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179027962Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1790. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Covers a little scuffed upper joint of volume 2 starting else very good. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen" First French edition of A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland . London 1787.<br/><br/>"This Scottish philanthropist was for many years a bookseller of eminence in London and devoted the fortune he acquired in his business to the improvement of his country. He had long been concerned over the wretched condition of the Highlanders and had made as many as sixteen journeys since 1764 into various parts of the North. He succeeded in arousing the active interest of the London Highland Society in the formation of a British Society for extending the fisheries and improving the sea ports on the coasts. Subscriptions were taken and then he set out on the above recorded tour for which he was voted a gold medal by the Society. The two principal improvements he advocated were inland navigation e.g. tbe Crinan Canal since accomplished and the establishment of free villages or fishing stations on the east coast." - Cox. <br/><br/>Cox says of this French edition: "This work served as a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen and is of importance for the story of Ossianism in France. He reproduced some of the arguments of John Smith's Gaelic Antiquities Edinb. 1780 in reply to Johnson's attacks whereby Frenchmen became acquainted with some of the theories of Smith an acquired some notion of the Highland bards.<br/><br/>The Tour was first published in 1787 at the Highland Society of London. Cox III p. 33-34 Defer de Maisonneuve unknown books
1798PHO-2264Paris, Tavernier, An VI [1798)]. In-8° de [4], 343 pp. 3 cartes dépliantes & Paris, Directeurs de l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1792, l'an premier de la République Française. 171 pp. Basane fauve racinée, dos long orné, p. de t. en maroquin rouge, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches citron (Reliure de l'époque). Annotations anciennes dans les marges. Accident à la coiffe de tête, usure aux coins, frottements au dos.
170338593Nurnberg: Wolfgang Maurice Endter 1703. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Nineteenth century maroon morocco upper board titled in gilt. Rebacked in later black morocco. Lower hinge weak closely trimmed at table loss of two lines of text and also at pp. 123-126 with loss of numbering. Plates 1&2 backed some loss to plate 2. Lacking plate 3 view of stable complex and plate 7; with 4 additional plates on 3 leaves. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Winter's noted work on the breeding of horses originally published in 1672 with the bold equestrian engravings. Mennessier de la Lance II p. 649; Nissen ZBI 4426 Wolfgang Maurice Endter unknown books
1788239240Wrexham: Reprinted by R. Marsh 1788. The Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Nineteenth-century brown polished calf red leather spine label marbled endpapers edges stained red. Very pretty copy. The Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. "Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English or for that matter in any language but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as the literary language of Englishmen for original compositions the works of Tynedale and Sir Thomas More being the only illustrious predecessors easily recalled. For writing this book and presenting it to the king Ascham was granted a pension of £10." Pforzheimer Catalogue.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Originally published in 1545 the second edition was issued in 1571 and the third in 1589. Ascham's love of sports is interesting. According to Camden Annales 1568 he lived and died a poor man owing to his addiction to dicing and cock-fighting. ESTC T139768 Reprinted by R. Marsh unknown books
1788231751Wrexham: Reprinted by R. Marsh 1788. Fourth edition. Frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later three-quarter green morocco. Spine browned boards detached but present else Fine. Morocco bookplate of Joseph Haslewood. Fourth edition. Frontispiece. xxi 230 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Joseph Haslewood's Copy. "Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English or for that matter in any language but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as the literary language of Englishmen for original compositions the works of Tynedale and Sir Thomas More being the only illustrious predecessors easily recalled. For writing this book and presenting it to the king Ascham was granted a pension of £10." Pforzheimer Catalogue.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1545 the second edition was issued in 1571 and the third in 1589. Asham's love of sports is interesting. According to Camden Annales 1568 he lived and died a poor man owing to his addiction to dicing and cock-fighting. ESTC T139768 Reprinted by R. Marsh unknown books
