Milns William (3 results)

Hardcover. Second edition, with alterations and revisions; 6 1/2 x 4; pp. 284; full polished roan; morocco label with faded gilt title to spine; rubbed spots to leather on corners and tips of spine; thin closed cut along spine (boards still securely attached); partial bookplate of previous owner to front board verso; spotting and discoloration to first and last few leaves only, else mostly very clean (an ink splatter to, ironically, pages on letter writing); two facing title pages - one of them engraved and hand-colored, announcing that the book is "The Columbia Library Containing A Statistical Selection of British Literature, Vol. 1"; good to very good condition.An uncommon early American imprint of an influential, for its times, work. William Milns (1761 - 1801) was an English author and educator, who wrote the first edition of the current work in 1794. Milns moved to New York in 1797, where he would have a successful career writing extravagant comedies, performed throughout the city's theaters. In the conclusion of the book, Milns wrote: "In this Treatise I have confined myself to an exposition of what appeared to me the best practical methods of assisting youth in the study of languages, and of forming their taste in composition." Chapters included letter writing, fables, orations, the study of Latin and Greek, etc. 2.…

Full Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 320 pages; Full leather covers are rubbed and worn; Red spine label is also rubbed, though gilt lettering remains; Inked name and dates on blank front free end page; Scattered, mostly light, foxing; Volume remains tight and intact.

Condition: Good. Oblong 4to. 27 1x 21 cm. 5 vols., engraved titles and 249 plates (only of 250, lacking Hillingdon House plate from vol.1), the odd spot or foxing mark but largely clean internally, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, blind-stamped and panelled with gilt, a little rubbed, corners bumped.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1009029252:At head of publisher's original (part) wrappers: New copper-plate magazineEditor and principal engraver: John WalkerEngravings by J. Walker, William Walker, T. Medland, Birrell, B.T. Pouncy, James Greig, James Heath, G. Walker, William Ellis, Fitler, Barrett, J. Storer, Roberts, J. Widnell, J. Roffe, and T. Tagg; after J.M.W. Turner, Paul Sandby, Thomas Girtin, Thomas Hearne and Thomas Malton, Esther Acklom, Miss Berniers, Edward Francis Burney, Charles Catton, Jr., Richard Corbould, George Cuit, Edward Dayes, Arthur Benoni Evans, Thomas Girtin, Harraden, John Hassell, J. Hornsey, H. Jeayes, Thomas Malton, John Meheux, Conrad Martin Metz, James Moore, Francis Nicholson, John Nixon, Rev. Robert Nixon, William Orme, Alexander Reid, Philip Reinagle, Humphry Repton, Paul Sandby, Thomas Sandby, William Watts, Francis Wheatley and othersImprints undated; years of publication from monthly issues.Originally issued in 125 parts, each consisting of two plates and two letterpress leaves. Each cumulated volume contains 50 plates with associated letterpress, an index leaf and engraved title page; vols. 1, 4 and 5 have an "Advertisement" leaf; v. 5 also has a general index.Plates include great houses and significant architectural structures from various places in the British Isles. Each plate includes names of engraver and artist, but these are not indexed.Title pages are engraved; signed (v.1): Milns scrt. Puke sc.Vol. 2 with imprint: London : printed for Harrison and Co. Pater-Noster Row. & J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, Clerkenwell; v. 3-5 with imprint: London : printed for J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, ClerkenwellVol. 4: "Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn."Vols. 4 & 5 with alternative title: Elegant cabinet. …