f^^WirlAs^'^ "Sj-X ^_y)«g Oiitf^-"< PRIVATE LIBRARY OF John Ralph Owens This Bibliography of " The Club^^ was printed for The Rowfant Club by Frank E. Hopkins, at the Marion Press, and is not intended to be sold to strangers. One hundred and seventy-five copies of this book have been distributed by The Ro\\^ant Chib, of which this is Number ^Z> BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF EDITIONS OF THE BOOK KNOWN AS "PUCKLE'S CLUB ?5 FEOM THE LIBEARY OF A MEMBER OF THE ROWFANT CLUB AS SHOWN AT THE CLUB HOUSE, MARCH, 1896 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AUSTIN DOBSON CLEVELAND THE ROWFANT CLUB 1899 Copyriglit, 1899, by The Rowfant Club. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE EOWFANT CLUB. IN the fascinating but still-to-be-written Romance of Bibliography, there could be no more curious chapter than the story of Puckle's Club. That a book, meritorious, indeed, in its intention, but with- out sufficient distinction to secure a permanent place in the annals of Enghsh Literature, should be pub- hshed in the same year as the Spectator, and should run through seven editions before the middle of the century, is perhaps not in itself unexampled. But that, after its decease in the last century, it should have been revived again early in this as an illus- trated volume which forms an important hnk in the history of the revival of wood-engraving, is certainly a notable thing. It is, however, more notable still that a something both in the work and the author should continue to attract the attention of the book- lover. For several years Mr. G. Steinman Stein- man, of Croydon, devoted much patient investigation to Puckle's biography, the results of which he em- bodied in 1872 in a privately printed and very rare tract of twenty pages entitled "The Author of 'The 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. Club' Identified"; and Mr. George W. Kolilmetz, of Cleveland, Ohio, has rendered no less signal service to the literature of the subject by bringing together a collection of editions of the book, which it may be affirmed, without fear of contradiction, has cer- tainly no rival in England or America. It is curious to think what Puckle would have said if he could have foreseen this unexpected survival of the little manual of ethics which he revised and re-revised so carefully. Dr. Johnson, we are told, was highly gratified to hear that Rasselas had been reprinted in America. "The impression," he wrote in 1773, "is not magnificent, but it flatters an authour, because the printer seems to have expected that it would be scattered among the people." Yet the magnum opus of Puckle was not only reprinted in America, (Philadelphia, 1795,) but more than a century later it has received even greater honours. The Eowfant Club has made it the subject of a bibhography which is at once exhaustive and elaborate. One result of the sustained interest in the book is that, at the present moment, we know, if not all we can know about the author, certainly a great deal more than has been known hitherto. At the be- ginning of the century, the editor of the reprint of 1817 — presumably the Mr. Edward Walmsley who selected the work for illustration — was obhged to confess that he could find no material for a Memoir BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FUGKLW8 CLUB. 7 of the writer, and even the all-embracing Alhbone, as late as 1875, could only supply an imperfect Hst of works. We are certainly better informed now. Thanks to Mr. Steinman and Notes and Queries, we are able to assert definitely that James Puckle was a Notary Pubhc, and a partner in the firm of "Puckle and Jenkins" "in Pope's-Head- Alley over against the Royal Exchange"; that he was the author of two pamphlets, England's Interest, 1696, and England's Way to Wealth and Honour, 1699; that, in 1720, he obtained letters patent for the invention of a piece of quick-firing ordnance known as "Puckle's Ma- chine," which, although much satirised among other South Sea projects, was tried successfiiUy in 1722 to the admiration of all beholders; that he was a twice- married man with a family; and that, finally, he died in July, 1724, not long after the issue of the fourth edition of The Club, and was buried in the burial-gi'ound of St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, one of the churches rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire. This is not much. But considering that James Puckle was obscurely gathered to his fathers one hundred and seventy-four years ago, it is not to be despised. To preface a bibhography by a bibliography would be a manifest work of supererogation. But a few words may be added here with respect to the Walmsley edition of 1817. In the sequence of illus- 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. trated volumes which followed upon the Bewick revival, it comes between the Ackermann's Religious Emblems of 1809 and the Bewick's Fables of JEsop of 1818. Bewick himself was a subscriber to the book, but he took no part in it, probably because he was fully occupied by his own Fables. The designs were wholly by John Thurston, who then enjoyed a monopoly in this way. Some of the most beautiful of the engravings were by John Thompson; others were by Bewick's pupils, Charlton Nesbit, Harvey, and White. The rest were by the two Branstons, by WiUiam Hughes, G. Thurston, Jun., and Mary Byfield, the clever lady who designed so many of the Chiswick Press decorations. The book was printed by John Johnson, of Clerkenwell, author of Typograpliia. According to Singer's preface to the edition of 1834, it was considered that in the common paper impressions of 1817 full justice had not been done to the engi*avings, and that in the edition of 1834, which was printed by Charles Whittingham under the superintendence