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London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand, MDCCLII. 1752. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 202 x 120 mms., pp. [ii], 339 340 blank, 341 - 349 index, 350 blank], K4 and K7 leaves are cancels (as usual), engraved portrait of Swift as frontispiece, contemporary lightly speckled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, dark red morocco label; a very good copy. This volume is an extremely rare relic from the library of Dr Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), whom John Adams, the Founding Father, revered as "a transcendental genius". This Mayhew-owned copy of the Earl of Orrery's book on Swift is hitherto unknown, and is of compelling interest -- since John Adams himself compared Mayhew's writing to Swift's writing, with Adams indeed finding Mayhew to be superior to Swift in quality if similar in kind. Jonathan Mayhew was also a close friend of Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), the important early benefactor of Harvard. Hollis was also of course a notable benefactor of… Read More

Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Sumptibus Jacobi Wetstenii, 1743. (And:) Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud S. et J. Luchtmans, Academiae Typographos, 1824. 4to. 3 volumes, plus 1 additional volume: (1:) (XII including title and frontispiece),LXXII,882 p., 1 plate. (2:) (IV),953,(1blank) p. (3:) (IV),860 p. (4:) (IV),500,(3 errata),(1 blank) p. Vellum. 26.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 175754950; Hoffmann 2,537/8; Dibdin 2,193/4; Moss 2, 263: 'A very elegant and excellent edition, carefully compiled by 3 scholars whose abilities are well known'; Brunet 3,1207: 'Édition la plus estimée de cet auteur'; Graesse 4,278; Ebert 12385) (Details: 4 uniform volumes. Backs with 5 raised bands. Boards with blindstamped ornament within double fillet borders. Title pages printed in red and black. The frontispiece is produced by P. Tanjé, and shows scenes from the work of Lucianus. An engraved printer's mark on the title, depicting 2 sphinxes and 2 putti around a burin being sharpened on a… Read More

London: A. W. Webster, 1835. xxxiii,(1)740;xii,120,cxliv,cii,(1) pp. Quarto.(26 X 33.5 cm.) Large paper copy. Bound in the original moire patterned blue cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge dust soiled. Corners renewed. Top of spine a bit bumped. Original patterned endpapers with bookplate removed from front pastedown. Narrative volume: 25 plates (9 handcoloured) and five charts (2 folding including large folding coloured map at end) Appendix volume: steel engraved portrait of Ross (frontispiece) and 19 plates (12 handcoloured). Bound in blue moire boards. Gilt title on spine to match first volume. A bit bumped and rubbed. Overall a nice clean untrimmed copy in original binding, with only occasional minor foxing and with the original plate tissues. AB 14866. Narrative and scientific results of a private expedition sponsored by Felix Booth under Sir John Ross to discover a northwest passage by way of Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet. He made his way to Boothia… Read More