works containing von suckling sir john (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st thus. Full contemporary calf, VG. viii+458+[ii]pp, 2 volumes bound as one with continuous pagination & a final errata leaf with publishers adverts on the verso. red morocco lettering piece, leather rubbed at the corners with a little loss, head of the spine snagged, both hinges cracked but holding well thanks to a professional repair to the endpaper gutters, old name crossed out in ink to the title, preliminary pages rather yellowed with some offsetting to the endpapers & pastedowns from the leather underneath, Ex Libris J Eyre, University College Oxford with their ownership signature ( plus their note '2 vol in 1' on the rear pastedown ), a nice copy. The collected works of the Cavalier poet Sir John Suckling [ 1609 - 1642 ]. Renowned for his wit & gambling at cards ( he is said to have been the inventor of Cribbage ), he was forced to leave England after plotting to bring the French to the aid of Charles I. He fled to France & ended his life with poison. The book contains his Poems, Letters of Eminet Persons, An Account of Religion by Reason, and the plays Aglaura, The Goblins, Brennoralt & The Sad One. 450 grams.

Full-Leather. Zustand: Good. Full leather binding, heavily rubbed, front cover detached. Bookplates on front paste down. 420 pages.

Reprint. Engraved portrait-frontispiece (shaved, not affecting image), woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials 12mo Binding rather worn, a little foxing and soiling internally, but a very good copy. H.G. Wells' copy with his book-label, armorial bookplate of Richard Cox, ownership signature on front free end-paper Contemporary calf, sides with double fillet gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, dated in gilt, compartments with leaves, flowers and dots within circles, morocco label lettered in gilt.

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. None (illustrator). A two volume edition of the works of this significant seventeenth century poet and dramatist, in full calf bindings. The complete two volume 1770 edition of the works of English poet John Suckling, a Cavalier poet best remembered as the inventor of the card game cribbage. The first edition thus, being the first to appear in two volumes.Containing a selection of Suckling's poetry, letters, essays and plays, present in these volumes are 'Poems on Several Occasions', 'Letters to Several Eminent Persons', 'An Account of Religion by Reason', 'Aglaura', 'The Goblins', 'Brennoralt, A Tragedy' and 'The Sad One, A Tragedy'. With individual title pages for each of these sections.With leaf of errata and advertisement to the rear of volume II, and with armorial bookplates to the front endpaper of each volume.ESTC reference no.T99753Best known for his short work 'Ballade upon a Wedding', this is a charming two volume selection of the works of this prominent seventeenth century poet. In full calf bindings. With volume I rebacked, with original boards restored, and original back strip laid down. Front board of volume II detached. Armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd light handling mark. Good Only. book.

First edition, first printing. Small format. Very good, rebound in brown half leather and marble papered boards with gilt titles to the spine and gilt edges. Some tanning and spotting. Laid in is a portrait frontispiece from Fragmenta Aurea of 1646.

1st Edition in this form. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; Paged continuously; each volume has seperate title page. 1 Kg.