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1808ref. OV-031London: William Miller 1808. 1st Edition; Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. John Dryden. The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. London: William Miller 1808. Complete 18-volume first Scott edition edited by Walter Scott. An impressive complete set of Walter Scott's edition of Dryden containing his extensive Life of the Author together with Dryden's dramatic works poetry fables translations and prose supplemented throughout by Scott's historical critical and explanatory notes. Volume I includes the engraved portrait frontispiece of Dryden. Uniformly bound in handsome full brown diced calf with gilt-ruled boards raised bands gilt spine decoration gilt-lettered titles and individual volume numbers. All eighteen volumes remain solid and firmly bound with boards firmly attached. Leather shows expected rubbing scuffing and edge/corner wear consistent with age including some wear at spine ends but the set retains an unusually attractive and uniform appearance on the shelf. Pages remain sound with scattered foxing throughout including more noticeable foxing to some preliminary leaves and engraved material as shown in the photographs. Each of the eighteen volumes bears matching bookplates identifying the set as from the library of E. Parmalee Prentice at Mount Hope Williamstown Massachusetts together with Mount Hope Collection bookplates. The matching bookplates provide consistent provenance across the complete eighteen-volume set. A substantial and highly presentable complete set of the first Scott edition of Dryden's works with notable and consistent Mount Hope provenance throughout all eighteen volumes. Approximately 8.5 × 5.5 inches per volume; the complete set occupies approximately 23.5 inches of shelf space and weighs approximately 27 pounds before packing. William Miller hardcover
1700ref. elala130London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1700. 1700. folio. pp. 21 p.l. 271 360-646 2. pp. 272-359 omitted in pagination. complete with half-title. contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked retaining spine label corners renewed. printed book label of Chillingham Castle in Northumberland home of the Lords Grey. First Edition. A collection of some twelve thousand verses which "again show Drydens energy of thought and language undiminished by age" DNB including paraphrases or translations of the first book of the Iliad some of Ovids Metamorphoses and tales from Chaucer and Boccaccio. There is also a poem To my Honoured Kinsman John Driden verses addressed to the Duchess of Ormond and lines on A Fair Maiden lady who died at Bath the wife of Lord Abingdon. The preface written in fine prose contains an excellent appreciation of Chaucer as well as attacks on Milbourne and Sir Richard Blackmore and a reply to Jeremy Colliers attack on the stage.Macdonald 37a. NCBEL II 447. Pforzheimer 326. Wing D2278. 1st Edition. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700. unknown
1701ref. 149624London: Jacob Tonson 1701. Absalom and Achitophel Tenth Edition. The Medal Fourth Edition. Religio Laici Fourth Edition. The Hind and the Panther Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good . xv 5 232 p. 33 cm. Black and red main title. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards. New endpapers. 4 later title pages with continuous pagination. Dampstained. Repairs to top corner of main title and p. 225. A few chipped corners not affecting text. Some small tears in bottom margins. Hole in p. 7 slightly affects text on verso. Ink notation at to of p. 1. Some pages darkened. Pages 227-231 facsimiles. Collected poetic works by John Dryden English poet literary critic translator and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He so dominated the literary life of Restoration England that the period became known as the Age of Dryden. Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." Here are some of Dryden's greatest hits including Absalom and Achitophel Mac Flecknoe Ovid's Metamorphoses and many more. Table of Contents at rear. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1700ref. 1029F1London: Jacob Tonson 1700 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 14.5" by 9". None. An impressive first edition of John Dryden's major final work translating classical and medieval sources into influential Augustan verse in a full calf binding. A first edition. Retaining half title. John Dryden's important collection of classical and medieval poetry translated here by himself. This was Dryden's last work and one of his greatest works. Including the poetry of Ovid Geoffrey Chaucer Giovanni Boccaccio and Homer with selections from their works 'Iliad' 'Metamorphoses' and 'The Canterbury Tales' alongside some of Dryden's own works. The Chaucer works appearing in this volume were modernised by Dryden who confessed that he didn't understand Chaucer's Middle English prosody which he proclaims to in the preface. With this work Dryden aimed to increase the reputation of English literature by adapting these classic works. All the translations to this work are in Dryden's heroic couplet. Rebacked retaining the original endpapers. ESTC R31983 A-C2 A-D2 A4 a2 B-4N4 4O2. Collated complete. John Dryden was a popular seventeenth century English poet and literary critic. His talents in Restoration England landed him the position of England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. Rebacked in a full panelled calf binding. Retaining original endpapers. Externally excellent. Minor worming to front board tail. Worming to tail of gutter of front hinge and to rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type with instances of spotting throughout. Very Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
1695ref. 34244London: J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1695. First Edition. Illustrated with a handsome engraved frontispice by H Cooke and S. Gribelin. Quarto handsomely bound in antique mottled calf the spine with raised bands gilt ruled red morocco lettering label gilt the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders. lxiv 355 1 Errata pp. A fine copy the binding tight and very well preserved with little evidence of age an old unobtrusive blindstamp signifying past ownership to the title the text clean and crisp. A very well preserved copy. FIRST EDITION. Although the pagination runs continuously throughout the volume the 'Short account of the most eminent painters' has its own title-page which reads: 'A Short Account Of the most Eminent Painters Both Ancient and Modern Continu'd down to the Present Times According to the Order of their Succession. London Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. 1695.'. Du Fresnoy's Latin poem was originally published shortly after his death in 1668. It was followed by translations into French 1668 English prose 1695 German 1699 Italian 1713 and Dutch 1733. Du Fresnoy opens his poem by declaring that 'As poetry shall be like a painting so should painting be like poetry'. Beauty should be interpreted in different ways - as may be seen in such famous ancient statues as the Antinous the Hercules the Venus the dying Gladiator. Besides Dryden's translation of Du Fresnoy's poem the present volume includes a translation of the Remarks with which Roger de Piles accompanied his French version of the poem 1668. Dryden's famous preface Parallel of Poetry and Painting stands on its own as one of the author's most respected works. The first appearance of Richard Graham's chronology of eminent artists both ancient and modern is presented here with its own title-page. While President of the Royal Academy Sir Joshua Reynolds published extensive notes on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting in William Mason's new translation 1783. Royal Academy Contents: T.-pl. t.-p. - Preface Of The Translator With a Parallel Of Poetry and Painting - The Preface Of The French Author - A Table of the Precepts Contain'd in this Treatise - Text in Latin and English - Observations On The Art of Painting Of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy - The Judgment of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy On the Works of the Principal and Best Painters of the two last Ages - Divisional title-page 'A Short Account Of the most Eminent Painters Both Ancient and Modern . London Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. 1695' - The Preface - Ancient Masters - Modern Masters - Ancient Modern Masters indices - Errata J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers, at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet hardcover
1701ref. 203888848502London: Jacob Tonson 1701. First Collected Edition. Fine Leather Bindings. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL LEATHER - REBACKED RETAINING ORIGINAL LEATHER INLAID BOARDS SEVEN COMPARTMENTS AND SIX RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BLIND STAMPED DETAILS AND BRIGHT GILT TITLES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TOP MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE SOME LIGHT SOILING / FOXING. CORNER REPAIR TO FOLDOUT FRONTISE PORTRAIT BOOKS MEASURE 14"x8.5". FIRST COLLECTED FOLIO EDITION 326 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION. Jacob Tonson unknown
