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PICKERING, William (publisher) -- A collection of works, the majority first editions. London & Oxford: 1822-1853. 62 works in 120 volumes. Various sizes, formats and bindings.
[Including:]
1. Edmund SPENSER. The Poetical Works. L.: S. & R.Bentley for W.P., Nattali & Combe and Talboys & Wheeler of Oxford, 1825. 5 vols., 8° (187 x 118mm). Wreath device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, contemporary leather lettering-piece on spines (spine slightly faded). Keynes p.78.2
2. William SHAKESPEARE. The Plays and Poems. L.: Thomas White for W.P., Nattali & Coombe and Talboys of Oxford, 1825. 11 vols., 8° (190 x 122mm). Wreath device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. (light scuffing to extremities). Keynes p.77.1
3. Edward GIBBON. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Oxford: Talboys & Wheeler for themselves and W.P. in London, 1827. Oxford device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines (spines lightly soiled). Provenance: E.Bird Foster (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.56.3
4. Samuel JOHNSON. The Works. Oxford: Talboys & Wheeler for themselves and W.P. in London, 1825. 11 vols., 8° (220 x 137mm). Oxford device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines (spines lightly soiled). Keynes p.62.4.
5. Geoffrey CHAUCER. Romaunt of the Rose, Troilus and Creseide, and the Minor Poems. London: C.Whittingham for W.P., 1846. 3 vols., 8° (192 x 117mm). Device no.iv on titles, wood-engraved headpiece. Original blue cloth, paper labels on spines. (Light damage to labels showing incorrect 'C.Marlowe' labels beneath, light soiling to spines.) Keynes p.46.2.
6. Geoffrey CHAUCER. The Canterbury Tales. Edited by T.Tyrwhitt. London: T.White & Co., for W.P. and R.& S.Prowlett, 1822. 5 vols., 8° (196 x 123mm). Coat-of-Arms on title, engraved portrait and one plate. (Occasional light spotting, particularly to plates.) Original blue cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spines (spines faded and somewhat scuffed, joints occasionally split). Provenance: Nathaniel George Calyton (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.45.8
7. ALDINE POETS. -- Robert BURNS. The Poetical Works. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1839. 3 vols., sm. 8° (170 x 106mm). Device no.iv on titles, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Some light spottiing.) Original dark blue cloth, paper labels on spines (spines faded and scuffed, joints slightly split, stitching in vol.I occasionally broken). Provenance: George Macdonald (bookplate). Keynes p.38.1
8. Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE. Poetical Works. London: Thomas White for W.P., 1828. 3 vols., 8° (185 x 117mm). Wreath ornament. (?Lacking half titles.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e. (scuffed). Provenance: Unidentified armorial bookplate; George Goyder (armorail bookplate). Keynes p.49.1
9. Sir Thomas BROWNE. The Works. Edited by Simon Wilkin. London: Josiah Fletcher of Norwich for himself and W.P., 1836. 4 vols., 8° (220 x 142mm). Device no.iv on titles, engraved frontispieces, one folding, three letterpress tables, two folding. Original brown cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on spines (small chips to head and foot of spines). Keynes p.44.4
10. Giovanni BOCCACCIO. Decamerone. Edited by Udo Foscolo. L.: S.& R.Bentley for W.P., 1825. 3 vols, 8° (223 x 140mm). Wreath on title. (Some spotting and occasional light soiling.) Original morocco-backed boards (scuffed). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Keynes p.43.1
11. William J. THOMS (editor). A Collection of Early Prose Romances. L.: Thomas White for W.P., 1828. 3 vols., 8° (192 x 120mm). Titles in red and black with engraved vignette. Contemporary black half morocco gilt, t.e.g. (lightly scuffed). Provenance: Richard Searle (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.80.3
12. Christopher MARLOWE. Works. Edited by A.Dyce. London: C..Whittingham for W.P., 1850. 3 vols., 8° (193 x 118mm). Device no.iv on titles. Original red cloth, paper labels on spines (spines faded, joints somewhat split). Keynes p.66.2
13. John MILTON. The Poetical Works. Edited by J.Parkes. London: Thomas White for W.P., Nattali & Combe and Talboys & Wheeler of Oxford, 1826. 3 vols., 8° (185 x 114mm). Wreath on titles. (?Lacking half titles.) Contemporary green morocco, titled in gilt on spines, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.68.3
14. Edward FITZGERALD (translator). Six Dramas of Calderon. London: John Childs & Son of Bungay for W.P., 1853. Sm.8° (170 x 105mm). (Half-title with section torn away.) Original red cloth, titled in gilt on spine (spine faded). Keynes p.54.7.
