[PALM SUNDAY.]

Office du Dimanche des Rameaux, Latin et Francois, a l'usage de Rome.

[S. I.] 1778. Large 8vo, 213 x 140 mms., pp. xl, 124, handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt borders on cover, spine ornately gilt in compartments to a floral motif, olive morocco labels, all edges gilt, and with the arms of Louis-Philippe I, Duc d'Orleans (1725 - 1785) in the centre of both covers; corners a little worn, but a fine and attractive copy, with two small library stamps, a small circular one on the verso of the front free end-paper of the Seminary of Jaruini, and on the top margin of the title-page the stamp of Grof Szechenyi Miklos. The Roman Catholic Church had a liturgy for each day of the week for Palm Sunday. Louis Philippe d'Orléans was known as le Gros; a member of the House of Bourbon, he greatly increased the wealth of the House of Orleans, which not exactly strapped for cash in any case. He married his cousin, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, by whom he had three children, but because of adultery and extra-marital affairs, Louis-Philippe's father, Louis le Pieux, refused to regard any of the children as legitimate. His library was sold at auction in 1787.

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PHILIPS (Katherine):

Poems by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French.

London Printed by T. N. for H. Herringman at the Sign of the Blew Anchoar in the Lower Walk of the New Rxchange. 1678. Folio, 27 x 171 mms., pp. [xxvi], 198, [6], 124, with imprimatur on leaf c4v: Imprimatur. Aug. 20. 1667. Roger L'Estrange, divisional title page on leaf Z1r: Translations. By K. Philips, contemporary calf, dark red morocco label; lacks portrait, water-stained throughout,edges browned small hole in lower margin of A1 very slightly affecting text; with an ownership inscription on top margin of title-page: "Ann Pierrepont Her Booke Aug: 1699." With the ownership ticket of Dr. Richard Luckett (1945- 2000), of Magdalen College, Oxford on the front paste-down end-paper and some of his notes and cut-out prices from old catalogues loosely inserted at end, and one leaf of handwritten notes, probably in his hand. Philips (1631 - 1664; née Fowler) married at the age of 16 James Philips, her stepbrother (the son of her mother's second husband). Her poems circulated in manuscript longer before the first edition was published in the year of her death; she objected to the publication, and copies were withdrawn from sale. This posthumous edition, which was shepherded through the press by Sir Charles Cotterel, contains another 47 poems. Her work was virtually unknown, unresearched, and unappreciated until the last 30 years of the 20th century. Wing P 2033.

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POPE (Alexander):

Les Principes de la Morale et du Gout. Traduits de l'Anglois de M. Pope Par M. du Resnel .... Nouvelle edition, Augmentee de la Boucle de Cheveux Enlevee, Poeme Heroi-Comique. [And] Examen de l'Essay de M.Pope sur l'Homme, Par M. de Crousaz.

A Paris, Chez Briasson..., 1748. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 88 mms., pp. [viii], lvi, [4], 296, 168, contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label; top of spine chipped. With the name "Daureillan" in a contemporary hand on the title-page. Contained in a late 18th or an early 19th century pull-off case (or slipcase) of sheepskin, 173 x 115 mms., gilt border on back and front of case, and within a gilt lozenge the name "Maria Miccioni," spine gilt. An attractive item. These translations of Pope's Essay on Man, Essay on Criticism, and The Rape of the Lock seem to proliferate exponentially after about 1727, when du Resnel's translations were published

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POPE (Alexander):

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Eight Volumes. With his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. Together with all his Notes.

London: Printed for J. Buckland, and T. Longman. 1777. 8 volumes. Small 8vo (in 4s), 156 x 92 mms., pp. [viii], 284; [ii] ii, 272; [iv], ii, 6] 7 - 282; [iv] v - [10], 11 - 351 [253 blank]; [viii], 9 - 286; [iv] v - xii, [13 - 16] 17 - 282; [iv] v - xiv, [16 - 18] 19 - 308 [308 blank]; [iv] v - xi, [12] 13 - 285 [286 blank], including half-titles, engraved portrait of Pope in volume 1, handsomely bound in full contemporary tree calf, gilt rules on covers, spines in gilt compartments against red background, with Prince of Wales's feathers in gilt on each spine; front joint volume 1 rubBed, corners very slightly rubbed, but a very good and attractive set., with a contemporary presentation on the top margin of each title-page, "The Gift of T. E. Nixon/ to/ A Carring." George IV (1762–1830) was created Prince of Wales a few days after his birth on 12 August 1762 and would have been 15 when this set was published, but the binding is probably not exactly contemporary and almost certainly has no tangible association with George IV as Prince of Wales. Given that there were reprints of Pope's works in their dozens in the 18th century, I think it is unlikely that this one has any particular textual interest, but I have never had a binding with featuring the feathers of rhe Prince of Wales on the spines.

