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1765446London: A. Millar 1765. THIS COMPLETE FIVE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL SPECKLED CALF BINDINGS SEVEN COMPARTMENTS AND SIX RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SPINE ENDS AND LEATHER HINGES PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 11.75"x9.5". SCARCE EDITION 259 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION. FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM GRAVES WITH HIS BOOKPLATE TO INSIDE FRONT COVER. A. Millar unknown
172162778London:: Printed for A. More 1721. disbound. Some light spotting to first and last page. 8vo. Title in 17 lines. Printed for A. More, unknown
1766500045662London: T Osborne J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al 1766. First Thus. . Hardcover. Poor. Folio. Volume 5 only L-Z. A reading copy only. Spine has only litle remains of leather and bands covers scuffed with very little remaining of marbling to boards.Boards detached ex Chester Law Library 544pp index. Earlier than the editions in The British Library <br/> <br/> T Osborne, J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al hardcover
1762500045664London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. front board detached spine dry perished <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016065London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. Tear to hinge side of ffep. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016064London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. Second edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016063London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally. worn boards cracked joints. <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1759500045671London: Catherine Lintot Browne 1759. First Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. boards detached leather spine perished & piece missing. Last page 678 hence last 20 pages missing <br/> <br/> Catherine Lintot Browne hardcover
1778LTH28-A-11London: W Strahan and M Woodfall 1778. Leather. Fair. 14.5" by 9.5". None. A volume of this legal work by Matthew Bacon featuring notable legal cases. Volume I of original V. The fourth edition. Matthew Bacon was an eighteenth century commentator on the laws of England. This was his major work which collected court cases of interest to lawyers looking for precedents. Bacon died before completing the text and it was added to at later times by various authors. A fascinating piece of English history exploring the laws of the 18th century. In a full calf binding. Externally worn. Heavy rubbing and loss to boards and lifting of leather from boards. Library marking to spine. Front joint tender. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages bright with spotting handling marks and age toning throughout. Old ink annotations throughout. Fair W Strahan and M Woodfall hardcover
17781803010030London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell 1778. 4th ed. Hardcover. Acceptable. 5 volumes complete. Folio 37 cm. Bound in contemporary sheep. Red morocco spine labels. Bindings worn. Hinges cracked. Covers rubbed dry. Vols. 1 & 2 covers scraped. Generally good internally but vol. 1 has some marginal tanning spotting mostly to prelims. Some dampstaining and discoloration in vol. 4. Vol. 4 front board detached. Sold with all faults. <br> A widely read work by colonial-era American lawyers. "The standard encyclopedia of common law on both sides of the Atlantic ocean in the 18th century." W. Hamilton Bryson Legal Education in Virginia 1779-1978 UVA 1982. 749-755 p. The organization of the work more closely resembles a legal encyclopedia with "a series of scientifically constructed treatises on all branches of the law alphabetically arranged." William Holdsworth A History of English Law Methuen Sweet and Maxwell 1938 12:169. Interestingly both Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson owned copies of this work and used it in their legal practice. An important work in the evolution of American legal thinking. <br> Early stamp's of W. H Lowdermilk & Co. Law Booksellers Washington D.C. Lowdermilk & Co. were legal booksellers at the turn of the century. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London: A. Strahan, for T. Cadell hardcover
177232313Boston: Kneeland and Adams 1772. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps approx. 8" x 5". 3-35 pages. Lacking the half title page. Light toning to contents. Paper trimmed. Previous owner name trimmed upper left corner. <br /> <br /> Evans 12318. Kneeland and Adams unknown
1798000566London: A. Strahan 1798. Very scarce Bacon title. This is not part of Bacon's New Abridgement of the Law which underwent many printings in the mid 18th and early 19th century but the first and only edition of a totally separate publication although the subject matter was indeed included in Bacon's Abridgement. The Advertisement at the front indicates that this book was published separately not out of the greed of the the proprietors Bacon et al but to pre-empt a piracy in progress - "Alarmed at such an attempt upon a work in which they were so deeply interested they endeavoured by remonstrances to prevail with the parties to relinquish their design; but these proving ineffectual no other means were left them of asserting their claims then by making a separate Publication of the Tract themselves". Full calf iv 251p. i p.245-352 rear endpaper absent. Externally quite worn with covers detached spine about gone. Text block firm with no loosened pages other than the first few which are detached. Pages have almost no foxing other than the title page no chips tears markings. Internally very clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. Strahan Hardcover
