Henry Fielding: Early Editions in the University of Arizona Libraries
Marguerite Happe
Henry Fielding: Early Editions in the
University of Arizona Libraries With an Appendix:
Early Editions of Sarah Fielding
Marguerite Happe
Department of Special Collections University of Arizona Libraries Tucson 2017
Copyright © 2017 Arizona Board of Regents For the University of Arizona Libraries
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Preface AMONG the notable holdings in the University of Arizona Libraries is a particularly strong collection of early printed editions of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English drama and related literary material. Much of this collection is part of the legacy of Thomas Edward Hanley (1893-1969), a wealthy Pennsylvania industrialist, a sage collector of books and art, and a mildly eccentric but singularly generous donor. From 1936 through 1962 Hanley donated to the UA Libraries more than 38,000 books, most of them in the humanities and fine arts. Soon afterwards the collection was further developed as the UA Libraries as a whole rapidly advanced, under the vigorously supportive administration of President John P. Schaefer (1971-1982), from indifferent national rankings to seventeenth among all academic libraries in America. One of the authors best represented in the collection is the playwright, novelist, and judicial magistrate Henry Fielding (1707-1754). I have selected for inclusion in this small catalog those editions of his writings printed before 1801, all of them located in the Department of Special Collections. Virtually all the copies are complete and in excellent physical condition; most are in their original bindings or wrappers; and several of them bear early association features of interest. I have also included in an appendix early editions of the works of Fielding’s sister Sarah (1710-1768), some of whose works Henry lived long enough to contribute to in small ways. Not all of the UA Libraries’ holdings have been recorded yet in the online English Short Title Catalogue, and several of the editions recorded herein are held by relatively few other libraries.
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In compiling this catalog I have made use of several published Fielding catalogs and bibliographies. Among them are especially Wilbur L. Cross’s “Bibliography” in The History of Henry Fielding, 3 vols. (New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Humphrey Milford and Oxford University Press, 1918), 3:287-366; Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, Baron Rothschild, The Rothschild Library: A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Books and Manuscripts formed by Lord Rothschild (Cambridge: privately printed at the University Press, 1954), 1:202-208; L. J. Morrissey, Henry Fielding: A Reference Guide (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1980); and O M Brack, Jr., and Curt A. Zimansky, “The Charles B. Woods Fielding Collection,” Books at Iowa 15 (November 1971): 26-32. I am pleased to acknowledge the kind assistance of UA Rare Books Librarian and Archivist J. Roger Myers in the preparation and publication of this catalog. I wish also to thank the staff at the issue desk in Special Collections for their continual attention to detail throughout this project. I also express my gratitude to Professors Frederick Kiefer and Jennifer Jenkins for their constant advice and encouragement. Finally, I remain deeply grateful to Professor Emeritus Carl T. Berkhout. Without his unparalleled expertise and extraordinary generosity, this catalog would not exist. April 2017
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Henry Fielding: Early Editions A. Drama A1 Love in several masques. A comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty’s Servants. Written by Mr. Fielding. [Two lines from Juvenal, Satires.] London: Printed for John Watts, at the printing office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields. 1728. [Price 1s. 6d.] 8vo: A4 B-F8 G2. [11], 4-82 [2] pp. 197×117 mm. Twentieth-century half brown russia over marbled sides and gold-stamped spine. Early initials “C. P.” on title page. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on front pastedown. Accession number 199827 stamped on A2r and F8r. ESTC T89773. 822.59 F45l A2 The Temple beau. A comedy. As it is acted at the theatre in Goodman’s-Fields. Written by Mr. Fielding. [Two lines from Virgil, Georgics, and two from Horace, Ars poetica. Ornament.] London: Printed for J. Watts, at the printingoffice in Wild-Court near Lincolns-Inn Fields. MDCCXXX. [Price 1s. 6d.] 8vo: A2 B-F8 G2. [5], 2-80 [4] pp. 199×122 mm. Twentieth-century marbled boards with gold-stamped black leather spine label. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on front pastedown. Accession number 199828 stamped on A2r and F8r.
