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177732544Amsterdam: Aux Depens De La Compagnie. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1777. Hardcover. French Language; 18th Century; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viij 384; 4 324p pages; Contemp full leather; light wear to corners spine base and edges lightly chipped. Foxed. Dampstaining to upper portion of last several dozen leaves creasing at upper edge of last few leaves. Occasional old ink marginalia. Rubber stamp to lower margin of Vol 1 p24 "Lyon/ 1777". Containing the rules of all games with easy instructions to learn to play well new expanded edition of the Game of Chess by Philidor the Whisk & Game by Edmond Hoyle translated from English In this first part are mentioned card games: the game of quadrille the rules of the mediator the Three Men the game of the Comet the lottery the Tontine the Trade game play Butterfly Play-call the Gossip the game of Hoc the game Farm game Poque the game of Romestecq game of Gillet the game of Brusquembille etc. . Aux Depens De La Compagnie hardcover
17781968London 1778. Engraving on cream laid paper 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches 290 x 190 mm sheet full margins. In good condition with minor age tone and an unevenly trimmed left sheet edge. Ink inscription in the left margin recto and pencil inscription in the right margin recto both well outside of the image area. unknown
1742394433London, Hawkins, 1742. 316 S. Leder d. Zeit (etwas berieben, Vorderdeckelbezug mit kl. Fehlstelle). [2 Warenabbildungen]
17357081Norwich: Printed and sold by L. Goddard 1735. First edition. 8vo 1 v 6-107pp. Engraved initial tables. Modern rebind in decorated paper boards backed in brown leather gilt spine label new endpapers page edge speckled red. Upper joint split holding soundly at endpaper. Contents clean with a couple of contemporary ink marks to blank verso of last page. <br /> List of supporters of candidates in the 1734 parliamentary election in Norwich which included Horatio Walpole 1st Baron Walpole. Full title:<br /> <br /> An alphabetical draught of the polls of Sir Edward Ward Bart. Miles Branthwayt esq; and of Horatio Walpole Waller Bacon esqs; for members of parliament for the city of Norwich: Taken May the 15th 1734. And of Miles Branthwayt Esq; and Thomas Vere Esq; Taken February the 19th 1734. Incorporated in one list.<br /> <br /> ESTC T161984. Printed and sold by L. Goddard unknown
17475468London: M Cooper 1747. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. pp 51 1 Concerning Scottish land tenure. In modern blue card wrappers with title label to upper cover. Very good condition a few spots 3 small holes to final leaf. Very Good 1747 M Cooper unknown
1740002032London: John Watts 1740 Book. Good. Full-Leather. 2nd edition. xxiv 488p. 8vo. Title page printed in red and black. Lacks portrait frontis. Stain to p67. Page edges red. Bound in very worn full leather boards almost detached sections of spine missing as is lettering label. Signs of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. Jaggard p708. John Watts hardcover
1723227586London: R. Gosling 1723. 2 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed some soiling old stab marks. 2 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> R. Gosling unknown
1711394391London, Baker, 1711. 4 Bl., 208 S., S. 193*-208*, S. 209-398. Leder d. Zeit mit blindgeprägten Deckeln (oberes Kapital bestoßen, Rückenschild teilw. lose). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1767142063Erlangen Germany: Wolfgang Walther. 1767. good. Hardcover. Wodurch die schweren Stellen entwicfelt die unrechten Uebersezungen verbessert und die in dem Worte der Wahrheit vorkommenden Scheinwiderspruche mit einander vereiniget sind. IN GERMAN. 769 pages; previous owner name/date 1852 stamp on free front end page; stain in bottom margin of last few pages; 22.5 cm 9" tall; wear to edges of rubbed brown paper over boards; chips to top & bottom of spine with orange title label . Wolfgang Walther hardcover
1792014205Edinburgh & London: Printed for Bell and Bradfute J. Dickson E. Balfour and P. Hill Edinburgh and G.G. J. & J. Robinson London 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. Volume VI of Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume II of Arabian Tales. One volume only. Contemporary mottled calf black leather series label to spine gilt titles and decorations. 323 pp. Gilt to spine and boards almost entirely rubbed off. Chipping to spine ends. Wear to corners. Staining to tail edge of text block. Bookplate of Alexander Randall. Wear to front pastedown of removed catalogue description. Printed for Bell and Bradfute, J. Dickson, E. Balfour, and P. Hill, Edinburgh, and G.G. J. & J. Robinson, London hardcover
