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1676Best.-Nr. 64653London: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman 1676. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. DRYDEN John. Aureng-Zebe. A Tragedy. Acted at the Royal Theatre .London: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman 1676. First edition of one of Dryden's most successful plays based on the life of the Indian Moghul ruler set in Agra in 1660. Octavo 8 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 213 x 159 mm. 12 86 2 epilogue pp. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in modern quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt-stamped on spine. New endpapers. Previous owner's ink notes on leaf a2. Pages slightly darkened. Very good. HBS 64653. $750. Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman unknown books
1683Best.-Nr. 2326London: T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson Thomas Hodgkin 1683. First Edition. Half Leather. Very good. First edition of The Duke of Guise: A Tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee published in 1683. Octavo 8 76pp. Advertisement on page 76 lacking music at rear. In contemporary half brown morocco marbled boards title in gilt on spine. Housed in custom quarter leather chemise case. Previous ownership bookplates affixed to front endpaper. Pencil marks on title page. Overall in very good condition some toning to leaves occasional loss at edges closed tears. Wing D2264; MacDonald 87a. John Dryden 1631 - 1700 was the poet laureate of England in 1668. He was a prolific author and writer with some calling his time the Age of Dryden. This play was first performed December 4th 1682 to unfavorable reviews but with revisions found success with the United Companies of London. T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson [Thomas Hodgkin] unknown books
1684Best.-Nr. 1032H31London: Jacob Tonson 1684. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None Stated. The scarce first edition of the first Dryden-Tonson miscellany a landmark anthology containing Dryden's Mac "Flecknoe" "Absalom and Achitophel" and "The Medall" alongside major classical translations. In a later half calf binding over marbled paper boards endpapers renewed. First edition of the first volume of the celebrated Tonson-Dryden miscellanies the influential series of six poetic anthologies issued by Jacob Tonson between 1684 and 1709. ESTC No.: R297. Signatures: A4 B-X8 Y4; 2A-C8 2D8 D4 "D5" 2 2E8 2F4. Collated complete. Retaining the final advertisement page. The collection opens with three major satires by Dryden: Mac Flecknoe Absalom and Achitophel and The Medall. These are followed by translations from Ovid's Elegies and Horace's Odes numerous prologues and epilogues and a substantial concluding section devoted to translations of Virgil's Eclogues. Contributors include Thomas Creech Sir Charles Sedley the Earl of Roscommon Richard Duke Thomas Otway Nahum Tate and others. In a later half calf binding with marbled paper boards endpapers renewed. Externally very smart. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages characteristically age toned with light soiling to first and last few leaves. The odd spot and handling mark heavier to fore edge. Several leaves with pronounced contemporary ink offsetting resulting in mirrored impressions from the facing pages in places quite heavy and partially obscuring the printed text occurring more prominently to gatherings after O1. These leaves remain legible if slightly more difficult to parse. Slight loss to lower corner of F3 affecting one or two words. Very Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. BN110208Peter Lang 1999. 1999. Hardcover. Riccardo Zandonai : A Biography Riccardo Zandonai : A Biography Peter Lang hardcover
1696Best.-Nr. 38602London: Tho. Chapman At the Angel in the Pall Mall. Good with no dust jacket. 1696. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Modern quarter leather marbled boards. No date; states fifth edition; circa 1696. Pages browned/foxed. Contains title page; 4 66 pages. Pages secure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Tho. Chapman, At the Angel in the Pall Mall hardcover
1716Best.-Nr. 2201030017London Jacob Tonson 1716 1716. Fourth. Hardcover. Good. Tonson's Miscellany: Early English printing in contemporary binding 6 volume set. 12mo. Bound in acid-washed calf. Shelf wear. Some of the hinges cracked but solid. Gilt ruled. All edges red. Marbled end pages. Engraved frontispiece illustrations. : v.I; 12 i-xxxvi viii 1-360. v.II; xii 5-396. v.III; xii 1-380. v.IV; xii 3-420. v.V; xii 1-396. v.VI; xii 1-395 1. Provenance: 18th century book plate of Frances Colleton. ESTC N65196. Frances Colleton -1805 was the wife of James Edward Colleton 1709-1790 a British MP from Haines Hill Berks. They owned a plantation in Barbados. ESTC N6906. Pt. 1-6. The first-sixth parts of Miscellany poems. Frontis. illustration A1 signed: Le Clerc Lefils inv. Lud. Du Guernier sculp. London, Jacob Tonson, 1716 hardcover
