PRESENTATION COPIES
An examination of the charges maintained by messrs. malone, chalmers, and others, of ben jonson's enmity, &c. towards shakspeare.
London.
Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1808.
First edition.
[4], 62pp. With a half-title.
[Bound with:] GILCHRIST, Octavius. A letter to william gifford, Esq. on the late edition of ford's plays; chiefly as relating to ben johnson. London. Printed for John Murray, 1811. First edition. 45pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements.
8vo. Modern half-cloth, marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, inked ownership inscription to head of title of first mentioned work 'W. Oakly, Newhall, 8.10.81', single manuscript note, seemingly in Oakly's hand, to second mentioned work. Presentation copies, each inscribed to half-title: 'To The Rev. Mr. Bonney from the Author'.
[Bound with:] GILCHRIST, Octavius. A letter to william gifford, Esq. on the late edition of ford's plays; chiefly as relating to ben johnson. London. Printed for John Murray, 1811. First edition. 45pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements.
8vo. Modern half-cloth, marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, inked ownership inscription to head of title of first mentioned work 'W. Oakly, Newhall, 8.10.81', single manuscript note, seemingly in Oakly's hand, to second mentioned work. Presentation copies, each inscribed to half-title: 'To The Rev. Mr. Bonney from the Author'.
First editions of two pamphlets by literary scholar Octavius Gilchrist (1779-1823), both presented to dean of Stamford and sometime archdeacon of Bedford and of Lincoln, Henry Kaye Bonney (1780-1862).
In the first mentioned work, Gilchrist deftly infers, in direct opposition to a herd of contemporary commentators, notably Malone and Chalmers, that Ben Jonson had the highest regard and admiration for the works of Shakespeare. In the second, a letter addressed to his friend satirist and editor William Gifford (1756-1826), Gilchrist critiques Henry William Weber's (1783-1818), universally derided, edition of John Ford's plays. Gifford, in his own editions of Jonson and Ford, acknowledged the help received from Gilchrist's investigations.
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Antiquates Ref: 25731
In the first mentioned work, Gilchrist deftly infers, in direct opposition to a herd of contemporary commentators, notably Malone and Chalmers, that Ben Jonson had the highest regard and admiration for the works of Shakespeare. In the second, a letter addressed to his friend satirist and editor William Gifford (1756-1826), Gilchrist critiques Henry William Weber's (1783-1818), universally derided, edition of John Ford's plays. Gifford, in his own editions of Jonson and Ford, acknowledged the help received from Gilchrist's investigations.