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QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Editio prioribus correctior.

Amstelodami juxta Exemplar Elzeviriorum 1690. 16mo, 110 x 58 mms., pp. 271 [272 - 287 Index, 288 blank], including fine engraved title-page, later 18th century or early 19th century red morocco, gilt border on covers, gilt spine, all edges gilt, and with a fine fore-edge painting depicting rowing boats and ships, with three individuals in the foreground to the right of two classical pillars, and an island in the background - perhaps an allusion to the battle of Issus, in 333 BC. Inscribed on the recto of the leaf preceding the title-page, "To Charles Gleadhall from Walter Fawkes Edwards, 3rd August 1833." The Charles Gleadhall (also spelled Gleadall) of the inscription, the person to whom this Curtius was presented, was a solicitor in Halifax, Yorkshire, who lived some of his life in South Kirkby (which has also been spelled -- or misspelled -- South Kirby) in Yorkshire. He died in 1865, at the age of 50 (see the paragraph-long biographical note in The Admission Register of the Manchester School, 1874, Vol. 3, Part 2, p. 199). The man who gave this Curtius to Gleadhall / Gleadall was Walter Fawkes Edwards (1815-1836), who also had roots in Halifax, Yorkshire. It has been said that Walter Fawkes Edwards was named after Walter Fawkes, M.P. (1769-1825), the major patron of J. M. W. Turner. Apparently Walter Fawkes (1769-1825) was something like a godfather to Walter Fawkes Edwards (1815-1836). Fawkes Edwards and Gleadhall were both born in 1815, so both would have been 18 when the book was given. Walter Fawkes Edwards's father was the bookseller Thomas Edwards (1762-1834), whose firm in Halifax was well-known for their innovative bookbinding, and renowned for their fore-edge paintings. Despite the rather engaging provenance, the fore-edge painting does not come from Edwards of Halifax and is definitely not by Thomas Edwards, but was probably done in the mid 20th cen tury. Editions of Curtius' de Rebis Gestos Alexandri Magni, edited by J. J. Potanus, were published by Elzevir in 1633, 1670, and 1673, and this appears to be a revised version. One copy located in Basel.

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SHENSTONE (William):

The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq. The Fifth Edition [volumes 1 and 2]. A New Edition [volume 3].

London: Printed for J. Dodsley..., 1777. 3 volumes. Small 8vo, 180 x 125 mms., pp. 332 [333 - 334 Contents]; vii [viii blank], 345 [346 blank], viii, 360, engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page in volumes 1 and 2, engraved tail-piece in volume 1, folding engraved plan of The Leasowes at page 287 in volume 2, attractively bound in contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt border roll on covers, spine ornately gilt to a bird and cup balanced on urn motif, represent in three separate panels on each spine, red and olive morocco labels; bookplate crudely removed from front paste-down end-paper of each volume, front joint volume 1 slightly cracked, top of spine volume 1 very slightly chipped, upper rear joint volume 2 very slightly chipped, but generally a fine and attractive set, with ornaments that resemble those used by Scott of Edinburgh, with the contemporary autograph of F or T Pope on the top margin of each title-page. Shenstone (1714 - 1763) is little read, or likely to be read, these days, but Samuel Johnson had some praise for some of his poems, concluding his remarks in The Lives of the Poets, by saying, "The general recommendation of Shenstone is easiness and simplicity; his general defect is want of comprehension and variety. Had his mind been better stored with knowledge, whether he could have been great, I know not; he could certainly have been agreeable."

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TASSO (Torrquato):

Aminta Favola Boscareccia.

In Leida. Presso Giovanni Elsevier. 1656. 12mo, 128 x 73 mms., pp. [xxii], 84, contemporary or slightly later embroidered binding, with crowns in silver threads against a dark brown background, all edges gilt, with the late 17th or early 18th century bookplate of Charles-Louis Texier, comte d'Hautefeuille or possibly his father, Jacques Etienne Louis Texier, comte d'Hautefeuille on the front paste-down end-paper; no free end-papers, slight worming of lower front cover of binding, remnants of ties, but in general in very good shape for an embroidered binding. Tasso (1544 - 1595) composed Aminta in 1573 for a garden party at the court of Ferrara. "The play has a pastoral theme, and is set in the time of Alexander the Great. The characters are shepherds and nymphs. The story is about Aminta's love for the beautiful nymph Silvia, who does not return his attentions and prefers hunting. She risks rape at the hands of a Satyr but Aminta saves her; however, again she flees from him. Aminta, finding her blood-stained veil, attempts to kill himself. Now Silvia is remorseful, comes back to cry over Aminta's body who is still alive, and the two can happily marry, following the advice that older and wiser friends had been giving them" (Wikipedia).