17229900002372London: James and John Knapton et al. 1722. Hardcover. Maps engravings. Folio. Two large volumes in original full leather bindings. Title pages are printed in red and black with an elegant full-page copper engraving of Camden as the frontispiece of the first volume. There are 50 double-page maps of the English counties Ireland Scotland and 'the Islands'; six of the maps are folding. There are also twelve large full-page engravings and numerous smaller engravings in the text. There is a comprehensive index and the errata page is present. A previous owner has reinforced the hinges with linen-like binding tape. The boards are quite worn and rubbed but a competent bookbinder could restore both bindings. The contents are remarkable clean with only occasional foxing and a few stained pages. The maps by the cartographer Robert Morden and which are usually removed and sold individually are all in excellent condition. Overall a good set. William Camden 1551-1623 was an English antiquary and historian who during the reign of Queen Elizabeth travelled throughout England collecting material for 'Britannia' which was first published in 1586. Initially written in Latin it is a survey of the British islands; its archaeology geography institutions monetary system and inhabitants 'chiefly intended for the instruction of foreigners' or so Gibson states in his Preface to this edition. It was first translated into English in 1610 probably under Camden's direction see Ency. Brit. 11th vol. V p. 101. Gibson's revision was first published in 1695. Our set is the undated 'Second Edition' but by comparing particulars with available bibliographical resources we believe it was published in 1722. Printing and the Mind of Man 101. James and John Knapton et al. hardcover
17109200United Kingdom various 1710. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. A collection of poetry tracts in the 18th century assembled and bound as a set showcasing typical and popular poetry writing and style in England. This was a common practice to gather political satire and literary tracts and bind them together generally at the discretion of the owner or in some cases the printer and/or bookseller. The majority of these works are poetry written as political satire towards the Tory government. This method of binding separate works 'sammelband' also speaks to contemporary collecting and publishing practices. <br /> The bound volume lists separate works as follows:<br /> attrib. Ward Edward. "The Pleasure of a Single Life or the Miseries of Matrimony. Occasionally Writ upon the many Divorces Lately Granted by Parliment. With the Choice or the Pleasures of a Country-Life." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709.<br /> <br /> Wilmot John. Earl of Rochester John Freke. "The History of Insipids a Lampoon By the Lord Roch---r. With his Farewell. 1680. Together with Marvil's Ghost. By Mr. Ayloff." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709.<br /> <br /> Blackmore Richard. "The Kit-Cats a Poem. To Which is Added the Picture in Imitation of Annacreon's Bathillus. Also also the Coquet Beauty by the Right Honorable the Marquis of Normanby." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709.<br /> <br /> Anon. "A Well-Timber'd Poem on Her Sacred Majesty; Her Marble Statue and Its Wooden Enclosure in Saint Paul's Church-Yard." Psalm XXII. 16. The Wicked have Enclosed Me. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1712.<br /> <br /> Cavendish William. "The Charms of Liberty: A Poem. By the late Duke of D--. To Which is added Epigrams. Poems and Satyrs." Written by Several Hands. London: Printed in the Year 1709.<br /> <br /> Shippen William. "Faction Display'd. A Poem. From a Corrected Copy." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709.<br /> <br /> Dryden John. "Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide For the Benefit of the Poor1708.<br /> <br /> Wilmot Earl of Rochester John. "Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter. Written by the Right Honorable John late Early of Rochester." London: Printed and Sold by Booksellers of London and Westminster 1710.<br /> <br /> Milton's Sublimity Asserted: in a Poem. Occasion'd by a late Celebrated Piece Entituled Cyder a Poem; in Blank Verse by Philo-Milton. London: Printed for W. Hawes and Sold by J. Morphew near Stationer's Hall and Stephen Fletcher Bookseller in Oxford 1709. Nine sammelband pamphlets bound in blind stamped decorative calf overlay recased with brown cloth boards; apparent shelf wear and toning to leaves each pamphlet constitutes approximately 16 pp. 8vo. Scarce copies of all in disbound condition so this bound aggregate is a rare and singular entity. hardcover
