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Click here to subscribe[Nichols (J.)ed] Long (roger) and John Taylor,ÿTwo Music Speeches at Cambridge, Spoken at Public Commencements..., 8vo L. 1819. unopened, orig. boards;ÿA Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 8vo L. 1796.ÿThird Edn., with m/ss annots, cont. full calf;ÿHolloway (Wm.)ÿA General Dictionaryÿof Provincialisms, Sussex Press, Lewes 1838. Full vellum. B.P.'s. (3)
Scaligeri (Jos.) & Barthii (Casp)Eds.,ÿPervigiluim Veneris, ex Editione Petri Pithoei, cum ejus & Justi Lipsii Notis;... 8vo The Hague (H. Scheurleer) 1712. Red & bl. title, wd. cut decor. initials etc;ÿHavercampus (Sig.)ed.ÿEutropii Breviarum Historiae Romanae, Cum Metaphrasi Graeca Paeanii,... 8vo Leyden (Joh. Arnold Langerak) 1729. Red & bl. title, engd. head, m/ss annots in parts, both cont. full vellum. B.P.'s. (2)
Stephanus (Henricus) Epigrammata Graeca, selecta ex Anthologia, Inerpretata ad verbu, and carmine, ab Henrico Stephano: quaedam & ab aliis. Loci aliquot ab eodem annotationibus illustrati 8vo [Paris] (Henricus Stephanus) 1570. First Edn., Text in Greek and Latin, wd. cut printers device on title, wd. cut heads, [8], 311pp., some cont. m/ss notes, later full vellum, gilt tooled spine, mor. label. B.P. Very good copy. (1)
Saint-Croix (M.)ÿExamen Critique des Anvciens Historiens D'Alexandre - Le - Grand, thick lg. 4to Paris (Bachelier) 1810.ÿSecond Edn., hf. title, fold. table, lg. fold. map, & 7 maps & plts. (6 fold.), cont. full calf, triple gilt fillet borders, spine with gilt d‚cor. in panels, label lacking, otherwise good. B.P. (1)
English Poetry:ÿ Bloomfield (Robert)ÿRural Tales, Ballads and Songs, sm. 8vo L. 1802.ÿSecond Edn., engd. port. frontis, t.e.g.; Bloomfield (R.)ÿMayday with the Muses, sm. 8vo L. (for the Author) 1822,ÿSecond Edn., illus. t.e.g., cont. straight grained crimson mor.;ÿalsoÿThe Farmer's Boy, A Rural Poem, Sm. 8vo L. 1802. Sixth Edn., hf. title, wd. cut frontis & illus. t.e.g., fine cont. straight ground crimson mor., by A.M. Pickering;ÿBrydges (Sir Egerton)ÿBertram: A Poetical Tale, In Four Cantos. 12mo L. (Bensley & Son) 1816.ÿSecond Edn., vignette title, some neat underlining and some neat m/ss notes, cont. hf. crimson mor.;ÿRose (Wm. Stewart)ÿThe Court and Parliament of Beasts, ... translated from Giambattista Casti, A Poem. 12mo L. (J. Murray) 1819. Hf. title, a.e.g., cont. full calf, lacks mor. label;ÿArmstrong (J.)ÿTheÿArt of Preserving Health, ... Critical Essay on the Poem, by J. Aikin. Sm. 8vo L. 1795. Hf. title, 4 engd. plts. A.e.g. cont. str. grained green mor. All v. good. B.P.s. (6)
Scrap Album:ÿ An early 19th Century Scrap Album, mostly 1800 - 1830, extensive collection of varied items, including visiting cards, from all over the Continent & Britain, invitations to Balls, Exhibitions, to dine etc., numerous m/ss letters and notes. Some lottery tickets, some orig. sketches, concert programmes, ballad sheets, poster etc., and with most interesting contemporary newscutting thro-out, hundreds & hundreds of items. An unusual collection, as an Album, w.a.f. (1) * It appears the Album was assembled by Lady Elizabeth Fielding, who was the mother of Wm. Henry Fox Talbot, the pioneering photographer.
Manuscript of Italian Novellaÿ Manuscript:ÿL'Iscrizione Novella del Cav. Clementino Vannetti Roveretano Signor di Villanova Accademico Fiorentino.. 1790, Dedicated to Conte Anton Maria Borromeo by Giulio Bernadino Tomitano, Oderso 1801, 4to 1801. With attractive decorated title with device of an owl on a stone, and with monogram of T.W. Gaisford, 12pp., sewn into an associated tree calf binding, with tooled gilt borders, worn. Rare. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) * The author, Clementino Vannetti of Rovereto (1754-1795), was a prolific writer of prose and poetry in Latin and Italian, imitating the styles of Horace and Dante - also of picaresque short stories in the style of Boccaccio.ÿ This MS appears to be a transcript of one of his stories made by the bibliophile Giulio Bernardino Tomitano of Oderzo (1761-1828) for fellow-bibliophile Anton-Maria Borromeo (1724-1813), a collector of Italian novelle.ÿ He evidently did not think much of his text, concluding with the pithy comments: ?Finisce de ludibrio Turdi Rustici? and ?Salus scriptoris commendetur omnibus horis?.
