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Provenance: 18th-century signature of “Wm. Digby” on front pastedown; ownership signature of “Pat. Cobburne,” dated 1726, at top of title-page; 19th-century armorial bookplate of Richard Howard, Esq., on front pastedown. Late 19th- early 20th-century bookseller’s ticket of John Britnell, Toronto, on front pastedown.

•  Schweiger, II, 1089; Dibdin (4th ed.), I, 382–83. On Tibullus, see: Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 571. On Brouckhusius, see: Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship, II, 329–30. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, soiled and somewhat warped; spine with chipped black leather title, gilt-lettered and -ruled. Light soiling and browning around edges of pages and plates, and some shallow tears not nearing text. Old slip from bookseller’s catalogue adhered to front pastedown; bookplate, ownership inscriptions, bookseller’s ticket as above.

The "Buzaglo" referred to in the poem is the eponymous cast-iron stove designed by London inventor/ironmaster Abraham Buzaglo, which the author of the poem contends will, once installed, quell party strife in the House of Commons by warming the uncomfortable chill that provokes and riles the more partisan members.

•  Recent marbled paper wrappers. Very light foxing on first three leaves. Two page numbers shaved.

•  Brunet, V, 861; Sandys, II, 457; Schweiger, I, 332. Contemporary paper-covered boards, spine with inked paper label; binding scuffed and rubbed, spine with paper shelving label (inked through), title-label darkened. Front pastedown with 19th-century collector's bookplate, title-page verso with same collector's inked inscription. Light foxing. Final leaf with upper outer corner torn away, with loss of a few letters.

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The publisher’s authentifying signature is present on the final leaf, the “Avis des Éditeurs.”

•  Not in Garrison & Morton. 19th-century quarter cloth with paper-covered sides, spine with inked paper label; spine sunned and with call number label, edges and sides slightly rubbed. Original front pastedown and free endpaper bound in, endpaper with inked presentation inscription dated 1865. Title-page and first page of preface rubber-stamped by a now-defunct institution. Pages clean.

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•  ESTC T109737. Contemporary speckled calf framed in gilt double fillets, recently rebacked with complementary speckled calf using original gilt-stamped leather spine label; sides acid-pitted and rubbed. This collation matches that given by ESTC, although it appears from the signatures that one blank leaf may be lacking in between parts II and III. Pages age-toned, with some instances of mild foxing; lightest waterstaining to lower margins/portions of most pages.

•  Goldsmiths’-Kress 7065; ESTC T81915 and N24607. Contemporary calf with remnants of gilt; dry, flaking, and partially gone to red, with some chips to edges, corners, and spine tips; old repairs to joints. Remnants of bookplate on front pastedown. Old water/mildew damage to lower margins, occasionally making its way a bit into text; several leaves repaired, long since. Plates generally quite clean and always pleasing, with faintest waterstaining to lower portion of plate 6 (only). All edges speckled red.

•  ESTC T105844. Period-style quarter calf with marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands. Title-page and a few others stamped by a now-defunct institution. Some offsetting to margins of first and final leaves, pages otherwise clean. A nice little Anglo-Americanum, very evocative of its era.