ref. 25208LONDON. WILLIAM MILLER. 1808. ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES HISTORICAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY WALTER SCOTT. 18 VOLUMES COMPLETE. OCTAVO FULL CALF ALL EDGES AND END PAPERS MARBLED GILT TITLES. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND ONE VOLUME HAS A DETACHED BOARD BUT A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. EACH VOLUME HAS THE ARMOURIAL BOOKPLATE OF BARON ST. JOHN OF BLETSOE BEDFORDSHIRE. LONDON. WILLIAM MILLER. 1808 hardcover
1697ref. 1008True first edition of Dryden's celebrated verse translation of Virgil — the standard English Virgil for over a century Alexander Pope's acknowledged direct model for his Homer 'the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language' and one of the masterpieces of late-Stuart English literary publishing. The work made Dryden £1400 — an enormous sum for a single literary project in the 1690s — and established the model of subscription publishing that would dominate eighteenth-century English book production. Folio ordinary paper copy not the rare Large Paper issue measuring 14 x 9.5 inches 36 x 24 cm. Title printed in red and black with the motto 'Sequiturque Patrem non passibus Æquis' Aeneid II 'he follows his father with unequal steps'. Complete with all 101 engraved plates as called for: engraved allegorical frontispiece by Michael Vander Gucht engraved title page and 99 numbered plates Complete with all 101 engraved plates as called for: engraved frontispiece by Michael Vander Gucht engraved title page and 99 numbered plates illustrating the Pastorals Georgics and Aeneid. Title printed in red and black; complete subscribers' list bound in preliminaries; complete text including Knightly Chetwood's 'Life of Virgil' William Walsh's preface to the Pastorals and Joseph Addison's preface to the Georgics Addison's first major published prose. Condition issues: 1 A small hole in the centre of the title page eliminating one letter within the word 'ÆNEIS' which now reads 'ÆN_IS'; the red-and-black imprint the Vander Gucht engraved frontispiece on the facing leaf and all surrounding text are unaffected. 2 Ragged wear to the outer edge of the title page. 3 Significant ink offsetting throughout the text particularly on the leaves facing each plate — a common condition issue with this book because of the heavy ink load on the engraved plates pressed against text leaves before complete drying. 4 Mild to moderate foxing throughout. 5 Occasional wear to page edges and corners. Despite these condition factors the volume is sound and entirely functional the plates themselves are clean and present strong impressions and the textblock is tight in the new binding. A working copy of a famously difficult-to-find-complete folio rather than a presentation copy. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1928ref. 13597London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 4to. Pp. xxvi 2 84. Preface by T. S. Eliot. Notes. Bound in half-vellum over linen-covered boards; spine lettered in gilt; gilt decoration to cover. Soiling to upper edge of front board; two coffee stains on front board. Number 49 of an edition limited to 580 hand-numbed copies of which 1 - 55 are printed on Millbourn hand-made paper signed by T. S. Eliot. A handsome fine-press edition consistent with the British tradition of the era. Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald hardcover
1931ref. 2091202133212613The Nonesuch Press 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 6 books in total The Nonesuch Press paperback
1700ref. 104852London: Jacob Tonson 1700. First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding tooled and lettered in gilt on spine raised bands. In very good condition. One of the most prolific and versatile writers in literary history John Dryden excelled as a poet a playwright a critic and a translator. According to Dr. Johnson "Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism" and Pope saw in Dryden's work "better specimens of every mode of poetry than any other English writer" Allibone 524. Jacob Tonson hardcover books
1962ref. 52588Everyman's Library / Dent. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked - ex library with usual markings. Volume 2. -- with a bonus offer--; 013721; Ex-Library . 1962. Everyman's Library / Dent hardcover
1795ref. 14784Edinburgh Scotland: C. Elliot Et Al. As New. Leather. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer--; 014784 . 1795. C. Elliot Et Al hardcover
1979ref. 33263Cragsmoor NY: The Cragsmoor Free Library. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- A Century of Women Artists in Cragsmoor-- original works by women artists who have created in Cragsmoor during th past 100 years' -- features 22 paintings by Austa densmore Sturdevant 1855-1936 -- Exhibition held at the Community Room Cragmoor Volunteer Original works by women artists who have created Cragsmoor during the past 100 years. Featuring twenty-two paintings by Austa Densmore Sturdevant 1855-1936. Exhibition held at the community Room Cragsmoor Volunteer Fire Comapany July 20-29 1979 and at the Niagara Art Center Niagara Falls September 9-October 12 1979. Includes essay and biographies of the women artists included in the exhibition as well as a list of lenders patrons and sponsors of the exhibition. Illustrated in black and white. SCARCE. -- with a bonus offer--; 400-4616 . 1979. The Cragsmoor Free Library paperback
