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1768RMP785<p>>8º. 8 317 p. 7 p. Belisaire; 89 p. L'Homme aux Quarante Écus cuatro planchas grabadas. Piel de becerro de época con cinco nervios en relieve y lomo ricamente dorado con tejuelo de cuero rojo. Tableros y capiteles con algo de desgaste. Ex libris pegado sobre la guarda frontal.</p><ol><li>></li></ol><p><strong>Belisaire: </strong>Leipsic Lebrecht Crusius 1768. Jean-François Marmontel fue un escritor y dramaturgo francés. Obtuvo un gran éxito con las novelas <em>Bélisaire</em> 1767 y <em>Les Incas ou la destruction de l´Empire du Perou</em> 1777con acerbas críticas de la conquista española. La presente edición aumentada con <em>"L´Hereusse Famille"</em> ><strong>"<em>L'Homme aux Quarante Écus":</em></strong> Londres sin dato de impresor 1768. <em>El hombre de las cuarenta coronas</em> es la única obra en la que se ocupa Voltaire con el tema de economía. Fue creado como una fábula en respuesta a las políticas económicas del escuela fisiocrática: "El industrial rico podía sonreír al respaldar la doctrina de que no debería ser obligado a pagar el impuesto porque no añadía nada a la riqueza ya que creían que sólo la tierra podía producir un excedente. Esta anomalía inspiró a Voltaire a escribir esta animada sátira; en él el rico financiero quien escapa a los impuestos se burla del pobre granjero que paga impuestos por ambos aunque sus ingresos sólo sean de cuarenta coronas. "A pesar de la actitud satírica de Voltaire hacia los industriales ricos defendió el bien económico. En <em>"Le Mondain"</em> 1736 y <em>"La Défense du Mondain" </em>1737 propuso una filosofía de vida personal deseable y como medio para asegurar prosperidad nacional." Este ejemplar publicado el mismo año que la edición original de Ginebra. La obra fue lo suficientemente controvertida como para que el Parlamento lo condenara y ordenara su quema en 1768.</p> hardcover
17964460Newburyport Mass. / Boston: Printed by William Barrett for Thomas & Andrews Boston 1796. First edition thus. Very good. 18mo. ix 1 11-108 i.e. 11-208 pp. errors in pagination: 156 207-208 misnumbered 136 107-108. Contemporary mottled American sheep red spine label flat spine with single fillets dividing compartments old leather repair in the second; FOXING throughout as is true in most copies on account of the paper stock; outer edges of gatherings B L and R with even staining; extremities of binding somewhat worn bookplate removed front binder's blank a bit brittle and loosening; 1 1/2 sheets of binder's blanks at end. NB: this half-sheet is original and does not represent an excision as can been seen from the old offsetting of the final page of text. Overall in very good condition. AN EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF A WORK OF FICTION; OUR COPY WAS OWNED BY A YOUNG WOMAN OR WOMAN BY AT LEAST 1803. THIS NEWBURYPORT EDITION OF THE NOVEL IS UNCOMMON. <br /> <br /> At a time when women were denied the rights of citizenship the text of Marmontel's "Belisarius" was of particular interest to some contemporary feminist authors and activists some of whom utilized its plots to champion human rights as is attested by the 1795 New York play written by Margaretta Faugeres entitled "Belisarius: A Tragedy." <br /> <br /> The first blank leaf is inscribed "Eliza Gage 1803." This may have been Eliza Gage of Newburyport who was born in 1790 to Jonathan Gage and Susanna Jewett. <br /> <br /> The present translation follows that of the bilingual text given in the Brussels 1792 edition although no Translator's Preface appears therein. However there is one in the present edition and it seems to have been written by an American. The final sentence reads: "What will still raise your surprise to a great height is to find an author possessed of so strong a sense of liberty born under the French government: he has been since sent to the Bastile as a reward for his most excellent performance." <br /> <br /> A copy of this Newburyport edition was listed among the fiction books in the Caritat Circulating Library in 1804 for which see G.G. Raddin An Early New York Library of Fiction 1940 p. 82. <br /> <br /> Evans 30737. ESTC W4099. Printed by William Barrett (for Thomas & Andrews, Boston) unknown
