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1740LV2302London:: For A. Millar 1740. 1740. Four volumes. Vol. 3 has imprint: London J. Walthoe etc. Folio. 8 iv lxxxii 394 38 124; iv 568 28; ii 586 46; ii 740 28 pages. Four engraved frontispieces engraved by George Vertue 1684-1756 2 and Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677 1 vol. III title-vignettes individual title-pages for each of the four volumes 2 folding tables vol. II within pagination subscriber’s list. Titles printed in red & black; text in Latin and English indexes. Contemporary calf hinges cracked but cords intact edges shelf-worn some scarring. 3-line inked inscription ffep vol. III. Armorial bookplates of Sir Godfrey Webster Bart. and Edward Shipperdson. Good. First Complete Collected edition in English many of the letters were not inserted in the 1730 printing and "some never before published. . . " The biography by Mallet is also new. Dedicated to Dr. Richard Mead. Bacon’s "insistence on making science experimental and factual rather than speculative and philosophical had powerful consequences. He saw clearly the limitations of Aristotelian and scholastic methods". Bacon’s influence on Locke and through him on subsequent English schools of psychology and ethics was profound. Leibniz Huygens and particularly Robert Boyle were deeply indebted to him as were the Encyclopedistes and Voltaire." - Printing and the Mind of Man. Selected contents: Mallet’s Life of Francis Bacon De Dignitatae & Augmentis Scientiarum; Novum Organum Scientiarum De Interpretatione Naturae Historiam Naturalis & Experimentalis The Advancement of Learning Natural History Physiological Remains on metals Questions touching minerals Dr. Meverel’s Answers to the foregoing questions Certain Experiments of the Lord Bacon’s about the Commixture of Liquors only not Solids Medical Remains New Atlantis Essays and Cousels Civil and Moral A Fragment of the Colours of Good and Evil Apophthegms History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Henry VIII The Beginning of the History of Great Britain Considerations touching a War with Spain numerous speeches in Parliament letters etc. PROVENANCE: Seems likely: Sir Godfrey Webster 4th Baronet 1747-1800 of Battle Abbey was an English politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786. Due to gambling losses he committed suicide by shooting himself on 3 June 1800. Edward Shipperdson 1780-1855 of Pittington Hall Garth Co. Durham. See: The Gentleman’s Magazine Volume 45 obituary pp. 189-190. DNB; ESTC t52745; Gibson 256; Lowndes I p.93. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY. For A. Millar, 1740. unknown books
1765308593London: Printed by William Bowyer for A. Millar 1765. Engraved frontispiece in vols. I-IV portrait by George Vertue in vol. I two letterpress folding charts titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Vol. III LACKING a1-2 title-page and first contents leaf. 5 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Contemporary russia covers with wide gilt floral border within an outer floral roll border spines in 6 compartments with raised bands contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two compartments the rest richly gilt with small floral tools board edges gilt marbled edges. Some slight wear spine ends. Engraved frontispiece in vols. I-IV portrait by George Vertue in vol. I two letterpress folding charts titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Vol. III LACKING a1-2 title-page and first contents leaf. 5 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Bowyer's ledgers show that 500 copies were printed. ESTC T88309 ; Provenance: Lyons Library bookplate Printed [by William Bowyer] for A. Millar unknown books
1740WRCLIT35670London: Printed for A. Millar 1740. viii1973pp. Octavo. Contemporary calf. Engraved title vignette. Offsetting from binding to endsheets a few occasional spots and smudges joints cracked and binding 'varnished' at an early date but internally a very good copy with the adverts but not the half title. First separate edition of Mallet's biography which also appeared in the four volume edition of the works he edited the same year. Pp. 167-197 contain 'A catalogue of all My Lord Bacon's writings as they are printed in the edition of 1740'. GIBSON 480a. ESTC T73603. Printed for A. Millar unknown books
1706028145London: Printed by H. Clark for R. Chiswell 1706. Octavo. . hand-colored frontispiece and nine other hand colored plates pictorial title page in red and black xii 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by Lewis Carroll and Gilbert A Beckett which often had symbolical or allegorical overtones. The puns in this volume often bring a hidden delight along with the ten etched engravings by John Leech all of which are hand colored. Cicero Denouncing Cataline is issued as a frontispiece instead of at the end of the book. Bound in 3/4 red polished calf over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers all edges marbled raised bands with lettering gilt and compartments fully gilt decorated edges rubbed. A clean bright copy without foxing names or bookplates. Printed by H. Clark, for R. Chiswell unknown books