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ESTC T49927. 822.59 F45t 1730 A3 Tom Thumb. A tragedy. As it is acted at the theatre in the Hay-Market. [Ornament.] London, printed: and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1730. 8vo: A-C4. [9], 2-16 pp. 197×116 mm. Early twentieth-century blind- and goldstamped paneled calfskin over boards. Rebacked by Dulau & Co., London. Lacks half-title. No. 103 in Dulau’s Catalogue 238 (1935). Acquired by April 1986. ESTC T125610. PR 3454 T6 1730 A4 Tom Thumb. A tragedy. As it is acted at the theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Scriblerus Secundus. [One line from Horace, Ars poetica.] The second edition. London, printed: and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1730. [Price six pence.] 8vo: A-C4. [9], 2-16 pp. Fielding’s Scriblerus Secundus pen name ambivalently identified him with Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and other Augustan Age satirists known as the Scriblerus Club. 190×110 mm. Twentieth-century imitation half leather over boards with marbled sides and gold-stamped spine. Gift
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of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on front pastedown. Accession number 170073 stamped on A2r and C1r. Former call number 822.59 F45to 1730b. ESTC T3258. PR 3454 T6 1730b. A5 The tragedy of tragedies; or The life and death of Tom Thumb the great. As it is acted at the theatre in the HayMarket. With annotations of H. Scriblerus Secundus. London, printed; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. M DCC XXXI. Price one shilling. 8vo: A4 B-D8 E4 F1. [9], 2-58 pp. Frontispiece designed by William Hogarth and engraved by Gerard Van der Gucht. It simulates a scene in All for Love by John Dryden, whom Fielding’s play satirizes. The reading in second line of Preface is “concerning” (not “concernining”). Act III has ten scenes. 190×117 mm. Twentieth-century imitation half leather over boards with marbled paper sides and gold-stamped spine. On title page, “Catherine Peirse / her Book.” Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on front pastedown. Accession number 170074 stamped on A2r and E1r. Former call number 822.59 F45to 1731. ESTC T51553. PR 3454 T6 1731
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A4 Tragedy of Tragedies: Hogarth’s frontispiece
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A6 The lottery. A farce. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. With a table of the tunes to each song. London: Printed for J. Wats [sic] at the printing-office near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. MDCCXXXII. 8vo: A2 B-D4. [4], 1-23 [1] pp. Pirate edition, possibly printed in Edinburgh. 194×120 mm. Disbound. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on protective manila envelope. Accession number 174741 stamped on A2r and D4r. ESTC 18980. 822.59 F45lo A7 The modern husband. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty’s Servants. Written by Henry Fielding, Esq; [Five lines from Juvenal, Satires. Ornament.] London: Printed for J. Watts at the printing-office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. MDCCXXXII. [Price 1s. 6d.] 8vo: A4 B-F8 G4. [9], 2-81 [7] pp. 192×117 mm. Disbound. Remnant of ca. nineteenthcentury gold-stamped calfskin spine. In twentieth-century portfolio. ESTC T89778. PR 3454 M7 1732
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A6 The lottery: a pirate edition
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A8 The mock doctor: or The dumb lady cur’d. A comedy. Done from Moliere. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. With the musick prefix’d to each song. The second edition, with additional songs and alterations. [Ornament.] London: Printed for J. Watts at the printing-office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’sInn Fields. M DCC XXXII. [Price one shilling.] 8vo: A-E4 F2. [9], 2-34 [2] pp. Adapted from Molière’s “Le médecin malgré lui.” 200×112 mm. Contemporary gray wrappers. Extensively marked up as a prompt book for a December 1793 production of the play in London. On upper cover: profile sketch (of Fielding?) in ink and printscript title “The mock doctor. 1793. Theatre Royal Hay market. P. B.” Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on protective envelope. Accession number 174742 stamped on A2r and E3r. ESTC N4810. 842.42 M48 tF4 A9 The miser. A comedy. Taken from Plautus and Moliere. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [Twelve lines from Juvenal, Satires.] London: Printed for J. Watts at the printing-office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. M DCC XXXIII. Price 1s. 6d. 8vo: A4 χ2 B-F8 G4. [13], 2-87 [1] pp. G2 signed G3. Adapted from Molière’s “L’avare.”