1700ref. 104852London: Jacob Tonson 1700. First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding tooled and lettered in gilt on spine raised bands. In very good condition. One of the most prolific and versatile writers in literary history John Dryden excelled as a poet a playwright a critic and a translator. According to Dr. Johnson "Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism" and Pope saw in Dryden's work "better specimens of every mode of poetry than any other English writer" Allibone 524. Jacob Tonson hardcover
1808ref. 33549William Miller. London. 1808. First edition. Large 8vo. Portrait frontis. to vol. I. All blanks and half-titles present. Original paper labels for set attached to blank prelim sheet of vol. I. A fine set of this most comprehensive and useful edition of Dryden's complete works. Bound in contemporary quarter red morocco marbled bds. pages uncut. Extremities of spines rubbed some v. occ. light foxing o/w contents are remarkably clean and fresh and the bindings are sound. Please contact us for pictures. Endorsed by Professor David Hopkins University of Bristol Co-Editor of "The Poems of Dryden" Longmans Annotated English poets 5 Vols. 1995-2005. Hopkins feels that this edition with notes and a life of Dryden by Scott is to this day one of the best things ever written on Dryden. unknown
1682ref. 81246London: Typis Lichfieldianis Prostant Apud Ricardum Davis Oxon . This book translated into Latin hexameters by William Coward First Edition in Latin.With Corrigenda and blank at end of volumeand there is some identification of characters written in ink by contemporary hand to page edge margins.Nicely bound in a 19th Century half roan binding over marbled boards with gilt titles to spine.Light wear to the head and tail of spine.There is some foxing to the endpaperspre-lims and sporadically internally.Scarce title iv 34pp 2 corrigenda and blank leaf Dated 1682.Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden written in heroic couplets.John Dryden was an English poet literary critic translatorand also a playwright.He was made England's first ever Poet Laureate in 1668. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1682. Typis Lichfieldianis Prostant Apud Ricardum Davis Oxon hardcover
1936ref. ABE-1563854647218Chengtu Szechwan: West China Union University 1936 1936 First edition. Folio 32.418.3cm 228 double leaves. Sewn binding. Front and back paper covers chipped and torn at edges now mounted on heavy stock paperotherwise a fine copy with clean pages and firm binding. Text in Chinese and English with translations of poetry relating to the site. Inscribed by Phelps on first page in 1944; enclosed is a letter on Omei letterhead from Phelps to the host of some event where he spoke. There's also a card inserted in the book presenting the book to the person addressed in the letter dated 1940. More photos available upon request. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Chengtu, Szechwan: West China Union University, 1936 paperback
1695ref. 564891695. First Edition. DRYDEN John DU FRESNOY Charles Alphonse. De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting. ISSUED WITH: GRAHAM Richard. A Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters both Ancient and Modern. London: W. Rogers 1695. Two volumes in one. Thick square octavo 19th-century three-quarter tan calf black and green morocco spine labels marbled boards endpapers and edges. $2200.First translation into English prose by Dryden of Du Fresnoys Latin poem on the practice of art prefaced by Drydens famous Parallel of Poetry and Painting with engraved allegorical frontispiece by Henry Cooke issued together with Richard Grahams biographical chronology of painters.Du Fresnoy is remembered now almost entirely as a writer rather than a painter. While his few paintings are at best reminiscent of Carraci and Titian he was a great master of the rules history and theory of his profession Chalmers. His Latin poem De Arte Graphica written during his 24-year Italian sojourn is well-regarded as a critical treatise on the practice of the art with general advice to students. It embodies his observations on the art of painting in sound precepts according to the standards of his time. First published in Latin by his friend Pierre Mignard in 1656 De Arte Graphica was translated into English prose