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184516281845. Mezzotint. 310mm by 235mm image 420mm by 330mm sheet. India-laid proof. After an oil dated 1825.<br /> Sir Ralph Darling 1772 - 1858 was appointed in 1824 as Governor of New South Wales. He was the Governor of NSW from 1825 - 1831.A couple of very minor marks in margins. unknown
1919515820New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1919. Hardcover. Fair. First American edition. Introduction by May Sinclair. Octavo. 285pp. Maroon cloth with publisher's printed paper spine label. Small bookstore label front pastedown spine a bit frayed at extremities label is nicked and browned a fair copy. Grace Hegger Lewis' copy with her contemporary ink inscription on front flyleaf: "Grace Hegger Lewis. Bluemont Virginia. June 1920." Lewis was a published author and the first wife of Sinclair Lewis. The first volume of the author's 'Pilgrimage' series of thirteen novels. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1851184706London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. These 'barren grounds' are very thinly peopled First edition of this important account of Richardson's 1848-9 journey in search of Franklin. His account was also published in the United States in 1852 but without the plates and map present in this edition. Richardson's "descriptions are particularly valuable for their treatment of his personal experiences with Indians and Eskimo" Hill. With no word from the Franklin expedition the Admiralty commissioned Sir John Richardson 1787-1865 to lead a search expedition - a task that he readily accepted. On the trail of Franklin Richardson's party travelled down the Mackenzie River and proceeded east by boat following the Arctic shore to the mouth of the Coppermine River. While Richardson's voyage failed to clear up the Franklin mystery it nonetheless represented "a model of careful planning and good execution with no loss of life no injuries no shortages of food and no lack of shelter" ODNB. Following the publication of his account in 1851 Richardson devoted himself to the study of medicine and natural history eventually authoring or co-authoring over 100 publications. 2 vols octavo 215 x 134 mm. Colour frontispieces 8 colour plates folding map wood engravings in text. Bound without adverts. Late 19th-century calf rebacked to style spines lettered in gilt raised bands divided by gilt fillet compartments with gilt device wide elaborate gilt and blind frames to boards milled board edges gilt roll to turn-ins marbled endpapers free endpapers renewed edges sprinkled red and black. Marginal pen annotations to p. 89 vol. 1; contemporary bookplate of Ann Curtis. Extremities mildly rubbed with spots of wear folding map with a couple of tears and paper repairs marginal ink stains to a few pages of vol. 1. A very good copy. Arctic Bibliography 14489; Hill 1452; Sabin 71025. hardcover
1852D59641852. Hardcover. Very Good. Original full red morocco ornately stamped in blind and gilt; 8vo; 31 manuscript pages including an illustrated short story landscapes in pencil Havana the Hudson River harbor of St. Thomas Martinique and 3 colored-pencil cartoons of American Indians these seemingly contributed by a child. Just a little scuffed along joints and edges of boards else fine. Likely the work of Horace Richardson the title-page and "publication information" see above states that this unique item was "copied" by him and one of the drawings most of which are clearly by the same artist is initialed "H. R." The book does indeed seem to correspond at least in part with a journey on the Winfield Scott a sidewheel steamer that transported cargo and passengers from San Francisco and Panama during the California Gold Rush -- then sank in December of 1853. The landscapes are nicely accomplished: "Yosemite Falls from Black's Hotel" signed "H.R." "Highland Park Hotel Aiken S.C." "Vineyard Haven" "View from the Window in our Parlor in the Hotel El Telegrafo Havana 1872" "View from my Window at the West Point Hotel Looking up the Hudson 1872" and "Fort de France Martinique from the Sea." Opens with a weird little short story in which the malefactor Joseph Shed spends his entire life stealing stockings even dirty ones punishment be damned. <br/><br/> hardcover
18541369650London: Richardson Brothers 1854. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in later half brown leather with green cloth boards. Paneled spine with black label and gilt lettering. Slight cracking to upper edge of front hinge and weakening beginning. Discoloration to entirety of front cloth and part of rear cloth.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> With all six chromolithographic plates. Plates 1-4 bound before the title page with the first three as one folding page plate 5 as a double-page "Maritime Merchant Flags of all Nations" with tissue guard between them.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Despite its popularity none of the editions of the Code are common.