[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Dryden, John, trans.:) The Works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden [?]. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1769. 3 vols. 12mo., pp. [iv], xxxvii, [iii], 158, [iii] + portrait frontispiece; [iv], 224 + folding map; [iv], 245, [iii]. Half-title to each volume, vol. I with single-page Foulis catalogue at rear, vol. III with two-page catalogue. Variant using paper of slightly lower quality, very occasional faint spotting but generally bright. Contemporary plain tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, spine labels mostly lost with blind impressions remaining, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. III upper joint split but board firm, endpapers toned at edges, very good indeed. Half-titles read as follows: Vol. I. Containing the Pastorals and the Georgics; Vol. II. Containing the First Six Books of the Aeneis; Vol. III. Containing the Last Six Books of the Aeneis. ESTC T139417; Gaskell 497 Ref: 54578show full image..
[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Heyne, C.G. (ed.:) Opera, varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata...accedit index uberrimus editio tertia emendatior et auctior. Londini [London]: Typis T. Rickaby, impensis T. Payne, B. & J. White, R. Faulder & J. Edwards, 1793 Royal 8vo. 4 vols. pp. [vi], CCLV, [1], 566 + engraved frontispiece and engraved plate; pp. [2], XCIV, 820; pp. [2], 760; pp. [2], 259, [1], 704. Engraved title and text vignettes. Minimal toning or offsetting from engravings, occasional light spotting, I: engraved frontispiece, title and first leaf somewhat foxed, III: slight spotting to a couple of gatherings,. Contemporary polished calf, marbled endpapers, double gilt ruled, blind-tooled decorative roll, raised bands, spine gilt and gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, all edges marbled, joints, head and foot of spine a trifle rubbed with occasional very minor loss. Remarkably fresh and clean, uniformly bound set of this much celebrated, deluxe, student edition of Virgil, by C.G. Heyne. He issued four 'incomparable editions' (Dibdin), this being the London reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1788. In addition to the received Vergilian canon, it includes indexes and an incredibly thorough chronological list of all Virgil editions ever printed. This is probably one of the copies on large paper, in royal octavo, ornamented with beautiful vignettes, mentioned by Dibdin. Dibdin (4th ed.) II, p.559; Schweiger II, 1181. Ref: 53345show full image..
[Virgil] Virgilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Joannis Baskerville, 1757. First edition. 4to, pp. [x], 103, [ii], 105-231, 233-432 (errors in pagination as usual). With initial blank and list of subscribers. Occasional extremely faint spotting but very clean overall. Contemporary tan speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, edges red. Joints split but boards holding firm, some crackling to spine, but sound. Headcaps worn and chipped, some scuffs and scrapes, corners worn, some evidence of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown, but still a good, sound copy. The position of the 'J' of 'Johannis' between the 'B' and 'I' of 'Birminghamiae' on the line above identifies this copy as a first edition in accordance with Gaskell, who defines it as 'Baskerville's first and perhaps his finest book', and cites Renouard's judgement of it as 'the most beautiful and the most sought-after of Baskerville's quarto classics'. Dibdin adds, "I have always considered this beautiful production as one of the most finished specimens of typography". ESTC T131451; Gaskell 'Baskerville', 1; Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 554 Ref: 54518show full image..
Weever, John: Ancient Funerall Monuments Within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certain of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forrain London: Thomas Harper, 1631. First edition. Folio, pp.[xvi], 871, [xv] + engraved frontispiece and additional title-page. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Some full page illustrations. Head edge of 4D6 a bit tattered with short closed tear, very occasional spots but remarkably clean. 19th-century speckled tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, black morocco title label, gilt borders, edges sprinkled red. Spine scratched, joints creased, corners a bit frayed, endpapers renewed, very good. Inscription in a very small old hand to title-page, possibly mentioning the name Hillier and making reference to Sir Philip Sydenham, 3rd Baronet. In the margins, a few tiny ms sketches of buildings. Despite the title, only the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, and Norwich are covered here; no further volumes were produced as Weever died the year after publication. Two manuscript notebooks containing an early draft plus further unpublished material survive and are housed at the Society of Antiquaries (manuscripts 127 &128). Both the published volume and the notebooks contain many inscriptions which have since been lost, making them invaluable to modern historians. ESTC S118104 Ref: 54842show full image..
[Westminster Magazine] The Laughing Philosopher. Dublin: James Williams, 1777. First edition in book form. 12mo., pp.[vi], 244. Ornately engraved title-page with vignette. Running title is 'Momus: or, the laughing philosopher'. Small ink blot to top edge of text block, which is slightly visible at very edge of head margins. Occasional faint marks but very good. Some lightly pencilled notes to the index describing certain pieces as 'good' or 'tr?s bon'. Contemporary calf mottled in a diagonal pattern, neatly rebacked in a lighter brown with recent label, corners repaired, very good. To front paste-down, engraved bookplate with crest of Edward Butler of Carlow; modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham. Originally printed serially in The Westminster Magazine (1772-1782). Titles include: 'A Ramble through Covent Garden'; 'Humorous description of the House of Commons'; On the present fashionable Mode of Dressing Ladies' Hair'; 'Some curious Specimens of Problematical Oratory' and 'An Attempt to explain what the undefinable Je ne sais quoi is'. ESTC T64895. Ref: 54414show full image..