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A8 The mock doctor: upper cover
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200×123 mm. Twentieth-century half brown russia over boards with gold-stamped spine. “Original copy,” underlined, in early italic hand on title page. Acquired by mid1980s. ESTC N4473. PR 3454 M3 1733 A10 Don Quixote in England. A comedy. As it is acted at the new theatre in the Hay-Market. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [Three (i.e., two) lines from Horace, Ars poetica.] London: Printed for J. Watts at the printing-office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. MDCCXXXIV. [Price one shilling and six pence.] 8vo: A-E8. [17], 2-64 pp. 199×112 mm. Twentieth-century quarter calfskin over marbled boards with gold-stamped spine. Acquired by late 1960s. ESTC T89867. PR 3454 D6 1734 A11 Pasquin. A dramatick satire on the times: being the rehearsal of two plays, viz. a comedy call’d, The election; and a tragedy call’d, The life and death of common-sense. As it is acted at the theatre in the Hay-market. By Henry Fielding, Esq; London: Printed for J. Watts at the printingoffice in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. MDCC XXXVI. [Price one shilling and six pence.]
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8vo: A2 B-E8 F2. [5], 2-64 [4] pp. Title page in red and black. 190×115 mm. Twentieth-century quarter brown russia over marbled boards with gold-stamped spine. Acquired by June 1977. ESTC T89781. PR 3454 P3 1736 A12 The historical register, for the year 1736. As it is acted at the new theatre in the Hay-Market. To which is added a very merry tragedy, called Eurydice hiss’d, or, A word to the wise. Both written by the author of Pasquin. To these are prefixed a long dedication to the publick, and a preface to that dedication. London, printed: and sold by J. Roberts near the Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-Lane. [Price 1s. 6d.] 8vo: A-D8. [17], 2-48 pp. The historical register: A8v-D1r. Eurydice hiss’d: D2rD8 . v
200×124 mm. Disbound. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate on protective envelope. Accession number 174740 stamped on A2r and D4r. ESTC T89878. 822.59 F45h A13 Miss Lucy in town. A sequel to The virgin unmasqued. A farce; with songs. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in
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Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. London: Printed for A. Millar, against St. Clement’s Church in the Strand. 1742. (Price one shilling.) 8vo: A2 B-F4 G2. [5], 2-44 pp. 198×124 mm. Disbound. In twentieth-century wrappers. ESTC T74501. PR 3454 M5 1742 A13a Eurydice, a farce [performed on 19 February 1737]. See C1. A14 The wedding-day. A comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [Ornament.] London, printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street in the Strand. M DCC XLIII. [Price one shilling and six pence.] 8vo: A2 B-L4 M2. [2], 1-82 [2] pp. 188×120 mm. Early twentieth-century gold-stamped full calfskin over boards with maroon morocco spine label, by Dulau & Co., London. Covers detached. Acquired by February 1980. ESTC 164921. PR 3454 W43 A14a The wedding-day. See C1.
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A14b The coffee-house politician (originally entitled Rape upon rape, or, The justice caught in his own trap, first performed and published in 1730). See C6. A15 The fathers: or, The good-natur’d man. A comedy: as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. By the late Henry Fielding, Esq. author of Tom Jones, etc. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand. M DCC LXXVIII. (Price one shilling and six pence.) 8vo: A-P4. [3] iv-viii, [1] 2-111 [1] pp. H2 and K2 not signed. Pp. 7 and 42 correctly numbered; p. 62 unnumbered; pp. 65-72 numbered 49-56. Dedication signed by John Fielding. 210×131 mm. Disbound; remnant of early gold-stamped calfskin on spine. The numeral 6 written in red at top of title page. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962. Accession number 199826 stamped on A2r and O2r. ESTC T89875. 822.59 F45f A16 The mock doctor; or, The dumb lady cur’d. In two acts. In vol. 1, pp. 135-161 (leaves F8r-G9r), of A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments, performed on the British stage. Edinburgh: Silvester Doig, and William Anderson, Stirling, 1792. 6 vols. 12mo.
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174×103 mm. All vols. in contemporary full calfskin with gold-stamped spines and red morocco spine labels. On front pastedowns, armorial bookplate (“Mors non timenda est”) of F. Coleman. On front endleaves, donor’s bookplate of T. E. Hanley. Stamped accession numbers 201644 through 201649. ESTC T129309. 822.08 C69 A17 The virgin unmask’d. In vol. 2, pp. 120-141 (leaves E12v-F11r), of A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments, performed on the British stage. Edinburgh: Silvester Doig, and William Anderson, Stirling, 1792. See preceding entry. ESTC T129309. 822.08 C69 A18 The lottery. In vol. 2, pp. 292-316 (leaves N2v-O2v), of A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments, performed on the British stage. Edinburgh: Silvester Doig, and William Anderson, Stirling, 1792. See preceding two entries.
