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front cover: item 105 inside front cover: item 10 inside rear cover: item 46 rear cover: item 106 photography by nicole neenan Photographs of all items in this catalogue can be viewed on our website, jamescumminsbookseller.com terms of payment: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are return- able within 10 days for any reason. All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify a shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. 1 [ADDISON, Joseph] Remarks on Several Parts of Italy &c. In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703. London: , 1705 Engraved headpieces and vignettes. [xii], 534, [10, index] pp., with half-title. 8vo. Contemporay Cambridge calf, citron morocco spine label, red sprinkled edges. Small chip to head of spine, else fine. Old shelf label at foot of spine, book label on front pastedown. ESTC T74575.

First edition. An incredibly fresh and clean copy of the first edition of Addison’s account of his grand tour experiences in Italy. “After travelling south to Marseilles Addison took ship for Italy on 12 December 1700, but was driven back by a storm. In the end he reached Genoa by land, and then proceeded through Pavia to Milan and then Venice, after which he followed the accustomed route south, choosing to go via San Marino and Loreto as he journeyed briefly to Rome and then on to Naples. He climbed Vesuvius, sailed round Capri, and sailed back up the coast to Rome. Here he passed a more extended sojourn, visiting churches, annotating architecture and antiquities, and undertaking trips out to literary shrines such as Tivoli and Frascati. There were poetic echoes on almost every corner for a man as deeply imbued in the ancient corpus as Addison, and he was to coin the phrase ‘classic ground’ to express a pervading atmosphere of ageless accomplishment, as the familiar texts sprang unbidden into his mind” (ODNB). It was while crossing the Alps in December of 1701 that Addison wrote the poem “A Letter from Italy,” one of his most popular. $1,000

2 ADDISON, Joseph, Sir , et al The Spectator. London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712-15 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary gilt-paneled, sprinkled calf with gilt-paneled spines, red morocco lettering pieces. Joints and extremities slightly rubbed, vols. II and VIII rehinged, repair to some heads; internally a fine, wide-margined copy. Grolier Club, Bibliographical Notes One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature, no. 40 (“A few copies on Large Paper were sold at One Guinea a volume.”)

First collected edition, LARGE PAPER ISSUE, with volume II in second edition. “Volumes 1 and 2, printed in octavo, were bound up, and, dedicated to Lord Somers and Lord Halifax, were issued in 1712; volumes 3 and 4, with dedications to Henry Boyle and the Duke of Marlborough, came out the next year; and the remaining three, with dedications to the Marquis of Wharton, Earl of Sunderland, and Sir Paul Methuen, were also published in 1713. With the help of Eustace Budgell, Addison issued a continuation of the paper in item 2

2 | James Cummins bookseller 1714, which, when it made enough numbers for a volume, was issued with a dedication to Will Honeycomb, in 1715. An edition in duodecimo was also published. A few copies on large paper sold at one guinea a volume” (Kent, Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature). $5,000

3 [ARBUTHNOT, John] Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify’d in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth. London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1712 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Title a bit spotted, overall very good. Rothschild 38; ESTC T114789.

First edition. The first of the famous series of “John Bull” pamphlets by Arbuthnot, who invented the figure that became England’s national symbol. $1,500

4 [ARBUTHNOT, John] John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless Pit. Printed for a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and Publish’d (as Well as the Two Former Parts) by the Author of the New Atalantis. London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationer’s-Hall, 1712 47, [1, ads] pp. Uncut in modern boards. ESTC T29120; Rothschild 40.

Second edition. The reference to Mary Manley’s New Atalantis was plainly intended to disguise Arbuthnot’s authorship. $750

Catalogue 136 | 3 5 [ARBUTHNOT, John] Lewis Baboon turned Honest and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. [bound with:] A Complete Key to the Three Parts of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. London: Printed for John Morphew, 1712 37, [3]; [8 (Key)] pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Near fine.ESTC T38599.

First edition. $1,250

6 [ARBUTHNOT, John] An Appendix to John Bull Still in his Senses: or, Law is a Bottomless Pit. Printed From a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and Publish’d, (as Well as the Three Former Parts) by the Author of the New Atalantis. London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationer’s-hall, 1712 22, [2, ads] pp. 8vo. Uncut in modem boards. A fine copy. Rothschild 42;ESTC T22318.

Third edition, (price from imprint “3 d”). $600

7 [BOLINGBROKE, HERVEY ET AL] A Final Answer to the Remarks on the Craftsman’s Vindication … [With:] Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman. [And:] An Answer To a late Pamphlet Intitled, Observations on the writings of the Craftsman. [And:] Remarks on the Craftsman’s Vindication of His Two Honble Patrons … London: R. Franklin, et al, 1730-31 32, 31, [blank], 30, [ad, blank], 62 pp. 8vo. A clean and bright copy in twentieth-century paneled calf, green and red morocco labels to spine, slightly shelf-worn, some ink annotations throughout mostly concerning the authorship of each work.

THE WAR BETWEEN BOLINGBROKE AND WALPOLE. A sammelband of four pamphlets concerning Viscount Bolingbroke’s efforts to undermine the Walpole administration. Having recently returned from exile and though allowed to purchase property, Walpole denied Bolingbroke from restoration of his political rights, wary that he would abuse them. He proved correct and soon Bolingbroke undertook a campaign to resume power.

4 | James Cummins bookseller A paper war commenced, and Bolingbroke’s organ of choice was The Craftsman, “a journalistic venture which heralded the birth of a formidable opposition to Walpole and the beginnings of a propaganda campaign of sustained brilliance and of rare political sophistication. Edited by Nicholas Amhurst and printed by Richard Francklin, The Craftsman attracted contributions from Bolingbroke, Pulteney, and other leading thinkers and writers in the opposition camp … During its period of greatest influence, from 1729 to 1732, at least 8,000 copies of each issue were distributed and probably upwards of 12,000 copies in 1731 … The Craftsman aroused such public interest and so embarrassed the ministry that Walpole spent large sums subsidizing a pro-ministerial press to reply to it (and to attack Bolingbroke and Pulteney in particular); and he had Francklin arrested on several occasions in an effort to silence it” ODNB( ).

The accusations bled beyond the pages of serial publications into pamphlets such as these here with Baron John Hervey often writing in defense of the government:

[Bolingbroke, Viscount Henry St. John]. A Final Answer to the Remarks on the Craftsman’s Vindication. Second issue, reset from the first without the errata. London: R. Francklin, 1731.

[Hervey, John]. Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1730.

An Answer To a late Pamphlet Intitled, Observations on the writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: R. Francklin, 1731.

Remarks on the craftsman’s Vindication of his Two Honble Patrons. Fifth edition. With half-title. London: J. Peele, 1731. $750

8 BOSWELL, James An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. London: Foulis for E. and C. Dilly, 1768 Engraved title-page, large fold-out map (Rothschild, state 2). Half-title present. xxi, [xxii, blank], [2, contents], 382, [2, blank] pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, red title label, Minor wear at joints, else fine. Gaskell, Foulis 473; Pottle 24; Rothschild 442.

First edition, with cancels at E2 & Z3, in contemporary binding. Boswell’s first major work—an account of his trip to Corsica and his meeting with General Pasquale Paoli, leader of the Corsican independence movement. “With its reports of the gallant islanders and a Plutarchan depiction of Paoli paralleled with several classical heroes, [An Account of Corsica] was an immediate success. The work was widely read and translated, stimulated

Catalogue 136 | 5 great interest in Paoli and the Corsican cause, brought its author wide fame in Britain and Europe, and found an interested readership among the Americans. It attracted the notice of the French government (which had a translation made), and though Boswell’s ambition for British intervention was not to be fulfilled, he probably influenced Britain’s decision to send secret supplies of arms to the Corsicans” (ODNB). $2,000

9 BOSWELL, James An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1768 Engraved title-page, large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii, [ii], 384 pp. 8vo. Boards, uncut. Spine quite worn. ESTC T26158; Pottle 24; Tinker 322.

The Second edition, with half-title, variant with Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. $950

10 BOSWELL, James The Life of , LL.D. … in Two Volumes. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791 Engraved portrait by J. Heath after , 2 other engraved plates. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588 [i.e. 586] pp. 2 vols. 4to. Modern half calf in antique style over old marbled covers, period morocco spine labels preserved. Some toning and minor spotting throughout, pale browning to plates and endpapers, corner stain to portrait, tiny hole in text to 2D2 and 2H3 in vol 2. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 65.

First Edition, first state of S4r with “gve” for “give,” 2M4 and 2N1 in vol. 1 are cancels as is E3 in vol 2. Attractive copy of the most famous and enduring biography in the English language. $6,000

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Catalogue 136 | 7 11 BURNET, Gilbert An Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. London: John Churchill, 1714 72 pp. 12mo. Disbound. First quire loose. ESTC N9954.

First separate edition. Burnet’s Introduction elicited a reply from — A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m’s Introduction, 1713 (see item 185). $300

12 CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1774 Engraved frontispiece portrait after he painting by Hoare. 2 vols. 4to. Full contemporary polished tree calf, ornately gilt spines with central floral and basket devices in each panel, spines with red and green leather labels lettered in gilt. Joints to both volumes starting (but sound), light rubbing to head of volume one and to edges of both; interiors clean and crisp; early owner‘s signature on title-page of volume I. Overall, a very impressive set in a handsome binding of the period. Rothschild 596.

First Edition, with half-titles, in beautiful contemporary binding. Chesterfield’s letters were full of educational insights and wisdom which the Earl felt he should impart to his illegitimate but much-loved son, Philip. They were not intended for publication, and the Earl’s estate objected when Philip’s widow had them published in 1774. “The Letters brought more lasting fame, as well as censure, than all his political achievements. They have been greatly admired. … The series of 448 letters to his son began when the boy was five and continued until within four weeks of his death in 1768 at the age of thirty-six. In one sense they were compensation for the university education Philip did not receive and were intended to provide the essential foundation for a career in politics or diplomacy. At their peak, from 1748 to 1752, the long and earnest homilies were landing on Philip’s table at the rate of one a fortnight” (ODNB).

The Letters were met with mixed reviews, but great popularity, 26 editions were done by 1800. “Even with a conservative estimate of print runs, complete editions easily exceeded 10,000 copies, making Letters to His Son one of the most popular publications of the late Eighteenth Century” (Mayo, Papers of BSA, Vol 99:1). $3,500

8 | James Cummins bookseller 13 CIBBER, Colley A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope, Inquiring into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical works, to be so Frequently Fond of Mr. Cibber’s name. London: Printed: and sold by W. Lewis in Russel-Street, Covent- Garden, 1742 66 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Half-title darkened and with old closed repair; title-page slightly darkened; otherwise a very good copy. ESTC T37905; Rothschild 637.

First edition, variant with catchword on p. 39: -S, at foot of title-page: “price 1s.” Cibber, heartily despised by Pope, and the constant butt of his mockery, retaliated in kind in this pamhlet. Among others, Cibbers recounts a story of the brothel-adventures of the 4-1/2 foot tall, hunchbacked Pope, with his “little-tiny manhood.” Pope took his revenge the following year when he elevated Cibber to the King of Dunces in the revised edition of . $400

14 COWPER, William Poems. [And:] The Task, A Poem in Six Books … to which is added … An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1782 & 1785 [iv], 367, [1, errata]; [vi], 359, [1] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in quite simple full dark green morocco, spines gilt, a.e.g., orange silk doublures, by Zaehnsdorf and dated 1886, with their exhibition blindstamp on the back pastedown, laid in a full green morocco pull-off case, spine of case sunned. Very fine. Provenance: Bookplate of E. Hubert Litchfield. Rothschild Library 681.

First editions, with rare half-title to The Task reading “Poems, Vol. II.” Cowper’s Poems was his first collection of verse and includes such well-known works as “Table Talk,” “Boadicea: an Ode,” “Truth,” “Hope,” “Charity,” and “Retirement.” The Task was published three years after the first volume of Cowper’sPoems .

Errata on final page in vol.I , E6 and I6 in vol. I cancels as usual, without the Preface by John Newton found in a few copies, last page of vol. II with advertisement for the first volume of Cowper’s Poems. Superbly bound in a Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding. $2,500

Catalogue 136 | 9 15 [DEFOE, Daniel] The True-Born Englishman. A Satyr. [London]: Printed in the Year 1701 [ii], 22 pp. A-C4. 8vo. Disbound. Moore 28 (for first edition).

Later, pirated edition, of Defoe’s defense of the Dutch-born King William and satire of English xenophobia made the author “one of the best-known men in London” (ODNB).

In the preface to the 1703 edition, Defoe clarifies his intent: “I only infer that an Englishman, of all men, ought not to despise foreigners as such, and I think the inference is just, since what they are to-day, we were yesterday, and to-morrow they will be like us. If foreigners misbehave in their several stations and employments, I have nothing to do with that; the laws are open to punish them equally with natives, and let them have no favour. But when I see the town full of lampoons and invectives against Dutchmen only because they are foreigners, and the King reproached and insulted by insolent pedants, and ballad- making poets for employing foreigners, and for being a foreigner himself, I confess myself moved by it to remind our nation of their own original, thereby to let them see what a banter is put upon ourselves in it, since, speaking of Englishmen ab origine, we are really all foreigners ourselves.”

The pamphlet was first printed in January 1701 according to Moore, with a title-page date of 1700. There followed 9 more authorized edtions in 1701—and an untold number of pirated copies, which Defoe himself estimated at 80,000 copies. $300

16 [DEFOE, Daniel] No Queen: or, No General. An Argument, Proving the Necessity Her Majesty Was In, as Well for the Safety of Her Person as of Her Authority, to Displace the D[uke] of M[arl]borough. London: Printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1712 [4], 52 pp. 8vo. Modern burgundy cloth. Ex-library, with perforated stamp on title, and shelfmarks on verso. Half-title with marginal perforation, small chip from final leaf at lower inner margin, with loss of a few letters. A good reading copy only of a scare and fragile book. ESTC T70643; Moore 227.

First edition. $250

10 | James Cummins bookseller 17 DEFOE, Daniel A Farther Search into the Conduct of the Allies, and the Late Ministry, as to Peace and War. Containing also A Reply to the Several Letters and Memorial of the States-General. With a Vindication of the British Parliament in Their Late Resolves and Address Relating to the Deficiencies of the Dutch. London: [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1712 77 , [1] pp. 8vo. Modern half calf and burgundy cloth. Upper corner of final leaf torn away, without loss. Very good. Moore 242; Teerink 1046; Kress 2789; ESTC T65922.

The ESTC identifies two issues of this work sometimes attributed to Swift: one, as in the present copy, and other with variant spelling “Further” in the title and printed by John Morphew. $400

18 [DEFOE, Daniel] Reasons Concerning the Immediate Demolishing of Dunkirk: being a Serious Enquiry into the State and Condition of that Affair. London: Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1713 48 pp. 8vo. Modern polished cloth, lettered in gilt. Ex-library, with perforation stamp on title and ink stamp on verso of title; text a bit browned, but very good. Scarce on the market. Moore 264.

First edition. $450

19 [DEFOE, Daniel] Some Reasons offered by the late Ministry in Defence of their Administration. London: Printed for J. Morphew, 1715 78 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf. ESTC T56981; Moore 308; Rothschild 768; Sabin, 86727.

First edition. Contains several references to Canadian colonies. The Defoe attribution has been challenged by Furbank and Owens, chiefly on stylistic grounds. $450

Catalogue 136 | 11 20 DEFOE, Daniel La Vie et les Avantures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe … [and:] … Tome Second [and:] Reflexions Serieuses et Importantes de Robinson Crusoe, Faites pendant les Avantures surprenantes de sa Vue. Avec Sa Vision Angelique … Tome Troisieme. Amsterdam: Chez L’Honoré et Chatelain, 1720-1721 Title-pages printed in red and black. 22 engraved plates in all, including frontispiece of Robinson Crusoe, folding map, and 6 engraved plates in vol. I; frontispiece, folding map, and 5 engraved plates in vol. II; frontispiece and 6 engravings in vol. III. xxxiv, [ii], [1]-632; viii, [1]-588; xii, [1]-629 pp. 3 vols. Thick 12mo. Bound in full crimson morocco, gilt spine, a.e.g., by Brany. Fine. Bookplates of Thomas Powell & Frasier W. McCann. Cohen-de Ricci 404; Brunet II 556; Gumuchian 4793 (“un des plus beaux livres de voyages à figures du XVIIIe siècle”).

First edition in French of this classic, published in three parts not long after the London original. The title-page of the first volume makes no reference to subsequent volumes (later editions indicate that the work is in three volumes). The superb engravings were copied with varying degrees of success in later editions. $4,500

21 [DYER, John et al] A New Miscellany: Being a Collection of Pieces of Poetry, from Bath, Tunbridge, Oxford, Epsom, and Other Places, in the Year 1725 … To Which is Added, Grongar Hill, a Poem. London: T. Warner, [1726] [vi], 90 pp. 12mo. Modern tan buckram. Title and final leaf extended at inner margin, some soiling and toning, a few running page numbers trimmed at top margin. Case 335; ESTC N20426 (10 copies). Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of this poetic miscellany continaing the second printing of John Dyer’s topographical poem “Grongar Hill,” a description of a climb above his home Aberglasne in Carmarthenshire, . “Publication of Dyer’s poems started in 1726 with three versions of ‘Grongar Hill’ in separate miscellanies, as a Pindaric ode and in two versions of octosyllabic couplets” (ODNB). The present example is the first in octosyllabic couplets; a revised version was published in a July 1726 Miscellany by David Lewis. Dyer’s poetry of place and his direct, plain language, anticipates the poetry of Wordsworth, who praised Dyer’s works in his sonnet “To the Poet, John Dyer.” $1,000

12 | James Cummins bookseller item 20 Catalogue 136 | 13 22 FIELDING, Henry Love in Several Masques. A , as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal … London: John Watts, 1728 [viii], 82, [2] pp. 8vo. Disbound. First three leaves detached. In a custom gray card folder. Cross III, p. 290.

First edition of the 20-year-old Fielding’s first play and his second surviving publication. “Fielding’s career as dramatist began auspiciously enough when, as an unknown author in his twentieth year, his first play, the comedy Love in Several Masques, was staged by Cibber at Drury Lane—an extraordinary favour due probably to the influence of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, to whom Fielding dedicated the published version” (ODNB). In the Preface Fielding acknowledges the difficulty of competing for audiences with Gay’sBeggar’s Opera and Vanburgh’s The Provok’d Husband. Love in Several Masques would run for only 4 nights, and Fielding would shortly depart for Holland to study, his next theatrical works not appearing until 1730. $750

23 FIELDING, Henry The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman’s- Fields. London: J. Watts, 1730 [iv], 80, [3], [1, ads] pp., final signature correctly signed G. 8vo. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quartich. Contents toned, a few headlines trimmed, some edges rough. Cross III, p. 290. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (binder’s stamp); Blackwell’s (pencil note); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition, ordinary paper issue, of Fielding’s second play, written upon his return to London following nearly two years on the Continent. The Temple Beau was turned down by Drury Lane—where two years earlier Fielding, with the help of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, had staged his first play—and he was forced to take his work to Goodman’s Fields, “a new playhouse with a much inferior company of actors located in the City” (ODNB). The play was nevertheless a modest success, running for nine nights and sporadic revivals thereafter: “Fielding’s career as dramatist had begun in earnest” (ibid). The prologue by James Ralph—a Pennsylvania native who abandoned his family and came to London with in 1724—marks the beginning of years of collaboration and friendship with Fielding. $1,250

14 | James Cummins bookseller 24 FIELDING, Henry The Author’s Farce; and the Pleasures of the Town. As Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Scriblerus Secundus. London: J. Roberts, 1730 [viii], 59, [5] pp. 8vo. Period paneled calf. Some pale browning and spotting at margins, small closed tear to top margin of title and chip to following leaf. Cross III, p. 290-1; ESTC N15803. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (pencil note on rear pastedown); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Fielding’s third play, a comic ballad opera in the mold of Gay’s Beggar’s Opera; it ran for 41 nights in its first season and was subsequently revived. “In March 1730 at the Little Haymarket Theatre he had his first popular success with The Author’s Farce; its third act, entitled ‘The Pleasures of the Town’, was played by actors who impersonated puppets representing well-known personalities of the day” (ODNB).

The ESTC notes two variant woodcut headpiece on B1, with either a head or, as in the present copy, an enthroned Cupid. A scarce title; ABPC records only one copy at auction in the past 35 years. $2,500

25 FIELDING, Henry The Author’s Farce; with a Puppet-Show, Call’d the Pleasures of the Town. As Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: J. Watts, 1750 68, [4] pp. 8vo. Modern blue wrappers. Some pale browning at margins. In a cloth-backed card folder. Cross III, p. 291.

Third edition, revised and expanded, of Fielding’s third play, a comic ballad opera first staged in 1730. A note on the title-page reads: “This piece was originally acted at the Hay- Market, and revived some years after at Drury-Lane, when it was revised, and greatly alter’d by the author, as now printed.” The revised version was staged in 1734, though not printed, as here, until 1750. $500

Catalogue 136 | 15 26 [FIELDING, Henry] . A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Scriblerus Secundus … The Second Edition. London: J. Roberts, 1730 [viii], 16 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards, rebacked to style in calf, red morocco spine label. Contemporary manuscript contents listing 8 titles on the front free endpaper. Cross III, p. 291; ESTC T4506.

Second edition, revised with prologue, epilogue and new scenes, second state with edition statement on title, of Fielding’s fourth play, a comic burlesque of English heroic drama. “Played by a petite actress, the diminutive hero of British legend struts the stage as champion of King Arthur, as well as the object of the affections of Queen Dollololla and Princes Huncamunca and of the enmity of the marplot Lord Grizzle. [Fielding’s] dialogue echoes the bombast of more than forty tragedies from John Fletcher and Shakespeare to and James Thomson” (Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 187). Swift, who attended one of the early performances, admitted to Laetitia Pilkington that he laughed only twice in his life—“The Dean told me, he did remember that he had not laugh’d above twice in his Life; once at some Trick a Mountebank’s Merry-Andrew play’d; and the other time was at the Circumstance of Tom Thumb’s killing the Ghost.” Tom Thumb was initially staged as a post-script to The Author’s Farce, but its immediate popularity led Fielding to expand the work for this second edition only a week after the play’s initial opening, increasing the number of scenes in Act II from 10 to 12, and adding a preface, prologue and epilogue. Fielding also introduced the pseudonym Scriblerus Secundus in homage to Pope. The first edition is one of the great Fielding rarities, with only a handful of copies extant. [bound with:] GAY, John. The What D’ye Call It. A Trag-Comii-Pastoral Farce … Engraved frontispiece. [xii], 41, [1, ads] pp. London: Bernard Lintot, 1725. Fourth edition.

[and:] GAY, John. The Beggar’s Opera … Printed music throughout. [viii], 8, 76 pp. London: John Watts, 1728. Second edition, with revisions and overture score by Pepusch. $2,500

16 | James Cummins bookseller 27 FIELDING, Henry The Coffee-House Politician; or, the Justice Caught in His Own Trap. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s Inn-Fields. London: J. Watts, 1730 [viii], 78 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Gatherings sprung, stab holes. In custom gray card folder. Cross III, p. 291-2; Masengil, “Variant Forms of Fielding’s ‘Coffee-House Politician,’ Studies in Bibliography 5, pp. 178-183. First edition, third issue, first state, of Fielding’s fifth play, intially title Rape upon Rape. This is a re-issue of the first edition sheets with a cancel title and preliminaries. “This is the new title given to Rape upon Rape when revived in the winter of 1730 … It was withdrawn after four performances and never staged again” (Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 179). Rape upon Rape was inspired by the scandal of Colonel Francis Charteris, who received a royal pardon after raping his maid. The events earned Charteris the moniker “Rape-Master General of Great Britain.” The play was first performed at the Hay-Market to only modest success and was revived the following season under the title The Coffee-House Politician (though the running titles retain the original title). The first edition is one of Fielding’s rarer plays. Masengil, in “Variant Forms of Fielding’s ‘Coffee-House Politician’” (SB 5, pp. 178-183) identifies three issues of the play, the first under the title Rape upon Rape, and the second and third issues with the new title. They can be distinguished by certain typographical differences, the most apparent being the number of hyphens between Coffee and House in the title (one in the second issue, two in the third). In addition, the third issue exists in two states, distinguished by the cast list on A4v. $500

28 FIELDING, Henry The Letter-Writers: Or, a New Way to Keep a Wife at Home. A Farce in Three Acts. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. London: J. Roberts, 1731 48 pp. 8vo. Modern quarter calf and boards, printed label on front cover. Light staining to title. Cross III, p. 292. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (pencil collation on rear paste-down); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate). First edition of this early Fielding play; it was a failure and only ran for four performances. The plot was drawn from the contemporary criminal practice of writing threatening letters to extort money from wealthy husbands. Uncommon—ABPC records no copies sold at auction. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 17 29 FIELDING, Henry, et al [Sammelband containing 11 plays, including 3 first editions by Fielding:] The Old Debauchees; The Covent-Garden Tragedy; The Mock Doctor. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, lacking spine label, occasional spotting and soiling to text. Cross III, p. 295. Provenance: William Walter (manuscript contents list on front free endpaper); Louis & Anne Davidson (bookplate).