1690Best.-Nr. 029004London: Jo. Hindmarsh 1690. 1ª Edição . Inteira de Pele/Full -Leather. Bom / Good / Bon. In-8º165x105. 1 Vol. de 12-132 i.e. 124-4 pp. A numeração passa por erro tipográfico da página 87 para a 96 e depois continua nesta sequência sem que haja salto no texto. Encadernação inteira de pele ao estilo antigo. Folha de rosto fac-similada sobre papel antigo. John Dryden foi um poeta dramaturgo e tradutor com muita influência na literatura inglesa do periodo da Restauração na corte de Carlos II. Depois converteu-se ao catolicismo e caiu em desgraça mas a sua obra permaneceu muito influente junto dos maiores poetas ingleses do séc XVIII. Esta peça representa o personagem e a corte de D. Sebastião e o desastre de Alcácer Quibir. Duarte de Sousa 130. Jo. Hindmarsh hardcover
1689Best.-Nr. 049735London 1689. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. A sammelband of four pamphlets in a later failed calf binding. Front cover detached rar hinge cracked much worn and dry. Scattered paper flaws intnerally some chipping messily opened pages but generally very good internally. Comprising three of four of the Newest and Most Ingenious Poems along with a collection of poems on affairs of state the middle of three that were published by Andrew Marvell and others Marvell is not named until the third collection but barely disguised in volumes 1 and 2 - here as A. M______ in "A Dialogue Between Two Horses" and on the title page. They are all printed in 1689 the year the The Glorious Revolution became official as James II fled to Ireland and Mary & William ascended the throne in what has been aptly described as the last successful invasion of England. Bound with the separate title pages; the 3rd 32pp The 4th 33pp; 2nd Part of Poems on Affairs of State 30pp; and the 2nd 31pp. Each complete. Everyone was getting behind the new power structure - out with tyranny and Catholicism in with constitutional monarchy and the Dutch and these rapidly released short books of poetry on current events are fascinating artifacts of this moment. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; History. Inventory No: 049735. hardcover
1700Best.-Nr. 205908London: Jacob Tonson 1700. First Edition. Light staining to final leaves; scattered soil; front free endpaper loose; covers rubbed particularly to edges tips and hinges; three neat bookplates including Edward Whittaker Hennell and Edgar F. Leo. Folio xlii 646pp; later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. A nice copy of Dryden's Fables with a distinguished provenance. Macdonald 37a. Jacob Tonson unknown
Best.-Nr. 335Frankfurt & Leipzig: in der Fleischerischen Buchhandlung 1761. Soft cover. Good. Octavo. xvi 86pp. Wrappers. Translated by Simon Grynaeus. 0 Frankfurt & Leipzig: in der Fleischerischen Buchhandlung, 1761. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1428London: Printed for Jo. Indmarsh 1692. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. xvi 109 iii pages. A4 a4 B4-P4. Second edition. Quarter red morocco over cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Wing D2263; MacDonald H. John Dryden 89b; Woodward & McManaway 404; ESTC R004506. A very good copy in an excellent binding. 0 London: Printed for Jo. Indmarsh, 1692. hardcover
1769Best.-Nr. 1016F23London: George Pearch 1769 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. An attractively bound example of Dryden's translation of du Fresnoy's 'De Arte Gaphica' the narrative poem in which provides his observations on the art of painting. John Dryden's English language translation of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's Latin poem about the art of painting termed a critical treatise on the practice of the art including general advice to students. Richard Graham's biographical chronology of renowned painters "A Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters' appears to the rear. ESTC T125786 Rebound in half calf. Pencil inscriptions to a front blank. With a preface explaining the work by John Dryden. Rebound in half calf with cloth covered boards and with endpapers renewed. Externally excellent with light fading to cloth at centre of front board. Pencil inscriptions to a front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type. Tide marks and neat restoration to perimeters of title page and following leaf. Spotting and handling marks throughout. Very Good George Pearch hardcover
1713Best.-Nr. 35745The Fifth Edition Adorn'd with Sculptures.- London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head overgainst Katherinestreet in the Strand M. DCC. XIII. 1713.- CLXII p. 1 h. 372 p.: Ilustrado con 24 bonitos y finos grabados al cobre abriendo uno como frontis seguido de otro con el retrato de "To the Right Honoureble Charles Earl of Dorset and Middlesex Lord Chamberlaine of His Majesty's." a quien va dedicado el libro; 8º minúsculo 137 x 85 cm.; Buena impresión sobre papel verjurado de calidad; Ex-libris grabado al cobre en el verso de la tapa anterior con escudo de armas Yelmo de caballero con un perro sobre el y debajo escudo con tres conchas rodeado de ornamentación floral; Encuadernación de la época en Plena Piel. La encuadernación fatigada con rozaduras en bordes y esquinas lomo con pequeñas faltas de piel en la cabeza. Interior en perfecto estado salvo las hojas que comprenden desde la pag. XXV hasta la pag. CLXII y la hoja siguiente que tienen tenues manchas de óxido. Es una importante traducción al inglés de estos inmortales textos latinos Esta 5ª edición que ofrecemos es rara en el mercado. GRECIA Y ROMA FILOLOGÃA CLASICA Book in english Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head overgainst Kather hardcover
