Vol. I [-III] . . .
Londini: Typis
Guil. Bowyer, impensis
J. Walthoe,
G. Conyers [and others].
m dcc xxvi
. [1726.]
AC6 .S4
First Collected Edition. 3 vol. in 6. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I by Geo. Vertue, 1725, after P. Lely, text in double columns, chiefly in roman letter with passages in italic,
Greek,
Hebrew,
Arabic and other languages, the contents of the volumes listed on the titles, in all except Volume I immediately after
Tam Edita quam Inedita, signatures and pagination continuous throughout the two parts of each volume, engraved and woodcut illustrations in the
text.
Lowndes IV, 2237.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 851, 874.
John Selden, 1584-1654, English jurist. For separate works by him, see the Index.
David Wilkins, 1685-1745, was the editor of these volumes. For a separate work by him and a note, see no. 1768.
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Dodsley’s fugitive peices.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 4, Dodsley’s Fugitive Pieces, 2 v 12mo.
DODSLEY,
Robert,
editor.
Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects. By several Authors. Vol. I. [-II.] . . . The
Third Edition.
London: Printed for
J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall:
mdcclxxi
. [1771.]
2 vol. Sm. 8vo. 178 and 186 leaves, half-title in each volume, and half-titles to the separate pieces, advertisements on the
last leaf; the contents of the volumes listed on the title-pages. There is not a copy of the
third edition in the Library of Congress; the information is taken from the second edition, of which the
third is a reprint.
Halkett and Laing II, 343.
Lowndes II, 657.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 437.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without the price.
Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English poet, dramatist and bookseller, was the editor of this collection, first published in 1761. The contributors
included Joseph Spence (under the pseudonym Sir Harry Beaumont), James Macpherson, Edmund Burke, Nathaniel Lancaster, Charles Lord Whitworth and others.
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Oeuvres de S
t. Real.
5. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 2, as above.
SAINT-RÉAL,
César Vichard, abbé de.
Oeuvres de Mr. L’Abbé de Saint-Real: Nouvelle Edition. Tome Premier. [-Cinquième]. A
La Haye: Chez
les Freres Vaillant &
Nicolas Prevost,
m dcc xxii
. [1722]
AC23 .S27
5 vol. 12mo. Titles printed in red and black, engraved vignette on the first title, woodcut vignettes on the others, engraved
frontispieces by D. Coster, publishers’ advertisement on the last 2 leaves of Vol. V.
Quérard VIII, 372.
Graesse VI, 226.
César Vichard de Saint-Réal, 1639-1692, French historian, usually known as the Abbé de Saint-Réal, was born in Savoy and educated in Paris by the Jesuits.
He became a pupil of Varillas [q.v.] whose works served as his model. His
Oeuvres Posthumes were published in 1693.
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Oeuvres de Voltaire.
40. vol.
8
vo.
1775.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 15, Oeuvres de Voltaire, 58 v 8vo 1775 and 1785.
VOLTAIRE,
François Marie Arouet de.
Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire [
Genève?]
1775 and [
Kehl?]
1785.
