Sam Gatteño Books: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Theater
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Le Comédien. Ouvrage divisé en Deux Parties.
A Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant, rue Saint Jean de Beauvais. Et Vincent Fils, rue Saint Severin, 1747. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 312pp. [iii]ff. A8-V8 (V8 blank). First edition. Contemporary mottled calf. All edges red. Top of spine repaired. With four engraved vignettes by Gravelot. Some tail pieces. Cioranescu 52530; Cohen-DeRicci, p. 869. John Hill plagiarized it, and in little more than a translation published it under the title "The Actor" (1750). A Frenchman, not realizing that the Hill work was in fact based upon Sainte-Albine, re-translated it into French ("Garrick ou les Acteurs Anglais"), and it is this "new" work which provoked Diderot's "Paradoxe . " An early and substantial French treatise on the art of acting, addressed to performers of comedy, but with discussion of the techniques of tragedy as well; with examples drawn from the works of Racine and Corneille, and such contemporary dramatists as Voltaire (in particular, his Zaire). The author, a member of the Berlin Academy, and editor for a time of both the Gazette de France and the Mercure de France, wrote other works on the theater, and at least two plays of his own. One of the most influential books in the history of acting. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1907
USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 258.25 | £UK 220.5 | JP¥ 43421]
Keywords: Theatre
The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin.
London: Printed by T. Rickaby, for S. and E. Harding, Pall Mall, 1795. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 24, 120pp. a6-b6, B6-L6. Contemporary boards, rebacked. With 49 engravings by Gardiner after Harding. Morison, Four Centuries of Fine Printing, p. 197; Graesse II, 416. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1959
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 164.25 | £UK 140.5 | JP¥ 27632]
Les Proneurs, ou Le Tartuffe Littéraire, Comédie en trois Actes, en Vers.
En Hollande, et se trouve à Paris: Chez Delalain, 1777. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, [ii], 87pp. A4, []1, A8-E8, F4. First edition. Additional engraved title-page. Contemporary calf, repaired. Spine gilt. With an engraved title and 3 engraved plates by Marillier. Cohen-DeRicci, p. 321. Bound with: Dorat, Le Malheureux Imaginaire, Comedie En Cinq Actes, En Vers. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1961
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 141 | £UK 120.5 | JP¥ 23684]
The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, a particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots together with a short Account of the Dutch Settlement at the Cape.
London: Printed for W. Innys, 1731. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: xviii, [viii], 365pp.; II: xviii, 363pp. First English edition. Contemporary calf. I: frontispiece and 17 plates (2 folding); II: frontispiece map (double-page folding) and 11 plates (folding). From the library of Edward, Lord Suffield, with his bookplate. Cox I, 372; Mendelssohn I, p. 844; HBS 2930; Henze II, 51; Paulitschke 999; Gay 3142; Kainbacher II, 161; ESTC T147067. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 830
USD 1800.00 [Appr.: EURO 1689.25 | £UK 1443.25 | JP¥ 284213]
The Fatal Curiosity: A Tragedy.
London: printed for, and Under the Direction of, George Cawthorn, British Library, Strand, 1796. 0. Soft cover. Duodecimo. 62pp. A6-E6, F2 [-F2, blank]. Wrappers. With plate engraved by W. Skelton after J. Graham, dated 1796. Prologue by H. Fielding. Some staining, but overall a very good copy. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1189
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 47 | £UK 40.25 | JP¥ 7895]
Keywords: English Literature, Drama
Comus, a masque. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: printed for J. Wenman; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, 1777. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 12pp. Disbound. With the engraved frontispiece portrait of Miss Catley in the Character of Euphrosyne. ESTC T31076. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2472
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 47 | £UK 40.25 | JP¥ 7895]
Oeuvres de Jean Racine.
A Londres: De l'Imprimerie de J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1723. 0. Hardcover. Large quarto. Two volumes. I: [16], 440pp.; II: [4], 488pp. I: A4, a4, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Kkk4; II: []2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Ppp4. Head- and tail-pieces; initials; factotums. Woodcut title-page vignettes. Contomperary calf, rebacked. With a portrait by Vertue, a frontispiece and 12 plates by Chéron, engraved by Dubosc, Fourdrinier, and Van der Gucht. ESTC T185766; Cohen-De Ricci 844-845; Lewine, p. 440. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1465
USD 1300.00 [Appr.: EURO 1220.25 | £UK 1042.25 | JP¥ 205265]
Keywords: French Literature, Racine, French Drama, Illustrations
Oeuvres Complètes de Jean Racine.
