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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816). Verses to the Memory of Garrick. London: T. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. Almon, 1779. 4° (252 x 189mm.) Half-title, with price 'One shilling.' Stipple-engraved frontispiece by A. Albanesi after P.T. de Loutherberg. (Repaired tear in blank area of frontispiece, title with small repairs at inner margin.) Early 20th-century panelled calf. Provenance: Esher (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the spelling of 'deference' in the dedication corrected in ink. Rothschild 1844; I.A. Williams p. 219.
Oliver GOLDSMITH (1728-1774). The Haunch of Venison, a poetical epistle to Lord Clare. London: J. Ridley and G. Kearsly, 1776. 4° (252 x 202mm). Half-title, with price 'One shilling and sixpence.' Etched portrait of Goldsmith by Bretherton after Henry Bunbury. 20th-century red morocco by J. Kulesho, gilt-lettered, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION, variant imprint with the publishers' names reversed. There are also two states of the half-title, the other with the price lowered to a shilling. Rothschild 1042; Williams p. 170; together with 3 other works, Goldsmith The Traveller, London: J. Newbery, 1765, 4° (washed and lacking the final advertisement), in blue morocco by Rivière; Alexander Pope Verses on the Grotto at Twickenham, London: R. Dodsley and M. Cooper, 1743, 4°, modern calf; and Joshua Reynolds A Discourse delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, December 11, 1786, London: Thomas Cadell, 1786, 4°, half-title inscribed 'from the author,' green half morocco. (5)
Oliver GOLDSMITH (1728-1774). The Haunch of Venison, a poetical epistle to Lord Clare. London: J. Ridley and G. Kearsly, 1776. 4° (252 x 202mm). Half-title, with price 'One shilling and sixpence.' Etched portrait of Goldsmith by Bretherton after Henry Bunbury. 20th-century red morocco by J. Kulesho, gilt-lettered, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION, variant imprint with the publishers' names reversed. There are also two states of the half-title, the other with the price lowered to a shilling. Rothschild 1042; Williams p. 170; together with 3 other works, Goldsmith The Traveller, London: J. Newbery, 1765, 4° (washed and lacking the final advertisement), in blue morocco by Rivière; Alexander Pope Verses on the Grotto at Twickenham, London: R. Dodsley and M. Cooper, 1743, 4°, modern calf; and Joshua Reynolds A Discourse delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, December 11, 1786, London: Thomas Cadell, 1786, 4°, half-title inscribed 'from the author,' green half morocco. (5)
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