First editions of the following plays by :

[FIELDING, Henry]. The Old Debauchees. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury- Lane. [iv], 40 pp. London: J. Watts, 1732. First performed 1 June 1732 at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane with The Covent-Garden Tragedy (see next). The two plays ran together for 6 nights, after which The Covent-Garden Tragedy, was replaced by The Mock Doctor. The plot, which involves a Catholic priest’s attempts to seduce a young woman, was based loosely on the case of the Jesuit Father Girard, who was tried and convicted for using magic to seduce Marie Catharine Cadier. The play’s anti-Catholic bias made it a popular work for revival, and revised editions, under the title The Debauchees, appeared in 1746 and 1750. Cross III, p. 295. [FIELDING, Henry]. The Covent-Garden Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury- Lane. [ii], 11, [3], 32 pp. London: J. Watts, 1732. First performed 1 June 1732 as a companion piece to The Old Debauchees. A satire on ’ popular tragedy The Distrest Mother (1712), with inspiration drawn from Hogarth’s The Harlot’s Progress. The central character, Mother Punchbowl, was modeled on the notorious madam Elizabeth Needham. The brothel setting enraged the public, and the play closed after one performance, with only sporadic revival thereafter. The tongue-in-cheek Prolegomena prints some of the criticism levied at the play, as the author admits he was unable to procure any positive reviews. An uncommon work, with no copies sold at auction listed on ABPC. Cross III, p. 295.

[FIELDING, Henry]. The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur’d. A Comedy. Done from Moliere. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. [viii], 32 pp. London: J. Watts, 1732. First edition of Fielding’s ballad-opera adaptation of Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui, first performed 23 June 1732. A scarce work, 11 copies listed on ESTC and 1 copy sold at auction according to ABPC. Cross III, p. 296.

Bound after the following works:

MOTTLEY, John. The Imperial Captives: A Tragedy. London: Jauncy et al, 1720. Second edition; MOTTLEY, John. Antiochus: A Tragedy. London: Harbin et al. 1721; HILL, Aaron. King Henry the Fifth: or, the Conquest of France by the English. London: Chetwood and Watts, 1723; JEFFREYS, George. Edwin: A Tragedy. London: Woodward et al, 1724; CIBBER, Theophilus.

18 | James Cummins bookseller King Henry VI. A Tragedy. London: W. Chetwood, 1724. Second edition; CIBBER, Colley. Caesar in Aegypt. A Tragedy. London: J. Watts, 1725; Wandesford, Osborne Sidney. Fatal Love: or, the Degenerate Brother. A Tragedy. London: T. Worrall, 1730; ODINGSELLS, Gabriel. Bay’s Opera. London: J. Roberts, 1730. $6,000

30 FIELDING, Henry The Miser. A Comedy. Taken from Plautus and Moliere. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: J. Watts, 1733 [xii], 87, [1] pp. 8vo. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Cross III, p. 296. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Fielding’s adaptation of Molière’s L’Avare, the most successful of his “regular” . With an epilogue by . $350

31 FIELDING, Henry The Intriguing Chambermaid. A Comedy of Two Acts. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane … Taken from the French of Regnard. London: J. Watts, 1734 [xii], 40 pp., with printed music for 12 songs. 8vo. Full polished calf, gilt, brown morocco spine label, a.e.g., by Zaehnsdorf. Extremities rubbed, covers a trifle soiled, a few leaves shaved close at top, title split at gutter, repair to closed tear at margin of E3, text toned, endpapers and outer leaves spotted. Cross III, pp. 297-8; Rothschild 839. Provenance: Seven Gables ($10 cost code, dated July 1947 at rear); Donald & Mary Hyde (bookplate); Ximenes (pencil price, and code, Occasional List no. 92, the Works of Henry Fielding, item 8, $1,250).

First edition of Fielding’s ballad-opera adaptation of Jean François Regnard’s Le retour imprévu. Uncommon on the market. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 19 32 (FIELDING, HENRY) LILLO, [George & Henry FIELDING] Fatal Curiosity: A True Tragedy of Three Acts. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. London: John Gray, 1737 47, [1, ad] pp., title in red and black. 8vo. Early 20th-century half calf and marbled boards. Small closed tear to top margin of title, some toning and light staining to text. Cross III, p. 300. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of this play by Fielding’s friend George Lillo (1693-1739). After the work was rejected by London’s principal theaters, Fielding accepted it at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket. It was first performed 27 May 1736 under the title Guilt its Own Punishment; or, Fatal Curiosity and shared the bill with Fielding’s Tumble Down Dick. Fielding revised the play for publication, “… provided the prologue, puffed the play in the press, and in general applied all his talents and resources toward ensuring its success. Introduced late that season, it had a modest run of seven performances” (Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 90). Though somewhat common in institutional holdings according to ESTC, rare on the market, with ABPC listing no copies sold at auction. $1,000

33 [FIELDING, Henry] The Historical Register for the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. To Which is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss’d, or, A Word to the Wise. London: J. Roberts, [1737] [xvi], 48 pp. 8vo. Side-stitched, in modern plain wrappers. Title and final page dustsoiled, some toning and creasing. In a custom half cloth and card folder. Cross III, p. 301.

First authorized edition. This edition has traditionally been described as the second, following Cross, who terms it “The 2nd edition, though not so named, with many alterations.” Cross’s first edition, also under the J. Roberts imprint, but with 41 instead of 48 pages, is in fact an Edinburgh piracy by W. Cheyne. It would seem to follow that the genuine London printing is the first edition, a conclusion also reached by Stephen Weissman in his Henry Fielding catalogue (Ximenes Occasional List no. 92, item 6). Regardless of which edition takes precedence, the London printing is relatively common in institutional libraries, while the Edinburgh piracy is a true rarity, with only one institutional copy located at the British Library and the last copy on the market bringing more than $9,000 at Christie’s in 2015. The play, a satire on contemporary society and the Walpole government, lead to the passage of the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, which censored the stage and limited theatrical

20 | James Cummins bookseller performances to Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Royal Opera House. Fielding, whose Haymarket Theatre was now outlawed, ended his dramatic career and entered the Middle Temple to begin his law studies. $1,000

34 FIELDING, Henry The Historical Register for the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. To Which is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss’d, or, A Word to the Wise. London: J. Watts, 1741 [xvi], 48 pp. 8vo. 20th-century polished calf, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine, in a morocco-faced slipcase. Cross III, p. 301. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Second London edition, a close reprint of the 1737 Roberts edition (see previous item). $500

35 [FIELDING, Henry, attributed] An Apology for the Life of Mr. T……… C….., Comedian. Being a Proper Sequel to the Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian. With an Historical View of the Stage to the Present Year … London: J. Mechell, 1740 viii, 144 pp. 8vo. Disbound, in later blue wrappers. Front wrapper detached, light creasing and toning to title, in a modern gray card folder. Cross III, p. 337 (“Probably Fielding had a hand in this burlesque biography”).

First edition, with “satyrical” p. 17, l. 2. An anonymous work, purportedly the autobiography of , modeled after the wildly successful autobiography of his father Colley Cibber, but it is in fact a satire on the Cibbers. Fielding, who was attacked in Cibber père’s autobiography as a “broken wit,” has been suggested as the author. Cross thought that Fielding “did not actually write the book, [but] was doubtless in on the secret, and may have lent his aid here and there” (I, p. 284) and does list the work in his bibliography. $750

Catalogue 136 | 21 36 FIELDING, Henry Of True Greatness. An Epistle to the Right Honourable George Dodington, Esq. London: C. Corbet, 1741 16 pp. Folio. 20th-century blue crushed morocco, by The Booklover’s Binder, NY. Light rubbing to joints, spotting at fore-edge margin. Cross III, p. 303; Foxon F123; Rothschild 841. Provenance: Donald & Mary Hyde (bookplate); Ximenes (pencil price, Occasional List no. 90, item 97).

First edition, one of only two known copies in private hands, of this verse epistle in the manner of Pope in defense of Fielding’s friend George Bubb Dodington. The title is derived from Pope’s Essay on Man (“Look next on greatness; say, where greatness lies”), and the folio format nods to Pope’s Imitations of and Ethic Epistles. Fielding even takes aim at one of Pope’s perennial targets, Sir . This was one of only three separately printed Fielding poems. “Though a curious choice, Dodington would always be for [Fielding] the very paragon of true greatness” (Battestin, Fielding Companion, p. 190). The last copy recorded selling at auction, and the only other copy known in private hands, sold at the Bradley Martin sale in 1990 for $18,700. $20,000

37 [FIELDING, Henry, contributor] The Champion: Containing a Series of Papers, Humorous, Moral, Political and Critical. To Each of Which is Added, a Proper Index to the Times. London: J. Huggonson, 1741 Full-page woodcut on p. 283, vol. II. [ii], ix, [i], 360; [ii], 360 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, red morocco title and shelfmark labels. Spines rubbed, with some chipping to labels, titles with marginal offsetting from binding. Cross III, p. 305. Provenance: Charles Craigie (armorial bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition thus, being the first book edition of this collection of lead essays from Fielding’s first periodical, published with his friend James Ralph under the shared pseudonym Captain Hercules Vinegar. The Champion ran from 15 November 1739-19 June 1740 and was issued first as a folio broadsheet and then expanded to four pages; individual issues are extremely rare, with none of the earliest issues surviving at all. Fielding wrote some 50 pieces, and his contributions are signed “C” or “L.” “[The Champion] mixed humour with moral, social, and, most particularly, with political commentary promoting the opposition’s campaign against Walpole” (ODNB). $1,250

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Catalogue 136 | 23 38 (FIELDING, HENRY) ARISTOPHANES. Henry FIELDING & William YOUNG (translators) Plutus, the God of Riches. A Comedy. Translated from the Original Greek of Aristophanes: With Large Notes Explanatory and Critical. London: T. Waller, 1742 [iv], xv, [i], 112 pp., with half-title. 8vo. Stabbed-sewn, stitching renewed, with publisher’s prospectus slip tipped to half-title, uncut. Corners of half-title, title and final leaf renewed, some light toning and spotting. In a custom red half morocco slipcase and chemise. Cross III, p. 307. Provenance: contemporary marginalia on a few leaves; Bernard Quaritch (pencil collation note on chemise); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of this translation of Aristophanes’ Plutus by Henry Fielding and William Young. The comedies of Aristophanes served as a model for two of Fielding’s most successful plays, Pasquin and The Historical Register. The dedication is to the opposition reformer Lord Talbot, to whom Fielding recommends Aristophanes as one who “exerted that Genius in the Service of his Country.” A footnote to Act II, scene 5, references Fielding’s distaste towards those who abandoned their opposition to Walpole when he was made Lord Ormond, following his resignation in 1742: “To make use of popular interest, and the character of patriotism, in order to betray one’s country, is perhaps the most flagitious of all Crimes” (p. 57). Uncommon on the market, with the last copy sold at auction in 1982 according to ABPC. $2,000

39 [FIELDING, Henry] A Full Vindication of the Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough: Both with Regard to the Account Lately Published by Her Grace, and to Her Character in General … London: J. Roberts, 1742 [iv], 40 pp., with half-title. 8vo. Modern half-black morocco, uncut. Light toning. Cross III, p. 307. Provenance: Dr. Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie’s NY, 12 Feb 1982, lot 74, $275).

First edition of this uncommon pamphlet in which Fielding defends the widow of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, against attacks stemming from the publication of her memoirs in 1742. The present example, which sold at the Slater sale in 1982, is the only recorded sold at auction on ABPC. $1,500

24 | James Cummins bookseller 40 [FIELDING, Henry] The History of the Adventures of , and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams … The Second Edition: Revised and Corrected with Alterations and Additions by the Author. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1742 xxii, [2], 308, [4 ads] pp.; viii, 304 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Bound in very pretty full modern mottled calf, richly gilt-paneled spines with onlaid morocco lettering pieces, a e.g. Joints neatly repaired, custom gray cloth slipcase. Small chip from heaf of first volume. Lovely set. Cross, III p. 306 (“2,000 copies printed”); Rothschild 844 (1st ed.).

Second edition of the author’s first novel, printed in an edition of 2,000 copies in the same year as the first edition. $1,250

41 [FIELDING, Henry] A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain. In Which the Certain Consequences of the Present Rebellion, are Fully Demonstrated. Necessary to Be Perused by Every Lover of His Country, at This Juncture. London: M. Cooper, 1745 [ii], 45, [1] pp. 8vo. Disbound. Light soiling and creasing to title. In a custom quarter cloth and card folder. Cross III, p. 310; Rothschild 846.

First edition of the first of three of Fielding’s anti-Jacobite tracts written in October 1745 at the urging of his friends in government. $600

42 [FIELDING, Henry] The History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland. From the Departure of the Pretender’s Son from Rome, Down to the Present Time … Taken from the Relation of Mr. James Macpherson … London: M. Cooper, 1745 [iv], 47, [1] pp., with half-title. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf, gilt spine, citron morocco spine label, board edges gilt, a.e.g. Small ink splatter to margin of one page, else fine, in a custom cloth felt-lined clamshell box. Cross III, p. 310-1. Provenance: Archibald Algernon Henry St. Maur, 13 Duke of Somerset (bookplate); Duncan Cameron (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 25 First edition of the second of three anti-Jacobite tracts written by Fielding in October 1745 in response to the rebellion in Scotland. The work purports to be derived from the eyewitness account of Highlander James Macpherson, “entirely a figment of Fielding’s imagination” (Battestin, p. 398). The work was published anonymously and later identified as Fielding’s in Andrew Millar’s advertisement of the author’s works in the second edition of Sarah Fielding’s Cleopatra and Octavia (1758). A fine copy in contemporary paneled calf of one of Fielding’s rarest works on the market, with ABPC recording no copies sold at auction.

[bound after:] PATTEN, Robert. The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1715 … London: James Roberts, 1745. Folding map. Fourth edition [and:] FERGUSON, Capt. Adam. A Genuine Account of all the Persons of Note in Scotland, Who are Now Engaged in the Service of the Chevalier. London: J. Robinson, [c. 1745] [and:] Two Letters from a Gentlewoman Near Edinburgh to Her Daughter in London: Containing a Plain and Unaffected Narrative of What has Passed in that City Since the Commencement of the Present Rebellion. London: J. Robinson, 1745. $4,500

43 (FIELDING, HENRY) A Compleat and Authentick History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the Late Rebellion, and of the Proceedings against the Principal Persons Concerned Therein. London: M. Cooper, 1747 [iv], 155, [1] pp., lacking folding chart. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label (“Political Pamphlets”), sprinkled edges. Loss of leather at head of spine and rear joint, covers scuffed with loss to paper. Cross III, pp. 314-5.

First edition. Cross attributes this work to Fielding on the basis of an advertisement for The History of the Present Rebellion (see previous item) found in the second edition of Sarah Fielding’s Cleopatra and Octavia (1758). Cross was unable to locate a copy and so attributed the present work to Fielding. The ESTC, refering to Fielding’s anti-Jacobite periodical, lists the work as “Based upon the detailed account which Henry Fielding published, week by week, in The True Patriot.” Battestin rejects the Fielding attribution, as does W.B. Coley in the Wesleyan Edition of The True Patriot and Related Writings (1987).

[bound after:] Five pamphlets by John SHEBBEARE, comprising:

A Second Letter to the Poeple of England. On Foreign Subsidies, Subsidiary Armies, and Their Consequences to this Nation. London: J. Scott, 1755; A Third Letter to the People of England. On Liberty, Taxes, and the Application of Public Money. London: J. Scott, 1756; A Fourth Letter to the People of England. On the Conduct of the M——rs in Alliances, Fleets, and Armies, Since the

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Catalogue 136 | 27 First Differences on the Ohio, to the Taking of Minorca by the French. London: M. Collyer, 1756; A Fifth Letter to the People of England, on the Subversion of the Constitution: and, the Necessity of it’s [sic] Being Restored. London: J. Morgan, 1757; A Sixth Letter to the People of England, on the Progress of National Ruin. London, 1757. $800

44 [FIELDING, Henry] A Proper Answer to a Late Scurrilous Libel, Entitled, An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister. London: M. Cooper, 1747 [ii], iv, [2, blank], 5-44 pp., with half-title and A4 blank. 8vo. Modern blue wrappers. Stab holes, a few paper flaws on half-title and advertisement, and small closed tears on half-title. In a custom quarter cloth and card folder. Cross III, p. 315. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition. The last of Fielding’s political tracts, a response to an anti-ministerial pamphlet—An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister—that posed as the apology of Thomas Winnington, a prominent Whig and member of the government. “Winnington” claims that he and every memember of the Walpole government were secret Jacobites, bent on persuing policies so destructive to England’s health that the Hanoverians would be booted out and the Stuarts restored to the throne. Fielding’s reply, which drips with anti-Catholic venom, is derided by Battestin as essentially hack work done to order by his friends and patrons in the government. There was even the suggestion in a pamphlet response entitled The Patriot Analized (1748), that the original Apology was itself a product of Fielding’s pen, an elaborate set-up which enabled him to doubly profit from hisAnswer . A rare complete copy, with half-title and blank A4, of an uncommon work on the market. $1,500

45 FIELDING, Henry A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, Who Suffered on Account of the Late Riot in the Strand. In Which the Law Regarding These Offences, and the Statute of George the First, Commonly Called the Riot Act, are Fully Considered. London: A. Millar, 1749 [ii], 54 pp. 8vo. Modern quarter calf, cloth boards, uncut. Title creased and soiled, with two small closed tears, affecting one letter, some creasing and soiling to margins, paper

28 | James Cummins bookseller flaw at top margin of B1, last leaf soiled and rubbed, affecting text. Cross III, pp. 319-20; Rothschild 852. Provenance: Blackwell’s (pencil note); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Fielding’s defense of the government’s controversial decision to hang the young wig maker Bosavern Penlez after his involvement in riots at several London bawdy houses. Fielding, as chief magistrate, was responsible for quelling the riots, and it was his disclosure that Penlez had stolen linens from a brothel (a crime for which he was not convicted) that precluded a pardon and sealed the young man’s fate. There are two 1749 printings, with the second printing not so designated on the title-page. The first printing is identifiable by the press marks 2-4, 16-1, 22-3, 32-4, 39-2 & 44-1 and the readings “Pulton” on p. 5, l. 22, and “Examples” on p. 12, l. 1. In the second printing, signature B and pages C3r, C4r-v, E1v, and E4r were reset, the remainder being printed from standing type. $750

46 FIELDING, Henry The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: A. Millar, 1749 With errata leaf in vol. I and the following cancels, as usual: B9-10 (vol. I); B4-5 & N12 (vol. II); H8-10, M3 & Q11 (vol. III); B1 (vol. IV); N8 (vol. V). 6 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, covers with double-fillet gilt border, red morocco spine labels. Early rebacking preserving spines, joints now rubbed or cracked, spine labels damaged with some loss to lettering, vol. I with light dampstain, vol. 3 spine cracked and texblock split at pp. 182-3. Errata in vols. I & II corrected in an early hand. Rothschild 850-851; Cross III, p. 316-7; Grolier English 48. Provenance: R. Robinson Close & Jane Robinson (signatures on pastedowns); John Clowes (signature on titles); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (booklabel).

First edition of Fielding’s masterpiece, arguably the greatest English novel of the 18th century. Demand for Fielding’s novel was so great that all 2,000 copies of the first edition were bought up by the trade before the book’s publication on 28 February 1749. A second edition of 1,500 copies, being a paginary reprint of the first, was ordered. By the end of the year 10,000 copies spread over four editions had been issued.

The publication announcement in the General Advertiser noted that Tom Jones was offered only in “Blue Paper and Boards, at the price of 16s. a set … It being impossible to get sets bound fast enough to answer the demand for them.” This copy of the first edition in contemporary calf with the vol. I errata and the usual cancels. $7,500

Catalogue 136 | 29 47 FIELDING, Henry Histoire de Tom Jones, ou L’Enfant Trouvé. Traduction de l’Anglois de M. Fielding par L.D.L.P. [Pierre Antoine de La Place]. Enrichie d’estampes dessinées par M. Gravelot. Londre [but ?Paris]: Chez Jean Nourse, 1750 Frontispiece and 16 engraved plates by Gravelot engraved by Aveline, Chedel, Fessard et Pasquier, and with a pencil portrait of Gravelot, so identified in pencil tipped in at title-page of Vol. I (by [Charles-Étienne] Gaucher, according to pencilled note at front). 4 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary citron calf, gilt spines, a.e.g. With the small red leather booklabels of Mortimer Schiff. Cross III, p. 317; Cohen 394; Rochedieu, p. 107.

First Edition in French, published the year following the first London edition. Pierre- Antoine de la Place (1707-93) was famous as the author of the compendious Théâtre Anglais (1745-48), in which a number of plays by Shakespeare first appeared in French, and he was a great admirer of Fielding. According to Cross, La Place “could not resist … the temptation to translate [Tom Jones] into his own language … The result was not so much a translation as an adaptation and abridgment” in keeping with what the French understood to be finely wrought narrative. Among other things, Laplace cut down the novel by a third, frequently compressing the narrative and eliminating most of the initial chapters, which he saw as “preliminary discourses” that were instructive and amusing but not an integral part of a novel. This is a faux London imprint; this edition was probably printed in Paris. $3,000

48 FIELDING, Henry The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: A. Millar, 1750 xx, 304; viii, 330; x, 288; xii, 347, [1] pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt, red morocco spine labels. Chipped and worn, front hinges in vols. I & II repaired, small paper repair to margin of vol. II title. Cross III, p. 317; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 450. Provenance: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (bookplate in each volume); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Fourth edition, Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751-1816) copy. In 1778 Sheridan and brought Fielding’s lost play The Fathers: or, the Good-Natur’d Man to Drury Lane for the benefit of Fielding’s widow. A manuscript fragment of the play had been found among the papers of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and identified as Fielding’s by Garrick. It ran for nine nights, the house packed with Fielding’s friends, and brought his widow Mary much needed relief.

As a playwright Sheridan was inheritor of Fielding’s wild comic spirit, and his most famous creation, Mrs. Malaprop from (1775), is drawn from Fielding’s Slipslop,

30 | James Cummins bookseller a “mighty Affecter of hard Words” in Joseph Andrews. Sheridan would have undoubtedly read Tom Jones closely and with great interest.

The fourth edition, carrying the date 1750 but printed in 3,500 copies September and published on 11 December 1749, “represents [Fielding’s] final conception of his masterpiece” (Battestin, Henry Fielding: A Life, p. 452). It was for years the most readily available edition, as the fifth was not printed until 1763. $3,500

49 FIELDING, Henry An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c. With Some Proposals for Remedying This Growth in Evil. The Present Reigning Vices are Impartially Exposed; and the Laws That Relate to the Provision for the Poor. and to the Punishment of Felons are Largely and Freely Examined. London: A. Millar, 1751 xv, [i], 127, [1] pp. 8vo. Full red morocco, covers tooled in gilt to panel design with three double-fillets and floral roll, spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, by The Club Bindery (signed in gilt on front turn-in, “THE CLUB BINDERY 1906”). Front joint rubbed, else fine, with fore- and lower edge uncut. Cross III, p. 320. Provenance: Robert Hoe (red morocco booklabel); Donald & Mary Hyde (bookplate); Ximenes (pencil price, Occasional List no. 92, item 84).

First edition of Fielding’s most important social tract, written as chief magistrate, “the most remarkable of his social tracts—a work as important for what it reveals about his temperament and character as for the remedies it prescribes for the disorders of the commonwealth” (Battestin, pp. 513-4).

Fielding advocates reforms to the penal code that would curb the social ills—drunkenness, gambling, prostitution, theft—that plagued mid-18th century England. The social order can only be maintained by instilling fear in the general population, and punishment should be harsh and swift. Executions, instead of being public spectacles, should arouse fear and terror and should be solemnly conducted in secret.

This copy bound by The Club Bindery, founded in 1895 by members of the Grolier Club to provide exceptionally fine binding for American collectors. Robert Hoe, who helped finance the bindery, would have commissioned this binding himself. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 31 50 FIELDING, Henry An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c. With Some Proposals for Remedying This Growth in Evil. The Present Reigning Vices are Impartially Exposed; and the Laws That Relate to the Provision for the Poor. and to the Punishment of Felons are Largely and Freely Examined. London: A. Millar, 1751 xxxii, 203, [1] pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Rebacked, corners worn. Cross III, p. 320. Provenance: William Frith (ex dono inscription on title); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Second edition, with revisions. $500

51 FIELDING, Henry . London: A. Millar, 1752 [but 1751] xii, 285, [1]; viii, 262, [2, Universal Register Office ad]; ix, [i], 323, [1]; vii, [i], 296 pp. 4 vols. 12mo. 19-century mottled calf, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, morocco spine labels in two, a.e.g., by Tout. Extremities rubbed, two hinges tender, in two custom cloth clamshell boxes. Cross III, p. 321; Rothschild 853. Provenance: Horace Davy (1833- 1907), Baron Davey, English judge and politician (bookplate); Clement K. Shorter (1857- 1926), English journalist and critic (bookplate).

First edition, second state, with the misprint “the at Folly” corrected to “at the Folly” in vol. III, p. 191. Fielding’s last novel, and a commercial failure. His publisher felt confident that Amelia would be as successful as Tom Jones, and, after an initial printing of 5,000 copies in December 1751 (the largest recorded for any 18th-century novel), ordered a second impression (published January 1752) before the first sold out. Unfortunately, only the first day was a success, and after that sales dropped off drastically. $1,000

52 FIELDING, Henry A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning, Who Hath Sworn That She Was Robbed and Almost Starved to Death by a Gang of Gipsies and Other Villains in January Last, for Which One Mary Squires Now Lies Sentence of Death. London: A. Millar, 1753

32 | James Cummins bookseller [ii], 62 pp. 8vo. Uncut, in remboîtage of contemporary half calf and marbled boards, morocco spine label. Joints rubbed, title trimmed at bottom margin, some pale spotting. Cross III, p. 325. Provenance: William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (bookplate); William Rees-Mogg (pencil inscription, noting purchase in June 1960 from the Panshanger Collection); John Davidson (bookplate).

