Early Literature

A collection of early literature, classics and works on language, including Cicero.- Kelsall (Charles) Classical Excursion from Rome to Arpino, first edition, printed on thick paper, large folding engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates and maps, one lithographed plate, 2 additional? portraits mounted at the beginning of volume, with dedication leaf at beginning and Postscript leaf at end, some light foxing or soiling, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, ex libris, 8vo, Manget & Cherbuliez for the Author, Geneva, 1820; Lee (Francis) The Odes of Pindar…, First edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, damage to centre of title page with two holes, engraved folding plan of Olympia, offsetting, some spotting, light age yellowing, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine restored, corners bumped, 4to, William Miller, 1810; Roscoe (William) The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent, 2 vol., second edition, corrected, engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, some offsetting, ex libris, contemporary green half calf, gilt, rubbed and discoloured, marbled boards, endpapers & foreedges, A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, 1796; with Pearse (Edward) The great concern, or, A serious warning to a timely and thorough preparation for death with helps and directions in order thereunto, third edition, browning, dustsoiling, joints split, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, I. Robinson, 1674; [Swift (Jonathan)] A Tale of a Tub, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates only, light age yellowing, inscriptions and notes in early hands, contemporary calf, spine damaged, hinges broken, worn, upper board detaching, S. Tooke & B. Motte, 8vo, 1724; The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., new edition, half title, uncoloured engravings from designs by Richard Westall, contemporary half Morocco, marbled boards & endpapers, slightly rubbed, spine slightly discoloured, 8vo, Hurst, et al.,1820; Burton (Robert) Anatomy of Melancholy, 2 vol., some foxing throughout, bookplate, half calf, marbled boards, worn, 4to, S. Hamilton, 1813 (23)

***First work. Rare homage to Cicero with an account of his villas and a proposal for a monument to him.