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> shelved case 9. The first general system of signalling for merchant vessels was Captain Frederick Marryat's A Code of Signals for the Merchant Service published in 1817. Marryat's code was an immediate success and was translated into several other languages and the 1854 edition was renamed The Universal Code of Signals for the Mercantile Marine of All Nations because of its widespread usage. The last edition was published in 1879 two decades after the publication of the code that supplanted it; there are reports that it was still being used as late as 1890. The replacement was the Commercial Code of Signals published by the British Board of Trade in 1857 which eventually became the International Code of Signals ICS. wikipedia;<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Previously published under title: A Code of Signals for the Use of Vessels Employed in the Merchant Service.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> "The copyright of this Code of Signals by which the Mercantile Marine of the whole world has so greatly benefited became from a very early period the property of the late Mr. J. M. Richardson. The Edition of 1841 was the last edited by the original inventor the late Captain Marryat but since then four large Editions has been issued each greatly extended and improved." from the Preface. 1369650. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Richardson Brothers hardcover
170200N.p.: Sovereign Pictures 1990. Vintage international one-sheet poster for the 1990 film designed by Bob Peak. Rare.<br /> <br /> Based on Ian McEwan's 1981 novel adapted for the screen by acclaimed playwright Harold Pinter and directed by Paul Schrader. A dark thriller about a husband and wife vacationing in Venice who are gradually pulled into the clutches of a strange wealthy local couple. <br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in London and Venice. <br /> <br /> 27 x 41 inches in an archival frame with UV plexiglass. Fine.<br /> <br /> Criterion Collection 1041. Sovereign Pictures unknown
1843008069London: Colnaghi and Puckle. Printed by Cook & Co. Lithography by Day & Haghe 1843. First Edition. Half Morocco. Pebbled cloth on boards. Very Good. A magnificent souvenir of a Romantic era joust basically a re-enactment of the Medieval combat sport in keeping with the resurgent interest in the Middle Ages at the time. This tournament was sponsored by Lord Eglinton at his Scottish castle in 1839. That this massive book took four years to put together attests to its grandeur as well as the ardor of Medievalism among the aristocratic elite. Elephantine Folio 61 by 43 cm. Blank title leaf dedication leaf six paginated pages then 21 hand-colored plates each with a tissue guard and a one or two page Description of the particular plate on a single leaf until the last or 21st numbered plate which has a four page or two leaf Description after which there are two unpaginated pages of "Concluding Remarks". The lettering of text on these pages is done mostly with blue type with occasional red. The title and the plate leaves are of a card stock. The other leaves are of a more standard but not light paper weight and the tissue guards are of a similar minimally less paper weight but a glossier stock. The plates capture and probably improve upon the spirit of the event as they idealize the whole proceeding with nary a misstep all the costuming just right not a speck of dust or dirt to mar the beauty of the sport. However true these "reenactors' -- for that was what they were -- are faithful to the Medieval sport our image of jousting tournaments is probably more influenced by the prettified imitation than the original since books like this directly influenced Hollywood and the historic fiction genre more than the more esoteric surviving documents from the Middle Ages. The tournament reportedly drew an estimated 100000 spectators but it also was mocked and satirized in its day especially by members of the Whig Party. Notwithstanding that this pageant inspired others in its wake. In addition to the 21 numbered plates the title page has a large hand-colored illustrated oval centerpiece 26 cm tall surrounded by monotone decoration comprised of figures of men in armor and seraphs. All the descriptions begin with a decorated letter that is in itself an esquisite vignette. And not to be slighted each of the color plates has surrounding its primary richly colored illustration a highly decorative frame that is populated with seraphs human figures foliate ornaments escutcheons weaponry etc. etc. These frames in contrast to the central illustration are mostly black line drawings with a tinted background but there are occasional bits of fuller color -- the coat-of-arms are generally rendered so -- and in a few of the frames these full color pieces are quite numerous. Regarding the Dedication leaf the dedication is to Archibald William Montgomerie who was the Earl of Eglinton as well as the holder of other titles and was made by Edward Puckle. The gallery he headed at the time goes back to 1760 and remains to this day now known