1765IRMntMAR53Paris: Merlin 1765. 1765. 3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l. xvi 1 leaf 345; 2 p.l. 376; 2 p.l. 312 3. with printed title in Vol. III & half-titles in Vols. I & II only. 3 engraved titles engraved frontis. portrait in Vol. I by A. de St. Aubin after C.N.Cochin & 23 other engraved plates by Le Grand Rousseau Bacquoy & others after H.Gravelot. woodcut ornaments. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs some wear to spines & extremities short split in 1 joint but still an attractive copy light foxing to plates & adjacent leaves. Inscribed by Lady Townshend to Juliana Mary Beevon & also with her ownership entry on Vol. III printed title. First Illustrated Edition this being the Second Issue in Duodecimo Format without errata on the contents leaves; there was also an octavo or large paper issue printed from the same settting of type. Marmontels elegantly written tales first published in 1761 without illustrations were well received frequently reprinted and widely translated. The engravings after Gravelot in the present edition have been praised as being among the artists most beautiful work see Cohen-De Ricci. Cohen-De Ricci 687. Brunet III 1440. Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914 18A. cfCioranescu 42962 8vo. issue. Hardcover. Paris: Merlin, 1765. Hardcover
176353707Paris etc.: various publ. 1763-1788. 38 parts in 4 vols. 8vo 20x13 cm. Contemporary half leather spines gilt with ribbons; with red and green morocco title-labels; marbled covers. Titles with title-vignette; woodcut headpieces. - 1 NN Voltaire. Le dépositaire. Lausanne Grasset 1772. 84 pp. Barbier I882. First edition. - 2 Monsieur D M Voltaire. Les Guebres ou la Tolérance. Genève Grasset 1769. 48 pp. brown spots. One of the 1769 editions but without 'Préface' and 'Épitre' but with mention Genève. Not mentioned in Quérard I964. - 3 Voltaire. Les lois déminos ou Astérie. Genève se trouve à Toulon 1763. 60 pp. - 4 Voltaire. Irène. 1783. 34 pp. - 5 Voltaire. Brutus. Marseille chez Mossy 1774. 52 pp. - 6 Hume trad. Voltaire. Le caffé ou l'Écossaise. Nouv. éd. Ruault 1777. 50 pp. - 7 Sedaine. Le philosophe sans le savoir. Avignon 1772. 54 pp. - 8 M.D.B. Nadir ou Thomas Kouli-Kan. Alex. & Ant. Jombert 1780. 60 pp. - 9 l'abbé Le Blanc. Aben-Saïd empereur des Mogols first ed. 1736. Prault fils 1737 1787. 60 pp. - 10 Dorat. Adelaide de Hongrie. Monory1774 à la date de l'originale. 62 pp. - 11 Marmontel. Venceslas 1759. La Haye se vend à Marseille Mossy 1777. 56 pp. - 12 NN Mme de Graffigny. Cénie. 1750. Mossy1776. 60 pp. - 13 Scarron. Dom Japhet d'Arménie. 1653. Mossy 1776. 68 pp. - 14 Destouches. Le tambour nocturne. Nouv. éd. Didot l'Ainé. 66 pp. - 15 idem. Le philosophe marié. Didot l'Ainé 1778. 82 pp. - 16 Idem. L'homme singulier. Ruault 1778. 86ii pp. - 17 idem. Le glorieux. 1732. Delalain 1781. 104 pp. - 18 Montfleury père et fils. La fille capitaine. Nouv. éd. Compagnie Librairies Associés 1771. 66 pp. - 19 NN Dorat. Le célibataire. 1775. Didot l'Ainé 1778. 72 pp. - 20 Gresset. Le méchant. Didot Ainé 1778. 78iipp. -21 De Chamfort. Mustapha et Zéangir. 1776. Didot l'Ainé 1778. 54 pp. 22-24: Publisher: Avignon L. Chambeau 1773-74: 22 Diderot le fils naturel 54 pp. 23 Nivelle de la Chaussée. La gouvernante. 24 De Campistron. Le jaloux désabusé. 56 pp. - 25-29: Publisher: Paris Duchesne: 25 A. Collalto. Les trois jumeaux Venitiens 1773 en quatre actes. 1777. 26 De la Noue. La coquette corrigée. 1756. 1774. 27 NN Nivelle de la Chaussée. Le préjugé à la mode. 1776. 64 pp. 28 Poisson. Le Mercure gallant. 1776. 60 pp. 29 Delaunay. Le complaisant. 1732. Nouv. éd. 1776. - 30-38: 'Nouv. éditions' published by Ruault 1777-84: 30-31 Boursault. Esope à la cour & Esope à la ville ou les fables d'Ésope. 1780-86. 68 & 92 pp. 32 Rochon de Chabannes. Les amans généreux. 52 pp. 33 De Boissy. Les dehors trompeurs. 72 pp. 34 A. Montfleury. La femme juge et partie. 56 pp. 35-36 Colardeau. Astarbé & Caliste 1760. 1777. 44 & 46 pp. 37 De la Harpe. Jeanne de Naples.46ii pp. 38 Le Mierre. Guillaume Tell. 36 pp. -- Nice spotless convoluut. various publ. hardcover
1827117452London UK: Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke 1827. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke London UK 1827. Volumes I to XXIV 1827 to1831. Dark red leather spines and board tips with marbled paper Schrottel boards. Portraits of each diarist. Nice Firm Clean copies ! Light general wear. Bindings hinges text pages near fine. No foxing except for near portraits. Size: 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Brilliant entertaining autobiographies by: I. Colley Cibber comedian. II. Hume William Lilly astronomy Voltaire. III IV. Jean-François Marmontel history opera poetry novels. V. Robert Drury sailor Madagascar captive. VI. George Whitefield Methodist Voyage from London to Savannah. James Ferguson astronomer instrument and globe maker. VII. Mary Robinson actress. Charlotte Charke aka Cibber Charlotte Secheverell Charles Brown actress playwright novelist and noted transvestite. VIII. Lord Herbert of Cherbury Prince Eugene of Savoy. IX X. Augustus Von Kotzebue dramatist writer Siberian exile. XI. Captain John Creichton Scottish soldier. William Gifford critic editor poet satirist. Thomas Ellwood religious writer. XII. Lewis Ludvig Holberg writer essayist philosopher historian and playwright. XIII. James Hardy Vaux swindler thief transported to Australia thrice. XIV XV. Edward Gibbon historian member of Parliament. XVI XVII. Benvenuto Cellini artist. XVIII. James Lackington bookseller. XIX. Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish revolutionary United Irishmen father of Irish republicanism leader of 1798 Irish Rebellion. XX. Bubb Dodington English politician and nobleman. XXI XXII. Margravine of Bareith Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina sister of Frederick the Great. XXIII XXIV. Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni comic writer Italian playwright and librettist. Biography History::Britain RBR15 RBR15 Whittaker, Treacher, Arnot / Hunt and Clarke hardcover
177711043Paris: Lacombe 1777. First Edition — Primera edición. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 194x120mm. 7¾x4¾". Paris Lacombe 1777. En 4º menor 194 x 120mm. 2 volúmenes. -I: Frontispicio xii-338 pp. 1 h. 5 láminas. -II: 4 380 4 pp. 5 láminas. Encuadernación de la época en plena piel lomera cuajada de adornos dorados y tejuelo en marroquén con letrerÃa también dorada. Atractivo ejemplar de la primera edición de esta obra prohibida y condenada por la Inquisición. Ilustrada con un frontis y 10 bellas láminas grabadas al cobre es un libro de tipo histórico escrito contra la actuación de los españoles en Perú en particular y el colonialismo en general; su acercamiento a la naturaleza y a favor de los indÃgenas americanos ejerció como influencia en otros autores contemporáneos y contribuyó de manera decisiva a consolidar la leyenda negra contra España. La obra tuvo una gran divulgación llegándose a imprimir más de treinta ediciones diferentes y la adaptación de varias obras de teatro. Libro muy bello bien impreso y estimado. Muy buen ejemplar vestido con una elegante encuadernación francesa de época. Referencias: Palau 152444; Brunet III col. 1440 Lacombe hardcover
1765FGN12-D-13Paris: Chez Merlin 1765. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". None. Three volumes of Jean-Francois Marmontel's Contes Moraux. In the original French. Pages 317-320 have been misbound after page 324 to volume I. Illustrated throughout with twenty three plates across all volumes as well as engraved title pages. Collated complete. Volume III is the only volume to have a title page with publication details. From the library of Sir Richard Paul Jodrell 1745-1831 a classical scholar and playwright. Jodrell's bookplate is to the front pastedown of all volumes and his signature is to the recto of the front endpapers. Mermontel's Contes Moraux were a famous series. The appreciation for this work was due to the delicate finish of the style but mainly in the graphic and charming pictures of French society under King Louis XV. In full calf bindings with gilt stamping to the spines. Externally very smart with small amount of rubbing to the head and tail of spines. Minor rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Handling marks to boards. Bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown of all volumes Sir Richard Paul Jodrell. His signature to the recto of front endpapers to all volumes. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with light scattered spots throughout. Frequent marginal annotations and some notes to endpapers by prior owner light and not affecting text. Small ink spills to page 313-16 to volume I. Very Good Chez Merlin hardcover
177338792à Paris: De l'imprimerie de Grangé 1773. Fine. De l'imprimerie de Grangé à Paris 1773 22 x 29 cm relié First edition admirably and finely illustrated with 3 figures 15 headpieces and 10 tailpieces all by Eisen and engraved by de Launay the younger Helman Masquelier Née and Ponce. Printed on deluxe paper. Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands gilt rolls at head and foot. Red morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet frame on covers. All edges gilt. Fragile headcap with lacks same at foot. Very beautiful mottling on covers green red beige. Despite small defects handsome copy in a luxury binding and of great freshness. The volume besides the preliminary pieces with essays on the dramatic genre by Marmontel brings together three tragedies from 17th-century French theatre: Sophonisbe by Du Ryer Scevole by Mairet and Venceslas by Rotrou. This first volume was to be followed by several others but the project did not come to fruition. Very fine publication. 18th-century engraved bookplate Laus de Boissy library. A second 19th-century bookplate: library of Count Alexis de Priest. De l'imprimerie de Grangé hardcover