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ESTC T129309. 822.08 C69 A19 The intriguing chambermaid. In two acts. In vol. 3, pp. 138-168 (leaves F9v-G12v), of A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments, performed on the British stage. Edinburgh: Silvester Doig, and William Anderson, Stirling, 1792. See preceding three entries. ESTC T129309. 822.08 C69
B. Novels B1 The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against St. Clement’s Church, in the Strand. M.DCC.XLII. Vol. I. 12mo: A10 B-O12. [2] iii-xix, [2] 2-308 [4] pp. L3 signed L5. P. 308 misnumbered as 306. On O11r-O12v, “Books printed for and sold by A. Millar.” Vol. II. 12mo: π2 A-N12. [5] 2-310 [2] pp. A3 signed B3; A5 signed B5. 164×98 mm. Contemporary gold-stamped full calfskin over boards with red and green morocco spine labels. On
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both front pastedowns, the signature of James Harris (17091780) of Salisbury, author and close friend of both Henry and Sarah Fielding. “S . . . 3 . . 12. Lib.” on front endleaf of Vol. I; “S . . . 3 . . 13 . Lib.” on front pastedown of Vol. II. Illegible name or note in pencil, dated October 1964, on front endleaf. Purchased by July 1980. ESTC T89881. PR 3454 J65 B2 The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. The second edition: revised and corrected with alterations and additions by the author. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against St. Clement’s Church, in the Strand. M.DCC.XLII. Vol. I. 12mo: A-O12. [2] iii-xxii, [3] 2-308 [4] pp. E4 not signed. On A12rv, “Books printed for A. Millar.” Vol. II. 12mo: πA4 A-M12 N8. [2] iii-vii, [2] 2-304 pp. B6 not signed. M1 (pp. 265-266) and its conjugate M12 (pp. 287-288) transposed. 164×96 mm. Nineteenth-century speckled brown russia with gilt edges over boards, rebacked in twentieth century, with gold-stamped black and green morocco spine labels. Acquired by 3 November 1975. ESTC T89882. PR 3454 J65 1742
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B3 The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [One line from Horace, Ars poetica.] London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catharinestreet in the Strand. MDCCXLIX. Vol. I. 12mo: A12 b12 c8 B-K12. [2] iii-lxiii, [2] 2-214 pp. Catchword on p. 21 is “who.” Vol. II. 12mo: A1 B-O12 P6. [3] 2-324 pp. Vol. III. 12mo: A1 B6 C-R12. [2] 1-370 [2] pp. Vol. IV. 12mo: A1 B-O12. [2] 1-312 pp. Vol. V. 12mo: A1 B-N12 O4(-O4). [2] 1-294 pp. Vol. VI. 12mo: A1 B8 C-O12. [2] 1-304 pp. [First edition.] 156×97 mm. Full gold-stamped calfskin over boards with red and green morocco spine labels, by [James] Henderson & [William] Bisset, Edinburgh, ca. 1850. Gilt edges. Vol. I lacks K12 (blank); vol. III lacks R12 (blank). Acquired in May 1977. ESTC T89901. PR 3454 H5 1749 B4 The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [One line from Horace, Ars poetica.] London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catharinestreet in the Strand. MDCCXLIX.