French Literature:ÿ [Mouchet]ÿDictionaire contenant les Anecdotes Historiques de L'Amour, depuis le commencement du Monde jusqu'a jusqu'a ce jour. 5 vols. Troyes 1811, cont. hf. mor.;ÿde Beausobre (Issac)ÿHistoire de la Refomation, ou Origine et progress du Lutheranism, 4 vols. Berlin 1785, cont. mottled calf, mor. labels;ÿ[Voltaire]ÿContes de Guillaume Vad‚, 8vo n.p. 1764, with lg. wd. cut vignette title, hf. title, cont. calf, mor. label;ÿJordan, ed.,ÿHistoire de La Vie et des Ouvrages de Mr. La Croze, 2 Parts, 1 vol. 12mo Amsterdam (F. Changuin) 1741 hf. title Vol. I, 2 red & bl. title with engd. vignettes, cont. calf;ÿBonaparte (Napoleon-Louis)ÿDes Idees Napoleoniennes, roy 8vo Lond. 1839. cont. hf. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label;ÿMemoires de M. de Bourrienne, Ministre D'Etat sur Napoleon, 10 vols. Paris 1829, hf. calf, gilt spines; & 14 others on Napoleon etc; together 36 vols leather bound. As a lot, B.P.s. (36)
In Fine Bindings 17th Century French Female Studies: Cousin (M. Victor) Madame de Longuevill, 8vo Paris (Didier) 1853; Madame de Sable, 8vo Paris 1854; Madame de Hautefort et Madame de Chevreuse, and Madame de Chevreuse et Madame de Hautefort, both Paris 1856. Together 4 vols., a.e.g., all in unusual full floral crimson mor., gilt fillet borders, & gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.'s. V. good copies. (4)
ZonaraÿÿLa Prima [- La Seconda - La Terza] Parte dell Historie di Giovanni Zonara, Consigliere Supremo, ... Tradotto da M. Lodovico Dolce, et Nuovamente Ristampata,... M. Agostino Ferentilli. 3 Parts in one Volume, 4to Venice (Gabriel Giolito) 1571, [9] leaves, 260pp; [9] leaves, 292pp; [9] leaves, 262pp. Wd. cut devices on titles & on verso of end leaves in parts II & III, wd. cut heads, fine wd. cut initials, 4 fine wd. illus. first title dam. with some loss, & repaired, some damp stains, later hf. vellum, mor. label. B.P. (1)
Savonarola -ÿÿPrediche del Reverendo padre Fra Gieronimo da Ferrara per tutto l'anno nuovamente con summa diligentia ricoretto, 8vo Venice (G.A. di Volpini) 1540. 7ffs [4], 401, wd.-cut title vignette, wd. cut initials, title with small pce at base cut away (not affecting text) 13ffs lacking between 81 and 94, cont. m/ss annots. & comments thro-out, full orig. vellum; also Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus de Universi Natura, interprete Ludovico Nogarola.. 8vo (H. Commelini) 1595.ÿThird Edn., wd. cut device on title, 59, [4], 48pp;ÿBound with,ÿSylburgii (Fred.)ÿSaracenica siue Moamethica, 8vo Heidelberg (H. Commelini) 1595. Wd. cut device on title, [8], 152pp, text in Greek & Latin, 17th Century calf, joints cracked. B.P. (2)
Lenygon (Francis)ÿDecoration in England from 1660 to 1770, andÿFurniture in England from 1660 to 1760, 2 vols. lg. folio Lond. (Batsford) 1914; also,ÿJourdain (M.) English Decoration and Furniture, 1500 - 1650 and 1760 - 1820, 2 vols. lg. folio Lond. (Batsford) 1920. all profusely illustrated, all uniform crimson cloth. V. good. (4)
Bindings: French Literature:ÿ de Monmerque et P. Paris,ÿLes Historiettes de Tallemant des Reaux, 9 vols. Paris 1854,ÿThird Edn., cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines;ÿVan Limburg Brouwer (P.) Histoire de la Civilisation Morale et Religieuse des Grecs, 6 vols. Graniger 1833, cont. catspaw calf, spines profusely gilt;ÿAuger -ÿÿPeuvres Complettes de Demosthene et D'Eschine, 6 vols. Angers 1804, engd. frontis fold. map, cont. calf, gilt spines;ÿMelanges de Critique et de Philologie; par S. Chardon de la Rochette, 3 vols. Paris 1812, cont. calf, gilt spines, mor. labels;ÿHistoire d'Herodote, Traduite du Grec. 9 vols. 8vo Paris 1802, cont. full calf;ÿde Barante (M.)ÿHistoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Maison de Valois, 1364 - 1477, 8 vols. Paris 1842. Wd. cut illus. thro-out, cont. mor. backed boards. Together 41 vols. As a lot, w.a.f. (41)
Anconitanus (Cyriaco)ÿInscriptiones seu Epigrammata Graeca, et Latina Reperta per Illyricum a Cyriaco Anconitano apud Liburnian Designatis locis, ubi quaeque inventa sunt cum Descriptione Iteneris. Folio rome (Greg. Roiseccum) 1747. Wd. cut decor. on title, wd. cut illus., orig. boards. B.P. (1) * Two m/ss owners signature, 'L. Kulenkamp, 1774,' and 'G. Werndork, Stelmst d. 13 Jul. 1797.'
