Epea Pteroenta, Or, The Diversions of Purley by Tooke, John Horne - 1798, 1805

BiblioBazaar, 2009-11-18. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia:: Printed by Wm. Duane,, 1806-1807.. The First American edition, from the second London edition.. old mottled sheep.. Endsheets tanned; bindings scuffed; both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. Engraved frontispiece in each volume..

London: Thomas Tegg, 1840. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 19th century 3/4 leather and marbled boards. New Edition, revised and corrected by Richard Taylor. Nice copy.

London: William Tegg, 1860. Revision of 1829 Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. This edition, revised and corrected in 1860 by Richard Taylor, follows the original 1829 edition. Tooke is regarded as the "father of rational philology;" this is his general theory of languge and the mind. Dark green embossed cloth covers, 740 pages. The first 10 pages have a little foxing; spine top and corners slightly bumped, front endpages have owner's stamp and small stains. May require extra postage; please inquire.; 6 x 9

London: Printed for the author, at J. Johnson's, 1805. Hardcover. Fair. Second edition. Two volume set: Part 1 (1798); Part 2 (1805). Quartos, Part 1 illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by W. Sharp, and one additional engraved plate facing p. 454. Full contemporary speckled calf, dark red and black morocco spine labels. Part 1 boards smoked at the fore-edges, front board nearly detached, dampstain to the first and last ten leaves, else good, internal text pages are clean and tight. Part 2 boards and text block a bit warped, with staining from exposure to a fire, thus fair only. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Both volumes are signed by Bernarda Shahn, with a black & white photograph of a "House built by Jonathan Perkins Weethee, Summer of 1951, before the fire" laid-in. *ESTC* T32791.

J Johnson, London, 1794. Book Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition of first volume and first edition of Volume 2. Contemporary red calf, slightly worn at corners and spine ends and rubbed. [8], 534 pages. Marbled fore edge. Foxing to frontispiece, but only occasional faint foxing otherwise.

London: printed for the author, 1805. Second (i.e. first complete and best) edition, 4to, 2 vols., pp. [8], 534; [8], 516, [36]; frontis and engraved plate, contemporary diced calf, rebacked in late 19th century brown morocco, gilt lettered direct on spine; Athenaeum Library release stamps on title-p., gilt supralibros of the Athenaeum Library on the upper covers, library marks in gutters of the upper covers (not visible if shelved); edges worn; a good copy. Chapters include those on the division or distribution of languages, Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, etymology, various parts of speech and assorted philosophical topics. Tooke, the well known philologist and political agitator, published the first part of his great work in 1786, the second volume not appearing until 1805. "As a philologist Horne Tooke deserves credit for seeing the necessity of studying Gothic and Anglo-Saxon, and learnt enough to be far in advance of Johnson in that direction... His philology was meant to subserve a… Read More

London: J Johnson, 1798. Leather. Good. 11" by 9". None. John Horne Tooke's linguistic treatise on English grammar and language. Second edition of the first volume (1798), and first edition of the second (1805). With an engraved frontispiece to the first volume. On his return from Huntingdonshire he became once more a frequent guest at Tooke's house at Purley, and in 1782 assumed the name of Horne Tooke. In 1786 Horne Tooke conferred perpetual fame upon his benefactor's country house by adopting, as a second title of his elaborate philological treatise of "Epea Pteroenta" — the expression épea pteróenta ("Winged words"), comes from Homer — the more popular though misleading title of The Diversions of Purley. The treatise at once attracted attention in England and the Continent. The first part was published in 1786, the second in 1805. Complete in two volumes. In half-morocco bindings. Externally, sound, though rubbed. Cloth repairs to hinges. Internally, firmly… Read More

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