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8vo: [4],14,17-384pp (134-35, 138-39, 142-43 259-272 misnumbered 184-85, 188-89, 192-93, 59-72 respectively), with 10 copper-engraved plates (one a folding schematic of Chatsworth House gardens). General title page, in addition to which each work has a title page of its own: Scarronnides is the tenth edition; 'Burlesque, the third; Wonders of... more

Price: $665.00

4to: xii (ix-xii misbound following p. ix of the second part), 212, [1], 212-214,126, [2]; [4], ix, [1], 197, [1]pp, with 20 full-page copper-engraved plates (frontispiece, plus nine plates in the first part; frontispiece and nine further plates in the second), collated and complete. The two parts published separately, then... more

Price: $2,850.00

First Edition. 4to; [6], 174, [2], 124pp, with the half-title, frontispiece and three further full-page engravings, including The Creation of Eve after Henry Fuseli. Contemporary (probably original) half-leather, the spine ruled in blind in six compartments with a new red morocco label gilt, and blue paper-covered boards. A superb, wide-margined,... more

Price: $1,385.00

The Sixth Edition, corrected. 8vo; [4], 148pp, with two magnificent folding plates, one of a merchant ship labeling all her masts, yards, sails and rigging; the other a map tracing the ship's voyage through the Greek islands. Contemporary full calf, the spine in six compartments with five raised band ruled... more

Price: $365.00

In 2 volumes, complete. 12mo; [4], 260; [4], 272pp, with a copper-engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates after P. Fourdrinier. T 8vo. (7" X 4.5"). Finely bound in slightly later full polished calf, the elaborately gilt spine in six compartments with raised bands and green and red leather lettering pieces... more

Price: $185.00

First Edition of a "landmark in the history of English book-illustration," an imperial quarto (often mistook for a folio) adorned with six ornate full-page copper-engraved plates, 12 half-page head- and tail-vignettes, 6 engraved initials, and an engraved vignette upon the title, all by Johann Sebastian Muller and Charles Grignion after... more

Price: $1,685.00

Second Newton Edition in two volumes. 8vo; 335pp, 386pp, plus Index. Contemporary full tree calf, the spines with five raised bands and six compartments richly tooled in gilt with red and green lettering pieces; marbled end papers; all edges crimson. With five engraved plates (bound without the frontispiece portrait of... more

Price: $665.00

Tenth Edition (but the first collection of Philips's popular poems under this title; whether Curll had permission to include Cyder has been debated). 12mo; xxx, 42; 72pp, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and an engraved frontispiece to Cyder; A Life of John Philips by Dr. Sewell, and... more

Price: $565.00

First Edition in English. Small 8vo; [16], 72, [8]pp, collated and complete with all five full-page engravings by Elisha Kirkall (the plates were not ready when the book was issued and so are sometimes lacking) and four final index and advertisement leaves. Contemporary speckled calf with a handsome patina, the... more

Price: $935.00

The third edition, revised and finish'd. 8vo, liii, [1], 200, [10], with a frontispiece of Gardiner, one folding copperplate engraving of a parterre and 4 full-page engravings as frontispieces to the four books (Of Flowers, Of Trees, Of Water, The Orchard). Concluding with an extensive index to each book and... more

Price: $535.00

4to; [12],106, [2]pp, with a frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot of Apollo receiving his lyre and Diana, goddess of the hunt. Bound in the original full mottled calf, the spine in six compartments gilt with a red morocco lettering piece titled in gilt. An excellent, wide-margined copy, collated and complete,... more

Price: $865.00

First Collected Edition, which includes both the first appearance of 'Autumn' and 'A Poem Sacred to the Memory of [the recently deceased] Sir Isaac Newton.' Not to be confused with any of the five smaller, non-subscription, octavo editions published the same year. Large 4to (11.5" x 9.25"); [12], 252pp, with... more

Price: $1,365.00

Small 4to; [20], 82, [2], 179, [7]pp, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, an engraved title page and 11 additional full-page engravings, including two superb folding plates, one of which has a lift-up flap. Quarter-bound in red leather over marbled paper-covered boards, the spine in six compartments stamped with a gilt... more

Price: $385.00

First Collected Edition, including the terminal essay, "Observations on Some of Mr. Waller's Poems," various prefaces from earlier editions and Waller's letters. Large, thick 4to; [18], 450, xci, [1]pp, with an engraved title page, four full-page copper-engraved plates (including the frontispiece portrait) and numerous superb head- and tailpieces and historiated... more

Price: $1,185.00