17603000221London: D.Browne and A.Millar 1760. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Fifth Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. " Collected from some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq " First published in 1647 The author was a lawyer and politician; being MP for Cambridge. Two parts in one pp 1 2 xix 203 ; xii 178 2 5 Contemporary calf with decorative gilt spine marbled end-papers. Internally very good with a little foxing joints cracking but sound moderate scuffing to the boards. An attractive copy. Scans available. D.Browne and A.Millar Hardcover
1739955P34London: Daniel Brown; Andrew Millar 1739. Leather. Near Fine. 12.5" by 8.5". None. A smartly bound copy of Nathaniel Bacon's exploration of the history of England through its legal and political institutions. An exploration of the history of the law and politics in England from the earliest times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. A constitutional history of the country looking at the development of the civil and ecclesiastical institutions across the centuries.This work is of note in particular due to its discussion on the politics of Norman England as it is considered to be the first work to do so. The work is anti-clerical and favours government by an elected council.By Nathaniel Bacon from "some manuscript notes" by John Selden. Bacon was a Puritan lawyer and a politician who sat in the House of Commons. He was also the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. Fourth edition stated to the title page.Collated complete. In a modern calf binding with renewed endpapers. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Near Fine Daniel Brown; Andrew Millar hardcover
1760B1846London: D. Browne and A. Millar c. 1760. Occasional faint foxing otherwise an excellent copy. Edition: Fifth edition Binding: Contemporary full calf upper and lower boards with gilt floral centerpiece within two thin gilt lines rebacked expertly preserving the original spine in six compartments of raised bands and a gilt diamond pattern gilt morocco label on two gilt text on six gilt tooling along board edges endpapers marbled. Notes: Nathaniel Bacon was the half brother of Sir Francis Bacon and the son of Nicholas Bacon. He was a member of the Suffolk committee for the defence against the Royalists an M.P. for Cambridge University and Master of requests during Richard Cromwell's protectorate. The book according to the Dictionary of National Biography is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of its institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and hierarchical pretensions. Size: Large 4to Volume: Two volumes in one. References: Graesse I:247. Pages: P. title blank advertisement 2 half title blank advertisement iii-iv contents v-vi preface vii-viii index xiii-xix blank 1-203; half-title blank preface iii-xii 1-178 contents 2 index 5. Category: Book Social Sciences; Book History D. Browne and A. Millar hardcover
1760679661760. London 1760. 5th edition. London 1760. 5th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf raised bands to spine gilt fillets to boards gilt-stamped title on spine rubbed away. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints and front hinge cracked negligible light gatoring to spine some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn early armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light browning to outer edges of margins. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown
17556951298A. Millar 1755. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Small octavo bound in brown leather raised bands and gilt lettering on backstrip. Binding is rubbed and corners are bumped. Glue used for binding has browned and marked endpapers and first/last few pages text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: A. Millar hardcover
177111841Amsterdam F. Houtuyn 1771/1773/1774. 3 werken in 1 band 63 6 80 XII 4 122 p. Opnieuw gebonden half leer 4° Amsterdam, F. Houtuyn unknown
1798812411798. GEORGIA. STEVENS William Bacon. History of Georgia from Its First Discovery.to 1798. N.Y. & Phila. 1847-59. 1st ed. Two vols. Frontis plans foldout illus. map. Old library deaccession plates on titlepages else a very good set in orig. blindstamped cloth. Howes S-974. Sabin 91574. De Renbne II 516. Harwell & Willingham Georgiana 36. A scarce and important history. Contains a considerable amount of Revolutionary War material. unknown
1757134159Dublin: John Exshaw 1757. Hardcover. Fair. 414 18 23 p. 20 cm. B&w engraved plates. Full leather with Trinity College Dublin stamps on cover. Corners worn rear coat of arms scuffed vertical streaks on spine no spine label. Spine tail chipped and bottom parts of hinges separating. Front pastedown mostly missing no front free endpaper. Ink signature for Frances Middleton on title page. Fold-out plate across from p. 315 is partly missing. Pages darkened. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations and a Preface. To this Edition are added Critical Historical and Explanatory Notes By Way of Supplement not in any former Edition. By Zachary Grey LL.D. To the Whole is prefixed A Dissertation upon Burlesque Poetry. By the late Learned and Ingenious Montagu Bacon Esq; And an Appendix; In which is a Translation of Part of the First Canto of the First Book into Latin Doggerel." John Exshaw hardcover
