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London: G. Hawkins, 1757. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Later Printing.. Full leather with bumped corners, moderate wear, light foxing and detached front board thus good. Signed by a previous owner thge Edmondes and dated 1796.
The Chace. A Poem by Somervile, William - 1802
by Somervile, William
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The Chace. A Poem
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London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office, 1802. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Full dark brown morocco, elaborate floral fan devices on corners of upper and lower covers, panelled spine, gilt dentelles, t.e.g., by Tout; inner hinges cracked and chips to front free endpaper; occasional foxing to inserted plates, else internally fine. Second Bulmer edition. With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo. Lavishly Bound and Extra-Illustrated. In addition to the original Bewick engravings, this volume has been profusely extra-illustrated with the insertion of approximately 60 engraved portraits of notables (including Johnson, Hogarth, Bewick, Newton, Voltaire, and Somervile himself), sporting scenes (several in sanguine) and bird and animal studies (including an impressive double-page steel engraving of Landseer's "The Challenge"), the whole expanding Somervile's focus on hunting to the greater world of sport in general. An impressive volume. Schwerdt II, p. 167; Hugo, The Bewick Collector, 94, 181; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 347 (note)
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- Format/Binding With wood engravings by John and Thomas Bewick. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition Used - Full dark brown morocco, elaborate floral fan devices on corners of upper and lower covers, panelled spine, gilt dentelles, t.e.
- Edition Second Bulmer edition
- Publisher Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1802
- Keywords Foxhunting
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The Chace A Poem
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The Chace. A Poem [with] Hobbinol, or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem, in Blank Verse
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London: W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, and R. Baldwin, 1748. Fifth edition . Full Leather. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo. 122 & 82 pages, plus eight plates including frontispiece. Bound in full contemporary calf with raised spine bands. Cover shows some surface abrasion at heel and bottom board, as well as slightly bumped corners. Top board is slightly bowed, causing a tear on the inside paste down. Inked name on front free end page. First twelve leaves with a crease in the lower outside corner. Volume remains tight and is otherwise clean and intact.
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The Chace. A Poem [with] Hobbinol, or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse. The Fourth Edition. THE CHASE AND RURAL GAMES
by SOMERVILE William
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Printed for G. Hawkins, at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleet Street,, 1757. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Fourth Edition of each work, on laid paper, with copper-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates (first work), and 3 engraved plates (second work), frontispiece and title of first work mildly browned (title clipped at upper outer corner), neat nineteenth century signature on front paste-down; contemporary marbled boards, roan back with flat bands in gilt, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, blue sprinkled edges, a very good, crisp, clean copy. 'The Chase', an epic piece in praise of hunting was first published in 1735; 'Hobbinol', a burlesque on rural May Day games was first published in 1740. NCBEL II, 568
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The Chace. A Poem.
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London: G Hawkins, 1735. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1735. In modern dark brown quarter leather with brown cloth, some gilt tooling. Spine has raised bands, gilt tooling, title in gilt to maroon leather label. Internally, new grey endpapers, paper repairs to fep, blank pages are a little soiled, title page has ink name of Wm Vaughn, May 13, 1735 to head (Sir William Vaughn of Voyle, Merioneth, 1st high Sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1735, brother of Robert Vaughn of Hengwrt), [12], 106 pp, [1] errata, lacks frontis, text block edges uncut. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed. (278*210 mm). A nice copy of an important and much copied poem. (ESTC T30391. Somervile [Somerville], poet, whose major poem was The Chace, published in 1735 and dedicated to Frederick, prince of Wales. In four books of blank verse he conveyed the excitement and dangers of the chase as well as its place in history. Somervile was 50 before he…
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The Chace, A Poem: To which is added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games
by Somervile, William
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Birmingham: Printed by Robert Martin [at the Baskerville Press], 1767. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled paper boards, rebacked with brown calf, new red morocco label on spine, last few leaves slightly wormed in lower margin, not affecting text, else fine. First Baskerville edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The first book issued during Robert Martin's lease of the Baskerville Press. Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 347 (note)
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The Chace, A Poem: To which is added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games
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Birmingham: Printed by Robert Martin [at the Baskerville Press], 1767. First Baskerville edition. 199 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, hinges cracked. Very good. First Baskerville edition. 199 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first book issued during Robert Martin's lease of the Baskerville Press. Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 347 (note)
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The Chace, a Poem
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London, T. Cadell, jun./W. Davies, Strand, 1796, Auflage: new edition. Ganzleder, gebunden; goldgeprägter EInband mit reicher Rückenverzierung, schwarzes, goldgeprägtes Rückenschild, marmorierte Vorsätze / Anz. Seiten: 186 / 10,3 x 16,3 cm / mit 6 Kupfertafeln / Zustand: gut, leichte Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblock fest, Einband leicht berieben und etwas beschabt, Papier gering, äusserste Lagen etwas stärker stockfleckig, * *Bibliotheksstempel auf Titelseite, handbeschriftete Papieretikette am Rücken und auf Vorsatz
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