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Vol. I. 12mo: A12 b12 c8 B-K12. [2] iii-lxii, [3] 2-214 [2] pp. B9, signed †, and B10 are cancels. Catchword on p. 21 is “lected.” Vol. II. 12mo: A1 B-O12 P6. [3] 2-324 pp. B4, with added sign ‡, and B5 are cancels. Vol. III. 12mo: A1 B6 C-R12. [2] 1-370 [2] pp. H8, H9, H10 (signed *2, *3, *4), M3 (unsigned), and Q11 are cancels. Vol. IV. 12mo: A1 B-O12. [2] 1-312 pp. Vol. V. 12mo: A2(-A2) B-N12 O2 χ1(=Α2). [2] 1-294 pp. N8 is a cancel. Vol. VI. 12mo: A1 B8 C-O12. [2] 1-304 pp. B5 unsigned, B6 signed. [Second edition.] 165×98 mm. Contemporary gold-stamped full calfskin with brown morocco spine titles. On front endleaf of vol. 1: “Sancho [. . .] Mews Gate.” (William Leach Osborne Sancho, 1775-1810, son of Ignatius Sancho, was an African bookseller and publisher in London; his shop at Mews Gate was on the site of the present National Gallery.) On front pastedown of vol. I: “Bessie.” Acquired by September 1976. ESTC T1947. PR 3454 H5 B5 The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In four volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [One line from Horace, Ars poet-
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ica.] London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catharinestreet in the Strand. MDCCXLIX. Vol. I. 12mo: A6 a4 B-N12 O8 . [2] iii-xx, [1] 2-304 pp. Pp. 302 and 303 misnumbered as 202 and 203. Vol. II. 12mo: A4 B-N12 P8 Q1 . [2] iii-viii, 1-330 pp. Vol. III. 12mo: A6(-A6) B-N12. [2] iii-x, 1-288 pp. P. 265 misnumbered as 165. Vol. IV. 12mo: A6 B-P12 Q6. [2] iii-xii, 1-347 [1] pp. [Third edition.] 172×95 mm. Nineteenth-century quarter brown calfskin over boards with later red morocco labels and gold stamping on spines. “Thomas Heacock” written on front endleaves of vols. I and III. Acquired by June 1977. ESTC T131245. PR 3454 H5 1749b B6 Amelia. By Henry Fielding, Esq; [Two lines from Horace, Ode 1.13, and two lines from Semonides of Amorgos, Poem 7: On women.] In four volumes. Vol. I. [Ornament]. London: Printed for A. Millar; in the Strand. M.DCC.LII. Vol. I. 12mo: A6 B-N12. [6] vii-xii, [1] 2-285 [1] pp. P. 38 unnumbered. Vol. II. 12mo: A4 B-M12. [2] iii-viii, 1-262 [2] pp. Vol. III. 12mo: A6(-A6) B-O12 P6. [2] iii-ix, [2] 2-323 [1] pp.
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Vol. IV. 12mo: A4 B-N12 O4. [2] iii-vii, [2] 2-296 pp. 162×98 mm. Early twentieth-century gold-stamped full brown morocco over boards. On front endleaf of vol I, “Robert Hanes 1756.” Donors’ bookplate of “Mr. and Mrs. Frederic McCabe, 1977” on front pastedowns. ESTC T89846. PR 3454 A4 1752
C. Other Works and Adaptations C1 Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding, Esq; In three volumes. [Ornament.] London: Printed for the author: and sold by A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street, in the Strand. MDCCXLIII. Vol. I. Poetical pieces; An essay on conversation; An essay on the knowledge of the characters of men; An essay on nothing; Some papers proper to be read before the R---L Society, concerning the Terrestrial Chrysipus, Golden-foot or Guinea . . . . Collected by Petrus Gualterus, but not published till after his death; the Olynthiac of Demosthenes; Of the remedy of affliction for the loss of our friends; A dialogue between Alexander the Great and Diogenes the Cynic; An interlude between Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, and Mercury. Which was originally intended as an introduction to a comedy, called, Jupiter’s descent on earth. 8vo: πA8 a6(-a6) b-c8 d4(-d4) A-Y8 Z1. [27] ii-xxxii, xxxi, xxviii-xxix, xxvi-xxvii, [4] 4-354 pp. P. 255 misnumbered as 254.
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Vol. II. A journey from this world to the next, &c.; Eurydice, a farce: as it was d-mned at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane; The wedding-day. A comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. 8vo: A1 B-2D8 2E4(-2E4[=A1]). [2] 1-420 [2] pp. Vol. III. The life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the great. 8vo: π1 a4 B-2D8 2E4(-2E4[=π1]). [11] 2-421 [1] pp. 198×125 mm. Contemporary gold-stamped full calfskin over boards with brown morocco spine labels. On all front pastedowns, library bookplate, with shelfmarks added, of Mountstuart (Isle of Bute, Scotland). On versos of title pages, armorial bookplate of “John [Stuart] Earl of Bute. &c.” On verso of first title page of vol. I in (early twentiethcentury?) pencil, “These were thrown out of Luton Park [Bedfordshire seat of the Marquess of Bute] to be replaced by his works.” Acquired in late 1970s? ESTC N11032. PR 3542 M5 C2 A serious address to the people of Great Britain. In which the certain consequences of the present rebellion, are fully demonstrated. Necessary to be perused by every lover of his country, at this juncture. [Seven lines from Sallust, Bellum Catilinae.] London, printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row. MDCCXLV. [Price one shilling.] 8vo: A1 B-F4 G4(-G4[=A1]). [2], 1-45 [1] pp.