17801278931780. ADULTERY. Collection of Adultery Trials. London: various circa 1780-1808. Octavo contemporary full tan calf gilt raised bands marbled endpaper and edges. $3500.A collection of reports of 11 adultery trials from the late 18th and early 19th centuries combined with 30 engravings of scandalous encounters.Published accounts of adultery trials were very popular in late-18th/early 19th-century England a way to indulge a taste for the erotic and the scandalous under the thin veil of condemnation. Included here are the trials of Robert Gordon for adultery with the wife of Joseph Seymour Biscoe Rev. Mr. Cooper with the wife of Lord Cadogan Sir John Bennett Piers with the wife of Lord Cloncurry ""Thomas Theaker Coachman for Adultery with Mrs. Gregson"" Thomas Sheridan with the wife of Peter Cambell Captain Elwin with the wife of Sir George Brograve J. Hacket with Mrs. Mansergh R. J. Fergusson with the Countess of Elgin Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget ""for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife"" Colonel T.R. Powlett and Lord Sackville with another plaintiff's wife and Ralph Benson with the wife of Thomas Parr The collection of 30 engravings bound at the back of this book are taken from Trials for Adultery: or a History of Divorces a multivolume work published beginning in 1779. First two trials without title pages; ink marks to a few early pages; expert repair to contemporary binding. hardcover
1799186406London: Hatchard 1799. First Edition First Printing. Leather. Very Good. 385p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with brown cloth boards. The corners are heavily scuffed and there are lots of small rub marks on the spine though the spine text remains legible. Pencil notation inside front cover; text otherwise unmarked by previous owners. The frontispiece is dampstained and all pages are lightly foxed and age-toned. Some occasional light fingerprint smudges as well. The plates have faded slightly onto their facing pages. The binding is tight. Very good condition for an 18th-century book! A book of poems fables and fictional conversations between children and a teacher designed to educate and promote moral virtues. The work is dedicated to Princess Amelia daughter of King George III. Illustrated with a frontispiece 12 engraved plates and 2 plates of music. Hatchard unknown
17991960Printed for the Author by Charles Clarke 1799. 1799 4to. xii 2 385 6 p. Engraved frontis. By Bartolozzi 12 tinted litho plates by William Watts 2 sheets engraved music at end. Bound with the half title. Contemporary half calf expertly rebacked and the corners restored. Spine with a contrasting lettering piece. Original endpapers and label preserved. Internally fingermarks to a few pages and faint spotting to the frontispiece and music sheets but overall a very good copy. Osborne 2 884. ESTC T34058. Printed for the Author, by Charles Clarke, unknown
179952906London: Printed for the Author by Charles Clarke 1799. 4to. xi ii 385 6 pp. Later maroon half morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels and lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sizer. Slight wear to outer spine joints and extremities. Frontis engraving by Bartolozzi. With twelve small oval tinted mezzotints. List of subscribers at rear. Two leaves of engraved music 'Address to the British Fair' by Samuel Webbe bound in at rear. A series of 12 conversations discussing conduct. An interesting take on domestic education in the form of children's stories. VG copy. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1799. Printed for the Author by Charles Clarke 1799 unknown
1797E16937BHartford: J. Babcock 1797. First American edition. unbound. Poor. First American edition. 18mo. 4" x 6 1/2" Disbound and sewn without blanks 108 pp. A working copy only complete but with some loss to the title and final leaves not affecting the text short tear to two internal leaves again not affecting the text. Preceeds the 1798 American editions published in New Haven by G. Bunce and in Northampton Mass. by William Butler. Sold as is. The novel first appeared in London in 1687 and long remained in favor having several 18th century British printings. Charlotte Elizabeth Morgan notes in "The Rise of the Novel of Manners' 1911 that ".in the late 18th century a New England publisher passed it off as an original American production." . The summary continues:".the story is the usual one of love contrary to the commands of parents the desertion of the hero and the consequent suicide of the heroine. The use of portents is an interesting feature. J. Babcock unknown
176919701769. Mezzotint. 375mm by 275mm. David Garrick as Kitely in 'Every Man in his Humour'<br /> . Garrick 1717-1779 playwright theatre manager and leading actor of the period is seen in this portrait as Kitely from Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour a role he first played in 1751.Image trimmed and unevenly at top and hinged to backing sheet. One small hole. unknown