Howth Castle Rent Book, 1766ÿ Manuscript:ÿ A large folio Ledger, containing approx. 140pp of full or partial manuscript entries of tenants, re rents etc., with dates, amounts owed etc., the last entries appear to be about 1780's, together with some m/ss documents related, loosely inserted. In orig. full panelled suede binding, brass bound, and with mor. label, lettered in gilt 'Rent Book 1766,' In very good condition, as a m/ss, w.a.f. An important document. (1)
El Escorial:ÿÿRepresentacion del Monasterio de S. Lorenzo el Real del Escorial,ÿFabrica del Prudentismo Rey. Philippo II, Coronada Con la Magestuofa Obra de la Campilla Insigne del Pantheon. Par El Rey Catholicis Philippo IV El Grande. Dedicada al Invicto Martir Esq. S. Lorenzo. Lg. Atlas folio. title lg. oval m/ss title within a fine engraved border, a lg. full page Portrait of Philip II, 8 lg. double page & 6 full page engd. views, plans & designs, mostly signed P.P or P. Perret, Antwerp, Sculp. Regis fe. 1598, together with 4 lg. cont. engravings by Titian & others, one dated 1569. As a collection, a contemporary compilation, in an early full vellum binding, w.a.f. (1)
Greek: [Gaisford (Dean Thos.)] Small manuscript in Greek, the work includes notes on the Work of Dionysius Thras (170-90 B.C.), another of the first Greek Grammar; Georgius Choeroboscus, a 9th Century Byzantine grammarian; the Greek poet Hesiod and the legal commentaries of Aelius Marcianus. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Greek Literature: Schweighaevser (Johannes) Epicteri Dissertationum Ab Arriano Digestarum Libri IV Eiusalem Enchiridion, et deperditis Sermonibus Fragmenta, 6vols 8vo Leipzig (Weidmannia) 1799 - 1800. Orig. sprinkled calf, gilt borders; Heyne (Chr. Gottl.) Pindari Carmina cum Lectionis Varietate et Adnotationibus.. 3 vols. 8vo Gottingen (Jo. Christ. Dieterich) 1798. Some orig. m/ss notes by Thos. Gaisford, straight grained calf; Hermannus (Godofredus) Aeschyli Tragoediae, 2 vols. 8vo Leipzig, 1852. Port. frontis m/ss notes by T. Gaisford, cont. hf. calf, gilt spines; & 14 others, together 25 vols. As a lot, w.a.f. (25)
Boulainvilliers (M. le Comte de) La Vie de Mahomed; avec Des reflexions sur la Religion Mahometane, & les Coutumes des Musulmans. Sm. 8vo Amsterdam (Pierre Humbert) 1731. Second Edn., red & bl. title with wd. cut decoration, decorated heads & tails, (4) 442 pp + 2pp Catalogue, cont. calf backed boards, mor. label. B.P. V. good. (1)
Dean Gaisford's 'Magnum Opus' With Important Correspondence etc., included Gaisford (Dean Thomas)ÿEtymologicon Magnum, seu verius Lexicon saipissime vocabulorum origines indagans ex pluribus lexicis scholiastis et grammaticis anonymi cuisdam opera concinnatum. Lg. thick folio Oxford (e Typographeo Academico) 1848. Frontis fac-simile, engd. vignette on title, strongly bound cont. hf. calf, raised bands. With the Den's bookplate. The Etymologicum Magnum, compiled in Constantinople c 1150, is the largest Byzantine lexicon, collating and expanding the works of many previous scholars.ÿ It was first printed at Venice in 1499.ÿ Gaisford?s work, the fruit of much careful scholarship, remains the most recent complete edition. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ This copy has tipped in at back: table giving details of print run and costs, also a review and an obituary of Gaisford. Pasted at front: 1. 10 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from B.P. Symons, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, offering Gaisford on behalf of the delegates of the OUP an honorarium of œ1000. 2. Draft reply from Gaisford declining the offer, suggesting he might be given 20 free copies instead, and commenting on the proposed price of the book. 3. 16 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from Symons agreeing his proposal. 4. 15 June 1855 Note from Symons expressing the delegates? gratitude for Gaisford?s work (he had died on 2 June). Enclosures: ú Letter to Gaisford dated 22 March 1817 from Edward Everett, the 23-year-old Professor Greek at Harvard who was then studying at G”ttingen, discussing German projects to publish a text of the Etymologicum, and reporting in detail on the experiments of Carl Friedrich Sicker to unroll some of the papyri discovered at Herculaneum (he destroyed several in the process).ÿ Everett (1794-1865) continued his brilliant and multi-faceted career as politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator.ÿ Today he is best remembered as the featured speaker at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg in 1863; his learned oration, lasting over two hours, has been somewhat overshadowed by Lincoln?s 271-word address that succeeded it. ú M/ss of a long (11 pp, folio) discourse on Gaisford?s Etymologicum, published in the G”ttingen Literary Advertiser, 6 Nov. 1848. ú Draft petition of Gaisford to the Council of State of the Duke of Brunswick, 23 July 1846, requesting the transmission to England of the MS at Wolfenb?ttel of the Etymologicon Gudianum, on the grounds that the edition published at Leipzig is defective and he would like to consult the original as part of his research for a new edition of the Etymologicon Magnum. úÿ ?The advantages of a liberal education.?ÿ MS page of verses ?by Thomas Gaisford A.D. 179-.? ú Draft letter from Gaisford, 24 Oct [1843] wishing to purchase a copy of the Lexicon Etymologicum, listed in the catalogue of the Royal Library at Naples. ú Letter to Thomas Gaisford (junior) from Paul Butler of Down Ampney, Cricklade, 8 Aug 1872, enclosing preceding item (?) ú Draft proposal by Gaisford for a second edition of his Suidae Lexicon (2 vols, 1834).