by Dryden prefaced by his famous Parallel of Poetry and Painting: Expression and all that belongs to words is that in a poem which coloring is in a picture. The colors well chosen in their proper places together with the lights and shadows which belong to them lighten the design and make it pleasing to the eye. The words the expressions the tropes and figures the versification and all other elegancies of sound perform exactly the same office both in dramatic and epic poetry. Issued with this edition was the first appearance of Richard Grahams biographical chronology of famous artists from Ardices the Corinthian to John Riley court painter to Charles II under a separate title page. Graham was an acquaintance of Vertue the engraver and supplied him with some of the information worked up by Horace Walpole into his Anecdotes of Painting 1762 DNB. MacDonald 139a. Wing D2458. Interior near-fine with only faint foxing to first and last few leaves. Corners rubbed. A near-fine copy. hardcover
1904ref. ST20796London: Essex House Press 1904. No. 1 OF 140 COPIES all on vellum. 195 x 131 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/8". 1 p.l. frontispiece 3-11 2 pp. Original stiff vellum over thin boards front cover with embossed rose design. In custom-made linen clamshell box with red morocco label on spine. Hand-colored woodcut frontispiece and final tailpiece both by Reginald Savage hand-painted initials in burnished gold red blue or green. Printed in black and red. Front pastedown with red morocco bookplate of William Andrews Clark Jr.; front endleaves with evidence of bookplate and inscription removal. Tomkinson p. 76; Ransom p. 268; Franklin p. 200. A VERY FINE COPY clean bright and free of the splaying that very frequently afflicts the boards of this work. This is a most appealing example of the luxurious hand-crafted volumes produced under the auspices of the Essex House Press with our copy coming from the library of a noted Dryden collector. The book is the 11th from the Essex House series of 14 "Great Poems in the English Language" a group of lovely little works all printed on vellum and with delightful colored illustrations and historiated initials. Generally considered to be the best example in English of the choric hymn the present work is set at a feast given by Alexander the Great who finds himself entranced by the poet and lyrist Timotheus. The great leader is lost in reveries of exploits and victory he sighs and cries over battles lost and warriors slain and he finds inspiration for new conquests. Our printer C. R. Ashbee founded the Essex House Press in 1898 by purchasing the presses and other production equipment though not the type formerly owned by the Kelmscott Press which had shut down at the death of William Morris. Ashbee printed books for 12 years with vellum ink and paper identical to that used by Kelmscott in an effort to carry on the tradition Morris had established. But the Essex House Press because it was conceived of and continued as part of a larger enterprise involving various artisans at work in a group of workshops at Ashbee's Guild of Handicrafts located at Essex House in London's Mile End Road always had its own special identity a fact which Cave reflects when he calls it the "Arts and Crafts press 'par excellence.'" The illustrator here Reginald Savage fl. 1886-1904 is deemed by Houfe "a talented and imaginative designer and woodcut artist" and Houfe notes that he was also commended by his fellow illustrator Walter Crane 1845-1915 for his "weird designs." Former owner William Andrews Clark Jr. 1877-1934 put together one of the most distinguished collections of English and French literature of his day. He had strong holdings in many areas but especially in Shakespeare and the other Elizabethans in Dryden in Oscar Wilde and in the French drama. After a fire in his home in 1923 Clark constructed a separate fireproof building to house his collection; in 1926 this library building with its distinguished collection was deeded to the University of California and now serves as a prominent center for literary research. Essex House Press unknown
