Search Results: Titles starting with P from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: Printed, for the Author, By John Nichols...; And sold by J. Debrett...; J. Murray and S. Highley..., 1797. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 210 x 125 mms., pp. [iv], v - cxci [cxcii blank], 224, engraved frontispiece (by Isaac Taylor), recently rebound in quarter antique-style calf, morocco label, marbled boards; corner torn (without loss) from pp. 219 - 220, but a very good copy. Scevole de Sainte-Marthe (1536 - 1623), a lawyer and poet, first published this in 1584; it was translated and reprinted many times during the next 250 years. Tytler (1753/3 - 1808), a physician and poet as well, took Pope as his model for this translation, and the notes are sufficiently scholarly and medical to validate his assessment of the work. In his preface, he refers to the "meanness of the former version of this poem," which was "full of low disgusting phrases...." This "indelicate" language would have discouraged well-bred ladies from making use of the sound advice in the work. His… Read More

London: Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan...[et al]; London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson...and S. Draper..., 1775; 1752. 3 volumes. 4to, pp. lxxix [lxxx - c critical notes], 491 [492 blank]; 460 [461 -574 index]; 690 [691 - 692 Index], 2 engraved portraits of Milton in volume 1, 12 other engraved plates in volumes 1 and 2 (one for each book of Paradise Lost), engraved portrait of Milton and 5 engraved plates in volume 3, later 18th century calf, early reback, black leather labels; some slight fingering of initial leaves in each volume, slight cracking of hinges, covers scratched and worn, but a serviceable utilitarian binding. Coleridge 137 and 194.

Kilmarnock: Printed by J. Wilson, Bookseller. 1785. FIRST KILMARNOCK EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 162 x 96 mms., pp. xviii, [19 - 21], 22 - 304, recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, red leather label; a very good copy. The life is by Elijah Fenton, followed by "In Paradisu Admissam Summi Poetae Johannis Miltoni," a poem in Latin by Samuel Barrow, M. D. (?1625 - 1683). Barrow's verses were first printed in the second edition of Paradise Lost (1674), while Fenton's life was first published in 1725. The printer, John Wilson, would go on to publish the first edition of Burns's poems in Kilmarnock in 1786, and he reprinted Paradise Lost in 1789. Professor Patrick Scott writes "That same year, 1785, Wilson published his first literary title, again a reprint of a standard work in regular demand. This was his small-format edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost, first published in 1667, and one of the titles the London booksellers had tried in vain to protect from… Read More

London: Printed for W. Strahan [and 15 others in London], 1785. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [viii], 335 [336 blank]; [viii], 386 [387 - 390 Index], engraved portrait and two other engraved plates in volume 1, 3 engraved plates in volume 2, slightly later tree calf, spines ornately gilt; lacks labels, tops and bases of spines very slightly chipped, joints very slightly tender. With an engraved bookplate of three leaves above the name "Irwin," and a 19th century autograph, "Mrs. Wilson/ Halifax/ Yorkshire" written across the bookplate. Coleridge 210.

London: Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, R. Baldwin, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, [and 9 others in London], 1770. 2 volumes. 8vo, 202 x 123 mms., pp. [xvi], liii [liv - lviii tributes],.25 [26 blank], 500; [ii], 456 [457 - 582 Index], engraved frontispiece and 5 other engraved plates in volume 1, engraved frontispiece and 5 other engraved plates in volume 2, handsomely bound in later (early 19th century) full panelled calf, with a gilt border on each cover and an elongated lozenge in lighter calf with interior gilt border on each cover, spines gilt in compartments, marbled end-papers; some water-staining in last 30 leaves of volume 1, most noticeably in last 11 leaves, marginal worming in about half the leaves of volume 2, occasionally affecting one or two letters of text, most noticeably in the index, very slight worming of lower rear joint volume 2, slight wear to joints, but a very attractive binding, with the small rectangular binder's ticket of Dickenson,… Read More

London. Printed by Tho Cotes, and are to be sold by John Grismond. 1635. Folio (in 6s), 302 x 193 mms., pp. [xii], 612 [613 - 628 indexes], woodcut portrait before page 1, 110 full-page engraved woodcuts, vignette woodcuts on page 294, vignette woodcut plans on pages 537 and 543, names in ink in margins of pages, 428, 530, 544, and margins of Indexes Fff3-6, armorial bookplate of George Arnold, "One of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Chamber" with the autograph "E. Lindsay" beneath, and below that "sum A. Oliveri van Oss MCMXXXVI," bound in contemporary sheepskin, spine gilt in compartments with two red leather labels laid down with joints skilfully restored; some slight water-staining, corner torn fomr pages 213-214 with loss of one letter on page 214, most leaves with print-through of woodcuts, title-page a bit stained as are last two leaves of index, and corner last leaf of index repaired, but for the most part a very good copy. The first… Read More

