I ADDISON (Joseph). THE CAMPAIGN. A Poem, to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. 2 FIRST EDITION. London, 1705. Folio, half morocco gilt, g. e. £12 128 "The success of his poem, the Campaign,' was rewarded by promotion to an under-secretaryship of state. Godolphin, according to Tickell, saw the poem when finished as far as the applauded simile of the angel,' and gave the commissionership in consequence. The anecdote has been coloured by the desire to represent Addison as a poor author raised from a garret to fortune by discerning patronage. Godolphin cared more for horse-racing than poetry, and was much less likely to reward the author of a set of verses than to gratify an important politician by advancing an adherent. In any case, the poem and the simile achieved a great success. The poem, like all Addison's performances of the kind, shows facility and poetic sensibility, stopping short of poetic genius." (D.N.B.) UNCUT COPY. CATO. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Addison. An uncut copy of the First Edition. 4to. Unbound as issued, edges entirely uncut. London, Printed for T. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head overagainst Catherine-Street in the Strand. EXCESSIVELY RARE IN UNCUT STATE. 1713. £36 This play was suggested to Addison by the performance which he saw at Venice-its success was unprecedented on the stage, and it was translated into French, Italian, and German; the Jesuits translated it into Latin, that it might be (Continued over) ADDISON (Joseph)—continued. 3 played by the scholars at St. Omer; and Voltaire praised it as the first reasonable English tragedy, and speaks of the sustained elegance and nobility of its language, though blaming its dramatic weakness, and observing that the barbarism and irregularity sanctioned by Shakespeare have left some traces even in Addison. "Cato" marks, in fact, the nearest approach in the English theatre to an unreserved acceptance of the French canons, of which Philip's "Distressed Mother " -an adaptation of Racine's "Andromaque ”—had given an example in the previous year. The influence, however, of Shakespeare, though eclipsed, was not extinguished. Rowe was writing tragedies in imitation of his style; and Addison himself frequently speaks of him with high prase. (D.N.B.) MANUSCRIPT OF HIS OPERA ROSAMOND." ROSAMOND, an Opera. Humbly Inscribed to Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough. Original Manuscript extending to 40 neatly written pages. With the Title Page and leaf containing the "Dramatis Persona" entirely in ADDISON'S OWN HANDWRITING; the play itself being in the hand of an amanuensis. 4to. Handsomely bound in full green morocco gilt, with corner pieces of floral design with red inlays, and the Marlborough Arms on the sides. N.D. (2nd April, 1706). £38 The actual manuscript presented by Addison to the Duchess of Marlborough, with Title-Page (containing dedication inscription) and leaf of "Dramatis Personæ " entirely in his hand. The Opera was published anonymously the following year, and is written in verse throughout. 4 A POEM TO HIS MAJESTY, presented to the Lord Keeper. FIRST EDITION. Folio, half morocco. London, 1695. ADDISON (Joseph)—continued. 5 THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS. THE SPECTATOR. Complete Set of the Original 555 Numbers. £63 A few of the numbers are, as usual, slightly foxed. The " Spectator" carefully abstained from politics in a time of violent party spirit. It consisted entirely of essays on the model gradually reached in the Tatler," and was an unprecedented success. It made a mark in English literature, and fixed a form which was adopted with servile fidelity by many succeeding periodicals till the end of the century. In all, Addison wrote 274 "Spectators." General opinion has attributed to him the greatest share of the triumph. Johnson observed that of the half not written by Addison, not half was good. 7 THE SPECTATOR. Vignette title to each volume. 8 vols. 8vo. Original calf gilt backs. London, Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1757. £4 4s 8 ADDISONIANA. To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with the Tragedy of Cato. Nov., 1714. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his Picture of the King. (In Verse). 9 AERONAUTICS. JEFFERIES (Dr. John). A NARRATIVE OF THE TWO AERIAL VOYAGES OF DOCTOR JEFFRIES WITH MONS. BLANCHARD; with Meteorological Observations and Remarks. The first voyage, on the thirtieth of November, 1784, from London into Kent: The second, on the seventh of January, 1785, from England into France. With engraved portrait of Dr. Jeffries in his balloon, by Caroline Watson; and engraved plate of the Column erected to commemorate the flight from England to France. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Fine сору, bound in full blue morocco gilt, g.e. London, Printed for the Author, 1786. £7 IOS Jeffries, an American physician, born in Boston 1744, graduated at Harvard in 1763, and took his medical degree at Edinburgh. In the Revolution he sided with the British, and became surgeon-major to the royal army in America. In 1780 he resumed his profession in London. While making some investigations in atmospheric temperature, in 1785, he crossed from England to France in a balloon. This was the first successful experiment in aeronautics on an extensive scale. IO ESOP. OGILBY (John). THE FABLES OF AESOP. Paraphras'd in Verse, and adorn'd with Sculpture. By John Ogilby. With portrait, frontispiece, and eighty-one engraved plates by Hollar. 1651. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. Original calf gilt. London, Printed by Thomas Warren for Andrew Crook, £14 14S Prefixed are verses by Sir William Davenant and James Shirley recommending the work. II AFRICA. BARATTI (S. Giacomo). THE LATE TRAVELS OF S. GIACOMO BARATTI, an Italian Gentleman, into the remote Countries of the Abissins, or of Ethiopia Interior. Wherein you shall find an exact account of the Laws, Government, |