minstrel progress genius two von beattie james (56 Ergebnisse)

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Hard. Zustand: Good. 'With designs by Mr. Thurston; and engraved on wood by Mr. Clennel'. (illustrator). First printing thus. Good. Ex-library, library binding, usual stamps and markings. Bound without original endpapers.

First Edition. Poor copy, boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Title page damaged. Physical description; 76, [3], 78-124 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject; English poetry 18th century. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xxvi, [3], 30-198pp. With wood engraved illustrations by Clennel from designs by Thurston. With an unattributed life of Beattie preceding. Green printed card covers (heavily worn and rubbed at edges, titles faded, backstrip chipped with small loss, corners rounded). Endpapers repaired, discoloured, with some pencil notes and a previous owner's stamp; a little toning, gutters grubby around title page, which has small corner crease, else just the occasional spot or sign of fingering. James Beattie, (1735 - 1803) was a Scottish poet, moralist, & philosopher. 'The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius' was originally published in two volumes, in 1771 and 1774. This later edition from 1814, complete in one volume, contains some of his other poetry and notes on the Minstrel.

First Edition. Poor copy, boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Title page damaged. Physical description; 76, [3], 78-124 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject; English poetry 18th century. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Mr Thurston, Mr. Clennel (illustrator). First Thus. The Minstrel was published in two volumes in 1771 and 1774 winning the praise of Samuel Johnson This edition is later with engravings Full calf leather with marbled details Gilt patterned border Gilt tooled title and decoration to spine Speckled edges to pages Marbled endpapers Engraved frontispiece Several engravings throughout Front board detached Rubbing and shelf wear Heavy rubbing to spine Loose ffep and cracking to hinge Occasional toning and thumbing to pages which are for the most part clean Overall fair to good condition Pretty binding 140 ii pp. book.

Full Leather. Zustand: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Anderson (illustrator). First American Edition. 124 pp. 4 wood-engravings by Alex. Anderson. Full, brown-leather perios binding. Gold-stamped, bright leather spine label. Early owner's name. Contents tight, clean; only the endpapers have some tanning. Shelf wear to leather, still a good-looking copy of a scarce title which influenced Byron & the Romantics of the period. Please "Ask Bookseller" if this is available before ordering.

Edition Unstated. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked marbled calf. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear. Previous owner's signature to front end-paper. Physical description: 140, [2] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142). Subjects: Scottish poetry; English poetry Scottish authors; English poetry 1660-1788 Works. 1 Kg.

Half-leather blue cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G: in good condition. Cover heavily rubbed. Marbled eps. Approx. 2 inch by 1 inch of top corner of title page missing - not impacting on text. Sporadic foxing and marking, with some pencil inscriptions. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 142pp. B/w plates + engravings.

Zustand: Fair. Reprint. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed. Foxed, but content in overall good condition. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). xiv, 147pp. Marbled hardback boards with grey cloth spine.

Klein-8°. 17 cm. 2 Blatt, Frontispiz, Titelblatt, 4 Blatt, 120 Seiten. Roter Ganzlederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, Rundum-Goldschnitt und ornamentalem Buchschmuck auf Innendeckel. Erste Ausgabe. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mit Frontispiz und 3 weiteren Stichen. Aus der Bibliothek von John Augustus Foster, bzw. der Baronin Anna Dorothea Dufferin and Clandeboye (geb. Foster), mit dessen Namenseinträgen auf einem der ersten leeren Blätter, bzw. fünftem Blatt, sowie Exlibris "Dufferin & Claneboye" auf Innendeckel. Außenfalze leicht berieben, Blätter kaum fleckig. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. First edition. English language edition. With frontispiece and 3 more etchings. From the library of John Augustus Foster and the Baroness Anna Dorothea Dufferin and Clandeboye (born Foster), with their name inscriptions on one of the first empty sheets and 5th sheet, and exlibris on inner cover. Red full leather bindings with gilt lettered spine and gilt edges. Outer folds lightly rubbed, sheets rarely spotted. Nearly fine copy.

Quarter Cloth. Zustand: Good+. Poems by Scottish Poet James Beattie. Preface to "The Minstrel", followed by the Poem in 2 Parts, 84 Pages. Then a title page for "Poems on Several Occasions"; followed by 9 Poems (including "The Battle of the Pygmies and Cranes"). Finally, Notes to "The Minstrel". In total, 142 Page + Notes and Preface. (the last page is mis-numbered, 139 on obverse and 142 on reverse.) Beautifully illustrated with 4 Plates and 2 Tailpieces for the Minstrel. The "Other Poems" illustrated with 2 Full Page Plates and 7 In-Text illustrations. Quarter cloth cover with paper-covered boards. 7 1/4" Tall, 160g. Antique gift inscription on ffep, dated 1858. Penciled initial beneath. No other inscriptions. Some pages still uncut. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Closed tear to cloth down right side of spine and hinge cracked. Some little bits of cloth missing and some paper missing from the boards at top fore corners. Text block firm. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall.

