Beschreibung
Original Murray Family Library series edited by John Gibson Lockhart. 59 (of 78) volumes from the series offered for sale; comprising 36 pf the 49 titles, published by John Murray and Thomas Tegg from 1829 to 1842. There are 4 partial sets as noted in the listing. 12mo, the volumes are bound in matching brown pebbled leather with gilt titles on spine. Many volumes have engraved frontispieces Fold out maps are featured in several, with additional plates and engravings. The dates of the volumes published by John Murray, with Thomas Tegg as a distributor are noted in bibliographic sources as 1829 to 1834, with Tegg taking over publication in 1834. This collection goes through 1842. It has been checked against several listings. The collaboration seems to have been more ongoing than is indicated in the literature. There are volumes later than 1834, with John Murray as publisher, and a few with both names up to 1840. Illustrations are not collated for each volume, editions may differ. The volumes are tight, and in very good condition. The Murray series were a force in the democratization of knowledge in mid-century Britain. ORIGINAL LIBRARY PUBLISHED BY JOHN MURRAY: The following volumes in this lot are listed by series number, date/edition, author and title: III, 1829 Second edition. John Williams, The Life and Actions of Alexander the Great; IV, X, XXVII, XXXVIII (partial set) volumes 1,2,5,6 only Second edition 1830-33,Allan Cunningham, Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects; VII, LI 1835, Third edition, Anonymous (Robert Ferguson et al), The Natural History of Insects; VIII 1831 Anonymous (S. Dunham Whitehead) The Court and Camp of Buonaparte with pull out chart at frontispiece; XI 1831, Washington Irving, The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus(abridged) with pull out map of West Indies, light water stain, possibly a water mark; XII A New (third) edition 1840 (Murray and Tegg), Robert Southey, The Life of Nelson; XIV 1830, Anonymous (William Macmichael et al; with memoir of Caleb Hillier Parry by his son W. C. Parry), Lives of Eminent British Physicians; XV, XLVIII, XLIX, L (Partial set). Volumes 2 & 3 only, 1835 edition, George Robert Gleig, The History of the Empire in British India; XVII 1838, Third edition, Francis Bond Head, Life of Bruce the African Traveler with folding map in rear; XX, XXXII 1831, 2 volumes, Anonymous, (Edward Smedley), Sketches from Venetian History with folding map of Venice, and other engravings;XXI 1837 (Murray), Francis Palgrave, History of the Anglo-Saxons; XXII, XXXIV, XXXVII 1831-40, Patrick Fraser Tytler, Lives of Scottish Worthies; XXIV 1831, David Brewster, Life of Sir Isaac Newton; XXVI Fifth edition (corrected) in 1 volume, 1840, John James Blunt, Reformation in England; XXVIII XXVIX 1838 Second edition in 2 volumes, complete, John Lander and Richard Lander edited by Alexander Bridport Becher, Adventures in the Niger; XXXI 1839 Third edition, Anonymous (Charles Edward Dodd), The Trials of Charles I, and of some of the Regicides; XXXV 1839 Third edition, Sir John Barrow, Life of Peter the Great; XXXVI 1841 Fourth edition with additions, pull out frontispiece map of the Caribee Islands, Henry Nelson Coleridge, Six Months in the West Indies; XXXIX (Partial set) Volume 1 only, 1838 edition, Washington Irving, Sketch Book; XLI, XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLVI (Missing volume 6), 1839 Third edition, 5 of 6 volumes, Alexander Fraser Tyler, Universal History.SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THOMAS TEGG: Some later editions and volumes appear under the Murray imprint in this series. This set and bibliographic listing goes to 1842: LII 1838, "A New Edition, attentively revised? Notes by E. W. Brayley, Daniel Defoe, History of the Plague; LIII LIV 1838 Third edition, 2 volumes, Cyrus R. Edmonds, Life and Times of George Washington; LV 1839 A New edition, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York; LVI, LVII, LVIII 1836-1840 A New edition, 3 volumes, John W. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 318120
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