Rare First Editionÿ Hogg (William)ÿÿParaphrasis Poetica in Tria Johannis Miltoni, Viri Clarissimi, Poemata,... 8vo London (J. Darby) 1690. Red & bl. title, within dble lines, XXXVI, 510pp, probably missing either preliminary blank, A1 or page following title, cont. owners signature 'Ex Libris Tho. Richarson' on title, further m/ss inscription on front loose blank, 'Ex dono D.D. Dan Coxe June,' all orig. blanks present, orig. calf, worn, mor. label, upr. cover loose. B.P. Scarce. (1)
Diogeres Laertius:ÿÿDiogenous Laertiou peri bion, dogmatou.... Diogenis Laertri De uitis, decretis, & responsis celebrium philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi,ÿ 4to Basle (Froben) 1533. First Edn.? Printers wd.-device on title, also some cont. m/ss notes, wd.-cut initials, cont. annots. in margins thro-out, (8), 573pp, some mis-pagination, pp. 557 - 573 damp stain in lower rt. corner, m/ss note on front loose blank explaining the m/ss annots in text, later full calf, blind tooled decor., mor. label. B.P. (1)
Delepierre (M. Octave)ÿMacaroneana ou Melanges de Litterature Macaronique des Differents Peuples de l'Europe, 8vo Brighton 1852. cont. tan calf, tooled gilt borders, spine attractive gilt tooled in panels, mor. label, B.P.;ÿLespy (V.)ÿGrammaire Bearnaise suivie d'un Vocabulaire Francais - Bernaise, 8vo Pau 1858. Finger marks thro-out, 1 leaf dam & repaired mor. backed boards;ÿCarminum Rariorum Macaronicorum Delectus, In Usum Ludorum Apollinarum. 8vo Edin. 1801; Bound with:ÿÿDuncan (A.)ÿElogiorum Sepulchralium Edinensium Delectus, Monumental Inscriptions selected from Burial Grounds at Edinburgh, 8vo Edin. 1815, & Bound with 3 other items, hf. mor.;ÿLacombe (M.)ÿDictionaire du Vieux Langage Francois, 2 vols. 8vo Paris 1766/67, cont. mottled calf;ÿSalmon (M.)ÿDictionaire Anglais - Francais... 2 vols. Paris 1827, calf. (7)
Periodicals:ÿÿ Acta Regia: or, An Account of the Treaties, Letters and Instruments, Between the Monarchs of England and Foreign Powers, published in Rymer's Foedera... . Trans. from French of Mr. Rapin and published by M. le Clerc. 2 vols. 8vo L. 1726. Published Monthly. Engd. portraits thro-out, cont. panel calf;ÿThe Anti-Jacobin or Weekly Examiner, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1799., cont. hf. calf, gilt d‚cor. spines. B.P.s. (4)
In Fine Binding Certificate: A printed certificate in Latin declaring that Thomas Gaisford has been admitted to the Bavarian Royal Academy of Literature and Science, dated at Munich, 28 November 1848. With accompanying m/ss letter from the President. In an attractive roy 8vo slip case in crimson mor., with gilt tooled floral borders. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Pamphlets: An important collection of early 19th Century Pamphlets, mostly of Oxford & Cambridge interest, approx. 20 items, including the following: 1. Gladstone (Rt. Hon. W.E.) Remarks on the Royal Supremacy as it is defined by Reason, History, and the Constitution, 8vo Lond. 1850, 88pp. 2. Lorain (M.) Memoire sur l'Universite d'Oxford, 8vo Paris 1850, 43pp; 3. Anon. Oxford and The Scottish Universities, For Private Circulation, 8vo Edin. Presentation Copy, 8pp. 4. Daubeny (Chas.) Brief Remarks on the Correlation o the Natural Sciences, 8vo Oxford 1848. Presentation Copy, 23pp. 5. Gladsone (Rt. Hon. W.E.) Substance of a Speech on the Motion of Lord John Russell... with a view to the Removal of the Remaining Jewish Disabilities, Lond. 1848, 48pp. 6. Wordsworth (Christ.) The Ecclesiastical Commission and the Universities; A letter to a Friend . 8vo Lond. 1837, 77pp, and 14 other pamphlets sim., many Presentation copies, a fine collection, many bound as one, in cont. calf spine dam. B.P. a full collection available on request. (1)
Fine Bindings by Edwards of Halifaxÿ Bindingÿ Beattie (James Hay)ÿThe Minstrel, in Two Books with some other Poems. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1799. Engd. frontis (1 port.) & engd. plts. thro.-out, Vol. I annotated and with profuse m/ss notes, poems, etc., a.e.g. In v. fine binding decorated in the Etruscan style with gilt borders, centre panels with lyres etc., raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. B.P.'s. (2)
Italian Booklets:ÿÿNovelle Italiane, a very good collection of approx. 39 separate publications, from Venice, 1835 - 1860, Verona, but principally from Lucca 1850 - 1867. The entire bound in 4 vols. 8vo, t.e.g., in uniform hf. calf, tooled gilt spines, by Leighton, Brewer St. The following is a very brief example of the content: 1.ÿBetussi (M. Guiseppe)ÿQuattro Novelle di M. Alessandro Ceccherelli, 8vo Lucca (A. Fontana) 1854. Red & bl. title, with rose motif; 2.ÿAlcune Novelle, di Giovanni Sercambi Lucchese....ÿ Lucca (A. Fontana) 1855.ÿLim. Edn. No. 49, hf. title & errata at end; 3.ÿSonetti e Lettere di Franco Sacchetti e di Michela Guinigi, Testo di Lingua 8vo Lucca (A. Fontana) 1855.ÿLim. Edn., No. 17 of 40 Copies. 4. Doni (Antonfransesco)ÿLo Stufaioloÿ Commedia in Prosa., 8vo Lucca B. Canovetti) 1861. 5.ÿLa Ruffianella di Mess. Gioranni Boccacio, 8vo Lucca (Appresso V. Busdragho 1564[?], with wd. cut vignette. As a coll., of pamphlets, w.a.f. A v. good probably unique collection. (4)