Edition Unstated. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked marbled calf. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear. Previous owner's signature to front end-paper. Physical description: 140, [2] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142). Subjects: Scottish poetry; English poetry Scottish authors; English poetry 1660-1788 Works. 1 Kg.

MOST ATTRACTIVE "ALNWICK" IMPRINT WITH DESIGNS BY MR. THURSTON: and Engravings on wood by Mr. Clennel. Slim Crown 8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled Half Calf and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers with small contemporary "F.Penrice, No. 21" Ticket. (142)pps. Apart from foxing throughout, this is a Very Good example.

1st edition. Poor copy bound in leather-covered boards. Spine and boards loosening. Panels dust-toned, bumped, and rubbed as with age. Tanning to the pages. Physical description; 120 pp,14 cm. Subjects; Beattie, James 1735-1803. Beattie, James Hay 1768-1790. 1701-1800. English poetry 18th century. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Poetry ; Early works to 1800. Poetry ; Poetry ; Early works to 1800. English poetry 18th century. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Poor copy bound in leather-covered boards. Spine and boards loosening. Panels dust-toned, bumped, and rubbed as with age. Tanning to the pages. Physical description; 120 pp,14 cm. Subjects; Beattie, James 1735-1803. Beattie, James Hay 1768-1790. 1701-1800. English poetry 18th century. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Poetry ; Early works to 1800. Poetry ; Poetry ; Early works to 1800. English poetry 18th century. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Mr. Thurston (illustrator). An interesting collection of poetry written by Scottish poet James Beattie. The Minstrel follows the progress of a Poetical Genius and admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language.James Beattie was a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher. He is remembered today for his poetry and for his opposition to slavery.With six plate illustrations.Collated, complete. In full cloth binding. Externally, worn. The spine and boards are faded and worn and there are marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Good. book.

LeatherBound. Zustand: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 144. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1797 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 144.

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 156. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1802 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 156.

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 150. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1808 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 150.

Hard Cover. Second Alnwick printing (first pub. by Catnach and Davison in 1807). 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. 140, [2]. With 7 engraved plates and 10 tail-pieces, designed by Mr Thurston and cut by Luke Clennell at the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Full polished calf with gilt titles to black label to spine and gilt ruling. Calf a little scuffed at corners and spine tips, upper rear joint just starting. Minor toning to title; ffep creased and very faint corner creasing to [7]-12, and minor loss to lower corner p. 37/8 affecting margin only. A solid, clean copy. From the library of Ruari & Antoia McClean with their pictorial bookplate featuring a seal colony to front paste-down; no annotation or inscriptions. Printed by the partnership of John Catnach and William Davision, with woodcuts specially commissioned from Bewick's workshop. Hunt, C. J.; The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860, pp. 20 & 29.

Hard Cover. First Alnwick printing. Quarto in half sheets, pp. 140, [2]. 6 engraved plates and 10 tail-pieces, designed by Mr Thurston and cut by Luke Clennell at the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Publisher's original plain light brown paper covered wraps with partial MS title to spine. With a 19th c. ownership inscription of one Mary Lafone. Covers soiled with significant surface loss to spine and cracked joints, but holding firmly. Bold ownership and gift inscriptions to ffep and half-title, and to p. 11; scattered light foxing. A very good copy in the publisher's original boards. Printed by the partnership of John Catnach and William Davision, with woodcuts specially commissioned from Bewick's workshop and executed by Luke Clennell, Bewick's apprentice. Tattersfield, Nigel: Thomas Bewick The Complete Illustrative Work. Hunt, C. J. : The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860, pp., 20 & 29.

Calf. Zustand: Very Good. 120 pages with 3 full page copper engravings and an oval copper engraved frontispiece of the author (4). the plates are dated 1796 and the portrait is dated 1799. The binding is full contemporary tree calf, with a morocco label on spine hinges thin but not loose or failing. there is some light watermarks to the plates at out corner in. but light. Text not affected. With advert and contents leaf and all plain endpapers. Small slim octavo (smaller than the Abe sizes for this format, but correctly listed as it is bound in 8's).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, As Issued. Later Edition. 1 preliminary leaf, illustrated title page, [ix]-xxvi, pages, 1 leaf, [29]-198 pages, 1 leaf including plates frontispiece. Bound in contemporary pebbled calf, covers with central floral decoratios in gilt surrounded by decoratibve gilt border and two rules, back gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, back gilt dulled and sunned, light wear at spine ends and corners. Some of the illustrations toward the back are thought to be by Bewick. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Super royal 8vo in fours. 140[2]pp, 6 plates, 10 text illustrations. Recent quarter calf gilt, marbled paper sides. Lacks ht; neatly repaired closed tear to H1 - not affecting text.

140[2] pp, woodcuts by Mr Clennel. 102 pp, 3 plates & 9 vignettes by Mr Bewick. Contemporary full diced calf gilt rebacked with modern red/brown calf, black calf gilt spine label, speckled leaf edges, marbled endpapers. 17 cm x 10 cm. Wear with loss to corners, minor markings to leather, contents lightly age browned with some random foxing.

Hardcover (Full Leather). Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: Small Octavo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front board reattached with tape. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; 18th century; Poetry. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 17023: Cabinet 16 For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.