Recommended Books
The Poetical Works of Sir John Denham. 1780.
£45.00DENHAM, Sir John (1615-1669). The Poetical Works of Sir John Denham. PROVENANCE: Castle Menzies Library (Armorial bookplate to front pastedown). 12mo. Perth: R. Morison & Son, 1780.
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Poems…Viz Britannia To The Memory of Lord Talbot… 1776.
£45.00THOMSON, James (1700-48). Poems…Viz Britannia To The Memory of Lord Talbot, The Castle of Indolence and Lesser Poems, with Alfred a Masque. 12mo. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1776.
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The Honey-Suckle… 1734.
£250.00[ANON]. The Honey-Suckle; Consisting of ORIGINAL Poems, Epigrams, Songs, Tales, Odes, and Translations. By a SOCIETY of Gentlemen. Frontispiece. 372pp. Smaller 4to. (8vo. actual size). London: Charles Corbett, 1734. RARE.
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The Works Of C. Churchill. 1774.
£100.00CHURCHILL, Charles (1732-64). The Works Of C. Churchill. 4 volumes in 2 books. One plate (bound in at page 97-volume 1). 8vo. John Churchill, 1774. Includes ink signature: ‘Jno Churchill’ [his son and executor] at the end of the Dedication in Volume 4. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of George Murray to front paste-downs, bookplate of D. D. Murray (Rector) to front endpapers of both books.
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Observations On Modern Gardening. 1770.
£1,000.00Rare influential gardening book from the Library of Josiah Wedgwood with Wedgwood’s Bookplate. [WHATELY, Thomas (1726-72)]. Observations On Modern Gardening, Illustrated by Descriptions. Second Edition (occasional light spotting). Contemporary calf (spine chipped with loss, joints and inner hinges split, binding a little frail, boards loose, wearing to calf). [8], 257, [1] pp. 8vo. London: T. Payne, 1770.
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Veritable Duchene. [c.1790’s early 1800’s].
£100.00RARE French Revolutionary era periodical. [LEMAIRE, Anton?]. Veritable Duchene. Issues 150-200 of 8pp each (issue 155 is mis-bound, light spotting, pages lightly browned, foxing in places, light soiling). Contemporary calf with red morocco title label to spine (rubbing to calf). Paris: L’imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire, rue Tournon, No.17. No Date: [c.1790’s early 1800’s].
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Les Avantures de la Madona et de François d’ Assise. 1701.
£225.00Satirical Anti-Papist work by a former Franciscan who converted to Calvinism. From the Collection of Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011). RENOULT, Jean-Baptise (b. [?]1664). Les Avantures de la Madona et de François d’ Assise. Recueilles de plusieurs ouvrages des Docteurs Romains; Ecrites d’ un stile recreatif; en même temps capable de faire sentir le ridicule du Papisme sans aucune controverse. Small 8vo (145 x 93mm). Additional engraved title, woodcut device on title, head-pieces, initials and ornaments, 9 engraved plates, errata leaf (engraved title shaved, some very light spotting and staining, minor loss to blank margins in places -without loss to text). Contemporary half vellum (some wear to foot of spine, stained). Provenance: Max Fabrice (modern ex-libris sticker); Doublette (old armorial stamp and blindstamp on title); later German stamp. Amsterdam: Chez Daniel de la Feuille, 1701.
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