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195122 mm. Twentieth-century half black glossy fabric over boards with marbled sides. At top of title page, “No 10th” (?). Acquired after ca. 1980. ESTC T89830. DA 503 1745 F538 1745 C3a An enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers, &c. with some proposals for remedying this growing evil. In which the present reigning vices are impartially exposed; and the laws that relate to the provision for the poor, and to the punishment of felons are largely and freely examined. [Three lines from Cicero’s second oration against Catiline.] By Henry Fielding, Esq; barrister at law, and one of His Majesty’s justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex, and for the city and liberty of Westminster. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Katharine-Street, in the Strand. M. DCC. LI. [Price 2 s. 6 d.] 8vo: A-I8. [3] iv-xv, [2] 2-127 [1] pp. I3 not signed. 195122 mm. Twentieth-century half brown morocco over boards with marbled sides and gold-stamped spine. Acquired in August 1977. ESTC T89870. HV 6665 G7 F58 1751 C3b ________. 199118 mm. Nineteenth-century quarter leather over
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boards with marbled sides; rebacked with gold-stamped spine. In late twentieth-century burgundy morocco case. On front pastedown, signature (ca. 1850) of James Thomas / Caeglâs (Carmarthenshire, Wales); bookplate of A. Edward Newton (1864-1940); bookplate of R. H. Isham (18901955); armorial bookplate with swan as crest. No. 39 in an enclosed catalog cutting (ca. 1960?). Acquired before 1990. HV 6665 G7 F58 1751 copy 2 C3c ________. 195120 mm. Late nineteenth-century half brown russia over boards with marbled sides; gold-stamped black spine label. With this is bound John Michell, A treatise of artificial magnets, 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1751). Purchased from bookseller Donald A. Berry, London, ca. 1960. HV 6665 G7 F58 C4 A clear state of the case of Elizabeth Canning, who hath sworn that she was robbed and almost starved to death by a gang of gipsies and other villains in January last, for which one Mary Squires now lies under sentence of death. [Three lines from Cicero, Paradoxa.] By Henry Fielding, Esq; The second edition. London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand. M.DCC.LIII. (Price one shilling.) 8vo: A1 B-H4 I4(-I4[=A1]). [2] 1-62 pp. Special Collections also owns the collector Carleton R. Richmond’s copy, bound by Zaehnsdorf, of Fielding’s learned but contentious rival John Hill (ca. 1714-1775), The story of Elizabeth Canning considered, by Dr. Hill. With
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remarks on what has been called A clear state of her case, by Mr. Fielding; and answers to the several arguments and suppositions of that writer (Dublin: George Faulkner, 1753) [DA 503 1753 H5]. 190121 mm. Twentieth-century boards. Purchased in 1966-1967. ESTC T89860. 343.092 C225 F45 1753 C5 The journal of a voyage to Lisbon, by the late Henry Fielding, Esq; [Printer’s device.] London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand. M DCCLV. 2
12mo: A4 B-M12 N6. [5] ii-iv, [1] ii-xvii, [2] 20-240, 2193228 pp. Page numbers 2201 through 2228 are in brackets.
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C6 The upholsterer, or What news? A farce, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. [Three lines from Horace, Satires.] By the author of The apprentice. London. Printed for P. Vaillant, facing Southampton-street, in the Strand. MDCCLVIII. Price one shilling. 8vo: A4 B-G4 H2. [2] i-iii, [3] 1-51 [1] pp. By Andrew Murphy (1727-1805). The play is based in part on Fielding’s The coffee-house politician. William Hodson’s anonymous The adventures of a life. A farce in two acts (London, 1783) was also adapted from Fielding’s play. 197×123 mm. Disbound. Gift of T. E. Hanley; his donor’s bookplate on protective manila envelope. Accession number 174048 stamped on A2r and H1r. ESTC T129409. 822.69 M97u C7 The jealous wife: a comedy. As it is acted at the TheatreRoyal in Drury-Lane. By George Colman, Esq. [One line from Juvenal, Satires.] London: Printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; T. Becket, and Company, in the Strand; T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; W. Jackson, in Oxford; and A. Kincaid, and Company, in Edinburgh. MDCCLXI. 8vo: π1 A-P4. [11] 2-109 [3] pp. A3 signed A2. From Advertisement (A4r): “The use that has been made
