mostly to the (unnamed) Countess of Hertford; these are followed by a collection of her husband's verse. Foxon p. 685. Bound at the back of the first volume is a 'second edition' of Rowe's biblical narrative The History of Joseph, first published in 1736 in eight books. The sheets of the first edition have here been reissued with a new title-page, and the last leaf re-imposed to allow for the addition of two further books, bringing the total to ten. The frontispiece, in eight compartments, was designed and engraved by L. P. Boitard. This is Foxon R279. Bound at the back of the second volume is a second edition of one of Rowe's most popular devotional books, Devout Exercises of the Heart: the first edition had appeared posthumously a year earlier. A useful pair of volumes, with the bookplates of Oliver Brett, Viscount Esher.

Second Edition. Very good copies bound in contemporary full lozenge-grained navy leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of Sir Robert Johnson Eden with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description: 4v., plates, ports., fronts. ; 21cm. Subjects: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 -- Letters -- Correspondence -- Collections -- Early works to 1800. Referenced by: Gulick, 152.1. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT100969. 2 Kg.

Copertina rigida. Zustand: discrete. 2ª edizione. Testo inglese. opera completa in quattro volumi. Cm.21x12,56. Pg.376; 412; 400; 406, (106). Legature coeve in piena pelle. Doppi tasselli (uno mancante al quarto volume) con titoli e fregi decorativi impressi in oro ai dorsi. Otto incisioni fuori testo. Biografia, epistolario e scritti vari dell'aristocratico Philip Dormer Stanhope, IV conte di Chesterfield (Londra, 22 settembre 1694 ? Londra, 24 marzo 1773), che compì il "Grand Tour" alla fine degli studi al Trinity Hall di Cambridge. 2400 gr.