of John Thompson, superior results had been obtained. But the judicious collector will probably continue to pre- fer the earher issue, with its luxury of satin, and yel- low Chinese paper, and coloured inks. Your fellow Bowfanter, Austin Dobson. February, 1898. ACTUAL SIZES OF PAGES. First Edition. Second Edition. Third Edition. Fourth Edition. COMPAEATIVE SIZES OF THE FIRST FOUE EDITIONS. T O Mica;ah Perry, jE/^ AND The Grateful Memory of Thomas Lane, Efq; Deceas'd j and To Mr. Richard Perry, Of Hontton. MERCHANTS: J. HZ following DIALOGUE (as a Pep* fer-Corn- Acknowledgement) is Jmmllj Dedicated, by Tlieir viojl OMig% end mojl Ohdknt Servant, 3Iamci9 ^uc&Us. PREFACE. Diana's Temple at Ephesus being Burnt that Night Alexander was Born, One said, 'Twas no Wonder; for She was then a Gossiping at Bella: Which TuUy commends as a witty Conceit, and Plutarch condemns as a witless Jest. Who then can expect an Essay of this Nature should (hke the Manna) please every Palate? If it helps to set Youth a-Thinking; Th' End's Answered. (Preface from page 5, First Edition.) CHAEACTEE8. Antiquary. Newsmonger. Buffoon. Opiniator. Critick. Projector. Detractor. Quack. Envioso. Eake. Flatterer. Swearer. Gamester. Traveller. Hypocrite. Usurer. Impertinent. Wiseman. Knave. Xantippe. Lawyer. a Youth. Moroso. Zany the Vintner These Characters being meerly intended to expose Vice and Folly; Let none Pretend to a Key, nor seek for another's Picture, lest he find his Own: For, according to the Proverb, 'Tis Th' Apphca- tion makes the Ass. (First Edition, page 6.) Ulie Clttfi : Or, A DIALOGUE Between jfati^er and ^M. /» Vino Veritas. KLonDon> Frinlted for the Author, and Sold by S. Crouch at the Cornet of Pojp^V Hiad'Mey in ComhiU, 171 1. SOMEWHAT OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF -THE CLUB," FROM NOTES TAKEN AT A BOOK-SHOW HELD IN THE HOUSE OF THE BOWFANT CLUB. WHILE there is no intention of going elaborate- ly into the collation or other bibliographical description of these books, there is a desire to place in simple manner and definitely before the collector sufficient data to enable him to identify any copy of Puckle's Club which may be before him. 1 The Club : | Or, A | Dialogue | Between | Father and Son. | In Vino Veritas. | London, | Printed for the Author, and Sold by ] S. Crouch at the Corner of Pope's- 1 Head- Alley in CornhiU, 1711. Size, 2if x4i^ inclies. Pages, 1 to 91, with 16 additional, "Dear Kinsman," etc. Notes. Page 1, title; 2, blank; 3, dedication; 4, blank; 5, "Preface" (see page 13); 6, "Characters" (see page 15); 7, "A 1 Dialogue \ Between | Father and Son." And to page 91 the characters, "Antiquary" to "Zany"; then 16 pages, "Dear Kinsman" to "Finis." The beginning of the pagina- tion is in top center of page within parentheses, (5), (6), (7), balance on upper corners. The heading is: "A Dialogue between Father and Son." The present copy is bound in old caK, gilt corners, with a gilt border, and is not lettered on the back. All edges are gilt, and it is the smallest copy of the work. This is the First Edition, of which there were two issues printed in the year 1711. 18 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUCKLB'8 CLUB. 2 The Club : I Or, A 1 Dialogue I Between 1 Father and Son. [ In Vino Veritas. | London: | Printed for the Author, | James Puckle. 1713. Size, 3ix5|- inclies. Pages, 1 to 84 (including "Dear Kinsman," 67 to 84). Notes. Page 1, title; 2, dedication; 3, "Preface"; 4, "Char- acters"; 5, "A I Dialogue | Between | Father and Son." 3, 4, and 5 of pagination are in top center, inclosed in parentheses ; 6 to 84, top corner of page, except 7, omitted. This edition was entu'ely re- written with a view to smooth- ness; e. g., the last sentence of "Character" is "Qui capit ille facit" instead of "'Tis Th' Application makes the Ass." The binding of this copy is similar to that of the first edition, q. v. This is the Second Edition. Clje Cltib: DIALOGUE Between JFatfiet: and Son* In Vino Veritas. LONDON: Printed for the Author, J IN A DIALOGUE Between 3Fatt)et and ^ovt. In Vino Veritas. The THIRD EDITION. LONDON: Printed for the Author, 5713- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 21 The Club. | In A | Dialogue | Between | Father and Son. | In Vino Veritas. | The Third Edi- tion. I London: | Printed for the Author, | 1713. Size, 3f x6i2g inclies. Pages, 1 to 70, with one page at the end ( " General Titles in the Advice") unnumbered; 5, 6, and 7 in parentheses in top center of page, otherwise in upper corners. Notes. Page 0, portrait, facing to left, within elliptic frame with armorial design at foot; in panel below ellipse, ''James Puckle, N. P. 1 J. B. Closterman pinx; G. Vertue Sculp."; page 1, title; page 2, blank; page 3, dedication, which differs from that shown on page 11, q. v., in that "Mer- chants" becomes ''Merchant", and "most Humble" is inter- polated between "most Obliged" and "and most Obedient Servant"; page 4, "In Amicum suum Jacobum Puckle, | Sub- sequentium Dialogorum Authorem; | Distichon. | Quanta Seges Rerum! parva patet Orbis in Urbe; ] Et patet in Libro, BibHotheca, Tuo. 1 H. Denne."; page 5, "Preface," same as second edition, with this addition : " Go, Little Book, Show to the Fool his Face, The Knave his Picture, and the Sot his Case: TeU to each Youth, what is, and what's not, fit; And Teach to such as want, Sobriety, and Wit. J. P." Page 6, " Characters," same as second edition. This is the Third Edition, as lettered. 