17773400<p>A scarce edition of Marmontel's block-buster published in the same year as the first edition. MMF list no less than ELEVEN Paris editions of 1777 all printed by Lacombe with the present edition listed as the second with its imprint clearly claiming a Paris and Lacombe publication: 'A Paris Chez Lacombe Libraire rue de Tournon près le Luxembourg'. However ESTC includes this edition as a piracy 'probably printed in Dublin' with a false Paris address. This would account for the error on the title page where the masculine word for volume is made feminine: 'Tome Première / Tome Seconde' a mistake no French printer or compositor would make.</p><p>Critic novelist and playwright Marmontel began life as the son of a poor tailor before coming to Paris on the advice of Voltaire to pursue a career in literature. His <i>Contes moraux</i> 1755-1765 fictional tales praising philosophy and the practice of virtue were enormously popular in France and throughout Europe particularly in England where there were numerous translations. But it was his historical romance <i>Belisaire</i> with its plea for civil toleration of Protestants that brought him most lasting fame and became one of the most controversial novels of its time condemned both by the Sorbonne and the archbishop of Paris. <i>Les Incas ou la Déstruction de l'Empire du Perou</i> is Marmontel's answer to the censure he received for <i>Bélisaire</i>. In this novel he describes the cruelties in Spanish America and demonstrates that they are entirely the result of the religious intolerance of the invaders. <br /></p><p><i>Two volumes 8vo 175 x 110 mm pp. xxxii 253; iv 5-310 1 including half-titles and several contents leaves after the text in both volumes marginal wormhole through the endleaves and first few pages of Vol. I also with considerable staining in a couple of the preliminary leaves of Vol. I otherwise generally clean although clearly read some later pencil markings </i></p><i>in contemporary plain calf blind tooling to the covers along the spine flat spines ruled in gilt with red and olive green morocco labels lettered and numbered in gilt the corners a little bumped the library stamp of 'J.M.M-OConnor' on both half titles and the endleaves of Vol. I: generally an attractive set</i>. Chez Lacombe, Libraire, rue de Tournon, près le Luxembourg
7495257Short description: In Russian. Marmontel Jean Francois. The New Marmontelev Novels published by N. Karamzin. Moscow: In the Printing House of S. Selivanovsky 1822. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU7495257 unknown
7495252Short description: In Russian. Marmontel Jean Francois. Velisariy. In St. Petersburg: Under the Governorate of the Province 1803. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU7495252 unknown
1808144276Edinburgh: Mundell Doig and Stevenson 1808. hardcover. fine. 4 volumes. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight grained green morocco with gilt designs on covers & spines a.e.g. Housed in a red cloth folding box. Edinburgh: Printed for Mundell Doig and Stevenson 1808. A fine set.<br/> <br/> Each volume has a detailed fore-edge painting of various London city scenes.<br/> <br/> Mundell, Doig and Stevenson unknown
1783B63912PQHN58Amsterdam 1783. 8vo. Jan Helders Abraham Mars Contemporary half calf gold-tooled spine with one brown and a green morocco title label lettered in gold and fleurons in the remaining compartments sprinkled paper sides. With an engraved title page including a vignette by H.L. Meyling a letterpress title page with an emblematic engraved vignette by Reinier Vinkeles. Extra added in this copy are an additional letterpress title page also dated "1783" but with a portrait of Pieter Pijpers engraved by Theodorus Koning dated 1789 accompanied by the letterpress explanatory leaf with a poem "Op myne afbeelding door Theodorus Koning" dated 1789 signed by Pijpers in brown ink. Further with 3 extra added engraved plates 2 full-page and 1 half-page plus 1 repeated in an earlier state with no lettering depicting scenes from the play by various Dutch artists A. Fokke H.L. Myling W. Immink A. Hulk Jacobsz 1 dated 1784. And finally with 6 engraved plates by various French artists made for the original French edition. The engraved title is richly coloured and highlighted with gold incl. the lettering by a contemporary hand. The 6 French plates are splendidly coloured and highlighted with gold and gum arabic by a contemporary hand. 16 76 2 pp. Splendid copy luxuriously extra-illustrated 5 years after the original publication of the first edition of Pijpers's Dutch adaptation of Marmontel's 