simply as Colnaghi with headquarters in Mayfair but branches in New York and other cities. Nixon 1802 - 1857 illustrated the novels of Sir Walter Scott and not coincidentally "Ivanhoe" apparently was the inspiration to stage this particular pageant. He is best known though as a designer of stained glass and his work in this medium done through a partnership of Ward and Nixon can be seen most famously in Lincoln Cathedral. As to Eglinton himself the tournament cost him dearly as he depleted his coffers of almost everything to cover the massive losses incurred by the event. All edges gilt. Gilt lettering and decoration on cover bright. Two decorative bookplates mounted onto FEP. The book besides being extra-large is also extra-heavy -- 13 lbs. 8 ou. -- and thus expect a substantial amount of extra postage will be required to ship especially internationally. Condition: Binding shows some wear with bumped edge a moderate level of spotting and other soiling most pronounced on the pebbled cloth of front board and small areas with rubbing. Hinge crack by title page. Other than occasional light stains the book is clean tight and we would say a highly attractive copy of the work. Colnaghi and Puckle. Printed by Cook & Co. Lithography by Day & Haghe unknown
1811141429London: William Miller 1811. hardcover. very good. With a sketch of his Life & Writings by Edward Mangin. Engraved frontispieces. 19 volumes. Small 8vo full polished calf marbled edges. London: William Miller 1811. Covers a bit bowed still a very good set.<br/> <br/> William Miller unknown
elala2608<p>London: John Murray 1829. First Edition. The first of an ambitious four-part series devoted to the natural history of the Arctic regions. The Fauna Boreali-Americana was based on information Richardson collected on Franklin’s two arctic overland expeditions 1819-22 and 1825-27 in his capacity as surgeon-naturalist. This volume on mammals was composed entirely by Richardson. The second third and fourth parts on birds fish and insects appeared in 1831 1836 and 1837 respectively. Arctic Bib. 14491. Lande S1924. Morgan p. 319. Peel 91. Sabin 71026. Streeter VI 3700. TPL 1454. Wagner-Camp 39. 4to. pp. 3 p.ol. ix-xlvi 2 300. 28 etched plates by Thomas Landseer. 2 text illus. modern bds. some offsetting from plates small embossed library stamp on title</p> London: John Murray, 1829
199961549Gallery. New. 1999. Paperback. 1872911951 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. With 114 ills. 27 x 20 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery paperback
199237685Harrisonburg Virginia: Old Fort Press. New. 1992. Spiral Bound. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . Old Fort Press unknown
180712513London: Published by W. Richardson York House 31 Strand 1807. Image: 335 by 1090mm 13.25 by 43 inches. Sheet: 449 by 616mm 17.75 by 24.25 inches. Copper engraving printed on two sheets. A view of Southwark from the north bank of the River Thames reaching from Somerset House to St Mary Newington Church. Various buildings of interest are labeled along the lower edge including the Leverian Museum a now defunct natural history museum. BM 18801113.1205. Published by W. Richardson, York House, 31, Strand, unknown
181126106London: Printed for William Miller and James Carpenter 1811. The father of the modern novel of the serious or pathetic kind First collected edition of this major 18th-century author whose works Jane Austen "knew. by heart" ODNB. Anna Laetitia Barbauld called Richardson "the father of the modern novel of the serious or pathetic kind". The editor was Dublin-born Edward Mangin 1772-1852 of Huguenot origins a contemporary of Southey at Oxford ordained into the Irish church; he published several volumes of essays and translations and a three-decker novel George the Third 1807. After a spell as a naval chaplain he spent most of his life at Bath and having a substantial income was able to study and write full-time. The delicately engraved portrait of Richardson is the work of Edward Scriven who "became eminent in his profession" ODNB. 19 vols octavo 179 x 117 mm. Fine stipple engraved portrait frontispiece of Richardson by Edward Scriven after Mason Chamberlin. Attractively bound to style in half speckled calf red morocco labels marbled sides and edges endpapers renewed. Neat early ownership inscription to head of each title page "Hilder Sandhurst". Portrait offset to title page of vol. I. A nice clean set in a handsome period-style binding which has the virtue of opening easily at the printed page. NCBEL II 917. unknown
2009__0444527885Elsevier Science Ltd 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 4000 pages. 11.00x9.00x8.00 inches. Elsevier Science Ltd hardcover