Fullarton (Lady Georgina)ÿLa Comtesse de Bonneval Histoire du Temps de Louis XIV,ÿ8vo Paris 1857. Hf. title, fine hf. mor. gilt spine by J. Leighton;ÿde Goncourt (Ed. & Jules)ÿHistoire de Marie - Antoinette, roy 8vo Paris 1858, fine hf. roy blue mor., profusely gilt spine in panels;ÿHerzen (A.)ed.ÿMemoires de l'Imperatrice Catherine II, Ecrits par Elle-M‚me.ÿroy 8vo London 1859.ÿFirst Edn., cont. hf. green mor. by Leighton, Brewer St., B.P.'s. Good. (3)
Greek Texts: Baehr (Jo. Christ. Fel.)ÿHerodoti Musae, Textum ad Gaisfordii Editionem Recognovit Perpetua tum Fr. Creuzeri. 4vols. Leipzig 1830 - 1835.ÿPresentation Copy, a.e.g. full green mor.;ÿReiske (Jo. Jacobus)ÿLibanii Sophistae Orationes et Declamationes, 4 vols. 8vo Altenburgi (Richteri) 1781 - 87, full cont. blind decor. calf;ÿErnesti (Jo. Aug.)ÿHomeri Opera Omnia ex recensione et cum notis Samuelis Clarkii, 4 vols. 8vo Leipzig (G. Theophili Georgii) 1759. Port. frontis, full cont. calf, gilt spine & mor. labels, worn;ÿKiessling (M. Theo.)ÿIamblichi Chalcidensis ex Coele -ÿSyria Adhortatio ad Philosophiam, 3 vols. (includeÿDe Vita Pythagorica) 8vo Leipzig (C.G. Vogelii) 1813 - 1816, full cont. calf, gilt spines; & 20 other vols. sim; all in attractive bindings. B.P.'sÿTop Shelf.ÿAn important Lot. (1)
Fauriel (M.C.)ÿHistoire de la Croisade contre les Heratiques Albigeois, ... Lg. 4to Paris (Imprim. Royale) 1837. Engd. plt., lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, v. good cont. calf, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label;ÿLa Croix (M. Paul) & Sere (M.F.)ÿHistoire de L'Orfevrerie - Joaillerie, sm. folio Paris 1850. Frontis, cold. plts., ports. etc., cont. full tan calf, gilt borders, profusely gilt spine, mor. label. Both v. good. B.P.'s. (2)
French Literature:ÿ Campan (Mme.)ÿMemoires sur la vie Privee de Maria Antoinette, 4 vols. Paris 1823;ÿNouvel Abrege Chronologique de l@histoire de France, 5 vols. Paris 1788;ÿLarcher - L'Expedition de Cyrus dans L'Asia Superieure, et La Retraite des dix Mille, 2 vols. in one, 12mo Paris 1778, lg. fold. map, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt spine in panels, mor. labels;ÿMemoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie;Consderee comme un establissement politique et militaireÿPar M. de la Curne de Sainte - Palaye. 2 vols. in one, 12mo Paris 1759, 2 hf. titles, cont. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. label;ÿde Vigneul - Marville -ÿMelanges d'Histoire et de Literature, Recuillis. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo Paris 1713, cont. calf, gilt spines; also works by Alfred de Musset, Fenelon & others. All leather bound, with B.P.'s. As a lot of bindings. (24)
Ernesti (Jo. Augustus)ÿCollimachi Hymni Epigrammata et Fragmenta, cum notis integris H. Stephani, B. Valcanii, A. Fabri, Th. Graevii, R. Bentleji; quibus accedunt Ezechielis Spanhemii. 2 vols. thick 8vo Leyden (Sam. et Joannem Luchtmans) 1761. Add. engd. title, hf. title Vol. I, engd. vignette on both titles, vignette text illus., with cont. m/ss notes front & end loose blanks, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt spine, mor. labels, spines somewhat worn. B.P.'s. (2)
Dean Gaisford's Copyÿÿ Sturz (F. William)Ed.ÿEtymologicum Graecae Linguae Gudianumÿ et Alia Grammaticorum Scripta e Codicibus Manuscriptis nunc Primum Edita, Lg. 4to Leipizig (Apud Joa. Aug. Gottl. Weigel) 1818. Dean Gaisford's interleaved copy with his copious notes in red ink, & signed on title. Cont. hf. calf, lacks label.ÿ Based on a m/ss in the Herzog August Bibliothek at Wolfenb?ttel, this was the first printed edition of the complete text of the Etymologicum Gudianum, a Greek lexical encyclopaedia compiled in southern Italy during the tenth century.ÿ ?Not only is the Gudianum a rich and valuable source of citations from lost Greek works, it represents the high point of medieval encyclopaedia-writing and Greek scholarship.?ÿ It was one of the main sources of the 12th-century Encyclopaedia Magnum, and Sturz?s edition was a key reference work for Gaisford?s edition of this work. Pasted at end: ?Collatio Etymologici Fraiectini? by C.M. [Cornelis Marinus] Francken, 7 pp, MS copy sent to Gaisford by Dr Gehle, 1845.
