[Rarebooks] FS: Select European Epitaphs -1757 - Hackett -2 volume set

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons,
in Several Parts of Europe, with Translations of such as are in Latin and
Foreign Languages. And Compendious Accounts of the Deceased, Their Lives
and Works."

By John Hackett.
Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in Gray's Inn, London: 1757.

DISCUSSION: One of the early English compilations, these two volumes
contain epitaphs from all over Europe. In his dedication to James Bruce,
esq., Hackett notes that this collection of epitaphs was "the Fruits of
leisure Hours, when, somewhat grave, and sensible of a Deficiency in that
Part of a Man's Cloathing that has so great a Sympathy with the Animal
Spirits, I have left Mirth for the Church-Yard, and deserted Folks all
alive and merry, for a pensive Hour with the Dead".

Volume 1 includes a spectacular engraved frontispiece showing the interior
of a crypt with an open coffin, several skeletons, Muses, cherubs and the
inscription “How are the Mighty Fallen! Oh, that they understood this! O!
that they would consider this, & be wise!”.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4.25"x7", [ii], 288 245, [xxi] pages.
Volume 1 with engraved frontispiece. Bound in 19th  century full
gilt-ruled leather with leather spine labels.

CONDITION NOTES: The covers show light rubbing, and there is a little
internal soil and toning.

A handsome engraved bookplate bearing a coat of arms and the name Hans
Sloane Esq. is on the front endpaper of both volumes.

PRICE: $400.00


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