1866Best.-Nr. 51469London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street 1866. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary yellow pebbled morocco gilt spines a.e.g by Hayday & Co. Fine condition 5. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Bell and Daldy Fleet Street unknown
1866Best.-Nr. 51469London: Bell and Daldy Fleet Street 1866. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary yellow pebbled morocco gilt spines a.e.g by Hayday & Co. Fine condition 5. Frontispiece portrait to volume I. 5 vols. 8vo. Bell and Daldy Fleet Street unknown books
1701Best.-Nr. 717London: Jacob Tonson 1701. VG. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO LEATHER. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES A FEW PAGES WITH MARGINAL NOTATIONS MINIMAL FOXING. BOOK MEASURES FOLIO 12.75"x8". FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION 325 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION. Jacob Tonson unknown
1821Best.-Nr. 386Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst Robinson and Co. London 1821. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Complete in eighteen volumes. Octavo. Tan calf over boards with double gilt ruled covers. Ornate gilt tooled spines with five raised bands and two contrasting labels. Marbled end papers and page edges. Volume I with portrait frontispiece of Dryden engraved by W.H. Lizars. Volume VI includes a fold out plate "The Solemn Mock Procession of the POPE Cardinals Jesuits Friars Etc. Through the CITY OF LONDON November 17th 1679." with a half width separation along one of the folds. Each volume with the bookplate of Florence de Wolfe Sampson by E.D. French who also engraved the Grolier Club's own bookplate as well as bookplates for many of its members. Some foxing to frontispiece and title page Vol I otherwise very good.John Dryden 1631-1700 was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. - wikipedia. Printed For Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson and Co. London hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 141668London: William Miller 1808. Hardcover set Very good. Full leather binding which has been expertly rebacked some time in the past. Marbled edges and endpapers frontispiece engravings one folding index in last volume. The edges and corners are a bit worn and one board is detached. Includes Walter Scott The Life of John Dryden. Sets Poetry Sets. William Miller Hardcover
1693Best.-Nr. 272384London: Tonson 1693. hardcover. very good. Contemporary full mottled calf folio spine and corners rubbed 13 1/2 x 9 inches. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Dryden's long and important essay on satire is in the form of a dedication to the Earl of Dorset. Dryden himself translated Satires I III VI X and XVI of Juvenal; the others were by William Congreve Nahum Tate George Stepney Stephen Hervey William Bowles Thomas Power Thomas Creech and John Dryden Jr. The satires of Persius all translated by Dryden have a separate title-page pagination. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson London 1693. First edition. A beautiful clean copy. Wing J1288 Tonson unknown
1693Best.-Nr. 272384London: Tonson 1693. hardcover. very good. Contemporary full mottled calf folio spine and corners rubbed 13 1/2 x 9 inches. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. Dryden's long and important essay on satire is in the form of a dedication to the Earl of Dorset. Dryden himself translated Satires I III VI X and XVI of Juvenal; the others were by William Congreve Nahum Tate George Stepney Stephen Hervey William Bowles Thomas Power Thomas Creech and John Dryden Jr. The satires of Persius all translated by Dryden have a separate title-page pagination. iv xxxix iii 315 1; iv 87 1 p. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson London 1693. First edition. A beautiful clean copy. Wing J1288 Tonson unknown books
1910Best.-Nr. 153171London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1910. A handsome early twentieth-century Oxford edition of the poems of John Dryden. Octavo bound in full tree calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands red morocco lettering label gilt roll-tooled borders to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Edited with an introduction and textual notes by John Sargeaunt. John Dryden 1631-1700 was a central figure in the literary culture of Restoration England widely regarded as the period’s leading poet dramatist and critic. His work is characterized by its clarity formal balance and engagement with the political and religious tensions of his time. As Poet Laureate Dryden contributed to the development of English neoclassicism emphasizing order decorum and adherence to classical models. His critical essays particularly An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 1668 helped shape early English literary criticism by articulating principles of genre imitation and poetic judgment. In both his satires such as Absalom and Achitophel and his translations of classical authors like Virgil Dryden demonstrated a mastery of heroic couplets and a commitment to adapting classical traditions to contemporary English contexts. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press unknown
