[Rarebooks] OFFER: SOME 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY.

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ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BECAUSE THE THEMES ARE INTERESTING. THE POETS 
ARE NOT MAJOR, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE FUN.

1.	ANON. THE JOURNEY OF DR. ROBERT BONGOUT, AND HIS LADY TO BATH. : 
Performed in the year 177-.  London: Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1778. 143, 
[1] p. : port. ; 18 cm. (8vo) Notes : Published anonymously. A satire in 
verse on Dr. Robert Bragge, cf. Brit. Mus. Catalogue:. With a Frontispiece 
of Dr. Bragge, which may be a bit caricatural. First Edition.  BM. OCLC, 8 
Locs. in the USA, 3 in the UK. ESTC, T64087 . Bragge was a Church or 
England Minister, well known for his sermons. Howevef their desire for a 
visit to the center of fashion does call inquestion his sermons against 
frivolity, and, for that matter, fashion.  Brit. Biog. Arc. I 139,373-374, 
Allibone, P. 237. Bound in period calf, Mbld. EPs, Dec. gilt borders, 
complex Dec. spine, Mro. label. Label chipped OW near Fine. With bookplate 
of John Sheepshanks. $425.00

2.	[BREVAL, JOHN] : THE ART OF DRESS. A POEM. Followed by "Apple-Pye. A 
poem. By Dr. King." with separate half title (p.27). Apple-pye is actually 
by Leonard Welsted. With a half-title. London, Printed for R. Burleigh, 
1717. Preface signed: J.D.B., i.e. John Durant Breval, who used the name 
Joseph Gay. "Apple-pye a poem by Dr. King" (p. [27]-35) is by Leonard 
Welsted./ Advertisements on pages [1]-3 (last count)[the first 2 pages 17 
poetry titles, then to item25, plays.] First Edition, ESTC, T22449, 
Heltzel, Courtesy Books in the Newberry Library 233. Foxon B418. Also 
issued as part of: 'The ladies miscellany'. The Frontispiece is divided 
into two parts. The first shows a king [wearing a crown] on his knees 
declaring himself to a royal lady of the Elizabethan period. Below two 
swains talk about, and actually gesture at a well dressed contemporary 
woman. The poem ideals with proper clothing, cosmetics, social behavior, 
dancing, and the like. But it touches also on the character within the 
citadel of the flesh, and true inner expression as well as outward fashion. 
The whole is lightly and charmingly told. In a modern brochure binding, 
about Fine. $450.00

3.	[GRAM., HORAT, PSEUD.?]: THE EAGLE AND THE ROBIN. AN APOLOGUE. 
Translated from the original of Æsop, written two thousand years since, and 
now rendred in familiar verse. By H. G. L. Mag. With an Old Cat's 
Prophecy.: taken out of an old copy of verses / suppos'd to be writ by John 
Lidgate, a monk of Bury. London: Printed and sold by Henry Hills, in 
Black-Fryars, near the Water-side, 1709. 16 p. 18 cm.  'Horat. Gram.' 
'presumably ... Horace the schoolmaster'; not from Aesop; is attributed by 
Nichols to William King, which Foxon strongly doubts. 'An old cat's 
prophecy' was previously issued in 'The beasts in power', Lond. 1709 (Foxon 
B125) but has a drop-head title: Robin red breast, with the beasts. Both 
are Political satires: 'The eagle and the robin'  On the Duke of 
Marlborough and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. The 'Old Cat's Prophecy.' 
Harley warns the Queen against Marlborough.  Morgan L150; Foxon E6; see 
also Horn 292. OCLC 4 Locs in US [VYF, HHG, Noc, Pau] 6 cited as in the UK 
are erroneous; i.e. Oxford does not have this title. Lacks wraps, never 
bound up, a bit darkened, but VG. $250.00

4.	HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS, of Queen's College, Oxford: THE PATCH, AN 
HEROI-COMICAL POEM. (With advice to Chloe, how to make use of that 
beautiful ornament of the face.) In three cantos. ... To which is added, 
The Welch wedding. A poem. .... [The dedication signed: F. H., i.e. Francis 
Hauksbee, the younger.]. London : E. Curll, 1724. viii. 39Pp.,  8vo. 
Hauksbee, is noted by CBEL II 961 as a physicist and for a publication of 
his experiments. First Edition, ESTC, T71505; Foxon H107. The poem was also 
issued as part of 'The altar of love', London, 1727. The patch was an 
unnecessary covering, placed on some part of the face to accent some 
excellent feature, or to emphasize the regularity of the rest. It was 
thought to be an essential part to fashionable beauty.  In  a relatively 
modern brochure binding, Fine. $400.00

5.	[JENYNS, SOANE] :  POEMS, BY *****.  London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 
1752.194 p. 18 cm. Notes : Title vignette. Head and tail pieces. "Most of 
the following pieces having been published at different times separately, 
hastily, and some of them incorrectly; it is now thought proper to collect 
them together, revised and amended, with the addition of several others by 
the same hand." Engraved title-page vignette of an urn bearing Jenyns's 
arms. H5 and H6 are cancels as usual. It contains all Jenyns's previously 
published poems "revised and ammended", with the addition of several 
others. The titles include: "The Art of Dancing", "The Modern Fine 
Gentleman", "The Modern Fine Lady", and "To a Young Lady, Going to the West 
Indies".   First collected edition.  CBEL II, 320.  ESTC, T54035, Foxon, 
p.387. Original calf,  rebacked some time ago. Typed description glued 
toFr. Fr. EP. Note on first blank. "Given me by Hyde, Janry 21st, 1772." A 
little bit foxed, OW VG. $375.00