1781236893Sarum: Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers Blandford 1781. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. Contemporary diced calf neatly rebacked front hinge starting. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. First edition of a Classic Work. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford unknown books
1784221797Sarum Salisbury: Printed by E. Easton 1784. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards hinges started but tall uncut nice copy. Signed Lloyd Kenyon 1818 on flyleaf and J. Lloyd on half-title. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. UNCUT. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton unknown books
1781236893Sarum: Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers Blandford 1781. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. Contemporary diced calf gilt a.e.g. Neatly rebacked. Very good plus. First edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana the plan and elevation of a kennel. 10 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 6 inches. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton: Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford unknown
1784221797Sarum Salisbury: Printed by E. Easton 1784. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards hinges started but a nice tall uncut copy. Signed Lloyd Kenyon 1818 on flyleaf and J. Lloyd on half-title. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton unknown
179563115London: for R. Bassam etc. 1795. First edition. Frontispiece & 2 plates. Pp. i-vi 7-108. 1 vols. 18mo in 6s 12 x 6 cm. Bound in nineteenth century brown pebbled morocco some headlines trimmed else fine copy. First edition. Frontispiece & 2 plates. Pp. i-vi 7-108. 1 vols. 18mo in 6s 12 x 6 cm. Westwood and Satchell p. 62; Heckscher 474 "very rare for R. Bassam, etc. unknown books
1706314397London: sold at the Gold Ring in Little Britain Price 6 d. 1706. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece of an angler with fish on the line. iv 140 pp. 1 vols. 48mo. Later 18th-century red straight-grain morocco flat spine lettered in gilt gilt rules marbled endpapers gilt edges. Extremities a little worn a very good copy. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece of an angler with fish on the line. iv 140 pp. 1 vols. 48mo. A superb copy of this rare miniature angling work. "Exceedingly rare but not unique as stated in the sale catalogue of the Huth Library" Schwerdt. Although the work is undated ESTC and bibliographies usually date it to 1705 but on page 31 is a reference to "a Curious book lately printed The Angler's Sure Guide" published in 1706.<br /> <br /> First edition thus a compendium consisting of extracts from the section on angling in The Pleasures of Princes from Hungers Prevention on "low-belling" and other methods of bird-catching Country Contentments on hunting coursing dogs and Markhams Method poultry etc. The publisher was George Conyers one of the most prominent chapbook publishers of the period.<br /> This first edition is rare with no copy in the British Library. ESTC locates one copy only in the UK at the Bodleian and four in North America: Harvard Houghton Library; Princeton; Yale University Center for British Art; and Beinecke. The second edition of 1712 is almost equally rare.<br /> <br /> A manuscript note on the front free endpaper verso gives the ownership as E. A. Hunter 13 Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk noting its gift to him by Coleman in 1874. The receipt Edmund Arthur Hunter 1866-1937 was eight years old at the time; his father was a wine merchant. The note claims that "This book originally belonged to Lord Byron's grandson by whom it was given to Rushbrook who gave it to Coleman." If this story is true the most likely candidate for first owner in this chain of provenance is Ralph Gordon King Noel Milbanke 2nd Earl of Lovelace 1839-1906. ESTC N14392. Westwood & Satchell p.146-7; Schwerdt II 13; Poynter 1.1. Huth sale 4 Jul. 1916 lot 4717 Schwerdt sale 2 Mar. 1946 lot 1739 Thompson sale 14 Oct. 1968 lot 115; Schiff sale 11 Dec. 1990 lot 216; Simpson sale 15 Feb. 2005 lot 404. For Lambert cf. N.Y.A.M.Bulletin 18:4 April 1942 pp. 293-296 sold at the Gold Ring in Little Britain, Price 6 d. unknown
179563115London: for R. Bassam etc. 1795. First edition. Frontispiece & 2 plates. Pp. i-vi 7-108. 1 vols. 18mo in 6s 12 x 6 cm. Bound in nineteenth century brown pebbled morocco some headlines trimmed else fine copy. First edition. Frontispiece & 2 plates. Pp. i-vi 7-108. 1 vols. 18mo in 6s 12 x 6 cm. Westwood and Satchell p. 62; Heckscher 474 "very rare for R. Bassam, etc. unknown
