The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci.

  • Seymour de Ricci
Date:
1921
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Credit: The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDISON (Joseph). 1672-1719 Remarks on several Parts of Italy. London, for J. Ton- son, 1705. 8°. £33 Elton (May 1916, n. 2) old calf, presentation copy to Sacheverell. The Campaign, a Poem to His Grace the Duke of Marl¬ borough. London, Jacob Tons on, 1705. Fol. 22 leaves. $20-30. — £ 15 Hodgson’s, 31 May 1905, n. 516, uncut; $32.50 H. V. Jones (Dec. 1918, n. 2) calf, by Riviere, uncut. The Spectator. London, S. Buckley and A. Baldwin, 1711- 1712. Fol. A complete set contains 556 numbers (1-555, 1 March 1711-6 Decem¬ ber 1718), two different parts being numbered 165. £38 Van Antwerp (March 1907, n. 3) calf (Rowfant copy, now C. T. Crocker) ; £ 28 Hodgson’s, 3 Apr. 1913, n. 397. To this may be added Nos. 556-636 [read 635’] (18 June 1714-20 De¬ cember 1714) and a further, but spurious, continuation (by William Bond), 3 January-5 August 1715. With the continuations $950 Hoe (Jan. 1912, II, n. 17) in 2 vols. (the Earl of Munster’s copy, now H. E. Widener Library). Cato, a Tragedy. London, for J. Tons on, 1713. 40. There are two editions under the same date. $15-25. — £ 14.5.0 Sotheby’s, 20 June 1904, n. 157, uncut; $47.50 Hagen (May, 1918, n. 2) mor.; $52 H. V. Jones (Dec. 1918, n. 3) calf, uncut, by Riviere. Works. Birmingham, Baskerville, 1761. 40. Portr. and plates by Grignion after Hayman. Most copies are more or less stained. In calf $15-20; in mor. $50-60. — £ 15 Hibbert (Apr. 1902, n. 3) mor., with the arms of the Earl of Clare. ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR COMICUS The Adventures of Doctor Comicus, or the Frolics of For¬ tune. London, for B. Blake [1815]. 8°. 15 coloured pi. by Illman. An imitation of the first Tour of Dr. Syntax (See Combe). In orig. boards $50-60. — $55 Borden (Febr. 1913, n. 641) mor. by Riviere.