15. [William MASKELL]. Selected Centuries of Books from the library of a Priest in the Diocese of Salisbury. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1843. 8° (188 x 117mm). Title in red and black with wide border of arabesques, colophon device no.xix and ornaments, ornamental initials and headpieces. Contemporary green half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (rubbed). Provenance: George Goyder (inscription dated 1945). 50 copies printed for private distribution. Keynes p.67.5
16. [Sara COLERIDGE]. Christmas Tyde. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1849. 8° (173 x 115mm). Circular wood-engraving after Raphael on title, woodcut ornamental head-pieces and capitals. Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (spine lightly soiled and chipped). Provenance: Robert Few (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.47.1
17. Immanuel KANT. Critick of Pure Reason Translated from the original. Translated by Francis Haywood. London: George Taylor for W.P., 1838. 8° (216 x 133mm). Device no.v on title. (First and last few leaves slightly spotted.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Hayday (extremities slightly scuffed). Provenance: William Frederic Lawrence, Cowesfield, Wilts. (armorial bookplate, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "Mr.Lawrence with the Translators warmest regards"). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH from Kant's second edition. Not in
Keynes.
18. Francis DOUCE. The Dance of Death exhibited in elegant engravings on wood. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1833. 8° (218 x 134mm). Title in red and black with device no.iv on title, 49 wood-engraved plates by Bonner and Byfield. Near-contemporary green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, g.e., by M.M. Holloway. Provenance: D.C.Majoribanks (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.52.4
19. [Edward FITZGERALD (compilor)]. Polonius: a collection of wise saws and modern imstances. London: John Childs & Son of Bungay for W.P., 1852. 8° (173 x 127mm). Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind. (Faded and lightly soiled, slight splits at head and foot of spine.) Keynes p.54.7
20. Dame Juliana BERNERS. The Treatyse Of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. London: Thomas White, printed with the types of John Baskerville for W.P., 1827. 8° (198 x 121mm). Woodcut frontispiece and 4 plates. Original thick brick red glazed paper (extremities rubbed, joints slightly split). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inscription dated 1938). Keynes p.42.3
21. BIBLE, New Testament, in English -- The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe... Now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript. L.: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1848. 4° (237 x 175mm). Half-title and title in red and black, device no.xvi on title, black letter text with woodcut initials. 2-colour frontispiece. Original morocco-backed boards (scuffed, inner hinges split). Provenance: George Goyder (with inserted ALS. from Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 30 Oct. 1944, "It was damned careless of me to omit the Wycliffe.") Not in Keynes.
[With:] 47 others published by William Pickering (41 works in 47 vols.) [And]: two other reference works on Pickering (G.KEYNES. William Pickering publisher. London: 1924. Limited to 350 copies; PICKERING & CHATTO (booksellers). Catalogue 708 William Pickering and his successors 1820-1900. London: 1993). (122)
[Including:]
1. Edmund SPENSER. The Poetical Works. L.: S. & R.Bentley for W.P., Nattali & Combe and Talboys & Wheeler of Oxford, 1825. 5 vols., 8° (187 x 118mm). Wreath device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, contemporary leather lettering-piece on spines (spine slightly faded). Keynes p.78.2
2. William SHAKESPEARE. The Plays and Poems. L.: Thomas White for W.P., Nattali & Coombe and Talboys of Oxford, 1825. 11 vols., 8° (190 x 122mm). Wreath device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. (light scuffing to extremities). Keynes p.77.1
3. Edward GIBBON. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Oxford: Talboys & Wheeler for themselves and W.P. in London, 1827. Oxford device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines (spines lightly soiled). Provenance: E.Bird Foster (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.56.3
4. Samuel JOHNSON. The Works. Oxford: Talboys & Wheeler for themselves and W.P. in London, 1825. 11 vols., 8° (220 x 137mm). Oxford device on title, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines (spines lightly soiled). Keynes p.62.4.
5. Geoffrey CHAUCER. Romaunt of the Rose, Troilus and Creseide, and the Minor Poems. London: C.Whittingham for W.P., 1846. 3 vols., 8° (192 x 117mm). Device no.iv on titles, wood-engraved headpiece. Original blue cloth, paper labels on spines. (Light damage to labels showing incorrect 'C.Marlowe' labels beneath, light soiling to spines.) Keynes p.46.2.