17147004London: Printed for E. Curll 1714. First Edition. Decorative headpieces tailpieces and initial letters. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf. Rebacked boards somewhat worn with some loss. Lacks frontispiece "very often wanting"--Westwood & Satchell; else internally fine. First Edition. Decorative headpieces tailpieces and initial letters. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Inscription on front flyleaf:"Presented to the Mass Fish & Game Protective Association by John P. Ordway. May 23d 1877." A penciled note on the same page identifies Ordway as the first President of the Massachusetts Fish & Game Protective Association. With the bookplate of the Association with this note: "Purchased from the Mass. F. & G. Assoc. Jan. 1929 by Dwight Blaney" and the piscatorial bookplate of Dwight Blaney and note $25.00 paid by D.B. valued by C.E.G. Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Printed for E. Curll unknown books
1714239932London: Edmund Curll 1714. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later full red morocco a.e.g. by Bayntun Riviere. Title page with perforated library stamp and library stamps on front pastedown. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the oft-lacking frontispiece in facsimile. Publisher's preface states: "This Treatise is a Collection of all that has been writ upon the subject of Fishing digested in a better Method than any before extant." Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Edmund Curll unknown books
1714239932London: Edmund Curll 1714. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later full red morocco a.e.g. by Bayntun Riviere. Title page with perforated library stamp and library stamps on front pastedown. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. vi 111 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the oft-lacking frontispiece in facsimile. Publisher's preface states: "This Treatise is a Collection of all that has been writ upon the subject of Fishing digested in a better Method than any before extant." Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Edmund Curll unknown
1751315109Dublin: G. Faulkner . and R. James 1751. First Dublin edition. 32 pp. 8vo. Removed. Occasional spotting to text. First Dublin edition. 32 pp. 8vo. Letter IV: "Of Gaming its present State Means to suppress private Play." ESTC records a London edition tentatively dated 1750. ESTC T103721 G. Faulkner ... and R. James unknown books
1751254021np London: ` 1751. Early but 6th or so edition. vii i 141 7 index pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf small pin hole on last 8 leaves else Very Good. Early but 6th or so edition. vii i 141 7 index pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Henry Bracken 1687-1764 began his practice as a physician and surgeon and as a horse owner and patron of the turf turned his hand to veterinary science in an era when most practitioners were abyssmally ignorant. He was among the first to diagnose equine ailments rather than simply treating the symptoms. "No previous writer had drawn attention to the matter while among the general public an entire absence of education was apparently regarded as the first essential of a veterinary practitioner." Frederick Smith The Early History of Veterinary Literature. The book first published in 1738 went into a dozen English printings and at least three in the United States all of them scarce. Smith pp. 29-39; OCLC 15277506 4 copies NYU PSU Univ. of Mo. Columbia Newcastle Univ Robinson Library ` unknown books
1751254021np London: ` 1751. The sixth edition stated. vii i 141 7 index pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf small pin hole on last 8 leaves else Very Good. The sixth edition stated. vii i 141 7 index pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Henry Bracken 1687-1764 began his practice as a physician and surgeon and as a horse owner and patron of the turf turned his hand to veterinary science in an era when most practitioners were abyssmally ignorant. He was among the first to diagnose equine ailments rather than simply treating the symptoms. "No previous writer had drawn attention to the matter while among the general public an entire absence of education was apparently regarded as the first essential of a veterinary practitioner." Frederick Smith The Early History of Veterinary Literature. The book first published in 1738 went into a dozen English printings and at least three in the United States all of them scarce. Smith pp. 29-39; OCLC 15277506 4 copies NYU PSU Univ. of Mo. Columbia Newcastle Univ Robinson Library ` unknown
1769252533London: printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry 1769. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Mid-19th century cloth spine gilt. Some faint spots and light stains crease to title spine chipped at the head. Bookplate of Dean Sage. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Rare. No copy appears in last 30 years in trade that we can find. ESTC T67828; Westwood & Satchell p 202; Sage p 192 this copy printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry unknown books
