BOYLE, Robert, 5th Earl of Orrery (1707-62). The First Ode of the First Book of Horace, Inscribed to the Earl of Chesterfield . Dublin: George Faulkner 1741. 8° (209 x 130mm). With final advertisement leaf B2; interleaved with numbered pages ruled in red. Contemporary English red morocco, elaborate gilt border, title gilt-stamped on covers, marbled endpapers, g.e., by John Brindley (very slight splits at hinges, head of spine slightly chipped). Provenance : John Boyle 5th Earl of Orrery, with his inscription on front flyleaf and annotation (Cork and Orrery Library sale, Christie's 21 Nov. 1905, lot 343, to Sharks). ORRERY'S OWN INTERLEAVED AND ANNOTATED COPY, possibly bound for presentation. It is clear from the sale catalogue of the Cork and Orrery library in these rooms in 1905 that Orrery had one copy of several of his works interleaved and finely bound in red morocco by John Brindley, bookbinder to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Queen Caroline. One such copy, Pyrhha (sold Christie's New York, 18 November 1988, lot 41), was presented to his daughter Lucy, and it is very likely that this copy of the First Ode, having remained in the family's possession until 1905, was also presented within the family. Although the precedence between the London and Dublin editions is unclear, Orrery's inscription attests to the superiority of the Dublin edition: "this Edition of my Imitation of Horace is printed with greater exactness, and the Paper and Letter are both better than the Edition printed at London. My Friend Mr. Dunkin corrected the Press." Mr. Dunkin is undoubtedly William Dunkin, poet and friend of Swift, as well as of Orrery. The present copy is annotated on the leaf opposite verse 40, where Orrery expresses a preference for the word "Esquire" rather than "Landlord", but explains that the metre would not permit it. Princeton University Library holds another interleaved and annotated copy with an inscription by Orrery dated 1746. It forms part of a tract volume of Orrery works, all interleaved and annotated, bound in plain calf. The Princeton copy lacks the final advertisement leaf, and is printed on paper watermarked "IA", while the present copy is printed on thick paper watermarked with a Strassburg lily by Honig. Foxon B-353.
BOYLE, Robert, 5th Earl of Orrery (1707-62). The First Ode of the First Book of Horace, Inscribed to the Earl of Chesterfield . Dublin: George Faulkner 1741. 8° (209 x 130mm). With final advertisement leaf B2; interleaved with numbered pages ruled in red. Contemporary English red morocco, elaborate gilt border, title gilt-stamped on covers, marbled endpapers, g.e., by John Brindley (very slight splits at hinges, head of spine slightly chipped). Provenance : John Boyle 5th Earl of Orrery, with his inscription on front flyleaf and annotation (Cork and Orrery Library sale, Christie's 21 Nov. 1905, lot 343, to Sharks). ORRERY'S OWN INTERLEAVED AND ANNOTATED COPY, possibly bound for presentation. It is clear from the sale catalogue of the Cork and Orrery library in these rooms in 1905 that Orrery had one copy of several of his works interleaved and finely bound in red morocco by John Brindley, bookbinder to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Queen Caroline. One such copy, Pyrhha (sold Christie's New York, 18 November 1988, lot 41), was presented to his daughter Lucy, and it is very likely that this copy of the First Ode, having remained in the family's possession until 1905, was also presented within the family. Although the precedence between the London and Dublin editions is unclear, Orrery's inscription attests to the superiority of the Dublin edition: "this Edition of my Imitation of Horace is printed with greater exactness, and the Paper and Letter are both better than the Edition printed at London. My Friend Mr. Dunkin corrected the Press." Mr. Dunkin is undoubtedly William Dunkin, poet and friend of Swift, as well as of Orrery. The present copy is annotated on the leaf opposite verse 40, where Orrery expresses a preference for the word "Esquire" rather than "Landlord", but explains that the metre would not permit it. Princeton University Library holds another interleaved and annotated copy with an inscription by Orrery dated 1746. It forms part of a tract volume of Orrery works, all interleaved and annotated, bound in plain calf. The Princeton copy lacks the final advertisement leaf, and is printed on paper watermarked "IA", while the present copy is printed on thick paper watermarked with a Strassburg lily by Honig. Foxon B-353.
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