Item 453Idylles de Bion et de Moschus

Bion of Phlossa; Moschos of Syracuse; Jean-Baptiste Gail (translator)

Fine early unsigned binding on this French translation of minor Greek poets. There are two duplicate plates, and a third duplicate plate appears to have been excised. Two stamps to title page of Luka Szanton, one dated 1906.

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune... Chez Gail, L'An Troisiéme [i.e. 1794-1795]. Illustrated with five plates after Barbier, including portrait frontispiece of the translator, J.B. (Jean-Baptiste) Gail. 106, [2 advertisement] pp. Binding height: 5.75" (14.6 cm). Early straight-grain red morocco, attractively gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with five plates after Barbier, including portrait frontispiece of the translator, J.B. (Jean-Baptiste) Gail. 106, [2 advertisement].....

Item 385The Botanic Garden

Erasmus Darwin

Classic work of poetry and prose by the grandfather of Charles Darwin, demonstrating a great command of botanical knowledge, and presaging the development of the theory of evolution. Several of the plates are by William Blake. This first American edition is rather attractively printed. Bookplate of Edward T. Lyon, and his owner inscription on the front flyleaf.

New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1798. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated with 17 engraved plates, one of which colored. [14], vii-xii, [4], 256; 146, [2 errata] pp. Octavo. First American Edition. Period calf, lettering piece. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated.....

Item 384Beyond the Breakers and Other Poems

George Sterling

SIGNED and inscribed twice by Sterling to Bush Finnell, on the front free endpaper and half-title page.

San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. [2], 141 pp. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. [2], 141 pp.

Item 39Des grossen Kampffliegers, Landfahrers, Gauklers und Magiers Till Eulenspiegel Abenteuer, Streiche, Gaukeleien, Gesichte und Träume

Gerhart Hauptmann

First Edition, scarce in this binding.

Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1928. 303 pp. Quarto. First Edition. Publisher's half parchment and boards, spine lettered in gilt, cover decorations. 303 pp. Quarto.

Item 387Music and Other Poems

Henry van Dyke

SIGNED and inscribed by the poet on the front flyleaf. Title page designed by Margaret Armstrong, signed with her monogram in the plate (top right). The gilt-embossed design on the upper cover may also have been by her.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt.

Item 22Horae Lyricae. Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, in Three Books

Isaac Watts

Attractive volume of eighteenth-century poetry. Names in a period hand inked to front pastedown and front free endpaper; several notes in text in a similar hand, but text mostly clean.

Printed for T. Longman..., and J. Buckland..., J. Oswald..., J. Waugh..., and J. Ward, 1751. With copper-engraved portrait frontispiece of Watts by G. Vertue. xxii, [12], 299, [5] index pp. The Ninth Edition. Duodecimo. ESTC T82033. Ninth Edition. Period speckled calf, raised bands, wants a lettering piece. With copper-engraved portrait frontispiece of Watts by G. Vertue. xxii, [12], 299, [5] index pp. The Ninth Edition. Duodecimo. ESTC T82033.

Item 301The Seasons

James Thomson

Attractive period binding on this illustrated collection of poetry by James Thompson, featuring two plates after Henry Fuseli.

London: Printed by T. Bensley... for F.J. Du Roveray; and sold by W. Miller, E. Lloyd, R. Dutton, and B. Crosby and Co., 1802. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo. A New Edition. Full straight-grain red morocco, decorated in gilt, floriated gilt inners, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo.

Item 441The Fables of Flora

John Langhorne

Later edition, but this one is nicely illustrated. Bookplate of Percival F. Hinton; inscription of Elizabeth Manners, July 3rd, 1805 to front free endpaper, and her name inked to title.

London: Printed by T. Rickaby, for E. and S. Harding, 1794. 73 pp. Illustrated throughout with head- and tailpieces by Stothard. Period sheep. 73 pp. Illustrated throughout with head- and tailpieces by Stothard.

Item 34A Satire Against Mankind & Other Poems

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Selections from the seventeenth-century poet issued by New Directions, part of The Poets of the Year Series edited by Harry Levin. Letter from publisher laid in.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1942. Designed by Victor Hammer and set by hand and printed by Jacob Hammer at the Wells College Press in Aurora, N.Y. 30, [2] pp. Publisher's printed wrappers over plain wrappers. Designed by Victor Hammer and set by hand and printed by Jacob Hammer at the Wells College Press in Aurora, N.Y. 30, [2] pp.

Item 426Ouvres diverses de Mr. Leonard

Nicolas Germain Léonard

French poetry, prose, and music from the latter half of the 18th century. Of the engravings, one is signed by le comte C.D. de Wgt. Provenance: name of George Dumpster, 1799 inked to head of title page. Dempster (1732-1818) was a Scottish MP and agriculturalist, who "greatly improved the condition of his tenants and that of the Scottish peasantry generally" (cf. DNB); bookplate of Walter Dyke Carter. The title appears to read 'Ouvrues' instead of 'Oeuvrues'.

Liège: F.J. Desoer, 1777. Three engraved pages, including engraved title page. [2], 332 pp. Several pages of letterpress musical staff notation. Octavo. Reference: Max.....

Item 191Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Rendered into English Quatrains by Edward Fitzgerald

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald

Daniel Berkeley Updike designed this elegant trade edition of the Rubaiyat.

Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1899. Illustrated with twelve photo-etchings from drawings by Gilbert James and Edmund H. Garrett and with portrait of Edward Fitzgerald. Designed by Daniel Berkeley Updike at the Merrymount Press. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Illustrated with twelve photo-etchings from drawings by Gilbert James and Edmund H. Garrett and with portrait of Edward Fitzgerald.

Item 450The Poems of Robert Bloomfield. In Two Parts: Part I. The Farmer's Boy. Part II. Rural Tales

Robert Bloomfield

Burlington, N.J. Printed for David Allinson, by Stephen C. Ustick, 1803. 120, 83, [1 advertisement] pp. Period marbled sheet, red morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers. 120, 83, [1 advertisement] pp.