6. Geoffrey CHAUCER. The Canterbury Tales. Edited by T.Tyrwhitt. London: T.White & Co., for W.P. and R.& S.Prowlett, 1822. 5 vols., 8° (196 x 123mm). Coat-of-Arms on title, engraved portrait and one plate. (Occasional light spotting, particularly to plates.) Original blue cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spines (spines faded and somewhat scuffed, joints occasionally split). Provenance: Nathaniel George Calyton (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.45.8
7. ALDINE POETS. -- Robert BURNS. The Poetical Works. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1839. 3 vols., sm. 8° (170 x 106mm). Device no.iv on titles, engraved portrait frontispiece. (Some light spottiing.) Original dark blue cloth, paper labels on spines (spines faded and scuffed, joints slightly split, stitching in vol.I occasionally broken). Provenance: George Macdonald (bookplate). Keynes p.38.1
8. Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE. Poetical Works. London: Thomas White for W.P., 1828. 3 vols., 8° (185 x 117mm). Wreath ornament. (?Lacking half titles.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e. (scuffed). Provenance: Unidentified armorial bookplate; George Goyder (armorail bookplate). Keynes p.49.1
9. Sir Thomas BROWNE. The Works. Edited by Simon Wilkin. London: Josiah Fletcher of Norwich for himself and W.P., 1836. 4 vols., 8° (220 x 142mm). Device no.iv on titles, engraved frontispieces, one folding, three letterpress tables, two folding. Original brown cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on spines (small chips to head and foot of spines). Keynes p.44.4
10. Giovanni BOCCACCIO. Decamerone. Edited by Udo Foscolo. L.: S.& R.Bentley for W.P., 1825. 3 vols, 8° (223 x 140mm). Wreath on title. (Some spotting and occasional light soiling.) Original morocco-backed boards (scuffed). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Keynes p.43.1
11. William J. THOMS (editor). A Collection of Early Prose Romances. L.: Thomas White for W.P., 1828. 3 vols., 8° (192 x 120mm). Titles in red and black with engraved vignette. Contemporary black half morocco gilt, t.e.g. (lightly scuffed). Provenance: Richard Searle (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.80.3
12. Christopher MARLOWE. Works. Edited by A.Dyce. London: C..Whittingham for W.P., 1850. 3 vols., 8° (193 x 118mm). Device no.iv on titles. Original red cloth, paper labels on spines (spines faded, joints somewhat split). Keynes p.66.2
13. John MILTON. The Poetical Works. Edited by J.Parkes. London: Thomas White for W.P., Nattali & Combe and Talboys & Wheeler of Oxford, 1826. 3 vols., 8° (185 x 114mm). Wreath on titles. (?Lacking half titles.) Contemporary green morocco, titled in gilt on spines, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.68.3
14. Edward FITZGERALD (translator). Six Dramas of Calderon. London: John Childs & Son of Bungay for W.P., 1853. Sm.8° (170 x 105mm). (Half-title with section torn away.) Original red cloth, titled in gilt on spine (spine faded). Keynes p.54.7.
15. [William MASKELL]. Selected Centuries of Books from the library of a Priest in the Diocese of Salisbury. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1843. 8° (188 x 117mm). Title in red and black with wide border of arabesques, colophon device no.xix and ornaments, ornamental initials and headpieces. Contemporary green half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (rubbed). Provenance: George Goyder (inscription dated 1945). 50 copies printed for private distribution. Keynes p.67.5
16. [Sara COLERIDGE]. Christmas Tyde. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1849. 8° (173 x 115mm). Circular wood-engraving after Raphael on title, woodcut ornamental head-pieces and capitals. Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (spine lightly soiled and chipped). Provenance: Robert Few (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.47.1
17. Immanuel KANT. Critick of Pure Reason Translated from the original. Translated by Francis Haywood. London: George Taylor for W.P., 1838. 8° (216 x 133mm). Device no.v on title. (First and last few leaves slightly spotted.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Hayday (extremities slightly scuffed). Provenance: William Frederic Lawrence, Cowesfield, Wilts. (armorial bookplate, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "Mr.Lawrence with the Translators warmest regards"). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH from Kant's second edition. Not in
Keynes.
18. Francis DOUCE. The Dance of Death exhibited in elegant engravings on wood. London: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1833. 8° (218 x 134mm). Title in red and black with device no.iv on title, 49 wood-engraved plates by Bonner and Byfield. Near-contemporary green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, g.e., by M.M. Holloway. Provenance: D.C.Majoribanks (armorial bookplate). Keynes p.52.4
19. [Edward FITZGERALD (compilor)]. Polonius: a collection of wise saws and modern imstances. London: John Childs & Son of Bungay for W.P., 1852. 8° (173 x 127mm). Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind. (Faded and lightly soiled, slight splits at head and foot of spine.) Keynes p.54.7
20. Dame Juliana BERNERS. The Treatyse Of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. London: Thomas White, printed with the types of John Baskerville for W.P., 1827. 8° (198 x 121mm). Woodcut frontispiece and 4 plates. Original thick brick red glazed paper (extremities rubbed, joints slightly split). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inscription dated 1938). Keynes p.42.3
21. BIBLE, New Testament, in English -- The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe... Now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript. L.: Charles Whittingham for W.P., 1848. 4° (237 x 175mm). Half-title and title in red and black, device no.xvi on title, black letter text with woodcut initials. 2-colour frontispiece. Original morocco-backed boards (scuffed, inner hinges split). Provenance: George Goyder (with inserted ALS. from Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 30 Oct. 1944, "It was damned careless of me to omit the Wycliffe.") Not in Keynes.
[With:] 47 others published by William Pickering (41 works in 47 vols.) [And]: two other reference works on Pickering (G.KEYNES. William Pickering publisher. London: 1924. Limited to 350 copies; PICKERING & CHATTO (booksellers). Catalogue 708 William Pickering and his successors 1820-1900. London: 1993). (122)