Lot 320
Antiquarian literature
Collection of works, 18th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
Warton, Thomas. Poems on Several Occasions. London: R. Manby and H. S. Cox, 1748. [Bound with:] Richer, Henri. The Life of Maecenas ... Translated by R. Schomberg. London: for A. Millar, 1748. 2 works in one volume, both first editions, 8vo, contemporary sheep, slightly worn, very small worm-track to lower margins in second half of volume, staining to Warton pp. 181-5 [ESTC T125430 & T120687: 10 copies traced world-wide for the second work];
Bishop, Samuel. Feriae poeticae: sive carmina anglicana elegiaci plerumque argumenti Latine reddita. London: printed by D. Leach, to be sold by J. Newbery and J. Walter, 1766. 4to, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, 18th-century ownership inscription of original subscriber Henry Case, later Henry Case-Morewood (c.1747-1825), of Christ's College, Cambridge, clergyman [ESTC T76163: 7 copies in UK libraries];
Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis. A Practical Treatise of Husbandry ... The Second Edition, corrected and improved. London: for C. Hitch [and others], 1762. 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf, title-page in red and black, 6 engraved plates (of which 4 folding), folding letterpress table, bookplate of Bryan Cooke of Owston (1756-1821), member of parliament for Malton, Yorkshire, title-page with ownership inscription of his wife Frances Puleston (1765-1818), local philanthropist (her portrait painted by George Romney, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), front joint cracked but holding, rear joint cracked at foot, tips worn, uniform moderate browning, spotting to endpapers and outer leaves [ESTC T82192];
Spenser, Edmund. The Faerie Queene. A New Edition, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, by Ralph Church, M. A. Late Student of Christ Church, Oxon. London: William Faden, 1758-9. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, smooth spines gilt-ruled in compartments, errata leaf to each volume, list of subscribers in volume 4, wear to spine-ends, joints variably cracked but firm [ESTC T135123];
and 2 others (Cowel, A Law Dictionary, 1708, folio, covers detached, and Journal of the House of Lords for 1818, large folio)
Footnote
Note: The list of subscribers to Warton's work mentions a 'Mr Johnson', believed to be Samuel Johnson (see Eddy & Fleeman 66), and contemporaries including William Blackstone.