minstrel progress genius two parts de beattie james (23 résultats)

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

Hardcover. Etat : 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.

Hardback. Mr Thurston, Mr. Clennel (illustrateur). 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.

Half-leather blue cloth cover. Etat : 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.

Etat : 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.

Quarter Cloth. Etat : 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.

Cloth. Etat : Good. Mr. Thurston (illustrateur). 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. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good Plus. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

12mo, 170 x 109 mms., pp. [11] 12 - 140 [141 - 142 notes], including half-title, 6 woodcut plates by Thurston after Clennel, woodcut vignette tail-pieces, uncut, original boards (very soiled and ink-stained, green paper spine (worn). This is one of many numerous illustrated editions of Beattie's The Minstrel, and John Thurston (1774 - 1822) enjoyed an enviable reputation as a draughtsman who provided images for a number of books; the engraver, Luke Clennell was also a fine draughtsman, who learned his trade as draughtsman and engraved while apprenticed to Thomas Bewick (17531828), to whom he was indentured for seven years on his sixteenth birthday, 8 April 1797.

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.

12mo in 6s, (172x110mm), (3-)140,[2]p. the final text page mis-numbered 142 (lacking a half-title). 6 full page and 9 tailpiece vignette wood engravings by Luke Clennell after John Thurston. Some spotting and few later pencilled textual annotations - not always flattering of the author's work. Recent quarter white linen, blue paper covered sides. Early owner's signature of Sarah Stuart West on the front fly-lead. (Isaac, 'Checklist' in Davison's new specimen 17) An early piece of printing by Davison after the end of his partnership with Catnach, and the first edition of this title to appear solely with Davison's imprint. Discussing the cuts in this edition which Davison & Catnach used in the 1807 edition, Thomas Hugo (Bewick collector 223) writes 'in some of [the cuts] it is asserted, and can be hardly denied, that Thomas Bewick had a hand.' Tattersfield (Thomas Bewick, the complete illustrative work) while not including this work makes several references to the vignettes also appearing in Davison's editions of Burns, and Ferguson.

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.

Leather Bound. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very rare. Two books in one. The Poems Moral etc (1796) has finely engraved plates by H. Richter. The Minstrel was published by Catnach and Davison at Alnwick in 1807 and has designs by Mr Thurston engraved on wood by Mr Clenmel. Full tree calf binding contemporary with the printing. The gilt-decorated spine, with contrasting title panel. has a shallow, inoffensive crease. Hinges strained but secure. Binding in overall good condition. Text in very good, tight, clean condition, with only a little very light age-browning. Old owner's signature on front free end paper.

Half Calf. Etat : Good. Mr Thurston; Mr Clennel (illustrateur). 140, [2] pp. Half sheep over cloth, gold and black bands and gilt lettering to spine. Edges speckled red. Full-page plates by James Thurston, engraved by Luke Clennel. Firm binding with some loss to edges of sheep binding. Light stains and marks; owners' names in ink to first few pages and scribbles to 'book first' and reverse of one of the illustration pages. A collection by the Scottish philosopher and poet James Beattie. Small bookplate to endpapers of J. O. Edwards. 12mo. bound in 6's.

12mo. 6.75 x 4 inches. viii + [11] - 142 + [2] pp. Pagination is irregular, including misnumbering of last page. Bound in contemporary leather with gilt margins on boards; spine in compartments with contrasting red title label, gilt. Some age related wear to extremities, including corners and upper spine joint starting to crack. Scattered foxing, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 6 wood engraved plates paginated in text. Decorated by tailpiece vignettes. James Beattie (1735-1803) was a Scottish poet and philosopher, who served as professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1760-97. The Minstrel, a narrative biographical verse, is his best known work and appeared in numerous editions from its first publication in two parts, in 1771 and 1774. There were several variants of this Alnwick edition, printed by William Davison (1780-1858), with differing numbers of illustrations. This version of 1810 includes six fine full page wood engravings and 9 tailpiece vignettes, drawn by the printmaker and illustrator, John Thurston (1774-1822) and engraved by Luke Clennell (1781-1840), who served an apprenticeship with Thomas Bewick. POETRY WOODCUTS POETRY SCOTTISH 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED POETRY.

LeatherBound. Etat : New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1810 edition. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 155 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. 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. Pages: 155.

LeatherBound. Etat : New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1814 edition. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 201 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. 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. Pages: 201.

Leather Bound. Etat : New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1808. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 158, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 158.