Month: April 2017

Poems: tales, odes, sonnets, translations from the British. &c. &c.

Richard Llwyd

In two volumes. Bound in one. 

Chester: Printed by J. Fletcher; and sold in London by E. Williams, no. 11 Strand, bookseller to the Duke and Duchess of York and bookseller of Wales, 1804.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit c.1 inscribed by Eliza Giffard on front pastedown. Bookplate: J.O. Edwards. Bound in original drab paper boards with printed spine, orange colored paper label. Additional ms. markings at head of spines”Poems by Mr. Llwyd” in Giffard’s hand. Publisher’s advertisement–[p.213].

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Book spine with handwritten text at top.
Manuscript title and author at head of spine of Llwyd’s “Poems” (1804). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “Poems” (1804). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Elliott, or, Vicissitudes of early life.

Adela Northington Burke

In two volumes.

London : Printed and published by Geo. Cawthorn, British Library, no. 132, Strand, bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : Sold also by Messrs. Richardson, Royal Exchange; H.D. Symonds, J. Wallis West and Hughes, Paternoster-Row; and J. Wright, Piccadilly, 1800.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Inscribed “Maria Eleanora Giffard (Nerquis) 1807” on title pages. Retains original publishers’ bindings. Subscribers’ list on pages [i]-viii. Advertisements on pages [339] and [340] in volume 1. 

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The romance of the forest: interspersed with some pieces of poetry

Ann Radcliffe

6th ed.

London: James Carpenter & Co., 1799.

Contemporary full tree calf; spines with tan leaher labels. Spines a little worn, lacking labels.

Last known at Jarndyce Books. Catalogue CXCVIII. Women Writers IV. Women Writers – Novelists, Essays & Poets – R-Z

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The mysteries of Udolpho. A romance, interspersed with some pieces of poetry

Ann Radcliffe

4th ed.

London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, in Peternoster-Row, 1799.

Contemporary full tree calf, black leather label, hinges a little weak. Each volume signed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807”

Last known at Jarndyce Books. Catalogue CXCVIII. Women Writers IV. Women Writers – Novelists, Essays & Poets – R-Z

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Letters for literary ladies: to which is added, An essay on the noble science of self-justification

Maria Edgeworth

2nd edition, corrected and much enlarged.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1799.

New York University. Special Collections. Fales Library.

Title page signed “Maria Eleanora Giffard, Nerquis, 1807”. Untrimmed in original pale blue boards, as issued, white paper covering spine (rebacked). Leaves for pages 217 to 240 unopened. 

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Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on title-page of “Letters for literary ladies” (1799). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

The great importance of a religious life considered: to which are added, some morning and evening prayers

William Melmoth

The thirteenth edition.

London: : Printed by T. Maiden, for J. Sewell … and Vernor and Hood …, 1798.

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center

Inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire, 1807; “A prayer for the new year” mounted on front end paper.

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An inquiry into the moral and political tendency of the religion called Roman Catholic

Thomas Potts

London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1790.

In the collection of Jonathan E. Hill.

Full contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt floral spine; hinges cracked but firm, lacking label. Ownership inscription of ‘Eliza Giffard – Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807’, on inner front board.

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African.

In two volumes. To which are prefixed, memoirs of his life. The first[-second] volume.

Ignatius Sancho

Second edition

London: Printed for J. Nichols; and C. Dilly in the Poultry, 1783.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

SpecCol. c.1 has inscription: “Eliza Giffard- Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”–front pastedown (v.1 & v.2). SpecCol. c.1 has 2 volumes. Bound in full tree calf; gold tooling on spine.

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Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription in volume 2 of “Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African” (1783). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Front covers of two leather bound books.
Covers of the two-volume set of “Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African” (1783). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Discourses on several subjects and occasions

George Horne

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, : Printed for D. Prince and J. Cooke, Oxford; and J.F. and C. Rivington, G. Robinson, and T. Cadell, London., 1779.

In two volumes. 

University of Texas at Austin. Harry Ransom Center

Inscribed: Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire 1807.

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The fool of quality; or, The history of Henry, Earl of Moreland.

Henry Brooke

London: Printed for Edward Johnston, 1777.

A new edition, greatly altered and improved. 

Contemporary full sprinkled calf; hinges cracked; sl. wear to head and tail of spine; lacks all labels and vol. nos. Inscription of ‘Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807″ to pastedown.

In the collection of Jonathan E. Hill.

Contemporary full sprinkled calf, lacking labels and vol. numbers. Ownership inscription of Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire 1807 on front pastedown.

Poems on several occasions

Matthew Prior

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, and G. Robinson and J. Roberts, 1766.

In the collection of Charlotte Priddle.

“Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807” on the title-page, unidentified armorial plate on inner board. Bound in full calf.

Histoire des Variations Des Eglises Protestantes.

Jacques Benigne Bossuet

Paris, Guillaume Desprez et Pierre-Guillaume Cavelier, 1747.

In two volumes. 

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

SpecCol. c.1 has inscription: “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, 1809, Flintshire”–T.p.

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Title-page of book with ownership inscription
Title-page of “Histoire des variations des eglises protestantes” (1747), showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Inside cover of book showing armorial bookplate.
Armorial bookplate on front paste-down of “Histoire des variations des eglises protestantes” (1747). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Front cover and spine of leather bound book
Cover and spine of volume 1 of “Histoire des variations des eglises protestantes”. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Theologiae moralis summa

in qua per traditas distinctiones, brevia ac facilia firmantur theoremata ad quoslibet conscientiae causus resolvendos accomodata. 

Clemente Piselli

Venetiis : Ex typographia Balleoniana, 1723.

In two volumes. 

New York University. Special Collections. 

SpecCol c.1 (v.1 & 2) are inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire 1807. Copies bound in vellum with title and volume number in mss. hand at head of spine, in Giffard’s hand. Copies have title and decorative motif also in mss. hand mid-spine. Five raised bands, text bands speckled red. 

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Book spines with handwritten text at top and decoration.
Spines of set of “Theologiae moralis summa” (1723), showing manuscript titling and decoration. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Front paste-down of “Theologiae moralis summa”, volume 1 (1723), with ownership inscription. Courtesy of NYU Special Collections.

Private memoirs, Forming, with the Works of M. Hue, and Clery’s Journal, A Complete History of the Captivity of the Royal Family of France, in the Tower of the Temple

Marie-Therese Charlotte, Duchesse d’Angouleme

Edinburgh, George Ramsay and Company, 1817.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

SpecCol. c.1 has inscription: “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire” on title page. Additional inscription: “Eliza Giffard” on front pastedown. SpecCol. copy bound in original blue-grey paper boards, tan paper spine with title in manuscript hand at head of spine.

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Book spine with handwritten text along spine.
Spine of “Private memoirs…” (1817), showing manuscript titling along spine. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Title-page of book with ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on title-page of “Private memoirs” (1817). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. 
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “Private memoirs…” (1817). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

The spinster’s journal

Medora Gordon Byron [“A modern antique”]

In three volumes.

London : Printed at the Minerva-Press, for A.K. Newman and Co., Leadenhall-Street, 1816.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire” on front paste-downs and “Eliza Giffard (Nerquis)” on title pages. Retains original paper publishers’ bindings. Advertisements in volume 1, page [252] and volume 3, page [268]. 

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