Cicero, etc: Hotomanni (Franc)ed. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum ad Quintum Fratrem Libri Tres, et ad Brutum Liber Unus, 8vo The Hague (Isaac Vaillant) 1725. Red & bl. title, with engd. vignette; Burmann (Petro)ed. Ciceroris (vel incerti Auctoris) Rhetoricorum ad Herennium Libri quatuor, et de Inventione Libri Duo, 8vo Leyden (Sam. & Joh. Luchtmans) 1761. Red & bl. title; Oberlinus (Jer. Jac.)ed.P. Ovidii Nasonis Tristium Libri V. Ex Ponto Libri IV et Ibis, 8vo Argentorati (Joh. Frid. Stein) 1778. Engd. vignette on title, wd.-cut tails. All cont.. vellum; & 1 other leather bound, together 4 vols. B.P.'s. (4)
Pindar: Boeckhius (Aug.)ed.ÿPindari Opera Quae Supersunt, 2 vols. in 3, lg. 4to Leipzig (J.A. Gottlob Weigel) 1811 - 21. Lg. fold. table, some m/ss notes on front loose blank & 2 m/ss leaves of orig. notes in Greek at end, possibly by Dean Gaisford, orig. full calf, blind tooled borders, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels. B.P.s. Good. (3)
Italian Literature: Bondi -ÿPoemetti e Rime Varie di Clemente Bondi, 8vo Venice 1778, Engd. vignette title,ÿBound with,ÿLe Conversazioni Poemetto di.. Bondi, Venice 1783, vignette title, full cont. vellum;ÿIl Misogallio Prose, e Rime di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti, 8vo Lond. 1799. Engd. frontis, hf. mor. gilt spine;ÿAretino (M. Pietro)ÿLa Orazia Tragedia, 8vo Firenze 1855, cont. hf. calf; andÿLa Spada di Dante Alighieri, Poeta fiorentino per M. Niccolo Liburnio in tal mode raccolta; Opera utile a fuggire il vizio, et seguitar virtu, 8vo 1534 Reprint, mod 19th Century hf. crimson mor. B.P.'s. (4)
With M/ss Notes, Newscuttings etc. tipped-inÿ Military: Cannon (Richard)ÿHistorical Record of the Seventy-Second Regiment, or The Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders..., 8vo Lond. 1848. With 2 fine hand coloured plates, & with m/ss notes, correspondence, photo, newscuttings etc. tipped in, and loosely inserted, orig. cloth. (1)ÿ * Belonged to John Wm. Gaisford of Dolly's Grove, Dunboyne, Co. Meath (1820 - 1889), 2nd son of Dean Gaisford, Lt. Col. 72nd Highlanders.
Lazius (Wolfgang)ed.ÿFragmenta Quaedam Imp. Rom. Aliorumque; incerti nominis de veteris Ecclesiae ritibus ac ceremoniis, ... 8vo Antwerp (Joannem Bellerum) 1560.ÿFirst Edn., Wd. device on title, pp. 307, index [10];ÿBound with,ÿBrieve Probation de l'Eglise et Doctrine Catholique, tiree des sacrees escriptures & Docteurs approuues, en forma de demandes & respondes, Les Articles de present Traicte, sont a la page suguante. 8vo Paris (Thos. Blumen..) 1565. Wd. cut device on title, [69]pp, with m/ss owners signature on front blank, dated 1769, 18th Cent. mottled calf, lower board loose. A Scarce Collection. (1)
Howth Castle: An unusual Ledger, 4to entitledÿHowth Castle, Weight Book, 1845 [7] - 1925, First entry page is dated Oct. 26, 1847, and continues to about 50pp, with approx. 1500 names of the good and the mighty. On th 5th Feb. 1909 it registers the weight of Isabel Poe, as 18st 2 lbs, as against Hugh Bellingham at 9st 10lbs, on 20th April, 1914, Lord Gormaston was 12st 3 lbs, and Eileen Gormanston at 7st 11lbs. All in manuscript 4to orig. cloth backed boards. As a m/ss, w.a.f (1) * An unusual and interesting volume.