London, Printed by J. H. for Awnsham and John Churchill..., 1709. 4to, 238 x 181 mms., pp. [iv], xxiv, 142, [2]; [4], 107 [108 blank]; 58, [2]; [4], 43[44 blank]; 60, with, as ESTC records, "each epistle, and the 'Essay', [having] separate titlepage, pagination and register; the 'Essay' numbered in Roman, titlepage dated: 1707; titlepage to Romans dated: 1707; titlepage to I Corinthians dated: 1706; titlepage to II Corinthians dated: 1706; titlepage to Galatians has "The third edition" and is dated: 1708; titlepage to Ephesians dated: 1707." Bound in contemporary calf, with very worn corners, joints cracked, top and base of spine worn, and generally in poor condition. In his commentary of this work, Jaconb Donald Chaterjee writes, "The study of John Locke's theological thought has yet to be combined with the growing historical research into the apologetic uses of Christian antiquity in the post-1660 Church of England. This article addresses this… Read More

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.… Read More

London: Printed by C. Whittingham..., Sold by A. and J. Blacks..., Faulers...; Robins...[et al], 1800. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION. Small 4to, 202 x 157 mms., pp. [viii], 38 [39 Notes, 40 blank], additional engraved (by T. Bonner, after a drawing by the translator) title-page, contemporary calf (worn), front cover holding by one cord, rear joint cracked, corners worn, top and base of spine chipped. With an inscription in the top margin of the dedication page, "In memory of/ Thomas Muir/ Elm Grover/ Bearsden/ Xmas 1912." John Burton ((1696 - 1771) published Sacerdos Paroecialis Rusticus at Oxford in 1757. This translation by Dawson Warren appears to be the first and only translation. The work is dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake, who was also the dedicatee of John Thomas Smith's Antiquities of London (1791 - 1800). The translator, Dawson Warren (1769 - 1838), was the vicar of Edmonton Church, the engraving of which is on the engraved title-page; he was British Chaplain… Read More

London: John Harris..., 1825. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. vii [viii blank], 205 [206 blank, 207 - 208 adverts],with additional engraved title-page (soiled and mounted), engraved frontispiece, and a further engraved title-page, recent quarter calf, red morocco label, circular engraving of helmeted Greek figure on front paste-down end-paper.

Limoges Ancienne Maison Dalpayrat et Depelley, éditeurs J. Depelley , et Cte Succ** [no date] [1920]. 12mo, 98 x 64 mms., pp. [7] 8 -316 [317 - 320 index], including half-title with frontispiece on verso, four coloured illustrations measuring 80 x 48 mms. inserted between pages 128 and 129, bound in embossed bakelite or celluloid, with raised images on front cover, all edges gilt; front hinge cracked, paper a little browned, but a very good copy. These late 19th century prayer books bound in bakelite or celluloid - basically plastic - look a bit like ivory, but I don't think I've ever seen a book bound in genuine ivory. The inserted illustrations are not that common, nor is this particular example of a Paroissien Romain. OCLC locates only one copy in Spain, and two earlier examples from 1896.

Amstelodami, Apud Judocum Juymer Bibliopolam, propter Curiam, sub signo Senecæ. MDCLIX., 1659. 12mo, 152 x 93 mms., pp. [xii], 94. BOUND WITH: Verisimilium Librii Quatuor. In quibus mula veterum scriptorum loca, Symmachi maxime, Cor. Nepotis, Propertii, Petronii, aliorum, enendantur, augentur, inlustrantur. Amestelodami, Apud Judocum Pluymer Bibliopolam, M. DC. Lxii [1662]. 12mo, pp. 168. BOUND WITH: Casparis Scioppi, Suspectarum Lectionum Libri Quinque, In centum & quatuordecim epistulas ad celeberrimos quosque aevi nostri viros aliosque amicos, facti: In quis amplius decentis locis Plautus, plurimus Apulejus, Diomedes Grammaticus, alii, corriguntur, notantur, subplentur, illustrantur. Amstelodami, Apud Jodocum Playmer, Biblliopolam. 1664. 12mo, pp. [viii], 304 [305 -328 indexes]. BOUND WITH: Priapeia, Diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus illustrati commentariis Gasperis SchoppI, Franci. L. Apuleii Madavrensis Anechomenos, ab eodem illustratus. Ut & Heraclii imperatoris,… Read More

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson..., 1765. 8vo, pp. [xii], 174, disbound. This title was first used by Philips (1674 - 1749) in 1748; this is the second edition, and the text has been entirely re-set.

