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Phila. Wm. Spotswood, 1790. 8vo., contemporary sheep; rubbed but very solid, top of the spine chipped, spine label no longer readable; internally quite clean.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Ovid (there was a New York printing in 1795); this edition contains a Prosody Table and references (after the manner of Mr. Stirling), pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse; it also contains Davidson's English notes. The Latin text (with its English translation below), follows 40 pages of introdu... more information

New York C. S. Van Winkle, 1821. Tall 8vo., original bluish gray boards with white paper spine, worn with two small pieces wanting; original paper spine label; quite a tall, sound, uncut copy. With bookbinder's ticket of T. Garson, at the same Greenwich Street address as the printer.Arden, a counselor at law and a great admirer of John Jay ("...a firm patriot, an enlightened statesman, an upright man, and sincere Christian."), says in his Preface that he has attempted to fill "... more information

Oxford Daniel Press, 1919. Sm. 4to., bluish-green wrappers with yapp edges, a little worn in places, with the title lettered on the front cover. 130 Copies printed by Dr. Daniel, probably in 1903, were found in sheets after his death. A title-page a short preface by Mr. Madan were added at the Clarendon Press and the edition was issued by Mr. Leslie Chaundy, a bookseller of Oxford who also bound in a notice slip at the front.The work contains thirty-six beautifully printed, unpublished poems by S... more information

London Bernard Quaritch, 1868. 8vo., publisher's brick cloth with a triple gilt fillet border; in the center of the cover is a gilt design adapted from one of the plates [Death beating on a kettle drum surrounded by a triangular frame of bones, along with the title of the book]. Fine crisp copyHumphreys' main essay, a concise history of the origin and subsequent development of the subject, precedes the plate section, which is followed by a short chapter entitled, The Treatment of the Devi... more information