Lot 203
1820s literature
Collection of works
£1,197
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Chapone, Mrs. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1820. 12mo, contemporary maroon morocco gilt;
[Hope, Thomas] Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Greek. London: J. Murray, 1820. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed;
Scott, Walter. Kenilworth. Edinburgh, 1821. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary half calf;
[Godwin, William]. The Pantheon. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1828. 7th edition, plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;
Tennant, William. Anster Fair. Edinburgh, 1821. Fourth edition, presentation copy to John Spence, contemporary calf, rebacked;
Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary quarter morocco, spotting, rubbed;
Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed;
Cunningham, Allan. Sir Marmaduke Maxwell. London, 1822. 12mo, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed;
Moore, Thomas. Melodies. Philadelphia: T. Jekyll, 1821. 12mo, 19th century green half calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed;
[Moore, Thomas] The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut, spine repaired;
Moore, Thomas. Melodies, Irish and National. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, frontispiece, disbound (pirate edition);
[Moore, Thomas]. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: Benbow, 1825. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut (pirate edition);
Moore, Thomas. Odes of Anacreon. London: John King, 1826. 12mo, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed;
L.E.L. The Improvisatrice and other Poems. London, 1824. 12mo, additional engraved title and frontispiece, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e.;
Wolfe, Charles. Remains of the late... London, 1827. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, upper joint split;
[Louvet de Couvray, J.B.] The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas. London: Benbow, 1822, 12mo, volumes 1-3 (of 4), plates, contemporary calf, somewhat shaken and rubbed;
The Nic-Nac or Literary Cabinet. London, 1823, 8vo, vol. 1 only, contemporary green half morocco, spotted, hinge broken, worn; [includes first publication of a short poem by Byron' (note by William St Clair)];
[Irving, Washington] Tales of a Traveller. London: J. Murray, 1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles;
Patmore, Peter George. Letters on England by Victoire, Count de Soligny. London, 1823, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles;
Porchester, Lord. The Moor. London, 1825. 8vo, modern half calf, spine gilt;
[Hazlitt. William] Sketches of the Principal Picture-Galleries in England. London, 1824. 12mo, 4pp. advertisements at end, original quarter cloth, some spotting, worn, lacks spine;
Sotheby, William. Oberon. London, 1826. 3rd edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, rubbed;
Literary Gems. In two Parts. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting;
The Curious Book [A Collection of Anecdotes]. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, contemporary calf;
Rogers, Samuel. Italy, a Poem. Part the First. London, 1823. 8vo, inscribed 'from the author' pencil note 'from Lord Thurlow's library sale 1932', near contemporary cloth;
The History of... Sir William Wallace. New York: W.W. Crawford, 1820. 12mo, contemporary half calf, rather browned and spotted;
[Quincey, Thomas de] Confessions of an English Opium Eater. London, 1826. 4th edition, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rebacked;
sold as a collection not subject to return
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