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in this comedy of Fielding’s admirable novel of Tom Jones, must be obvious to the most ordinary Reader.” 191×128 mm. Mid-twentieth-century gold- and blindstamped half brown russia over boards with marbled sides. Acquired by December 1977. ESTC T29053. PR 3358 J4 1761 C8 The jealous wife: a comedy. As it is acted at the TheatreRoyal in Drury-Lane. By George Colman, Esq. [One line from Juvenal, Satires.] The fourth edition. Oxford, printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet-street; T. Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden; T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand; F. Newbery, at the corner of Ludgate-street; and Mess. Carnan and Newbery, in St. Paul’s Church Yard, London; W. Jackson, in Oxford; and A. Kincaid, and Company, in Edinburgh. 8vo: A-F8. [9] 10-91 [5] pp. The date of this edition of Colman's highly successful play, one of at least five editions of it in his lifetime, remains uncertain. ESTC queries a 1767 date of publication. AzU’s catalog and other sources query a 1764 date. 209×130 mm. Disbound, with remnant of contemporary gold-stamped calfskin spine. In twentieth-century protective covers. Acquired by November 1976. ESTC N1030. PR 3358 J4 1764
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C9 Tom Jones, a comic opera: as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. By Joseph Reed. [Ornament.] London, printed for Becket and De Hondt, in the Strand; and Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal Exchange. MDCCLXIX. 8vo: A4 B-H4 I4(-I4). [9] 2-62 pp. Half-title, with price: one shilling and six pence. Press figure on p. 47 is 7. From Preface (A3r): “It is needless to say the following Opera is taken from Fielding’s celebrated novel of Tom Jones . . . . My extreme veneration for the memory of the truly-witty and ingenious novelist, naturally led me to preserve as much of Fielding throughout my Opera, as the nature of my plan would allow.” 202×111 mm. Twentieth-century quarter buckram over boards. Gift of T. E. Hanley in April 1962; his donor’s bookplate inside upper cover. Accession number 201633 stamped on A3r and I2r. ESTC T949. 822.69 R32t
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Early Editions of Sarah Fielding App1 The adventures of David Simple: Containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster, in the search of a real friend. By a lady. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine-street, in the Strand. M. DCC. XLIV. Vol. I. 12mo: A4 a1 B-M12 N8(-N8[=a1]). [3] iv-x [1] 2278 pp. Pp. 273 and 276-277 misnumbered as 373 and 376377. Vol. II. 12mo: π1 A-N12 O4 χ1: [3] 2-322 pp. P. 131 misnumbered as 13. First edition of Sarah’s first novel. A second edition, also published in 1744, included a preface and considerable editorial intervention by brother Henry. In 1753 Sarah published a sequel entitled David Simple, Volume the Last. 164×97 mm. Contemporary gold-stamped full calfskin over boards. On both front pastedowns, armorial bookplate of Joseph Pickford, Esq. (1744-1819), who changed his surname to Radcliffe in 1795. On the title page of vol. I, signature of Kitty (Katherine or, in some records, Catherine/Catharine) Percival (ca. 1740-1765), daughter of the antiquary Thomas Percival of Royton Hall, Lancashire, and married to Pickford in 1763. (Her signature appears also on the title page of vol. I of a set of the first edition of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in lot 204 of the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury, London, auction of 21 May 2015.) Acquired by 11 February 1986.
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ESTC T57804. PR 3459 F3 A7 1744 App2 Familiar letters between the principal characters in David Simple, and some others. To which is added, A vision. By the author of David Simple. In two volumes. Vol. I. Dublin: Printed for E. and J. Exshaw, at the Bible on Corkhill, M,DCC,XLVII. Vol. I. 12mo: A4 B-G12 H2. [2] iii-viii, 1-146 [2] pp. Vol. II. 12mo: A-G12 H8. [2] 3-184 pp. Two vols. in one. Preface in vol. I and letters XL-XLIV in vol. II written by Henry Fielding. 169×99 mm. Contemporary full calfskin over boards with gold-stamped spine and brown morocco spine label. On front pastedown, twentieth-century bookplate of the “Dorset Collection,” with initials WJL and VJA (or WTL and VTA?). In pencil on rear pastedown, “H. 3595.” Acquired by 25 March 1975. ESTC N9649. PR 3459 F3 F3 1748 App3 The cry: a new dramatic fable. In three volumes. Vol. I. [One line from Martial. Ornament.] London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. M DCC LIV.
