[ SAMPSON, THOMAS ] .

The Rule of Life, In Select Sentences: Collected From the Greatest Authors Ancient and Modern.

London : Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms, in Pater-Noster Row MDCCLXXIX. [1779] . 0. A very good full leather binding. 12mo. 6.5" x 4.0" x 1.0". pp.ix,[1p.]/pp.297/[5pp. - Adverts]. Brown contemporary calf. Smooth spine with gilt banding and original red leather title label. Top & tail of spine and corners carefully repaired. Endpapers browned. Printed title-page with owner's red ink stamp: "I. Hardy" and black inked date: "26 July 1799." Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. Just a couple of sentences with old under-lining. VG.

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Book number: 50630

Catalogue: Literature: : 18th Century

Keywords: 52106 the Rule of Life J. Hinton Sampson, Thomas Literature: : 18th Century

BUTLER, SAMUEL, 1612-1680 / GREY, ZACHARY 1688-1766 / HOGARTH, WILLIAM 1697-1764 .

Hudibras, In Three Parts; Written in the Time of The Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, And A Preface, By Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts. The Second Edition.

London : Printed for C. Hitch, G. Hawkins, C. Bathurst, J. Tonson, J. Worral..[& 9 others, including T. Longman] , MDCCLXIV. [1764] . 0. A very good 2 volume set in matching full leather bindings. 8vo. 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.5" [21.5cm x 14.0cm x 4.0cm] , with 16 engravings as called for. Vol. I. : [2pp.]/pp.xxxvi/pp.424/[16pp.] With engraved frontis and 9 numbered plates (some folding) . Vol. 1 has frontispiece portrait of Butler engraved 1744 by G. Vertue. Vol. II. : [2pp.]/pp.446/[24pp.] with 6 numbered engravings (some folding). Original brown calf. Hinges carefully strengthened. Spines with 5 raised bands contrasting red and black labels (chipped) and gilt decorated compartments (rubbed). Both volumes with wear to edges. Small armorial bookplate to the verso of each front board: "Thomas M. Lowndes." Inner hignes carefully strengthened. Light toning to first few leaves and the last few leaves of each volume, otherwise clean text and engravings throughout. A very good set. ** Referenced by : ESTC T125418. *** " The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was begun, according to the title page, during the civil war and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678, with the first edition encompassing all three parts in 1684 . The Mercurius Aulicus (an early newspaper of the time) reported an unauthorised edition of the first part was already in print in early 1662. Published only four years after Charles II had been restored to the throne and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell being completely over the poem found an appreciative audience. The satire is not balanced as Butler was fiercely royalist and only the parliamentarian side are singled out for ridicule. Butler also uses the work to parody some of the dreadful poetry of the time. The epic tells the story of Sir Hudibras, a knight errant who is described dramatically and with laudatory praise that is so thickly applied as to be absurd, and the conceited and arrogant person is visible beneath. He is praised for his knowledge of logic despite appearing stupid throughout, but it is his religious fervour which is mainly attacked.. Fifty years after the last part was written a new edition was published, with illustrations by William Hogarth, one of the foremost artists of the day. The work remained popular for several centuries as a warning against the zealotry during the Civil War period of English history.. " - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 50460

Catalogue: Literature: : 18th Century

Keywords: Thomas M. Lowndes Vertue Hudibras Samuel Butler Van Der Gucht B. Moote Benjamin Motte Hogarth William Hogarth Literature: : 18th Century

FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE- 1651-1715.

The Adventures Of Telemachus, The Son Of Ulysses ... : complete in twenty four books. Originally written in French ... / by Francis Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon ... ; now newly translated ... by William Henry Melmoth

London : Printed only for Alex Hogg, at the King's Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster Row, [ca. 1785] 0. A very good later half calf binding. 4to. 26.8cm x 21.3cm x 3.6cm. pp.iv/pp.5 - 327/[17pp. - Index and subscribers' list]. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates by W. Grainger, C. Grignion, W. Walker, J. Collyer? and F. Bartolozzi after J. Vivien, C. Monnet, C. Eisen, J. Moreau and A. Kauffman, including a map (folding) by T. Conder. Brown calf spine and corners over thick marbled boards. Spine rubbed, 5 raised bands, and gilt title. Priz label to verso of the front board: "St. Mary's Medical School. Prize awarded to E. M. Brett, Psychological medicine - 1951". Later endpapers. Light toning to pages and engravings. Clear English text in paragraphs. VG.

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Book number: 45208

Catalogue: Literature: : 18th Century

Keywords: 46685 Alex Hogg the Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses... : Complete in Twenty Four Books. Originally Written in French by Francis Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon Literature: : 18th Century