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17897053702Amsterdam 1789. Volumes 1 - 4 in 2 volumes. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Brown patterned covers scuffed and edgeworn. Splines worn/part missing. Small illustrations on title pages and on first page of each volume. Pages browned some foxing. Gothic script. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: Amsterdam hardcover
177944415London J. Nichols 1779. 4to. Extract from "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." Vol. 69 Year 1779 - Part II. Pp. 555-658. unknown
178235069à Mons: Chez Beugnies 1782. Fine. Chez Beugnies à Mons 1782 10.50 x 17.50 cm relié First edition. Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on boards. Joints cracked. Headcap partly worn. One corner bumped. The author responding to a letter takes a moral position regarding the spectacles he condemns as well as the encyclopedists. Chez Beugnies hardcover
1785100382Brussels Belgium: Lemaire 1785. Map. Good. Map of Bruxelles Brussels. Map: 8.25 in. x 14.1 in. Paper: 9.25 in. x 15 in. Printed above neatline in top right corner: "Echelle dont chaque division est de 100 Toises"; outside neatline on vertical edge at top right corner: "Echelle dont chaque division est de 72 Toises". "Toises" is an old French unit of distance: about six feet. On left side is a legend indicating by number where the 10 Quarters and 46 Provisions are in Brussels. Below that is a numbered listing of 60 "Renvois des Chifres" in Brussels that can be found in the map. Several vertical folds and one horizontal fold. Map cut is close to neatline on right side. General even age-toning to paper. Dime-sized stain in upper left margin. This is the fold-out map from Théodore-Augustin Mann's "Abrégé de l'histoire ecclésiastique civile et naturelle de la ville de Bruxelles et de ses environs; avec la description de ce qui s'y trouve de plus remarquable." Bruxelles Lemaire 1785. Translated title: "Abridged ecclesiastical civil and natural history of the city of Brussels and its surroundings: with a description of its most remarkable features."<br /> <br /> The 1785 date is significant as it captures Brussels just before the Brabant Revolution and the subsequent French occupation 1795. Maps from this nature are prized by historians for showing the city's fortifications and street layouts before major 19th-century industrial redevelopments. Lemaire unknown
179815192Wrentham: Nathaniel Heaton Jun. 1798. 32pp. Disbound scattered foxing else Very Good. <br /> <br /> "One of the most notable surgeons of his day" DAB Mann became an army surgeon at age twenty during the Revolution and served in the War of 1812. He "visited Shays's camp during the rebellion of 1786-'7 in order to report to Gen. William Shepard" Appleton; and wrote the highly esteemed Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812. Howes M258. <br /> Mann traces the 'Masonic Art' to its beginnings: "as soon as order began and harmony was spoken into existence by the Supreme Architect of the universe the pillars of the masonic fabric were erected." Masonic history is discussed in a highly learned manner; much comment is provided upon Robison's work. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 34043. Sabin 44328n. Nathaniel Heaton Jun. unknown
179973001Bruxelles: Chez Benoit Le Francq Imprimeur-Libraire An VII 1799. 2 vols. Contemporary half leather spines gilt with ribbons a few sl. rubbings. Marbled endpapers. ivviii604; iv502 74ii: 'Abrévations' pp. Printed in 2 columns with nice engraved headpieces. stamps on titles; name removed cq teared from halftitles. The 74 pp. at the end: tables: "Abbayes de France" "- des Pays Autrichiens" "Noms Latins". - First and last quires with some spots but on the whole a good set with 2 maps: 1 folding map of Europe "l 'Europe 1800" and 2 folding world map 14x28 cm engraved by Ph. J. Maillart: "Mappe-Monde Dessinée d'après toutes les Découvertes qui ont été faites jusqu'en 1800 par I. A. M." showing the eastern and western hemispheres. Chez Benoit Le Francq, Imprimeur-Libraire hardcover
172337842Offenbach: Israel b. Moses Boneforte 1723. First edition. Hardcover. fair to g. Folio. 47 leaves. Contemporary half leather over red marble paper boards. Title page with printer's emblem. Head piece with Noah's ark on title-page and page 3. Elaborate tail piece with a cherub after introduction. Commentary on the aggadic portions of the Talmud. Print uses double columns and uses regular print for the talmudic text with Rashi script for the author's commentary. Summary notes printed in the margins. Includes approbations by R. Jacob Reischer of Prague and R. Menahem Mendel Askhkenazi of Mainz. R. Menahem Mann was the nephew of the Prussian court Jew Judah Berlin Jost Liebman and R. Benjamin Wolf Liebman. Text in Hebrew. Spine chipped. Edges rubbed. Cover scratched. Inscription from previous owner on title page. Rippling and staining to leaves. Overall in fair to good condition. Israel b. Moses Boneforte hardcover
