Hello,
These are from Bookfinder.com. Obviously the formatting is gone but the
Peter Harrington copy looks close to what you want.
Best wishes,
Richard Ramsey
Neusser Buch- u. Kunstantiquariat
via prolibri.de
[Germany] 1751
London, J. Brindley 3 Bde. 4°. Mit 32 dpblgr. Kupf.-Taf. Ldr. Rü.-Sch. ,
verg. Rü.-Tit. u. Rü.-Verg. Bd. I u. II stark ber. u. bestossen. Bd. II:
vord. Deckel lose., Bd I: Buchblock lose. Tls braunfl., einige Taf. m. kl.
Einrissen. Teil I.. S. I-II fehlen. Innen schönes Expl. Calf. spine label,
gilt title on spine, gilt spine. Vol. I and II: rubbed and bumped. Vol.
II: front side loose, vol.I: bookblock loose. Slightly stained, some
plates with little tears. Nicy copy. Auf Wunsch gerne Foto ... (varia -
bücher [Englische Literatur; Illustr.Bücher 18.Jhdrt.; Illustrated books;
Kupferstiche; Literatur])
£549.28
2 Neusser Buch- und Kunstantiquariat
via Antbo
[Germany] London, J. Brindley, 1751. 3 Bde. 4°. Mit 32 dpblgr. Kupf.-Taf.
Ldr. Rü.-Sch. , verg. Rü.-Tit. u. Rü.-Verg. Bd. I u. II stark ber. u.
bestossen. Bd. II: vord. Deckel lose., Bd I: Buchblock lose. Tls braunfl.,
einige Taf. m. kl. Einrissen. Teil I.. S. I-II fehlen. Innen schönes Expl.
Calf. spine label, gilt title on spine, gilt spine. Vol. I and II: rubbed
and bumped. Vol. II: front side loose, vol.I: bookblock loose. Slightly
stained, some plates with little tears. Nicy copy. Auf Wunsch ...
£549.28
3 Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller
via Biblio.com, ILAB
[United Kingdom] Publisher: London, J. Brindley,
London, J. Brindley, 1751. 3 volumes, 4to. Bound to style in full mottled
calf, red and green labels, titles to spines gilt, all edges stained red.
Illustrated with 32 plates by William Kent. A little wear to boards,
otherwise nice clean copies. First Birch Edition.
[Available through multiple listing services; click any one.]
> Hello, all,
>
> I have a query about prices for some 18th-century editions of Spenser,
> specifically the 1715 (large-paper subscriber version or small-paper
> version), 1750, or 1758 Hughes editions and the 1751 Birch edition
> (illustrated by William Kent---Andrew Hadfield, are you out there, and do
> you know this?). I can't find any actual prices mentioned in Ray Heffner
> or Jewel Wurtsbaugh, and I'm hoping someone out there magically happens to
> know this so I can avoid the travel involved in seeking out advertisements
> in the _London Gazette_ or looking up publishing contracts.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
> Rachel Hile Bassett, Ph.D.
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