[Westminster School] Conciones et orationes ex historicis latinis excerpt Argumenta singulis praefixa sunt, quae causam cujusque & summam ex rei gestae occasione explicant. In usum Schol? Westmonasteriensis. Londini [London]: ex officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1727 12mo., pp. 368, [xvi]. Device to title-page, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary brown calf, title label to spine, Cambridge-style panelled boards, edges sprinkled red. Headcap and corners a bit worn and stained, upper joint just starting but still very sound. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Berkshire, Lord Marshal of England (printed with the date 1720) to front pastedown. Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686?1757). A collection of Classical Latin speeches with notes, published for use at Westminster School. ESTC T142677 Ref: 54214show full image..
(Wharton, Henry, ed.:) Anglia Sacra, sive collectio historiarum [...] Londini [London]: Impensis Richardi Chiswel ad Insigne Rosae Coronatae [...], 1691. 2 vols., folio, pp. lviii, [ii] 805, [xi]; [viii], xxxiv, [ii] 706, [ii]. Half-title to each volume with arms of Archbishop of Canterbury to verso in vol. I., title pages in red and black with engraved printer's device, woodcut initials, vol.I with addenda and emendata at rear, vol.II with publisher's catalogue at rear. Some annotations, mostly numbering and underlining, in an old hand. Vol.I: a little toned with pp.371-4 very toned, head margin a bit dusty, sporadic foxing occasionally heavy, two small closed tears at half-title gutter, a few leaves with paper flaws at fore-edge causing some creasing and short closed tears, occasional tiny scorch marks. Vol.II: a little toned with a few pages eg. pp.1-8 very toned, sporadic foxing and occasional light ink spots. Contemporary Cambridge-panelled brown calf, rebacked with raised bands and green title labels and orange-red volume labels, edges sprinkled red. Endcaps a bit worn, spines rubbed, joints split but cords holding firm, corners worn and some repaired, endpapers renewed, still very good overall. To front pastedowns, both volumes: amorial bookplate of Edward William Harcourt with the motto 'Le Bon Temps Viendra'; book label of Dorothy Whitelock. To ffep verso, modern bookplate of the eminent medieval historian Richard Barber. Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825-1891), politician and naturalist, served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1878 to 1885, and for Henley from 1885 to 1886. He was the author of Sketch of Madeira (1851) and Sporting in Algeria (1859). The 1883 catalogue of the library at his home Nuneham Park in Oxfordshire includes this book. The historian Dorothy Whitelock (1901-1982) was from 1957 to 1969 the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge. Her best-known works include: English Historical Documents, vol. I: c. 500-1042 (1955, editor); The Beginnings of English Society (1952); After Bede (1960); The Audience of Beowulf (1951) and Genuine Asser (1967), in which she argued against the assertion that Asser's Life of King Alfred was a forgery by Leofric. She fought for Oxford's women's colleges to have the same status as men's, which was finally achieved in 1959. The major work of writer and librarian Henry Wharton (1664-1695). In 1688 he met the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, who became his patron. He wrote and edited this collection of the lives of English bishops and archbishops up to 1540, which combines Wharton's own contributions and the work of earlier writers, for example Stephen Birchington's Vitae Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium. According to Enyclopedia Britannica, both Wharton's "industry and his talents were exceptional" (11th edn.). ESTC R 4174; Brunet V 1437; Graesse VI 440; Wing W 1560. Ref: 54538show full image..
Wycliffe, John: [Wirth, Ludwig Philipp]: [?] Dialogorum libri quatuor: quorum primus diuinitatem et ideas tractat. Secundus vniversarum rerum creationem complectitur. Tertius de virtutibus vitiisque ipsis contrariis copiosissime loquitur. Quartus Romanae Ecclesiae sacramenta, eius pestiferam dotationem, antichristi regn Francofurti et Lipsiae [Frankfurt and Leipzig]: Impensis Io. Gottl. Vierlingii; Bayreuth: Johann Got 1753; 1754. 2 works bound as 1. 4to., ff.[iv], pp.318; [vi], 68 + portrait frontispiece. The first work bound without its blank final leaf. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces; printed marginalia. Some very slight worming near tail end of gutter, growing larger toward the final few gatherings but still not affecting text. Contemporary plain dark brown mottled sheep, raised bands, ownership stamp to upper board, edges sprinkled red. A few small wormholes mostly to spine and upper board, surface very dry and a little crackled, endpapers lightly stained, corners bumped, very good. To the centre of the upper board: 'Der Kirche zu Triebel 1754'. A philosopher, priest and professor of theology at Oxford, Wycliffe (1328-1384) was instrumental in the translation of the Bible into English. Here are collected four books of his 'Dialogues,' bound with Wirth's Life in German. Ref: 55052show full image..
