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Front cover illustrations: Item 78 Rear cover illustrations: Item 21 1. Aeschylus. TragoediaeVII.[Geneva:]HenriciStephani. 1557,FIRSTCOMPLETEEDITION,theEDITIOPRINCEPSofthe Agamemnon,sometoningandspotting,lowercornertip offirstfewleavesworn(esp.title),pp.[viii],395,[3], 4to.,contemp.calf,expertlyrebackedpreservingold labelandendpapers,cornersrepaired,bookplateand stampofTrinityCollegeCambridge(‘sold’),good (Schreiber145;DibdinI237;MossI8) £2,750.00 ThefourtheditionofAeschlyus,thefirstproducedby theEstiennes,andthefirsttoprintthecompletetext oftheAgamemnon,ofwhichonlyasmallfractionhad previouslybeenprintedduetoalacunainthemost importantmanuscript,the11th-centuryMediceancodex. Theeditor,PietroVettori(‘Victorius’),bothrestoredthe missingversesandimprovedthetextofthescholiausinga 14th-centurycodex,andforthefirsttimehedistinguishes theAgamemnonfromtheChoirephoi,sinceallprevious editorshadconsideredthefragmentspartofthefollowing play.ThebookisprintedwiththeHenryEstienne’susualelegance,usingtwosizesofthegrecsdu roi.‘Anexcellentandbeautifuledition...itisamuchmorevaluableimpressionthaneitherofits precursors...thiseditionisrareanddear’(Dibdin).‘Notwithstandingthegreatmeritsofthisedition’ andtheprofusepraisealreadyrecorded,Mossstillfeltthat‘itmeetsnotwiththeattentionitdeserves’. 2. Albemarle (George Monck, Duke of) Observations uponMilitaryandPoliticalAffairs.Printedy b A.C. forHenryMortlocke.1671,FIRST EDITION, folding engravedportraitfrontispiece,oneortwominor spots,smallembossmenttofrontispieceandtitle, woodcutdiagramsintext,pp. [viii],151,[13],sm. folio,eighteenthcenturytreecalf,backstripwithfive raisedbands,redmoroccolabelsinsecondandthird compartments,therestinfilledwithapatternofgilt wheelandswashtools,justslightlyrubbed,bookplates oftheSouthLibraryofShirburnCastleandthe‘Military CollectionoftheHon.Lt.Gen.G.L.Parker’,verygood (ESTC R22335) £1,500.00 GeorgeMonck,DukeofAlbemarle(1608-1670)compiled thistreatiseonwarduringhistimeintheTowerof London(1644-1646),havingbeenimprisonedbythe parliamentariansforservingwithroyalistforces;oncethe royalistcausewaslosthewasreleasedandservedCromwell instead,withnotablesuccess.OncetheRestoration seemedpossibleMonckswitchedallegiancesagainand hewasthefirstpersontogreetCharlesIIonhislandingat Doverin1660.Monck’sinfantryregimentwassavedfromthedisbandingofthearmyandbecamethe ColdstreamGuards. Thiswork,publishedafterhisdeathbyJohnHeath,is‘verymuchtheworkofafootcommanderwitha specialexpertiseinsiegewarfare....[Monck]placedgreatstressonlogisticsandmorale,onquartering soldiersinpurpose-builtaccommodation,andontheimportanceofoutworkstofortressesandof miningtosiegecraft...Withunderstandablebitternessheassertedthatcivilwarscouldbeprevented onlyifgovernmentskeptupstronggarrisonsandfulltreasuries,preventeddifferencesofopinionin religion,andoperatedsuccessfullyagainstforeignenemies’(ODNB).Thelargefrontispieceportrait, presentherebutseeminglynotinallcopies,isafineengravingofMonkinfullarmour. 1 blackwell rare books Item 2 3. Anacreon. Teijodae.AbHenricoStephanoluce&Latinatenunc primumdonate.Paris:ApudHenricumStephanum.1554,EDITIO PRINCEPS,brownedinplaces,HenriEstienne’snamecensored ontitlewithearlyink,pp.[viii],110,[2],8vo.,modernquarter vellumwithpasteboardboards,backstripplain,smallbooklabel ofElizabethArmstrong,good(AdamsA1001;Renouard115.1; Schweiger139;DibdinI258;MossI41) £1,950.00 Thefirstprintededitionofthe‘Anacreontea’,acollectionofodes nowknowntobeonlyinthestyleofAnacreon(whoseownpoems surviveonlyinfragments).Thiswasthefirstbookpublishedby HenriEstienne(theyounger)underhisownname,andit‘virtually causedapoeticrevolution,notonlyinFrance,butalsoinItalyand Germany’(Schreiber),inspiringRonsardandinnumerableother poetstoimitateandadoptAnacreonticmetresandthemes.The UnitedStatesnationalanthem,‘TheStarSpangledBanner’,wasset tothetuneofthethemesongoftheAnacreonticSociety,aclubof amateurmusiciansinspiredbyAnacreon. Thepoemsinthecollection,thoughnotactuallybyAnacreon,datefromthelateantiqueand Byzantineperiods,whichcomplicatedtheargumentovertheirauthenticity:earlyargumentswere madethatthepoemsweremodernimitations,andthesewerecorrectlyignored.Onlyinthenineteenth centuryweretheyaccuratelydatedandreascribedtoanonymousimitators. Itiselegantlyprinted(probablybyMorel,sinceHenriwasatthistimeonly26anddidnothaveapress), usingallthreesizesofthegrecsduroi.