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Epistles of Horace imitated. And illustrated with gems and medals
Ogle, George (1704-1746); Horace
1735
Head and tail piece. Signatures: [A]-D⁴.
Les femmes illustres or The heroick harrangues of the illustrious women
Scudéry, Madeleine de (1607-1701); Innes, James (fl. 1681); Scudéry M. de (1601-1667)
1681
Dedication signed: James Innes. Each harangue has half-title; register and pagination are continuous. Actually by Madeleine de Scudéry. First gathering signed as follows: fol. 3 "*", fol. 5 "A"...
Homer his Iliads translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations
Homer; Ogilby, John (1600-1676)
1669
First published in 1660. Pages 428-29 incorrectly numbered 427-28.
Philosophic Venus, : an ethic epistle addressed to a young nobleman; : with notes and illustrations
Dorset, Michael (fl. 1775-1782)
1775
In verse.
Mirza : A tragedie, really acted in Persia, in the last age. Illustrated with historicall annotations
Baron, Robert (1630-)
[1655?]
"Annotations": p. [160]-264. Numerous errors in paging. R. B. is Robert Baron. Greg 744, where it is the only edition and reasons are given against an earlier date; but a semi-colon follows "Mos...
Milton's epistle to Pollio : Translated from the Latin, and illustrated with large explanatory notes
King, William (1685-1763)
Printed in the year 1740
An anonymous translation of William King's Miltonis Epistola ad Pollionem, not by Milton at all but a political satire on Robert Walpole (Pallas) addressed to Hugh Hume-Campbell, styled Lord Polwarth ...
Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII copper-plates
Hugo, Herman (1588-1629); Arwaker, Edmund (1730)
1686
Engraved frontispiece title facing printed title, possibly originally leaf A8, which is missing, although catchword on A7v (end of Preface) refers past illustration leaf for dedication to B2r (drophea...
Antiquities explained : Being a collection of figured gems illustrated by similar descriptions taken from the classics
Ogle, George (1704-1746)
1737
Added t.-p. engraved. A collection of engravings by Claude Du Bosc after images on classical gems, with a commentary by Ogle, using quotations from classical texts and their translations Pope, Dryde...
Oculus Britanniae : an heroi-panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful similes, and useful digressions
Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
1724
"Dedication signed 'Philo-musus'. Ascribed to Amhurst by Cibber V, 337."--Foxon, English verse 1701-1750, 1975, A199.
Æsopic's or, A second collection of fables, paraphras'd in verse : adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations
Ogilby, John (1600-1676); Aesop; Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-1677)
1668
Originally issued with, or slightly earlier than, Ogilby's The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse... The second edition. London : Printed by Thomas Roycroft, for the author, 1668. Caption title: "...
Homer his Odysses : translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations, by John Ogilby, esq;... [etc.]
Homer; Ogilby, John (1600-1676)
1669
Pp.344-5 numbered 342-3. First issued in 1665.
English poetry : an illustrated catalogue of first and early editions, exhibited in 1947 at 7 Albemarle Street, London
Hayward, John (1905-1965); National Book League (Great Britain)
1950
"First published in 1947 without illustrations"--Verso of t.p.