16 BEAUMONT (FRANCIS). Poems: By Francis Beaumont, Gent. Viz. The Hermaphrodite. The Remedie of Love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other Poems. London, Printed by Richard Hodgkinson for W. W. and Laurence Blaikelocke and are to be sold at the signe of the Sugar-loafe next Temple Bar in Fleet-street. 1640 4to, niger morocco, gilt tooled, gilt inside borders, by the Club Bindery. FIRST EDITION. The Imprimatur follows "The Hermaphrodite", and precedes "The Remedie of Love". With the Hoe and Hagen bookplates. VERY SCARCE. This little volume of Beaumont's reputed poems includes the lines on "Womans Mutability", with their unchanging charm: "Catch me a starre, that's falling from the Sky, Weigh me an ounce of flame, blow backe the winde, 17 BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) AND FLETCHER (JOHN). Comedies and Tragedies Written by Francis Beavmont And John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. Fine frontispiece portrait of Fletcher by Marshall. London, Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in S Pauls Church-yard. 1647 Folio, mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Portrait and title-page neatly mended in lower inner margin. FIRST EDITION. The portrait by Marshall is in the Second State, with lines signed "J. Berkenhead"; in the First State they are signed "J. BERKENHEAD". Edited There is perhaps no book mentioned more frequently by Shakespearean commentators than this FIRST FOLIO Beaumont and Fletcher. by the poet Shirley, it is dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, who is reminded by the publishers that he and his brother, W. H., the third Earl, were "Patrons to the flowing compositions of the then expired sweet Swan of Avon SHAKESPEARE". Shakespeare is eulogized in the commendatory verses by Denham, Howell, Buck, Cartwright, and Birkenhead, and Falstaff is mentioned in Palmer's verses. 18 BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) AND FLETCHER (JOHN). Poems. The Golden Remains Of those so much admired Dramatick Poets, Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher Gent. Containing, The Hermaphrodite two Sexes. The Remedy and Art of Love. Elegies on the most eminent Persons; with other amorous Sonnets, and conceited Fancies. Together, With the Prologues, Epilogues, and Songs, many of which were never before inserted in his printed plays. The second Edition enriched with the addition of other Drolleries by severall Wits of these present Times. London, Printed for William Hope at the backside of the Old Exchange. 1660 Small 8vo, green crushed levant morocco, panelled in gilt on sides, with elaborate gilt central ornaments, and corner_decorations, gilt inside borders, gilt edges over red, by [Riviere]. Lower margin of K repaired; one or two stains. THIRD EDITION. This is really the unsold copies of the Second Issue of the Second Edition reissued with a new title-page by Hope, whose name appears on the title-page. On M is the poem "On William Shakespeare", which may be quoted, as it is perhaps not so well known as others of less value, both from the literary and association point of view. "Renowned Spencer lye a thought more nigh To learned Chaucer, and rare Beaumont lye A little nearer Spencer, to make room For Shakespeare in your threefold, fourfold tombe, Untill Dooms day, for hardly will a fifth Betwixt this day and that by Fates be slaine, For whom your curtaines may be drawn againe. A fourth place in your sacred sepulchre, Under this sacred marble of thine owne, Sleep rare Tragoedian Shakespeare! sleep alone. That unto us, and others it may be, Honour hereafter to be laid by thee." This is not found in the quarto of 1660. It would seem rather obvious that Beaumont did not write it-as, it is said, justly, he did not write others of the poems in the volume. But Shakespeare himself would not have been ashamed of several of the lines; and the inspiration was true. The next poem, brief and epitaphic, is "On Ben Johnson". A fine copy of this VERY RARE book, with the Hoe bookplate. 19 BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) AND FLETCHER (JOHN). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. Written by Francis Beaumont And Iohn Fletcher, Gentlemen. All in one Volume. Published by the Authors Originall Copies, the Songs to each Play being added. Portrait of Fletcher by Marshall, with lines underneath by Sir John Birkenhead. London, Printed by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, MDCLXXIX Folio, mottled calf, leather labels, gilt edges. SECOND EDITION, but the First Complete Edition. A very tall, sound and clean copy, with wide margins. The portrait of Fletcher is the Second State, with "J. Berkenhead" in smaller type than in the First State. No little interest attaches to the commendatory verses by Waller, Ben Jonson, Denham and others. This edition contains 17 plays issued in quarto, but not included in the first collected edition. 7 20 [BEAUMONT (SIR JOHN, the Elder).] Bosvvorth-field: With a Taste of the Variety of Other Poems. London, Printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at the Tygers head in Saint Pauls Churchyard. 1629 Small 8vo, red crushed levant morocco, gilt back, line tooled sides, gilt edges, by Bedford. FIRST EDITION. In this, as in all known copies, pp. 181 and 182 have been cancelled, and the leaf removed. The missing poem has been identified, and is given in the Grolier Club "Collation and Notes". 21 BEHN (MRS. APHRA). Poems upon Several Occasions: With a Voyage to the Island of Love. By Mrs. A. Behn. London, Printed for R. Tonson and J. Tonson, at Gray'sInn-Gate next Gray's-Inn Lane, and at the Judges-Head at Chancery Lane end near Fleetstreet. 1684 8vo, purple crushed levant morocco, gilt tooled, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges, by David. The Table of Contents (L) should properly come after K8, but is generally found at the end of the book, as in this copy. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy, with the Hoe bookplate. 