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Vol. I. 12mo: π2 A6 B-M12 N8 O1. [16] 1-282 pp. With half-title. Vol. II. 12mo: A1 B-P12 Q2. [3] 1-339 [1] pp. P. 272 misnumbered as 227. Vol. III. 12mo: A1 B-N12 O8. [3] 2-303 [1] pp. Sarah Fielding wrote this satirical novel in collaboration with her friend Jane Collier (1714-1755). Fielding had likely contributed to Collier’s satirical advice manual An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, printed in London by Samuel Richardson for Andrew Millar (1753). Special Collections has a copy of this work also [BJ 1561 C6]. 15698 mm. Gold-stamped full calfskin over boards with black morocco spine labels. Acquired by 30 January 1986. ESTC T141110. PR 3459 F3 C79 1754 App4 The lives of Cleopatra and Octavia, by the author of David Simple. Second edition corrected. London: Printed for the author, and sold by A. Millar, in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and J. Leake, at Bath. M. DCC.LVIII. 4to: π2 a4 B-2E4 2F2. [12], i-v [2] 8-219 [1] pp. Dedication to the Countess of Pomfret signed by S. Fielding. 254×205 mm. Contemporary gold-stamped full calfskin. On rear pastedown, “Walter Brown, His, Book, May 1.,
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1791.” and “Broadway, 1791-,” followed by “Worceste[rshire, covered by AzU label]” in another early hand. Purchased from Ravenstree, Yuma, AZ, in February 1986. ESTC T131354. PR 3459 F3 L5 App5 The history of Ophelia. Published by the author of David Simple. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose, in Pater-Noster-Row. MDCCLX. Vol. I. 12mo: A2 B-M12 N4. [5] 2-271 [1] pp. Vol. II. 12mo: A1 B-M12 N12(-N12[=A1]). [3] 2-286 pp. 171×103 mm. Originally nineteenth-century quarter calfskin over boards with blue paper sides and red morocco spine labels. Rebacked in twentieth century. “M Carew” written on both title pages. Acquired by 16 June 1975. ESTC T132237. PR 3459 F3 H5 App6 Xenophon’s memoirs of Socrates. With the defence of Socrates, before his judges. Translated from the originial [sic] Greek. By Sarah Fielding. Bath: Printed by C. Pope, in Stall-Street: and sold by A. Millar, in the Strand, London. MDCCLXII. 8vo: π4 2π4(2π1+1[=2C4]) A-U4 W4 X-2S4 2T2 2A-2C4(2C4). [2] 1-8 [2] i-vi, 1-339 [1], 1-21 [1] pp. List of subscribers on π1r-π4v. Errata on 2π1r.
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201×125 mm. Contemporary full calfskin over boards with gold-stamped spine and red morocco spine label. On front endleaf in contemporary hand, “Arrived at Hampstead / 27.th [over 22d] October 1763.— / 25.th Re.cd from P. M. [or C. M.?]:—£1=1sh=0d=.” Date of acquisition unknown (late 1980s?). ESTC T52845. B 316 X2 F5 1762 App7 Xenophon’s memoirs of Socrates. With the defence of Socrates, before his judges. Translated from the original Greek. By Sarah Fielding. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, opposite Catherine-Street, in the Strand. MDCCLXVII. 8vo: A-Z8. [2] i-vi, 1-360 pp. 199×118 mm. Nineteenth-century full brown russia over boards, rebacked in twentieth century. Date of acquisition unknown (late 1980s?). ESTC T143431. B 316 X2 F5 1767
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Printers, Publishers, Booksellers Anderson, William A16, A17, A18, A19 Baldwin, Richard App5 Becket, Thomas C7, C8, C9 Cadell, Thomas A15, App7 Carnan, Thomas C8 Cooper, Mary C2 Davies, Thomas C7, C8 De Hondt, Peter Abraham C8, C9 Dodsley, Robert and James App3, App4 Doig, Sylvester A16, A17, A18, A19 Exshaw, Edward and John App2 Jackson, William C7, C8 Kincaid, Alexander C7, C8 Leake, John App4 Lowndes, Thomas C8 Millar, Andrew A13, A14, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, C1, C3a, C3b, C3c, C4, C5, App1, App4, App6, App7 Newbery, Francis C8 Newbery, John C7, C8 Pope, Cornelius App6 Richardson, William C9 Roberts, James A3, A4, A5, A12 Urquhart, Leonard C9 Vaillant, Paul C6 Watts, John A1, A2, A6 (“Wats” piracy), A7, A8, A9, A10, A11
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