672. [POPE (ALEXANDER).] An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot. Folio, boards. London: Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1734 673. POPE (ALEXANDER). Of the Characteristics of Women: An Epistle to a Lady. Folio, half crimson levant morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet. London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1735 Very tall copy of the FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A2-D2, with final leaf of advertisement, without signature mark. With the H. W. Poor bookplate. 674. POPE (ALEXANDER). The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. Folio, limp boards, top and bottom edges untrimmed. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1737 FIRST EDITION, with the half-title. Sigs. A2-F2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 675. [POPE (ALEXANDER).] The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated. Folio, limp boards, top and bottom edges untrimmed. London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1737 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-G2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 676. POPE (ALEXANDER). The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope. Folio, boards, lateral edge uncut. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1737 FIRST EDITION, with the misprinted "16" at the foot of p. 12. Sigs. A-E2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 677. POPE (ALEXANDER). The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. Folio, boards, lateral edge untrimmed (title and half-title repaired). London: Printed for L. Gilliver, 1737 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-E2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 678. POPE (ALEXANDER). Horace His Ode to Venus. Lib. IV. Ode I. Imitated by Mr. Pope. Folio, full red levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for J. Wright, 1737 FIRST EDITION. EXTREMELY RARE. Sigs. Title; B-C2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 679. POPE (ALEXANDER). One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace. [Dialogue I.] Folio, sewn. London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1738 In this issue the price is printed "Price 1s." Sigs. A-D2, in twos, with the half-title and final leaf "Books lately printed for T. Cooper." 680. POPE (ALEXANDER). One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace. [Dialogue I.] Folio, sewn, some leaves uncut. London: Printed for T. Cooper, n. d. Second Issue, with "Price One Shilling" in lower case type. Sigs. A-D2, in twos, with the half-title and final leaf "Books lately printed for T. Cooper." 681. POPE (ALEXANDER). One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. Dialogue II. Folio, boards, lateral edge cut. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1738 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-D2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 682. [POPE (ALEXANDER).] The Universal Prayer. By the Author of the Essay on Man. Title ornament. Folio, full polished calf, extra, gilt edges. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1738 FIRST EDITION. Four leaves, without signature. The Halsey copy. Scarce. 683. POPE (ALEXANDER), GAY (JOHN), and others. Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By several Hands. Engraved frontispiece. 8vo, half claret straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by Stikeman. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1712 FIRST EDITION. Contains contributions by Pope, Dryden, Gay, Prior, Brome, etc., concluding with "The Rape of the Locke," the first appearance of the Poem. The book is complete, although there are no pages 321-352. Has the half-title and the pages of advertisements at the end. (Names of S. Knight and Joe Pitt on title). With the Beverley Chew bookplate. 684. POPE (WALTER). The Wish. Written by Dr. Pope Fellow of the Royal Society. 4to, full brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed in the Year 1697 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-D2, in fours. With the Hoe bookplate. 685. PORTER (THOMAS). The Villain, a Tragedy. Ornament on title. Small 4to, full calf, with the Bridgewater crest impressed on sides. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663 FIRST EDITION. An unusually crisp, clean copy. Sig. Title; Prologue; B-N3, with D and D2 repeated in sig. and pagination. With the Bridgewater bookplate. 686. [PORTER (THOMAS).] A Witty Combat: or, the Female Victor. A Trage-Comedy. As it was Acted by Persons of Quality in Whitson-Week with great applause. Written by T. P. Gent. Ornament on title. Small 4to, full calf, with the Bridgewater crest impressed on sides. London: Printed for Tho. Roberts, 1663 FIRST EDITION. This is a scarce play founded on the story of Mary Carleton, the "German Princess," and it is attributed to Thomas Porter. Sigs. Title; Leaf with the Actors' Names; B-F2, in fours. With the Bridgewater bookplate. 687. PORTER (THOMAS). The Carnival: A Comedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre Royal, By His Majesties Servants. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt back, gilt border on sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery (some margins restored). London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1664 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-12, in fours. With the Hoe bookplate. 