First edition, this with p. 4, l. 3 beginning “to require,” of Fielding’s defense of his conduct in the notorious case of Elizabeth Canning, a young woman who alleged she was kidnapped and held captive by the gypsy Mary Squires and brothel keeper Susannah Wells. Canning was to be forced into prostitution but managed her escape after a month of dismal confinement. Despite inconsistencies in Canning’s testimony, the fact that Squires had an alibi, and that the chief witness for the prosecution, the prostitute Virtue Hall, recanted her testimony, Squires and Wells were convicted, with Squires sentenced to death.

The controversy generated a large number of pamphlets, books, broadsides and prints, and it divided London into the Canningites and the Egyptians (who sided with the gypsy Mary Squires). Fielding, who was chief magistrate and intimately involved in the investigation, came under attack for his close ties to the prosecution. It was even alleged in the anonymous pamphlet The Case of Elizabeth Canning Fairly Stated (1753) that Fielding was paid by Canning supporters to coerce Virtue Hall’s testimony. Crisp Gascoygne, Lord Mayor of London, was not content with the handling of the case and reopened the investigation, leading to Canning’s arrest and conviction for perjury and the pardoning of Squires.

[bound with:] HILL, John. The Story of Elizabeth Canning Considered by Dr. Hill. With Remarks on What Has Been Called, a Clear State of the Case, by Mr. Fielding; and Answers to the Several Arguments and Suppositions of That Writer. 53, [1] pp. London: M. Cooper, 1753. First edition. With contemporary manuscript identification of Crisp Gascoygne on p. 13. Pamphlet response by Fielding’s nemesis John Hill, who censures Fielding for his conduct in the case. Fielding chose not to reply. $800

53 FIELDING, Henry A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending Their Morals, and for Rendering Them Useful Members of the Society. To Which is Added, a Plan of the Buildings Proposed, With Proper Elevations. Drawn by an Eminent Hand. London: A. Millar, 1753 Engraved folding plate by J. Mynde after plans by Thomas Gibson. iv, 91, [1, ads] pp. 8vo. Modern half calf. Covers lightly rubbed, 2 6-inch closed tears to plan and smaller repairs

Catalogue 136 | 33 to margins, repair to top outer corner of title, stab holes. Cross III, p. 325; Rothschild 854. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Fielding’s proposal, in the face of the inadequacies of the Poor Laws, to establish country workhouses to shelter, educate and employ the poor. The Proposal builds on Fielding’s Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers (1751), in which he hinted that he had a plan to ensure universal employment of the poor. A work “remarkable … in its design to attempt the rehabilitation of an entire class of people” (Battestin, Henry Fielding: A Life, p. 568). In this copy A1 and A2 correspond to Rothschild 854. $1,000

54 FIELDING, Henry Don Quixote in England. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in Hay-Market. London: J. Watts, 1754 [xvi], 64 pp., with printed music in text to 15 songs. 8vo. Modern tan buckram. Text browned. Cross III, p. 298. Provenance: James Fitzmaurice Kelly, Cervantes scholar (bookplate, gift inscription on title).

Second edition of Fielding’s ballad opera, first performed and published in April 1734. This copy from the library of Spanish literature scholar James Fitzmaurice-Kelly (1858- 1923), author of a History of Spanish Literature (1898) and Cervantes in England (1905) among other works. $500

55 FIELDING, Henry The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, by the Late …. London: For A. Millar, 1755 [iv], 228 [i.e., 276] pp. 12mo. Modern polished sprinkled calf, spine richly gilt, red leather labels. Fine copy, in quarter brown morocco slipcase with chemise. Morocco ex-libris of Josiah Kirby Lilly Junior. Cross III, p. 326; Rothschild 857.

First edition of Fielding’s last book. Two editions appeared in 1755, with the same title- pages: one (this) edition was clearly an edited text; the other version was unedited, and set from the manuscript. The unedited text was suppressed and did not reappear until the next November, after an earthquake in Portugal reawakened interest in Fielding’s book. $1,250

34 | James Cummins bookseller 56 FIELDING, Henry The Grub-Street Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Scriblerus Secundus … To Which is Added, The Masquerade, A Poem. Printed in MDCCXXVIII. London: J. Roberts, 1731 [but 1755] [vi], 56, [iv], 11, [1] pp., The Masquerade with separate title-page. 8vo. Disbound. Gatherings sprung, light offsetting to title-page. Cross III, p. 293. First authorized edition of The Grub-Street Opera, second edition of The Masquerade. This first authorized edition of Fielding’s ballad opera follows several piracies drawn from prompt books and memorial reconstructions. The play was first performed under the title The Welsh Opera on April 22, 1731 to great success. Fielding immediately began expanding the work, changing the title to The Grub-Street Opera, and planning a performance of the revised version for June. “In June 1731 The Grub-Street Opera, which ridiculed the royal family and the leaders of both political parties, was withdrawn at the Haymarket before it opened, almost certainly because of threats from the government” (ODNB). L.J. Morrissey, in his scholarly edition of The Grub-Street Opera (Edinburgh, 1973), shows that the imprint to this edition is undoubtedly false. It was likely printed by Andrew Millar in 1755 for his nonce collection of Fielding’s plays. Booksellers later broke up the collections to sell the individual plays; indeed, the present copy shows evidence of having been removed from a binding. The Masquerade, Fielding’s first surviving work, is known in only a handful of copies in its first edition; it is reprinted here with a separate title-page. $1,000

57 [FIELDING, Henry] The Beauties of Fielding: Carefully Selected from the Whole Works of that Eminent Writer. To Which is Added Some Account of His Life. London: G. Kearsley, 1782 Engraved title with portrait vignette. xvi, 203, [1, ads] pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label. Some offsetting to margins of title. Cross III, p. 330. Provenance: Charles H. McDonald (pencil ownership inscription on front free endpaper); Ximenes (pencil price and note, “$225 … very scarce”); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition, a beautiful copy of this collection of Fielding extracts, organized into more than one hundred alphabetical headings, from avarice to zeal. According to the final page of ads, Kearsley published a series of “Beauties” of Johnson, Goldsmith, Watts, Sterne, Pope and Swift, “principally intended for the Use of Youth of both sexes …” A second edition followed in the same year. $500

Catalogue 136 | 35 58 [FIELDING, Sarah] The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of His Travels Through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady. London: A. Millar, 1744 x, 278; [ii], 322 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked to style, red morocco spine labels. Covers rubbed, a few gatherings proud, vol. I front free endpaper removed. Block, p. 74; Cross III, p. 309. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition. Sarah Fielding’s first and best-known novel, issued by the same publisher of her brother Henry’s Joseph Andrews, and resembling the latter in format and chapter headings. Henry added a Preface for the second edition (see next item) to assure the public that the novel was not his work but that of “a young woman … nearly and dearly allied to me.” We now know that he did assist his sister and helped revise the text. $1,250

59 [FIELDING, Sarah] The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of His Travels Through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady … With a Preface by Henry Fielding. London: A. Millar, 1744 xx, 278, [2, ads]; [ii], 322 pp. 12mo. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn at extremities, joint cracked, old shelfmark labels on spine, vol. I B12 and D12 with tears across text, O1 lower corner torn away, vol. II F2 with marginal tear. Block, p. 74; Cross III, p. 309-10. Provenance: Jean Seton (contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated 10 April 1749 and inscription on title); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Second edition, revised and corrected, the first with Henry Fielding’s Preface, assuring the public that the novel was not his work but that of “a young woman … nearly and dearly allied to me.” $600

60 (FIELDING, SARAH) XENOPHON. Sarah FIELDING, translator Memoirs of Socrates. With the Defense of Socrates, Before His Judges. Translated from the Original Greek. By Sarah Fielding. Bath: C. Pope for A. Millar, 1762

36 | James Cummins bookseller [iv], vi, 8, 339, [1], 21, [1] pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt roll border with small leafy tools at corners, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, citron morocco spine label in one, repeated gilt floral design in the rest, board edges gilt, blue endpapers, mottle-stained edges. Rear joint starting.

First edition of Sarah Fielding’s “most ambitious and taxing publication, a translation of Xenophon” (ODNB). She was assisted by her friend, the Latin and Greek scholar James Harris, who is credited for his contributions in a note on page 2. The work is her own, however, and represents her final triumph; it was warmly received by a large list of subscribers and remained in print well into the 20th century. A superior copy in contemporary calf. $850

61 GAY, John The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury- Lane, by Her Majesty’s Servants. London: Lintott, 1713 [vi], 64 pp. Bound without half-title. 4to. Half maroon morocco. Bridgewater bookplate. Some spotting. very good. CBEL II, 497; ESTC T13946

First edition of Gay’s first play, a flop that ran for only a few performances. In 1730 Gay revised the play, after the success of his Beggar’s Opera, and this new version found more favor with audiences. $450

62 GAY, John A Contemporary Collection of Five Works by or Attributed to . London: various publishers, 1714-1730 8vo. Contemporary brown calf, gilt spine with leather label. Spine darkened, joints tender, covers worn, but a good solid copy.

The collection comprises:

[CHUTE, Francis.] The Hoop-Petticoat: an heroi-comical poem: in two books. By Mr. Gay … The third edition. London, printed for E. Curll and J. Hooke in Fleetstreet, and W. Taylor in Paternoster-Row. 172 0. Third edition. 8vo in fours, pp. vii, [i], 39. Foxon C192; Straus, Curll, p. 78.

Catalogue 136 | 37 GAY, John. The Beggar’s Opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay … The second edition. To which is added the Overture in Score; and the music prefix’d to each song. London: printed for John Watts … 1728. Second edition. 8vo, pp.[viii], 8 (woodcut music), 16; last leaf with small tear at corner; woodcut music throughout in the text. Second edition, ‘fourth issue’. This copy has the following points: two advertisements on title verso; p. 8 unnumbered; p. 18 with press figure 8; pp. 23 and 59 misnumbered 230 and 95.

GAY, John. Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London. By Mr Gay … London: printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple Gates in Fleetstreet. [1716]. First edition. 8vo, pp. [iv], 80, [12] index; cut close touching headlines and (occasionally) side-notes, but without loss of sense; ownership inscription on title verso of Robert Eliott, 1724. Foxon G81; Rothschild 916. A good copy of an important poem.

GAY, John. The Wife of Bath. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields … Revised and Altered by the Author … London: printed for Bernard Lintot … 1730. Revised edition. 8vo, pp. 80. First published in 1713: this edition is extensively revised. Rothschild 911 (“The version published in 1730 … was almost a new play, three characters being omitted and three added.”)

GAY, John. The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals … London, printed: and sold by R. Burleigh in Amen-Corner, 1714 [but 1716?]. Printing flaw on title not affecting completeness of text. Foxon G73: this is the third edition. Foxon supposes that the date in the imprint could be an error for 1716, and notes that in the Bodley and Brotherton copies the title leaves are apparently cancels.

A fascinating assembly of poetry and drama, obviously intended to form a collection of work by John Gay: however, The Hoop-Petticoat is in fact a work by Francis Chute, one of Curll’s hack writers. “Joseph” Gay (as such he signs the preface, although on the title is is coyly described as “Mr Gay”) was a pseudonym more commonly assigned to J.D. Breval, who published several works under this name. $750

63 GAY, John Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; The Other, to a Lady. London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, n.d. [1717 or 1720?] pp. [iii-vi], 7-32 + [4, ads] pp. Lacking A1 (half-title). 8vo. 19th-century brown calf with red leather spine label. Edges a bit rubbed and covers a little bowed. Bookplate of Oliver Brett. Foxon G88; Rothschild 913.

38 | James Cummins bookseller The second epistle, first published in 1714, has a separate title-page reading: “An epistle to a lady, occasion’d by the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The fifth edition.” The date is uncertain (v. Rothschild). $500

64 GAY, John Polly: an Opera. Being the Second Part of the Beggar’s Opera. London: Printed for the Author, 1729 Title-page in red and black. [2], vii, [viii, dramatis personae], 72 pp. text + 31 pp. of engraved music. 8vo. Half red morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., by Stikeman. Rebacked, preserving spine. Booklabel of Beverly Chew. Very good. ESTC T13800. first edition of Gay’s sequel to The Beggar’s Opera, one of an astounding 10,000 copies published at the author’s own expense and risk following the play’s banishment from the stage by the Walpole administration. “His gamble paid off; he made a total of £1200 and the duchess of Queensberry was banished from court for soliciting subscriptions there …” (ODNB). $750

65 GAY, John Achilles. An Opera. London: Printed for J. Watts, 1733 [viii], 68 pp. + 2 leaves of advertisements dated Feb. 28, 1733. With half-title. 8vo. Uncut in 19th-c. red morocco, gilt. Hoe booklabel. Ashley II, 143; Faber, p. xli; Tinker, p. 208. First edition. $900

66 GAY, John Fables … with a Life of the Author. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793 2 engraved title-pages with vignette, “Gay Monument” frontispiece and 68 illustrations (including 12 etchings by William Blake). [ii], xii, 225; [ii], vii, 188 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco, covers stamped in gilt with outer roll border, flat spines divided into 6 compartments, 2 with title and volume number, the rest gilt with small tool, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Light wear to extremities, some foxing

Catalogue 136 | 39 to title-pages. Bookplate of Frasier W. McCann. Bentley & Nurmi 371A; Ray, England 1; Essick, William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations, XXVI.

First Stockdale edition and first with the Blake plates, first issue with the long ‘s’ throughout. A tall copy in contemporary binding of the Stockdale edition of Gay’s Fables with 12 engravings by Blake, who freely adapted his source material. Ray considers this one of the best examples of Blake’s work as a reproductive engraver. $1,750

67 GOLDSMITH, Oliver The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, To his Friends in the East. London: J. Newbery, 1762 vii [misnumbered vi], 286; [ii], 238, [16, contents] pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Full chestnut morocco gilt extra, a. e.g., by Riviere & Son. Fine copy in cloth slipcase. Rothschild 1021; Temple Scott, p. 73; I. A. Williams, p. 123.

First collected edition, having first appeared in thePublick Ledger January 1760 through August 1761. $1,250

68 GOLDSMITH, Oliver The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq. Extracted principally from his original Papers. London: Printed for J. Newbery and W. Frederick, 1762 Fine portrait by Anthony Walker after Mr. Hoare. vi, 234, [4, ads] pp. 8vo. Original marbled boards, uncut, neatly rebacked in tan calf. Provenance: Hutton Park inscribed on pastedown; purchased from Harold Graves Scribner Rare Books, New York, 18 August 1972 (written in pencil in back). Rothschild 1022; Scott Goldsmith, p. 94-95; Sterling 396; Tinker 1093; Williams, p. 126-2.

First Edition, in original boards, with all points corresponding with Rothschild, including cancel C6 (not recorded in Scott or Williams), “for which presumably Q8 was used.” $1,250

40 | James Cummins bookseller 69 [GOLDSMITH, Oliver] An History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son. London: J. Newbery, 1764 [ii], 2, 309, [1]; [ii], 286, [2, ads] pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Early 20th-century full calf gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, a.e.g., by Riviere. Spine ends chipped with loss, vol. I front cover detached, vol. II front cover re-attached. In custom cloth slipcase. Rothschild 1023. Provenance: Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (inscription in pencil on front free endpaper, “To Hanna, from A. Dec 1/34. With all the best wishes in this and the other world!”); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Goldsmith’s epistolary History of England, intended for the young reader, this copy with a gift inscription from Dr. Rosenbach. Published anonymously, it was “at first ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttelton, and to the Earl of Chesterfield” (Halkett & Laing). With the imprint reading “in St. Paul’s Church-Yard,” vol. I page number present on page 62, and without vol. I O12 and vol. II A2, which in some copies contain ads. The Rothschild catalogue notes that in all variants the page 62 number is missing. $500

70 GOLDSMITH, Oliver The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. London: Printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1765 [1764] [4], iv, [1]-22 pp., with half-title. 4to. Contemporary calf gilt, yellow edges, neatly rebacked. Provenance: Henry Huth (bookplate); Abel Berland (bookplate, purchased from Maggs Bros., London, 31 August 1967). Rothschild 1024; Scott, pp. 139-145; Sterling 399; Tinker 1101; Williams, p. 135.

First published edition of Goldsmith’s first poem. $800

71 [GOLDSMITH, Oliver] The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale. Salisbury: B. Collins for F. Newbery, London, 1766 [4], 214, [2 blank]; [2], 223 pp. 2 volumes in 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style. A very few scattered spots, but a fine, tall copy. Housed in half-morocco clamshell case. Rothschild 1028; Scott, pp. 173-75; Tinker 110. Provenance: Francis Maire of Hardwick (armorial bookplate); Michael Zinman (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 41 First edition, with no catchword on page 213 in vol. I; correct catchword “him” on page 39 and page 159 correctly numbered in vol. II. A clean, tall copy of the first edition of one of the most enduringly popular novels of the 18th century. $4,500

72 [GOLDSMITH, Oliver] The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : W. and W. Smith [et al], 1766 192; [193]-382 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. 19th-century sprinkled calf, spines gilt in panels, morocco labels, marbled endpapers. A clean copy with only minor rubbing and wear to binding. ESTC T146178; cf. Scott, pp. 177ff. Provenance: Michael Zinman (bookplates).

First Irish edition, published the same year as the first edition in London. This continuously paginated issue not noted by Scott. $2,000

73 [GOLDSMITH, Oliver] The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. London [i.e. Cork: Eugene Swiney?], 1766 [iv], 188; [iv], 188 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full navy morocco gilt by Rivière, a.e.g. Dampstain to vol. I blank, light toning to text, near fine. In custom green morocco clamshell box and cloth chemises. Scott, pp. 179-180; ESTC T146802. Provenance: J.H. Shorthouse, Lansdowne, Edgbaston (his inscription and bookplate to original blank leaf preserved in vol. I); August F. Langbein (bookplate); Eugene Field (notarized inscription from Eugene Field II, dated 1929, attesting to the book’s provenance)

Pirated Cork[?] edition, with the imprint “London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXVI.” This edition resembles in all respects but its title-pages the Cork edition of 1766 printed by Eugene Swiney. The ESTC descibes this as a press variant of the Cork edition; while Scott calls it a London pirated edition, “of excessive rarity.” $1,750

74 [GOLDSMITH, Oliver] Le Ministre de Wakefield, histoire supposée écrite par lui-m me. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris: Pisso et Desaint, 1767 [4], 258; [2], 233, [3] pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, morocco

42 | James Cummins bookseller labels. Some mild toning, boards rubbed, joints chipped. ESTC T98006; Scott, pp. 185-6. Provenance: Michael Zinman (bookplates).

First French edition. ESTC describes it as “probably printed in Paris” and attributes the translation to C. G. Beraud de la Haie de Riou (Madame de Montesson) and M. Rose, or M. Charlos. $450

75 GOLDSMITH, Oliver The Deserted Village, A Poem. London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1770 Title-page with engraved vignette. [viii], 24pp. 4to. Full brown morocco gilt by Rivière. Half-title with neat repairs, small stains, other expert paper restoration throughout; overall a very handsome copy, in a quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. Rothschild 1032; Iolo Williams, p. 147; Hayward 185 (2).

First edition. The quarto edition is now believed to be the true first, preceding the several unauthorized duodecimo printings, demonstrated to have been later piracies by William B. Todd (v. Rothschild 1032 “Notes” and Studies in Bibliography, vi, 1953). $2,500

76 GRAY, Thomas Designs by Mr. R. Bently, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1753 Title vignette, 6 engraved plates, 12 engraved head- and tail-pieces and 6 engraved initials in text; 35, [1] ff. + [4] pp. “Explanation of the Prints” [by Horace Walpole] bound at rear. Folio. In contemporary boards, uncut, spine perished, some foxing, soiling and minor staining. In blue cloth drop box. Northrup 178; Stokes, p. 43; Hazen (w) 42; Rothschild 1061.

First edition, first issue, with “Drawings & c.” on half-title. The curious title, which places the emphasis on the “Designs” rather than the “Poems” was done at Gray’s insistence, as he was wary of advertising this miscellaneous volume as a new collection. Most of the poems had appeared first elsewhere, though the delightful illustrations are new, as is “A Long Story.” $1,250

Catalogue 136 | 43 77 GRAY, Thomas Group of 3 Autograph Letters, signed, (“TG” or “T Gray”) to Rev. Mr. [James] Brown, president of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge: 26 July 1760 to 19 July 1762 4 pp. 4to. Generally fine (old repairs to address leaves of 1760 letters. Custom red morocco slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Arthur Houghton.

Three lively letters from 26 July 1760, August 1760, and 19 July 1762, addressed to Rev. Mr. James Brown, master of Pembroke, giving news of Gray’s comings and goings, some gossip and fine turns of phrase. Brown, a friend from Gray’s undergraduate days (long past), was a frequent correspondent and one with whom the poet had long ties of friendship. In the letter dated 26 July 1760, Gray notes, “This very night Billy Robinson consummates his good fortune, she has 10,000 £ in her pocket, & a Brother unmarried with at least as much. He is infirm, & the first Convoy, that sails, they all three set out together for Naples to pass a year or two.”

In the letter dated to August 1760, Gray warns of a visit to Cambridge and writes, “pray let Black make an universal rummage of cobwebs, & massacre all spiders old & young, that live behind window shutters, & books. As to airing, I hear Dick Forester has done it.”

The letter of 19 July 1762, written from Old Park, in Co. Durham, the residence of another long time Cambridge friend, Thomas Wharton, suggests the pleasures of country life: “there is a Concert of Poultry under every window, we take in no newspaper or magazine, but the cream & butter is beyond compare.”

A choice group of letters from the poet. $7,500

78 GRAY, Thomas Poems. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1768 8vo (7 × 4-1/2 inches). Bound in full green levant extra, a.e.g., gilt spine, bound by Riviere & Son. Fine. Bookplate of G. Walter Steeves. Rothschild 1071.

First Collected Edition, Thick Paper Issue, complete with half-title and final blank. Contains the first appearance of “The Fatal Sisters,” “The Descent of Odin,” and “The Triumphs of Owen.” It was Dodsley who first suggested publishing Gray’s collected poems in an inexpensive format (a Glasgow edition by Foulis appeared a few months later); characteristically, Gray refused any payment. Attractive copy of this important edition. $1,250

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Catalogue 136 | 45 79 [HAWKSWORTH, John] The Adventurer. Volume the First [… Second]. London: J. Payne, 1753-1754 Folio. Contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked. Beautiful copy. Rothschild 1120.

First edition, With Contributions by Johnson. “[Samuel] Johnson contributed 25 papers signed ‘T’, which he dictated and gave to Dr. Richard Balthurst, who sold them for two guineas each; 4 papers signed ‘T and Misargyrus’ were attributed to Balthurst” (Rothschild). $800

80 HUGHES, John Poems on Several Occasions. With Some Select Essays in Prose. London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1735 Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I, three engraved plates in vol. II. [xx], lxxv, [i], 275. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary Cambridge calf, red morocco spine labels, edges red. Wear to joints and extremities, some light staining, worming to vol. I last dozen leaves touching letters. ESTC T146605.

First collected edition, published posthumously by subscription and edited by Hughes’ brother-in-law William Duncombe. Hughes (1678?–1720), writer, editor, translator and librettist, was associated with the Steele-Addison circle of wits and contributed articles to the and Spectator. His translation of Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1713) was the basis for Pope’s poem, and he edited the first critical edition of Spenser (1715). As a librettist, Hughes championed the use of English lyrics, and he contributed librettos to a host of English cantatas and operas, including works by Pepusch and Handel. “Here Hughes’s practical musical and poetic skills made him the most qualified librettist of his day” ODNB( ). He died young of tuberculosis on the opening night of his most successful and enduring work, The Siege of Damascus. $450

81 JOHNSON, Samuel A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755

46 | James Cummins bookseller Title-pages printed in red and black. Text printed in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf gilt. Rebacked retaining original backstrips, endpapers renewed. Corners somewhat worn, title-pages creased (vol. I with blank lower outer corner restored); occasional foxing (at times pronounced), chiefly in first volume, scattered light stains and early marginalia, old repairs to last 3 leaves of vol. II (margins of 3IB; three portions of 3IC costing approx. 30 words; and small repairs on terminal leaf costing 5 words). Sound, generally clean, sturdy and attractive. Cloth slipcases. Courtney, pp. 54-5; Chapman & Hazen, pp. 137-8; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237; Fleeman I, p. 410; Slade & Kolb, Johnson’s Dictionary, pp. 105-113.

First edition of “the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography” (PMM). Strahan’s ledger shows that a printing charge was made to the proprietors of the Dictionary at least as early as December, 1750. By the beginning of 1753, Johnson had resolved his differences with booksellers, and progress became more rapid, though he did not start the second volume until April, 1753. The Dictionary was officially published on April 15, 1755, in an edition of 2000 copies, and sold at the high price of £4- 10s-0d. $20,000

82 JOHNSON, Samuel A Dictionary of the English Language. London: J. F. and C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne and Son, W. Owen, et al, 1785 Engraved frontispiece portrait after Joshua Reynolds. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf by Kathoeber (ticket on verso of ffep). Rebacked, a tall, attractive copy. Courtney & Smith 57; Fleeman 55.4D/8.

