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Printed at London by The. Cotes, and ard
to be fold by Iohn Benfon, dwelling in
St. Dunstans Church yard. 1640.

Facsimile of title-page of Shakespeare's Poems No. 484.

CATALOGUE

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

COMPRISING EARLY PLAYS, BALLADS, POETRY

FROM CHAUCER TO SWINBURNE, BOOKS
WITH COLORED PLATES, FIRST

EDITIONS, ASSOCIATION

BOOKS, AUTHORS'

MANUSCRIPTS,

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A CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS IN
ENGLISH LITERATURE

ADDISON'S CAMPAIGN, THE FIRST EDITION, UNCUT
ADDISON, JOSEPH. The Campaign, a Poem, to His
Grace the Duke of Marlborough. Folio, full calf, ENTIRELY
UNCUT, by Zaehnsdorf. London: Jacob Tonson, 1705.

There are very few known copies in this Uncut condition.

$165.00

THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS OF "THE SPECTATOR” [ADDISON, JOSEPH.] The Spectator, Non Sumum. To be continued every day, Thursday, March 1, 1711 (to Saturday, December 6, 1712). Folio preserved in a beautiful old calf binding. London: Printed by Sam Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little Britain and sold by A. Baldwin, in Warwick Lane. Numbers 1-555.

$350.00

A COMPLETE SET OF THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS, containing the first editions of Addison's celebrated essays, besides contributions from Alexander Pope and Richard Steele. It is also highly valued for the theatrical advertisements which were never reprinted.

As it was published as a daily newspaper, complete collections are excessively rare.

[Æsop.] OGELBY, JOHN. The Fables of Esop Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture. PORTRAIT. ENGRAVED TITLE AND 81 PLATES BY HOLLAR. 4to, old English, black morocco extra, gilt panelled sides, the back elaborately gilt, gilt edges. London: Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, 1651. $120.00

A matchless copy of the First Edition, almost large paper in a rich contemporary binding in fine preservation. The Hoe copy sold for $150.00.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON. The Miser's Daughter, a Tale. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 3 vols. 8vo, in the original cloth binding. London: Cunningham and Mortimer, Adelaide Street, 1842. $55.00 The First Edition. The Bruton copy.

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON. Revelations of London. Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life. [WITH 15 VERY FINE ETCHINGS BY "PHIZ."] 8vo, original parts (July and August numbers of the "New Monthly Magazine"), bound together with original covers and advertisements, in full levant morocco, uncut, t. e. g. London: Henry Colburn, 1845.

The First Issue of this weird and powerful romance.

$75.00

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