1731719411731. London 1731. 1st edition. London 1731. 1st edition. Owned by a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution Bacon Matthew fl. 1730. George Read 1733-1798 Owner. The Compleat Arbitrator: Or the Law of Awards and Arbitraments; Containing Plain and Easy Directions to All Kinds of Arbitrators What Matters are Proper to be Submitted to Arbitration And In What Manner; The Nature and Different Kinds of Submissions The Parties to the Submission The Duty and Office of Arbitrators and Umpires; The Right Manner of Making and Delivering up Awards How Awards Have Been Construed in Equity The Manner of Making and Enforcing the Performance of Awards When the Submission Has Been Made a Rule of Court; The Right Method of Setting Forth and Pleading Awards. With Precedents of Submissions Awards And Pleadings in All Cases. London: Printed by E. And R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1731. vi 6 308 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style blind frames to boards raised bands and retained existing lettering piece to spine hinges mended. A few minor nicks and scuffs to boards faint stain to foot of front board light rubbing to lettering piece corners bumped and lightly worn nineteenth-century bookseller label twentieth-century bookplate William J. Highfield and two owner signatures "Lyon" and "J. Joshua Fish 1949" to front pastedown two gift inscriptions from Highfield to "Judge Wiley Grau" dated 1935 and "Albert J. Nauby" dated 1941 to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text occasional faint dampstaining to margins light browning and foxing in a few places owner signature of George Read to head of title page. Book housed in recent cloth slipcase light rubbing to extremities. $3500. First edition. This was the first substantial treatise on the subject. It was preceded by an anonymous 93-page work from 1694. "It is a good straightforward and up-to-date account of the law. That it was found to be useful is shown by the fact that it reached a third edition in 1770" Holdsworth. Read a lawyer and politician from New Castle Delaware was a signer of the Declaration of Independence a Continental Congressman a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787 President of Delaware a U.S. Senator and Delaware's Chief Justice. Along with Roger Sherman Read was one of the two statesmen w. unknown books
1762214888Venitiis: Girardi 1762. hardcover. very good. 8vo old vellum spine labels torn & rubbed. Venetiis: Girardi 1762. First Venetian Edition.<br/><br/> Old library stamp on p.99 otherwise clean with only minimal light foxing.<br/><br/> Girardi unknown books
1702224214London: Benj. Tooke 1702. First. hardcover. very good. 304 pages square 8vo contemporary paneled calf edges worn handsomely recased with blind stamped raised bands and a burgundy leather spine label. London: Benjamin Tooke 1702. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> A presentation copy from the editor Robert Stevens to Sir Edward Abney inscribed on the front fly-leaf stained dated 1702. Also with the signature dated 1712 of Abney's brother Sir Thomas Abney lord mayor of London. Bookplate of Charles James Fox the noted statesman orator and indulger "in vicious pleasures".<br /> Gibson 245 points out that as with this copy many copies lack the two dedication pages which were canceled owing to the death of William III before the publication pf the work. The remaining unsold sheets of this edition were issued with a new title-page and portrait added in 1736.<br/><br/> Benj. Tooke unknown books
170227377London: Benj. Tooke 1702. First edition and likely a large paper copy; 4to pp. 8 lxxx 2 302 2; contemporary full calf double gilt-ruled borders enclosing a central triple gilt-ruled panel fleurons in the corners a.e.g. rebacked to match preserving the original red morocco label; boards pockmarked else a very good copy. This copy with the early ownership signatures of Philip Ward and "Edw. Ward ex dono Robt. Stephens" and with an inscription by Stephens on the flyleaf reading "To the Right Honable. Sir Edward Ward Kt. Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Excheq. the memoires of Ld. Baron's are presented by his Ldships most humble servant Rob: Stephens." Edward Ward 1638-1714 was Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Robert Stephens 1665-1732 was the historiographer-royal and editor of this volume of letters by Bacon. Without the 2 leaves of dedication as usual. "These were canceled owing to the death of William III prior to the publication of the work" Gibson. Gibson 245. <br/><br/> Benj. Tooke hardcover books
176628886Annapolis: Jonas Green 1766. Folio. 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 368 unnumbered leaves. Woodcut arms of Maryland on the title engraved by Thomas Sparrow. Advertisement i.e. errata leaf in rear. Scattered early marginalia. Light foxing. Expertly bound to style in half russia over early marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in seven compartments morocco lettering piece in the second the others with a repeat decoration in gilt.<br/> <br/>Provenance: John Purviance early signature on title<br/> <br/>The most important legal publication in colonial Maryland and among the finest examples of typography of any publication done on an American colonial press.<br/> <br/>Bacon rector of All-Saints Parish in Frederick County and domestic chaplain in Maryland to the Right Honorable Frederick Lord Baltimore worked on compiling these laws for thirteen years and publication took another four. Considered the most important legal work published in the colony it is noted for its typography and the first appearance of the seal of Maryland on the title. An entire chapter is devoted to this work in Lawrence C. Wroth's A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland who writes: "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 . To possess a collection of works on Maryland history from which a copy of Bacon is omittted is to have a house built upon sand while a collection of colonial laws or of works illustrative of American printing which does not include that work by this omission confesses itself incomplete."<br/> <br/>Wroth 254; Evans 10049; Sabin 2684. Jonas Green unknown books
17651269767Annapolis Maryland: Printed by Jonas Green 1765. First Edition. Hardcover. folio; G; spine paneled brown leather with a red label and gilt lettering; quarter bound black cloth boards rebound; age-marks and water-stains throughout some waving to pages some rips; this copy is lacking the following: title page 1 leaf dedication 1 leaf Preface 4pp. Advertisement errata 1 leaf U²-Y² of index; contains: Charter 17pp. text 620pp. Indexes 76pp.; collation is as follows: c²-f² g¹ Aâ´-Zâ´ Aaâ´-Zzâ´ Aaaâ´-Zzzâ´ Aaaaâ´-Hhhhâ´ Iiii² A²-T²; last entry on index is 'widows'; shelved case 2. 1269767. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Jonas Green hardcover books