Sixth edition and first authorized quarto edition. $1,750

83 JOHNSON, Samuel [Rasselas] The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. London: for R. and J. Dodsley … and W. Johnston, 1759 viii, 159; viii, 165 pp. A2r of vol. II in second, corrected state; terminal blank M4 present. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, brown morocco spine label. Slightest rubbing at extremities. Fine, fresh copy. Full brown morocco slipcase. Courtney & Smith, p. 87; Chapman & Hazen, p. 142; Fleeman I, 785-8; Rothschild 142; Tinker 1314.

Catalogue 136 | 47 First edition, one of 1,500 copies printed by William Strahan. “Hawkins and Boswell agree that Rasselas was written to help the dying Sarah Johnson and eventually to pay for her funeral … Johnson told Reynolds he wrote the work in the evenings of a single week, which implies a commencement at least on Monday 15 January, the date on which he learned of his mother’s illness and on which he first sent her money” (Fleeman). Fine copy. $7,500

84 JOHNSON, Samuel A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 [ii], 384, [2, errata on recto] pp. Errata leaf, D8 and U4 are cancels (U4 in corrected state numbered 296). 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, board edges gilt. Some wear to joints and extremities, a few mostly marginal stains. Courtney & Smith p. 122; Chapman & Hazen p. 151; Fleeman 75.1J/1a Rothschild 1257. Provenance: Sir George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (armorial bookplate); the Howards of Effingham (bookplate); unidentified armorial bookplate; sold Bernard Quaritch (pencil note dated May 1964); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate). First edition, first issue, with 12-line errata and with “afford” on p. 199, l. 13. The scarce first printing. “I had desired to visit the Hebrides … and was … induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion … “ Though Johnson’s name does not appear on the title-page, the opening sentence left no doubt in the minds of his earliest readers who the author was. $1,500

85 [JOHNSON, Samuel] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775 [ii], 384, [2, errata] pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style preserving red morocco spine label. Foxing to first and last few leaves, small closed tear to lower margin of B1, a very good copy, with two engraved armorial bookplates. Fleeman 75.1J/2a (citing Todd, “The Printing of Johnson’s Journey,” SB vi 1954, pp. 247-54). Second edition, first issue, with 6-line errata and U4 corrected (as opposed to first edition) and the first two preliminary leaves on laid paper (as opposed to second edition, second issue, on wove). This edition is frequently referred to as the first edition, second issue; but it was largely reset, and incorporates Johnson’s final revisions. $500

48 | James Cummins bookseller item 83 Catalogue 136 | 49 86 [JOHNSON, Samuel] Taxation No Tyranny; an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1775 Half-title present. [A]2, B-M4, N2. [i]-[iv], [1]-91, [92, blank] pp. 8vo. Full period calf, spine gilt, with marbled endsheets. Some soiling to half-title, small paper flaw at H3. Attractive copy. Adams 75-69b; Chapman & Hazen, p. 152; Courtney & Smith, p. 125; Fleeman 75.3TT/2; Reese, Revolutionary 100, no. 26; Rothschild 1258, 1259; Sabin 36303; Todd, “Concealed Editions of Samuel Johnson.” The Book Collector, 1953, II, p. 59.

Second edition, printed within a few days of the first impression. In answer to the colonists’ rallying cry of “No taxation without representation,” Johnson invokes the notion of virtual representation, and argues that the colonists “are represented … by the same virtual representation as the greater part of England.”

Citing Todd, the Rothschild catalogue notes “two issues or editions closely resembling each other, but readily distinguishable by the press figures … E, F, I and K are of the same setting as the first edition, the remainder are reset.” The two issues were printed within a few days of each other. Fleeman conjectures that G and L are also possibly of the same setting, and describes the process of “readjustment of type pages.” He also notes, “It is striking that almost twice as many copies survive of [the third edition] from a run of 500, than are found of 75.3TT/2 from a run of 1,000.” $4,500

87 [JOHNSON, Samuel] Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland’s Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1776 [iv], 264 pp., with fly-title to The False Alarm preceding the general title. 8vo (8-7/8 × 5-1/2 inches). Uncut in contemporary half vellum (with vellum corners), rebacked in antiqued tan calf, leather label. Moderate foxing. Early signature of C. Runnington of the Inner Temple on title. Adams (1980) 76-71a; Courtney & Nicol-Smith p. 127; ESTC t130899; Fleeman 76.4PT.1; Sabin 36302; Tinker 1362.

First collected edition, one of 750 copies. Four tracts, the most famous is Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress [1775], pp. 169-264. $1,950

50 | James Cummins bookseller 88 JOHNSON, Samuel The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works. London: Printed for C. Bathurst et al, 1781 Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds in vol. I. 4 vols. 8vo. Vols. I-III in original boards with paper labels, vol. IV in contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards, all uncut. Vol. III lacking backstrip and label, minor marginal dampstaining in vol. IV, with occasional light foxing throughout. Laid into a full brown cloth slipcase with leather label and individual chemises. Vol. IV with bookplate of John Pritchard. Fleeman 79.4LP/5; Courtney & Smith, pp. 141-42; Chapman & Hazen, pp. 159; Rothschild 1265; ESTC T146734.

Second London edition and first authorized separate edition of Johnson’sLives of the English Poets—they first appeared as thePrefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (10 vols, 1779-1781). A beautiful set, all volumes uncut, the first three in original boards, and the last in a contemporary half calf binding, Pollard considered this set to be the first issued with spine labels printed on a leaf integral to the book itself (cf. Bennett, Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, p. 87). $1,750

89 MACKENZIE, Henry, editor The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786. Edinburgh: printed for William Creech, February 5, 1785-January 6, 1787 With The Lounger Extraordinary; or, Masquerade Monitor bound between issues 56 and 57. Folio. Contemporary marbled boards backed with modern calf. Scattered minor soiling, boards rubbed, a clean copy. ESTC P1411. Provenance: J. Whyte (contemporary ownership inscription).

First edition of all issues except issues 1 & 2 (third ed), and issues 3-5 & 7 (second edition). Complete run of all 101 issues published. The Lounger and an earlier journal edited by Mackenzie, The Mirror (1779-80), were “the first Scottish weeklies of their kind. Mackenzie contributed most of the essays and focused on life and society, advocating a way of life based on natural sentiment and harmony. The balance between egotistic and altruistic motives was very much a tenet of the Scottish Enlightenment” (ODNB).

Mackenzie (1745-1831), whom Sir called the “Northern Addison,” is perhaps best known for his novel The Man of Feeling (1771); he contributed 57 of the essays in The Lounger. This copy includes a contemporary (or near) manuscript “Key to the Lounger,”

Catalogue 136 | 51 5 pp., providing the names of contributors for each issue; the names of contributors (or speculations thereon) have also been inked in a contemporary hand, presumably Whyte’s, at the end of many issues. Evidently a subscriber’s copy; at the end of the final issue is printed a notice of the publication in volumes of The Lounger, declaring that subscribers who have preserved their numbers will be given a title-page gratis. $1,000

90 MONTAGU, Edward Wortley Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Antient Republicks. Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain. London: A. Millar, 1759 [vi], 384 pp., with half-title. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, citron morocco spine label. Extremities lightly rubbed. Binding offset to margins of half-title.ESTC T73413. First edition of this work by the unscrupulous and eccentric son of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu—“sets forth his classical learning, his flourished and ornamented prose style, and a whiff of opposition politics” (ODNB). $150

91 [MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley] Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e: Written During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe. Which Contain, Among Other Curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks; Drawn from Sources That Have Been Inaccessible to Other Travellers. [With:] An Additional Volume to the Letters … London: T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1763; 1767 xii, [iv], 165, [1]; [iv], 167, [1]; [iv], 134; 142 pp., with half-titles in vols. I-III. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels, red sprinkled edges. Binding offsetting on titles, vol. I front free endpaper loose, vol. IV joints cracked. Atabey 829; Blackmer 1150; Rothschild 1452. Provenance: early ownership inscription on vol. I title. First edition of Lady Mary’s account of her travels in the Ottoman Empire while accompanying her husband on his embassy to Constantinople in 1716. The letters were reconstructed from a journal kept during her voyage and were written upon Lady Mary’s return to England. The preface, signed “M.A.,” is by Mary Astell. The fourth volume of letters is spurious. $1,250

52 | James Cummins bookseller 92 MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley The Works … Including Her Correspondence, Prose, and Essays. Published, by Permission, From Her Genuine Papers. London: Richard Phillips, 1803 Engraved portrait frontispiece by Freeman after Kneller, facsimile letters. 5 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, black morocco spine labels, edges yellow. Bindings rubbed, Addison facsimile letter split along fold. NCBEL 2:1585. Provenance: Eliza Arabella Barry (ownership inscription on front free endpaper from The Cottage, Malvern Wells).

First collected edition of the works of Lady Mary Worltey Montagu, edited by J. Dallaway. $300

93 PARNELL, Thomas Poems on Several Occasions … and Published by Mr. Pope. London: Printed for B. Lintot …, 1722 Title printed in red and black. [8], 221, [3] pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Some minor edge rubbing. Bookplate of Shadwell Court Library. Foxon, p. 554; Rothschild 1513.

First Edition. Pope wrote the magnificent dedication here, “To the Right Honorable Robt. Earl of Oxford,” and issued the poems after his friends death, receiving £15 for them from Lintot. $750

94 PIOZZI, Hester Lynch [Thrale] Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789 vii, [i], 437, [1] pp.; [ii], 389, [1], [6, catalogue] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, red morocco labels, joints cracked. Booklabel. Rothschild 1551.

First edition. Account of the newlywed Mrs. Piozzi’s tour of the continent with her husband. Her “first work not to fall under the long shadow of Johnson, she built upon previous experimentation by using an authoritative but conversational discourse, alive with present-tense immediacy, to erode the barriers between diary and travel narrative. Her delight in Piozzi and in Italy was everywhere apparent in the materials she included in this development of the genre, which subverted masculine tropes of the grand tourist as

Catalogue 136 | 53 disillusioned and hard to please” (ODNB). Her descriptions of Italy were a source for Ann Radcliffe’sMysteries Of Udolpho. $850

95 PIOZZI, Hester Lynch [Thrale] British Synonymy; or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation. London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794 [iv], viii, 423, [1]; [iv], 416 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full mottled contemporary calf. Re- hinged and re-backed, preserving most of original spine. Small piece from margin of pp. 257-8 and larger piece from pp. 301-2, vol. I, not affecting text. Sporadic foxing, heavy on last few leaves. Bookplate. Rothschild 1552; Alston, III, 524; Fleeman, 94.4PBS/1a; Hazen 3254; Courtney 173.

First edition, with half-titles. “An ambitious work, recalling in its preface her own Welsh origins, it specifically addressed itself to those who, like her husband, found English taxing … Its discriminating definitions and characteristic excursions offer real insights into an eighteenth-century mind, and the kind of entertainment wholly absent from a dictionary of synonyms” (ODNB). Dr. Johnson gets frequent mention, and his poem on the coming of age of Sir John Lade is printed complete for the first time on pp. 359-60. $750

96 [POPE, Alexander (contributor and probable editor)] Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands. London: Bernard Lintott, 1712 Engraved frontispiece. [viii], 320, [353]-376, [8, ads] pp., with half-title. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf. Rebacked, new spine tooled in gilt, red morocco spine label. Front joint cracked. Griffith 6; Rothschild 1565. Provenance: E. Hubert Litchfield (bookplate); Rosenbach (description laid-in); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Lintott’s Miscellany containing the first printing of Pope’s The Rape of the Lock in its shorter two-canto form. Five poems carry Pope’s name, though “The Rape of the Lock” was published anonymously. The mock-epic was one of Pope’s early successes and established him as a precocious master of satire. It first appeared in its five- canto form in 1714. Other contributors to the Miscellany include Gay, Dryden, Broome, Fenton and Prior. $3,000

54 | James Cummins bookseller 97 [POPE, Alexander] Ode for Musick. London: Bernard Lintott, 1713 [iv], 8 pp., with half-title (“Mr. Pope’s Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day”). Folio. Full green crushed levant morocco gilt by Riviere. Front joint starting, contents washed and pressed, half-title lightly soiled. Foxon P904; Griffith 20; Rothschild 1568. Provenance: Ward E. and Seth Sprague Terry (bookplate); Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie’s New York, 12 February 1982, lot 129); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate). The Terry-Slater Copy Rare first edition of Pope’s “Ode for Music on St. Cecilia’s Day,” completed in 1711 at the suggestion of Richard Steele. Lintott paid Pope £15 for the copyright. ABPC records three sales of the first edition; the Locker-Lampson copy (in 1984 and 2008) and the present copy in 1982. $10,000

98 POPE, Alexander The Rape of the Lock. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto’s. Written by Mr. Pope. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys in Fleet=Street, 1714 Title printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates by Du Guernier after Du Bosc; each canto with woodcut headpiece. 8vo. Elegantly bound in full red crushed morocco, spine lettered in gilt, richly gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., by Riviere. Fine. Rothschild, 1570 (1st ed.).

Second edition of the final text (same year as the first). Pope’s immortal satire appeared first inMiscellaneous Poems (1712) in two cantos only. It first appeared complete and as a separate book in 1714 and here again entirely reset and with new headpieces to the cantos. $2,000

99 (POPE, Alexander) HOMER The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope. London: W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-20 Frontispiece portrait and engraved map of Homeric Greece in Vol. I; folding engraved plate “Troja’” in vol. II; engraved plate “The Shield of Achilles” in vol. V; lacking the two leaves of 5 plates normally found in Vol. I. 6 vols. 4to. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked. A fine, handsome set. Rothschild 1573; Griffith 42.

Catalogue 136 | 55 item 97

56 | James Cummins bookseller First edition of Pope’s translation of Homer’s Iliad, “a work of true translation and modern homage to antiquity” (ODNB). It took six years to complete and was followed by his translation of the Odyssey in 1726. Together, the two works cemented Pope’s fame and fortune. The first edition was offered by subscription only, printed in quarto on fine paper. An initial down payment of two guineas was followed by a payment of one guinea per volume as each volume was complete, with the last volume delivered free. Lintott retained copyright of the translation and went on to offer editions in various formats (4to excluded). $2,000

100 POPE, Alexander The Temple of Fame: a Vision. London: printed for Bernard Lintott, 1715 52, [4 ad] pp. Half-title. 8vo. Late-19th/early-20th century crushed red morocco gilt by MacDonald, t.e.g. Bookplates. Fine. Foxon P974; Griffith 36.

First edition of Pope’s adaptation of Chaucer’s “House of Fame,” complete with half- title and prospectus for Chaucer’s Works at end. $1,000

101 POPE, Alexander The Temple of Fame: A Vision … The Second Edition. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott between the two Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1715 52, [4, ads] pp. 8vo. Modern brown calf and burgundy cloth, Half-title a bit soiled, text block in general lightly toned. Griffith 45; Foxon P-975. Second edition. $750

102 POPE, Alexander The Works [with:] … Volume II. London: W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot; J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1717; 1735 Large folding frontispiece portrait of Pope by G. Vertue after Jervas, engraved vignettes, engraved head- and tailpiece, woodcut and engraved initials. [xxxii], 435, [1]; [viii], 76, [41]-71, [1], [7]-27, [1], [39]-78, [2], 87, [1], 14, 19, [1], 219, [1] pp. O2 and 2X4 in vol. I are

Catalogue 136 | 57 cancels. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, contrasting morocco spine labels. Labels chipped, joint cracked, covers scuffed, short tear to frontispiece at fold, some light marginal spotting and dampstaining in vol. I and tear to margin of 2C4. Griffith 79 & 372; Rothschild 1584 & 1626.

First editions, quarto issue, first issue without Tonson in imprint, of the two-volume Works, uniformly bound. Like Pope’s Homer, the Works were issued in quarto, folio and large folio formats. Griffith notes eleven pieces first printed in volume I, including “Eloisa to Abelard” and the early prose work, “A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry.” $2,500

103 [POPE, Alexander] A Clue to the Comedy of the Non-Juror. With Some Hints of Consequence Relating to That Play. In a Letter to N. Rowe, Esq; Poet Laureat to His Majesty. London: E. Curll, 1718 [3]-25, [3, ads] pp., lacking half-title. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, morocco lettering piece in one, the rest gilt, edges sprinkled. Front joint just starting, some toning and staining, loss to margin of Cymbalum Mundi title-page, a few leaves close trimmed, affecting a word on Pope title-page and a few page numbers and words trimmed elsewhere. ESTC T5525; Griffith Add. 90a; cf. Sherburn, “Notes on the Canon of Pope’s Works, 1714-20,” in The Manly Anniversary Studies in Language and Literature (Chicago, 1923), pp. 176-179.

Rare first edition of Pope’s pamphlet reply to Colley Cibber’s The Non-Juror, a baldly propagandistic adaptation of Moliere’s Tartuffe. Cibber’s play slanders all non-jurors (such as the Catholic ) as outright Jacobites. Cibber alludes to Pope three times in the play and generally disparages his Catholicism. “These three allusions, not very meaningful in themselves, were probably meant to suggest that Pope’s verse would be popular in homes disaffected to Hanoverian interests and to remind the audience or reader that Pope was a Catholic and, all too probably, like Dr Wolf, a Jacobite” (Guerinot, p. 70). Pope’s ingenious reply twists Cibber’s muddled work to suggest The Non-Juror is in fact a sly piece of pro-Jacobite propaganda.

That Pope wrote a response to Cibber’s play was known from Cibber’s A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope (1742): “At this time then there came out a Pamphlet (the Title I have forgot) … The Purport of this odd Piece of Wit was to prove, that the Non-Juror in its Design, its Characters, and almost every Scene of it, was a closely couched Jacobite Libel against the Government: And, in troth, the Charge was in some places so shrewdly maintained, that I almost liked the Jest myself; at least, it was so much above the Spirit, and

58 | James Cummins bookseller Invention of the Daily-Paper Satyrists, that all the sensible Readers I met with, without Hesitation gave it to Mr. Pope.” The unnamed pamphlet was commonly thought to be A Compleat Key to the Non-Juror, published by Curll in 1718. George Sherburn’s “Notes on the Canon of Pope’s Works, 1714-20,” in The Manly Anniversary Studies in Language and Literature (Chicago, 1923), shows conclusively that the present work, the similarly titled A Clue to the Comedy of the Non-Juror, is by Pope, and the attribution was accepted by Griffith in the appendix to his bibliography of Pope.

The Non-Juror was round two in the Pope-Cibber quarrel; the feud began the previous year with Pope’s Three Hours after Marriage—in which, remarkably, Cibber was cast in the lead of a play designed to mock him—and culminated with Cibber as the modern epitome of dullness in Pope’s 1742 Dunciad. “The Pope–Cibber quarrel was of long standing. Temperamentally incompatible, intellectually unequal, on opposite sides in politics and differing radically in their lifestyles, yet both inhabiting a tiny, emotionally overheated segment of London life in which each was acutely aware of the other’s presence, they were almost bound to clash sooner or later” (ODNB).

[bound with:] ALBEMARLE, George Monck, Duke of. A Collection of Letters Written by His Excellency General George Monk. London: J. Roberts, 1714. Lacking half-title. ESTC T43

DES PÉRIERS, Bonavanture. Cymbalum Mundi. Or, Satyrical Dialogues Upon Several Subjects. London: A. Baldwin, 1712. ESTC T92151

Secret Memoirs of the New Treaty of Alliance with France. London: J. Roberts, 1716. Lacking half-title. ESTC T47410

The Defection Detected; or, Faults Laid on the Right Side. London: J. Peters, 1718. ESTC T32211

[WOODWARD, Josiah]. Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady. London: J. Nutt, 1704. ESTC T66155

WHATLEY, Stephen. A Collection of White and Black Lists. London: S. Popping, 1715. Lacking half-title. ESTC N208

GROSVENOR, Benjamin. An Authentick Account of Several Things Done and Agreed Upon by the Dissenting Ministers. London: John Clark, 1719. 3 pp. publisher’s ads. ESTC T22790. $5,500

Catalogue 136 | 59 104 (POPE, ALEXANDER) [HILL, Aaron] The Preface to Mr. Pope. [London: s.n, n.d., ca. 1718] 2 pp. broadsheet. Folio (12 × 6 inches). Fine, with contemporary manuscript addition to title, explaining that the Preface is “To a poem called, The Northern Star, by Aaron Hill.” Cf. Foxon H225 & Guerinot, p. 74 (for Hill’s poem); not in the ESTC.

First separate edition of Aaron Hill’s Preface in reply to Alexander Pope’s criticism of his Northern-Star, a poem published in 1718 and dedicated to Peter the Great of Russia. “Hill had, apparently through Lintot, asked Pope’s opinion of The Northern Star. Lintot, according to Hill, reported to him that Pope though ‘Printing any thing in Praise of the Czar of Russian wou’d be receiv’d as a Satyr on the Government’” (Guerinot). Hill questions Pope’s criticisim and professes he would have preferred that the poem by critiqued on the merits of its style and execution, than to be faulted for insulting the government. He criticises Pope’s “Windsor Forest” for its forced classicism and further lashes out at the popular poetic diction of his age, in which “… all our Women are Nymphs, Angels, or Goddesses; our Men, Demi-hero’s; all our Soldiers are invincible; all our Generals beyond Caesar; all our Kings like Augustus …” The broadsheet is without imprint, but may have been printed by either Berington or Morphew, printers of The Northern-Star.

Hill and Pope clashed frequently, though they were not bitter enemies and did exchange letters. Later editions of Hill’s poem excluded the Preface, presumably at the author’s request. Rare, not recorded in the ESTC. $2,500

105 POPE, Alexander & (contributors) Miscellanea. In two volumes. Never before Published. Viz. I. Familiar letters written to Henry Cromwell Esq; by Mr. Pope. II. Occasional poems by Mr. Pope, Mr. Cromwell, Dean Swift, &c. III. Letters from Mr. Dryden, to a lady, in the year 1699 [and:] Miscellanea. The second volume. An essay upon gibing … The praise of women … An essay on the mischief of giving fortunes with women in marriage … Swifteana; or Poems by Dean Swift, and several of his friends. Laus ululae. The praise of owls. Translated from the Latin, by a canary bird. London: [for E. Curll], printed in the year 1727 [but 1726] Engraved frontispiece portrait of Pope by Clark and Pine volume 1, portrait of Swift in volume 2 by G. Vertue, engraved plate of man and owls on back of Laus Ululae title

60 | James Cummins bookseller item 104 Catalogue 136 | 61 volume 2, decorative head- and tailpieces and initials. [12], 155, [9], [4 ad]; [8], 99, [1], [2], iv, 101 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf. Fine. Griffith 177-8; Teerink 24. Provenance: J.O. Edward (bookplate).

First edition, variant a of volume 2, of this unauthorized compilation of Pope letters and Swift material published by , whose many piracies were a thorn in the sides of Swift, Pope, and their contemporaries. Volume 2 is Griffith’s variant a, printing the “Laus Ululae” (In Praise of Owls), in the final section. $1,200

106 [POPE, Alexander] The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In Three Books. [London]: Dublin, Printed, London Reprinted for A. Dodd, 1728 Engraved frontispiece (Griffith Variety 1 with “Dunci-” on second line of pendant). viii, [ii], 51, [1] pp. Collation: A-E6 F2. 12mo. Full red morocco gilt, a.e.g. by Riviere. Foxon P764; Griffith 198; Hayward 147 (exhibiting the octavo issue); Rothschild 1596. Provenance: Winston H. Hagen (morocco booklabel); Carl H. Pforzheimer Library; Gerald E. Slater (bought through Quaritch, sold his sale, Christie’s New York, 12 February 1982, lot 135). first edition. The distinguished Hagen-Pforzheimer-Slater copy of Pope’s satirical masterpiece, a mock-epic reply to his critics (primarily Lewis Theobald) and other hack writers, as well as a broader critique of George II and Walpole. Published anonymously under a misleading imprint suggesting a Dublin first edition (which does not exist). Editions followed in 1729 (Dunciad Variorum), 1742 (A New Dunciad), and 1743 (Dunciad in four books).

This 12mo impression is the first and precedes the 8vo printing of the same year. Bound with the second edition of Edmund Curll’s Key, which spells out Pope’s allusions and provides full names where Pope only supplies a first initial. Thus the close of the first stanza (“Still Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first?”) is glossed as “Meaning Mr. Theobald succeeds Mr. Settle, if he has not a worse Meaning,” which of course he has, referring to the accession of George II the previous year.

Also bound with the first edition ofThe Progress of Dullness, which takes Pope’s original title to The Dunciad and the one used to announce a sequel on the final leaf of the first edition.

[Bound with:] [CURLL, Edmund]. A Compleat Key to the Dunciad. London: E. Curll, 1728. Second edition. vi, [7]-22, [2, ads] pp. Collation: A8 B4

62 | James Cummins bookseller [and:] [STANHOPE, Hugh (i.e. William Bond?)]. The Progress of Dullness … Which Will Serve as an Explanation for the Dunciad. London: [E. Curll], 1728. First edition. [iv], 34, [2, ads] pp. Collation: A2 B-E4 F2. $25,000

107 POPE, Alexander The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. London: printed [by John Wright] for A. Dod [i.e. Lawton Gilliver], 1729 Vignette of Ass laden with books on title-page (Variety 1), engraved headpiece of asses’ and owl’s heads at head of first book, engraved tailpieces. [2], 16, [2], 6, 9-29, [3], 118, cxix-cxxiv pp. 4to. Modern morocco. Bookplate. Scattered light foxing and small marginal dampstaining to a few leaves extending into text on one leaf, but a clean copy overall. Foxon P771; Griffith 211a.

