William Hogarth Illus (4 results)

FIRST US EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

First, Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by both author and illustrator on colophon (from a total edition of 499 copies). Octavo. Printed paper-covered boards; 20pp; illus. Fine. Issued without dustwrapper. There were simultaneous issues of 99 (containing an additional plate) and 50 (hors-commerce) copies, as well as 200 copies of the trade issue. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: for B. Motte, 1726. xiv+15-142[2],127-244,269-424+[22]p. With 17 engraved plates by William Hogarth, 5 folding, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Pages are toned throughout, especially up to p.20 and from p.389 to p.424. Stains to top outer edges of prelims, and to rear endpapers. Small tears at foot of title-page and at foot of plate opposite p.364. Old ink one-line inscription at head of front free endpaper. Bound in old full calf boards, worn at all extremities, with blind-stamped geometric design on each. Neatly rebacked, with new gilt lettering to spine. Overall in good condition for its age.…

First Edition. First edition to include Grey's annotations and preface. Two octavo volumes. Nineteenth-century red straight-grained morocco; gilt titling and rules; xxxvi, [42], 424pp; 446, [24]pp. Frontispiece portrait of Butler to v.I; 16 inserted leaves of engraved plates (several folding) after Hogarth, as called for. Straight and tight in an attractive 19th-century binding. A few brief contemporary marginal comments in an unknown hand; dampstaining to base of both spines extending to bottom margin and gutter of first and final dozen leaves of each volume; otherwise a very clean and sound set. Includes the substantial subscriber list; Samuel Johnson is listed among the subscribers. This edition of Hudibras was not without controversy. Grey, whose knowledge of Butler's era was reputedly unexcelled, provided lengthy annotations elucidating Butler's satirical jabs at his contemporaries. A brief pamphlet war ensued, in which Grey defended his work and attacked his detractors. The plates by Hogarth are excellent, and well-enough printed that Brunet commented upon their quality: ESTC T2679. LOWNDES 355. BRUNET I,1427-28.…