Bibliotheca Curiosa and Collectanea Adamantaea, in 20 vols. and 15 vols, Edinburgh: privately printed c.1885, 12mo, printed wrappers, mostly reprint translations of older classic works, contained in six cases

privately printed for E. & G. Goldsmid, Edinburgh, first editions thus, 1883 to 1887,. Limited editions of 275 small-paper copies (there were also 75 large-paper copies). 25 works in 35 volumes, printed parchment wrappers, most title-pages in red and black, small 8vo, 18 cm,. various paginations,(between 32 and 102 pp per volume). A good group of 1880's reprints of mainly 16th and 17th century English literature, but including some translations, that were published in small and attractive editions by Edmund Goldsmid and are now uncommon. The works (all in English) are from two series, Bibliotheca Curiosa and Collectanea Adamantaea, and comprise 25 works in 35 volumes, all limited editions of 275 small-paper copies (from total editions of 350 copies). All are in the original printed parchment wrappers and the group is held in 6 contemporary cloth-covered boxes, with marbled paper sides and linings, and leather title-labels. Edmund Goldsmid, who published the series and edited most of the works himself, is probably best known for his bibliographies of the Aldine and Elzevier presses, translated and abridged from those by Renouard and Willems. The works included in our group are as follows: A: Bibliotheca Curiosa - A group of 17 works in 20 volumes from this series, all limited editions of 275 small-paper copies, namely: 1883 (1) An account of King Charles the Second's escape from Worcester; dictated by the king himself [to Samuel Pepys] .. edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 42 pp; 1884 (2) A North Countrie garland. [Verse] edited by James Maidment. And revised by Edmund Goldsmid. 68 pp; (3) A covnter-blaste to tobacco (Written by King James I.) Edited by Edmund Goldsmid 32 pp ; (4) A genuine and true journal of the most miraculous escape of the Young Chevalier : from the battle of Culloden to his landing in France edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 113 pp; 1885 (5) The Ballad Book. Edited by G.R. Kinloch [Kinloch, George Ritchie]. 56 pp ; (6) The pretty gentleman; or, softness of manners vindicated From the false Ridicule exhibited under the Character of William Fribble, Esq. edited by Edmund Goldsmid. [Lancaster, Nathaniel 32 pp; (7) A journey round my room by Xavier de Maistre ; translated from the French in its entirety, by Edmund Goldsmid. 93 pp ; (8) Edward Webbe, chief master gunner, his trauailes. 1590 edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 38 pp ; (9) Crito : or, A dialogue on beauty by Sir Harry Beaumont ; edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 67 pp ; (10) A new book of old ballads. Edited by James Maidment and Revised by Edmund Goldsmid. viii, 57, [9] pp; (11) Some political satires of the seventeenth century : Selected from the writings of the Earl of Rochester, Sir John Denham and Andrew Marvel By Edmund Goldsmid. 2 vols, 60 + 73 pp; 1886 (12) Love's mistress : or, The queen's masque by Thomas Heywood. 1640. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 97 pp (13) A nocturnal expedition round my room by Xavier de Maistre ; translated from the French by Edmund Goldsmid. 70 pp ; (14) An historical relation of the conspiracy of John Lewis, Count de Fieschi, against the city and republick of Genoua, in the year 1547 [By A. Mascardi]; done into English by Hugh Hare. [Ed. by E.M. Goldsmid.]. 2 vols, 61 + 63 pp; 1887 (15) Voyage to the Canaries, Cape Verd, and the coast of Africa : under the command of M. Dancourt, 1682 translated from the French of M. Le Maire by Edmund Goldsmid. 76 pp; (16) The chieftains of Vendee : Cathelineau, La Roche-Jacquelein, Charette, Stofflet, and Sombreuil translated from the French of the Baron de Barante; edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 56 pp ; (17) A king's mistress : or, Charles VII. & Agnes Sorel and chivalry in the XV. century now first translated from the French, with notes & illustrations by Edmund Goldsmid. 2 vols, 102 + 58 pp. B: Collectanea Adamantaea A group of 8 works from this series (Collectanea Adamantaea series numbers shown before the title), printed in 15 volumes, comprising: 1884 (18) 1 Quaint gleanings from ancient poetry : a collection of curious poetical compositions of the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIII centuries, ed. from MSS and rare printed originals, by Edmund Goldsmid. Viii, 54 pp; (19) 4 Memoirs of the Bastille. Translated from the French of the celebrated Mr. Linguet, who was imprisoned there from September 1780, to May 1782. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. [Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri.]. 1884-1887, 4 volumes: 55 + 57 + 48 + 48 25/05/2021 Bibliotheca Curiosa and Collectanea Adamantaea [ a... | Firsts Online https://www.firsts-online.com/highlights/bibliotheca-curiosa-and-collectanea-adamantaea-a-collection-of-1880s-limited-edition-reprints-of-mainly-… 4/22 57 + 48 + 48 pp; 1885 (20) 7 Lucina sine concubitu : a letter humbly addressed to the Royal Society, in which it is proved, by most incontestable evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man. 32 pp; (21) 9 Narrative of the events of the siege of Lyons, translated from the French (1794) ; edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 53 pp; 1886 (22) 17 The History of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux. A translation from the French of the Abbé Prévost by D. C. Moylan, etc. 3 vols, 66 + 92 +91 pp; 1887 (23) 21 The history of the devils of Loudun : the alleged possession of the Ursuline nuns, and the trial and execution of Urbain Grandier, told by an eye-witness. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 1887-88, 3 vols, 43 + 48 + 48 pp; (24) 21 [sic] A Charitable Remonstrance addressed to the wives and maidens of France, touching their dissolute adornments, together with two curious Elegies. Translated from the French of F(rère) A(ntoine) E(stienne) M(ineur) by William Rooke, etc / [ESTIENNE, Antoine Franciscan.] 56 pp; (25) 22 Pathomachia, or, The battell of affections : shadowed by a faigned siedge of the citie Pathopolis. Written some yeeres since, and now first published by a friend of the deceased author. 52 pp. A few wrappers darkened and stained but most clean, several volumes with minor wear to wrappers, contents generally Very Good to Near Fine, two or three volumes unopened. Boxes a little worn.