[Domesday Book] [Farley, Abraham (ed.)]: [Domesday Book, Seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi regis Angli?, inter archivos regni in domo capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus. [London]: [Record Commisioners], [1783.] EDITIO PRINCEPS. 2 vols. Folio. ff. 382; pp. 450. Without titles, as issued. Vol. I, first 4 leaves a little creased, light toning, very faint foxing to some leaves, occasional light smudgy marks; vol. II, occasional tiny spots and smudges but generally brighter inside than vol. I. Contemporary reddish-brown diced russia, neatly rebacked with original spines retained. Spines gilt with green morocco title and volume labels, gilt borders, marbled endpapers. Vol. I spine a bit crackled, ruined, a few small marks, corners worn and repaired; vol. II, head cap split horiztonally with both it and the endband coming loose, a little rubbed, corners repaired but bumped, still very good overall. Recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to ffep verso, each volume. Three booksellers' catalogue descriptions tipped onto ffep verso, vol. I. The significance of Domesday Book was perceived at an early stage by scholars such as Selden, who printed extracts at the end of his edition of Eadmer in 1623. Domesday Book itself was held under lock and key and could only be consulted for a fee, with an additional charge of fourpence for each line transcribed. Without a complete printed edition scholar's regard for Domesday was combined with an ignorance of its general contents, until 1783 when this edition was printed at the behest of a Royal Comission. It was printed in record type, designed for the occasion by J. Nicholls and cut by J. Jackson (former apprentice of William Caslon the elder), and later destroyed in the Westminster fire of 1834. Douglas, in his work English Scholars 1660-1730, expresses the view that Farley's achievement has been 'shamefully neglected', and that 'he produced one of the most accurate and reliable transcripts in the history of English scholarship'. Title-pages to theses volumes were supplied by the Record Commission in 1816, and two subsequent volumes (comprising additions and index) were provided in 1811 and 1816. ESTC 097297; Upcott p.xiii Ref: 54574show full image..
Donatus, Alexander: Roma vetus ac recens utriusque ?dificiis illustrata. In multis locis aucta [?] Editio ultima. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters (Campis typis Caspar 1695. 4to., pp.[xvi], 356, [xx] + 92 plates, 4 of which folding. Title-page in red and black with engraved vignettes, woodcut initials and endpieces, some illustrations in the text. Page of polyglot instructions to the binder. Ink stamps etc to title, further stamp to margin p.35. A few light stains, short closed tear to folding plates opposite p.87 and p.251, plate opposite p.117 loose, 2H4 creased with ragged fore-edge and long horizontal tear affecting a line of text each side but with no loss, bit of worming to head margin pp.257-65, ink or soot smudge to final page affecting but not obscuring text. Contemporary tan speckled calf, spine heavily gilt, raised bands, gilt borders and cornerpieces, centrepiece with arms of Amersfoot to each board, edges red. Spine label lost, chip to headcap, joints a bit worn, tow paper library labels to upper board, rubbed, edges a bit worn, very good indeed. To title-page, a paper label and two library ink stamps, all crossed through in blue pen. A small illegible ownership inscription in the same blue ink. Alexander Donatus (Alessandro Donati, 1584-1640) was a Jesuit, antiquarian, poet, and Latin orator. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1600 and taught rhetoric at the Roman College in Rome from 1619 to 1624. His study of the buildings of ancient and modern Rome was first published in Rome in 1633 (8vo.) and 1639 (4to.), with Amsterdam editions following in 1664 (8vo) and 1694 in this 4to printing (the statement of printing is taken from colophon, which is dated 1694). LibraryHub finds few copies in the UK: British Library; National Library of Scotland; Fitzwilliam Museum; Cambridge University Library and Norwich Cathedral. Spoelder 480 (Amersf. 6) Ref: 55233show full image..
