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[COTTAGE BINDING] NEWTON, James, Esq.

Lot 20
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 20 | [COTTAGE BINDING] NEWTON, James, Esq.
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[COTTAGE BINDING] NEWTON, James, Esq.

Alexis's paradise: or, a trip to the garden of love at Vaux-hall. A comedy. As it is privately acted by the ladies of honour, &c. Londres : imprimé pour T. Dormer, s.d. [c. 1722].

Bel exemple de « cottage binding » anglaise du XVIIIe siècle, des bibliothèques Rosebery et Abbey. L’ouvrage est une pièce satyrique, à clef. En marge inférieure du titre, une note manuscrite du XIXe siècle indique : « Alexis is Frederick Prince of Wales, Gemella, one of the maids of Honour (the Hon. Miss Vane, enceinte by the Prince… ». Elle est incomplète car rognée. Au verso, à la suite de la liste des dramatis personae, la même main explique : « all the above names, are intended for real persons, connected with the court ». Dans la liste, elle indique que Gemella représente « Hon. Miss Vane », et complète des trois dernières lettres le nom « The King ».

Le catalogue Abbey, puis, à sa suite, Sawyer, indiquent tous deux que le frontispice provient d’une autre édition du livre, voire d’un autre ouvrage. On le retrouve cependant dans un autre exemplaire, de la même édition, conservé à Oxford et dont la numérisation est accessible en ligne (Bodleian Library Mal. B 124).



In-8 (192 x 122 mm). Frontispice gravé légendé de deux vers, suivi de 68 pages de texte.

Provenance : Earl of Rosebery (ex-libris ; Sotheby’s, 26 juin 1933, lot n°946) – Major John Roland Abbey (1894-1969 ; ex-libris ; Sotheby’s, 23 juin 1965, lot n°506) – Sawyer, Catalogue of books on a variety of subjects, sale no. 272, n°120, 1966 – Alexis de Redé (ex-libris).



A very attractive example of a cottage binding, from the collections of the Earl of Rosebery and Major Abbey.



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