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VALLA (Lorenzo):

Laurentii Vallae De linguae latinae elegantia libri sex. Eiusdem de Reciprocatione Sui & Suus, libellus apprimè vtilis. Vna cu[m] Epitomis Iodoci Badij Ascensij, nec non Antonij Mancinelli Lima: His accesserunt perdoctae annotationes eruditissimi viri Ioannis Theodorici Bellouaci: qui locos insuper è variis authoribus à Valla citatos, ex codicum Ciceronis, Quintiliani, Liuii & aliorum fideli collatione reposuit, germanaeq[ue] integritati restituit. Cum Indice multo quam antea locupletiore.

Parisiis. Apud Simonem Colinaeum. 1544. 4to, 215 X 145 mms., pp. [xxii], 331 [332 text, 333 Errata, 334 blank], title-page within ornamental border, handsomely bound in fine 18th century red morocco, with ornate gilt borders on covers, double cone shape within gilt oval border on each cover as well, spine ornately gilt in compartments to a floral motif, all edges gilt; title-page mounted, spine very slightly creased, other slight wear to binding, but generally a fine and attractive copy, with the Kinnaird bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper - possibly that of Charles Kinnaird Eighth Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780–1826). Valla (1407 - 1457) published this volume in 1471, as the first textbook on the "elegances of the Latin language" since late antiquity, and it was used in schools all over Europe, though I somehow doubt that this sumptuous binding was the property of an 18th century British school boy. He was an enthusiastic polemicist, and his tart assessments of classical authors, particularly Cicero, did not win friends and influence people. He never married, but had three children by his Roman mistress. Ulick Peter Burke makes this assessment of him: "An aggressive man, even for that age of intellectual gladiators, Valla made enemies easily. A professional heretic, he was well suited for his role as a critic of authority and orthodoxy. As one colleague observed about his notorious comparison of Cicero and Quintilian: Valla wrote simply to disturb people. There is no doubt about his success in this respect. More than 50 years later, in the age of Luther and of the great European humanist Erasmus, his barbs were still felt. Many of his criticisms of established ideas were pedantic and quibbling, but some were penetrating. He was disliked for his "impudence," "presumption," "temerity," and "sacrilege." In an age when many traditions were held sacred, Valla's sacrilege fulfilled an important intellectual and social function." This is a reprint of the Paris, 1540 edition by the same Simon de Colines. Cf. Renouard, Ph. Bibliographie des éditions de Simon de Colines. Nieuwkoop, 1962, p. 400. Copies located in National Art Gallery (London), Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Eastern Cluster Collection (Lutheran).

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WATTS (Isaac):

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, adapted for public worship.

London: Haddon's Diamond Stereotype Edition. 1822. 48mo, 89 x 42 mms., pp. 367 [368 - 400 indexes], engraved title-page, attractively bound in full crushed olive morocco, gilt spine, gilt border on covers, all edges gilt. A fine copy. Uncommon: the only copy that I have located is in the BL.

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WHITBY (Daniel):

A Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament. In Two Volumes. The First, containing The Four Gospels, and the Acts of the Holy Apostles. The Second, All the Epistles, with a Discourses of the Millennium. To which is added, A Chronology of the New Testament. A Map, and Alphabetical Table of all the Places Mentioned in the Gospels, Acts, or the Epistles. With Tables to each, Of the Matters contained, and of the Words and Phrases explained throughout the whole Work. The Second Edition.

London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row. 1706. 2 volumes. Folio, 313 x 193 mms., pp. [xvi],xlviii, 720 [721 - 732 indexes]; [viii], xl, 742 [743 - 748 Chronological Index, 749 - 789 tables and indexes, 750 blank], folding engraved map between pages 748 and 749 in volume 2, handsomely bound circa 1830 by Hering, with the stamp, "Bound by Hering/ 9 Newman Street" on the verso of the front free marbled end-paper in each volume, contemporary plum morocco with a lozenge on each cover, surrounded by 90 degree triangles with acorn motif and the gilt arms of John Lumly Savile, Eighth Earl of Scarborough, within lozenge, with large gilt armorial shield within large lozenge on covers, gilt spine, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; some occasional foxing and slight staining to some margins from the gilding process, but a fine and attractive set, with the Rufford Abbey bookplate on the verso of the leaf preceding the title-page in each volume. Whitby (1737/8 - 1726) published this work in part in 1700, followed by a second volume in 1703. An anti-Catholic Arminian, Whitby found his work unacceptable in many quarters, but it was frequently reprinted in the 18th century. Ramsden, London Book Binders, 1780 - 1840 (1987), page 81.

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