1741680351741. A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon Sir Francis 1561-1626. Law Tracts Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England Containing a Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Law With their Latitude and Extent. 4. The Use of the Law for Preservation of our Persons Goods and Good Names According to the Practice of the Laws and Customs of this Land. 5. Cases of Treason Felony Praemunire Prerogative of the King of the Office of a Constable. 6. Arguments in Law in Certain Great and Difficult Cases Viz. Of Impeachment of Waste. Low's Case of Tenures. Of Revocation of Uses. The Jurisdiction of the Marches. 7. Ordinances in Chancery for the Better and More Regular Administration of Justice in the Chancery To be Daily Observed Saving the Prerogative of the Court. 8. Reading on the Statute of Uses. London: Printed by Henry Lintot Assignee of Edw. Sawyer Esq; 1741. iv 356 16 pp. Title page preceded by one-page publisher advertisement. Octavo 7-1/4" x 5". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine small security tag and blind-stamped institution name to front board endleaves added. Negligible light rubbing to extremities. Moderate toning light foxing in places headlines affected by trimming library stamps to edges endleaves and verso of title page early owner signature to head of half-title. $650. Second and final edition a reissue of the first edition 1737 with a reset title page and half-title. This book is notable as the only collected edition of Bacon's legal works and the only work that includes the essays listed as Tracts 1 2 and 6. Bacon one of the great intellectuals of the age held the posts of solicitor general attorney general and lord chancellor during the reign of James I. "He was a more complete lawyer than any of his contemporaries. Not only was he an eminent practitioner in the common law; not only did he leave his mark as lord chancellor upon the development of equity; he also studied both English law and law in general scientifically and critically. The only other lawyer in that age of distinguished lawyers who can be compared to him is his great rival Coke.":. unknown books
1789WRCAM49194Cap Français 1789. 3pp. on a. single folded sheet. Cap Français was the capital of the northern province of Saint Domingue and Bacon de Chevalerie was the first president of its provincial assembly. In this declaration the Assemblée proclaimed itself a permanent body and distributed its activity between four offices. The local assemblies were still technically illegal under french law. Extremely rare with only one institutional holding in OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library. OCLC 859254837. unknown books
1792WRCAM51637Au Cap Saint Domingue: Chez Dufour de Rians 1792. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Minor wear. Very good plus. Untrimmed. Dated January 18 1792 this deliberation revolves around the establishment of a municipality in each of the fifty-five parishes in the colony. Jean-Jacques Bacon de la Chevalerie considered to be the promoter of the white separatist movement in Saint Domingue had been elected president of the colonial assembly. It was he who pushed the case of the "Leopardins" and opposed Mirbeck and the two other commissioners sent by France. An extremely rare Saint Domingue imprint as the situation there spun out of control. No copies located in OCLC. ROQUINCOURT 4328. Chez Dufour de Rians unknown books
17987355London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards 1798. Later printing. Full Leather. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. 4x2270pp. Cont. calf a bit worn rebacked in gilt decorated olive calf with red calf spine label. Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards hardcover books
17754783London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1775. Octavo-sized title plus one leaf. Removed from a larger collection of acts. With creases from folds and some age toning otherwise near fine. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
1760693471760. Final Edition of 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 1 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Includes one-page publisher advertsiemenst. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine endleaves added blind-stamped library name and small security tag to front board. Light rubbing corners bumped library stamps to edges endleaves and title page front endleaf partially detached light browning and light foxing to text. Light soiling to title page gift inscription dated 1841 From C.A. Paulson to C.A. Paulson Jr. and owner signature of C.B. Paulson dated 1850 to head faint embossed library stamp to foot. $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 1:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown books
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 books
1798692981798. Notable for Its "Curious and Diffuse Learning" Bacon Matthew fl. 1730. A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1798. iv 251 4 246-352 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine small security tag and embossed library name to front board library stamps to edges of text block and endleaves endpapers added hinges reinforced. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signature W.A.F. Wilkinson and library annotation to title page library stamp to its verso. $350. First and only edition. This treatise was probably derived from a manuscriptby Sir Jeffrey Gilbert one of the manuscripts that formed the basis of Bacon's Abridgment 1736-1766. Whatever its origin this treatise was a respected authority. Blackstone cites it the Commentaries 1765-1769; Barton says it "contains a great deal of curious and diffuse learning" in his Elements of Conveyancing 1802. Blackstone and Barton cited in Marvin Legal Bibliography 84-85. English Short-Title Catalogue T128166. unknown books