First thus (complete text of Books I-III with satirical apparatus). The first edition to include the Prolegomena and Notes Variorum, following the first edition of 1728. “The great Scriblerian Swift now urged Pope (16 July 1728, J. Swift, Correspondence, ed. H. Williams, 19635 2.293) to make the poem even more Scriblerian, an Suvre mêlée of verse and prose, in which a pseudo-scholarly apparatus and footnotes of varying irony would help to identify the more obscure of Pope’s literary targets. Pope took this advice in the 1729 Dunciad variorum, still published anonymously but with broad hints as to its authorship, also expanding the. $500

108 [POPE, Alexander] The Dunciad, in Four Books. Printed According to the Complete Copy Found in the Year 1742. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. To Which are Added ; the Hypercritics of Aristarchus, and His Dissertation on the Hero of the Poem. London: [William Bowyer for] M. Cooper, 1743 vi, [ii], [vii]-x, xxxvii, [i], [39]-235, [1], [12] pp., with half-title, X3 a cancel. 4to. Full contemporary calf, rebacked to style, red morocco spine label. Some toning and spotting, heavy in places, small stain at lower portion of gutter throughout second half of textblock. Foxon P796; Griffith 578; Rothschild 1599. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 63 First edition of the final revised edition, complete in four books with critical apparatus, of Pope’s final major literary work, “in scope and power the grandest of his poems” (Mack, Alexander Pope, p. 781), the complete and final revisedDunciad in four books with all of the critical apparatus and some additional material, including the final apocalyptic stanza with its famous opening, “In vain, in vain – the all-composing hour …” This edition follows the first anonymously published edition in three books in 1728, the 1729 Dunciad Variorum, and the 1742 New Dunciad, the first in four books. In this extensively revised edition Lewis Theobald is replaced by Colley Cibber as the king of dunces, the transferal of power being enacted in a mock “Authority” leaf preceding the text.

“The printer was William Bowyer, the ‘Learned Printer,’ who herewith began to share with or to succeed John Wright as Pope’s printer” (Griffith). This edition was entered to Pope in Boywer’s ledgers on 2 October 1743, 1500 copies Demy and 100 Royal, with 500 copies delivered to Cooper on 14 October. $1,500

109 POPE, Alexander An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington. Occasion’d by his Publishing Palladio’s Designs of the Baths, Arches, Theatres, &c. of Ancient Rome. London: L. Gilliver, 1731 Woodcut title device. 14, [1, ads], [1] pp., with half-title (“Of Taste, an Epistle …”). Folio. Modern quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Half-title and blank verso of final ad leaf a trifle soiled and creased, else an exceptionally clean copy. Foxon P908; Griffith 259; Rothschild 1602; Todd “Concealed Pope Editions,” The Book Collector, Spring 1956, pp. 48-50.

First edition, second state, of Pope’s epsitle on false taste, the first of his Ethic Epistles or Moral Essays, a series of satirical poems and imitations of Horace in folio that critique the politics and vulgar taste of the poet’s age. Pope’s description of “Timon’s Villa” was variously thought to be an attack on the Duke of Chandos and his great house Cannons or Walpole and his great house Houghton. The description of Timon’s study includes a satire on contemporary taste in book collecting.

Todd identifies a “concealed” second printing with pp. 5-9 reset. The present copy conforms to Todd’s A Edition, with a semicolon rather than a comma after the final word of p. 9 (“Down;”), second state, with the second line of double rule on p. 5 broken. $500

64 | James Cummins bookseller 110 POPE, Alexander Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. London: J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1732 [but 1733] [ii], 20 pp. Folio. Disbound, uncut. Some edge-wear and browning at margins. Foxon P923; Griffith 281. Provenance: Quartich (collation note at head of title and verso of final leaf ).

First edition, second state, of Pope’s second Ethic Epistle or Moral Essay, on the corrosive practices of the new merchant class: “Trade may help, Society extend; / But lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend.” With the corrected reading of “ypon” changed to “yon” on p. 13, l. 13. Foxon suggests that this corrected state may represent a reimpression, though the erratum noting the error was not removed in the corrected copies. The error was evidently caught late in the press run, corrected copies being much less common than those with the error preserved. $200

111 POPE, Alexander The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace … Imitated in a Dialogue Between Alexander Pope of Twickenham … on the One Part, and His Learned Council on the Other. London: printed by L[awton] G[illiver] and sold by A. Dodd, E. Nutt, 1733 19, [1] pp., parallel English and Latin text. Folio. Marbled flexible boards. Tight sewed with some wrinkling to pages, some light staining and spotting to title with top corner repaired. Foxon P886; Griffith 288; Rothschild 1608-9.

First edition, first issue (no comma after “Pope” on title). The first effort in Pope’s series of loose translations and reworkings of Horatian satires and epistles, his Imitations of Horace (1733-8). “[T]hrough the enabling example of Horace, Pope evolved a form of autobiographical poetry with little precedent in English literature” (ODNB). $400

112 (POPE, ALEXANDER), [MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley and John Lord HERVEY] Verses Address’d to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace. By a Lady. London: A. Dodd, [1733] Woodcut device on title. 8 pp. Folio. Disbound. Light horizontal crease, early ink docketing

Catalogue 136 | 65 on title, a few light stains. In custom gray card folder with title label. ESTC T50689; Foxon V39; Guerinot 224.

First edition of “the most famous of attacks on Pope and perhaps the only one where Pope has found a worthy adversary” (Guerinot), written in collaboration with Lord Hervey, Walpole’s right-hand man in the . “This was very probably put into a publisher’s hands by Pope himself, who may well have judged that its appearance in print would mitigate the damage that its manuscript circulation was doing him” (ODNB). $750

113 [POPE, Alexander] An Essay on Man. Address’d to a Friend. Part I. [Bound with:] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle II [And:] Epistle III [And:] Epistle IV. London: Printed for J. Wilford, [1733-34] Ornaments on title-pages, decorative head and tail pieces. 19, [1]; [2], 18; 20; [4], 18, [2] pp. Half-titles parts 2 & 3 (none issued parts 1 & 4). Folio. Modern morocco backed boards. In cloth chemise and slipcase. Small bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. A few stray spots but fine. Foxon P822, P833, P840 & P845; Griffith 294, 300, 308 & 331; Grolier English 43.

First edition. A fine copy with wide margins of Pope’s philosophical verse essay. All four parts in first printings, with the following salient points as per Foxon: PartI with 19 pages properly numbered; Part II with lines numbered; Part III with note on last page in two lines. There was only one early folio printing of Part IV, as seen here. $6,000

114 [POPE, Alexander] An Essay on Man. Address’d to a Friend. Part I [Large Paper Copy]. [Bound with:] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle II [And:] Epistle III [And:] Epistle IV. London: Printed for J. Willford, [1733-4] Collation: [A2] B2 (-B2), B-D2; A-D2, E1; A-E2; A-F2, with terminal leaf of advertisements. 13-11/16 × 9-1/8 inches. Contemporary vellum backed marbled boards. Bookplates of George Legh and High Legh Library; Frank Hogan; one other. With 2 pp. autograph notes by T.J. Wise inserted. Some rubbing and minor soiling. In maroon morocco folding box (worn and split). Rothschild 1614 (“variant Part I”); Foxon P824 (“no watermark”), P833, P844, P845; Griffith 304 (no mention of Large Paper copies), 300, 315 (note), 331; Grolier English 43; Ashley IV, p. 38 (no. 1); Hogan sale part two (1945), lot 563 (this copy).

66 | James Cummins bookseller First edition, large paper copy of Part I; first edition of Epistles II & IV; second edition of Epistle III. The first part of Pope’s celebratedEssay on Man is present in a large paper copy, corresponding to Foxon P824 and Rothschild 1614, where the Note succinctly renders the complexities of the bibliographical debate: “Part I is the variant described by Wise (Ashley) as the first; Griffith (p. 224 et seq.) argues that it is the second, (G).” Foxon notes that “Pp. 1-6 (and presumably cancelled B2) are reimpressed; the remainder is from standing type revised and rearranged.” (The pagination omits pp. 7-8 but the text is complete. Griffith does not mention large paper copies of 304 and records an uncut copy as measuring 12-1/8 × 7-7/8 in, substantially smaller than the present copy.) This copy from the library of Frank Hogan, with autograph notes by Wise concerning the issue points of this copy laid in. Wise writes “This is an unusually fine copy … Part I is a Large Paper Copy. This is very rare indeed. Yours is only the 2nd Large Paper copy I have actually held in my hand, & besides these I have only heard of one other. That makes 3. For many years my copy on L.P. was supposed to be unique.” $10,000

115 [POPE, Alexander] The Impertinent, or a Visit to the Court. A Satyr. By an Eminent Hand. London: John Wileord [i.e Wilford], 1733 [3]-16 pp., lacking half-title. 4to. Modern half calf and marbled boards, morocco title label on front cover. ESTC T5678; Foxon P898; Griffith 317; Keynes, Donne 112n.

First edition of one of the rarest of Pope’s works, an imitation of Donne’s Satyre IV (c. 1597), itself a reworking of Horce’s Satire 1.9 (“Ibam forte via sacra”). In Horace’s poem the speaker is pestered by a man petitioning favors and can only break free when the man’s adversary appears; both Pope and Donne change the location to the court.

Pope’s version contains a pointed attack on Walpole and was published anonymously and with the printer’s name perhaps deliberately changed from Wilford to Wileord. Pope later acknowledged authorship by including the poem in his 1735 Works under the title “Fourth Satire of Dr. John Donne,” and several unauthorized editions followed in 1737. The half- title is missing in most, though not all, recorded copies; Griffith notes a half-title is allowed for by the pagination, though it is lacking in both copies he cites. A clean, wide-margined copy. $7,500

Catalogue 136 | 67 116 POPE, Alexander An Epistle to the Right Honorable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham. London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733 [but 1734] [iv], 13, [1], [1, ads], [1] pp., with half-title (“Of the Knowledge and Characters of Men … ”). Folio. Modern quarter calf, morocco label on front cover. Binding rubbed, light soiling to half-title, faint horizontal crease and crinkling at gutter throughout. Foxon P920; Griffith 329; Rothschild 1611. Provenance: E.M. Cox (bookplate); Louis and Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First and only folio edition of the third of Pope’s Ethic Epistles or Moral Essays. The poem, often referred by its half-title (“Of the Knowledge and Characters of Men”) is on the difficulty of judging human character. It is necessary to identify “the ruling passion” which, once discovered, will reconcile seemingly inconsistent behavior.

Tis in the ruling passion: there, alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known, The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here

The poem is addressed to Sir Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham (1675-1749), Whig politician and soldier who opposed his party in the debates on the Excise Bill (1733). Pope includes a compliment to James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, to correct the misconception that he was to be identified with “Timon,” the target of Pope’s first Ethic Epistle. $400

117 POPE, Alexander Of the Characters of Women: an Epistle to a Lady. London: Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1735 [ii], 16, [1, ads], [1] pp., with half-title. Folio. Stitched and uncut (stitching possibly renewed). Light staining to half-title and verso of final leaf, faint creasing and some light foxing. Foxon P917; Griffith 361; Rothschild 1625. Provenance: Quaritch (pencil inscription on half-title, May 1964, collation note at end).

First edition, with “Fleet Street” spelled correctly in imprint, of the fourth and final of Pope’s Ethic Epistles or Moral Essays, addressed to Martha Blount, his Catholic neighbor, life-long friend and mistress. The imprint appears in two states, with the misspelling “Flettstreet” and, as in this copy, the correct spelling “Fleetstreet.” Foxon notes that Harley’s pre-publication copy has the correct spelling. Rothschild and Griffith give

68 | James Cummins bookseller priority to the misprint. This copy with the additional conjugate leaves containing Pope’s Advertisement (B1) and the final ad leaf, not found in all copies. $300

118 POPE, Alexander Of the Characters of Women: an Epistle to a Lady. London: Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1735 [ii], 16, [1, ads], [1] pp., with half-title. Folio. Stitched and uncut. Light stain to half-title and verso of final leaf, else a fine copy. In custom green half morocco slipcase and chemise. Foxon P917; Griffith 360; Rothschild 1624.

First edition, with “Flettstreet” misprint in imprint (see previous item). This copy with the additional conjugate leaves containing Pope’s Advertisement (B1) and the final ad leaf, not found in all copies. $300

119 POPE, Alexander An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot. London: J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1734 [but 1735] [iv], 30 (i.e., 20) pp. Folio. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Title foxed, some light soiling throughout. Foxon P802; Griffith 352; Rothschild 1623. Provenance: Archibald Utterson (armorial bookplate, transferred); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Pope’s celebrated poem in justification of his life and writings, published 2 January 1735, just eight weeks before the death of Arbuthnot on 27 February. The poem includes two of Pope’s most vicious satires, his “Atticus Portrait” of Addison, and “Sporus Portrait” of Lord Hervey. $750

120 POPE, Alexander The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace. London: R. Dodsley, 1737 Woodcut ornament on title. 19, [1] pp. Folio. Disbound. Slight toning at top margin. In a custom yellow cloth folder. Foxon P955; Griffith 447. Provenance: Jerome Kern (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 69 First edition, second state (Todd’s B edition, second state), the Jerome Kern copy. Tall, uncut copy of the first edition of Pope’s imitation of Horace addressed “Dear Col’nel” to his friend General James Dormer, with footnote on page 12 correctly numbered, press- marks 6-†, 9-1, 10-2, 13-1, 14-†, and the second state reading of p. 4, l. 16 (“Godfry”).

In his article “Concealed Pope Editions” (The Book Collector, Spring 1956, pp. 50-1), Todd identifies two distinct printings, one having pp. 3-12 reset and the rest re-impressed. On the evidence of the careless printing of hyphens, Todd deduces that those copies with press- marks as in the present copy belong to a “concealed” second printing, printed in haste to meet demand and coincide with the first edition ofThe First Epistle of the Second Book. Foxon reverses Todd’s order, on the assumption that the deposit copies, printed on fine, watermarked paper, must belong to the first impression. $400

121 POPE, Alexander Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His Friends; The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, in Prose. London: J. Wright for J. Knapton, et al; J. and P. Knapton, C. Bathurst, and R. Dodsley, 1737; 1741 Engraved vignette portrait on each title-page, engraved head- and tailpieces. Title-pages in red and black. Lacking half-titles. 2 vols. 4to. Near contemporary acid-stained calf, rebacked. Covers dry and rubbed. Early ownership signature on title-page, armorial bookplate. Griffith 454 & 531; Rothschild 1633.

First authorized edition of the letters, quarto issue, with first letter in vol. I incorrectly dated 1724. “The letters are a reprint of the Letters of 1735, with additions” (Griffiths). The concluding section of the book was printed but not published until 1741 when it was included in vol. II of the Works. $1,000

122 POPE, Alexander The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated. London: T. Cooper, 1737 Woodcut title device. iv, 23, [1] pp. Folio. Marbled flexible boards. Title lightly soiled and toned. Foxon P881; Griffith 458/467; Todd “Concealed Pope Editions,” The Book Collector, Spring 1956, pp. 51-2.

70 | James Cummins bookseller First edition, with second state of p. 21 with catchword “38 Charles” and press-marks iii- 2, iv-†, 3-†, 6-3, 9-4, 10-1, 15-†, 17-4, 19-4, 22-1, corresponding to Todd’s edition A. $350

123 POPE, Alexander The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. London: L. Gilliver, 1737 [but 1738] [iv], 15, [1] pp., with half-title, facing Latin and English text. Folio. Early 20th century green half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine labels (chipped). Covers rubbed, half-title dusty and creased. Foxon P965; Griffith 476; Rothschild 1638. Provenance: Stanley Keyes (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Pope’s imitation of Horace’s poem on the art of living well. Unusual for Pope, this is a bibliographically straightforward book. $300

124 POPE, Alexander The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. London: R. Dodsley, 1737 [but 1738] [ii], 21 (i.e. 19), [1] pp. Folio. Flexible marbled boards. Tightly bound, title dusty and lightly creased, with paper repair to fore-margin. Foxon P877; Griffith 480; Rothschild 1640.

First edition, with pp. 18-19 incorrectly numbered and “Price” spelled correctly on the title. Pope’s imitation of Horace addressed here in the first edition to “S**,” in later printings identified as Henry St. John, Lord Bolingborke, Pope’s friend and Tory opponent of the Walpole administration. $400

125 POPE, Alexander One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Eight. A Dialogue Something Like Horace. London: T. Cooper, [1738] [iv], 10, [1, ads], [1] pp., with half-title. Folio. Disbound. Light horizontal crease, first and last leaf dusty, staining to half-title and lower margin of pp. 8-9. In custom green morocco- backed slipcase and chemise. Foxon P932; Griffith 484; Rothschild 1642. Provenance: Jerome Kern (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 71 First edition, with “Price ONE SHILLING” on title.

[With:] POPE, Alexander. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Eight. Dialogue II. 16 pp. Folio. London: R. Dodsley, 1738. First edition. Disbound.Title and verso of final leaf creased and dusty. Foxon P938; Griffith 494; Rothschild 1643. With correct reading “Tools” p. 10 last line.

These two works were later renamed “The Epilogue to the Satires” in the 1730 Works. $500

126 [POPE, Alexander (editor and contributor), Jonathan SWIFT, John ARBUTHNOT, et al] Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus. Dublin: , 1741 [ii], 12, 165, [1, Contents] pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, red morocco spine label. Old library label to spine, extremities rubbed, front joint starting, title browned at margins, I4 with corner tear through first line. Griffith 538; Kerby-Miller 4; Teerink 984. Provenance: Gustavus Lambart (bookplate).

First separate edition of the invented biography of the fool Martin Scriblerus. The , whose members included Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, Parnell and Gay, began meeting regularly in 1714, though as early as 1712 Pope had written a letter to the Spectator announcing the Club’s intention to publish a satirical weekly entitled The Works of the Unlearned. The five members, occasionally joined by Tory minister Robert Harley, Lord Oxford, met to dine and jest and to flesh out the works and investigations of one Martin Scriblerus, an invented embodiment of dilettantism and false learning. Though the Club’s project was not fulfilled until this 1741 edition of theMemoirs , it fostered the satirical temperament that inspired Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Pope’s Dunciad (the Prolegomena of which is in the voice of Martin Scriblerus). The first period of the Club’s activity ended the year it began with the death of Queen Anne in August 1714. The Club was revived in 1716-18 by Pope, Arbuthnot and Gay, and again in 1726-7 during Swift’s visits to England. Kerby-Miller, in his edition of the Memoirs (New Haven, 1950), notes the various member’s contributions, with Swift “chiefly responsible for setting up the basic style of humour in the Memoirs,” and Arbuthnot “always the most fertile in ideas.” Pope assumed leadership of the project following Swift’s departure for Ireland in 1714, and he later took possession of the Club’s papers following the death of Arbuthnot in 1735. Pope readied the papers for publication and the Memoirs, along with Swift’s letters, first appeared in vol. II of the 1741 edition of his Prose Works, where it was credited to Arbuthnot and Pope. This first separate edition was “presumably

72 | James Cummins bookseller printed from the copy of the folio Works in Prose, vol. II, 1741, sent from London to Faulkner to enable him to complete his Dublin edition of the Letters’’ (Griffith). $2,000

127 (POPE, ALEXANDER) [MATTHEWS, John] Eloisa en Dishabillé, being a New Version of That Lady’s Celebrated Epistle to Abelard, Done into Familiar English Metre, by a Lounger. London: R. Faulder, 1780 [iii]-ix, [i], [9]-26 pp., lacking half-title. 4to. Modern quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Text toned, small dampstain to lower margin throughout. Manuscript attributions in two hands on title-page to John Matthews and Richard Ponson, with long note on verso of title by one J. Ewen ascribing the poem to Porson and John Tweddell on the authority of Richard Heber. ESTC T93896(5 copies). Provenance: J. Ewen (manuscript note on verso of title ascribing the poem to Porson and John Tweddell on the authority of Richard Heber).

First edition of this scarce parody of Pope’s “Eloisa to Abelard” by the hack poet and physician John Matthews (1755-1826). “John “Matthews was a man of versatile disposition and generous tastes, which frequently left him at a financial loss. His works were published anonymously. The best-known of them is Eloisa en dishabille: being a new version of that lady’s celebrated epistle to Abelard, done into familiar English metre by a lounger (1780), which is a parody of Pope’s ‘Eloisa to Abelard.’ It was reprinted in 1801, and again in 1822, when the bookseller put on the title-page that it was ‘ascribed to [Richard] Porson.’ Matthews wrote other verse, some of it described as ‘contemptible’ by contemporaries, and much of it badly received” (ODNB). $1,000

128 POPE, Alexander The Poetical Works … Glasgow: Printed by Andrew Foulis, 1785 xxxii, xxxviii, [39]-315; [vi], 365, [1]; [iv], 402, [4, subscriber list] pp. 3 vols. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, rebacked to style. Gaskell 678.

A handsome copy of the Foulis edition of Pope’s works. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 73 129 PRIOR, Matthew Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson, 1709 Engraved frontispiece. 8vo. Later full red crushed morocco, gilt covers and spine, a.e.g. Upper joint rubbed, small stain at fore-edge of several leaves, else very good. Ashley IV, p. 74; Rothschild 1676. First Authorized Edition, second issue, with all cancels. $250

130 PRIOR, Matthew Autograph Letter Signed (“Mat Prior”), to Edward Southwell. Plantation Office: 10 June 1709 2 pp. pen and ink on folded bifolium with integral address leaf, docketted. 4to. Creased from prior folding, remains of former mount at fold. In a custom blue cloth case. Provenance: the descendants of Richard Monkton Milnes, Lord Houghton (Christie’s, 29 June 1995, lot 364); Robert S Pirie (bookplate, acquired from Roy Davids, 1998). Autograph letter from poet and diplomat Martthew Prior (1664-1721) to Edward Southwell (1671-1730), who at the time of this letter was commissioner for the Board of Trade and Plantations. Prior congratulates Southwell for his safe arrival in Dublin as chief secretary to the new Viceroy, the Duke of Ormond, and comments on faults found in a letter received from Southwell (“these are faults in Stile which I hope nothing could have occasioned but the Charivari of Kettledrums, Trumpetts and Hazza’s, and which I expect should be corrected as your thoughts grow more sedate … ”) $3,500

131 REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua A Discourse, Delivered to Students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the Prizes, Dec. 10, 1784. London: Cadell, 1785 [iv], 32 pp. 4to. Half green morocco. Fine. Hilles 20; Cf. Rothschild 1736-1739.

First edition, presentation copy, of the twelfth of fifteen annual speeches delivered to students of the Royal Academy by Sir Joshua Reynolds, artist, author, friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and the motive force and first president of the Royal Academy. As with all of the Rothschild copies of the various Discourses, this copy inscribed on the half-title, “From the author.” $2,500

74 | James Cummins bookseller item 130

Catalogue 136 | 75 132 RICHARDSON, Samuel A Collection of the Moral and Instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, Contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison. [Preface is by Benjamin Kennicott]. London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1755 x, 410 pp. 12mo. Full 19th-century brown calf, edges red, by J. Leighton, Brewer St. Bookplate of William Stirling. ESTC T58996; Rothschild 1753.

First edition, containing two printed letters by Richardson at the end of the book, commenting on his Sir Charles Grandison. $450

133 RICHARDSON, Samuel Address Portion of envelope in the hand of Samuel Richardson “For Miss Richardson at the Revd. Dr. Young’s at wellwyn Hertfordshire.” 1759 Docketed on back by Anne Richardson giving date of the address as 1759 and dated by her Augst. 1793. 12mo (7-3/4 × 6 inches). Hinge residue on inner margin. Very good. Old folds. $750

134 [SHAFTESBURY, Anthony, Earl of] Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinion, Times. In Three Volumes. London: Printed in the Year, 1711 Engraved title by Gribelin to vol. I, title-page vignettes and tailpieces in each vol. iv, [2], 364; 443; [iv], 344, [72, Index & Corrigenda] pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Twentieth-century full brown levant, gilt turn-ins, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Chas. J. Sawyer. Leaf Cc5 bound before Cc4 in vol. III. With 19th-century booklabels of Library Company of Baltimore, and bookplates of Abel Berland. Occasional faint foxing. Fine. Rothschild 1831 (5th ed. only); NCBEL 2:1865.

First edition, first issue. Beautiful copy of this classic of eighteenth century English thought. $2,000

76 | James Cummins bookseller 135 SHENSTONE, William The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of which were never before printed. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764- 1769 With portrait frontispiece, title vignette to vols. I & II, folding map of Leasowes, several headpiece illustrations and other decorations. [ii], viii, 345, [7]; vi, 392; xvi, 399, [1] pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Uncut in original blue boards, vol. III in marbled boards, manuscript paper spine labels to vols. I & II, spines worn, vol. III covers detached. In a custom orange morocco- backed clamshell box. Rothschild 1840 (second edition only); Tinker 1911; Williams, pp. 60-63; ESTC T092444.