6.	 (JOHNSTONE, JAMES): THE ROBBING OF THE NUNNERY; OR THE ABBESS 
OUT-WITTED : A DANISH BALLAD translated into English in the style of the 
sixteenth century. No author, publisher or place of publication given, [but 
Copenhagen] 1786. A half title is worded : Kloster - Ranet Or the Robbing 
of the Nunnery.  [2] 44 [2], 48mo. First Edition. Original calf, ruled gilt 
lines, decorative curved and dotted blind stamping, red Mro. Label, gilt 
title, dark EPs,  8.7 x 6.2 cm.[a miniature] Former owner's inscription on 
first white blank, "S. B., 1805."  The book is a work of Danish folk poetry 
, the Danish original on the left hand page of each opening, and the 
English translation on the right, until the last page. Only one verse was 
left and the two verses, English and Danish are printed above one another, 
with a final line ending the book.  The TP is entirely in English. CBEL, 
II, 80. Johnstone published a number of translations as part of the 
Romantic revival of the "Gothic" especially the Scandinavian past. A 
thorough search has found no copy in NUC, OCLC, or BL. But there is a copy 
at the Danish National Library, and another at Harvard. The Harvard copy 
shows up on RLIN. The Danish library notes the pagination as 46 Pp., and 
the Harvard copy is described as having 45 Pp+. but our copy is complete 
with original blanks and binding, and it is perhaps an error in which a 
varying number of the two blanks was included in the count.  The entire 48 
page count required for this 48mo, is supplied as our copy stands, by the 
printed and blank pages, and another leaf would have to be an added sheet, 
which is most unlikely. The story, while true folk in origin has been 
revived because of the new romantic passion for "Gothic" tales, and for 
their 'charming' lack of mannerly behavior. There is nothing heroic about 
this one, but the glee is infectious. Binding a bit rubbed, the front hinge 
a little tender, OW VG. $825.00

7.	MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB:  EPILOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF THE FASHIONABLE 
FRIENDS : performed at Strawberry-Hill, 1801.  Mary Berry was the author of 
Fashionable friends. [London] : J. Barfield, Printer ... 1804 Description: 
1 folded sheet ([2] p.) ; 25 cm. This copy has the "Radway 1804" watermark. 
Hazen, A.T. Bib. of Strawberry Hill Press,; no.95 Note(s): Caption title./ 
Epilogue to the play by Mary Berry, cf. BM 16:240, and DNB 11:433./ Copy 
described in NUC pre-1956 374:360 has 1804 watermark. [NYP, CUV, YUS, CGU, 
IUL, HHG, NDD, PUL, UPM. HRH, VA@,GZM] . This is apparently the first 
edition of this poem. It is in mint condition, with the dated watermark 
showing in the margin of the first leaf. For some reason more than the 
usual number of this very ephemeral work have survived in lovely shape. It 
seems to have been a "keeper". The play was a comedy of manners and a 
tragedy of hopes, portraying adulterous love. The epilogue spoken by the 
chief perpetrator  pretends to point a moral.  That moral seems to be, if 
you do it, do it well, and don't follow my clumsy example! $275.00

8.	~PHILIPS, AMBROSE: ~PASTORALS. ~London: : Printed and sold by H. Hills, 
in Blackfryars, near the Water-side, 1710. 24Pp. : orn. ; 19cm.: title Vig. 
is bowl of flowers; price two pence, p. 9 line 33 reads "Menalcus"; p. 5 
line 17 ends "Yet show" Note(s): 8vo: A8-B4. Hill's First Edition, First 
Separate publication.  Below imprint: (Price Two-pence.)/ Six pastorals 
(Lobbin; Thenot. Colinet; Albino; Mico. Argol; Cuddy; Geron. Hobbinol. 
Lanquet), the first 4 originally printed in E. Fenton's Oxford and 
Cambridge miscellany; all reprinted with 2 more in J. Tonson's Poetical 
miscellanies, pt. 6. NCBEL 2, 562;, ESTC 19941; Foxon P213, with the 
setting showing "menalcus" and "yet show"[7 Locs of both versions]~ Fine, 
Rem from Bnd. Vol.~ $400.00~

9.	PHILIPS, JOHN: CYDER. A POEM. IN TWO BOOKS.  London: for Jacob Tonson, 
1708. 8vo, [4], 89, [1] Pp. Engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht. First 
edition of "the most important of Philip's productions... written in 
imitation of Vergil's Georgics, and an exact account of the culture of the 
apple tree and of the manufacture of cider varied by compliments to various 
friends and patrons, and by many local allusions to Herefordshire... where 
Withington was especially famous for cider. Phillip Miller, the botanist, 
told Johnson that 'there were many books written on the same subject in 
prose which did not contain so much truth as that poem'" DNB. Foxon P237, 
Williams, Points in 18th-Century Verse, pp. 92-3.This copy has all the 
errors noted by Williams uncorrected. ~In ½ Mro. Mbld. Bds. and EPs, Ca 
1850, extremities rubbed, fraction of inch restored at foot and crown of 
spine, VG. $400.00


10.	[WOLCOT, JOHN] PINDAR, PETER:  HAIR POWDER; A PLAINTIVE EPISTLE TO MR. 
PITT : by Peter Pindar Esq. To which is added, Frogmore fête, an ode for 
music, for the first of April.  A new edition. London : printed for J. 
Walker; J. Bell; J. Ladley; and E. Jeffrey, 1795.  [4],35,[1]p ; 4tVerse. 
With a half-title. ESTC T035947, CBEL 2, 388. In the context of a 
disquisition on powder, hairdressers, and hiding the ravages of time on old 
skin, the poet goes after Pitt and asks him to remember his humbled days, 
before the need for powder and hairdressers. Yet more in this vein with 
comparisons between politics and hair dressing. This new edition was 
published the same year as the first, but with  the second poem added. $175.00

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