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We have found 11 book/s in category General Literature - C18th

       
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ANON. STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF LADY HELEN BOYLE. £ 50.00

(London?) (1781). pp. 8. 4to. Disbound, all leaves loose. Stamped Merchantile Library Philada. ESTC T48560. Title is in the form of a half-title. This copy is lacking the plate from which the date is taken (7 September 1781). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Lady Helen Boyle was the second wife of Sir James Douglas, a Naval Officer, who eventually became an admiral of the whiite, the colour being a ranking of admirals.

Reference: 148240

 
BENTLEY, R. DESIGNS BY MR R. BENTLEY FOR SIX POEMS BY MR T. GRAY. £ 350.00

London. J. Dodsley. 1766. pp. (viii), 35, (iv), 39 - 55. 6 plates, 6 headpieces, 6 tailpieces, 1 vignette. Folio. Full calf, worn. Text and plates clean. The six poems are printed and foliated on the recto only. ’Odes by Mr. Gray’ and the ’Explanation of the prints’, by Horace Walpole, are printed on both the recto and verso. ESTC N9933

Reference: 9969

 
CHURCHYARD, Thomas. THE WORTHINES OF WALES, A Poem. £ 50.00

A True Note of The auncient Castles, famous Monuments, goodly Rivers, faire Bridges, fine Towns, and courteous People, that I have seen in the noble Countrie of Wales. London. Reprinted from the Edition of 1587 for Thomas Evans. 1776. pp. xv, (i), 128. 8vo. Later quarter calf, boards. Some foxing. Half title present. ESTC T98908

Reference: 151090

 
HOLBERG, Ludvig. NICOLAI KLIMS UNTERIRDISCHE REISE worinnen eine ganz neue Erdbeschreibugn wie auch eine umständliche Nachricht von der fünften Monarchie die uns bishero ganz und gar unbekannt gewesen, ethalten ist. £ 500.00

Copenhagen & Leipzig. Jacob Preuss. 1741. pp. 382. Frontis, 3 plates. 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards, new spine and endpapers. Text block foxed text in German. Google translates the title as Nicolai Klim's Subterranean Journey contains a whole new description of the earth as well as a circumstantial account of the fifth monarchy, hitherto totally unknown to us.

Reference: 75410

 
HORSLEY, John. BRITANNIA ROMANA: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain: In Three Boosk. £ 750.00

I. Contains the History of all the Roman Transactions in Britain ... also a large description of the Roman walls etc II. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures etc. III.Contains the Roman Geography of Britain etc. To which are added A Chronological Table, and Indexes to the Inscriptions and Sculptures after the manner of Gruter and Reinesius. Also Geographical Indexes both of the Latin and English names of the Roman places in Britain, and a Geberal Index to the work. London. John Osborn & Thomas Longman. 1732. pp. (vi) lacking half title, xxxii, 355, (i), 353 - 520. Chronological Table (x), Indexes (xxx). 78 leaves of Roman Inscriptions. 5 maps folded, 22 further plates. 37cm. Full calf, later spine. With the bookplates of David Stather and John Clayton. Apart from the half title, collated complete.

Reference: 17683

 
MASON, William. POEMS. £ 30.00

York. A. Ward. 1773. pp. (vi), 295. 8vo. Full calf, hinges cracked but firm, spine label lacking. 5th edition. ESTC T90950

Reference: 2339

 
PILKINGTON, Mrs Mary. A MIRROR FOR THE FEMALE SEX. HISTORICAL BEAUTIES FOR YOUNG LADIES. Intended to lead the female Mind to the love and practice of Moral Goodness. Designed principally for the Use of Ladies' Schools. £ 195.00

The Second Edition. Ornamented with Thirty-Seven Engravings beautifuly cut on wood. London. Vernor and Hood. 1799. pp. xxiv, 240. Frontis, further wood cuts in the text. 12mo. Full calf, later spine with label. Title page offset. ESTC T135840. Library Hub. Wood cuts erroneously attributed to Thomas Bewick.

Reference: 112341

 
ROBERTS, John. SOME MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN ROBERTS. Written by his son. £ 150.00

BOUND WITH MURRAY, Lindley. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETC OF HENRY TUKE. York. W. Alexander. 1815; (LURY, John Elton). A MEMOIR RESPECTING ANNE HARFORD LURY late of Bristol: who died the twenty eighth of the tenth month, MDCCCXX, in the twenty fifth year of her age. Bristol. John Wright. London. James Phillips. 1786. pp. 87, I of adverts, 54, 28. 12mo. Half calf, marble boards, hinges rubbed. A small amount of minor foxing.

Reference: 8856

 
TALBOT, Mrs Catharine. THE WORKS OF THE LATE MRS CATHERINE TALBOT. £ 85.00

London. John Rivington Jun. 1780. pp. (iv), 47, (iii), 336. 8vo. Full calf, spine with gilt decoration. Front hinge cracked but strings holding. A New Edition. The 47 pages between the title and Content leaf and the first work by Mrs Talbot, Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week, is Benjamin Kennicott. The Sabbath. A Sermon Preached in His Majesty's Chapel, Whitehall, and before The University of Oxford. Oxford. at the Theatre. 1781. The title page of this work has several holes in it not affecting the text. ESTC T53369 Mrs Talbot. The Works. ESTC T98188. Shattock. Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. p. 416. 1721 - 1770. A blue stocking who 'Despite the encouragement of her friends , ... did not publish in her lifetime, ... apart from one paper in Dr Johnson's Rambler (no. 30, June 1750).'

Reference: 96010

 
VIRGIL and M. L'Abbe de Lille. LES GEORGIQUES DE VIRGILE, traduites en vers Francois par M. L'Abbe de Lille. £ 400.00

. Paris. Didot L'Aine. 1783. pp. (iv), 195. 4to.Full morocco with gilt decoration, head of spine very slightly rubbed. All edges gilt. Some staining between gatherings N - V on bottom margin at the spine.

Reference: 27832

 
VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arout. LA HENRIADE DE VOLTAIRE, avec Les Variantes. Imprime par ordre du Roi por l'education de Monseigneur Le Dauphin £ 750.00

. Paris. P. Didot , fils aine de F.A. Didot L'Aine. 1790. pp. xl, 222, (ii). 4to. Full moriocco with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Slight scar to top edge throughpout the Preface. Limited edition of 250 copies.

Reference: 87800

 
 
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