Bonefonius (3 results)

, A collection of volumes published together for the first time. Contained in this book are: A general title-page and an emblematic frontispiece engraved by Michael Vander Gucht (the same plate was used in 1727).The Art of Kissing from Bonefonius. 3-32 pp. A miscellany of 16 poems, by William Bond, Charles Beckingham, Mr. Goode, Mr. Baker, John Philips, Thomas Foxton, and various unidentified hands. Popeana by Alexander Pope, 1727, no title page, 40 pages. The Rape of the Smock, an Heroi-comical poem in two books by Mr Jacob, second edition, printed for H. Curll, London, 1727, black and white engraving, title page [4] 32 pages. The Hoop-Petticoat an Heroi-comical poem in two books by Mr Gay, printed for E. Curll and others, London, third edition, 1720. viii, 40 pages. The Patch, an heroi-comical poem (with advice to Chloe, how to make use of that Beautiful Ornament of the Face) in three cantos by a Gentleman of Oxford, to which is added The Welch Wedding, a poem, Printed for E Curll, in London, 1724, viii, 40 pages. A Receipt for a Soup addres'd to Dean Swift, by Mr Pope,1727, no title page, [4.] Bury-Fair, a poem imposed as an Exercise at St. Peter's Colllege, John Davies, 1721, no title page, 22 pages. Poems on Several Occasions, by William Bowman, printed for the author, London, 1727. [8], 106 pages [2]. Oratio. Nova philosophia veteri prĉferenda est, Joseph Addison, no title page, 16 pages. An Apology for the Writings of Walter Moyle, esq, by Edmund Curll, printed in London, 1727, title page, 22 pages including extracts from a book entitled, Johannis Confratris & Monachi Glastoniensis chronica sive historia de rebus Glastoniensibus e codice MS. membrano antiquo descripsit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, duobus voluminibus. Oxon, 1726.8vo. Small contemporary inscription at head of front free endpaper, and another [Suckling Spendlove] dated 1794 below it, 2 engraved full page plates and several illustrated headpieces Third edition , wear to top and tail of spine and corners and front and rear boards consistent with age. Stains to front end paper, front paste down and frontispiece. Pages generally good with one missing a corner. Generally good condition. , full calf, old reback, gilt borders to front and rear baords, five raised bands on spine. , small quarto, 19.5 x 13 cm Hardback ISBN:

12mo XI,(1 blank),75,(1 blank) p. 19th century half morocco 15 cm (Ref: IJsewijn p. 135; Graesse 1,486; ESTC T72206) (Details: Gilt short title on the back; title in red & black; woodcut printer's mark on the title, showing all kinds of symbols of wisdom and science) (Condition: Lacking the last 8 pages; wear to the extremities; upper margin partly and lightly waterstained) (Note: The French Neo-Latin poet Jean Bonefons, or Johannes Bonefonius in Latin, (Clermont/Auvergne, 1554-1614) is the last great poet of the 'first great age of French Neo-Latin poetry'. IJsewijn calls him a 'belated Petrarchan singer'; (IJsewijn p. 135). Of the poets who followed the footsteps of the Dutch erotic poet Janus Secundus, he was one of the best known. They are often found together in later editions of erotic poetry, often together with the juvenile poems of Muretus and Beza. The collection of Bonefons's carmina is preceded by a laudatory poem of the French genius Josephus Justus Scaliger, 1540-1609. Then follows the erotic 'Basiorum liber', or 'Pancharis', a work Bonefonius wrote before his marriage. The Basia are followed by a poem on the city of Dijon, the 'Tumultus Gallicus' and a collection of occasional poems. In the preface of this edition it is stated, that it follows the Leyden edition 'minime aspernandam' of 1659. The London publishers Tonson & Watts want, they say, to imitate the elegant editions of the Elzeviers. 'Elzevirianarum elegantiam voluimus imitari'. At the end of the carmina are unfortunately lacking the last 8 pages of the last gathering. These pages consist of a short biography of 3 pages, in French, of Jean Bonefons, and a priggish list of 3 pages, with peccadilles, where an anynomous is splitting hairs on Bonefons's sins against pure latinity. The forelast page has a stocklist of J. Tonson. Perhaps the owner found these pages superfluous, and left them out, taking to heart the advice of Tonson & Watts, when they write in the preface (p. IV): 'ad calcem' . 'ibi quaedam notantur loca in quibus ab illo contra Latini sermonis aut carminis leges peccatum est; sed animadversiones illas maluimus discutiendas proponere lectoris judicio, quam nostrum pronuniciare')(Collation: A-G6, H6 (minus H3-6)) (Photographs on request) 250 gr.

8°: pi 4 A-I 8 K 4, gepagineerd: [8] 70; 81 [1] pp. Titelpagina in zwart en rood. Oorspr. papieren omslag. Lit.: Zie over Gerhard Alting: NNBW I, 94. Waller 302 Jean Bonnefons d'Auvergne (1554-1614) schreef zijn Neolatijnse minnezangen onder de naam Janus Bonefonius. Volgens een onder het voorbericht ingeplakte notitie in handschrift is de Nederlandse vertaler Gerhard Alting. Achter de gedichten van Bonefonius volgt nog een aantal erotische gedichten, zo overzettingen als eige vindingen, om de overeenkomst van stoffe bygevoegt, schrijft de vertaler in het voorbericht. Gerhard Alting (geboren in Groningen in 1694) studeerde rechten in Groningen. Hij heeft veel Latijnse gedichten geschreven, die meest op losse bladen zijn gedrukt.