1742002993A Londres i.e. Paris: Jacques Tonsson 1742. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii 180 224 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: a6 A-O84 P6 2A-S84 T4 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf with faint remains of gilt-tooled spine. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Running title: Essais de Politique & de Morale. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of P. Daubignard with motto "Tacio quid mihi placet." A few words written in an old hand on title page. Translated from English by Claude Pierre Goujet; imprint is false -- possibly printed in Paris. ESTC 213884. The second part has separate title page and pagination. In Very Good- Condition: front joint weak; back joint starting at head of spine; loss of leather at ends of spine; corners rubbed; very occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Jacques Tonsson hardcover
1765478721765. BACON Thomas comp. Laws of Maryland at Large with Proper Indexes. Now First Collected Into One Compleat Body and Published From the Original Acts and Records Remaining in the Secretary's Office of the Said Province. Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green Printer to the Province 1765. 733pp. including final errata leaf. Folio. Contemporary speckled calf neatly rebacked spine label gilt. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage vignette. Upper joint beginning to separate. Occasional minor soiling in margins. A very good copy. EVANS 1004. WROTH MARYLAND 254. SABIN 2684. NAIP w007025. The first edition of this monumental production of the colonial press. Bacon the compiler of this massive volume was rector of All-Saints Parish in Frederick County and domestic chaplain in Maryland to the Right Honorable Frederick Lord Baltimore. Bacon worked on the LAWS for thirteen years and publication took an additional four years to complete. It is considered to be the most important legal work published in the colony covering the years 1637 through 1763 and supplemented by extensive indices. The work is also noted for its typography the quality of the printing and the first appearance of the seal of Maryland on the titlepage. In A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN COLONIAL MARYLAND 1686-1776 Lawrence C. Wroth describes the work as "not only the most important of the legal publications of the Province of Maryland but it happens also to have been a specimen of typography which was not exceeded in dignity and beauty by any production of an American colonial press.In scholarly and systematic arrangement as well as in accuracy and completeness it excelled any of the former bodies of law which the Province had possessed.As an easy and dependable guide to the store-house of Maryland history it remains still without rival." A very good copy of a significant product of the British colonial press. unknown
17655332Annapolis: Jonas Green 1765. Measuring approximately 16.5" x 10.25" with 1763 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping and wear to the leather boards with loss at the spine ends. Partially restored. Moderate foxing to the interior pages. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #H1-18. Jonas Green unknown
1702914London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke at the MiddleTemple Gate in Fleetwood 1702. First Edition. Bound in its original paneled calf. Very nice original condition. Although best remembered for his contribution to natural philosophy Francis Bacon 1561-1626 was an English statesman and philosopher who served as both Solicitor General and Lord Chancellor. After being made Solicitor General in 1607 and thereafter was at or near the heart of James’ administration although high office was risky in a Jacobean administration and bacon would be impeached in 1621 and spend time as a prisoner in the Tower. This collection contains 149 letters written by the statesman philosopher scientist and author Francis Bacon. The editor Robert Stephens 1665-1732 was Royal Historiographer and one of the founders of the Society of Antiquaries. He spent 12 years editing theseletters. This copy like most is lsacking the dedication pages which were cancelled before the book was published on account of the death of William III. “Epistle dedicatory†signed Robert Stephens leaf A2IS wanting in many copies INCLUDING THIS ONE as it was cancelled following the death of William III. Cf. Gibson./ “The preface†signed “R.S.†and dated 14 Feb. 1701/2 Middle-Temple.<br /> <br /> Quarto 12 X 16.5 cm. . FIRST EDITION Signatures: Aâ´ X1 b-kâ´ B-2Qâ´.<br /> <br /> With a beautiful and large Armorial bookplate of Sir John Wentworth 1st baronet of North Elmsall 1673-1720. see Penn Libraries call number: EC65 L6975 699j<br /> <br /> Gibson R. Bacon; 245;Pforzheimer; 34; ESTC; T88306. Printed for Benjamin Tooke at the MiddleTemple Gate in Fleetwood unknown
17021407369London: Benj. Tooke 1702. Hardcover. Small Quarto 8 lxx 2 302 2 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in imitation period calf blind tooled boards paneled spine with elaborate gilt red morocco label with gilt lettering. Light shelf wear. First and last gathering with some wear and rubbing presumably from before the volume was rebound. Title page with very light repair to corners small repair to S4 T3 word crossed off in ink at Cc1v. Small paper copy with height at 20cm. With the final errata and advertisement leaf. Shelved case 4. ESTC: N476823. Pforzheimer 34. Gibson 245.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Many copies lack the dedication leaf A2 which was canceled due to the death of William III before the publication of this work. 1407369. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Benj. Tooke hardcover
