Sales catalogue 110: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/18
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 110: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPB0oKs—continued. (1802).—Vancenza, or, Credulity, by Mrs. Robinson. London, T. Tegg, 1810 In 1 vol. 8vo. Half roan gilt. 68 Rosse Castle : or, The Vindictive Thane . to which is added, Secret Enemies ; or, Virtue’s Triumph. London, T. Hughes, 1814 10s Sm. 8vo. Recent half calf. Coloured frontispiece. 69 Amours and Intrigues of a Nun (The). Translated from the French, by Mary Wilson, Spinster. London, Dugdale, N.p. The Dangers of 28 + 28 pp. £3 10s 36 pp. (c. 1820) 15s 12mo. 71 pp. Cloth. 2 coloured plates of a slight erotic character. 70 Conscience ; or, The Bridal Night. Lon- don, Printed for the Company of Booksellers, WD. 10s Sm. 8vo. 34 pp. Recent half calf. Coloured frontispiece. 71 Raymond & Agnes ; or, The Bleeding Nun of the Castle of Lindenberg, by the late M. G. Lewis, Esq. London, Dean & Munday, N.D. 4 10s Sm. 8vo. 30 pp. Recent cloth. Coloured frontis- piece. 72 [Scott]. St. Ronan’s Well. 24 pp. No wrapper. [London, Hodgson & Co.].— Peveril of the Peak. 36 pp.. London, Dean & Munday.—Waverley ; or The Castle of Mac Iver. Epitomized by Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson. 34 pp. London, Munday.—Fortunes of Nigel. 31 wrapper. [London, J. L. Marks] In 1 vol. 8vo. Recent half calf. 73 [Poetic Garlands|.—Garlands: Donald o’ Dundee, The Lass of Cartside, Bundle of Wants, Johnny’s Horse. 8 pp. Dumfries, John Sinclair, N.p.—Garland of Three New Songs: Doctor Stafford, Sweet Mayo, For Lack of Gold. 8 pp. Dumfries, J. Sinclair, n.D.—A Garland of New Songs. 8 pp. ’ Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. Marshall, n.p.— The Whale, Bruce’s Address, The Exile of Erin, Blithe was She, Tom Bowling. 8 pp. pp. |, No £1 5s Melodist : or, The Muses’ Delight. 24 pp. Kilmarnock, H. Crawford, 1821 £2) 2s 12mo. A collection of 19 poetical chapbooks and 4 prose pieces, mostly Scotch imprints, early 19th century, usually with a crude woodcut on title. Sometimes slightly cropped. In 1 volume, half calf. A rare collection of this ephemeral literature. 74 Terrific Castle (The) of Donna Morosso . by a Gentleman. London, N. Elliott, 1821 10s Sm. 8vo. 12 pp. Recent half calf. Coloured frontispiece. Book, of Peculiarities, Character, and Manners, Collected by him in his Various Trips. 96 pp. London, Duncombe.—Mr. Mathews “ At Home.” 30 pp. London, Duncombe.—The Theatrical Oho; or, Actor’s Ways & Means. London, Dun- CABLE ADDRESS : combe.— Yates’. Reminiscences; or Etch- ings of Life and Character. 32 pp. London, John Duncombe.—Mr. Yates’ New Enter- tainment: Portraits & Sketches in Town and Country. 26 pp. London, Duncombe, Sen.—The New Fun-Box Broke Open’. 3°. by Peter Love-Laughter. 30 pp. London, Dean and Munday (1822).—The Fun Box Broke Open . by Peter Quiz-all, Esq. 30 pp. London, Dean and Munday £2 103 In 1 vol. Recent half calf. 76 Aldiborontiphoskypherniostikos ; a Round Game, for Merry Parties; with Rules for Playing the Game. By R. Stennet. HKm- bellished with Sixteen Elegantly Coloured Engravings. London, Dean and Munday, N.D. (c. 1840) £1 Is 35 pp. Sm. 8vo. Original wrappers. Coloured plates. The game was for a party | of people to read in turn the complicated text with “ rapidity of utterance and gesticulation ” without mistakes. The coloured illustrations are bright and amusing 77 CGhap-Books of the Eighteenth Ceniury, with Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction, by Jobn Ashton. London, Chatto and Windus, 1882 6s 8vo. 486 pp. Original cloth. 78 Gharron (Peter) Of Wisdome: ‘Three Bookes. Written in French. Translated by Samson Lennard. London, Printed for Edward Blount & Wilh. Aspley (1612) £2 28 8vo. 550 pp., 1 leaf. Calf, rebacked. Engraved title-page. Slight worming in lower margins. Blank corner of last leaf repaired. Leaf before title mounted. S.T.C. 5051. With the Dedication to Prince Henry, who died 6 Nov., 1612. 79 Ghatterton (Thomas) Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Cen- tury. Cambridge, Printed by B. Flower, for the Editor, 1794 £6 68 8vo. 329 pp. Boards (mew back). Uncut. En- graved title-page & plate. According to Wise, the letterpress title was printed on sign. b8. It is placed in the present copy facing the engraved title. This edition was edited by Lancelot Sharpe, & here Coleridge’s **‘ Monody on the Death of Chatterton ”’ appeared for the first time. 80 [Chaucer and Gower].—Todd (Henry J.) Mlustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer. Collected from. Au- thentick Documents. London, F. C. & J. Rivington, 1810 18s 4to. 394 pp. Calf gilt, m.e. 3 plates. Fine copy. 81 Child (John) The Mischief of Persecution Exemplified ; by a True Narrative of the Life and Deplorable End of Mr. John Child, who miserably destroy’d himself, Octob. 13, 1684. Giving an Aecount of his Despair ; and divers Conferences had with him, by several of his Friends. Together with his Answer and Papers; Written by his Own Hand. Attested by us, Tho. Plant. Benj.
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