Sales catalogue 97: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/11
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 97: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ah 34 DAVIS & ORIOLI, BOOKSELLERS, Literature of Horror—continued. 397 Smart (John) Thesaurus of Horror ; or,, 8vo. 444 pp. 28 parts. Halfcalf. 28 plates. Contains a very interesting series of 9 articles by Julian Harcourt: ‘‘ Personal Sketches of Eminent men of the Present Day,” including Carlyle, Dickens, Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Lamb (whose stammering ‘‘ exceeded that of any emin- ent man I ever knew or heard of”’), Landor, Shelley, and many lesser men. The plates in this book are very pleasant, and include several Essex views: Leigh; Little Warley Hall; Easton, near Great Dunmow ; and High Street, Colchester. or, Literary Cabinet: Containing an Amusing Assemblage of Tales, Anecdotes, Poetry, Biography, Epigrams, Enigmas, Oddities, Receipts, Wonders of Nature and Art, the Spirit of the Periodical Press, and Gleanings from Foreign Journals; Together with a Comprehensive History of the English Stage. With numerous engravings. Vol. I. London, Printed and Published by T. Wallis, Camden Town, 1823 eos 8vo. Recent half calf. 416 pp. 52 parts. Lacking Nos. 1, 3,4 and 47. Woodcuts. Journal, and Monthly Novelist: Being a Vehicle of Genuine Humour, Inoffensive Wit, and Rational Entertainment: Con- sisting of Interesting Extracts from Popular, Scarce and Expensive Works; the Whole Enriched with Valuable Original Pieces, Written Expressly for the Work. Embellished with Interesting Engravings. London, Printed and Published by J. Lee, 1808 15s 8vo. 123 pp., 10 leaves. New half calf. 6 plates. This periodical consisted of 6 Nos. published monthly at 8d. It seems then to have been dis- continued. This set lacks a portion of No. 4, pp. 73-80, At the end, apparently part of the publication, are 2 stories, ‘‘ Oakcliffe Hall,’? by Sarah Wilkinson (18 pp.) and ‘‘ The Caliph of Bagdad ”’ (2 pp.). 395 Original (The); a New Miscellany of Humour, Literature, and the Fine Arts. London, Published for the Proprietors, by G. Cowie, 312, Strand, 1832 15s Roy. 8vo. 348 pp. New half calf. 22 Nos. ' No more published. An internal tear, not affecting legibility, in pp. 5-6. Pp. 149-50 defective. This short-lived periodical, published weekly at 3d. from 3 March to 28 July, 1832, gave the public remarkably good value. There are book _ reviews, theatrical notices, miscellaneous prose and verse, and interesting advertisements. 396 Reynold’s Miscellany, of Romance, - General Literature, Science, and Art. Edited by George W. M. Reynolds. London, Published for the Proprietor, by John Dicks, 1847 15s Roy. 8vo. Vols. 1 and 2. Cloth. Numerous woodcuts. Small hole in pp. 319-20 of Vol. 1; piece torn from bottom corner of pp. 69-70 of Vol. 2; both slightly affecting text. CABLE ADDRESS: The Charnel-House Explored !! Being ani Historical and Philanthropical Inquisition: made for the Quondam-Blood of its; Inhabitants ! By a Contemplative Descentt into the Untimely Grave! Shewing, by ai Number of Awful Facts that have Trans-- pired as well as from Philosophical Inquiry, , the Re-animating Power of Fresh Earth ini Cases of Syncope, etc., at the Extreme: Criminality of Hasty Funerals: with the: Surest Methods of Escaping the Ineffable: Horrors of Premature Interment !! Lon-- don, Printed for the Author, and Published! by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1817 17s 6d| 8vo. 175 pp. New boards and cloth back.. Uncut. with an Introductory’ Dublin, John Brooke, 1801 £1 10s; 8vo. 149 pp. Half calf. 3 coloured plates; (small portion torn from blank margin of one). Ar piece torn from inner top blank margin of 22 leaves (not affecting text). ‘ In verse. The 3 coloured plates make this; volume a particularly good example of Gothic: Horror literature. Dialogue. Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and! Calamities. London, Sherwood, Jones and! CO -NISZ5 £2 15s3 8vo. 2vols. Halfcalf. 104 parts. Woodcuts.. Good complete set. A Journal of Literature: and Art. London, Willoughby and Co.,, [circa 1850] 12s 6d! Roy. 8vo. 226 pp. Modern cloth. 5 plates; (4 by Phiz). Contains 2 serials, ‘‘ Blanche Neville; or, The: Roses of York and Lancaster,” by the Author off “Royalists and Roundheads’’; and ‘‘ Past andi Present; or, Portraits of the Privileged.’’ The: other contributions are literary, with several] articles by Parson Frank on Jeffrey, Hartley; ‘Coleridge, Leigh Hunt, and Henry Hallam. of Nature and Art. London, Jones and Co.,,. 1826-27 ‘ £1 10s; 8vo. 2vols. Halfcalf. 60 plates. . sisting of a Carefully-Selected Collection off Remarkable Trials, Biographies of Wonder-- ful or Extraordinary Characters, Curious: Histories and Adventures, Phenomena ini Nature, the Wonders of Art, etc. Illus-- trated with Steel Plate Portraits, En-- gravings, Woodcuts, etc. London, G. H.. Davidson, [circa 1845] £1 5s: 8vo. 2 vols. Half calf.. Vol. 1, 766 pp. 122 plates and woodcuts. Vol. 2, 756 pp. 8 platess and woodcuts.
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