22 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE' 8 CLUB. 4 The Club. | In A | Dialogue | between | Father and Son | In Vino Veritas | Cork: | Ee-printed from the Third Edition of a Lon- | don-Copy, by Samuel Terry, in Cock-Pit-Lane | for John Eedwood, Bookseller, near the Ex- | change. | Mdccxxi. Size, 3f x5f inches. Pages, 1 to 70. Notes. This edition is, as stated on the title-page, a re- print of the third regular edition. The "Distichon" on page 4, and "Preface," page 5, of third edition, are put upon one page, ''Preface" being first, which includes ''Go, Little Book," etc., the signature being "A2." The "Characters "are the same, even to the "N" in "ANtiquary." This is one of the scarce copies, seldom met with. 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 5 The Club. | Or, A | Grey-Cap, | For A | Green- Head, I In A I DialoOTe I Between I Father and Son. I In vino Veritas. | The Fourth Edition, ^dth Additions. | London, | Printed for Edward Syinon, at the I Corner of Pope's-Head- Alley, Corn- 1 hill. 1723. Size, 3f x6f inches. Pages, (1) to (12), and 1 to 179. Notes. Page 0, portrait, re-engraved from third edition : the motto "Droit" is added in a ribbon below the armorial seal, within the panel is "James Puckle N. P." in script, and at bottom of plate "J. B. Closterman pinx. J. Cole Sculp."; page 1, title (the sub-title appears here for the first time); page (2), same as page 4, third edition; page (3), "A hst of the Subscribers Names"; page (4), conclusion of list; page (5), dedication, beginning " Trade is the fountain | whence we di*aw our | nourishment, dispensing that," etc., and ending on page (8). Notice that aU three of the merchants are deceased at this time (1723). Page (9), "Preface," same as third edi- tion, excepting the final signature "J. P.," which is omitted; pages 10 and 11, Index; page (12), "Characters," same as pre- ceding edition. Page 1, "A I Dialogue 1 Between | Father and Son" to 94, then to page 148 "Maxims, Advice, and Cau- tions," etc.; page 149, "In All Your Glory | Memento Mori"; 150, blank; 151, "Preface"; 152, blank; 153, "Death" to 179. Pagination 3 to 12 in parentheses in top center of page, excepting 10 and 11, which are on top corners; pages 1 to 179, top corners. This edition is divided into verses fi'om 1 to 1060, and is the last super\ised by the author, who died the following year (1724). See Steinman. This title-page, like that of the third edition, is calculated to make a purchaser of any book-lover. The reproduction shows the first aiTangement of the sub-title (fi'om Trench- field, see item 26). This is the Fourth Edition, and so lettered. lie Clttfi, O R, A G R E Y-C A P, FOR A GREEN-HEAD, I N A- DIALOGUE Between jfatl^eV and @on. In vino Veritas. The Fourth Edition, with Additions, LONDON, Printed for Edward Symon, at the Corner of Po^es-Head- Alley, Qrn- hiU, 1723. 26 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUCKLW8 CLUB. 6 The Cluh : | Or, A | Grey-Cap for a Green-Head. | Containing I Maxims, Advice and Cautions. I Be- ing A j Dialogue between a Father and Son. | In which is j Interspers'd the following Characters, Viz. i Antiquary, Newsmonger, Buffoon, Opiniater, Critic, Projector, Detractor, Quack, Envioso, Eake, Flatterer, Swearer, Gamester, Traveller, Hypocrite, Usurer, Impertinent, Wiseman, Knave, Xantippe, Lawyer, Youth, Morose, Zany the Vintner, These characters being meerly intended, to | ex- pose Vice and Folly; let none pretend to j a Key; nor seek for another's Picture, least | he find his own. For, | Qui capit ille facit. | In vino Veritas. I The Fifth Edition, with Additions. I BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FUGKLW8 CLUB. 27 London : Printed for John King, at Sir | Walter Ealeigh's Head; And Thomas | King, at Shake- spear's Head, both in \ Moorfields, near Little Moorgate. Size, 3f x6f inclies. Pages, same as fourth edition. Notes. Distich on reverse of title-page omitted. This copy is undoubtedly made fi-om a remainder of fourth edition by changing title-page, etc. Lettered, ''Fifth Edition, with Additions," but plainly a spurious edition. 28 BIBLIOGBAPBY OF PUCKLW8 CLUB. 7 The Club: j etc.; being same as preceding, except type, the putting of a comma after "Advice," "Opiniater" spelled "Opiniator," and the im- print, which is as follows : London, | Printed for Edward Symon, against the Royal | Exchange in Cornhill. M.dcc.xxxiii. Size, 3Yg-x6|- inclies. Pages, same as fourth edition. Notes. Spurious ; same as preceding item, except as above noted. (See reproduction of title-page.) The C L U B: O R, A Grey-Capforsi Green- Head. CONTAINING MaximSj Advice^ and Cautions. BEING A Dialogue between a Father and Som lo \vhich is InterfpersM the following Charafters, VI z. Antiquary^ Bufibon, Critic, Decraftorj Enviofb, Flatterer, Gameflerj Hypocrite, Impertinent, Knave, Lawyer, Morofe, Newfmonger,. Opiniator, Projeftor, Quack, Rake, Swearer, Traveller, Ufurer, Wifeman, XantippCj Youth, Zany the vlntnen Thefe CharaiSers being mcerly intended, to expofe Vice and Folly j let nqne pretend ro a Key ; nor feek for another's Pioure, leafl he find his own. For, ^l capit 'ilk facit. In vino Veritas. The Fifth Edition, with Addicions. L O li D O Uf Printed for Edward Symon, agatnjl the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. M.dccxxxiii. 