Alexander Pope, Dunciad 1stEd 1751, illustrated Hayman
"Dunciad", by Alexander Pope, 1751. First and ultimate edition of Pope's works, also the first edition with illustrations.
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. Volume V containing "Dunciad" in Four Books, printed for J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-street, London MDCCLI [1751], with five copper engraved plates including frontispiece, designed by Francis Hayman and engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder [signed in plate].
Provenance:
The book is from the library of Richard Cranch (1726-1811), signed "Richard Cranch" and dated 1757 on the front endpaper.
Contents:
A LETTER to the Publisher, occasioned by the First Edition of the Dunciad
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS's Prolegomena and illustrations to the Dunciad, with the Hyperitics of ARISTARCHUS
DUNCIAD, Books I-IV
APPENDIX:
I. A Preface prefixed to the five first imperfect editions of the "Dunciad"
II. A list of books, papers, and verses in which our author was abused
III. Advertisement to the fifth edition with Notes, in quarto
IV. Advertisement to the First edition of the Fourth Book when printed Separately
V. Advertisement to the complete edition of 1743
VI. Advertisement printed in the Journal 1730
VII. A parallel of the characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. POPE
Alexander Pope (1688-1744), is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including "The Dunciad", and "An Essay on Man", as well as for his translation of "Homer". "The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes" was published in 1751, and became the primary ultimate edition of Pope's works.
Francis Hayman (1708-1776) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian.Born in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his artistic career as a scene painter in London's Drury Lane theatre (where he also appeared in minor roles) before establishing a studio in St Martin's Lane. A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for the supper boxes at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Hayman was also a successful portraitist and history painter.
Combining some of these, he contributed 31 pictures to a 1744 edition of "Shakespeare's plays" by Sir Thomas Hanmer, and later portrayed many leading contemporary actors in Shakespearean roles, including David Garrick as Richard III (1760). He also illustrated "Pamela", a novel by Samuel Richardson, Milton's "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained", Tobias Smollett's translation of "Don Quixote", Alexander Pope's poems, and other well-known works.
Hayman was an able teacher. His pupils included Mason Chamberlin, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Thomas Seton and Lemuel Francis Abbott, and he was also a strong influence on Thomas Gainsborough. With Joshua Reynolds, Hayman was actively involved in the formation of the Society of Artists, a forerunner of the Royal Academy, during the early 1760s.
Charles Grignion the Elder (1721-1810) was a British engraver and book illustrator. He studied in Paris under J.P. Le Bas and then at Gravelot's drawing school in Covent Garden, alongside Thomas Gainsborough. In 1746, Grignion engraved Hogarth's portrait of David Garrick as Richard III, and later he worked on the second plate of Hogarth's 1754 Election series. Hogarth thought so highly of Grignion that he employed him to work in his own house on his "Canvassing for Votes" (plate two of Four Prints of an "Election" published in 1757). He also engraved the earliest record of a cricket match, published in the General Advertiser in 1748. Being an excellent artist, combining good draughtsmanship and purity of line, Grignion obtained plenty of employment from the booksellers, and devoted himself to illustrating books, chiefly from the designs of Gravelot, F. Hayman, S. Wale, and J.H. Mortimer. He engraved the early designs of Stothard for "Bell's "Poets." Among his important works were the plates to "Albinus's "Anatomy," published by Knapton in 1757; some of Dalton's "Antique Statues;" illustrations to Alexander Pope's Works; "Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius at Rome," after Hayman; the frontispiece to Smollett's "History of England" (exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1761); "Phryne and Zenocrates" after Salvator Rosa; plates to Walpole's "Anecdotes of Painting;" various portraits; landscapes after J.F. Barralet, W. Bellers, A. Heckel, and frontispiece and tailpiece to the "Society of Artists' Catalogue 1761", and other plates. Grignion continued working until he was in his late eighties. His nephew Charles Grignion the Younger (1754-1804), was also British painter and engraver. [Reference: National Portrait gallery London and several other museums in Europe and the United States.]
Provenance:
Richard Cranch (1726-1811) was a watchmaker, legislator, and a jurist. Born at Kingsbridge, Devonshire, Cranch arrived in Boston in November 1746 and established a shop as a card-maker. Cranch relocated to Braintree in 1750, and later to Weymouth, where he took up the business of watch repair. In 1762, he married Mary Smith of Weymouth, sister of Abigail Smith, the wife of John Adams.
Cranch was associated with Harvard College. He was a supporter of the Harvard library, and the college granted him an honorary M.A. degree in 1780, placing him with the class of 1744. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Charitable Society, and the Massachusetts Society for Propagating the Gospel in North America (in its 1787 iteration). He sat as a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, but declined membership in the Massachusetts Historical Society (he did donate a book to the Society's library).
He was a representative from Braintree to the Constitutional Convention in 1788; Representative to the Mass. General Court 1778-1782, 1786; member of the Mass. Senate 1787; Justice of the Suffolk County Court of Common Pleas 1779-1793, and Postmaster at Quincy 1794.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------$18.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $29.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $40.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original leather, five raised bands on spine [leather wear]; 4.1/2” x 7”; “Richard Cranch 1757” is pen-written on the front endpaper; frontispiece; two-color title page; 253 pages including Appendix + Persons’ Index + Index of Matters in Poems and Notes, and Errata; 4 copper engraved plates; very good condition.
