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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1790240204London: Privately printed 1790. First edition. iv 5-3 23-35 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full contemporary tree calf with red morocco rectangular label on the upper cover hinges starting spine with wear. A handsome volume which appears to be an edition binding. Bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher and Henry Sherwin. First edition. iv 5-3 23-35 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. [Privately printed] unknown books
177162370London: Printed for T. Davies.and T. Cadell 1771. First edition. Two frontispieces and 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original boards uncut with new spine. Large Copy. First edition. Two frontispieces and 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. 4to. This work by the "Gentleman of the Horse to His Majesty" is a compound of Xenophon's Treatise on Horsemanship and Bourgelats' Elements 1750-53; it contains a dissertation on the Ancient Chariot by T. Pownall; physically a very attractive book. Huth p. 45; Wells 749; Mellon 60 Printed for T. Davies...and T. Cadell unknown books
172123261London: Printed for N.C. and Sold by J. Wilcox and others 1721. Sixth edition "with large Additions. Engraved frontispiece 1 engraved folding plate only Fowling of 4 other 3 plates lacking. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century pebbled brown morocco raised bands marbled boards. Very good. Sixth edition "with large Additions." Engraved frontispiece 1 engraved folding plate only Fowling of 4 other 3 plates lacking. 1 vols. 8vo. "Cox's book is well composed comprehensive and compact. It fills a space in the not overcrowded list of old English hunting and hawking books and certainly compares favourably with John Ray's additions to the 'Ornithology' which deal with fowling and hawking." Schwerdt I p. 123 "Nicholas Cox is of the superstitious astrological necromantical order of angling writers. He makes us acquainted with divers miraculous streams and unaccountable fishes." See long note in Westwood & Satchell pp. 68-69. Ownership inscription on title page: "Jacob Astley Jnry ye 20th1722." Bound with: An Abridgment of Manwood's Forest Laws.London: Printed by H.P. for N.C. 1721. Schwerdt I pp. 122-23; Westwood & Satchell p. 68-9 Printed for N.C. and Sold by J. Wilcox [and others] unknown books
1770221660London: Printed for John Nourse et al. 1770. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary brown polished calf marbled endpapers gilt edges. Joints starting otherwise a very attractive copy. With bookplates of BENJAMIN and JOHN WHITE of Selborne and two other owners' signatures G. Gray; John Hopson 1857 on the first blank. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. From the Library of the Publisher of Natural History of Selborne. Written by a human surgeon and first published in 1753 this popular work was primarily a compilation of earlier writers. It went into many editions the first edition is extremely rare and the early editions are scarce<br/><br/>This copy has a remarkable provenance connecting it to the immediate family of GILBERT WHITE of Selborne. Benjamin White c.1725-1794 was the younger brother of Gilbert White 1720-1793 author of the celebrated Natural History of Selborne 1789 which Benjamin White in fact published. Benjamin White's shop at Fleet Street and the Strand Horace's Head "became a meeting place for naturalists and as was customary was used as a poste restante in 1775 by Gilbert White's correspondent Thomas Pennant whose books White published and by others. White's range of titles is indicated in his advertisement at the end of J. Ellis and D. C. Solander's Natural History of the Zoophytes 1786 which he published. They included Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina in two volumes which perhaps inspired Audubon" DNB.<br/><br/>White's engraved bookplate of South Lambeth is affixed to the front pastedown; along with that of his son JOHN WHITE who assisted Gilbert in the preparation his journals for publication and contributed a Memoir of his famous uncle for the 1802 edition. Smith II p. 69-77; this edition not in Dingley cf. 35-38; ESTCT88518 Printed for John Nourse et al. unknown books
1726267216London: A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row 1726. First edition. xii 184 8 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Late eighteenth-century quarter calf and marbled boards. Half title present with two early owner signatures small loss at top corner margin; somewhat closely trimmed with occasional losses to headlines or page numbers. Spine lightly rubbed upper joint repaired. About very good. Custom speckled calf backed folding box. First edition. xii 184 8 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of this manual one of the earliest of its kind. It has been attributed to one George Smith and contains the first appearance of the charming "Angler's Song" cf. Gingrich Fishing in Print p. 97 as well as recipes strategies for each species fly-tying etc. It quickly became a standard handbook of the eighteenth century was reprinted with additions in 1736 through 1786 then again in several forms under various titles as late as 1828 in London under the title The Angler's Guide . By a lover of the art." Westwood & Satchell pp. 104-105 A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row unknown books
178634554London: for G. Kearsley 1786. Engraved frontispiece 122pp advertisement leaf bound in at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half-calf spine in compartments with repeating fish stamp in gilt fore and lower edges uncut. Preliminary and final leaves lightly browned some light spotting throughout later blanks and endpapers binding somewhat rubbed. Ownership inscription on recto of frontispiece "Wm. Jones 1791. Engraved frontispiece 122pp advertisement leaf bound in at end. 1 vols. 12mo. A good copy of this popular eighteenth-century fishing manual was first published in 1726and complete with its charming engraved frontispiece and the rare final leaf of ads. In fact according to Westwood & Satchell this edition of 1786 appeared as a "novel publication" and as such may be regarded as the first edition of an entirely new work. Westwood & Satchell. pp. 104-105 for G. Kearsley unknown books
1780263319Dublin: Printed for L. Flin Castle Street 1780. First Dublin and Second Edition Belfast was first in 1714. pp. i-304. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. First Dublin and Second Edition Belfast was first in 1714. pp. i-304. 1 vols. 12mo. ESTC Â T107871; Higginson p. 14/1/6; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 354 Printed for L. Flin, Castle Street unknown books
17957878London: Printed for the Proprietors 1795. A New Edition Revised Corrected and Improved. Frontispiece. 1 vols. Large 12mo. Contemporary tree calf with black dyed calf spine. Front joint just cracking portion torn from front free endpaper. An attractive crisp copy. A New Edition Revised Corrected and Improved.". Frontispiece. 1 vols. Large 12mo. In an Unusual Binding. In Vol. I Schwerdt indicates that this is the second edition the first being that of "circa 1760"; by the advent of Vol. IV the first edition dated 1758 had been discovered making that of 1795 the third. Westwood & Satchell p.90; Schwerdt I p.170 Printed for the Proprietors unknown books
176413003London: Printed for J. Cooke at Shakespear's-Head in Pater-noster-Row 1764. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece showing a hunting scene with two lines of verse underneath. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep spine replaced portion of lower margin of one leaf missing without loss of text else internally near fine crisp and attractive. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece showing a hunting scene with two lines of verse underneath. 1 vols. 12mo. Nice Copy of an Early Sporting Classic. A very nice copy of this basic and scarce work which went into numerous editions some bibliographically confusing. This is most probably the third edition following the first edition dated 1758 and its reprint dated 1764. It deals with a wide range of sporting activities including hunting shooting racing angling cock-fighting and much more. An important book. Schwerdt IV p. 32; Westwood & Satchell p. 90; Podeschi 53 Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's-Head, in Pater-noster-Row unknown books