1769252533London: printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry 1769. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Mid-19th century cloth spine gilt. Some faint spots and light stains crease to title spine chipped at the head. Bookplate of Dean Sage. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Rare. No copy appears in last 30 years in trade that we can find. ESTC T67828; Westwood & Satchell p 202; Sage p 192 this copy printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry unknown
1765265805London: Printed for S. Hooper 1765. Second edition first edition with English text. 47 engraved plates by Ruyland and Hall after J. Gruyn. English and French title-pages dual-language text in two columns. Oblong folio. Later 18th-century half speckled calf and marbled boards spine in 6 compartments with raised bands gilt in 4 compartments contrasting morocco labels in the rest. Rebacked and recornered preserving spine one label renewed endsheets renewed French title page worn and soiled with repair to verso some soiling and light foxing throughout lower portion of blank margin on last leaf repaired. Contemporary owner's inscription on first blank "W.S. Smith from his friend Henry Felthouse" bookplate of Jean Oliver. Second edition first edition with English text. 47 engraved plates by Ruyland and Hall after J. Gruyn. English and French title-pages dual-language text in two columns. Oblong folio. First Edition with English Text of the Greatest English Fencing Manual. The second edition and the first edition with English text of the "chief work in the English literature of fencing" Castle p. 212. Angelo's venerable School of Arms in London brought the French method of fencing to a wealthy and fashionable clientele. The school was run by successive Angelo generations until its closing in the early 20th century. The first edition of 1763 was printed in French only; this 1765 edition contains the same plates as the first edition with text in French and English. An edition entirely in English with reduced plates was published in 1787. Cohen-de Ricci p. 83; Vigeant p. 29; Castle Bibliography p. xlix; Thimm p. 10; Gelli p. 21 for first Printed for S. Hooper unknown books
175352265London: printed for R. Dodsley. at Tully's Head in Pallmall 1753. Second edition preceded by the 1749 edition. Engraved frontispiece to vol. I. 4 xxiv 284; 4 320 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full brown contemporary polished calf. Upper cover of first volume detached else fine. Second edition preceded by the 1749 edition. Engraved frontispiece to vol. I. 4 xxiv 284; 4 320 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Volume one contains translations of several Odes of Pindar including 8 of the Olympian odes as well as further translations including Euripides' IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS one ode of Horace and "The Triumphs of the Gout" from Lucian "Translations from the Argonauticks of Apollonius Rhodius" and "The Hymn of Cleanthes". Volume II contains a lengthy 275 pp. and learned "Dissertation on the Olympic Games" and ends with West's translation of Plato's dialogue "Menexenus."<br/><br/>With the signature of Scottish free trade advocate ROBERT ANDREW MACFIE 1811-1893 dated 1892 on the front free endpapers as well as his bookplate in rear and one other. printed for R. Dodsley. at Tully's Head in Pallmall unknown books
179641336York: Printed by Wilson Spence and Mawman 1796. First Zouch edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with copperplates. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full straight grained blue contemporary morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of the Lord Bishop of Durham The Honourable Shute Barrington LL.D. Minor rubbing. A Beautiful Copy. First Zouch edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with copperplates. 1 vols. 4to. Coigney p. 387-88 Printed by Wilson, Spence and Mawman unknown books
179641336York: Printed by Wilson Spence and Mawman 1796. First Zouch edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with copperplates. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full straight grained blue contemporary morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of the Lord Bishop of Durham The Honourable Shute Barrington LL.D. Minor rubbing. A Beautiful Copy. First Zouch edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with copperplates. 1 vols. 4to. Coigney p. 387-88 Printed by Wilson, Spence and Mawman unknown
1762240361London: Printed by E. Richardson and C. Lintot; for T. Waller 1762. Sixth edition. xvii 1 255 27 pp. 1 vols. Contemporary polished tan calf. Fine. Contemporary signature of Rowland Winn Esq. Sixth edition. xvii 1 255 27 pp. 1 vols. Printed by E. Richardson and C. Lintot; for T. Waller unknown books