30 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE' 8 CLUB. 8 The Club : | Or, A Grey-Cap for a Green Head. | Containing | Maxims, Advice, and Cautions. | Be- ins: A I Dialoo^ue between a Father and Son. I In which is I Interspers'd the following Characters, | Viz. I Antiquary, Newsmonger, Buffoon, Opiniator, Critic, Projector, Detractor, Quack, Envioso, Eake, Flatterer, Swearer, Gamester, Traveller, Hypocrite, Usurer, Impertinent, Wiseman, Knave, Xantippe, Lawyer, Youth, Morose, Zany the Vintner. These Characters being merely intended, to ex- pose Vice I and Folly ; let none pretend to a Key ; nor seek for | another's Picture, lest he find his own. For, | Qui capit ille facit. | In vino Veritas. The Sixth Edition, with Additions. I Dublin: I BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUGKLWS CLUB. 31 Printed by S. Powell, | For William Heatly, at the Bible and Dove in | College-green, Mdccxxxvii. Size, 3|x6| inches. Pages, 20 and 1 to 188. Index, 5 additional. Notes. Page 0, portrait by Closterman, once more re-en- graved. This time facing to the right with names of artists omitted. Page 1, title, very similar to the spurious fifth edi- tion; 2, blank; 3, "Dedication," same as preceding item with headpiece, birds within scrolls, Ceres distributing fruits to two cupids; pages 4, 5, and 6, continuation of dedication; 7, ''Preface"; 8, ''Characters"; 9, the subscribers' names; head- piece, a cock within floriated scrollwork; 9 to 19, list of names continued; 20, blank. Pages 1 to 101, " A j Dialogue ] Between j Father and Son"; headpiece, hawks and scrolls; then 101 to 188, "Maxims," etc., and "Death." Following which are five pages "Index" and two pages "Catalogue," "Books printed for and sold by WiUiam Heatly, Bookseller," etc. The entire work is divided into 1060 verses or paragraphs, numbered consecutively. A most interesting copy. Lettered, "Sixth Edition, with Additions." 32 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 9 The Club: | etc. Same as the preceding, except- ing, ''The Seventh Edition, with Additions. | Duhhn: | Printed for Peter Wilson, Bookseller, at Gay's-head, | near Fowns's-street, in Dame-street. Mdccxliii. Size, 3f x6^ inclies. Pages, same as preceding item. Notes. No portrait. Catalogue at end omitted. Although lettered "Seventh Edition," this is undoubtedly another remainder. Nothing but the title-page was changed from the edition of 1737, which, like the unfortunate fourth edition, seems to have been almost unsalable. BIBLIOQEAPHY OF FUGKLW8 CLUB. 33 10 The Club: | Or, A | Grey Cap | For A | Green Head ; I In A I Dialoo ue | Between I Father and Son. I In vmo Veritas. | The Fifth Edition. Edin- burgh: I Printed by Tho. and Wal. Euddimans, and sold by | the Booksellers in Town. 1756. Size, 3ix5f. Pages, i-viii, and 1 to 124. Notes. Page i, title; ii, "Distich"; iii-vi, "Dedication"; vii, "Preface"; viii, "Characters"; all nnnumbered, except- ing iv and v, within brackets; 1 to 74, "A | Dialogue | Be- tween I Father and Son"; 74 to 96, Wiseman's letter, "Dear Kinsman," etc.; 97, "In all your Glory Memento Mori"; 98, "Preface"; 99 to 124, "Death." This is a beautiful little book, lettered "Fifth Edition." (Only one copy in this collection, and presumably rare.) \ Cije Clttli : OR, A GREY CAP roa A GREEN HEAD; IM A DIALOGUE BBTWBBK FATHER AND SON. IN VINO VERITAS. PfriLADELPfftA: PaiKTEB By FRANCIS BAILEY, at Yorick's Head, N°. ii6, High-strekt. M,DCC,XCV. BIBLIOOEAFHY OF PUCKLW8 CLUB. 35 11 The Club : | Or, A | Grey Cap | For A | Green Head; I In A 1 Dialogue I Between I Father and Son. I In Vino Veritas. | Philadelphia: | Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's | Head, No. 116, High-street. | M,dcc,xcv. Size, 3-f x6 inches, uncut. Pages, 1 to 198. Notes. Pages 120 to 155, ''Dear Kinsman"; 156, blank; 157, ''In All Your Glory | Memento Mori"; 159, "Preface"; 160, "Death" to "Finis"; i, ii, iii, vi, vii, viii, and ix unnumbered; iv, v, in parentheses, top center of page; 10 to 198 top corner of page; page 1, title; ii, blank; iii to (v), "To 1 Micajah Perry, j and | Thomas Lane, Esquires, | and [Mr, Richard Perry"; vi, blank; vii, "Preface"; viii, "Char- acters"; ix, "A 1 Dialogue \ Between | Father and Son." This is an interesting edition, and very rare. The above copy is as new. It is printed on Dutch paper. The blank flyleaves are of different and coarser paper. The binding is gray boards with veUum back. The bottoms of leaves are very irregular, sometimes showing as much as one inch dif- ference in margins. It is beautifully printed. This is the first American edition. It collates with the edition of 1756 (item 10, q. i\). This copy has the library ticket of Walter Cresson, and is first noted in "XVIIIth Century Vignettes," 1896. 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 12 e^ The Club; | In | A Dialogue | Between | Father And Son. | 1817. (Monogram E. W. m wreath of laurel.) Size, T^xlOf inches, uncut. Pages, 000000 to 0, unnumbered; i-xviii; 1-96; i, xi to xviii, unnumbered, otherwise numbers in panels of bor- der, top center of page. Notes. Page 000000, ''This Edition | of i Puckle's Chib ] is Printed for the Proprietor, [ By John Johnson : | and sold by I Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, i Paternoster Row; I J. Major, Skinner Street; | John and Arthur Arch, CornhiU; | and Robert Triphook, 1 Old Bond Street; | Lon- don, j Mdcccxvii." 00000, "The Impression of this Edi- tion 1 is as follows: 1 Large paper (Imperial) Two Hundred. | SmaU Paper (Royal) Five Hundred. 1 Chinese Paper (White) Eighteen, j Chinese Paper (YeUow) Seven. | Satin (Mounted on Imperial) Seven, j Various Colours (Printed On One Side) One. I Blue, One. YeUow, One." Page 0000, blank; 000, por- trait (facing to left) in the fourth state of the plate: ''James Puckle Esqr. | Engraved for this Edition of the Club \ by T. Bragg. | From an original Portrait j by Vertue. | E. W. Oct. 1817." 00, title, scene of drunken brawl, fourteen characters in panel at top within intricately engraved de- sign by John Thompson after Thurston ; 0, blank. Pages i to iv, "To I The Reader"; v to ix, "List of Subscribers"; X, ,5^; xi, "The Club: 1 In A | Dialogue | Between | Father and Son. In Vino Veritas. London: Printed for the Author, I James Puckle. 