688. PRINCE D'AMOUR. Le Prince d'Amour, or the Prince of Love. With a Collection of Several Ingenious Poems and Songs By the Wits of the Age. Small 8vo, full brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru (a few head-lines cut into). London: Printed for William Leake, 1660 The only edition of this work mentioned by Lowndes is that of 1663. With the Hoe bookplate. 689. [PRIOR (MATTHEW).] An English Ballad; In Answer to Mr. Despreaux's Pindarique Ode On the Taking of Namure. Folio, boards. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695 FIRST EDITION. Sigs. A-D2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 690. PRIOR (MATTHEW). To the King, an Ode on His Majestys arrival in Holland, 1695. Folio, boards. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695 FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Sigs. A-C2, in twos. The Halsey copy. 691. [PRIOR (MATTHEW).] Poems on Several Occasions: Consisting of Odes, Satyrs and Epistles; with some Select Translations and Imitations. 8vo, old calf (slight repair on title margin, and a few changes in text noted in ink). London: Printed for R. Burrough, and J. Baker, 1707 First Collected Edition of Prior's Poems, published without his consent. The Edition of 1709 is generally called the First. The leaf of Advertisement which should precede the title is wanting. Sigs. A, three leaves; B-I8, in eights. Two of the pieces published in this edition are omitted from his works. The Halsey copy. RARE. 692. [PRIOR (MATTHEW).] Poems on Several Occasions. Engraved frontispiece by Du Guernier after Howard. 8vo, full panelled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1709 FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION of Prior's Poems, containing 58 poems, whereas the edition of 1707 contained but 17. With the H. W. Poor bookplate. A 693. PRIOR (MATTHEW). Earl Robert's Mice. Poem in Imitation of Chaucer, &c. By M-w P-r, Esq. Folio, half green levant morocco, uncut, by Walters. London: Printed for A. Baldwin, 1712 The scarce spurious First Edition. Sigs. Title; A, two leaves. With the Beverly Chew bookplate. 694. [PRIOR (MATTHEW).] Tale. Printer's ornament on title. gilt edges. London: Printed FIRST EDITION. Rare. Fine copy. Col. Grant-Halsey copy. Α The Conversation. Folio, full Spanish calf, for Jacob Tonson, 1720 Sigs. A-B2, in twos. The The Historio-Mastix. 695. PRYNNE (WILLIAM). Players Scovrge, or, Actors Tragaedie. brown crushed levant morocco, gilt, gilt inside borders, green silk lining, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by E. A. and W. I. for Michael Sparks, 1633 The Very Rare FIRST EDITION. Differs slightly from the Hoe copy in that the verso of [***4] has Errata, in the Hoe this page is blank. The volume was condemned by the Star Chamber, the author heavily fined and sentenced to lose his ears in the pillory. This is the first English book publicly burned by the common hangman. The passages, reflecting on Queen Henrietta Maria for acting on the stage, which were ordered cancelled before publication, are present in this copy. Many interesting references to early English writers and plays occur, including Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. 696. QUARLES (FRANCIS). Hadassa: or, The History of Queene Ester: With Meditations thereupon, Diuine and Morall. Small 4to, full blue levant morocco, gilt back, borders and edges, by W. Pratt (last leaf and a few inner margins repaired). At London: Imprinted for Richard Moore, 1621 The First and only separate Edition. Sigs. A-N2. With the Thomas Gaisford bookplate. 697. QUARLES (FRANCIS). Sions Sonnets. Sung By Solomon the King and Periphras'd By Fra. Qvarles. Title within an elaborate woodcut border. Small 4to, old half calf. London: Printed by W. Stansby for Thomas Dewe, 1625 THE FIRST AND ONLY SEPARATE EDITION. The dedication and marginal notes were omitted when the work was included in Quarles' collected poems. VERY RARE. Fine, clean and crisp copy. Sigs. A2-A4; B-F4, in fours. With the Bridgewater bookplate. 698. QUARLES (FRANCIS). A Feast for Wormes. Set forth in a Poeme of the History of Ionah. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt back, gilt panelled sides, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Felix Kyngston, 1626 Second Edition. Sigs. A2-02. The last six leaves comprise "Pentelogia: or, The Qvintessence of Meditation," with a separate title, London, 1626. With the Hoe bookplate. 699. QUARLES (FRANCIS). Divine Poemes. Reuised, and Corrected with Additions. Engraved title, with explanatory leaf, "The Minde of the Frontispiece." 12mo, full brown levant morocco, gilt back, sides panelled in gilt and blind tooling, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Iohn Marriott, 1630 FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Sigs. A-Bb8, in eights. With the Beverly Chew bookplate. 700. QUARLES (FRANCIS). Divine Fancies: Digested into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Observations. Third Edition. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt back, inside dentelles, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. London: Printed by M. F. for Iohn Marriot, 1636 A2 to Ee4, last leaf genuine blank. With the Hoe bookplate. 701. QUARLES (FRANCIS). Observations concerning Princes and States upon Peace and Warre. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt back, inside dentelles, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery. London: Printed for John Sweeting, 1642 Title, and leaf of dedication, B-D4. With the Hoe bookplate. |