Shelf of Greek and Latin Worksÿ Spalding (G.L.)ed.ÿM. Fabii Quintiliani de Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim, 6 vols. 8vo Leipzig 1798 - 1834;ÿArnold (T.)ed.ÿThe History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, 3 vols. roy 8vo Oxford n.d., 13 fold. & other linen backed maps;ÿDindorf (Wm.)ÿThemistii Orationes, 8vo Leipzig 1832;ÿFrotscher (C. Henry)ed.ÿM. Antonii Mureti Opera Omnia, 3 vols. in 2, 8vo Leipzig 1834;ÿWeichert (M. Aug.)ÿPoetarum Latinorum, Leipzig 1830;ÿMeinekii (Aug.)ÿDelectus Poetarum Anthologiae Graecae, Berlin 1842;ÿBoissonade (Jo. Fr.)ÿG. Pachymeris Declamationes XIII, Paris 1848.ÿSigned Pres. Copy, with m/ss note from Author;ÿKopp (Jos.)ÿDamascii Philosophi Platonici, Frankford 1826; & 18 other sim., mostly German printed, Leipzig etc., all in v. good attractive bindings. Together 34 vols. As a lot, w.a.f. (34)
Bible:ÿÿMissale Romanorum, ex Decrate Sacrasanti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum... Clementis VIII et Urbani VIII Pape. Folio Mechliniae 1857. A Gaisford Family Bible from Offington, one of their English homes. Some m/ss notes on front loose blank. Cont. full calf with gilt decor., lower cover loose. As a Bible, w.a.f. (1)
Italian Literature:ÿ [Joseph Addison] Des Touches (M.)ÿIl Tamburo, Parafrasi in Versi Sciolti della Commedia Tradotta in Prosa.. dall' Originale Inglese di Mr. Addisson. 8vo Firenze 1750. Engd. frontis, red & bl. title with engd. vignette, cont. vellum;ÿChiari (Peter)ÿAmor Lunatico Dramma Giocoso Per Musica da Rappresentarsi nel Teatro Giustiniani di San Moise' Il Carnovale dell Anno 1770. 12mo Venice (Modesto Fenzo) 1770. Title within d‚cor. border, orig. full sprinkled calf, gilt armorials on each cover;ÿBaldovini (Francesco)ÿChi La Sorte Ha Nemica Usi L'Ingegno Componimento Dramatico, 8vo Firenze (Francesco Moiicke) 1763. L. Stamps on title, later full vellum;ÿFarini (Luigi-Carlo)ÿLe Stato Romano dall Anno 1815 al 1850,ÿHf. mor. profusely gilt spines mor. labels;ÿTommaseo (N.)ÿRoma e Il Mondo, 8vo Turin 1851, hf. mor, gilt spines;ÿDandolo (Emilio)ÿI Volontarii ed I Bersaglieri Lombardi, Turin 1849, 3 litho parts, & 2 fold. maps;ÿBound with:ÿLo Straniero in Lombardia, Note di Filippo de Boni, Lousanne 1848, cont. hf. green mor., gilt spine mor. labels. Together 8 vols., all v. good. B.P.'s. (8)
Tillemont (M. Lenain de)ÿMemoires Pour Servir a l'Histoire Ecclesiastique des Six Premiers Siecles, just fiez par les Citations des Auteurs originaux,ÿVols. 1 - 16, Paris (Chas. Robustel) 1701 - 1712; alsoÿHistoire des Empereurs, Vols. 1 - 6, 4to Paris 1720 - 1738. Together 22 vols., fine engd. vignette heads, uniform cont. mottled calf, gilt spines, mor. labels. B.P.'s. Good set. (22)
Collated in Full, & with Annotations through out by Thos. Gaisford Sylburgii (Friderici) Etymologicon Magnum; seu Magnum Grammaticae Penv: In quo & Originum & Anologiae doctrina ex Veterum sententia copiosissime proponitur: ...Folio (H. Commeblini), 1598. Wd. cut device on title, & with m/ss note signed by T. Gaisford, and collated fully and with corrections, annotations by Gaisford thro-out, [VIII], 828 (in dbl. columns,) [2], 163pp., with m/ss notes at front, & with loose insets, early 19th Century full calf, gilt fillets, spine gilt in panels, upr. joint cracked. B.P. Thos. Gaisfords own copy. Scarce. (1)
All Presentation Copiesÿ [Panofka] Letronne (M.)ed.ÿObservations Philologiques et Archaelogiques Sur Les Noms des Vases Grecs, a l'Occasion de l'Ouvrage de M. Theo. Panofka.., Lg. 4to 4to [Paris] Imprimerie Royal, 1833. Lg. fold plts.ÿInscribed Pres. Copy, wrappers; with Notice sur l'Institute de Correspondance Archaeologique, publiee Par M. Th. Panofka, roy 8vo Paris 1833, 28pp., wrappers loosely inserted;ÿBrondsted (Chev. P.O.)ÿOn Panathenaic Vases, and on The Holy Oil Contained in them;.... Letter Addressed to W.R. Hamilton, Esq, 4to L. 1832 pp [101]-135, text illus,ÿ'Pres. Copy to Dean Gaisford, with Mr. Hamilton's Respects,'ÿboards;ÿTranslation of Two Passages of the Iliad and of a Fragment of Kallinos, 4to London 1843.ÿNot Published, red & bl. thro.-out, orig. boards, inscribedÿ'Pres. Copy to Dean Gaisford from The Translater,' As a lot, w.a.f. (3) N.B. THIS LOT IS NOT IN THE CATALOGUE