1711," printed in red and black; xii, blank; xiii, "To Micajah Perry, Esq. i And | The grate- ful Memory | of | Thomas Lane, Esq. | Deceased; and to | Mr. Richard Perry, of London; Merchants: j The follow- BIBLIOOBAPHY OF PUGKLW8 CLUB. 37 ing I Dialogue, | As | A Pepper-Corn Acknowledgment, | Is Humbly | Dedicated, | By | Their Most Obliged, | And | Most Obedient Servant, | James Puckle." Page 96, ''London: Im- printed by J. Johnson, | St. James's Street, | Clerkenwell. | Mdcccxvii." Pages i to x\dii printed within red borders, the following pages within black borders. The original bind- ing is gray boards; on front cover appears, ''Puckle's | Club | 1817" in panel of double rules. Inside of front cover is the subscription ticket: "Subscriber's Copy. | Small Paper. I Puckle's Club, i New Edition i No — ", Five hundred of this size were printed, this copy being No. 239. BIBLIOGBAFHY OF PUCKLW8 CLUB. 39 13 The same, uncut, and on better paper, the origi- nal binding being red silk with gold border sim- ilar to satin copy (item 17, 5'. v.). The portrait is in the second state of the plate, viz: ''T Bragg Sculpt" to right of vignette, and "James Puckle Esqr. I E. W. Oct. 1817." A curious variation seldom seen. Of more than thirty of these portraits examined, this was the only one in this state. 14 The Club; | In | A Dialogue | Between | Father and Son. | 1817. (Monogi'am E. W. within laurel wreath below.) Size, 7x1x101 inches, uncut. Pages, same as item 12. Notes. This is the Large Paper (Imperial) edition. The portrait is in the third state of the plate, the word "Proof" having been added at right hand lower corner. The engrav- ings are on India paper, mounted, excepting portrait, title- page, and tail-pieces. The original binding is gray boards, with white veUum back, all plain. It was limited to 200 cop- ies, this copy being No. 44. There are twenty-two copies of this edition in this collection, many being prized for their contemporary bindings, autographs, or ex-Hbris. 40 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FUGKLW8 CLUB. 15 The Club; | In | A Dialogue | Between | Father and Son. | 1817. (With monogram, etc.) Size, 7ixlQf inches, uncut. Pages, mounted on one side of 116 leaves. Notes. This is the variant advertised as upon "White Chinese Paper, Mounted on One Side only." In addition to the ordinary ruling there is printed on the edge of the Chi- nese paper a border of Greek fret one-eighth of an inch wide — the whole within a beautiful framework of vine and leaves, with small corners of a four-leaved flower. The portrait is in the first state of the plate, an artist's proof before all let- ters. The portrait in the first state is very uncommon ; some of the " uniques " do not carry it. It is a most sumptuous and noble book. The present copy is bound in red crushed levant morocco, without a binder's ticket or mark. Eighteen copies were made. They were unnumbered. 16 The Club; | etc. 1817. Same as item 12. Everything said in praise of the preceding book may be said of this. It is on yeUow paper. In the present copy a striking ticket is printed as foUows, " Puckle's Club. | 1817." and pasted on fly-leaf. Of this sort only seven copies were made, unnumbered. See reproduction of binding opposite, the toohng being copied from ornaments used in the book. 42 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUGKLE'8 CLUB. 17 The Club; | etc. 1817. Size, TixlO^^. Pages, 116 leaves. Notes. This is one of the most beautiful works of its kind. It is printed on satin mounted on one side of the leaf only. The satin is pasted on inside of the regular border, the joint being hidden by a broad gold line; this line is in- side of an elaborate tooled design of conventionalized lilies, while at the corner, projecting one-half inch beyond the hne, is the Greek honeysuckle. AU the tooled work is in pure gold, applied to the sheet. The tooling is superbly done by a master workman. The present copy is absolutely spotless and without fault. No description can do it justice. On this copy aU edges are gilt, and it is sumptuously bound. The portrait, however, is of the third state of the plate as previously described. Of this book only seven copies were made. They were unnumbered. 18 The Club; | etc. 1817. This copy is practically the same as the foregoing, but seems to have been a trifle taUer, It is printed in bluish- green ink, and is not so attractive to look upon as some of the foregoing. The binding is old caK, ornamented in straight lines. It is unique, only one copy having been made. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUGKLWS CLUB. 45 19 The Club; | etc. 1817. Size, 6 X 9^ inches. Gilt edges. Pages, same as item 12, q. v. Notes. This copy has been made up so as to take the proofs of all engravings mounted on the ordinary page, within the regulation borders, the duplicates (proofs) being colored hy hand. The portrait is in the fourth state, which must have been an oversight. The ex-libris of "William Crawford. | Lakelands. 1 Cork" is inside front cover. Proba- bly unique in this state. 20 The Chib; 1 etc. 1817. Size, 7i^xl0^ inches. Top edges gilt. Pages, same as item 12, q. v. Notes. This is undoubtedly a copy of the imperial octavo edition with this variation: AU the engravings, including the portrait, are printed on a curious rice paper, of a bright orange color. The portrait is of the third state of the plate, and mounted in a small panel instead of filling the page. Probably unique in this form. The book is very taU, the paper of a better and thinner quality than the regular. A beautiful example of fine book- making, and, like the preceding item, unknown in duplicate to the present owner of the collection. There is no au- thority for these last two books in the list on page 00000, item 12. Bound by Bedford; see reproduction opposite. Ex-libris, Mervyn Marshall. 