Volume 1
The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / by William Thomas Lowndes.
- William Thomas Lowndes
- Date:
- 1871
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / by William Thomas Lowndes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![— Cupid and Psyclie, translated by Hudson Hurney, Esq. Lond. 1799. 8vo. 5s., 4to. 7s. 6d. An excellent poetical translation of the most beautiful story which antiquity has left us. Third edition, 1801. Goldsmid, 152, 8s. An edition, 1844. (Re-printed in Bohris ed.) — The new Metamorphosis : be- ing the Holden Ass, alter’d and im- proved to the modern time and manners. Written in Itahan by Carlo Monte Socio, and translated from the Vatican MS. London, 1708, 9, 8vo. 2 vols. Roxburghe, 6674,12s. 6d. Fonthill, 490, 15s. Bindley, pt. iii. 835,18s. 6d. Nassau, pt. i. 53, Ih Reprinted 1821, 8vo. 2 vols. with a fraudulent view of passing it off as a translation of Apuleius. — Another Edition, Lond. 1724. 12mo, 2 vols. with plates by Hogarth. Ireland, 1801, No.77, IZ. Is. Baker, 19,2Z. 6s. Aquepontanus, Joannes. An- glice^ Beidgwatee, John. Aqeino, Charles de. Sacra Exe- quialia in Eunere Jacobi II. Eegis. Eomse, 1702. foho. 15s. Printed at the charge of Cardinal Barbe- rini. Gough, 2034, \l. 2s. Aea, Jehan. See Ofseley, Sir Wm. Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, translated from the French. Lon- don, 1724. 12mo. 6 vols. Bindley, pt. i, 10, 18s. 6d. This old translation is not only incorrect, but coarse and vulgar in its diction. It has, however, been frequently reprinted in 12mo. 4 vols. A valuable edition was published in 1798, by Richard Gough, considerably enlarged from the Paris edition, with notes of illus- tration, and a preface, in which the sup- plementary tales published by Dom Chavis are proved to be a palpable forgery, — Translated by the Rev. Edward Forster. Lond'. 1802. 8vo. 5 vols. ■yvith plates after Smirke’s designs. A very elegant translation. Demy 8vo. Duke of York, 125, 2?. 11s. Saunders’ in 1818, 3L Royal 8vo. with proof plates, Nassau, pt. i. 54, russia, 3f. 9s. Sotheby’s in 1824, morocco, 4Z. 9s. Quarto, with proofs before the letters. Sir M. M. Sykes, pt. i. 271, bds. 51. 12s, 6d. Sotheby’s in May, 1823, 71. 17s. 6d. Drury, 533, mo- rocco, 121.15s. Two copies were printed vith proof plates on satin. Brockett, 243, morocco, 181. 7s. 6d. An edition of For- ster’s translation has been published in 12mo. 4 vols., and oh large paper, in 8vo. — Translated by Wilham Beau- mont, Lond. 1811. royal 12mo. 4 vols. 11. A most entertaining volume in elucida- tion of these oriental fictions, was published by the Rev. Richard Hole, 1797. 8vo. 5s. — To which is added, a Selection of new Tales, now first translated from the Arabic Originals ; also an Introduction and Notes, by Jona- than Scott, LL.D. Lond. 1811. royal 18mo. with frontispieces, 6 vols. This edition was carefully revised and occasionally corrected from the Arabic. The introduction and notes are valuable, as illustrative of the religion, manners, and customs of the Mahommedans. Post octavo, with plates by Smirke. Sotheby’s in May 1823, 21. 5s. Demy octavo, with plates. Earl of Kerry, 625, 4Z. 8s. The original has been printed at Calcutta, edit- ed by Me. Naghten, 4 vols. royal 8vo. 1839- 42. Ql. — With plates after the Designs of Rich, WestaU. London, 1819. 12mo. 4 vols. 11. 8s. An elegant edition. In 1814 was pub- lished the Adventures of Hunchback, with prints by Daniell, from drawings by Smirke. Imperial 4to. North, pt. i. 36, (proofs on india paper) 51.12s. 6d. [There have been many new editions oi the Arabian Nights since this period, in- cluding Lane’s translation, which must be reserved for an appendix.] — New Arabian Nights’ Enter- tainments ; selected from the original Oriental MS. by Jos. Yon Hammer, and now first translated into En- ghsh by the Rev. G-. Lambe. Lond. 1826, fcp, 8vo. 3 vols. 18s. Arabian Tales, translated from the original Arabie into French; and from the French into English, by Robert Heron. Edinburgh, 1792. 12mo, 4 vols. 10s. Sir M. M, Sykes, pt. i. 74,12s. Fonthill, 1982, 13s. Arabic and Persian Tales. See Scott, Jonathan, LL.D. Aeago, J. Narrative of aYoyage round the World, by Captain Frey- cinet duriug the Years 1817,18, 19, and 20, on a scientific expedition](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24872155_0001_0079.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
