[Drama]. Young, Dr. [Edward 1683 - 1765]

The BROTHERS. A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Gardern

London: Printed for J. Wenman, 1778. 1st edition thus (NCBEL II, 495; Stratman 6795). Disbound. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 18 pp. Double-column text. 8vo. Modest wear & soiling, age-toning. Very Good.

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Young, Edward (1683-1765)

The Complaint or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality ; to Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

Edinburgh, Printed for A. Guthrie, T. Brown, and Sylvester Doig, MDCCXCII [1792]. Leather Bound. pp. xii, A, 2-266, [plus two pages of publisher's advertisements]. 12mo. measuring 4.25" x 6.5". Period leather over boards with gilt lettering over maroon spine label; five gilt rules, six compartments, each housing gilt motifs, gilt borders to the boards. Striking engraved frontispiece, accompanied with engraved vignette to the title page depicting "death" visiting a man in his bed. Light rubbing and edgewear, superficial scuffs to the leather extremities, text-block remains remarkably bright, clean, and unmarked and with firm, sound binding; very good+. See OCLC #32649869. One of the most popular works of the 18th century, Young's 'Night-Thoughts' was originally published in a series of nine parts, or "nights", over the course of 1742-1745, and accompanied with notable engravings by William Blake. It would be rendered into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Welsh, Magyar, et al.

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Young, Edward (1683-1765.)

The Complaint: , or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. To Which Are Added, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and a Poem on the Last Day. First Edition

London: L. Millar and J. Dodsley, 1756. 8vo. 13 x 21cm. Contemporary calf, front hinged cracked but intact. vi, 418pp. Browning around edges of front blanks. Provenance: Benjamin Boddington andc the Countess de Montebello In-8 veau blond d'époque, dos à nerfs (reliure usée, rousseurs inégales). Frontispice gravé. Bonne édition ancienne des poésies de Young. De la bibliothèque Benjamin Boddington et de la comtesse de Montebello (ex-libris) Expertise by Jean-François Bétis F-40360 Donzacq. .

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YOUNG, EDWARD ( 1683 - 1765 ) / BOTTONI, GIUSEPPE (TRANSLATOR)

[ Delle ] Le Notti Di Young Traduzione Poetic Di Giuseppe Bottoni Si Auggiungono I Tre Canti Del Giudizio Universale Trasportati In Versi Italiani Da Clemente Filomarino Napoletano De Duchi Della Torre.

Vercelli : Dalla Tipografia Patria, MCCXXXCIII. [ 1783 ] . 0. Two volumes bound together. A very good 18th century Italian half leather binding.12mo. 12.3cm x 8.2cm x 4.0cm. pp.268/pp.250 . brown calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges and corners very rubbed and now carefully repaired. Flat spine with gilt banding and original lether title label: "Joung Le Notti". Light taining to endpapers, otherwise clean Italian text throughout. Half title to volume I with 20% loss. Title -page to both volumes. A very good copy of this scarce edition. ** "Edward Young ( Upham , July 3, 1683 - Welwyn Garden City , April 5, 1765 ) was a British poet. He was chaplain to George II of England and rector at Welwyn . He is the author of ' elegy Night Thoughts or lament (The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality). It was translated by Giuseppe Bottoni (Joseph Buttons )." - See Wikipedia . *** The titles to both books are:[1] : Si aggiungono i tre canti del giudizio universale trasportati in versi italiani da Clemente Filomarino Napoletano de' duchi Della Torre. - 268 p. [2] : Si aggiungono i due canti La forza della religione, o, L'amor vinto recati in versi italiani dal P. Francesco Soave C.R.S. - 250, [2] p.

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Catalogue: Italian: : 18th Century

Keywords: Dalla Tipografia Patria Vercelli Delle le Notti Di Young Traduzione Poetic Di Giuseppe Bottoni Si Auggiungono Tre Canti Del Giudizio Universale Trasportati in Versi Italiani Da Clemente Filomari 43888 Italian: : 18th Century

Young, Edward [1683 - 1765]. Danby, William [1752 - 1833]

EXTRACTS From YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS with Observations Upon Them. [bound with] EXTRACTS From, and OBSERVATIONS On, CICERO'S DIALOGUES, De Senectute and De Amicitia, and a Translation of His Somnium Scipionis, with Notes, &c

London: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. G. & F. Rivington.. and J. & G. Todd, York; & C. Upham, Exeter, 1832. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown paper boards, with printed paper title label to spine. vi, [2], 154; iv, 129, [3] pp. Volume concludes with 2 page list of the Author's works, as published by Rivington. Text block mostly unopened. 8vo. Chip from spine crown, otherwise a nice, original VG+ copy. Danby an English writer whose works infrequently appear in the trade. He is perhaps best known today as the one who recreated Stonehenge on his estate, as the "Druids' Temple". His house is now a hotel and his Stonehenge a picnickers' spot on nearby Forestry Commission land at Ilton. [Wiki].

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YOUNG Edward ( 1683 - 1765 ) - Pierre LE TOURNEUR ( tranducteur ) - Alexandre-Guillaume Mouslier de MOISSY :

Oeuvres complettes d'Young , traduites de l'Anglois , par M. Le Tourneur. Augmentées du Triomphe de la Religion , des Vérités Philosophiques , la Fille Séduite , les Jours d'Young , pour servir de Correctif aux Nuits. ( 5 vols in-12°).

10. Paris, chez Lejay, et se vends à Avignon chez Joseph Roberty ( au verso du faux titre ; se vends à Lille chez J.B. Henry ), 1770, 5 vols in-12°, 17,5 x 10,5 cm, vol.I ; (4) pp nn (frontispice gravé) + liv pp + 120 pp ; vol.II (2) pp nn + 176 pp. Vol.III ; (4) pp nn (titre inclus) + 152 pp + (2)pp nn (table). Vol IV ; (6) pp nn ( frontispice et titre inclus) + 152 pp + (2)pp nn (table). Vol. V ; (2) pp nn ( faux titre) + viii + 167 pp + (1)pp nn (approbation). Reliure demi-cuir vert d'époque avec des couvertures en papier bleu marbré, dos lisse sans titre. petit cachet ovale de collection en encre rouge (J.DEF ?) sur qq. pages, petit cachet circulaire de bibliothèque sur les versos des pages de titre. Série en bon état. Édition très rare de la traduction des oeuvres d' Edward Young par Pierre Le Tourneur. On connait deux éditions de 1769 à Paris des Nuits d'Young ( 2 vols in-12°) . Les deux gravures de notre édition ont très probablement servi pour cettes éditions. La première édition des oeuvres complètes répertoriée par Cioranesco et aussi la Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris) et le Bodleian (Oxford) est de 1796 (Cioranescu 39990). Dans notre édition les Nuits de Young remplissent les trois premiers volumes et 16 pp. du quatrième volume. Le 4ième vol. contient encore Le Jugement Dernier , Le Triomphe de la Religion sur l'Amour , Paraphrase du Livre de Job, Épitre à Voltaire et Pensées. Le volume 5 est un texte de Moissy ; ''Vérités philosophiques d'Young. Traduction de M. Le Tourneur, mise en Vers libres par M. De Moissy pour servir de suite aux Nuits d'Young''. Cette édition est également inconnue à Cioranescu et la BN. (voyez Cioranescu 45776 pour une édition de Paris-Rouan de la même année). .

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