46 BIBLIOOBAPHY OF PUGKLB'8 CLUB. 21 The Club; | Or, | A Gray Cap For A Green Head. | A Dialogue | Between A Father And Son. | By James Puckle. | (Portrait.) | Chiswick Press: | Printed By C. Whittingham. i Sold By Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London: | And N. Hailes, Piccadilly. I Mdcccxxxiv. Size, 4^^x61 inelies, uncut. Pages, i to xx and 1 to 128; catalogue, etc., 1 to 24. Notes. Pages i-v, xiii-xv, xvii-xx, 1 and 1-2, all inclu- sive, unnumbered. Page i, engraving of ''Brawl" from title- page 1817; ii, title; iii, blank; iv to xii, ''The \ Editor's Pre- face, [By " S. W. S.," Mr. S. W. Singer, the Shakespearean scholar,] j Mickleham, | July 12, 1833"; xiii, reproduction of title-page of " 1733." This is nothing like it, but very like Edinburgh, 1756. A similar error is noted on page vii, where 1733 is quoted when 1723 is undoubtedly meant. Again, Mr. Singer speaks of James Puckle being ahve to supervise a Fifth Edition in 1733; Puckle died in 1724. See "XVIIIth Century Vignettes," 1896. xiv, blank; xv-x\d, "Dedication" (ed. 1733); xvii, "The | Author's Preface"; xviii, tail-piece to Opiniator; xix, "Characters"; xx, "Go, little book," etc.; 1 to 124, "The Club; | or, | A Gray Cap for a Green Head"; 125 to 128, "Description of the cuts; | designed and drawn by Mr. Thurston"; 1 to 24, "Catalogue 1 of | EmlicUished Books," I etc. The cuts are from the original blocks now in the possession of Messrs. George Bell & Sons, London. Charles AVhittingham, S. W. Singer, and Rev. John Mit- ford thought that justice was not done to the beautifid work of Thurston in the edition of 1817, the letter-press, in their THE CLUB; on, A GRAY CAP FOR A GREEN HEAD. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A FATHER AND SON. By JAMES PUCKLE. ©T)f0\«icfe Pceusi: PRINTED BY C. WIIITTINGIIAM. SOLD BY CHARLES TILT, FLEET STREET, LONDON: ANI> N. IlAlLtS, PICCADILLY. MUCCCXXXIV. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PrCKLE'S CLUB. 49 opinion. Iving faulty. The pn^ix%^iTion wii*: niaao to Whit- tiughtuu to uijike a jvrftvt Kx>k. that would Iv a omlit to the Oliiswiei Pre^t^. and tlie ix^sult is a grjuifpuir oxlulnt of tlie eajvU>ilitios! of tliat eolebr;U<\l printinir-sliop. Tho ouirra- \-ino:s have Ixvn onumorattHi and dosk^rilW olsowhon\ but the apjvmiix is iutorestiuir also for it.< illustrations, thouirh int<'ndeil only for an advortisoniont. Thoy an^ a^ folloA\-s: Page 1. Falstaff siirnnindtHl by his eotorio ; o. Tho four Vir- gins (Xorthoote's Fables); 4. The Ass and tho Dog: o, Por- tr:\it: 6. Fj\lstciif at the Death of Hot^^pur: 7. Frvuitispioee : 9, Portrtut: 10. Ganlen Seeno: 11, The Ohittah. or Huntiuir Loi^ivmi: 12. The Thinl Agt^ of Man, and The Favorito of the Harem: lo. Selboruo: 14. Bini. etc.; lo. Detnu'tor: ll>, Tho House in which Shakesjviire wa* Born: 17. IVnitispiivo to Second Etiition, Singer's Shakesjvan^ : 19, King Lear: 20. Porn*:uts of Johnson, and "Cupid Oaginl": 21. War seeno: 22. Fnmi Tom .Tones: 23. T>vo illustr;Uions fn>m new Kx^ks. All fn>m publications of the OhisAvick IV^ss. There seems to have Kvn no uniforn\ity in the original bindings of "The Club'': of 27 copicis of this tHlitiou, item 21. in tliis collection, many of wliich are uncut, only thnv aiv jilike in doi^ign. and they differ in color — bnnvn. rtni. and blue cloth, stajupod ^\-ith some giHunetric design. pnHlomiuat- ing. The lH>ok a^ a whole is SiUisfactory. though not by any means the best thing done by Charles Whittinghani. As pre%'iously noted, a givat dojil of the information in ^Ir. Singles Pn^f ace is either incornvt or misleading : t\ j/., on page S the statement is made that "His [l^lckle's] ^xtr- tr!\it. by Clostorman, ongnivoil by Cole, wa^s first pn^ftxed to an edition in 172o. and twice ag:vin n^engnwed by Verttie for subsequent impressions." The 181o (thinl) edition tii-st had tlie Closterman ^x^rtrait; Vertuo did not engrave subse- 50 BIBLIOGEAPHY OF PUGKLWS CLUB. quent portraits, but the first. J. Cole made the portrait in the edition of 1723. The edition of 1834 is common, and though not so pleasing to a book-lover as the third edition (1713), nor so satisfying to the collector as one of the large copies of 1817, the ordi- nary reader will do weU, having acquired it, to rest content. J 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUGKLW8 CLUB. 22 The Club; | etc. Size, 4f x6f inches, uncut. Pages, same as preceding item. Notes. This is the same edition on cheap paper. The only difference is that on title-page after *' Sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London" appears, ''And William Jack- son, New York." 23 The Club; I etc. Size, 4x6-|- inches. Pages, same as preceding item. Notes. This is a copy of the 1834 edition on white Chi- nese paper. It is less than one-fourth inch in thickness, and is complete, including Chiswick Press advertisements. All edges are gilt. THE CLUB OB A GRAY CAP FOR A GREEN HEAD A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A FATHER AND SON BV JAMES PUCKLE, N.P. GLASGOW DAVID BRYCE AND SON 1890 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 55 24 The Club ! Or i A Gray Cap For A Green Head | A Dialogue i Between A Father And Son I By | James Puckle, N. P. ! (Portrait.) | Glasgow | David Bryce And Son | 1890 Size, 3i^x5^ inches, uncut. Pages, 1 to 160 — 1 to 3 unnumbered; 4 to 9 center of bot- tom of page, excepting 5 and G unnumbered; 10 to IGO top corner of page. Notes. Page 1, "The Club i Or ] A Gray Cap For A Green Head"; 2, ''BrawP'; 3, title; 4, "Reprinted from the Edition of 1833"; 5, reproduction of title-page of Fourth Edition (1723); 6, blank; 7, "The | Author's Preface"; 8, "Charac- ters"; 9 to 17, "The | Editor's Preface" (1833); 18, "Go, little book," etc.; 19 to 155, "The Club; | Or, \ A Gray Cap For A Green Head"; 156 to 160, "Description of the Cuts." Every page printed within red border. The Thurston cuts are used in the form of very poor reproductions much re- duced in size. The original binding is undressed sheep, natural, tied with pm*ple ribbon. Stamped on the outside is the following: "The Club. | Or, A ] Grey-Cap, | For A Green- Head, ! In A I Dialogue | Between | Father and Son." 25 The Club I etc. Size, same as preceding. Pages, same as preceding. Notes. This is the same book, excepting in place of " Glas- gow 1 David Bryce and Son ] 1890" is "New York | Frederick A. Stokes and Brother," n. d. APPENDIX. A LARGE amount of material is at hand l)earing directly or indirectly on Puckle's ''Club," some of which might properly be included, while to use a great deal would be filhng space unnecessarily. It has seemed expedient, however, to note a few items which appear to be of considerable interest. 