Paris Calmann Levy, Editeur..., 1890. 2 volumes. Large 12mo, 175 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], [3] - 319 [320 blank]; [iv], 304 [305 text, 306 colophon], attractively bound in art nouveau style quarter calf, marbled boards, red morroco strips and gilt rules on spine. A very good set. Louis Marie-Julien Viaud (1850 - 1923) published his first of many exotic novels, Asayade, in 1879. Pecheur d'Islande Roman, a novel of life among the Breton fishing men, in 1886, and Edmund Gosse described it as as "the most popular and finest of all his writings." Giacomo Puccini and his librettists Madame Chrysantheme also drew on Madame Chrysantheme (1887) for Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly (1904)

London: Saunders and Otley..., 1835. Large 8vo, unpaginated [pp. 512], recent cloth.

London: Printed for H. Woodfall, J. Beecrof, W. Strahan...[et al], 1768. 7 volumes. 8vo, 205 x 120 mms., pp. [viii], 426 [427 - 448 Index; 16 engraved coats of arms]; [iv], 487 [488 blank, 489 - 504 Index; 15 engraved coats of arms]; [iv], 493, [494 - 514 Index; 25 engraved coats of arms]; [iv], 411 [412 blank, 413 - 427 Index, 428 blank; 19 engraved coats of arms]; [iv],499 [500 blank, 501 - 516 Index; 23 engraved coats of arms]; [iv]; 627 [628 blank, 629 - 644 Index; 45 engraved coats of arms, genealogical chart on page 496]; [iv], 655 [656 blank, 657 - 467 Index, 468 blank; 54 engraved coats of arms], including half-title in each volume, contemporary fair polished calf, gilt borders on covers, raised bands between gilt rules on spines, red morocco labels; lower half of rear joint on volume 7 slightly cracked, but otherwise a fine and attractive set. This was the first edition to be published after the death of Collins (1681/2–1760); the first edition had been published in 1709. Later… Read More

A Londres Et se trouve à Paris Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Libraire, rue St. Jacques, au Temple du Gout. M. DCC. LIVII. 1767. 12mo, 182 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], xii, 416, engraved portrait of Hume between half-title and title-page, original (or contemporary) marbled wrappers, entirely uncut, hand written paper label on spine; extremities worn and frayed, joints a little soft, but a copy that would please most aficionados of books in their "as issued" state, straight from the printers. Hume's works were first translated into French in 1754, Discourse Politiques, which was followed by four other volumes, all translated by Eleazar de Mauvillon. The translation here is by J. A. J. de Boulmiers. For a useful commentary on the text, see the article by Michel Malherbe, "Hume's Reception in France," in Peter Jones, ed., The Reception of David Hume in Europe (2005). Of this "translation," he records, that "A speculative sceptic can be a fine man in the world.… Read More

Noribegae [Nürnberg], Sumptibus Simonis Halbmayer Bibliopole [no date] 1626. 12mo, 125 x 74 mms., pp. 132, later gray wrappers, but lacks front wrapper, most of spine destroyed, title-page soiled and fragile at margins. The Lutheran theologian Jacobus Herrenschmidt (1578 - 1641) first published this satire with the Elzevirs in 1621 as an investigation, so to speak, of the justly punished, more justly defeated, and most justly condemned name and origin of the Bacchanalia. My Latin is about as good as my Chamicuro (spoken by eight people in Peru), but I think there is a pun in the title and some jokey, specious references in the footnotes.

A Paris, Chez Saintin, Libraire..., 1813. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small, rectangular 8vo, 120 x 88, pp. [iv], 107 [108 blank], xcv [xcvi blank]; [iv], 106 [107 - 108 Table], xciv, engraved frontispiece in volumes and 31 other attractive and interesting engraved plates contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spines. A very good set. These two volumes, with quite a bit of emphasis on the Aborigines of Australia, have very good engravings, but how much of a contribution to ethnography they make is difficult to assess. All of the plates seem to derive from a great variety of previous images, and one has probably to be slightly sceptical about their authenticity. For example, California is represented by a plate that seems more appropriate to a location in South America.

Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano, Impensis Stephani Fletcher..., 1728. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 198 x 112 mms., pp. [xxviii], 154 [155 - 158 index], fine engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title-page, contemporary calf, spine gilt to a fleur-de-lys motif, morocco label; slight wear to front joint, small nicks to top and base of spine, but generally a very good copy. Given that ESTC records at least 40 locations for this epistolary novel in Greek with Latin translation beneath in notes, one would expect to find a large corpus of scholarly work. The editor/author, the Jacobite conspirator, Charles Boyle, Fourth Earl of Orrery (1674 - 1731) made a name for himself in the dispute between the ancients and moderns, so memorably satarized in Swift's Battle of the Books. The attribution to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily, from approximately 570 to 554 BC, is, of course, false. The Dean of Christ Church asked Boyle to translate the Epistles of Phalaris… Read More