175244635Stockholm Lars Salvius 1752-53 Folio. 33x22 cm Stor helt ubeskåret eksemplar i orig. blødt blankt papbind. rester af titelskrift på ryg. Kobberstukket frontispiece = planche I. 121008101-260. Med ialt 30 kobberstukne plancher Nummererede II-XXIX komplet og med det lille stik indsat ved p. 6 de fleste store dobbeltsidede. 2 kort hvor det sidste er kobberstukket gengivelse af 2 Ptolemaeus-kort fra 1513-udgaven planche XXIX. 33 x 43 cm. Indvendig aldeles frisk eksemplar uden pletter trykt på skrivepapir. <br/><br/><em>Blandt planchernme kan nævnes Kungsbacka Varberg Falkenberg Halmstad Laholm Vinbergs Holms og Getinge Kirker Skottorp etc.Warmholtz 610: ""Lycka var at Döden ryckte pennan ur handen på Författaren eljest hade Kronan blifvit belastad med ännu mera Maculatur" ! </em> unknown
1923ST13162New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1923. FIRST EDITION. 235 x 157 mm. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". Two volumes. <br/> PLEASING CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT BY STIKEMAN & CO. stamp-signed on rear turn-in covers gilt in a Grolieresque design raised bands spines gilt in compartments with a stylized azured floral spray. With 16 photogravure portrait plates. ◆Light wear to joints occasional minor foxing otherwise a fine set internally clean and bright and in lustrous bindings.<br/> <br/> Offered in very attractive bindings by an eminent bindery this is an historical work of some interest by an underappreciated Australian novelist. Ethel Florence Richardson using the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946 wrote novels short stories and journals but her writing did not attract notice until she was in her 60s. At that time she gained considerable acclaim being nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. The present set is an historical account of the dukes of the great Howard family the first volume being titled "Norfolk Line 957-1646" and the second "Suffolk Line 1603-1917."During the period from the retirement of William Matthews to the establishment of the Club Bindery there was no better binder in America than Henry Stikeman who exhibited "extraordinary skill . . . in design inlaying and tooling." Maser Collection Stikeman's firm did high-end publisher's bindings as "bread and butter" work and luxurious gilt-tooled bindings for collectors. E. P. Dutton & Company unknown
18361006J6London: William Pickering 1836. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9" . None. An impressive first edition of Charles Richardson's dictionary with a signed letter from the author to Lord Viscount Strangford. An excellent first edition of lexicographer Charles Richardson's New Dictionary. Bound in contemporary full calf. Richardson first published a critical examination of Johnson's dictionary in 1815. He followed this with his own dictionary the early part of which appeared in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana a collaborative project overseen by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The prospectus for A New Dictionary appeared in 1834 followed by the book in parts published by subscription by William Pickering over a two year period.This copy with a tipped-in hand-written letter addressed to Percy Smythe 6th Viscount Strangford from the author dated March 16th 1836.In his letter Richardson thanks the Lord Viscount for his patronage; both for subscribing to the book personally and reccomending the New Dictionary to the libraries of the Carlton Club and House of Lords. He politely requests the Viscount's permission to mention his endorsement in further letters to the Duke of Wellington the Marquess of Cambden and Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.Viscount Strangford was known for his literary tastes as well as for his decorated career as a diplomat and ambassador to multiple major European courts. Two volumes bound in full contemporary calf. Externally smart. With notable marks to all boards. Rubbing to extremities resulting in loss of leather at corners. Joints strained; front joint of second volume significantly so. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd handling mark throughout. Mild age toning. Dusting to fore edge. A signed letter by the author tipped-in after the title page of volume one. Very Good William Pickering hardcover
mon0000546936Pearson Education Limited 16/01/2008 00:00:01. cd_rom. Good. 1.4989 in x 18.7857 in x 13.5896 in. Ex-library usual markings. Discs present in box with original artwork. Pearson Education Limited unknown
185144838London: Longmans Green and Co 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 2 volumes. 8vo. Pp. viii 413 32p. catalogue frontis ills. folding col. map with 5 inch tear 8 col. plates. Pp. vii 426 frontis col. In the original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Armorial bookplate to each publisher's ads. for "Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia" on front and rear endpapers. Heavy wear to the cloth at spine head both vols. with light wear at foot. Bindings a little cocked but overall remarkably clean and tight Volumes. Nice set in the original cloth boards. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
BRG-22_2_782Sourcebooks Landmark 2019-05-07. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Very Good condition.Crisp pages. Clean cover and pages. Book shows minimal shelf wear. No highlighting/marking. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Sourcebooks Landmark paperback