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"Dunciad", by Alexander Pope, 1751. First and ultimate edition of Pope's works, also the first edition with illustrations.
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. Volume V containing "Dunciad" in Four Books, printed for J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-street, London MDCCLI [1751], with five copper engraved plates including frontispiece, designed by Francis Hayman and engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder [signed in plate].
Provenance:
The book is from the library of Richard Cranch (1726-1811), signed "Richard Cranch" and dated 1757 on the front endpaper.
Contents:
A LETTER to the Publisher, occasioned by the First Edition of the Dunciad
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS's Prolegomena and illustrations to the Dunciad, with the Hyperitics of ARISTARCHUS
DUNCIAD, Books I-IV
APPENDIX:
I. A Preface prefixed to the five first imperfect editions of the "Dunciad"
II. A list of books, papers, and verses in which our author was abused
III. Advertisement to the fifth edition with Notes, in quarto
IV. Advertisement to the First edition of the Fourth Book when printed Separately
V. Advertisement to the complete edition of 1743
VI. Advertisement printed in the Journal 1730
VII. A parallel of the characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. POPE
Alexander Pope (1688-1744), is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including "The Dunciad", and "An Essay on Man", as well as for his translation of "Homer". "The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes" was published in 1751, and became the primary ultimate edition of Pope's works.
Francis Hayman (1708-1776) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian.Born in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his artistic career as a scene painter in London's Drury Lane theatre (where he also appeared in minor roles) before establishing a studio in St Martin's Lane. A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative paintings executed for the supper boxes at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Hayman was also a successful portraitist and history painter.
Combining some of these, he contributed 31 pictures to a 1744 edition of "Shakespeare's plays" by Sir Thomas Hanmer, and later portrayed many leading contemporary actors in Shakespearean roles, including David Garrick as Richard III (1760). He also illustrated "Pamela", a novel by Samuel Richardson, Milton's "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained", Tobias Smollett's translation of "Don Quixote", Alexander Pope's poems, and other well-known works.
Hayman was an able teacher. His pupils included Mason Chamberlin, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Thomas Seton and Lemuel Francis Abbott, and he was also a strong influence on Thomas Gainsborough. With Joshua Reynolds, Hayman was actively involved in the formation of the Society of Artists, a forerunner of the Royal Academy, during the early 1760s.
Charles Grignion the Elder (1721-1810) was a British engraver and book illustrator. He studied in Paris under J.P. Le Bas and then at Gravelot's drawing school in Covent Garden, alongside Thomas Gainsborough. In 1746, Grignion engraved Hogarth's portrait of David Garrick as Richard III, and later he worked on the second plate of Hogarth's 1754 Election series. Hogarth thought so highly of Grignion that he employed him to work in his own house on his "Canvassing for Votes" (plate two of Four Prints of an "Election" published in 1757). He also engraved the earliest record of a cricket match, published in the General Advertiser in 1748. Being an excellent artist, combining good draughtsmanship and purity of line, Grignion obtained plenty of employment from the booksellers, and devoted himself to illustrating books, chiefly from the designs of Gravelot, F. Hayman, S. Wale, and J.H. Mortimer. He engraved the early designs of Stothard for "Bell's "Poets." Among his important works were the plates to "Albinus's "Anatomy," published by Knapton in 1757; some of Dalton's "Antique Statues;" illustrations to Alexander Pope's Works; "Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius at Rome," after Hayman; the frontispiece to Smollett's "History of England" (exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1761); "Phryne and Zenocrates" after Salvator Rosa; plates to Walpole's "Anecdotes of Painting;" various portraits; landscapes after J.F. Barralet, W. Bellers, A. Heckel, and frontispiece and tailpiece to the "Society of Artists' Catalogue 1761", and other plates. Grignion continued working until he was in his late eighties. His nephew Charles Grignion the Younger (1754-1804), was also British painter and engraver. [Reference: National Portrait gallery London and several other museums in Europe and the United States.]
Provenance:
Richard Cranch (1726-1811) was a watchmaker, legislator, and a jurist. Born at Kingsbridge, Devonshire, Cranch arrived in Boston in November 1746 and established a shop as a card-maker. Cranch relocated to Braintree in 1750, and later to Weymouth, where he took up the business of watch repair. In 1762, he married Mary Smith of Weymouth, sister of Abigail Smith, the wife of John Adams.
Cranch was associated with Harvard College. He was a supporter of the Harvard library, and the college granted him an honorary M.A. degree in 1780, placing him with the class of 1744. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Charitable Society, and the Massachusetts Society for Propagating the Gospel in North America (in its 1787 iteration). He sat as a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, but declined membership in the Massachusetts Historical Society (he did donate a book to the Society's library).
He was a representative from Braintree to the Constitutional Convention in 1788; Representative to the Mass. General Court 1778-1782, 1786; member of the Mass. Senate 1787; Justice of the Suffolk County Court of Common Pleas 1779-1793, and Postmaster at Quincy 1794.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------$18.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $29.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $40.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original leather, five raised bands on spine [leather wear]; 4.1/2” x 7”; “Richard Cranch 1757” is pen-written on the front endpaper; frontispiece; two-color title page; 253 pages including Appendix + Persons’ Index + Index of Matters in Poems and Notes, and Errata; 4 copper engraved plates; very good condition.
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