HODGKIN, John (calligraphist). Running Hand Copies, exhibiting a sketch of the Geography of england; intended for learners to impress on their memories by transcribing. London: H.Ashby & son for John Hodgkin; sold by Ashby, Darton & Harvey, T.Hurst and B.Tabart, [n.d. but watermarked 1801, one plate dated 1802]. Large oblong 8° (131 x 258mm). Letterpress title (verso blank), 1 p. introductory text (verso blank. 8 engraved plates exhibiting a copper-plate hand. (Ownership inscription excised from foot of title.) Contemporary marbled paper wrappers (backstrip stregthened). Provenance: Family of the author (inscription dated 1865); A.S. de Chievre of Stockwell Park (inscription). ONLY RECORDED COPY. Not in Moon tabart. -- [Elisa FENWICK (née Jaco)]. The life of Carlo, the famous dog of Drury-lane Theatre. London: J.Wright for Tabart & Co., 1804. 12° (136 x 87mm). Engraved frontispiece (torn and repaired) and 2 plates only (of 3, one of these torn repaired). Original yellow-paper printed boards (backstrip repaired). Provenance: L.Thompson (inscription 1812). FIRST EDITION. Moon T-39 (1). -- Harriet MANDEVILLE. Familiar conversations, for the use of Young Children... The Third edition. London: J.Vivegena for B.Crosby & Co. and B.Tabart, [n.d. but 1802]. Volume II only (of 2), 12° (95 x 83mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. Original wrappers, letterpress label mounted on upper cover. Cf. Moon T-101 (1). -- and 10 other vols., 7 vols. including Tabart amongst the publishers (Moon T-4 (1); T-47 (1); T-177 & 178 [2 works in 4 vols. bound in 3 non-uniform vols]; T-176 (2) [2 copies: one the print vol. only; the second with 2 vols. bound in one]). (13)

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HODGKIN, John (calligraphist). Running Hand Copies, exhibiting a sketch of the Geography of england; intended for learners to impress on their memories by transcribing. London: H.Ashby & son for John Hodgkin; sold by Ashby, Darton & Harvey, T.Hurst and B.Tabart, [n.d. but watermarked 1801, one plate dated 1802]. Large oblong 8° (131 x 258mm). Letterpress title (verso blank), 1 p. introductory text (verso blank. 8 engraved plates exhibiting a copper-plate hand. (Ownership inscription excised from foot of title.) Contemporary marbled paper wrappers (backstrip stregthened). Provenance: Family of the author (inscription dated 1865); A.S. de Chievre of Stockwell Park (inscription). ONLY RECORDED COPY. Not in Moon tabart. -- [Elisa FENWICK (née Jaco)]. The life of Carlo, the famous dog of Drury-lane Theatre. London: J.Wright for Tabart & Co., 1804. 12° (136 x 87mm). Engraved frontispiece (torn and repaired) and 2 plates only (of 3, one of these torn repaired). Original yellow-paper printed boards (backstrip repaired). Provenance: L.Thompson (inscription 1812). FIRST EDITION. Moon T-39 (1). -- Harriet MANDEVILLE. Familiar conversations, for the use of Young Children... The Third edition. London: J.Vivegena for B.Crosby & Co. and B.Tabart, [n.d. but 1802]. Volume II only (of 2), 12° (95 x 83mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. Original wrappers, letterpress label mounted on upper cover. Cf. Moon T-101 (1). -- and 10 other vols., 7 vols. including Tabart amongst the publishers (Moon T-4 (1); T-47 (1); T-177 & 178 [2 works in 4 vols. bound in 3 non-uniform vols]; T-176 (2) [2 copies: one the print vol. only; the second with 2 vols. bound in one]). (13)

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