26 A I Cap I Of I Gray Hairs | For A | Green Head: | etc. I By Caleb Trenchfield, Gent. | London: 1 1710. (See reproduction.) Size, 4r^x6^ inclies. Pages, 8 unnumbered, then 1 to 149 (page 3 unnumbered). Notes. Puckle has been accused of appropriating a part of this title for his sub-title in the edition of 1723. A glance at this 1710 ''Trenchfield" will show this to be true. CAP O F ($m ^m& F O R A GREEN HEAD: OR, THE FATHERS COUNSEL T O H I S SON, An Apprentice in LONDON. Containing wholefome InAruif^ions for the Manage- ment of a Mans whole LIFE. %^t iFiff^ Coition. ]Vith Additions of Precepts adapted to each Chapter. By CALEB TK E NC HE IE L Z), Gent. LONDON: Printed for A. Bettefworth^ at the Red Lyon on London- Bridg p. 1 7 1 0. 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 27 Illustrations | To ! Puckle's Club: \^\^\ Printed (For The Proprietor) In Colours, i From The Origi- nal Blocks, j And Limited To One Hundred Im- pressions. I 1820. Size, 6f x9tV inches, uncut. ' Pages, 27 leaves. Unnumbered. Notes. Leaf 1, title; 2, "The Proprietor of the late ] Edi- tion of Puckle's Club, has j been at much additional expense ] in order to present the principal | Embellishments, executed for that 1 Work, in their present form, which being almost entirely novel in this | Country, | he trusts they cannot | fail to interest the lovers of the | Fine Arts, the prosperity of which I he is ardently desirous to promote " ; 3, Description of the Engravings; 4 to 27 inclusive, proofs of engravings, "Antiquary" to "Zany," India paper, mounted, with title beneath in capitals. Originally bound in gray boards, with " Illustrations | To | Puckle's Club. | Printed In Colours" in- side panel on first cover. One hundred copies made. Unnumbered. -J p [ZZ] D ILLUSTEATIOKS IPI^fSI^ILlE^^ (OILUJIB! PRINTED (FOR THE PROPRIETOR) IN COLOURS, FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS, AND LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED IMPRESSIONS. 1820. Englanis Intereft : OR, A Brief Difcourfe OF THE I N A Letter to a Friend. Clie Sccont CDitiotu LO tf D O iJ: Printed by J. Soutbby, at the Har' row in Cornhill. 1696. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE' 8 CLUB. 61 28 England's Interest: | Or, | A Brief Discourse | Of The I Royal Fishery. | In | A Letter to a Friend. | etc. Size, 4r|-x6|- inches, uncut. Pages, 2 unnumbered, then 1 to 38. Notes. In the introduction to this Bibliography mention is made of two other books by James Puckle. Space is taken here to show somewhat of his first book, though not of course properly admitted. There are interesting variations of this book. 29 Printers' Proofs | From | Puckle's Club. Size, 7xlOi^ inches, gilt edges. Pages, 34 leaves. Notes. This is a book made up of the printers' proofs of all the engravings in 1817 edition Puckle's Club, (some dupli- cates,) including seven (Walmsley mentions only four) which were refused because of mechanical or artistic defects and therefore not to be seen in the book. These include proofs from tint-blocks also, separate from the cuts. An interesting item, probably unique. 62 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUCKLW8 CLUB. 30 The Author | Of | "The Ckb" | Identified. | By | G. Stemman Steinman, Esq., F. S. A. | Printed for private Circulation. | 1872. Size, 4f x7f inches, uncut. Pages, 20. Notes. To know Puckle is to think of Steinman, whose rare pamphlet is herewith noted. This copy is in the origi- nal yellow paper covers, and bears on the flyleaf Mr. Stein- man's autogi'aph inscription, "The R*. Hn^}® Earl Stanhope, F. S. A. &c. I with the author's best Comp^ & regards | 8*.^ July 1872." It is a valuable item in connection with ''The Club," and as only about twenty were printed for private circulation, it is necessarily scarce. 31 No Title. Size, 4|-x9i inches, gilt edges. Pages, 30 leaves. Notes. This is J. Thompson's own book of proofs of his work, including those engraved by him for ''The Club." Beautifully bound in old green morocco, neatly tooled, and lettered on back as follows: "Engravings | By | Thompson | J. T." (Monogram.) Unique. See reproduction of binding on page 66. THE AUTHOR OF "THE CLUB » IDENTIFIED. BY G. STEINMAN STEINMAN, ESQ., F.S.A. ^rtnteti far pribate GTircuIation. 1872. 64 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. FROM WALMSLEY'S PREFACE TO 1817 EDITION PUCKLE'S CLUB. The present Edition is indebted to the able pencil of Mr. Thurston for the Designs with which it is illustrated; and it is presumed that the man of taste, as well as the artist, will admit that each tells the story of its peculiar subject with appropriate expression. And were it necessary to dwell on the merits of the Author, it would of itself be no mean praise, that in the hands of a masterly Designer it should have become the vehicle of so fine a series of humorous and characteristic prints. With respect to the execution of the Cuts by the several Engravers, it may be allowable here to remark, that the labour of producing a good engraving on wood is more considerable, and requires more of art, than has generally been supposed ; and it is but justice to those who have been employed in this part of the Work, to in- form the Reader, that every line of the drawing is marked out upon the block by the