18341003797London: William Pickering 1834. First Panizzi edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso issued in four volumes by William Pickering in 1834 from the celebrated library of Frances Mary Richardson Currer. Set during the Saracen invasion of France Orlando Furioso 1516-1532 follows the adventures of Charlemagne's high-strung knight Orlando who goes mad for love. Ariosto's comic epic was hugely influential going on to inspire works as various as The Faerie Queene Much Ado About Nothing Don Quixote and Don Juan. Pickering issued this set as a companion to Panizzi's 1830 edition of Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato. It was Pickering's practice to keep his books in sheets and bind them over time: the morocco-grain cloth used on this set likely dates from slightly later in the nineteenth century. This copy of Orlando Furioso contains the bookplates and purchaser's note of Yorkshire coal heiress Frances Mary Richardson Currer 1785-1861 who built a celebrated library of some 20000 volumes. Contemporaries praised Currer's scholarship and taste as well as the rigorous organization and "choice condition" of her books. The bibliographer Thomas Frognall Dibdin called her a "book-genius" and remarked of her library: "The 'Collections' are nearly perfect." In 1820 and again in 1833 Currer issued a catalogue of her holdings widely viewed as "the model catalogue of a private library" DNB and sent copies to book collectors across England and Europe including members of the newly formed Roxburghe Club quietly asserting her place among them. Also known for her commitment to charitable causes Currer is obliquely noted as a "wealthy lady in the West Riding of Yorkshire" who paid off the debts of a new widower Patrick Brontë; scholars speculate that Charlotte Brontë's unusual pen name Currer Bell is a tribute to Frances Currer. Text in Italian. See Keynes William Pickering Publisher. A near-fine copy in the publisher's cloth with excellent bibliophilic provenance. Four octavo volumes measuring 7.5 x 4.5 inches: vii-viii clxxvi 198; 4 436; 4 424; 4 330 79 1. Original publisher's morocco-grain plum cloth printed paper spine labels text uncut and partially unopened. Woodcut frontispiece portrait after Titian; woodcut publisher's device to title pages. Bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson Currer and John Porter; Porter's Pickering collection label to rear pastedown of Volume I. Ink note in Currer's hand to verso of front free endpaper of Volume I: "Russell Smith - 13s: 6d." Spines sunned and slightly bubbled light scattered foxing. Housed in later green card slipcases. William Pickering unknown
175158092à Londres London: Chez Nourse 1751. Fine. Chez Nourse à Londres London 1751 - 1762 10 x 17.20 cm 7 volumes reliés First edition of the French translation by Abbé Prévost together with the rare supplement published in 1762 which contains Diderot's Éloge de Richardson in first edition. The illustration comprises 21 fine figures the first 13 by Eisen and the last 8 by Pasquier. Each volume contains two parts with separate title pages except for the supplement volume which contains in addition to Diderot's essay the parts of the work that had been cut by Prévost. The first complete English edition dates from 1748. Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Smooth spines elegantly decorated. Red morocco title labels and tan morocco volume labels only volume VII of the supplement published in 1761 in uniform binding has a black morocco volume label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. A tear worming to head of volume I. A stripped lower edge to volume 1. A small lack to head of volume II. Tailcap of volume V partly missing with upper joint cracked at foot and slight lack of leather. Lower joint of volume VI split at head same for volume VII. Most corners bumped. Despite defects a handsome copy in a quality binding. Clarisse Harlove is the second great novel published by the author after the immense success of Pamela; it is again a sentimental novel whose virtuous heroine finds herself constrained by her family to marry a noble ugly and obese man against her will. She will flee with one Lovelace the very type of elegant villainous and deceitful libertine who desires to constrain her body and soul leading her into social and moral decline but this will be without counting on Clarisse's virtuous qualities. If the novel from a modern perspective suffers from sentimentalism and length it nonetheless remains true that the construction of the plot the dramatic twists and the psychology will durably mark European literature. Diderot will proclaim this in his Éloge de Richardson and numerous authors will claim it or undergo its influence: Rousseau Jane Austen Choderlos de Laclos. The work will enjoy immense success and even if due to its length the novel is little read today it remains one of the most emblematic books of 18th century literature. It should be noted that Diderot's essay in addition to the praise given to Richardson is a true plea for a new realistic literature his thesis joining that which he wrote for the theater. Chez Nourse hardcover