1771 Zémire et Azor a version of the fairytale Beauty and the beast. It is signed in brown ink by the author and on the last page by G. de Visscher one of the delegates of the Amsterdam theatre as a warrant of authenticity with the privilege to the printers Helders and Mars dated "Amsteldam den. 6 Augustus 1783". STCN notes that some copies like ours have 2 additional folia: an illustrated typographical title page with Pijpers's roundel portrait on a monument dated "1783" in letterpress but the engraving itself dated 1789 and a poem by Pieter Pijpers entitled "Op Myne afbeelding" dated 1789. Apart from these extra leaves our copy is embellished with 6 plates with scenes of the play from the original French edition of Marmontel's play published in Paris 1771 here all beautifully coloured and with 3 extra plates by Dutch artists probably made to illustrate a third edition; a second edition appeared in 1786.Zémire and Azor was a comic opera in 4 acts composed by the Belgian composer André Grétry with a French text by Jean François Marmontel 1723-1799 based on Jean Marie Prince de Beaumont's 1756 La belle et la bête and P.C. Nivelle de la Chaussé's 1742 Amour pour Amour. The opera was first performed on 9 November 1771 stayed in the French repertory until at least 1821 and enjoyed worldwide success. The story unfolds as follows:After being shipwrecked the "Persian" probably Armenian merchant Sander and his servant Ali find themselves in a strange palace. A banquet has been laid though there is no sign of the owner and the two help themselves to the feast. When Sander plucks a rose from the palace garden to give to his daughter Zémire the beast-like Azor appears. He is the owner of the palace and says Sander must pay with his life for stealing the rose unless he can persuade one of his daughters to take his place. When she hears what has happened Zémire agrees to sacrifice her life for her father and Ali leads her to the palace where she almost faints at the fearsome sight of Azor. However Azor proves to be a kind host showing Zémire her family in a magic mirror and even allowing her to visit home again so long as she promises to return. After a stay with her family Zémire decides to return to Azor and finds him in despair because he believes she has abandoned him. She protests that she cares about him and the magic spell on Azor is lifted now he has found love. He changes from a beast to a handsome prince and claims his kingdom with Zémire at his side.The Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Pijpers 1749-1805 from Amersfoort was a Roman Catholic in the Dutch Patriot party. He had to flee to Belgium after the Patriots' failed Democratic revolution of 1787 but was awarded many high positions after the Batavian revolution of 1795. He devoted himself to his literary work at his mansion Puntenburgh at Amersfoort.With the circular morocco bookplate of P. May with his interlaced monogram in gold and the blind stamp of a private Dutch collection on the endpapers.With generous margins and many deckles intact. In very good condition with only occasional very minor spotting and a water stain in one of the blank guard leaves protecting the coloured plates. Corners bumped and back board rubbed. Desirable extra-illustrated Dutch Beauty and the beast incorporating lavishly coloured Dutch and French plates.l Van Aken Cat. Ned. Toneel II p. 351 mentioning only a title vignette; Moderne Encyclopedie van de Wereldliteratuur vol. 7 p. 239; STCN 8 copies only 3 with engr. title. unknown
17512605210193Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand A Paris; Amsterdam 1751 - 1777 1751. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas. A first edition of this foundational encyclopedia of 18th century knowledge. A massive thirty-five volume set. Large folios volumes 39.5 x 25 cm. Bound in 18th-century French calf. Spines gilt with raised bands. One volume non-uniformly bound in light calf. <br> The set includes: Encyclopedie Paris: 1751-57 & Neuchatel 1765. 17 volumes; Recueil de planches. Paris: 1762-72. 11 volumes 1 2 part I 2 Part II 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; Supplement a l'Encyclopedie. Paris & Amsterdam: 1776-77. 5 volumes including the Suite de recueil de planches; Table Analytique. Paris: 1780. <br> Profusely illustrated with engraved plates. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution" Printing in the Mind of Man 200. Refs: Grolier/Horblit 25b; Norman 637; PMM 200. <br> Includes: 17 v. : ill. ; 41 cm. supplement 4 volumes plates 11 volumes plates supplement 1 volume. Table Analytique 1 volume. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, A Paris; Amsterdam (1751 - 1777) hardcover