Donnelly, Brian: Reading Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Painter as Poet. Farham & Burlington: Ashgate, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 178 + plates. Hardback. Three matching small dents to fore-edges of boards, otherwise very good. Ref: 54695
Doubleday, H. Arthur & Page, William (eds.): The Victoria History of the (County of) Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Volume Two. Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Resea 1973. Reprint. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. Headcap a little worn, a little dusting to edges. Still very good. Reprinted from the 1903 first edition published by Archibald Constable and Company. Ref: 54068
[Drainage] The Laws of Sewers; or the Office and Authority of Commissioners of Sewers. Containing, I. Their Power of Enquiry into Annoyances and Defects of Repairs of Sea-Banks and Walls, publick Streams and Rivers, Ditches and Marsh-Grounds. II. The Authority of the Commissioners [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for 1726. First edition. 8vo. [8], 199pp., [1]. Ink splash to F5-F8, small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of N and outer edge of B, minor tear with no loss to upper blank margin of N8, occasional very slight marginal spotting. Contemporary polished calf, double blind ruled, gilt-lettered morocco label to spine. Rebacked. First edition of the first comprehensive reference work on the English laws on sewers, encompassing sea banks, public streams and rivers, ditches and marsh grounds, and the authority of the Commissioners of Sewers as established by the Commissions of Sewers Act 1708. With a final section ( 64pp.) on ordinances relating to Romney Marsh and others marshes and fens. ESTC T130363; Goldsmiths 6437. Ref: 53089show full image..
Drexel, Jeremias: Orbis Pha?thon hoc est de uniuersis vitiis lingu? pars prima (altera). Monachii [Munich]: Formis Cornelii Leysserii Electoralis Typographi, 1630. 24mo., pp. [xxx], 544, [ii]. Engraved title-page, illustrations in the text, final leaf blank. Occasional light offsetting from illustrations, a little light foxing, a few tiny ink spots, some closed tears neatly repaired, old tape marks to pp.185-6. Contemporary vellum, inked title to spine, blind-tooled boards. Vellum a bit greyed, edges of text block darkened, very good. To front paste-down, bookplate with blue printed border and indecipherable inscription. Part one (the second following in 1636) of this small-format dictionary of vices and sins, with engravings by Philippe Sadeler. Drexel's (1581-1638) works virtue, eternal truth and recognition of the divine were popular and much-read in his lifetime. Aware of the power of visual symbols to convey his teachings, it is not uncommon for his books to be heavily illustrated. COPAC finds copies only in the British Library and the Bodleian. Ref: 54167show full image..
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: Printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis, 1756. 2 vols. 8vo., pp.[vii], 237, [iii]; vii, [i], 240. Vol. I with half-title, each section with divisional title-page. Some codes in various hands to each paste-down. Vol. II with some faint foxing, tiny holes where the page number should be to I8, O8 and P8. Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt, labels lost leaving on impression of titles, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. I head cap a little worn, very good. Ownership inscription of John Hamilton in an old hand to title-page of each volume. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124934; Gaskell 312. Ref: 54579show full image..
Dryden, John: Original Poems. Glasgow: printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1775. 2 vols. bound as 1. 12mo., pp.viii, 251, [ix]; viii, 255, [iii]. Variant on the better, medium-quality paper. Vol.I with half-title, and 4-page printer's catalogue at rear. Occasional light foxing. Contemporary calf, gilt spine, raised bands, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Spine dry and a little creased, a bit rubbed, very good. Inscription of J.H. (possibly John Hamilton) to title-page, dated 1780. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124935; Gaskell 582. Ref: 54580show full image..
Du Cange, Charles du Fresne: Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et Infimae Latinatis, [...] Venetiis [Venice]: apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1736; 1737; 1738; 1739; 1739; 1740. 6 vols. folio, pp. xii, [iv], xlviii, col. 1312 + 2 plates (additional engraved title-page + engraved portrait); pp. [iv], col. 1606, [i]; [iv], col.1596, [i]; [iv], col.1344 + 10 numismatic plates; [iv], col.1488; [iv], col.1736. Each vol. with its own half-title and title-page. Faint dampstaining at head to vols. III, V and VI, a few spots of light foxing. Contemporary vellum, gilt spines with tan title labels. Small wormholes to spines, occasional marks to boards, vol. VI repaired at upper joint. Very good overall. Small paper label of the publisher Leo S. Olschki (1861-1940) to front pastedown. Reprint of the second (and best) edition (Paris, 1733-6), with differences in pagination and without the errata leaves found in the earlier production. Originally published in three volumes, Du Cange's glossary of medieval and post-classical Latin words was posthumously doubled in size for the Parisian edition by scholars from the great Benedictine congregation of St Maur. "[Du Cange] is one of the greatest lexicographers of France, and his work in this department still remains unsurpassed" (Sandys). Brunet II 851. Graesse II 439. Ref: 54270
Duckett, Eleanor Shipley: Anglo-Saxon Saints and Scholars. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1967. 8vo, pp. x, 484. A very good copy. Blue cloth, title gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, head and foot of spine a bit worn, flap folds repaired, a bit faded, modern ownership label to front pastedown, but still good. Second edition; first published in 1947. Ref: 53448