1716ref. EXP2-D-3London: Jacob Tonson 1716. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 3.5". None. The Complete Six volumes of Dryden's Miscellany. The fourth edition of this work. With an engraved frontispiece to every volume. Collated complete. From the antiquarian library of Christopher Rowe. Christopher Rowe was a schoolmaster in Norwich and then in Bristol. Throughout his career he inspired many to love literature history and music. He was a specialist on 17th century printer and bookseller Humphrey Moseley and began his unfortunately unfinished PhD dissertation on him. This work is an anthology of poetry from the classic poetry as well as more recent poets including some of Dryden's own poetry. Poets featured include Mr Philips Mr Rowe Alexander Pope Ovid King Charles the First Joseph Addison and more. John Dryden was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright. In full calf bindings with gilt stamping to spines and to the board edges. Externally rubbed to the spines. Minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Spine to volume II is particularly rubbed with the gilt '2' not very visible. Loss to the head of spine to volume V. Front joint is starting but firm to volume V with the hinge slightly strained but firm. Rear joint to volume V has a crack from the head to the top of the spine label. Prior owner's signature to title page of all volumes. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of all volume Christopher Rowe. Internally all volumes are firmly bound Pages are slightly age toned to edges with the odd light spots to throughout. Very Good Indeed Jacob Tonson hardcover
1693ref. 36454London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full contemporary blind-panelled calf covers gilt-stamped with central coat of arms red leather spine label. Binding generally worn and rubbed joints cracked but cords still sturdy; half-title creased and starting to detach; otherwise a tall clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of A. Russell Pollock on the front pastedown. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Dryden's Juvenal. Wing J1288; Macdonald 30a printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
1693ref. 36454London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full contemporary blind-panelled calf covers gilt-stamped with central coat of arms red leather spine label. Binding generally worn and rubbed joints cracked but cords still sturdy; half-title creased and starting to detach; otherwise a tall clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of A. Russell Pollock on the front pastedown. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Wing J1288; Macdonald 30a printed for Jacob Tonson unknown
1695ref. 709L14London: J Hepinstall; W Rogers 1695. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. A bright first English edition of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's narrative poem which provides his observations on the art of painting. The first English edition of this work which was originally published in Latin. 'De Art Graphica' was written during du Fresnoy's Italian sojourn and is regarded as a critical treatise on the practice of the art with general advice to students. This is a prose translation of the poem by John Dryden. ESTC reference no: R18532 In addition to Fresnoy's original work Dryden has included an original preface analysing the parallel between paintin and poetry and a short account of the most eminent painters both ancient and modern. The biographical account has a separate date title page with the imprint 'printed for W.Rogers.' on page 227. The register is continuous. Rebound in a very smart full calf binding. A bright and scarce first edition of this important art treatise. In a full calf binding. Externally very smart with a few light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. The original front blank is chipped to the edges. Engraved title page is closely cropped to the bottom margin. Just the odd spot to pages. Very Good Indeed J Hepinstall; W Rogers hardcover
1796ref. 118718London: by T. Bensley for J. Edwards and E. & S. Harding 1796. First editions with these Bartolozzi engravings the only two works illustrated by Lady Diana Beauclerc here together in handsome contemporary full morocco. Dryden's adaptations of Chaucer and Boccaccio were among the chief reasons for his perhaps surprisingly high place in the esteem of the Romantic poets especially Coleridge Keats Byron and Scott while Bürger's Leonora inspired a frenzy of competing English versions around this time. Ironically Bürger had found his ballad form not in German literature but largely through the medium of Percy's Reliques; from Leonora it was reabsorbed into English through the Lyrical Ballads most directly Wordsworth's "The Idiot Boy". Two works bound in a single vol. folio 365 x 255 mm. Fables: 9 engraved plates 15 engraved vignettes; Leonora: engraved frontispiece 4 engraved plates 4 engraved vignettes most signed by Bartolozzi after Beauclerc. Leonora with parallel text German and English. Fine contemporary binding of green straight-grain morocco spine attractively gilt in compartments with interlocking wave tools gilt lettered in second panel sides with thick-and-thin rule enclosing a floral scroll border in gilt gilt inner dentelles pink endpapers gilt edges fore-edge gauffered. A little rubbing some offsetting and faint browning a most attractive pair. unknown
