Sales catalogue 96: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/10
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 96: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ST. MARTIN’S STREET, WALLINGFORD, BERKS., ENGLAND. | ay venty Years Intimate Acquaintance] The Adventures ... The Third Part... th Him, his Family, and Connections. which is added, an Appendix, Includ- ing an Account of his most Valuable Works. as ondon, H. D. Symonds, 1806 £1 Is Tall12mo. 242 pp. Half morocco, t.e.g. - Not in B.M. Scarce. This is an adaptation, largely rewritten, of the Morland portion of Collins’ ‘‘ Memoirs of a Picture.’? See No. 188. ‘A rare opportunity of acquiring these two books - together. 28 Considerations on the Causes of the Present Stagnation of Matrimony, under _the Following Heads. I., The Unreason- able Degree of Influence which Most _ Parents Exercise over their Children . I., The High and Elegant Education that ; Given to Young Women Beyond the ompass of their Fortune and Station df ife. III., The Debauchery and Extrava- ance of Young Men. IV., The General Luxurious and Expensive Taste of the Times. All which are Evils, that Seem to call for the Attention of Parliament. Bordon. T. Spilsbury for J. Ridley, 1772 8vo. 71 pp. New half calf. 18s 6d SF Gornbiry (Henry Hyde, Viscount)] The Mistakes ; or, The Happy Resentment, A omedy, by the Late Lord .. . . London, rinted by S. Richardson, 1758 £2 2s - 8vo. 83 pp., 1 leaf. New half calf. Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury and Hyde (1710-53), was grandson of Laurence Hyde, Ist Earl of Rochester, Jacobite M.P. for Oxford University, friend of Bolingbroke. Addressed verses to Pope upon his “‘ Essay on Man.’’ / ‘The Mistakes’? was printed by subscription ‘for the benefit of the actress, Mrs. Porter, with, _ as Horace Walpole says, “a little Preface,”’ by himself. This book is sometimes said to have been printed at Strawberry Hill, but we. think ' the fact that Samuel Richardson took four copies and has his name as the printer on the title-page is of equal interest. Gornewallyes (Sir W.). Essayes . . . New- y enlarged. London, I. Windet for ds rowne, 1610 £14 14s Sm, 8vo. Old calf, rebacked. 2 parts in 1 vol., with separate title-page to each part. The third edition of these famous essays, which is a very rare one. The S.T.C. only records one copy in England, at Emanuel College. Blank margin of title and blank corner, otherwise a good copy. | owper (William) Oluey Hymns, in Three Books. London, W. Oliver, J. Buckland, and if Johnson, 1779 £1 5s er 12mo. xxvii., 427 pp. Calf, rebacked. First EDITION. ; A blank poftion cut from foot of half-title, ; otherwise a good copy of this scarce book. ruden (Alexander) The Adventures of eeamder the Corrector). with ‘an count of the Chelsea Academies, or the ivate Places for the Confinement of ch as are Supposed to be Deprived of the ercise of their Reason. 44 pp. London, chard Baldwin, 1754.—-The Adventures Alexander the Corrector: The Second $00 pp. London, M. Cooper, 1754.— To which is added, A History of his Love- Adventures. 67 pp. London, 1755.— Alexander the Corrector’s Humble Address . . . to our Most Gracious King. 16 Pp. London, J. Jackson, 1755.—The Corrector’s Earnest Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain. 32 pp. London, 1756 £1 5s 8vo. The five pamphlets and two leaflets in 1 vol. Modern boards. These pamphlets tell the story of the curious tapestry of tragedy and comedy that lay behind that familiar household book Cruden’ s Con- cordance. 33 [Defoe (D.)] Robinson Crusoe examin,d and criticis’d, or a new edition of Charles Gildon’s famous pamphlet, now published, with an Introduction and Notes by Paul Dottin. London and Paris, Dent and Sons, 1923 7/6 8vo. Half calf. 34 Dermedy (Thomas) .Poems, Consisting of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written Between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age. Dublin, J. Jones, 1792 £1 5s Tall 12mo. 112 pp. New half calf. A few margins cut close. Dermody’s first book, published for him by the Rev. Gilbert Austin, a schoolmaster of Dublin, who made the selection. Dermody published two more volumes of poems, and died in 1802 of Lewisham Churchyard. 35 Dilworth (W. H., M.A.) The Life of Writings, and many Curious Anecdotes of his Noble Patrons, as well as of his Con- temporary Wits, Friends, and Foes. Lon- don, H. Woodgate and S. Biooks, 1760 15s 12mo. 151 pp. New half calf. 36 Drayton (Michael) The History of Queen Mab; or, the Court-of Fairy. Being the Queen Mab, now Exhibiting at Drury Lane, is Founded. London, M. Cooper, 1751 10s 8vo. 23 pp. Modern half calf, title-page repaired. 37 Durfey (Thomas) Butler’s Ghost: or, tions upon these Times. London, Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682 £1 10s Sm, 8vo. 188 pp., 2 leaves advertisements. Calf, rebacked. 5 First EpItIon. (John) Microcosmography, or a Piece. of the World dicovered. A new edition. an Appendix by Philip Bliss. White and Cochrane, 1811 8vo. Leicester. : 39 Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces. Edinburgh, Printed for William Creech, 1791 10s 8vo. 300 pp. New half calf. A selection of articles and letters from the Edinburgh periodicals from 1782 to date of publication. London,
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