22 BEHN (MRS. APHRA). All the Histories and Novels Written by the Late Ingenious Mrs. Behn, Entire in One Volume. Viz. I. The History of Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave. Written by the Command of King Charles the Second. II. The Fair Jilt, or Prince Tarquin. III. Agnes de Castro, or the Force of Generous Love. IV. The Lovers Watch, or the Art of making Love; being Rules for Courtship for every Hour of the Day and Night. V. The Ladies Looking-Glass to dress themselves by, or the whole Art of Charming all Mankind. VI. The Lucky Mistake. VII. Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam. VIII. The Nun, or the Perjured Beauty. IX. The Adventure of the Black Lady. These three last never before published. Together with The History of the Life and Memoirs of Mrs. Behn. Never before Printed. By one of the Fair Sex. The Third Edition, with Large Additions. Frontispiece portrait of the author. London, Printed for Samuel Briscoe in Russel-street; 1698 8vo, original sprinkled calf (hinges cracked). A few foxings; small piece torn from corner of K2. THIRD EDITION. The First Edition appeared in 1696. The Dedication is signed by Charles Gildon. 23 BEHN (MRS. APHRA). Plays Written by the late Ingenious Mrs. Behn. In Four Volumes. [Volume number and contents.] The Third Edition. Portrait of the author by R. Cole as frontispiece in Vol. I. London; Printed for Mary Poulson, and sold by A. Bettesworth in Pater-noster-Row, and F. Clay without TempleBar. M.DCC.XXIV 4 vols., 12mo, half olive levant morocco, gilt tooling and tops, by the Club Bindery, 1898. Two or three leaves stained. THIRD EDITION. The Chew-Huntington copy. - BELL (ADAM). See Adam Bell. 24 B[ENLOWES] (E[DWARD]). Theophila, or Loves Sacrifice. A Divine Poem. Written by E. B. Esq; Several Parts thereof set to Aires by Mr J. Jenkins. With the very rare portrait of Benlowes by Barlow, with tablet blank, and a series of 18 plates. London, Printed by R. N. Sold by Henry Seile in Fleetstreet, and Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard. 1652 Folio, dark blue morocco, richly gilt tooled, gilt inside borders and edges, by C. Murton. Benlowes' arms on leather, cut from the original binding, are pasted on the inside of front cover. FIRST EDITION. The plates include "The Recapitulation" (Theophila treading on the serpent), which is very rare, and the two rare engraved pages at the end, one by T. Cecill. All the plates called for in Grolier are present, except Nos. 4, 9, 14, 15, 20. This copy also contains the rare leaf 02, with the engraved verses at the foot: the leaf without the verses is more usual. The portrait by Barlow, with the tablet blank, is thought to be a proof (cut to plate mark, and with new margins about one-eighth of an inch supplied). With the Lord Leigh and J. H. Purdy armorial bookplates. An A. L. s. from Royal Cortissoz to Mr. Purdy is laid in. 25 BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New (with the Book of Common Prayer and Metrical Psalms with Music). Fine engraved title-page by William Marshall. Printed by Tho. Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the Vniversity of Cambridge and are to be sold by Roger Daniel, at the Angell in Lumberstreet, London, 1638 Folio, blue crushed levant morocco, gilt back, gilt panelled sides, gilt edges, by Bedford. A MAGNIFICENT COPY of the Authorized Version, the authentic corrected Cambridge_Bible, the FIRST with the reading "Ye" for "We" in Acts VI, 3. Ruled in red throughout, and POSSIBLY ON LARGE PAPER. With the Huth bookplate. 26 BIBLE IN LATIN. A Leaf from the Biblia Latina Vulgate, printed by Fust & Schoeffer, Mentz, 1462. Known as the Bible of 48 lines. With hand-painted initial and ornamentation, in colors. A FINE FRAMED LIBRARY PIECE. This leaf is from the FIRST EDITION OF THE BIBLE WHICH BEARS THE NAME OF A PRINTER AND THE PLACE AND DATE OF ITS EXECUTION. 27 BIVERO (PEDRO). Sacrvm Oratorivm Piarvm Imaginvm Immaculatæ Mariæ et Animæ Creatæ ac Baptismo, Poenitentia, et Evcharistia Innovatæ: Ars Nova bene Vivendi et Moriendi, sacris piarum Imaginum Emblematis figurata & Illustrata: Auctore R. P. Petro Bivero Matritensi Soc. Iesv Theologo, Sereniss. Belgij Principum Concionatore. Engraved title-page, 42 allegorical plates and 15 plates of Emblems, in the manner of Theodore Galle. Antverpiae, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti. M.DC.XXXIV. Cvm Privilegiis Caesareo et Regio. 4to, red crushed levant morocco, gilt tooled, richly gilt inside borders, gilt edges on the rough, by David. A printed title in red and black, without imprint, precedes the engraved title-page. With the Hoe bookplate, and his initials stamped in gold on the inside of front cover. 28 B[LAKE] (W[ILLIAM]). Poetical Sketches. By W. B. Engraving by Blake inserted as frontispiece, with pencil inscription below, "The parable of the relapsed sinner & her 7 Devils". London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXXIII 8vo, contemporary half calf, sprinkled edges. Some small stains. The name Blake has been completed in ink on the title-page. FIRST EDITION. Blake's first book, privately issued. This was George Cumberland's copy, with his signature on the title-page, and his bookplate by Blake, signed "W Blake inv & sc: A E 70 1827”, on the inside of the front cover. Cumberland presented the copy to John Linnell, to whom he had formerly introduced Blake, and who was to become the kindest friend and stay of the neglected genius's declining years. The presentation inscription on the fly-leaf reads: "From George Cumberland to John Linnell 866". Cumberland had been one of the few buyers from Blake: hence the commission which the artist executed for him, the symbolical card or bookplate the sweep of life from childhood to manhood, fate, the reaping angel, and the divine graces. The inserted engraving by Blake is generally known as "The Man sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour". "One of the rarest, as well as one of the most beautiful of all Blake's prints."-Russell's Engravings of William Blake, 1914, No. 31. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] |