Alexander Pope, Miscellaneous Pieces 1stEd 1751 ill.
"Miscellaneous Pieces", Alexander Pope, 1751. First and ultimate edition of Pope's works. All later editions founded on this 1751' edition.
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. Volume VI containing Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, printed for J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-street, London MDCCLI [1751], with copper engraved frontispiece designed by Francis Hayman and engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder [signed in plate]. The frontispiece shows Alexander Pope listening the conversation of ancient authors and writing it down, Muse standing behind them.
Provenance:
The book is from the library of Richard Cranch (1726-1811), signed "Richard Cranch" and dated 1757 on the front endpaper.
Contents:
IMITATIONS of Horace: The First Book of the Epistles of Horace. The Second Book of the Satires of Horace. Ode I of Horace. Ode IX of Horace.
EPISTLES:
To Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. To JAMES CRAGGs Esq. Secretary of State. To Mr. Jervas, with Mr. Dryden's Translation of Fresnoy's art of Painting. To Miss Blount, with the works of Voiture. To the same, on her leaving the town after the CORONATION.
The BASSET TABLE, an Eclogue. Verbatim from Boileau. Answer to a Question of Mrs. Howe. Occasioned by some verses of his Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM.
A prologue to a play for Mr. Dennis's benefit in 1733, when he was old, blind, and in great distress, a little before his death.
MACER, a character. To Mr. John Moore, author of the celebrated Worm-POWDER.
Song, by a person of quality, 1733
On a certain LADY at Court. On his Grotto at Twickenham, composed of Marbles, Spars, Gems, Ores and Minerals. To Mrs B. on her birth-day. To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN, on bis birth-day 1742
EPITAPHS:
I. On CHARLES Earl of Dorset, in the church of Withyam in Sussex.
II. On Sir WILLIAM TRUMBAL.
III. On the Hon. Simon Harcourt, only for of Lord Chancellor Harcourt; at the church of Stanton Harcourt in Oxford- Shire 1720.
IV. On JAMES Cragos esq. in Westminster-abbey.
V. Intended for Mr. Rowe, in Westminster-abbey.
VI. On Mrs. CORBET, who died of a cancer in her breast.
VII. On the monument of the Hon. Robert Digby and of his sister Mana', 1727.
VIII. On Sir Godfrey Kneller, in Westminster-abbey, 1723.
IMITATIONS:
IX. On General Henry Withers, in Weftminster-abbey.
X. On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.
XI. On Mr. Gay, in Westminster-abbey, 1732
XII. Intended for Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster-abbey.
XIII. On Dr. Francis ATTERBURY, Bishop of ROCHESTER who died in exile at Paris 1732, a Dialogue.
XIV. On EDMUND Duke of Buckingham, who died in the nineteenth year of his age, 1731.
XV. For one who would not be buried in Westminster-abbey. Another, on the same.
Memoirs of the extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus SCRIBLERUS. Martinus Scriblerus, or the Art of sinking in Poetry.
VIRGILIUS RESTAURATUS, five MARTINI SCRIBLERI Summi Critici Castigationum in Aeneidem Specimen.
A Specimen of SCRIBLERUS's Reports, Stradling versus Stiles.MEMOIRS of P.P. clerk of this parish. Of the Poet Laureate, Nov. 19, 1729. Guardians. Preface to Homer's Iliad. Preface to the Works of Shakespear[e].
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.
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Condition Report: Hard boards, original leather, five raised bands on spine [leather wear; boards are attached]; 4.1/2” x 7”; “Richard Cranch 1757” is pen-written on the front endpaper; frontispiece; two-color title page; 347 pages; very good condition.
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"Miscellaneous Pieces", Alexander Pope, 1751. First and ultimate edition of Pope's works. All later editions founded on this 1751' edition.
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. Volume VI containing Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, printed for J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-street, London MDCCLI [1751], with copper engraved frontispiece designed by Francis Hayman and engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder [signed in plate]. The frontispiece shows Alexander Pope listening the conversation of ancient authors and writing it down, Muse standing behind them.
Provenance:
The book is from the library of Richard Cranch (1726-1811), signed "Richard Cranch" and dated 1757 on the front endpaper.
Contents:
IMITATIONS of Horace: The First Book of the Epistles of Horace. The Second Book of the Satires of Horace. Ode I of Horace. Ode IX of Horace.
EPISTLES:
To Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. To JAMES CRAGGs Esq. Secretary of State. To Mr. Jervas, with Mr. Dryden's Translation of Fresnoy's art of Painting. To Miss Blount, with the works of Voiture. To the same, on her leaving the town after the CORONATION.
The BASSET TABLE, an Eclogue. Verbatim from Boileau. Answer to a Question of Mrs. Howe. Occasioned by some verses of his Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM.
A prologue to a play for Mr. Dennis's benefit in 1733, when he was old, blind, and in great distress, a little before his death.
MACER, a character. To Mr. John Moore, author of the celebrated Worm-POWDER.
Song, by a person of quality, 1733
On a certain LADY at Court. On his Grotto at Twickenham, composed of Marbles, Spars, Gems, Ores and Minerals. To Mrs B. on her birth-day. To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN, on bis birth-day 1742
EPITAPHS:
I. On CHARLES Earl of Dorset, in the church of Withyam in Sussex.
II. On Sir WILLIAM TRUMBAL.
III. On the Hon. Simon Harcourt, only for of Lord Chancellor Harcourt; at the church of Stanton Harcourt in Oxford- Shire 1720.
IV. On JAMES Cragos esq. in Westminster-abbey.
V. Intended for Mr. Rowe, in Westminster-abbey.
VI. On Mrs. CORBET, who died of a cancer in her breast.
VII. On the monument of the Hon. Robert Digby and of his sister Mana', 1727.
VIII. On Sir Godfrey Kneller, in Westminster-abbey, 1723.
IMITATIONS:
IX. On General Henry Withers, in Weftminster-abbey.
X. On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.
XI. On Mr. Gay, in Westminster-abbey, 1732
XII. Intended for Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster-abbey.
XIII. On Dr. Francis ATTERBURY, Bishop of ROCHESTER who died in exile at Paris 1732, a Dialogue.
XIV. On EDMUND Duke of Buckingham, who died in the nineteenth year of his age, 1731.
XV. For one who would not be buried in Westminster-abbey. Another, on the same.
Memoirs of the extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus SCRIBLERUS. Martinus Scriblerus, or the Art of sinking in Poetry.
VIRGILIUS RESTAURATUS, five MARTINI SCRIBLERI Summi Critici Castigationum in Aeneidem Specimen.
A Specimen of SCRIBLERUS's Reports, Stradling versus Stiles.MEMOIRS of P.P. clerk of this parish. Of the Poet Laureate, Nov. 19, 1729. Guardians. Preface to Homer's Iliad. Preface to the Works of Shakespear[e].
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.
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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; boards are attached]; 4.1/2” x 7”; “Richard Cranch 1757” is pen-written on the front endpaper; frontispiece; two-color title page; 347 pages; very good condition.
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