Rev Henry Boyd (6 results)

Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Brown blindstamped cloth with black leather spine, gold lettering and marbled edges. Slight wear at the top of the spine. Otherwise very nicely preserved. The pages are crisp. Light to moderate foxing throughout with heavier foxing on the last few pages which are publisher's ads. No markings. 486, 11pp. Complete work in one volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd edition. Blue-green hardcover with gilt lettering and ruling. 135 x 195 x 24mm. (vi) + 192pp. Text block edges coloured. Cover faded on spine, with spine-ends and corners lightly bumped/rubbed; marks to a couple of leaves near title-page (foxing to tissue guard-leaf, a wavy vertical line to two following leaves); leaves in second half of book show faint diagonal creases (book presumably dropped at some point); text otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair/Good. 2nd edition corrected and enlarged, xx [6] 264 (265)-(266) 265-354 [34]pp, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacks the other plate called for by ESTC, contemporary calf (very worn with loss of surface leather, joints cracked, spine split, cords holding but contents slightly shaken, illegible address in ink written on rear cover), green silk bookmark, ink inscription on front free endpaper ("Bought of Mathews Sept. 1791"), ink note on rear pastedown (Pascal was written by Flood"?), small portion torn fron top corner of B5 and B6, small hole in O5 with the loss of two letters, a few of the real names of the characters neatly added, contents generally very clean with only a few light marginal stains, 12mo (171x106mm), ESTC T21365.

Condition: Good. 1807. No Edition Stated. 216 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Book has been rebound. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Pages are lightly tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Text block edges dyed brown with top edge slightly darkened. Binding remains firm. Brown staining to front endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine. Minor scuffs to leather covering spine.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. T Stothard (illustrator). 1st Edition. A good to very good copy of the first translation into English of Dante's Divine Comedy. This copy retains the original marbled boards, with new calf spines and corners, so the bindings are clean, sound and tight with some light scuffing to the boards. The translation was completed by Henry Boyd, then Vicar of Rathfryland in County Down. The contents are complete with frontispiece portrait by Stothard and titles and half titles to each volume. Vol I: frontispiece; title; dedication; half title to Inferno; text 408pp. Vol II: title; half title; preliminary essay and text 384pp. Vol III: title; half title; preliminary essay and text with index, errata and addenda 420pp (more detailed collation available on request). All the volumes retain their original endpapers with repair at the joints and stamped ownership details of Richd Hopkins of Huntingdonshire. All the endpapers have some marking and Vol II has lost the corner tip of the rear free endpaper. Contents overall are clean with some browning and spotting at times, particularly noticeable at the beginning of Vol II where there tends to be mottling in the top outer corner and the paper is a little fragile there, and brown toning to later leaves. Vol I has a brown mark in top margin of pp 156/7, possibly from an old page marker. Vol III has professional paper repair to the bottom corner of p 229. Please enquire if you would like to see further images.

Condition: Near Fine. First Complete Edition in English. First edition of the first full translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into English. Octavo. Three volumes bound in contemporary full calf with gilt stamping and raised bands to spine. Light rubbing to bindings, darkening to spines; shallow chip to head of Volume III. Tanning and light foxing to interiors, particularly the title page of Volume I, joints repaired at an early date, usual wear and toning due to age; last textual leaf of Volume II is partially detached along the top half. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase with green gilt-stamped morocco spine over green cloth. An important edition which brought Dante's epic work to an English speaking audience for the first time in its completeness, also marking the first publication in English of the Purgatorio and the Paradiso; the Inferno is here is in its fourth publication in English, following the first edition of 1782, and Boyd's 1785 Dublin and London editions. This edition was also instrumental in "assisting to re-establish an audience for Dante, whose reputation had suffered a decline in the previous century." A fantastic set in a beautiful contemporary binding, housed in a custom slipcase.