First edition, uncut in original boards, of the Works of William Shenstone (1714-63), poet and noted landscape theorist of the picturesque. $850

136 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley & Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (translators) The Love Epistles of Aristænetus: Translated from the Greek into English Metre. London: J. Wilkie, 1771 [iii]-xvi, 174 pp., lacking half-title and 1 p. publisher’s advertisements. 8vo. 19th-century full red morocco, covers with central blind-stamped ornaments, spine gilt, t.e.g. Spine darkened and rubbed, a few marginal stains to text. Rothschild 1843; Williams, p. 210. Provenance: William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet of Pollok, husband of Caroline Norton (armorial binding); Carlotta Chiara Mary Norton, granddaughter of Caroline Norton (gift inscription on verso of flyleaf, “J & A from Carlotta Norton”); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition, a Sheridan family association copy of Sheridan’s first book, a translation of the Love Letters of Aristaenetus. This copy belonged to William Stirling-Maxwell (1818- 1878) and his wife Caroline Norton (1808-1877), who was the granddaughter of Sheridan. Her father, , was the only son of Sheridan and his first wife, Elizabeth Ann Linley. Caroline Norton wrote poetry, novels, and plays, and her campaigns for social reform led to the passing of the Custody of Infants Act in 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857, and the Married Women’s Property Act of 1870. Her first marriage, to George Chapple Norton in 1827, was an unhappy one, but she was unable to secure a divorce until his death. She did not marry the author and statesman William Stirling-Maxell until 1877, three months before her death.

Catalogue 136 | 77 Aristaenetus is the reputed author of two books of so-called Love Letters which were first edited by Sambucus (Antwerp, 1566). The present translations are generally short and mildly bawdy adventures, the result of a collaboration between Halhed and his friend from his Harrow days, the 20-year-old Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Presumably, Halhed, the Orientalist, provided the translations from the Greek, and Sheridan polished the verse. $600

137 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley The Rivals, a Comedy. London: John Wilkie, 1775 x, [vi], 100 pp., with half-title. 8vo. 20th-century brown morocco, a.e.g., by Riviere. Inner margins of half-title, title-page, a1 and a2 restored. Ashley V, p.152; Williams, p. 212. Provenance: George Clinton Fairchild Williams, 1857-1933, American book collector (bookplate); Clara & Irwin Strasburger (bookplate, Clara’s sale, Sotheby’s New York, 25 June 1982, lot 464); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition, second issue, with page 79 correctly numbered and no catchword on p. 100. Attractive large copy of Sheridan’s first published play, one of the great English comedies, featuring the deliciously ludicrous Mrs. Malaprop: “If I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!” $750

138 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (libretto) & Thomas Linley, Sr (music) or Double Elopement, a Comic-Opera as Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden for the Voice, Harpsichord, or Violin. London: C. and S. Thompson, [n.d., ca. 1775] Engraved title-page, engraved table of songs, 57 pp. engraved music. [4], 58 pp. Oblong 4to. Side-stitched and bound in contemporary marbled boards, modern rebacking in sheep, red morocco spine label. Modest wear to covers, a few light stains. Barclay Squire I, p. 407; BUC I, p. 294; Eitner VI, p. 183; ESTC N67916; RISM V, p. 338; not in Williams.

Rare first edition of the score of Sheridan’s The Duenna. Following the success of The Rivals, Sheridan engaged the help of his father-in-law, Thomas Linley, Sr, to score the libretto to his next major project, a three-act burlesque opera set in Seville and based loosely on the Spanish honor drama. The score is a mix of original compositions and melodies gathered from Italian opera and Scottish folk ballads. The melodies were harmonized by Linley’s son, Thomas Linley, Jr.

78 | James Cummins bookseller The Duenna premiered at Covent Garden on 21 November 1775 and was an immediate success, running for 75 shows in its first season. It was frequently revived through the 19th century, becoming one of the most successful English operas of its time. Byron praised it as “the best opera ever written.” The score is printed here in reduced form for voice and accompaniment; no full printed score of the opera exists. Slip-song printings of the text of individual songs were issued in 1775, along with a gathering of the libretto text under the title Songs, Duets, & Trios. The libretto and dialogue were pirated in a Dublin edition in 1777 under the title The Governess (see next item) and again in 1785 as The Duenna; the first authorized edition was finally published in 1794 (see item 140). In 1940 Prokofiev rescored the libretto as Betrothal in a Monastery. Rare: ABPC records no copies at auction, and ESTC locates 8 copies (4 at the Bodleian). $1,750

139 [SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley] The Governess, a Comic Opera: as It is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Crow-Street. Dublin: s.n, 1777 Lacking half-title. [iv], 39 [i.e. 40] pp. (pp. 38, 39 and 40 misnumbered 32, 38 and 39 respectively). 12mo. Disbound. In gray card folder. ESTC T138772; Williams, p. 215. Dublin piracy of Sheridan’s popular burlesque opera The Duenna, with the title and character names changed. An early owner has supplied the correct names in pencil on the dramatis personæ page (i.e. “Isaac” for Enoch Issachar, “Antonio” for Octavio). The text was taken down by shorthand during a Dublin performance and differs substantially from the authorized London edition of 1794. The manager of the Crow-Street theater was unsuccessfully prosecuted for his involvement in staging this unauthorized version. The ESTC notes two variant mispaginations; this copy with the final three pages mispaginated. $400

140 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley The Duenna: A Comic Opera in Three Acts. London: T.N. Longman, 1794 [ii], [2], [9]-78 pp., no half-title as issued. 8vo. Disbound. In gray card folder. Ashley V, p. 155; ESTC T757; Williams, pp. 229-30. First authorized edition, first issue, of the dialogue and libretto of Sheridan’s immensely popular opera The Duenna (see previous two items). This copy with p. 59 misnumbered “5” and the price (“Eighteen Pence”) on the title-page, which points ESTC, following Yale, denotes as indicating a first issue. $500

Catalogue 136 | 79 141 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley A Trip to Scarborough. A Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. Altered from Vanbrugh’s Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. London: G. Wilkie, 1781 6, [2], 104 pp., with half-title. 8vo. Full tan calf gilt, a.e.g., by Riviere. Slight wear to joints. Ashley V, pp. 153-4; ESTC T112299. Provenance: E.D. Liberman (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition. Williams identifies five variants of the first edition, but admits “there are almost certainly others.” This copy does not conform exactly to any of Williams’ variants, but is likley an early state, having all of the errors uncorrected, as follows: “you” catchword p. 69; “he d” catchword p. 77; garbled text in the first two lines p. 78, “hheard s voice … ”; pp. 24, 78, 80, 94 and 96 not numbered. $500

142 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley : or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. London: T. Becket, 1781 Engraved title-page, lacking half-title and advertisements as often. ii, [iv], 98 pp. 8vo. 19th-century green morocco by Riviere. Extremities rubbed, some spotting. Bookplate. Rothschild 1846; Todd, The Book Collector (Summer 1956, pp. 172-3); Williams, pp. 222-3.

First edition, mixed state. There are five 1781 “editions” so denoted on the oft-missing half-title. In a note in the summer 1956 Book Collector Todd argues that these editions are in fact re-impressions and not separate editions. Sheets of the various printings seem to have been gathered and bound indiscriminately. This copy with signatures A & B conforming to impressions 1-2 and signatures D-F conforming to printings 3-6. With the following points: “f ” descender intact above signature A; no press figures in gathering B; catchword “printing—” on p. 42 (eds. 3-6); press figures 52-3 and 62-6 (eds. 3-6); press figures 66-3 and 72-1.

The Critic, a burlesque of contemporary stage conventions based on George Villiers’ , was first staged at Drury Lane in 1779. $500

80 | James Cummins bookseller 143 [SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley] St. Patrick’s Day; or, the Scheming Lieutenant. A Comic Opera: as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley. [Dublin]: Printed for the Booksellers, 1788 27, [1] pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, flat spine divided into six compartments, one with red morocco spine label (“Plays”), the rest gilt with small crane tool. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, small library label to front cover, faint pencil notes on title-pages identifying authors, note on flyleaf in 19th-century hand listing contents, bookplate. Ashley V, p. 155; Rothschild 1848; Williams, p. 229.

[in:] A Volume of Plays, as They are Acted at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley. Dublin. Containing The Young Quaker, The Castle of Andalusia, St Patrick’s Day, The Mogul Tale, Belphegor; or, The Wishes, The Son in Law. [Dublin]: Printed for the Booksellers, 1788.

First edition, unauthorized, of Sheridan’s St. Patrick’s Day, bound with five other contemporary plays, each with its own title-page and a general title (“A Volume of Plays”). The other plays include three by John O’Keeffe The( Young Quaker, The Castle of Andulsia, and The Son-in-Law), Elizabeth Inchbald’s The Mogul Tale and Miles Peter Andrews’ Belphegor. The Rothschild catalogue conjectures that the plays “were probably printed together with the intention of separating them for sale,” though the presence of the general title in this copy argues that the plays were also to be sold together. The plays were certainly printed together, as the registration is continuous (for example, the first three leaves of St. Patrick’s Day are unsigned E4-6).

St. Patrick’s Day was first performed at Covent Garden on 2 May 1775, but no authorized edition was printed in Sheridan’s lifetime. Rare, with only one copy recorded sold at auction by ABPC (Sotheby’s London, 1975); ESTC lists 14 copies of the individual play (T48537) and 3 copies of the volume of plays (N48781). $2,000

144 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley [& Richard Tickell] The Camp, A Musical Entertainment, as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By R.B. Sheridan, Esq. London: [s.n.], 1795 28 pp. 8vo. Blue wrappers. Covers lightly stained, a few pale stains to text. ESTC T19858; Williams, p. 231.

First edition. The authorship of this play is debated, with Williams ascribing the work to Richard Tickell (1751-1793), with revisions by Sheridan. ESTC notes a manuscript draft of the play in Tickell’s hand. It has also been ascribed to Sheridan with assistance from

Catalogue 136 | 81 John Burgoyne and David Garrick. The songs by Thomas Linley were originally written for Thomas Hill’s The Royal Merchant. The play, with prologue by Tickell, is included Cecil Price’s edition of the Sheridan’s dramatic works. After a thorough discussion of the contested authorship, Price concludes that the work was “essentially a topical, co-operative venture, brought out with zest to meet the needs of the moment. I see no objection to the idea that other writers may have had some hand in it, even though I believe that Sheridan was responsible for many of the lines” (The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, II, p. 710).

The action revolves around preparations at Coxheath for the invasion of England by France following that country’s alliance with the colonies in the American War of Independence. The play debuted on 30 October 1779 at Drury Lane and ran for 57 performances, though it was not in print until this unauthorized 1795 edition. The text, with its many errors and paraphrases, was likely taken down during a performance. Scarce, with ESTC locating only 16 copies (low for Sheridan) and ABPC recording only one copy sold at auction. $1,000

145 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley & August von Kotzebue Pizarro: a Tragedy in Five Acts; as Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury- Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage … A Superior Edition, on Fine Wove Paper, Hot-Pressed,Price 5s. London: James Ridgway, 1799 Lacking 2 pp. ads called for by ESTC, but not Ashley. 8vo. Original stab-stitching, uncut. Title-page with some light soiling. In a custom cloth folding-case. Ashley V, p.156; ESTC T58786; Sabin 80340; Williams, p. 234. Provenance: Miss Denton (contemporary ownership signature on title-page).

First edition, fine paper issue, of Sheridan’s adaptation of August von Kotzebue’s Die Spanien in Peru. The play opened on 24 May 1799 and was an immense success; it ran for 31 nights and was saw 15 editions in the first year. There were two issues of the first edition, an ordinary paper issue priced 2l. 6d. and this “superior edition” on fine wove paper with 1796 watermark, priced 5s. ESTC notes a text variant on p. 64, present in this copy, which reads: “No living!—thought and memory are my hell.” $500

82 | James Cummins bookseller 146 [SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley] . A Comedy. Dublin: J. Ewling, n.d. [?1799] vi, 93, [3] pp. 8vo. Near contemporary three-quarter tan straight-grained morocco over paste boards, flat spine gilt with two cream morocco labels. Top outer corner of title-page repaired, circular stain to lower margin of title and following two leaves, some light foxing. Ashley V, p. 153; ESTC T762; Grolier English 59; Rothschild 1845n; Williams, pp. 216-7. Provenance: Edward Percy Rich (bookplate).

Dublin piracy, long thought to be the first edition and recorded as such by Wise and Williams. Another Dublin piracy, printed in 1780 is now acknowledged as the first (cf. Nettleton & Case, British Dramatists, p. 941 & Rothschild 1845). R. Compten Rhodes ascribes a date of circa 1799 based on the use of the short “s” (cf. Rhodes, R.C. Plays & Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, II, p. 171). The Ewling imprint is fictitious.

Sheridan’s masterpiece was first performed 8 May 1777 on Drury Lane, running for twenty nights, and revived the next season for a further sixty-five performances. No authorized edition was printed in Sheridan’s lifetime. This edition differs considerably from the author’s manuscript and was possibly adapted from a performance.

[Bound with:]

OTWAY, Thomas. Otway’s Tragedy of Venice Preserv’d; or, a Plot Discover’d. London: for C. Lowndes, 1795; SOUMAROKOVE, Alexander. Demetrius, the Imposter; a Tragedy. London: J. Nichols and Son, 1806; CUMBERLAND, Richard. False Impressions: a Comedy in Five Acts. London: for C. Dilly, 1797; COLMAN, George and David GARRICK. The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. London: for T. Becket, 1785. $750

147 SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley Ode to a Scandal; to Which are Added, Stanzas on Fire. London: W. Wright, 1819 12 leaves, including half-title, the last leaf with Sheridan’s signature in facsimile. 8vo. Disboud, glued. In gray card folder. Williams, pp. 237-8.

First edition. A note on the title reads, “The Comedy of the School for Scandal was founded on the above Ode.” Williams disputes that claim, but does ascribed the poem to Sheridan. ABPC records only one sale at auction, a copy of the 1819 second edition. $350

Catalogue 136 | 83 148 SMOLLETT, Tobias The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by D. Wilson, 1751 ix, [i], 288; x, 322; v, [i], 205, [1]; vii, [i], 315, [1] pp. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary brown calf, black leather labels. Some wear, small repair to upper cover of vol. III, front hinge of vol. II cracked; some occasional light browning, small stain to fore-edge of vol. IV. Rothschild 1910.

First edition, leaf L12 of volume III in cancelled state. $1,500

149 [SMOLLETT, Tobias] The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. London: Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and B. Collins, in Salisbury, 1771 xv, [i], 250; [iv], 249, [1]; [iv], 275, [1] pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary full mottled calf, raised bands, red and green morocco labels. Bound without half-titles. Some rubbing to joints. Bookplates of Robert Snow and Clarence Dillon. Rothschild 1925; Grolier English 56.

First edition, first issue, with misprint 1671 instead of 1771 on title-page of volume I; an Arabic “6” at the foot of volume I, p. vi; volume I, p. 147 numbered “473,” etc. $2,000

150 SOMERVILE, William The Chace. A Poem. London: Printed for G. Hawkins, 1735 Frontispiece engraved by Scotin after Gravelot. [xii], 106, [1] pp. 4to. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, leather spine label. Some pitting, but very pretty. Foxon S562; Hayward 158; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II, p. 166.

First edition, with errata leaf at end. Written by a man of whom it was said “his only enemy was the weather.” It continues to be read for its depiction of a sport that has changed little since Somervile’s day. William Somervile (1677-1742) was often referred to as the “Sportsman’s Poet.” Parr said of his work: “ … combining pure Nature with vivid description.” $1,500

84 | James Cummins bookseller 151 STEELE, Sir Richard The Christian Hero: an Argument Proving that No Principles but Those of Religion are Sufficient to Make a Great Man. London: Jacob Tonson, 1701 [xvi], 95, [1] pp, with ad leaf bound after title. 12mo. Contemporary blind-stamped sheep. Joints starting. Ashley V, p. 199; ESTC T120081; Rothschild 1947.

First edition of Steele’s first prose work, preceded only by his poemThe Procession (1695), known in just a handful of copies. “Nine editions and a French translation appeared in [Steele’s] lifetime, twenty-two between 1701 and 1820” (Rothschild). This copy with the leaf of Tonson ads (A1), which is often blank or removed, but here bound-in following the title (A2). Steele’s work “decries neostoicism with its emphasis on pagan virtues and celebrates, as the title indicates, the Christian hero, especially as exemplified by the soldier king William” (ODNB). $750

152 STEELE, Sir Richard The Funeral: or, Grief A-la-Mode. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Jacob Tonson, 1702 [but 1701] [xii], 79, [1] pp., with half-title. 4to. Later half brown morocco and marbled boards. Browned and foxed, heavy toning to half-title, repaired horizontal tear to A1 (dedication) affecting letters, E2 with large piece from fore-margin, not affecting text. Bookplate. Ashley V, p. 200-1; ESTC T40340.

First edition of Fielding’s first play, published in December 1701 “to coincide with the opening of the comedy at the Drury Lane Theatre in that month. The principal players— , Colley Cibber, —were to be associated with Steele for the rest of his life, in his career as playwright and theatre governor … Years later Steele looked back on his triumphant début: ‘Nothing can make the Town so fond of a Man as a successful Play’ (Steele, Apology, in Tracts, 339)” (ODNB). The play was a success and found favor with William III, who granted Steele a captaincy. An uncommon work on the market. $950

153 STEELE, Sir Richard The Tender Husband; or, the Accomplish’d Fools. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. By Her Majesty’s Servants. London: Jacob Tonson, 1705

Catalogue 136 | 85 [xii], 62, [2, ads] pp., with half-title. 4to. Later half brown morocco and marbled boards. Browned and foxed, repaired closed tear to advertisement leaf. Bookplate. Ashley V, pp. 200-1; ESTC T49959.

First edition of Steele’s third play. “The Tender Husband, a comedy, had a brief initial run, and only one author’s benefit performance in April 1705. It returned to Drury Lane for performances later in the year and remained a staple of the London stage repertory for many decades, without remuneration for the author” (ODNB). $750

154 STEELE, sir Richard, & Jonathan Swift [The Tatler]. The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff[general title-pages]. London: Printed: and Sold by John Morphew, 1710; 1711 Nos. 1-271 (all published). Folio. Full tan polished calf, richly gilt spine and contrasting leather labels, by Bedford. Morocco ex-libris of Henry Huth. Rothschild 1948; Teerink 513. huth copy of the First edition, the original 271 numbers, with title, dedications and indices to each of the two volumes. The Tatler as it was first issued as a folio in two volumes in 1710 (nos. 1-114) and 1711 (nos. 115-271), running from 2 April 1709 to 31 March 1711: “Of the 271 numbers, Steele wrote 188, Addison 42, and the two jointly 36 … Davis lists six numbers, 21, 31, 67, 68, 249 and 248, as contributed by Swift (or containing letters or ‘hints furnished by him’). In addition, Aitken attributes to Swift letters in Nos. 59, 63, 71, 190 and 195, and suggests that he was part author of Nos. 32, 66, 230 and 238” (Rothschild). A beautiful copy, complete as issued, and with a notable provenance. $8,500

155 STEELE, sir Richard The Importance of Dunkirk Consider’d: In Defence of the Guardian of August the 7th. In A Letter to the Bailiff of Stockbridge. London: Printed for A. Baldwin in Warwick Lane, 1713 Folding engraved “Map of the Places adjacent to Dunkirk … ” 63, [1] pp. 4to. 19th-century half calf and boards. Upper cover detached, lower edge of map shaved, text near fine. Bookplate of Oliver Brett. Goldsmiths’ 5087; ESTC T037052.

First edition. The folding map at rear was issued with Steele’s Apology for Himself and His Writings (1714)—we find no other copies ofThe Importance of Dunkirk with the map. $250

86 | James Cummins bookseller item 154

Catalogue 136 | 87 156 STEELE, Sir Richard The Crisis: or, a Discourse. London: Printed by Sam. Buckley; and sold by Ferd. Burleigh, in Amen-Corner, 1714 [ii], vii, [i], 37, [1, ad] pp. 4to. Original stab-sewing, uncut and unopened. Some soiling and spotting to outer leaves and margins. In a custom red cloth case. Ashley V, p. 201; ESTC T34402; Rothschild 1950. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate on verso of final leaf ). First edition, second issue, with the imprint dated 1714, not 1713; the setting of type is the same throughout in both issues. With Queen Anne’s health worsening, Steele wrote this anonymous attack on the Tory ministry for its seeming lack of concern over rumors of a possible Catholic succession; his pamphlet was answered by The Publick Spirit of the Whigs by Jonathan Swift (see item 187), and shortly thereafter Steele was expelled from Parliament on charges of sedition. $650

157 STEELE, Sir Richard The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So Called. With an Epistle Concerning the Whiggs, Tories, and New Converts[ Number LVII, Monday, February 15, 1714]. London: Ferd. Burleigh, 1714 Woodcut title vignette. [ii], 22 pp. 4to. Removed. In gray card folder. Rothschild 1952. First edition. The final number of the first series of Steele’s journal The Englishman, published just prior to his expulsion from the House of Commons on 18 March for sedition. Steele revived the paper for a second series of 38 numbers in 1715. $300

158 (STEELE, SIR RICHARD) The Case of Richard Steele, Esq; Being an Impartial Account of the Proceedings Against Him. In a Letter to a Friend. London: J. Roberts, 1714 32 pp. 12mo. Disbound. Title-page and final leaf lightly soiled and creased. Anonymous account of the controversy stemming from Steele’s The Crisis, dated 20 March 1713/4 at the conclusion, two days after Steele’s expuslion from Parliament. The ESTC (T20113) records this pamphlet as having 36 pages and priced 6d beneath the imprint. The present copy is complete in 32 pages (A-B8) and priced 3 d. At least one OCLC record (21887307) is listed at 32 pages. $200 88 | James Cummins bookseller 159 (STEELE, SIR RICHARD) Remarks on Mr. Steele’s Crisis. By One of the Clergy, &c. By One of the Clergy. In a Letter to the Author. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1714 22, [2, blank C4] pp. 12mo. Disbound. ESTC T139503.

First Edinburgh edition of a pamphlet challenging Steele’s assertion in The Crisis that the Hanoverian succession was in jeopardy due to Tory preference for The Old Pretender. Written by an unnamed clergyman, who signs as “B.R.” at the end. A London edition was also published in 1714. $150

160 STEELE, Sir Richard Mr. Steele’s Apology for Himself and His Writings; Occasioned by His Expulsion From the House of Commons. London: R. Burleigh, 1714 Engraved folding map of Dunkirk at rear. xvi, [17]-88 pp. 4to. Uncut, in later half sheep and marbled boards. Covers worn, with loss to head of spine, title mounted on stub, repaired at lower outer corner, and soiled. Ashley V, p. 202; Blanchard, Tracts, p. 275; Rothschild 1954. Provenance: Amos Tuck French (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition of Steele’s account of his trial and expulsion from the House of Commons for sedition. Dedicated to Horace Walpole, who provided Steele’s defense. Uncommon on the market. $500

161 STEELE, Sir Richard A Letter to a Member of Parliament Concerning the Bill for Preventing the Growth of Schism. London: Ferd. Burleigh, 1714 23, [1] pp. 4to. Disbound. Fine, in a custom gray card folder. Rothschild 1956.

First edition. Written during the debate leading up to passage of the Tory Schism Act of June 1714, which required that all schools be licensed by a bishop and that all educators take the rites of the Anglican Church. The Act was aimed at Dissenter schools but never enforced. Queen Anne died the day the act was to go into effect, and it was later repealed by the Religious Worship Act of 1718. $250

Catalogue 136 | 89 162 STEELE, Sir Richard Poetical Miscellanies, Consisting of Original Poems and Translations. By the Best Hands. Publish’d by Mr. Steele. London: Jacob Tonson, 1714 Engraved frontispiece by Guernier after Laguerre, woodcut tailpieces. [xvi], 318 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt, red morocco spine label. Spine worn with loss to gilt and lettering, short repaired tear to title. Early ownership inscriptions on flyleaf and title. Case 279a;ESTC T75180; Griffith 24; Rothschild 1957.

First edition, with year printed “MDDCXIV,” of this poetical miscellany with works by Steele and others. With three Pope first appearances, including his translations of the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and an excerpt from the Odyssey. Three poems by John Gay are printed here for the first time. The first edition is distinguished by the misprint of the date on the title-page; it was corrected in the second edition. $250

163 STEELE, Sir Richard, [Alexander POPE, et al] Poetical Miscellanies, Consisting of Original Poems and Translations. By the Best Hands. Publish’d by Mr. Steele. The Second Edition. London: J. Tonson, 1727 Engraved frontispiece by Guernier after Laguerre, woodcut tailpieces. [xxii], 346 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, speckled edges. Extremities rubbed, rear cover scuffed with some loss to leather, a few leaves chipped and soiled at fore-edge margin. Case 279(d); ESTC T75179; Griffith 194. Provenance: Sir William Beauchamp- Proctor (armorial bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Third edition. Styled the second edition on the title-page, but in fact the third edition, following the two 1714 London editions (the first distinguished by an incorrect date in the imprint). With thirteen new pieces added at the end, including the first appearance of Pope’s “To , on his painting for me the statues of Apollo, Venus, and Hercules.” $200

90 | James Cummins bookseller 164 STEELE, Sir Richard [& Benjamin Hoadley] An Account of the State of the Roman-Catholick Religion Throughout the World. Written for the Use of Pope Innocent XI. by Monsignor Cerri & Now First Translated from an Authentick Italian MS. Never Publish’d. To Which is Added, a Discourse Concerning the State of Religion in England. Written in French, in th. London: J. Roberts, 1715 [ii], lxxviii, viii, 197, [1], x pp. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf, red sprinkled edges. Rebacked, with red morocco spine label, wear to covers, margins of title-page darkened. Bookplate. Blanchard, Tracts, pp. 643-4; ESTC T57998.

