TASSO (Torquato)
La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.
"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION
£5,750
[ELECTIONEERING NOVEL].
Flagel: or a Ramble of Fancy through the… 1768.
"IF SHORT CHAPTERS, ABRUPT DIGRESSIONS, ZIGZAG WRITING, LOW PHRASES, AND A LOOSE INNUENDO POINTED OUT BY TWO OR THREE ASTERISKS, BE ALL THAT ARE REQUIRED TO CONSTITUTE A TRISTRAM SHANDY, FLAGEL MAY BE THAT MAN"
£2,500
BOSWELL (James).
An Account of Corsica, 1768.
A VERY FINE COPY
£3,500
FABER (Johann Heinrich).
Anfangsgründe der schönen Wissenschaften zu dem Gebrauche seiner… 1767.
£300
GUEULETTE (Thomas Simon).
Tartarian Tales:, 1759.
£325
![Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé, par Longus. Double traduction du grec en françois, de Mr. Amiot et d'un Anonime [Antoine Le Camus] mises en paralelle, et ornées des estampes originales du fameux B. Audran, gravées aux dépens du feu duc d'Or](https://api.maggs.com/image/c4280234-f7d2-4cdd-9365-99bc11087ac8/616x770.webp)
LONGUS
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé,… 1757.
PASTORAL ROMANCE WITH PARALLEL FRENCH TRANSLATIONS
£1,250
JOHNSON (Samuel).
A Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.
£5,000
Fielding (Henry).
Amelia. By Henry Fielding, Esq; In Four Volumes, 1752.
£950
ROBERTSON (Alexander).
Poems, 1752.
£550
MILTON (John).
Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. The… 1750.
£750
![The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher. Volume the First. [- Tenth.] Printed under the Inspection of Mr. Theobald.](https://api.maggs.com/image/1bb172f9-f80d-4c08-8f23-29045c417e96/616x770.webp)
Beaumont (Francis) & & FLETCHER (John).
The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr.… 1750.
£2,400
WAKEFIELD (Benjamin).
The Warbling Muses, or Treasure of Lyric Poetry:, 1749.
£400
WHALEY (John).
A Collection of Original Poems and Translations, 1745.
£175
YOUNG (Edward).
The Complaint: or Night Thoughts on Life, Death,… 1742.
£450
![Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition.
Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734](https://api.maggs.com/image/4c8c5764-2f10-4637-870c-77185659fe72/616x770.webp)
MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734.
A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION
£5,000
COLLUTHUS OF LYCOPOLIS.
The Rape of Helen, 1731.
“THIS POEM MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT ADVANTAGE FROM THE MASTERLY HAND OF MR. POPE” A VERSE TRANSLATION OF THE STORY OF THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN OF TROY FROM THE ORIGINAL BY COLLUTHUS – “ONE OF THE WORST POETS TO COME DOWN TO US”
£2,500
BONONCINI (Giovanni).
Farnace drama. Da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro di… 1723.
A FINE COPY IN RED MOROCCO
£3,500
LA VARENNE (François Pierre de).
Il Cuoco Francese Ove e' Insegnata. La maniera… 1693.
£2,500
[BUTLER (Samuel)].
Hudibras. The First Part, 1663.
£575
RABELAIS (Francois)
Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588.
UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£4,000
[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]
Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587.
A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY
£25,000
CAPRIANO (Giovanni Pietro)
Della vera poetica libro uno. Al Conte Ulisse… 1555.
SOLE EDITION OF CAPRIANO'S LITERARY CRITICISM
£2,500
BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)
Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.
OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
£9,500
DANTE
Le terze rime, 1502.
THE ALDINE DANTE
£20,000
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Poet.
Autograph Letter (Third Person) requesting a paraffin oil…
The frost is here, And fuel is dear: Tennyson's heating concerns
£500
(WRATISLAW, Theodore.)
The Republic of Plato
£40
DISCH (Thomas M.)
The Man Who Had No Idea.
£80
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Folle-Farine
"only the dust from the corn ... the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered; on the wind; into the water; up in the sunlight; down in the mud..."
£125
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Chandos
"Few in town that night looked up at the shooting star as it flashed its fiery passage above the dull, leaden, noxious, gas-lit streets."
£125
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Idalia
"It can concern you in no way ... but since you ask it, know that I cherish freedom too well to be wedded"
£150
ELIOT, T. S.
Typed Letter Signed ("T. S. Eliot") to "Dear…
£700
OUIDA, [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Ruffino &c
"Ruffino was a little Pomeranian dog with a small black nose, and large black eyes, and a ruff as wide and imposing as Queen Elizabeth's"
£100
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Tricotrin. The Story of a Waif & Stray.
"How the sun shines on you, as if you were a princess ... Ah, Nature is a terrible socialist!"
£200
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Guilderoy
"He had created in imagination a thousand qualities from women which he had never found in them... he had desired innumerable utterly opposed and contradictory instincts and characteristics"
£250
OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]
Under Two Flags
One of Ouida's most popular works of the 1860s
£150
MACLEAN (Alistair).
H.M.S. Ulysses.
£100
HOPCRAFT (Arthur).
The Great Apple Raid. And other encounters of…
From the screenwriter of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to le Carré
£500
PATON, Joseph Noel.
Autograph Letter Signed,
£115
BATTEN, John D[ickson].
Bookplate for James Batten Winterbotham.
£30
COATES (Eric).
The Children's Friend.
£155
FENTON, George Livingston.
Prospectus for The Canary and other Poems.
£35
HOUSMAN, Laurence.
Lengthy autograph self-quotation, signed, from The Royal Runaway,
£115
