[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: (Haupt, Moriz, ed.:) Opera Lipsiae [Leipzig]: S. Hirzelium, 1873. Small 8vo., pp.[ii], 607,[i] + additional engraved title-page. Original paper covers bound in at rear,with 'Signet Library' handwritten at head. Some dusty marks to printed title and half-title butgenerally clean within. Brown library buckram, gilt title and shelfmark to spine, gilt centrepiece ofthe Society of Writers to the Signet to upper board, top edge trimmed but the others uncut. Jointsrubbed, a few small marks, edges a bit dusty, very good. One of the German philologist Moriz Haupt's contributions to classical scholarship, which included editions of Ovid's Halieutica and the Cynegetica of Grattius and Nemesianus (1838), of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius (1868), of Horace (3rd ed, 1871) and this of Virgil (1873). Ref: 54903show 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] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Hunter, John, ed.:) Opera: ad Lectiones Probatiores Diligenter Emendata, et Interpuctione Nova Saepius Illustrata [?]. Cupri Fifanorum [Cupar, Fife]: R. Tullis, Academiae Andreanae Typographus, Londini, apud Whyte et Fi (1810). 2 vols. 8vo., pp. xviii, 227, [i]; [ii], 253, [i]. A little light foxing, some slight dusty marks. Contemporary brown calf, attractive gilt spine, blind tooling to joints, marbled edges and endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit worn, upper joint vol.I just starting, some stains and scuffs, corners frayed, still very good. To each front pastedown an armourial bookplate; to initial blank vol.I, 'E.I.H., 1821 May'. We believe this to be Edward Isaac Hobhouse (1804-1854), the bookplate showing Hobhouse arms impaling those of his wife, Hester Charlotte, whom he married in 1832. Edward was the half-brother of John Cam Hobhouse (1786-1869), the English Radical politician and great friend and travelling companion of Lord Byron. During John's extremely brief period as Chief Secretary for Ireland he appointed Edward as his private secretary. An interesting scrap of Edward's adolescence is preserved in the National Library of Scotland in the form of an 1819 letter from Henry Drury, master of Harrow School, to Edward's father Sir Benjamin Hobhouse about his unruly son (Item Reference: MS.42303). Drury complains about the boy's behaviour, in particular an incident of letting off fireworks in the house, and "a determined defiance of all authority". As a result, Drury recommends that Edward is removed from the school and given a private tutor, before he is inevitably "publicly expelled". A later edition by Robert Tullis of Dr John Hunter's much acclaimed text, which had first appeared in 1799. Tullis took inspiration from the Foulis Press and as such his editions were noted for the elegance of their typesetting. See Dibdin (4th edn.) II, 564 for the 1799 appearance of Hunter's edition. Also referenced by: "The Tullis press Cupar, 1803-1849," by D.W. Doughty, Abertay Historical Society Publication 12 (1967), no. 20. Ref: 54905show 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..
Vout, Caroline: The Hills of Rome: Signature of an Eternal City. Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Large 8vo. (250 x 182 mm), pp. xvii, 284 + colour plates. B/w illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket, lightly scratched with remains of label adhesive to lower portion of front cover. Other than these slight flaws to jacket, an unused, mint copy. Ref: 53593
Wacher, John: The Coming of Rome: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1979 First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 193. Illustrations. Hardback: Green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Jacket a little creased along edges, light signs of use, still very good. Previous owner's faintly pencilled date "feb 86" to ffep. Ref: 54230
[Waldensians] Bracebridge, Charles Holte:) Authentic Details of the Valdenses, in Piemont and Other Countries; with abridged translations of 'L'Histoire des Vaudois,' par Bresse, and 'La Rentree Glorieuse,' d'Henri Arnaud, with the ancient Valdensian Catechism. To which are subjoined original letters, written during a residence among the Vaudois of Piemont an London: John Hatchard and Son, 1827. First edition. 8vo. pp. [viii], 464 + 12 plates. Plates toned with some transfer to adjacent leaves (including title-page), very occasional foxing. 19th-century half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt-lettered morocco label. Extremities and boards a bit rubbed. 19th-century memento bookplate of Capt. Gervase Petty Sleigh to front pastedown; ex-dono inscription to Joseph Walton from John Sleigh Esq. (1885); John Sleigh's autograph to first leaf of text. First edition of this important history of the Valdenses based on authentic documents and on the personal journey to Piedmont and other countries of the author, Charles Holte Bracebridge (1799-1872) of Atherstone Hall, Warwickshire. Among the places he visited was Schoenberg, the place of exile of the Valdenses in the early 18th century. Bracebridge also discussed the famous scarf of the pastor Henri Arnaud, probably donated to him by Vittorio Amedeo II, Duke of Savoy, saying it had been taken to Holland. Gervase Petty Sleigh (1854-1883) was captain on HMS Flagship Regent in Siam. Hugon-Gonnet, 'Bibliografia Valdese', 40. Ref: 53277show full image..
Walmsley, John (ed. & trans.): Widows, Heirs, and Heiresses in the Late Twelfth Century. The 'Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis'. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006. 8vo., pp. 160. Hardback: laminated decorative boards. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 308 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 54470
Waterhouse, Keith: Billy Liar. London: Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition. 8vo., pp.190, [ii]. First and last four leaves a little foxed. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. Very mildly cocked, free endpapers toned, still very good. Dust jacket spine a little toned, edges slightly tattered with small 2.5cm loss at tail of spine, still generally very good. The original novel version of Billy Liar, later adapted into a three-act stage play (1960) by Waterhouse and Willis Hall and then into a film (1963), directed by John Schlesinger and starring Tom Courtenay. Ref: 54980show full image..