First edition. The lengthy and satirical dedication to Clement XI signed by Steele is in fact by his friend Bishop Benjamin Hoadley. Blanchard atttributes the Preface to Steele and summarizes the entire anti-Popish endevour: “Partizan propoganda, yes, but strong testimonial of Steele’s belief in the principles of the Revolution—the right to personal and parliamentary liberty under a limited monarchy.” $200

165 STEELE, Sir Richard and Joseph GILLMORE An Account of the Fish-Pool … for the Importation of Fish Alive. London: H. Meere, 1718 Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 22 woodcut diagrams throughout text. vii, [i], 60 pp. 8vo. Disbound, uncut. Some pale spotting. In gray card folder. Blanchard, Tracts, p. 419; Rothschild 1960.

First edition of Steele’s description of the “Fish Pool,” a contraption for transporting fish alive to inland town markets. A constant current of air and water would keep the fish alive and fresh by mimicking the conditions of their natural environment. Steele was assisted in the design by Joseph Gillmore. The various woodcuts throughout the text show the design of the Fish Pool and the carriage used to transport it overland. A patent was applied for in February 1718 and four Fish Pool vessels were launched in 1721, though the plan was ultimately not financially successful. $650

Catalogue 136 | 91 166 (STEELE, SIR RICHARD) The State of the Case Between the Lord-Chamberlain of His Majesty’s Houshold [sic], and the Governor of the Royal Company of Comedians. With the Opinions of Pemberton, Northey, and Parker, Concerning the Theatre. London: W. Chetwood, et al, 1720 31, [1] pp. 12mo. Disbound. ESTC T147110.

First edition of this pamphlet challenging the legality of Steele’s dismissal as governor of the Drury Lane playhouse following his opposition to the . $250

167 STEELE, Sir Richard . A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. London: J. Tonson, 1723 [xvi], 86, [ii] pp. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf. Rebacked, preserving red morocco spine label (“Comedy”). Contemporary manuscript note of contents on front free endpaper. ESTC N59227. Provenance: The Honble. George Baillie, Esq (armorial bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson.

First edition. ESTC identifies 7 separate settings, which can be distinguished by press figures; the present copy has press figures 11-4, 47-6, & 48-2.

[Bound with:]

FENTON, Eliijah. Mariamne. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields. [viii], 75, [5] pp. London: J. Tonson, 1723. First edition. One of two impressions identified by ESTC; this with press figure 13-5.ESTC t38972

PHILIPS, Ambrose. The Briton. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty’s Servants. [xvi], 64 pp. London: B. Lintot, 1722. ESTC T57685; Rothschild 1527. $500

168 STEELE, Sir Richard The Epistolary Correspondence … Illustrated with Literary and Historical Anecdotes by John Nichols. London: [John Nichols], 1787 Engraved portrait of Steele after Baiser on vol. I half-title. xvi, 279, [1]; vii, [i], 279-518, [2, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Covers worn, lacking

92 | James Cummins bookseller spine labels, light foxing. ESTC T81482. Provenance: Sir George Cornewall (bookplate, pasted over); Sir Velters Cornewall, Bart (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition. The first volume contains letters to Steele’s second wife, Mrs. Mary Scurlock, and her two daughters; the second volume collects for the first time letters to his “friends and patrons,” Addison, Swift, Pope, Lintott, etc. $350

169 [STERNE, Laurence] “The Unknown World” [in:] The Gentlemen’s Magazine, July 1743. London: E. Cave, jun, 1743 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Light rubbing to covers. Cross II, p. 266.

First edition, containing Sterne’s First Literary Appearance. Bound volume of 11 issues of The Gentlemen’s Magazine, for January through November 1743. On page 376 of the July number is the young Laurence Sterne’s poem “The Unknown World,” probably his first literary work in print (Cross suggests that the poem may have been printed first in a York or London newspaper, but no examples have been found), and preceded only by a few political articles in York papers. In the same volume are five first appearances of works by Samuel Johnson: “Friendship” (p. 376), “The Young Author” (p. 378), “To Laura” (p. 378), a translation of a Horation Ode (p. 380), and a translation of Pope’s verses on his Grotto at Twickenham (p. 550). $650

170 STERNE, Laurence The Sermons of Mr. Yorick. [Volumes 1-4, and:] Sermons by the Late Rev. Mr. Sterne [Volumes 5-7]. London: R. & J. Dodsley; T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt; W. Strahan, et al, 1760-1769 Engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page to each volume, subscribers list in vols. 1, 3 and 5. 12mo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels. Rebacked, preserving spines (label replaced in vols. 2 & 3), first volume endsheets renewed. Cross II, p. 269; Tinker 1977. Provenance: Edward Frewen, fellow St. John’s College, Cambridge (contemporary ownership inscriptions dates 1760, 1766 and 1769 in vols. 1, 3 and 5, armorial bookplates, manuscript indices on front free endpapers); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Catalogue 136 | 93 First edition of what was probably Sterne’s most popular work during his lifetime, comprising 45 sermons (“Inquiry after Happiness,” “Vindication of Human Nature,” “The Shortness and Troubles of Life,” “Pride,” “Humility,” “On Enthusiasm,” etc.). $800 308165

171 STERNE, Laurence Letters … to His Most Intimate Friends, Published by His Daughter Mrs. Medalle. London: T. Becket, 1775 Engraved frontispiece. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Bindings worn, some toning to text. Cross II, p. 276; Rothschild 1974. Provenance: Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate). First edition. $250

172 STERNE, Laurence Letters from Yorick to Eliza. London: G. Kearsley and T. Evans, 1775 vi, 104 pp., with half-title. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco spine label. Front cover and ffep detached. Cross II, p. 274; cf. Rothschild 1973. Provenance: John Elderton, Trinity College, Oxford (erased ownership inscription); W. Laws (ownership inscription); Viscount Birkhead (armorial bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

Second edition of Sterne’s letters to Mrs. Elisabeth Draper, first published in 1773.

[Bound with:]

Sterne’s Letters to His Friends on Various Occasions. [ii], vi, 176 pp. London: G. Kearlsey and J. Johnson, 1775. First edition. Offsetting to title. Cross II, p. 275. $200

173 STERNE, Laurence The Works … in ten volumes complete. London: J. Rivington and Sons, et al, 1788 Frontispiece, 9 plates (one torn and repaired), marbled leaf in vol. II (Tristram Shandy), pp. 111-2. 11 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary calf, covers with thin outer gilt rule, spines in six

94 | James Cummins bookseller compartments with raised bands, two compartments with red and black morocco lettering pieces, the rest with bird and urn devices tooled in blind, volume contents (“T. Shandy,” etc.) stamped in gilt to tail of spines, light scuffing and wear to covers, a very pretty set. Contemporary owners’ signatures to title-pages, small bookplate, wax seal to fly leaf of one volume. ESTC T14785.

[With:] The Original Letters. London: T. Longman, et al, 1788. $3,000

174 (STERNE, Laurence) FERRIAR, John, M.D. Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses. London: Printed for Cadell and Davies by George Nicholson, Manchester, 1798 viii, 814, [2] pages. 8vo. Bound in original boards. Title in ink on spine, front joint just split, cords intact, contents fresh and bright, uncut, a beautiful copy. Laid into blue buckram drop box. ESTC T147670.

First edition, with half-title and final ad leaf, uncut in original boards. Ferriar (1761-1815) was a Scottish physician and a poet. His essay on Laurence Sterne attempts to trace the author’s source materials and influences. $750

175 SWIFT, Jonathan (contributor) & John DUNTON (editor and publisher) The Athenian Gazette: or Causistical Mercury, Resolving All the Most Nice and Curious Questions Proposed by the Ingenious. London: John Dunton, 17 March 1691-8 February 1696 Volumes I-XIX (of XX) with volume titles. No. 25 in vol. XVII lacking. Folio. Contemporary Cambridge calf. Rebacked, heavy foxing and toning, some pages cropped. Teerink 467; Rothschild 825.

Swift’s First Appearance in Print. A long run of The Athenian Gazette, containing Jonathan Swift’s first appearance in print. His “Ode to the Anthenian Society” with a prefatory letter of 14 February 1791 from Moor Park appears on pages 1-6 of the supplement to the fifth volume. Both the poem and letter are signed in print, unusual for Swift who rarely acknowledged his works.

Swift addresses his poem to the Athenian Society, an anonymous club of learned men, whose members are now known to have included the Gazette’s publisher John Dunton,

Catalogue 136 | 95 Samuel Wesley (father of John and Charles), and Richard Sault. The Gazette printed answers to questions sent in by its readers.

“Through twelve diffuse stanzas, composed in nine days, Swift congratulates the nameless subjects of his adoration (actually a bookseller [John Dunton] and some hack assistants) upon their great part in reviving learning after the wars of 1688-91 … while he is delighted by their skill in refining philosophy … he reproves them for their compliments to women, which have turned the heads of the female sex” (Ehrenpreis, Swift I, p. 115). According to Dr. Johnson’s apocryphal anecdote, this was the poem that lead Dryden to observe, “Cousin Swift, you will never be a poet.”

[Bound after:]

[GILDON, Charles]. The History of the Athenian Society, for the Resolving All Nice and Curious Questions … [iv], 36 pp., lacking frontispiece. London: James Dowley, [1692]. Heavy foxing, some headlines shaved. $4,000 308168

176 [SWIFT, Jonathan] The Examiner. Or, Remarks Upon Papers and Occurrences. [Dublin: C. Carter], 14 August 1710-15 August 1711 Calligraphic title-page. 4to. Full brown morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Birdsall. Repairs to margins and tears throughout, nos. 32, 33, 39 & 40 soiled with some loss to text, some headlines shaved. Teerink 526 (variant, with no “D. Tompson” imprint); ESTC P1384 (7 copies); Rothschild 2010 (London ed.) Provenance: George D. Smith (pencil inscription on rear blank); Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie’s New York, 12 February 1982, lot 177); Louis and Anne Davidson (bookplate).

Dublin reprint edition. The complete first volume of the Dublin reprint ofThe Examiner, organ of the Tory party for which Swift acted as unpaid editor. Swift left the Whig party in 1710 in protest to its indifference to the welfare of the Anglican Church in Ireland and its opposition to the Test Act, which excluded Roman Catholics and Dissenters from government positions.

“Swift’s contributions to The Examiner comprise thirty-three essays written from a tory point of view ‘to assert the principles, and justify the proceedings of the new ministers.’ Published on Thursdays from 2 November 1710 (no. 14) to 14 June 1711 (no. 46, jointly written with Manley, the subsequent editor), Swift’s essays were each answered in The Medley the following Monday by Addison’s friend, the whig MP Arthur Mainwaring” (ODNB).

96 | James Cummins bookseller The Dublin reprint of John Morphew’s London edition was originally issued by Daniel Tompson, who was joined by Cornelius Carter in issue 7, with Carter taking over publication in 1711. The present set is printed solely by Carter, a wretched and careless printer, and includes his reprints of the Tompson issues. $1,750

177 (SWIFT, JONATHAN) [HARE, Francis] Bouchain: in a Dialogue Between the Late Medley and Examiner. London: A. Baldwin, 1711 43, [1] pp. 8vo. Modern buff wrappers, with manuscript title label. Textblock separated from covers. ESTC T29567; Goldsmiths’ 4827; Teerink 1034A. Provenance: T.A. Hollick (pencil attribution, sold Sotheby’s London 19-20 May 1980, part of lot 24). First edition. On the siege of Bouchain during the War of Spanish Succession, the last major victory of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Hare places the Whig Medley in dialogue with the Tory Examiner, whose editor for much of 1711 was Jonathan Swift.

[Bound with:] [MANLEY, Delarivier]. The D. of M—h’s Vindication in Answer to a Pamphlet Lately Publish’d Call’d Bouchain … 16 pp. London: John Morphew, 1711. First edition. ESTC T32029; Goldsmiths’ 4955; Teerink 852.

Mrs. Manley, who worked for Swift at this time when he was the chief political writer for the Earl of Oxford’s ministry, replies here with a pamphlet satirizing Marlborough and protesting Hare’s unfair ventriloquizing for Swift. $750

178 (SWIFT, JONATHAN), [HARE, Francis, attributed] The Duke of M—’s Vindication. In Answer to a Pamphlet Falsely So Called. London: A. Baldwin, 1712 16 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century half calf and marbled boards, black morocco spine label. Covers worn, staining to final leaf.ESTC T125470; Goldsmiths’ 4955; Teerink 852A. Provenance: T.A. Hollick (pencil attribution, sold Sotheby’s London 19-20 May 1980, part of lot 24).

A reply to ’s The D. of M—h’s Vindication (1711), itself a reply to Francis Hare’s attack on Swift and the Examiner, Bouchain: in a Dialogue Between the Late Medley and Examiner (1711)—see previous item. One of two editions published in 1712. $300

Catalogue 136 | 97 179 (SWIFTIANA) [HARLEY, Robert?] The Reasons Which Induc’d Her Majesty to Create the Right Honourable Robert Harley, Esq; A Peer of Great Britain. London: Printed for J. Morphew, 1711 8 pp. Text in Latin (pp. 3-5) and English (pp. 6-8). 4to. Folded sheet, unsewn and uncut. The conjugates A2 and A3 have been trimmed at the top by one inch, with no loss. Some browning, but an excellent copy with wide margins. Terrink-Scouten 849.

First edition. One of several issues with no priority established. This issue has the first line of p. 7 “Consist with Liberty. This Double Task.” Terrink lists this in the “doubtful” section of his bibliography and says: “Supposed to have been drawn up by Harley himself or Dr. Robert Friend, and revised by Swift” (p. 318). “The preamble to the patent, recounting Harley’s services in very glowing terms, is said to have been written in Latin by Friend, and to have been translated into English by Swift (Harl. Miscellany, 1808 I, 1-2)” (ODNB). $600

180 [SWIFT, Jonathan] Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. London: John Morphew, 1711 [xii], 91, [1, blank], 95-416 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Rubbed, joints cracked, front free endpaper detached, title lightly soiled, occasional spotting. ESTC N44669; Rothschild 2015; Teerink 2(1)(b).

First edition, second state, large paper copy, contains the first authorized printing of Swift’s “Meditation upon a Broom-Stick,” which was first printed by Curll on about 6 April 1710 from a manuscript stolen from Swift. The present volume was issued on 27 February 1711 to combat this piracy; it collects 25 works by Swift, including several Bickerstaff tracts and two celebrated poems from the Tatler (“A Description of the Morning” and “A Description of a City Shower”), and several of the works are published here for the first time. In this second state of the first edition, “The original leaves G6-7 (pp. 91-4), bearing the last paragraph of ‘A Discourse of the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome’ as printed in the original pamphlet, 1701, were cancelled and replaced by one new leaf (pp. 91 + bl.) omitting that paragraph, for which A8 was used” (Teerink). $1,750

98 | James Cummins bookseller 181 SWIFT, Jonathan, et al Volume of pamphlets by Swift and others, formed by a contemporary collector, relating to his Conduct of the Allies (1711) and Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty (1712). London: Various publishers, 1711-1712 8vo. Contemporary paneled calf, joints split at head (but otherwise sound), with contemporary MS index and ownership inscriptions of James Clavering, Lamesley (just south of Newcastle), and the bookplate of Sir Thomas Clavering, bt. Later in the collection of T.A. Hollick. The pamphlets are as follows: [SWIFT, Jonathan.] The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War … The second edition, corrected. London, printed for John Morphew, 1711. Second edition. 96 pp. Teerink 539. [HARE, Francis.] The Allies and the Late Ministry Defended Against France. And the Present Friends of France. In Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled, The Conduct of the Allies. Part I … The third edition, corrected. London, printed for Egbert Sanger, 1712. Third edition. 48 pp. Teerink 1041. [HARE, Francis.] The Allies and the Late Ministry Defended Against France … Part II. London: printed for A. Baldwin, 1711. First edition. [iv], 71 pp. Teerink 1041. [HARE, Francis.] The Allies and the Late Ministry Defended Against France … Part III. London: printed for A. Baldwin, 1711. First edition. [iv], 74, [2] blank. pp. Teerink 1041. [HARE, Francis.] The Allies and the Late Ministry Defended Against France … Part IV. London: printed for E. Sanger, 1712. First edition. 84 pp. Teerink 1041. A Full Answer to the Conduct of the Allies: to Which is Added, Some Observations on the Remarks on the Barrier Treaty. By the Same Author. London: printed in the year 1712. First edition. 95 pp. Teerink 1044. [SWIFT, Jonathan.] Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty, Between Her Majesty and the States-General. By the Author of the Conduct of the Allies … London, printed for John Morphew, 1712. First edition. 48 pp. Teerink 559. Remarks upon Remarks: or the Barrier-Treaty and the Protestant Succession Vindicated. In Answer to the False and Treasonable Reflections of the Author of the Conduct of the Allies. With Some Critical Notes on the Representation of Mr. David White of Bruges. London, Printed for A. Baldwin, 1711. First edition. Teerink 1045. [OLDMIXON, J.] The Dutch Barrier Our’s: or, the Interest of England and Holland Inseparable. London, Printed for A. Baldwin, 1712. 37 pp. Teerink 1048. $1,250

Catalogue 136 | 99 182 [SWIFT, Jonathan] , Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind; to which is added An Account of a Battel [sic] between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James’s Library [bound with:] A Complete Key to the Tale of a Tub. The Fourth Edition. n.p. [London]: 1711; 1724 (Key) 8 engraved plates. 310 pp; 36 pp. (Key). 12mo. Contemporary Cambridge-style paneled calf, rebacked. Teerink 227.

One of four 12mo editions of 1711 (sequence unknown); A Tale of the Tub was first published in 1704. $750

183 [?SWIFT, Jonathan] A Letter of Thanks from my Lord W[harto]n to the Lord Bp of S. Asaph, in the Name of the Kit-Cat-Club. [?London]: [s.n.], 1712 14, [1, ad], [1] pp., half-title with “Pence” correctly spelled. 8vo. Nineteenth-century red pebbled morocco and marbled boards, by Boston Bookbinding. Covers rubbed and stained, half-title browned, some spotting and title and other leaves. ESTC N10918; Rothschild 2042; Teerink 585A. Provenance: Temple Scott (bookplate); Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie’s New York, 12 February 1982, lot 179); Louise and Ann Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition. “Swift’s mock Letter of Thanks was prompted by the Preface attached by the Bishop of St Asaph (William Fleetwood, 1656-1723) to his publication in 1712 of Four Sermons delivered between 1692 and 1702. This Preface contained a direct attack on Harley’s administration. The Tories carried a motion in the House of Commons condemning it, and it was publicly burned on 12 May 1712” (Rothschild). A Letter is generally attributed to Swift, though that attribution is strongly challenged by David Wolley in “The Canon of Swift’s Pamphleteering, 1710-1714” (Swift Studies, vol. 3, 1988, pp. 105-6). The advertisement for The Speech of John Ketch Esq; at the Burning of a late Scandalous and Malicious Preface refers to a printing of a speech by John Ketch on the burning of Fleetwood’s Four Sermons; the printer of both works is unknown. $1,000

100 | James Cummins bookseller 184 [SWIFT, Jonathan] Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty, between Her Majesty and the States- General. By the author of the Conduct of the Allies. To which are added, The said Barrier-Treaty, with the two separate articles; part of the counter- project; the sentiments of Prince Eugene and Count Sinzendorf, upon the said treaty; and a representation of the English merchants at Bruges. London: Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1712 48 pp. 8vo. Modern quarter red morocco and cloth. Upper joint a little rubbed, text slightly toned. Very good. Teerink-Scouten 559.

First edition. $400

185 [SWIFT, Jonathan] A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m’s Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England [in a bound volume of 16 tracts]. London: John Morphew, 1713 56 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, remnant of morocco spine label, edges sprinkled. Binding worn with joints and spine cracked, contents toned and foxed throughout, a few headlines trimmed. Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592.

First edition. A sammelband of 16 tracts, including the first edition of Burnet’s Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation as well as Swift’s reply (his Preface to B[ishop] of S[a]r[u]m’s Introduction). Burnet painted Popery as the deadliest of evils, and suggested that only Whig bishops, such as himself, could resist it. Swift, having switched to the Tory cause just a few years before, “makes the church his real theme [and] abandons impersonation; and if there are some playful fantasies and much sarcasm among his provisions, they are kept subordinate to the dignity of the main essay. Swift writes with a grave, self-conscious intensity … ” (Ehrenpreis, Swift II, p. 694).

The complete contents of the sammelbands follows:

[NEWTON, William]. The Principles of the Low-Church-Men … [xix], 4-64 pp. London: J. Phillips, 1714. ESTC T44464.

The University Miscellany: or, More Burning Work for the Ox–f—d Convocation … [iv], 27, [1] pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC T95338.

BURNET, Gilbert. An Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the

Catalogue 136 | 101 Church of England. 72 pp. London: John Churchill, 1714. ESTC N9954.

[SWIFT, Jonathan]. A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m’s Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. By Gregory Misosarum. 56 pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. First edition. Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592.

An Alarm to the People of England: Sounded in an Oration from the Top of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. By a Protestant of the Church of England. [ii], 22 pp. London: J. Roberts, [1713]. ESTC T161397.

Antidotum Sarisburiense: or, a Free Expostulation with the Bishop of Sarum, (Suited to the Present Time) on Some Passages in His Lordship’s Preface, Prefixed to the Last Edition of His Pastoral Care. By an High Church-Man. [ii], 46 pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. ESTC N15231.

[PARIS, John]. A True and Impartial Account of the Present Differences Between the Master and Fellows, of Trinity College in Cambridge … 36 pp. London: John Morphew, 1711. ESTC T51812.

An Answer to Some Objections That Have Been Made to the Conduct of Dr. [Richard] B[entley]. Together with a Dialogue Between a Whigg and Tory, Concerning the Present State of the Case of Trinity College. [vi], 17,[1] pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. ESTC T68959.

R.E. Double Deliverance A Double Blessing: Exemplified, in a Discourse Suited to the V. of November … [ii], iv, 41, [1] pp. London: J. Lawrence, 1713. ESTC T6418.

An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal … 24 pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC N45559.

Honour Retriv’d from Faction: in a Dialogue Between Smith and Johnson. 40 pp. London: J. Baker, 1713. Goldsmiths’ 5079; ESTC T127681.

[?DEFOE, Daniel]. The Case of the Catalans Consider’d. 32 pp. London: J. Baker, 1714. ESTC T20167.

[DODD, Charles]. The History of the English College at Doway … [iv], 36 pp., with half-title. London: Bernard Lintott, 1713. ESTC T64085.

BURNET, Gilbert. A Collection of Speeches, Prefaces, Letters, &c. With a Description of Geneva and Holland … [iv], 110 pp., with half-title. London: [s.n.], 1713. ESTC T17779.

Reflections upon the Humour of the British Nation in Religion and Politics. [iv], 36 pp. London: John Baker, 1713. Goldsmiths’ 5086; ESTC T46607.

A Full and Faithful Account of the Intrigue Between Mr Noble and Mrs Sayer … [viii], 56 pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC T134828. $2,500

102 | James Cummins bookseller 186 [SWIFT, Jonathan] A Preface to the B——p of S–r–m’s Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. By Gregory Misosarum. London: John Morphew, 1713 56 pp. 8vo. Disbound. In custom gray card folder with title label. Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592.

First edition. First edition of Swift’s reply to Gilbert Burnet’s Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation (see previous item). $1,250

187 SWIFT, Jonathan The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set Forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: with Some Observations on the Seasonableness, Candor, Erudition, and Style of that Treatise. London: Printed for John Morphew, 1714 [2], 45 pp. 4to. Modern marbled boards. Title somewhat spotted and with wormhole through first few leaves, slight waterstaining in blank margins to text; otherwise very good. Teerink 596; Rothschild 2054.

First edition, first issue, of one of Swift’s most effective political pamphlets, written on behalf of the government against Steele’s The Crisis (see item 156). Swift’s aspersions on the Scottish peers made the Lords seek special means to suppress his work, and it was reprinted with the offending passages removed. His remarks here make it clear why the suppression was sought: in reply to Steele’s note that the Kingdom of Scotland had many nobles, Swift chips in: “They had indeed; and to that we owe one of the great and necessary Evils of the Union upon the Foot it now stands. Their Nobility is indeed so numerous, that the whole Revenues of their Country would be hardly able to maintain them according to the Dignity of their Titles; and what is infinitely worse, they are never likely to be Extinct till the last Period of all Things … I could Point out some with great Titles, who affected to appear very vigorous for Dissolving the Union, though their whole Revenues before that Period would have ill maintained a Welch Justice of the Peace; and have since gathered more Money than ever any Scotchmen, who had not travell’d, could form an Idea of.”

Very scarce on the market. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 103 item 188 104 | James Cummins bookseller 188 SWIFT, Jonathan A Second Collection of Miscellanies. London: [E. Curll] for J. Roberts, 1720 [iv], [x], xiii, [i], 27, [5]; 32; [iv], 28; [iv], viii, 17-19, [1], 15, [1, ad]; [iv], 92, 19, [1, ad] pp., lacking final 4 ll. of ads. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf, edges sprinkled. Wear to head of spine and upper cover, A4 with paper faults at lower margin, D1-2 of the Swearer’s Bank (“The Best in Christendom”) misbound before p. 1. ESTC N61159; Rothschild 2070; Teerink 16. Provenance: Elizabeth Foley (signature on title-page); J.H. Hodgetts Foley (bookplate); T.A. Hollick (sold Sotheby’s, 19 May 1980, lot 283); Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie’s New York, 12 February 1982, lot 181); Louis and Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First edition thus. The Hollick-Slater copy of this unauthorized Curll reissue of five pamphlets by, or with doubtful attribution to, Swift. Although all but one of the titles were originally printed by Roberts, it was Curll who assembled the pieces under a general half-title and title. ESTC notes that the contents and order of copies vary; the present copy contains the following:

[SHERIDAN, Thomas]. Ars Pun-ica, Sive Flos Linguarum: The Art of Punning. London: J. Roberts, 1719. Third edition. Teerink 895 (“Swift and others may have contributed something”).

