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Six volumes. 12mo. [177 x 105 x 205 mm]. Bound in near contemporary marbled calf, smooth spines divided into six panels by gilt pallets, lettered in the second and fourth panels on blue goatskin labels, the others with rococo corner-pieces and three different floral centre tools, the edges of the boards hatched in gilt, plain endleaves, sprinkled edges. (Short cracks in two joints, slightly rubbed). A fine copy bound in marbled or "Spanish" calf with elegantly decorated spines. Vol.1 has marginal annotations, in ink and pencil, in English, Latin and Greek. These have been trimmed, indicating that the bindings came slightly later. All six volumes have the ink signature of Richard Paul Jodrell, Bart (1745-1831), who was almost certainly responsible for the annotations. They also have the armorial bookplate of his eldest son, Sir Richard (1781-1861). Richard senior was educated at Eton and Hereford College, Oxford and was called to the bar in 1771. Having succeeded to his father's estates at Lewknor, in Oxfordshire, and being further enriched by marriage, he was able to settle on a literary career. He contributed notes to Potter's edition of Aeschylus (1778) and published two volumes of commentaries on Euripedes. He wrote a series of plays, an edition of his poetical works appeared in 1814 and a treatise, Philology of the English Language, in 1820. He was elected FRS, FSA, created DCL of Oxford and sat as MP for Seaford 1790-1796. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and became a member of the Essex Head Club in 1783, and was its last survivor. He was painted by Gainsborough (the portrait is now in the Frick Collection) and his wife Vertue sat for Reynolds. Their son Richard followed his father to Eton, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn, and published a selection of Greek and Latin verses and other poems. He succeeded his maternal great-uncle, Sir John Lombe, as second baronet and died leaving a fortune of £250,000. Seller Inventory # ebc1291
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