Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

180 ● JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language. 2 volumes. Folio, 439x266 mm, modern 1 / 2 tan calf with red morocco lettering pieces; occasional toning, intermittent marginal dampstaining mainly along top edges, Volume 1 title and next leaf trimmed and remargined, restoration in blank lower margin of the 2 leaves after that, dampstain and widening hole through center of gatherings 2F-2H causing some text loss, ink stains on 7Z1 oxidized with resulting hole affecting text, repaired clean tear in 7Z2, small piece torn from blank upper margin of last leaf, Volume 2 title remargined at bottom with imprint apparently supplied from another copy, blank lower outer corner off 16O2 and 19D1, repaired clean tear across 23U2. WIDE - MARGINED SET . London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton et al., 1755 [4,000/6,000] FIRST EDITION , LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES , of Johnson’s magnum opus; second state of 19D2v. Courtney & Nichol Smith, page 54; Printing and the Mind of Man 201; Rothschild 1237. 181 ● [JOHNSON, SAMUEL.] Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland’s Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny. [4], 264 pages. 8vo, 201x127 mm, contemporary calf, spine darkened, ends chipped, joints cracked, hinges reinforced; marginal browning at beginning and end. London:W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 [300/500] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION . Courtney & Nichol Smith, page 127. 182 ● JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language. Engraved portrait of Johnson. 2 volumes. 4to, 264x211 mm, early 19th-century russia, rebacked retaining original backstrips, endpapers renewed; light to moderate foxing, occasional toning or browning. London: John Jarvis for John Fielding, 1786 [200/300] 183 ● JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS. Satyrae luculentissimae. 157 [i. e., 156], [2] (of [4]) pages; lacks final blank. 8vo, 148x97 mm, 19th-century marbled boards; margins trimmed, scattered early underscoring and cropped marginalia, occasional soiling in blank lower outer corners. Cologne: Johann Gymnich, 1541 [250/350] 184 ● JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS; and PERSIUS FLACCUS,AULUS. Satyrae. 179, [1] pages, including final blank. Folio, 367x250 mm, later 17th-/early 18th-century red morocco gilt, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip, cover edges rubbed; few stains on title and next leaf, scattered spotting elsewhere. Signature of Étienne Baluze (“Stephanus Baluzius Tutelensis,” 1630-1718), librarian to the French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert; armorial bookplates of SirWilliam Augustus Fraser and Charles Cammell. Paris:Typographia Regia, 1644 [300/500] 185 ● JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS; and PERSIUS FLACCUS, AULUS. The Satires . . . Made English by Mr. [John] Dryden. [4], xxxix [i. e., liii], [3], 315, [1]; [4], 87 pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 369x224 mm, contemporary panelled sheep, spine darkened, missing portion of lettering piece, joints cracked, cords intact; scattered minor spotting, light soiling on last 2 leaves of Persius, bookplate removed. Armorial bookplate of Richard Jones Esqr. dated 1707 on title verso. London: Jacob Tonson, 1693 [400/600] FIRST DRYDEN EDITION . LARGE - PAPER COPY . Macdonald 30a;Wing J1288.