1696Best.-Nr. ST15024cLondon: Printed for J. Tonson 1696. FIRST EDITION. 221 x 165 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2". 6 p.l. 56 pp. With a preface by John Dryden Sr. 19th century blue half calf with marbled boards smooth spine with gilt lettering. Title with a few sets of numbers in ink by a contemporary hand. Macdonald 126; Wing D-2403; ESTC R3993. ◆Binding a little worn with rubbing to joints and extremities a little loss at head and tail of spine and some general soiling otherwise intact and perfectly sound; contents a little browned scattered and mostly light foxing a large but light dampstain across most leaves top margin trimmed a little close other minor imperfections but despite these faults a good copy of a very rarely seen work. This is the only dramatic work written by Dryden's second son 1667/8-1701 who also produced a translation of Juvenal and a travel account. The play with a preface by the elder Dryden and an epilogue by Congreve has not appeared in auction records since the 1940s. Printed for J. Tonson unknown
1695Best.-Nr. ST12901gLondon: Printed by I. Dawks for Jacob Tonson 1695. Third Edition. 222 x 170 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4". 12 p.l. 69 1 pp. Attractive 19th or early 20th century blue morocco circular gilt centerpiece on each board raised bands gilt titling gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Front pastedown with morocco ex-libris of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey. Macdonald 84c; Wing D-2391; ESTC R4117. ◆A light diagonal dampstain at upper corner covering a little less than a quarter of the page sometimes quite faint never serious title and final page a bit soiled other minor imperfections internally but still a very pleasing copy the lustrous binding with almost no wear and the text with none of the major problems normally seen in copies of Restoration plays. From a distinguished collection this is a copy of a work of value not only as an adaptation of Shakespeare but also as an early critical examination of the Bard's language written by the most famous playwright of the Restoration period. Originally written around 1602 and first published in 1609 "Troilus and Cressida" has long been considered one of Shakespeare's more "problematic" plays. Seeking to update and improve the work to appeal to modern audiences Dryden revised the language deepened certain themes and leaned into the tragedy of the play with Cressida falsely accused of being unfaithful to Troilus and killing herself as punishment. In Shakespeare's version Cressida in fact does betray Troilus but lives. Of equal interest to the play itself is the prefatory essay "The Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy" in which Dryden offers a critique of Shakespeare's language and lays out his reasons for revision: "because the Play was Shakespear's and that there appear'd in some places of it the admirable Genius of the Author; I undertook to remove that heap of Rubbish under which many excellent thoughts lay wholly bury'd." Dryden 1631-1700 was deemed "the father of English criticism" by Johnson and Day notes that this essay is also "the first significant and detailed analysis in English of Aristotle's concept of tragedy." Our finely bound copy comes from the library of W. A. Foyle co-founder with his brother of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in Charing Cross Road. The three large Foyle sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century and the sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections. Printed by I. Dawks, for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1696Best.-Nr. ST15024cLondon: Printed for J. Tonson 1696. FIRST EDITION. 221 x 165 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2". 6 p.l. 56 pp. With a preface by John Dryden Sr. 19th century blue half calf with marbled boards smooth spine with gilt lettering. Title with a few sets of numbers in ink by a contemporary hand. Macdonald 126; Wing D-2403; ESTC R3993. ◆Binding a little worn with rubbing to joints and extremities a little loss at head and tail of spine and some general soiling otherwise intact and perfectly sound; contents a little browned scattered and mostly light foxing a large but light dampstain across most leaves top margin trimmed a little close other minor imperfections but despite these faults a good copy of a very rarely seen work. This is the only dramatic work written by Dryden's second son 1667/8-1701 who also produced a translation of Juvenal and a travel account. The play with a preface by the elder Dryden and an epilogue by Congreve has not appeared in auction records since the 1940s. Printed for J. Tonson unknown books
1686Best.-Nr. 1269321686. London: Printed for H. Herringman and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders. 1686. Slim 4to 5960-62pp. Modern marbled boards red morocco backstrip lettered in gilt. Signed in ink on verso of title "John Gwynn Neath July 11th 1751" showing through somewhat. Also signed on p. 1: "John Gwynn 1749". Iceland bookplate of Robert Herring on front pastedown. Occasional light toning but good margins with no trimming of the text; very good. § Fourth edition of this tragedy in rhyming couplets first acted in June 1669 and published in 1670. It is based on the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria who was put to death by the Roman Emperor Maximinus the "tyrant" of the title. The play was hugely successful and was revived several times this edition coinciding with the third production. Wing D2396; ESTC R15523. unknown
