[BURNET (Sir Thomas)]

A Second Tale of a Tub: or, The History of Robert Powel the Puppet-Show-Man.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition, 8vo, [4], 219, [5] pp., imprimatur leaf, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, hinges partly cracked, label, a nice copy. Written by the judge, traveller, diplomatist and pamphleteer, Sir Thomas Burnet, (with the collaboration of George Duckett). In fact the correspondence between Burnet and Duffett (Roxburghe 1914) makes it clear that this was a joint production. This political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, is far from being destitute of wit and humour and takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the somewhat physically deformed showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden. It also, of course, adopts the title of Swift's celebrated 'Tale of a Tub' (but is not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of this work's spurious sequels etc.).

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Book number: 41352

Keywords: POETRY IRELAND JOHNATHAN SWIFT SWIFTIANA SATIRE ENGLISH LITERATURE ECONOMICS

Burnet, [Sir], Thomas [1694 -1753]

Brief van den Ridder Thomas Burnet aan den Grave van Hallifax.

t'Amsterdam by Jacobus van Egmont, 1715. Recent gebonden in half linnen band. 56, 48 pag. Titelpagina in kopie. Schaars werkje.

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Book number: 101581

Burnet, Thomas

Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus : Or, an Inquiry Into the Doctrine of the Philosophers of All Nations, Concerning the Original of the World

London, E. Curil, 1736. Hardcover. Decorative cloth boards. Black leather corners and spine. 5 raised band spine with brown title blocks and gilt lettering. Decorative interior covers and end pages. Full edge yellow coloring. 275 pgs. VG Cover has general wear . Leather has dicoloration, peeling, staining, cracking. Spine has damage at hinge. Interior pages have age toning. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover.

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Book number: 188098

Catalogue: Misc

Keywords: Misc, Burnet ; Thomas Burnet ; ;

BURNET (Sir Thomas)

The Necessity of Impeaching the late Ministry. In a Letter to the Earl of Hallifax.

London: Printed, and sold by J. Roberts, 1715. First Edition, half-title, 3pp. of adverts. at end, 37, [3] pp., disbound. "Sir Thomas Burnet was the third and youngest son of Gilbert Burnet, bishop of Salisbury,.... he was notorious among the men of his time for debauchery and wit. Swift, writing of the Mohocks to Stella in 1712, says 'The bishop of Salisbury's son is said to be of the gang; they are all Whigs.'". - DNB.

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Keywords: POLITICS HISTORY

[BURNET, Sir Thomas, 1694-1753]

A Second Tale of a Tub: Or, the History of Robert Powel the Puppet-Show-Man [Hugh Selbourne's Copy]

London, Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1715. First Edition. Full Calf. First Edition of this wicked satire on statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (political power-broker and patron of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Daniel Defoe), taking its title from Swift's celebrated Tale of a Tub (but not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of spurious sequels to Swift's work). 8vo: [2],219,[5]pp, with frontispiece and imprimatur leaf. Variant with price 3s/6d on title page. Period calf ruled in blind, rebacked to style, red morocco lettering piece gilt, end papers renewed. From the library of bibliophile Hugh Selbourne, M.D. (1906-1973), with his discreet ownership stamp on two pages. (In an appreciation of Shelbourne's diaries, Hilary Mantle noted in The Guardian: "His passion is for antiquarian books, and he owns them by the yard; we are not talking about first editions of Dickens, but first editions of Erasmus, 'printed Basle, 1517'. His regular beat takes him to his private consulting rooms at St. John Street in the centre of Manchester, then to Shaw's, the book dealer .".) A handsome copy, clean and sound, with several abrasions to boards, marginal toning to some leaves, occasional spots and soiling, inoffensive ink blot to p. 195 obscuring four or five letters but not affecting sense. ESTC Citation N22063. McBurney 79. Lowndes 325 (calling it a satire on Sir Robert Walpole, ascribed to Thomas Duffet). Probably written with the collaboration of George Duckett, it casts an account of Harley's life as an allegory of a Machiavellian scoundrel who betrays family and friends in his rise to power and practice of ruthless state craft. The vehicle for this allegory is Martin Powell (fl. 1709-29), the physically deformed showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden (as shown in the frontispiece). The Tale portrays Harley as a puppet-master manipulating Swift and other hack writers in the service of the Tory faction. Though not a novel, per se, Second Tale of a Tub is seen by some as an important link between Swift's antecedent and Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (Eugene Korkowskia, Studies in the Novel, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 470-474). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Near Fine+ .

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Burnet, Thomas. -.

Thomas Burnett, D.D. Of the state of the dead, and of those that are to rise. Translated from the Latin. With remarks upon each chapter, and an answer to all the heresies therein. By Matthias Earbery, Presbyter of the Church of England.

London, Printed for H. Curll, in the Strand, 1727. 7, 244 S., [2] Bl. 19,5 cm. Ldr. d. Zeit mit reicher ornamentaler Rückenvergold u. 2 goldgeprägten Rückenschildern.
¶ [De statu mortuorum. Chapters 1-3, engl.]. - Erste englische Ausgabe der Arbeit über Tod und Auferstehung. Übersetzt aus der ersten lateinischen Ausgabe (1726) und posthum erschienen. Thomas Burnet (1635-1715), englischer Theologe und Verfasser einer kontrovers diskutierten Weltentstehungslehre. - Mit umfangreichen Anmerkungen und Kommentaren, u.a. zur Editionsgeschichte von Matthias Earbery (1690-1740). Seine Übersetzung war umstritten, weil er offenbar aus einem Exemplar übersetzte, dessen Echtheit von Burnes Testamentsvollstrecker und dessen Freunden angezweifelhaft wurde. Earbery nimmt dazu mehrfach Stellung. - Der schöne Einband mit wenigen Flecken, letzte Lage seitlich m. Feuchtrand

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Book number: 96358

Catalogue: Philosophie

Keywords: 18. Jh. / 18. Jahrhundert | 18th century; Auferstehung - Auferweckung - Überleben; Dogmatik - Konfessionskunde; Eschatologie; Geisteswissenschaften; Leder - Leather; Ledereinband - Ledereinbände - Lederausgabe - Leather Binding - Leather Edition; Philoso