CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN - The Scribleriad: an Heroic Poem. In six Books.
London, Printed for R. Dodsley and sold by M. Cooper, 1751, First Edition. Hard Cover, 27 cm. 6 pts. in 1 v. Ill.: Title vignette engraved by Charles Mosley after H.F. Gravelot; seven plates engraved by L.P. Boitard the elder in part after his own designs, in part after Dr. John Wall.. Very Good/No Jacket.¶ 6 pts. in 1 v. pp. xvi, 31, 31, 31, 32, 32, 27, index and errata. front. 6 pl.Title vignette./ Each part has separate t.-p. and paging./ Preface signed. Lowndes V. II, 330: "..with curious plates .. This mock-heroic poem, intended to expose false taste and false science, is replete with happy parodies of distinguished passages in the classics, particularly Virgil." Book Four [See Gamble 44] includes an aerial combat / flying race between a Briton and a German, probably the first such, according to H.C.Levis, who re-published in limited edition this section in 1918, entitling it "An Aerial Race between a Briton and a German together with brief references to a submarine ..". The two preflight aviators are flying by means of different sorts of machines which have wings powered by hand/ or foot, a famous preflight image. Lowndes V. II, 330, [See Gamble 44], Hammelmann & Boase Pp. 19, 45[Illustration]. Bound in 3/4 leather, Mbld. boards, 4to Rbkd. boards rubbed, edges slightly worn, scattered light damp stain OW VG..
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