With Letters from The Author Turner (Sharon) The Sacred History of the World, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1832. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, and with 3 original m/ss letters form the Author, tipped in, cont. full sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. Good Set. B.P. (3)
Bibliography:ÿ Bruggemann (Lewis Wm.)ÿA View of the English Editions, Translations and Illustrationsÿof the Ancient Greek and Latin Authors, with Remarks, 8vo Stettin 1797.ÿFirst Edn., cont. hf. vellum boards;ÿHebenstreit (Dr. W.)ÿDictionarium Editionum tum Selectarum Tum Optimarum Auctorum Classicorum et Graecorum et Romanarum, 8vo Vienna 1828, some m/ss annots., & loose m/ss notes loosely inserted, orig. ptd. boards. B.P.s. (2)
Three Works in Oneÿ Terence -ÿM. Terentii Varronis Pars Librorum Quattour et Viginiti de Lingua Latina, M. Vertranius Maurus recensuit. 8vo London (Apud Haeredes Seb. Gryphii) 1563. title, with device lined in red, 330, (11) (92) with errata on verso of last leaf;ÿBound with,ÿJosephi Scaligeri Iulii Caesaris filii coniectanea in M. Terentium Varronem de lingua Latina. Ad Nobiliss. & eruditiss. iuuenem Ludouicum Casteneam Rupidozeam, 8vo Paris (... Rob. Stephani typographi Regii) 1565. Wd. cut printers device on title, 4ff, 221pp;ÿBound with,ÿAdriani Turnebi Commentarii et Emendationes in libros M. Varronis de lingua Latina, 8vo Paris (Andream Wechelum) 1566. Printers device on title, 8ff., 192pp. Together 3 works in one volume, later full diced calf, joints cracked. B.P. (1)ÿ
Demosthenes: Demosthenous logoi, kai Proomimia demegorika, kai epistoli, syn tais exegesesin ophelimotatais tou Ulpianu .. kai epimeleias tou Goulielmou Morielmou.. Folio Paris (Apud Joannem Benenatum) 1570. Wd.-cut device on title, wd. cut initials, (52) include. Preface in Latin, 788 [2]pp, cont. annots. thro.-out in margins, some dirt marks in lower margins, T. Gaisfords copy with his B.P., & m/ss notes on front blanks, 17th Century mottled calf, blind tooled decor., raised bands, mor. label, upr. cover loose. , late 17th Century full sprinkled calf, blind tooled decor. raised bands, mor. label. B.P. (1)
Editio Princepsÿ Heliodorius:Heliodori Historiae aethiopicae Libri Decem, Nuncquam antea in Lucem Editi. 4to Basle (ex Officina Hervagiani) 1534.ÿFirst Edn., Wd. cut device on title & on verso of last page, Greek text with some Latin, wd. cut initials, (VIII) 242 (ii), finger or other marks on some margins, some m/ss note on front past downs and loose blank, ownership name of 'Henrye Smith' on title, cont. full calf, with wide tooled band of decoration, various repeated designs, with lg. piece cut away from front cover worn. B.P. V. Scarce. (1)
Association Copyÿ Sewel (Wm.)ÿA Complete Dictionary English and Dutch, To which is added Grammar, for both Languages.. Ed. Egbert Buys. 2 Vols. 4to Amsterdam 1766. 2 hf. titles, engd. frontis Vol. I, red & bl. titles, orig. calf backed boards, tooled gilt spines mor. labels; alsoÿLiddell (Henry Geo.)ÿA Greek - English Lexicon, 4to Oxford (Uni. Press) 1855.ÿFourth Edn., with 2pp. A.L.s. from Author to T. Gaisford, & other m/ss material to the publication of the above volume loosely tipped in, full mor. by Leighton, & B.P. of T. Gaisford. (3)
[Barthelemy (Jean Jacq.)]ÿVoyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, 9 vols. Sm. 8vo Aux Deux-Ponts Chez Sanson et Compagnie) 1791. Hf. titles,ÿwithÿMaps, Plans, Views and Coins Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, 4to Lond. (for G.G. and J. Robinson) 1793. 32 fold. & other plts. views & maps by M. Barbie du Bocage, some hd. cold. in outline, all uniform cont. hf. vellum;ÿÿ[Barthelemy]Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece,ÿ 7 vols. 8vo Paris (de Didot Jeune) 1799,ÿFourth Edn.,ÿ hf. titles, cont. hf. calf, spines dam. (a lot)
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