Paris: Chez Deterville, de l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1796. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Four volumes. I: xx, 427pp.; II: [iv], 436pp.; III: [ii], 401pp.; IV: [ii], 488pp. I: []2, a8, [1]8, 28-268, 276; II: []2, 18-278, 282; III: []2, 14, 28-268, 272; IV: []2, 18-308, 314. With the half-titles present. Contemporary calf. With a frontispiece portrait of Racine by Santerre engraved by Gaucher, and 12 plates designed by Le Barbier; 5 in volume I, 5 in volume II, and 2 in volume III. The Le Barbier plates engraved by Baquoy, Dambrun, Dupréel, Gaucher, Halbou, Langlois jeune, Patas, Romanet, and Thomas. Cohen-De Ricci 849. From the library of Vincent F. Robinson, C.F.E. Parnham, with his bookplate in each volume. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1466
USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 704 | £UK 601.5 | JP¥ 118422]
Keywords: French Literature, Racine, French Drama, Illustrations
The Gentle Shepherd, a Pastoral Comedy.
Glasgow: Printed by A. Foulis, 1788. 0. Hardcover. Large quarto. [ii], x, [ii], 111, 17, 18pp. pi2, a2, b4, A4-O4, AA2-EE2. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked. With frontispiece portrait, 12 plates and 18 pages of music in uncolored aquatint by the Scottish artist, engraver, plate-publisher and bookseller, David Allan. This copy is extra-illustrated with 3 additional plates. First illustrated edition of The Gentle Shepherd. Gaskell 688; Abbey, Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 244; Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 444; Rothschild 1732. From the library of Chalmers Hadley. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1906
USD 950.00 [Appr.: EURO 891.75 | £UK 761.75 | JP¥ 150002]
Keywords: English Literature, Thetare, Poetry, Illustrated Books
The history of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham. By Mr. William Shakespear.
London: printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1734. 0. Soft cover. Duodecimo. 72pp. The fourth separately printed edition (?). Disbound. With an engraved frontispiece by P. Fourdrinier. ESTC T54739; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2115. The attribution to William Shakespeare is false; probably by Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Robert Wilson and Richard Hathway. Part (sig. B) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 10,000 copies printed. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2560
USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 422.5 | £UK 361 | JP¥ 71053]
Julius Caesar: a tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: Printed for Harrison and Co. no. 18, Paternoster-Row; and sold, likewise, by J. Wenman, Fleet-Street; and all other booksellers, 1780. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 19, [i]pp. A4-B4, C2. Printed in two columns. Disbound. With one engraved frontispiece plate. ESTC T29284; Cameron, W.J. Wenman's and Harrison's Theatrical magazine, 145 . Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2557
USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 178.5 | £UK 152.5 | JP¥ 30000]
King Henry V: a tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: Printed for Harrison and Co. no. 18, Paternoster-Row; and sold, likewise, by J. Wenman, Fleet-Street; and all other booksellers, 1780. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 19, [i]pp. A4-B4, C2. Printed in two columns. Disbound. Engraved frontispiece plate lettered: Publish'd by Harrison & Co. August 1, 1780. ESTC T29453. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2558
USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 178.5 | £UK 152.5 | JP¥ 30000]
The Merchant of Venice: a comedy; as it is acted at the theatres-royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: Printed for J. Wenman, no. 144 Fleet-Street; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, 1777. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 20pp. A4-B4, C2. In two columns. The same setting of type as the single-column format issued by Oxlade in 1777 (cataloged separately). Disbound. The frontispiece plate is entitled "Mr. Macklin in the character of Shylock" and was "Published by I. Wenman 1st June 1777". ESTC T39238. Theobald text. Possibly issued with The devil to pay by Charles Coffey (ESTC). Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2563
USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 178.5 | £UK 152.5 | JP¥ 30000]
Othello, the Moor of Venice: a tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: Printed for J. Wenman, no. 144 Fleet-Street; and sold by all other booksellers in town and country, 1777. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 22, [i]pp. A4-C4 [-C4]. In two columns. Disbound. Engraved copperplate frontispiece. ESTC T43496. According to the Folger card catalog, "A cut stage version, cheaply and carelessly printed, with no scene numbers and few scene divisions." Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2553
USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 178.5 | £UK 152.5 | JP¥ 30000]
Timon of Athens: a tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
London: Printed for Harrison and Co. no. 18, Paternoster-Row; and sold, likewise, by J. Wenman, Fleet-Street; and all other booksellers, 1780. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 19, [i]pp. A4-B4, C2. Printed in two columns. Disbound. With the engraved frontispiece portrait of Mr. Barry in the character of Timon lettered: Dodd del. Taylor scu. Publish'd by Harrison & Co. 1st June 1780. ESTC T50343. The text is close to Shakespeare's but not identical, being in small part taken from Cumberland's adaptation. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2559
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 164.25 | £UK 140.5 | JP¥ 27632]
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