[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1708 Periodical: THE BRITISH APOLLO, OR, CURIOUS AMUSEMENTS FOR THE INGENIOUS

[Charles Agvent]

THE BRITISH APOLLO, OR, CURIOUS AMUSEMENTS FOR THE INGENIOUS TO WHICH 
ARE ADDED THE MOST MATERIAL OCCURRENCES FOREIGN AND DOMESTICK. Performed 
by a Society of Gentlemen. London: J. Mayo, 1708. First Edition. Folio 
(8" x 12-1/2") bound in 19th century half brown leather with leather 
corners and marbled boards; [2], [516], 14 pages. The first volume of 
this scarce periodical containing a title page, 117 four-page issues, 12 
supernumerary numbers, and an extensive index covering the period of 13 
February 1708 to 25 March 1709. Without the two 12-page quarterly 
issues. The periodical would stop publication in 1711. Edited by Aaron 
Hill and Marshall Smith, with probable contributions from John Gay, John 
Arbuthnot, and Samuel Garth, among others. Contains questions from 
readers and answers from contributors on miscellaneous topics including 
theology, science, mathematics, natural history, medicine, music, 
customs, manners, etc. with foreign news, news of war, shipping, 
advertisements, and much poetry, often ribald. Contemporary manuscript 
notation on verso of title page by former owner titled "The Disparity" 
about Sampson signed "Thomas Mellin his own Book." On two blanks at the 
rear is manuscript music titled "A Song By Mr. H[enry] Purcell," which 
is his well-known composition "What Can We Poor Females Do" written in 
1694. There is also a small sheet of paper laid in with a manuscript 
statement in an early hand about the volume's contents. Bookplate of 
Isaac John Greenwood on the front pastedown. Old, mostly rather faint 
dampstain at bottom of many pages; binding rather worn but intact with a 
one-inch chip at the head of the spine. About Very Good. (#021464)    
     $1,000

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