The Right of Precedence Between Physicians and Civilians Enquir’d Into. London: J. Roberts, 1720. Second London issue. Teerink 899 (attribution to Swift “very doubtful”).

A Defence of English Commodities. London: J. Roberts, 1720. First London edition. Teerink 614.

The Swearer’s Bank. London: J. Roberts, 1720. First London edition. Teerink 616 (“doubtful”).

Letters, Poems, and Tales: Amorous, Satyrical and Gallant. London: E. Curll, 1718. First edition. Teerink 610 (quoting Case: “This is a made-up miscellany: the second series of signature, pp. 1-19, is a remainder pamphlet entitled An Epistle to the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq., from which the title-page and perhaps some other preliminary matter has been removed”).

The present copy is the most recent to sell at auction according to ABPC, having been sold in 1982 (Gerald Slater sale) and 1980 (T.A. Hollick sale). $3,500

Catalogue 136 | 105 item 189 106 | James Cummins bookseller 189 SWIFT, Jonathan Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726 Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Gulliver (in the second state as usual), 5 engraved maps & one engraved plate of the automatic writing machine. 2 vols. 8vo. Period Cambridge-style calf, red morocco spine labels. A few occasional stains to text, otherwise a fine copy. Teerink 289 (“A edition”); Rothschild 2104;PMM 185.

First edition (Teerink’s A), first printing, with all distinguishing points as per Teerink. A very pretty set of the rare first printing of one of the great satires in the English language. Swift first mentioned what would become his masterpiece in a letter to Charles Ford on 15 April 1721. It wouldn’t be completed and fully transcribed until August 1725, whereupon he set out to London to arrange for its publication.

“Gulliver’s Travels is the book by which Swift is chiefly remembered, and it is the record of his own experience in politics under Queen Anne as an Irishman in what G. B. Shaw called ‘John Bull’s other island’. Its allegorical mode of satire constantly modulates between specific allusions and general types, reflecting characters and events traceable to prototypes in Stuart and Georgian court politics (in Lilliput and Brobdingnag), and to people and events in Swift’s own personal life (the king of Brobdingnag as Temple, for example, or the Flying Island as an allegory of English imperialism in Ireland). It also includes moments of farcical low comedy in the Academy of Lagado (part 3) and elsewhere. It is in part 4 (the voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms) that Swift reaches the supremely vexing point of his whole writing career, mixing comedy with the tragi-comic psychological collapse of Gulliver, the representative Englishman who turns his back on the whole human race because it has failed to live up to the ideal of reason” (ODNB). $40,000

190 [SWIFT, Jonathan] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver. The Second Edition … to Which are Prefix’d, Several Copies of Verses Explanatory and Commendatory. London: Benj[amin]. Motte, 1727-6 Engraved frontispiece portrait by Sheppard after Sturt (second state), six engraved plates. [xxvi], [iii]-xii, 148, [vi], 164; [vi], 154; viii, 199, [1] pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Gilt speckled calf, spines gilt, black morocco spine labels, a.e.g., by Riviere. Vol. I rebacked, preserving spine, vol. II covers off, portrait and two other plates in vol. I washed, final leaf in vol. I washed. Griffith 190; Teerink 293.

Catalogue 136 | 107 Mixed set, the first volume, parts I & II in Teerink’s fourth edition, the second volume, parts III & IV, in Teerink’s second edition (“AA”). The first volume includes for the first time Pope’s “Verses,” more commonly found in 20 pages but appearing here in 24 with an added fifth poem, “The Words of the King of Brobdingnag.”

[With the spurious third volume:] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. Vol. III. [viii], 159, [1] pp. London: [s.n.], 1727. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary Cambridge calf. Covers rubbed, some spotting. Armorial bookplate on verso of title. Teerink 292. $1,500

191 [SWIFT, Jonathan] . A poem. By Dr. S—t. London: printed for N. Blandford; and sold by J. Peele, 1726 31 pp. 8vo. Recent marbled boards. Very good. Teerink 658; Foxon S819; Rothschild 2100; ESTC T19811.

First Blandford edition. A famous poem about the relationship between Swift and Esther Vanhomrigh (“Vanessa”), who died in 1723 and among whose papers a manuscript of the poem was found. It was first published in Dublin on about April 19, 1726, and a second edition followed shortly afterwards, adding ten “incriminating” lines; these two Dublin printings are very rare. On May 19 two rival editions, both unauthorized, appeared in London, this one, which follows the first Dublin printing, and one published by J. Roberts, which follows the second. Blandford went on to issue six more editions within the year, and Roberts several more as well. “This edition follows the text of the Dublin first edition and omits the additional ten lines” (Foxon).

RARE—neither of the first Blandford or Roberts printings has appeared at auction (inABPC ) since 1982. $4,000

192 [SWIFT, Jonathan and Thomas SHERIDAN] The Intelligencer [nos. 1-19]. [London] Printed at Dublin. London Reprinted: A. Moor [i.e. William Bowyer], 1729 [vi], 217, [1] pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label. Rebacked, preserving spine, rubbed, front joint cracked, front free endpaper partially detachec, F2 & G5 with closed tears. Rothschild 2115; Teerink 34. Provenance: Tho. Gibbon, 1730 & Wm. Sanby,

108 | James Cummins bookseller Christ College, Cambridge, 1770 (inscriptions on front free endpaper); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate).

First collected edition. An Irish periodical published through the previous year and gathered here for the first time. Includes two pieces on John Gay, one on “the folly of gaming,” one on “the foolish methods of education among the nobility,” and several on economic matters. Portions of the text were written by Swift’s co-editor, Thomas Sheridan. The publisher “A. Moor” is fictitious; William Bowyer printed 1,000 copies for Charles Davis and Stephen Austin. $400

193 (SWIFT, JONATHAN), [ARBUCKLE, James, attributed] A Panegyric on the Reverend D--n S----t. In Answer to the Libel on Dr. D--y, and a Certain Great L--d. [Dublin]: [s.n.], 1729-30 Woodcut headpiece. 8 pp. 12mo. Disbound. ESTC T497; Foxon P36; Rogers 810; Rothschild 2121; Teerink 691; Williams II, p. 491.

First edition. Rare copy of an anti-Swift satire variously attributed to the minor Irish poet James Arbuckle and Swift himself. The poem, which paints Swift’s misanthropy as a form of self-regard, was one of a series of “libels” in response to a poetical address to Lord Carteret by Swift’s friend, Patrick Delany. The poem was attributed to Swift by Ball in his edition of the correspondence on evidence gleaned from the letters; in an October 1730 letter to Lord Bathurst, Swift referred to “all the libels that have been writ against me … and among the rest a very scrub one in verses lately written by myself.”

Faulkner’s 1768 edition of Swift’s works attributed the poem to Arbuckle. The case for Arbuckle’s authorship has been more recently made by James Woolley (“Arbuckle’s ‘Panegyric’ and Swift’s Scrub Libel: The Documentary Evidence,” in Contemporary Studies of Swift’s Poetry, University of Delaware Press, 1981, pp. 191-209), who gathers evidence from a bound collection of Arbuckle’s printed and manuscript poems—including a corrected copy of the 1730 London edition of “A Panegyric”—in the National Library of Wales: “In effect, this volume stands as his tacit claim to have written the poem, a claim the more persuasive because it is unlikely to have been made to deceive” (p. 201). $5,000

Catalogue 136 | 109 194 [SWIFT, Jonathan] The Hibernian Patriot: Being a Collection of the Drapier’s Letters to the People of Ireland, Concerning Mr. Wood’s Brass Half-Pence. [London] Printed at Dublin. London Reprinted: A. Moor [i.e. William Bowyer], 1730 [viii], 264 pp. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge calf. Lacking spine label, rubbed, front cover detached, rear joint cracked. Goldsmiths’ 6798; Kress 3901; Rothschild 2095; Teerink 22.

First London edition of the Drapier Letters. The first London edition of Swift’s pseudonymous letters, first issued separately in 1724, then collected first by the Dublin edition of 1725 under the title Fraud Detected.

In 1722, the English Parliament granted to one William Wood, mine-owner and iron- monger, the right to coin the extravagant sum of £100,000 in copper half-pence. Swift was outraged at what he perceived not only as a swindle to advance the interests of a particular moneyed class, but also as one more example of the monstrous tyranny exercised by England over the Irish. In the persona of a humble shopkeeper, Swift attacked the proposal on several sound economic grounds and pushed his conclusions to their logical and absurd consequences. Having calculated the real (as opposed to the nominal) value of Wood’s half-pence, and taking it for granted that bad money drives out good, Swift concludes hilariously that a lady going out shopping will need to be ”followed by a Car loaded with Mr. Wood’s money,” and that a banker will need twelve hundred horse to carry the cash he needs in his bank. But there is also a thunderously Swiftian appeal to freedom:

Were not the people of Ireland born as free as those of England? How have they foreited their Freedom? Is not their Parliament as fair a Representative of the People, as that of England? And hath not their Privy Council as great or a greater share in the Administration of publick Affairs? Are they not subjects of the same King? Does not the same Sun shine over them? And have they not the same God for their Protector? Am I a Free-Man in England, and do I become a Slave in six hours by crossing the Channel?

Swift’s “Drapier” urges a boycott of Wood’s coins upon his countrymen:

If a Madman should come to my Shop with a Handful of Dirt raked out of the Kennel, and offer it in payment for Ten Yards of Stuff, I would Pity or Laugh at him, or, if his Behaviour deserved it, kick him out of my Doors. And if Mr. Wood comes to demand any Gold or Silver, or Commodities for which I have payed my Gold and Silver, in Exchange for his Trash, can he deserve or expect better treatment?

Swift’s publication fanned the flames of controversy both in Ireland and England; and his victory was complete when by the end of August 1725, Wood’s grant was withdrawn.

110 | James Cummins bookseller “Precisely to what extent Swift had been instrumental in bringing it about can never be assessed. It is certain that he had many able helpers, as it is clear that the populace gave him pre-eminence, so that for the rest of his life he was the people’s idol … ” (Dobrée, English Literature in the Early Nineteenth Century 1700-1740, p. 439). $500

195 [SWIFT, Jonathan] A Proposal Humbly Offer’d to the P——t, for the More Effectual Preventing the Further Growth of Popery … By Dr. S—t. To Which is Added the Humble Petition of the Weavers … As Also Two Poems … [London] Dublin printed. London, re-printed: J. Roberts, 1731 32 pp. 8vo. Modern maroon half morocco and marbled boards. Rogers 843; Rothschild 2127; Teerink 37; Williams 572 & 575.

First London edition. Teerink attributes this to Swift (whose name appears on the title)— though only the poem “The Place of the Damn’d” is certainly by him. $500

196 SWIFT, Jonathan, attributed The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself. London: [Benjamin Motte for] J. Roberts, 1733 Engraved device on title, engraved headpieces. 19, [1] pp., with half-title. Folio. Modern marbled wrappers. Leaves extended at inner margins, light creasing, soiling to verso of final leaf. Foxon S884; Teerink 727; Rogers 844; Rothschild 2143; Williams II, p. 541.

First edition. “Nearly as much mystification surrounds the publication of the poems as its authorship” (Foxon). “This poem is included in the Swift canon, partly on the evidence of Mrs. Letitia Pilkington who, in her Memoirs, claimed that her husband, Matthew Pilkington, had negotiated its publication on Swift’s behalf, and partly on internal evidence. Swift himself denied authorship …” (Rothschild). The poem bears resemblance to Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift (1739), in which Swift similarly treats Rochefoucauld’s maxim (“He says, ‘Whenever Fortune sends / Disaster, to our Dearest Friends, / Although, we outwardly may Grieve, / We oft, are Laughing in our Sleeve”). With a dedication by the printer—signing as “L.M.”—to Alexander Pope, whom Foxon suggests as a possible author of the poem. $1,250

Catalogue 136 | 111 197 [SWIFT, Jonathan] On Poetry: a Rapsody. [London] Printed at Dublin, and Re-printed at London: J. Huggonson, 1733 Engraved device on title and headpiece. 28 pp. Folio. In later drab wrappers. Title and final leaf soiled, foxed and frayed at edges, with short repaired tears, marginal soiling to first few text leaves, “11 Jany. 1733/4” on title-page in contemporary hand (published 31 December 1733 according to Foxon), and correction in ink to misprint, p. 4, l. 5. Foxon S888; Hayward 153; Rogers 869; Rothschild 2147; Teerink 741; Williams II, 639.

First edition of this satire on hacks which culminates in an attack on Sir Robert Walpole. Despite the imprint, there is no known Dublin edition. Swift’s friend, the poet Mary Barber, conveyed the manuscript, along with “Epistle to a Lady” and others, to Matthew Pilkington, who later betrayed Swift’s authorship. The Walpole administration considered arresting Swift for libel for lines in this and the “Epistle” but refrained, “upon being told that an army of no less than ten thousand men would be necessary for the arrest of the Dean of Ireland.” The Hayward copy (lent by Harold Williams) contains manuscript verses recorded by Sir Walter Scott that “ought to have been inserted … if it had been safe to print them.” $750

198 SWIFT, Jonathan [Patrick Delany, et al] Miscellanies. Consisting Chiefly of Original Pieces in Prose and Verse. By D--n S----t. [London] Dublin Printed. London: Reprinted: A. Moore, 1734 Engraved ornament on title, engraved head- and tailpiece. [ii], 55 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Light waterstaining at gutter and margins. In a custom gray card folder with title label. Rogers 754, 805, 807, 753; Teerink 40; Williams 374, 470, 479, 393.

First edition. First edition of this unauthorized miscellany gathering previously published material. The imprint “A. Moore” is fictitious, as is the mention of a Dublin edition. “An Apology to Lady Carteret” and “An Epistle to his Excellency John Lord Carteret” are by Patrick Delany, and only one of the three prose pieces is by Swift. $1,500

112 | James Cummins bookseller 199 [SWIFT, Jonathan] A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation … By Simon Wagstaff. London: [S. Richardson for] B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1738 Engraved headpieces. [i], [i, ads], [ii], lxxxvi, [2], 215, [1, ads] pp. 8vo. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Browning to ad leaf (A1) and title, sporadic staining. ESTC T97412; Teerink 761; Rothschild 2158.

First? edition, with Neptune headpiece on page 1. In a letter to Pope on 12 June 1732 concerning this work, Swift wrote that his “thing in prose, begun above twenty-eight years ago” was “almost finish’d,” noting that it would be published anonymously and would be “such a perfection of folly, that you shall never hear of it till it is printed, and then you shall be left to guess.” Publication was arranged by Mary Barber and for her benefit. There were two 1738 London editions, with either a Neptune headpiece, as here, or a flower basket headpiece on page 1. The Rothschild catalogue identifies the Neptune headpiece as belonging to the printer Richardson. $750

200 [SWIFT, Jonathan] Political Tracts. London: C. Davis, 1738 [viii], 342, [24, index]; [iv], 288, [20, index] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Early 20th-century brown half morocco and cloth, t.e.g., by Riviere. Spine faded, joints rubbed. Rothschild 2165; Teerink 25 (6-7).

First edition thus, a supplement to the Swift-Pope Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, first published by Motte in 1727, reprinting Swift’s political tracts from volumes V & VI of Faulkner’s 1738 Dublin edition of the Works. $500

201 SWIFT, Jonathan Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself: Nov. 1731. London: C. Bathurst, 1739 [ii], 18 pp. Folio. Modern blue wrappers. Horizontal crease from prior folding, with resulting small tears on title and last leaf, spotting and staining. In custom green cloth chemise. Foxon S920; Rogers 846; Rothschild 2166; Teerink 771; Williams II, p. 551.

First edition of Swift’s poem, which, to cite the heading of p. [3], was occasioned by a maxim of La Rochefoucauld: “Dans l’adversité de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons

Catalogue 136 | 113 quelque chose, qui ne nous deplaist pas.” [In the troubles of our dearest friends, we find something which is not altogether displeasing]. On the authority of Dr. William King, to whose oversight Swift entrusted the publication, all three of the first London editions were much abridged and purged of verses King deemed offensive to royalty and religion; in addition, King included 61 lines from The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor Swift of 1733. The Dublin edition of the same year, published by Faulkner, was much more inclusive, and is recognized as the most definitive. $500

202 SWIFT, Jonathan Three Sermons: I. On Mutual Subjection. II. On Conscience. III. On the Trinity. London: R. Dodsley, 1744 64 pp. Collation: A-H4. 8vo. Early 20th-century quarter brown morocco. Title soiled and repaired on verso, repairs at gutter, some browning, final verso soiled. Teerink 70.

First edition of this uncommon late Swift work, with the misprint “Subordination” in the last line of page 34 and title-page A1. The last copy sold at auction in 1980 according to ABPC. $750

203 SWIFT, Jonathan, and others Miscellanies … London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, 1751 12 vols. 12mo. Ccontemporary calf, gilt spines, raised bands, red leather labels. Each volume with the armorial bookplate of EDWARD GIBBON (2nd state). Teerink 69; Keynes, p. 199 (“12 vols.”). edward gibbon’s copy of the Second 1751 edition. Although lacking the 13th volume, with the notable title of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, it has been thus since at least 1936, when it was catalogued in the Erle-Drax Library by the bookseller C. Howes. According to Keynes:

“During the summer of 1935 a book sale took place at a small auction room in Ashford, Kent. The books were from Holnest Park, Dorset, the home of the Erle-Drax family, and there were twenty-five books (57 volumes) containing Gibbon’s book-plate … The book- plate in all of these is a close copy of the engraving in the Lausanne library, but is engraved on a larger piece of copper, as the plate-mark shows … ” As one of the books was Burke’s Letter to a Member of the National Assembly (1791), “these books must have been acquired by

114 | James Cummins bookseller Gibbon near the close of his life, and they may represent books bought during the final six months in England before his death. How they came to be at Holnest Park is not known …” (The Library Of Edward Gibbon, pp. 34-35). $4,000

204 (SWIFT, JONATHAN) ORRERY, John [Boyle], Earl of Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift … In a Series of Letters … to his Son, the Honorable Hamilton Boyle. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, 1752 Engraved portrait of Swift by B. Wilson, 1751. [2], 338, [11] pp. Lacking final blank leaf Z8. 8vo. Modern calf in period style, red leather label. Frontispiece a little stained in margin. Rothschild 1492; Teerink 1333; ESTC T80862.

First London edition of the first attempt to give an account of the life and work of Swift. Orrery’s book is, according to the DNB, “full of rancour and grudging criticism”—even though he and Swift had been good friends. First published in Dublin in the same year. $450

205 (SWIFT, JONATHAN) SWIFT, Deane An Essay Upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Interspersed with Some Occasional Animadversions upon the Remarks of a Late Critical Author, and upon the Observations of an Anonymous Writer on those Remarks … To Which is Added, that Sketch of Dr. Swift’s Life, Written by the Doctor Himself, Which was Lately Presented by the Author of this Essay to the University Of Dublin. London: Printed for Charles Bathhurst, 1755 [4], 375, [1, ad], 53 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf. Fine. Interesting early gift inscription on front pastedown “Edmund (?) Brydges; The Gift of Sir Mark Stuart Playdell, Barnt, at Coleshill, July 16, 1755.” Rothschild 1989; Teerink 1345.

First edition. Early biography of Swift, written by Deane Swift, the cousin of Jonathan; of special interest for its treatment of Jonathan’s relations to his contemporaries. It includes unpublished letters from Dr. Swift, and a good deal of material by others of his circle. Lovely copy of an important biographical source. $750

Catalogue 136 | 115 206 (SWIFT, Jonathan) [DELANY, Patrick] A Letter to Dean Swift, Esq; on his Essay upon the life, writings, and character of Dr. J. Swift. By the author of the Observations on Lord Orrery’s remarks, &c. London: Printed: and sold Reeve at Shakespear’s Head near Serjeants-Inn Gate, Fleet-Street, and A. Linde in Catherine-Street in the Strand, 1755 pp. [3]-31. Lacking the half-title. 8vo. Quarter modern brown calf and burgundy cloth, title stamped on the spine. Fine copy. Rothschild 790; ESTC T145576.

First edition. $500

207 SWIFT, Jonathan The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen … Published from the last Manuscript Copy, Corrected and Enlarged by the Author’s Own Hand. London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1758 xvi, 392 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. Near fine. Teerink 809; Rothschild 2186.

First edition. Swift wrote the History in 1713 but was repeatedly dissuaded from publishing it during his lifetime. $750

208 TEMPLE, W[illiam], Sir Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, Bart and Other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad. Containing an Account of the Most Important Transactions that Pass’d in Christendom from 1665 to 1672 … Review’d by Sir W. Temple Sometime Before His Death: and Published by Jonathan Swift Domestick Chaplain to His Excellency the Earl of Berkeley, One of the Lords Justice of Ireland. London: J. Tonson, A and J. Churchill & R. Simpson, 1700 Engraved frontispiece portrait. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled paneled calf, brown morocco spine labels. Rebacked, preserving original spines, extremities worn, joints cracked or starting, toned. Rothschild 2401; Teerink 469. Provenance: Lucy and Mary Montagu (signed on verso of portrait); Ditton Park, Montagu estate (bookplate).

116 | James Cummins bookseller First edition, Montagu family copy, of a uniformly bound 4-volume set of the letters of Sir William Temple, comprising the 1700 two-volume first edition of theLetters (vols. I & II of the set), the first authorized edition of Temple’sLetters to Charles II (vol. III), and the first unauthorized edition of the same (vol. IV). The Letters were edited and brought to the press by Temple’s protégé Jonathan Swift, who as a young man was secretary to Temple. Swift contributed the dedication letter to William III and the “Publisher’s Epistle to the Reader” in the 1700 volumes and a Preface to the 1703 third volume. “Temple’s subsequent literary standing owed much to Swift, who published many of his letters, memoirs, and miscellanea in 1700–09 and immortalized Temple as the hero of ” (ODNB). The “Lucy and Mary Montagu” of the ownership inscription does not, alas, refer to Lady Mary Montagu, who often signed her books with a distinctive “M.”

Volumes III & IV as follows:

TEMPLE, W[illiam], Sir. Letters to the King, the Prince of Orange, the Chief Ministers of State, and Other Persons … Being the Third and Last Volume. Published by Jonathan Swift, D.D. [viii], 550 pp. London: Tim. Goodwin, 1703. First authorized edition. Teerink 472.

TEMPLE, William, Sir. Select Letters to the Prince of Orange (Now the King of England,) King Charles the IId. And the Earl of Arlington, Upon Important Subjects. Vol. III. To Which is Added an Essay Upon the State and Settlement of Ireland … Published from the Originals of Sir William Temple’s Own Hand-Writing. And Never Before Published. [viii], 216 pp. London: Tho. Bennet, 1701. First edition, unauthorized. Rothschild 2406. $750

209 TEMPLE, William The Works … in Two Volumes. … To which is prefix’d Some account of the life and writings of the author. [Edited by Jonathan Swift]. London: J. Round, J. Tonson, J. Clarke, B. Motte, T. Wotton, S. Birt, and T. Osborne, 1731 Engraved frontispiece portrait in Vol. I, after G. Vertue. 2 vols. Folio. Bound in full contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt, with two-colored lettering pieces and gilt roundels. A exceptionally fine copy, with the bookplate of William Constable, distinguished Irish American. ESTC T136952cc.

Second edition of the Works. $1,500

Catalogue 136 | 117 210 THOMSON, [James] The Seasons. London: Printed [by Samuel Richardson], 1730 5 engraved plates after W. Kent. [xii], 252 pp. 4to. Period Cambridge style paneled calf, preserving original pastedowns, new ffep. Bookplate of W. Hulton. Rothschild 2423.

First collected edition. $450

211 WALPOLE, Horace The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. In five volumes. London: G.G and J. Robinson, 1798 Illustrated with 166 engraved plates. 5 vols. 4to. Contemporary Russia with wide gilt-rolled borders, marbled endpapers and edges. Foxing to plates. Hazen, Walpole 27; NCBEL 2:1588.

First edition, first issue (with 1797 title-page watermarks). $1,000

212 WHITE, Gilbert The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the Country of Southampton. London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789 Two engraved titles and seven engraved plates, two folding, errata leaf present. v, 468, [6, index], [1, errata] pp. With page 292 misnumbered 262 and pp. 441-442 omitted from the pagination. 4to. Later half calf, marbled boards, uncut, a few early annotations in ink, signed “LS”, some spotting, fly-title to Natural History bound after Advertisement, some offsetting to text from plates, rebacked preserving original spine (some rubbing, front joint cracked), in quarter brown morocco folding case. Martin 90; Rothschild 2550; Grolier English 62. Provenance: Sir Benjamin Chapman (bookplate); morocco ex-libris of Frank Hogan.

Frank Hogan Copy of the First Edition. A classic of English literature and a cornerstone of popular natural history. White is admired by modern ornithologists as one of the first observers to record detailed notes of birds and their habitats. The book is presented as a series of letters to fellow naturalist Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington, R.S. $5,000

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