CUNNINGHAM, John (1729-1773). Poems, chiefly pastoral. London: for the author, and sold by J.Dodsley, J.Almon [and others], 1766. 8° (215 x 127mm.). Engraved frontispiece (some light spotting). Later half-morocco (worn). Provenance: Thomas Gosden (1780-1840, bookplate); George Knight (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. - AKENSIDE, Mark (1721-1770). The Pleasures of Imagination. London: for R.Dodsley, 1744. Title in red and black, engraved title vignette (lacking final ?blank, blank margin of D3 repaired). Third edition; bound with: MUSAEUS, Grammaticus. The Poem of Musaeus on the loves of Hero and Leander. Translated by Alexander Stopford Catcott. Oxford: at the Theater for Anthony Peisley, to be sold by James Knapton [and others] of London, 1715. FIRST EDITION. Foxon C70; bound with: BLAIR, Robert (1699-1746). The Grave. London: for G.Robinson, 1776. (Final leaf laminated). Eighth edition. 3 works in one volume, 8° (195 x 120mm.). 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt (spine chipped, joints split). Provenance: Addis Archer (signatures). - WARTON, John. Poems, original and translated. Salisbury: E. & J.Easton for the author, to be sold by T.Cadell of London, J.Fletcher of Oxford [and others], 1794. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine worn, joints split). FIRST EDITION. - [ARMSTRONG, John (1709-1779)]. The Oeconomy of Love: a poetical essay. London: for M.Cooper, 1747. (Some worming of inner blank margins). New edition. Foxon A310; bound with: The Art of preserving health: a poem. London: for A.Millar, 1748. Third edition. Foxon A302. Two works in one volume, 8° in 4s (203 x 125mm.). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one, the others with centrally-placed parody of the french royal crowned double-L monogram (slight scuffing to surface of leather). - With seven other volumes of 18th-century poetry and prose, comprising Probationary odes for the Laureatship by various authors, 8°, eighth edition, London, 1787; James Thomson's The Seasons, A Hymn, A Poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton..., 8°, London, 1730; The Seasons, a poem, 8°, London, 1730; Thomas Gray Poems, 8°, new edition, London, 1776; Petrarch's Sonnets and Odes translated, 8°, London, 1777; Richard Graves' Lucubrations... by the late Peter of Pontefract, 12°, London, 1786; Soame Jenyns' Miscellaneous Pieces, in verse and prose, 8°, third edition, London, 1770. (11)

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CUNNINGHAM, John (1729-1773). Poems, chiefly pastoral. London: for the author, and sold by J.Dodsley, J.Almon [and others], 1766. 8° (215 x 127mm.). Engraved frontispiece (some light spotting). Later half-morocco (worn). Provenance: Thomas Gosden (1780-1840, bookplate); George Knight (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. - AKENSIDE, Mark (1721-1770). The Pleasures of Imagination. London: for R.Dodsley, 1744. Title in red and black, engraved title vignette (lacking final ?blank, blank margin of D3 repaired). Third edition; bound with: MUSAEUS, Grammaticus. The Poem of Musaeus on the loves of Hero and Leander. Translated by Alexander Stopford Catcott. Oxford: at the Theater for Anthony Peisley, to be sold by James Knapton [and others] of London, 1715. FIRST EDITION. Foxon C70; bound with: BLAIR, Robert (1699-1746). The Grave. London: for G.Robinson, 1776. (Final leaf laminated). Eighth edition. 3 works in one volume, 8° (195 x 120mm.). 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt (spine chipped, joints split). Provenance: Addis Archer (signatures). - WARTON, John. Poems, original and translated. Salisbury: E. & J.Easton for the author, to be sold by T.Cadell of London, J.Fletcher of Oxford [and others], 1794. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (spine worn, joints split). FIRST EDITION. - [ARMSTRONG, John (1709-1779)]. The Oeconomy of Love: a poetical essay. London: for M.Cooper, 1747. (Some worming of inner blank margins). New edition. Foxon A310; bound with: The Art of preserving health: a poem. London: for A.Millar, 1748. Third edition. Foxon A302. Two works in one volume, 8° in 4s (203 x 125mm.). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one, the others with centrally-placed parody of the french royal crowned double-L monogram (slight scuffing to surface of leather). - With seven other volumes of 18th-century poetry and prose, comprising Probationary odes for the Laureatship by various authors, 8°, eighth edition, London, 1787; James Thomson's The Seasons, A Hymn, A Poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton..., 8°, London, 1730; The Seasons, a poem, 8°, London, 1730; Thomas Gray Poems, 8°, new edition, London, 1776; Petrarch's Sonnets and Odes translated, 8°, London, 1777; Richard Graves' Lucubrations... by the late Peter of Pontefract, 12°, London, 1786; Soame Jenyns' Miscellaneous Pieces, in verse and prose, 8°, third edition, London, 1770. (11)

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