1822E4804<p><b>First edition very rare. </b> The <i>Address</i> is a revised version of the valedictory lecture given on 31 December 1818 to mark the centenary of the death of William Penn. It gives an explanation of the origins of the Society and then is entirely directed to the career and particularly the principles of William Penn based on 'traditional information' and 'publicly and privately attested facts'. The private information was doubtless supplied by John Penn 1760-1834 founder of the Society who as a surviving grandson of William Penn succeeded his father to the moiety of the last proprietorship of Pennsylvania.<br /></p><p>The Outinian Society was originally founded in 1817 as the Matrimonial Society in response to an anonymous poem called 'Marriage' in the <i>Monthly Magazine</i>. It had the object of promoting marriage and improving the domestic life of married couples. Extending its aims to other schemes of human happiness – to 'the more perfect knowledge of certain less obvious truths and principles of human action' – it soon changed its name to the Outinian Society apparently inspired by a line in Homer. John Penn was its president and editor Jonathan Richardson its secretary and lecturer. The lectures were very popular: <i>Records of the Origin and Proceedings of the Outinian Society</i> 1822 lists well over 1000 names of Auditors who had attended.</p><p>COPAC and OCLC list copies at the British Library Society of Friends and Harvard only. J. Smith<i>Friends' Books</i> 2.326 attributing it to John Penn.</p><p>8vo pp. 2 56 with a lithographed title-page illustrating the medal of the Outinian Society an engraved portrait frontispiece of William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania and six other plates Lady Juliana Penn Vice-Admiral Sir William Penn Thomas Penn a memorial urn to Lady Juliana the remains of the tree at Stoke Park under which the treaty between Penn and the Indians was signed and a second portrait of Penn tissue guards foxed; contemporary hard grain morocco rubbed; note on endleaf identifying the founder of the Outinian Society as John Penn; signature of the educationist and author Madame de Genlis dated 1829 'a friend of the family' bookplate of Major Claud Alexander.</p> W. Nicol, late Bulmer & Co hardcover
18112091202133212995James Carpenter 1811. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 19 books in total James Carpenter paperback
182210708Printed by W. Nicol late Bulmer & Co. London. 1822. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9.3 x 6.1 inches. Illustrated title 56pp 7 full page engravings each with a plain tissue guard. Aside from some light spotting to the tissue guards this is a bright and clean copy throughout. Finely bound in nineteenth century full burgundy morocco. Spine with four wide raised bands each with gilt box ruling. Compartments triple ruled and lettered in gilt. Boards with five ruled line gilt borders. Board edges and turn-ins with gilt decorative roll. All edges gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Some minor wear to the edges of the binding but overall a very good and attractive copy of this rare work both inside and out. Contains a lithographed title page illustrating both sides of the medal of the Outinian Societ and seven full page plates; portrait frontispiece of William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania; Lady Juliana Penn; Vice-Admiral Sir William Penn; Thomas Penn; a memorial urn dedicated to the memory of Lady Juliana; the remnant of the Great tree at Stoke Park under which the treaty was held between William Penn and the Original Natives of America; and another different portrait of Penn. --- Sabin lists the author as John Penn 1760 - 1834 Grandson of William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania and also incorrectly only calls for 6 plates. The anonymous publication of a poem titled "Marriage" in a Monthly Magazine issue during the summer of 1815 inspired Penn to organise The Matrimonial Society which he established in early 1817 and which had for its object an improvement in the domestic life of married persons. It later extended its aims to include other schemes of domestic utility and the society re-named itself the Outinian Society. During the summer of 1818 meetings of the society took place at Penn's house in London's Spring Gardens and later at Stoke Park Buckinghamshire the family home purchased by his father in 1760. Penn who acted as president edited the works of the society for publication. The Second Lecture appeared in 1819 the General Address of the Outinian Lecturer in 1822 Records of the Origin and Proceedings of the Outinian Society in 1822 A Proposal of the Outinian Society in 1823 written by Penn and the Seventh Outinian Lecture in 1823. The society was still existing in 1825. Sabin 26864. Printed by W. Nicol, late Bulmer & Co. London. 1822 hardcover
