Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/43
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    172 Pielding (Henry) A True Strate of the Casx of BosaAvERN PENLEZ, who suffered on Account of the late Riot in the Strand, FIRST EDITION, cr. 8vo., Af. calf, London, 1749 173 — The Works of, with the Life of the Author, portrazt, 12 vols, 12mo., cont. calf, Edinburgh, 1767 £4 174 ———— Works of, fortrait, 8 vols, 8vo., cont. calf, 1771 47 175 [Fielding (Sarah)] The Apventures of Davip Simpte. . . Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, by a Lady, FIRsT EDITION, 2 vols, 12mo., cont. calf, London, 1745 £1 176 Fontenelle (M. de) Lerrers of GALLANTRY, trans. into English by Mr. Ozell, 12mo., cont. panelled calf, 1715 10s 177 Garrick (David) Fuorizet and Perpira: a Dramatic Pastoral, in Three Acts, alter’d from The Winter’s Tale of Shakespeare, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, FIRST EDITION, 8vo., hf. cl., London, 1758 17S (23 ] An Ope upon DepicatTinc a BuiLpinGc and EREc- TING a STATUE to SHAKESPEARE at STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, 4to., original wrappers, enclosed in cl. case, 1769 46 Garrick’s own ccpy, with bookplate. It was sold in the Garrick Sale of April 25th, 1823, Lot 791, and realised one shilling and sixpence, 179 ———— CaTaLocuE of the Lisprary, which will be sold by auction on April 23rd, 1823, and nine following days, PRICED IN MANUSCRIPT THROUGHOUT, 8vo., Af. calf, 1823 412 Garrick’s copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio realised £34 2s. 6d., and Boswell’s Life of Johnson only 16s. With John Drinkwater’s signature on end-paper. 180 Gay (John) The SHEPHERD’s WEEK, in Six Pastorals, wth front. and 6 plates, FIRST ISSUE OF FIRST EDITION, 8vo., original boards (slightly worn), Ferd. Burleigh, 1714 46 10s 181 ——-— Poems, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, front. and 2 plates, 2 vols in one, 4to., calf, rebacked, 1720 £2 10s 182 ——— The Brecear’s OPERA, 46 pp. of engraved music, 1761—bound with Potty : an Opera, 16 leaves of engraved music, FIRST EDITION, 1729—2 vols in one, 4to., calf, rebacked £4 183 FABLES, FIRST EDITION, with vignettes, 4to., cont. calf, 1727 £2 184 STOCKDALE’S WELL-PRINTED EDITION, 70 plates after designs by Blake and others, 2 vols, roy. 8vo., cont. hf. morocco, Stockdale, 1793 185 Gibbon (E.) History of the DeciineE and Fatt of the . Roman EMPIRE, FIRST EDITION (wanting half-titles), portratt and map, 6 vols, 4to., cont. calf, 1776-88 412
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