(Eighteenth-Century English Literature)

Zachary Grey. Hudibras. Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1744. 2 vols. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Contemporary red morocco gilt. Provenance: Henry Cunliffe — Elkanah Settle. The Union of the Imperial Crowns of Great Britain. London: for the author, 1707. Folio. 1st edition. Text in English and Latin. Contemporary blue gilt morocco for Settle, arms of the Earl of Essex (monogram SX added later). Provenance: Algernon Capell, earl of Essex; J.R. Abbey — Matthew Prior. Poems. London: J. Tonson & J. Barber, 1718. Folio. 1st edition. Frontispiece. Subscriber's copy on large paper. Browned. Contemporary green gilt morocco. Provenance: George Middleton; Webber; Graham Pollard — Isaac Watts. Hymns. London: S.K. for J. Lawrence, 1714. 8vo. Red-lined. Contemporary English red morocco gilt. Provenance: M. Horne; Maria Simes — Horace Walpole. A catalogue of the ... Authors of England. London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1754. 2 vols. 8vo. Frontispiece. Contemporary French morocco — Q. Horatius Flaccius. Quae supersunt, recensuit et notulis. London: Kearlsey, 1794. 2 vols. 8vo. Frontispiece. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco — William Young. The Spirit of Athens. London: J. Robson, 1777. 8vo. Fore-edger painted showing the Acropolis of Athens. Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco. — Samuel Johnson. Political Tracts. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776. 8vo. 19th-century red straight-grained morocco — [François-Antoine Chevrier]. Recueil de ces Dames. Bruxelles: aux dépens de la Compagine, 1745. 8vo. Contemporary French red morocco, arms of Talleyrand-Perigord — William Stukeley. The Philosophy of Earthquakes. London: A. & C. Corbett, 1754. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the Earl of Macclesfield — Jacques Vaniere. Praedium Rusticum. Paris: Barbou, 1774. 8vo. Frontispiece. Contemporary French red morocco — Matthew Prior. Poems. London: J. Tonson, 1709. 8vo. Large paper copy, frontispiece. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Abel E. Berland — [John Dunton]. Athenian Sport. London: B. Bragg, 1707. 8vo. 1st edition. Late 18th-century calf — George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. Poems. London: J. Tonson, 1712. 8vo. 1st edition. Contemporary calf. Provenance: George Arnold; Britwell; W. Appelton Aiken — Charles Cotton. The Genuine Works. London: R. Bonwicke and others, 1715. 8vo. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations. Contemporary calf — Alexander Pope. The Works. London: W. Bowyer for B. Lintot; 1717. Folio. 1st collected edition. Portrait. Contemporary calf. Rebacked — Edward Herbert. The life of Edward Herbert. Strawberry Hill, [Horace Walpole], 1764. 4to. Portrait, genealogical table. Contemporary calf — George Wither. Divine Poems. London: J. Marshall, 1728. [Bound with] Andrew Murphy. The Grecian Daughter. London: 1796 — Joseph Addison. Cato. London: 1784 —Ambrose Philips. The Distrest Mother. London: 1790(?). Trimmed short —Robert Blair. The Grave. London: 1800. 8vo. 19th-century calf — Horace Walpole. Aedes Walpolianae. London: 1752. [bound with]: A description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House. London: E. Easton, 1786. 4to. Numerous plates and illustrations. 19th-century calf.