réf. 0822657London 1764 & 1787: JT. Becket and P.a. De Hondt / G.G.J. Robinson and J. Walters. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. B/w Frontis Tipped-in. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A curious combining of two clelbrated works bound into a single volume. Featuring Gibbon's first title in English AN ESSAY ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE 1764 bound together with Sydney's notable title - Defence of Poetry and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence 1787. Two works bound into full brown leather with gilt spine titling and gilt ruling to board edges 8vo 168 & 144pp. light shelfwear rubbing and dulling to outer extremities page edges browned with minor foxing to extremities offset browning from frontis portrait onto Gibbon title page short note to Sydney title page. JT. Becket and P.a. De Hondt / G.G.J. Robinson and J. Walters unknown

Vashon Island Books · États-Unis418,95 $US≈ 374,30 €

Gibbon, EdwardBiblio.com

An Essay On the Study of Literature: Written Originally in the French

réf. 1016789335.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover

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Gibbon, EdwardBiblio.com

An Essay on the Study of Literature. Written Originally in French by Edward Gibbon Esq. Now First Translated Into English

réf. 1379446368.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover

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GIBBON, EDWARDBiblio.com

An Essay on the Study of Literature

1764réf. 030945London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt 1764. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition in English. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full leather gilt rebacked scuffed and scratched bumped corners original covers darkened near the joints. This is the scarce first English translation of Gibbon's first book. Title page repaired and former owner's name written there minimal foxing and soiling with browning on the margins of the page after the title and the final page. 4 pp of ads present. This book is remarkably clean for its age. The original was written in French in 1761 and proved a success in Paris. Gibbon is most well known for writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt Hardcover

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GIBBON, EdwardBiblio.com

An Essay on the Study of Literature. Written Originally in French By Edward Gibbon Jun. Esq; Now first translated into English.

réf. 7777Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt. London. 1764. First edition in English of Gibbon's first work. 8vo. 8 168pp. including 4pp. of publishers' list of books. Early nineteenth century engr. portrait of Gibbon very neatly attached to blank opposite title page and gives the appearance of portrait frontis. Two original blanks bound in before title page. Bound in contemporary full brown calf gilt rebacked with original spine laid down top compartment and part of bottom compartment replaced in modern calf inner hinges reinforced new e/ps. Corners of bds. worn. Marbled edges and e/ps. Outer margin sl. cropped pages measure 18.4 x 11.2cm. Additional frontis. lightly offset to title. Contents remarkably fresh and clean. Norton 6. Though originally published in French in 1761 Gibbon wrote most of this essay in 1758 while only 21. The translator has never been identified but was probably a professional hired by Becket. Gibbon was not happy with it though it was advertised as being prepared 'under the inspection of the author'. He states "had my feelings been more exquisite I might have wept over its blunders and baldness." Also from his journal January 11th 1763. " From thence I went to Becket paid him his bill fifty-four pounds and gave him back his translation. It must be printed tho' very indifferent. My comfort is that my misfortune is not an uncommon one." One of the 'best' mistakes quoted by Norton is the rendering of "si la physique a ses Buffons" by "if Physics hath its buffoons." unknown

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KRONENBERGER, Louis (Editor), William Blake, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay, Horace Walpole, Edward Gibbon, Laurence SABAA

An Eighteenth Century Miscellany: The Classics of Eighteenth Century Which Typify and Reveal An Era

1936réf. 177704New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Small surface tear from removed sticker on front pastedown very good in a price clipped very good chipped and water stained dust jacket. Includes selections by William Blake Laurence Sterne Jonathan Swift Alexander Pope and others. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books