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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
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Books Tacitus, Robert Burton, Goldsmith, Alexander, Sir Thomas Browne (7). Salignac De La Mothe Fenelon, [Francois de ] the Adventures of Telemachus : the Son of Ulysses. From the French... by the late John Hawkesworth.London, Printed by C. Whittingham...for Vernor and Hood [&c.], 1800. Two volumes.Portrait frontis, 24 small engraved plates, one to each book (chapter), 276,338pp., some occasional very pale browning, marbled endpapers, small 8vo., contemporary full marbled calf, slightly worn spines gilt with black title labels, front hinge of Vol 2 just cracking but very firm. An attractive set; Tacitus C.Cornelii Taciti Opera. Ex Recensione Ioh. Augusti Ernesti denuo curavit Ier. Iac. Oberlinus...Leipzig, in Libraria Weidmannia, 1801. Four volumes complete.Engraved frontis. to vol.I, vignette on titlepage, lxvii,(5),546,547-1060, xviii, 512, 513-1138pp., [4 vols.], some occasional pale spotting/browning, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary (German?) full pale calf, boards blind-stamped as decorative panels, spines gilt in panels with raised bands and red title labels. An attractive set in nice condition.Brunet V.636 'Edition fort estimee'. Published in Oxford in 1813, and several later editions; Burton, Robert. the Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures of it. ...A New Edition, corrected, and enriched by translations of the numerous classical extracts, by Democritus Minor.London, William Tegg, 1849.Frontispiece and extra engraved pictorial titlepage, (20),748pp., large 8vo., recently rebound in 1/2 black calf, spine gilt in panels, marbled boards. the frontis and pictorial title are both a little browned, otherwise contents clean. a nice copy; Goldsmith, Oliver. the Miscellaneous Works. a New Edition in Four Volumes. to which is prefixed some account of his life and writings.London, F.C. and J.Rivington, [&c.], 1820.Portrait frontis., 7 engraved plates, 273,470,476,468pp., some very occasional light spotting, 8vo., contemporary polished calf, spines gilt in panels with contrasting labels. Some covers have one or two minor scuffs but generally a pleasant set; Pope, Alexander. the Works of Alexander Pope Esq. ...With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton.London, Printed for J.and P.Knapton, H.Lintot [&c.], 1753. 9 volumes complete.24 engraved illustrations, numbered consecutively through the first 6 volumes. Vol. 1. General title. Juvenile Poems. 2.Translations and Imitations. 3. Moral Essays. 4. Satires &c. 5. Dunciad in Four Books. 6. Miscellaneous Pieces. 7-9. Letters. Small 8vo., contemporary full polished calf, spines gilt in panels. Two title labels missing but titles 'Pope's Works' still legible. Some wear to a few spine ends but generally a decent set. the third volume is a later issue (1766) of the same edition, but bound in contemporary mottled calf with slightly different tooling. All but the third volume have the 18th cent. bookplate of the Earl of Halifax, but all volumes have the same 19th cent. bookplate so the set has been mixed for a long time; Barthelemy (J.-J.), Abbe. the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth century Before the Christian Era. Abridged from the Original Work. the Fourth Edition.London, Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, [&c.], 1810.Large folding map frontispiece (some spotting and browning, with a couple of closed tears on folds), viii,468,(8)pp., (4)pp.adverts., 8vo., recent rebind to style in half calf and marbled boards; Browne, Sir Thomas. the Works of Sir Thomas Browne. Edited by Simon Wilkin.London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Three volumes complete.Portrait frontis. in vol.1, lxxxii,463,563,552pp., marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary polished tan calf with some minor rubbing and marking, spines elaborately gilt in panels with red and brown title labels. Clean internally. a decent set.
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