‘Abeautifulandrareedition....Iwillnotpretendtogiveits presentprice’(Dibdin).ThiscopybelongedtoElizabethArmstrong,authorofabiographyoftheelder RobertEstienne,fatherofHenriandRobert. 2 NINETY BOOKS 4. Anacreon. LyricorumaliquotpoetarumOdae.In easdemHenr.StephaniObservationes.EaedemLatinae. Paris:ApudGuilMorelium...&Rob.Stephanum.1556, SECONDEDITION,somelightspotting,pp.120,[2],54,[2], 8vo.,eighteenth-centurywoodenboardscoveredwith marbledpaper,backedinvellum,oldpaperlabeltotop ofbackstripandanoldrepairlowerdown,boardcorners worn,endpaperstoned,hingescrackingbutstrong,small booklabelofElizabethArmstrongtofrontpastedown, good(Renouard161.1;AdamsA1003;SchweigerI23; DibdinI259;MossI42) £950.00 ThesecondGreekeditionofthepoemsattributedto Anacreon,followingthe1554editioprinceps,whichwasthe firstbookpublishedbyHenriEstienne;thiseditionisthefirst bookpublishedbyhisyoungerbrotherRobert.Toproduceit RobertpartneredwithGuillaumeMorel,theRoyalPrinterof GreekafterTurnébe.Henri’sLatintranslationandhisnotes arereprintedhere,whilethesecondpart,withitsowntitle page,givesanotherLatinversionbyHeliasAndré(whichwas publishedonitsownin1555). 5. Anacreon. Odaria.Praefixocommentarioquopoetaegenustradituretbibliotheca Anacreonteiaadumbratur.Parma:x E RegioTypographeio.1785,ONEF0 O 5 COPIESONFINEPAPER (ofaneditionof310copies),engravedportraitontitleandvignetteonsecondleaf,acoupleof faintage-spots,pp. [iv],xciv,100,[2],4to.,contemp. redstraight-grainmorocco,boardswith agiltfilletborder,backstripdividedbyeightpairedraisedbands,athingreenmoroccoband betweeneachpair,thesecondfullcompartmentgilt-lettereddirect,theremainderinfilled withgiltdots,diamonds,andothertools,bluewateredsilkendpapers,redmoroccoturn-ins, giltdentelles,themeresttouchrubbedatextremities,andonetinywormholetoeachjoint, preservedinabrownclothfolderinabrownclothslipcasebackedinbrownmorocco(thisa bitrubbed),bookplatesofCharlesWhibley,HughMorristonDavies,and‘C.H.C.’,verygood (Brooks287;MossI49;DibdinI265) £5,000.00 Item 5 3 blackwell rare books ThefirstBodoniquartoeditionofAnacreon,followingonlyanoctavoof1784,andalavish production,printedentirelyincapitals.Brooksstatesthat250copieswereprintedon‘blue’paper,50 onfinepaper(likethisone),and5eachontwotypesofsuperfinepaper.‘Thesecondeditionisavery beautifulone’(Moss).‘Theeditionsof1785and1791areprintedincapitalletters,andmoreelegant andexquisitelyfinishedproductionscannotbeconceived’(Dibdin).Thebindingmatchestheprinting insumptuousness,withthebackstrippanelsalmostentirelyinfilledwithclosely-setgiltdots.The formerownerCharlesWhibley(1859-1930)wasthejournalistandauthorwhorecommendedT.S. EliottoFaber&Faber.ThiscopywaslaterownedbyHughMorristonDavies(1879-1965),apioneering surgeon(called‘TheDoyenofThoracicSurgery’)andacollectoroffinebindings,especiallythoseof theeighteenthcentury. 6. Anacreon. TEIOUMELE[Greek].Praefixocommentarioquo poëtaegenustradituretbibliothecaAnacreonteiaadumbratur. Parma:InAedibusPalatinis[typisBodonianis]1791,ONEOF 150COPIES,printedentirelyincapitalletters,atouchoffaint dustsoilinginplaces,pp.[iv],CXVIII,[2],111,[1],sm.4to. (105x144mm),contemp.mottledcalf,boardswithaframeof giltarrowrolls,thecentreemptybuteachsidecontainingagilt swashtool,backstripdividedbythreetypesofgiltrolls,second compartmentwithadarkgreenlabel,thirdwithagilturntool, theothertwowithcentralsunbursttools,marbledendpapers, jointsjustcrackingatends(butsound),backstripslightly chipped,bookplateofThomasMoore,good(Brooks422;Moss I49;DibdinI265;SchweigerI25) £1,200.00 Bodonioftenproducedmorethanoneeditionofanauthoratonce,experimentingwithdifferent