Designer, exactly as it appears upon the paper ; from this delineation it is the province of the Engraver to cut out a perfect and well- wrought resemblance ; to effect which, great ability is requisite, as the least deviation is irremediable, especially when what is technically termed cross-hatching occurs, as is fully exemplified in the decoration of this volume. To give a slight idea of the difficulty of such operation, it is only necessary to observe, that every minute interstice of white is cut out with the graver fi*om between every mark of the Designer's pencil. In consequence of this indispensable nicety, the Proprietor, sparing no expense to present the Work as faultless as possible has thrown aside four beautiful Designs, which were rendered useless by such deviation ; and the same designs have been retraced on new blocks. The Portrait prefixed has been most accurately copied by T. Bragg, a pupil of the present celebrated Mr. Sharp, from an ori- ginal engraving by Vertue, after a painting by J. B. Closterman, and its genuineness is authenticated by the Earl of Orford, in his '' Catalogue of Engravers," in which he particularizes the Original. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. 65 PORTRAITS. Although many of the portraits have been described in previ- ous items, it might be well to collate them here in one place for reference : First, the original painting by Closterman ; after that the following: Vertue, item 3; J. Cole, item 5; unknown en- graver, item 7; T. Bragg, four states, items 15, 13, 14, and 12; unknown, item 8 ; unknown artist, a large drawing in the posses- sion of the owner of this collection of ^'Puckles"; small cut used in Glasgow edition (1890) ; etching used in 1896 on an invitation to a Rowf ant Club exhibition, and again in the prospectus of this bibliography; finally, the etching by T, Johnson, frontispiece to this book. DESCRIPTION OF THE CUTS, With the names of the engi^avers, the whole designed and drawn by Mr. Thm'ston. [From 1817 Edition.] First Letters to Advertisement and Dialogue, and first T.P. [Tail-Piece] R. Branston. Antiquary . attempting to decypher the inscription on an old rusty coin or medal. J. Thompson. T.P., W. Hughes. Buffoon . . endeavoring, by his anticks and grimaces to "out- fool" the company. H. White. T.P., ditto. Critic . . . with his face turned away to denote his desire of concealment; but the Artist has reflected it in the glass, to shew the mind that actuates him. R. Branston. T.P., R. Branston, Jun. Detractor . . instilling suspicion into the mind of a credulous old man, by ill-natured surmises respecting the two persons walking in the adjoining garden. J. Thompson. T.P., H. White. Envioso . . brooding over the malevolence of his heart in a re- tired cave, and turning with envious hate from the mirthful sports of a group of happy rustics. R. Branston. T.P., J. Thompson. Flatterer . . paying court to a great man. J. Thompson. T.P., W. Hughes. Gamester . . having ruined his man, gathers up his spoils with a cold-hearted indifference. W. Hughes. T.P., R. Branston, Jun. 68 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BUCKLE'S CLUB. Hypocrite . having thrown off the mask of loyalty in his cups, is aiming a side blow at Church and State, by his attacks upon a Prime Minister, J. Thompson. T.P., H. White. Impertinent . detains a merchant from his appointment with officious and frivolous pretences. J. Thompson. T.P., H. White. Knave . The doors shut upon rejected Stock Jobbers. Hughes. T.P., J. Thompson. W. Lawyer Moroso a limb of the law bribing a witness. T.P., W. Hughes. R. Branston. a repulsive chiu'l, whom even his domestics fear to approach. J. Thompson. T.P., R. Branston, Jun. Newsmonger . so completely absorbed in his own pohtical impres- sions and sagacious remarks, that he does not per- ceive he has read his auditor asleep. J. Thompson. T.P., W. Hughes. Opiniator . . one proud of his ancestry, and having tired all his friends with his pedigree, &c., is reduced to the necessity of making an auditor of his lackey. J. Thompson. T.P., R. Branston, Jun. Projector . . contemplating a castle in the air. W. Hughes. Quack ... so deeply deliberating upon a patient's case, that he does not notice the nurse who has brought a monkey for advice. C. Nesbit. T.P., R. Branston. Rake . . . endeavouring to drown the reflection of his over- night's debauch, and new string his shaken nerves by fresh stimulants. Miss Bjrfield. BIBLIOOBAPHY OF PUCKLE'8 CLUB. 69 Swearer . . driving- a good old man out of the room by his shocking oaths, and cheeked by the simple reproof of his affrighted gi'andchild, who puts her hand upon his lips. J. Thompson, T.P., G. Thui'ston, Jun., first attempt. Traveller . . a travelled fop ridiculing to his foreign lackey the homely welcome of his affectionate Parents. H. Wliite. T.P., J. Thompson. Usurer . . . poring over his annuity deeds and mortgages, his iron chests and bags filled with the prey of his avarice. J. Thompson. T.P., H. Wliite. Wiseman . . an anxious father instructing the minds, and regu- lating the hearts of his children. J. Thompson. Xantippe . . a scolding wife, bringing home a drunken husband from his Club. J. Thompson. T.P., W. Harvey, a pupil of T. Bewick. Youth ... an idle, dissipated young man of fashion, killing time by playing with his cat. J. Thompson. T.P., R. Branston, Jun. Zany ... a sot, closeing the scene in his cellar. C. Nesbit. Tail Piece . page 95. R. Branston. The Club . . in full assembly: design on the Title Page ex- plained by the text, page 69. J. Thompson. ''In amicum suum JACOBUM PUCKLE, suhsequentium Dialogorum Anthorem : Distich on. Quanta seges rerum ! parva patet orbis in lU'be ; et patet in libro, Bibliotheca, tuo." THE MARION PRESS, JAMAICA, QUEENSBOROUGH, NEW-YORK. D 000 014 087 1 s4;;^fe*S|S'^S«S«;iK?Si^