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1797601461797. ANONYMOUS. A Collection of Poems on Religion and Moral Subjects. Extracted from the Most Celebrated Authors. Collecta Revirefeunt. 18th-century full calf gilt-lettered red morocco spine label gilt ruled spine. Elizabeth-town NJ: Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis 1797. First edition. Evans 31953. Felcone 54. An anthology of poetry including Thomas Gray's "An Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard" Robert Blair's "The Grave" Young's "The Last Day" and other poems. Some light scattered foxing and toning else a very good copy. unknown
17625593London: A. Millar 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good . Large octavo 230pp. plus errata leaf at rear. A very good or better copy in contemporary full brown calf. Morocco spine label mostly perished possibly due to insect damage. The rest of the volume mercifully unaffected. Firmly bound internally bright and clean and with nice wide margins. Scarce in commerce. A. Millar hardcover
179441858New Haven Conn.: T. & S. Green 1794. First edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 6 x 8 1/2 in. 17 pp with front cover and appendix on final leaf. The document is folded and bound with a sewn thread. This copy has never been opened/cut. Condition is NEAR FINE ; covers are toned and the edges of the hand-made paper have some mild chips. Thread used for the biding stitch is in excellent condition.Text is much brighter and is unmarked very clean. Has an older antiquarian's typed note on the publication is included. Rare. RGR. T. & S. Green unknown
17793332London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1779. No Binding. Good. Pages 1387-1428. 44 p. including cover. 31 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Small holes in left margin. Print off-kilter on first page. An act from the reign of King George III. More photos available on request. <br/><br/> Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
1767027815Paris: Chez Vincent Libraire rue S Séverin 1767. Book. Fair. Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 volumes. Text in French. 384 and 382 pages respectively.Gilt spine titles.Covers heavily worn; all edges gilt darkened; spines obviously reinforced and later marbled endpapers. Bindings solid.Interiors clean and unmarked. . Chez Vincent, Libraire, rue S, Séverin Hardcover
1756403<p>ca 1756. <br /><br /><strong>UNIQUE 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND VOLUME WITH OVER 500 PAGES OF HAND SCRIPT CONTAINING COPIES OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLISHED MEDICAL PAPERS IN FRENCH AND LATIN.</strong> <br /><br />6 1/2 inches tall hardcover contemporary full leather binding spine with raised bands gilt compartments faded gilt red leather labels edges stained red. Light wear to edges of covers and spine small wormholes margins of covers and top of pages not affecting text. Pages are consecutively numbered in ink from 1 to 524. Each page is filled with about 25 lines of neat ink script most in French some in Latin. The contents represent hand copies of 18th century European medical papers apparently entered by different scribes. <br /><br />The first paper is recorded as " Recherches sur la force de l'imagination de femmes enceinte sur le fœtus a l'occasion d'un chien extraordinaire " par M. Eller acad. de Berlin tom XII 1756. Research on the strength of pregnant women's imagination on the fetus on the exposure to an extraordinary dog. The title of the original published paper reads " monstruous " rather than " extraordinary ". <strong>JOHANN THEODOR ELLER</strong> 1689-1760 was a major physician of the 18th century: chemist Prussian military doctor and from 1735 personal physician under Frederick William I and Frederick II. <br /><br />This is followed by papers by Meckel Fothergill Roderer and Monro. <strong>JOHANN FRIEDRICH MECKEL</strong> 1781–1833 was a German anatomist born in Halle. He worked as a professor of anatomy pathology and zoology at the University of Halle Germany. <strong>JOHN FOTHERGILL</strong> 1712–1780 was an English physician plant collector philanthropist and Quaker. <strong>JOHANN GEORG ROEDERER</strong> 1726–1763 was a German physician and obstetrician who was a native of Strasbourg. He studied medicine at Leiden Paris and London and became the first professor of obstetrics at the University of Göttingen. <strong>ALEXANDER MONRO</strong> 1697–1767 was the founder of Edinburgh Medical School. To distinguish him as the first of three generations of physicians of the same name he is known as primus.</p> hardcover
177978317London:: Printed for John Boosey 1779. First edition. old full calf. Spines chipped and vertically cracked; each from cover is reinforced with glue slightly affecting the openability at the front free endpaper and half-title of each volume. . 12mo. Printed for John Boosey, unknown
1790102987London: Hotel Serpente 1790-91. Full-Leather. Very Good. 2 vols.: 390; 470 p. 21 cm. Full leather respined with original spines reattached. All corners but one rebuilt. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Faint dampness stains throughout but all text legible. Some wear to front pastedowns perhaps where bookplates were removed. Volume one has small hole in bottom corner p. 305. <br/><br/> This is the index to a multi-volume set of memoirs that pertained to French history up to the end of the ancien regime. Each entry gives the volume and page numbers where the particular memoir may be found. French text. Hotel Serpente hardcover
18001382624Bavaria Presumed mid 1800s. Hardcover. Oblong tenmo unpaginated. In Good Plus condition. Spine red leather no lettering. Quarter bound in red leather with marbled paper boards and leather pencil sleeve. Shelfwear and soiling. 1/2" section chipped and missing from tail of spine. Small section missing from pencil sleeve. Pages lightly agetoned. <br /> <br /> Original sketchbook from the grand tour of an unknown presumed wealthy Englishman. "The Tyrol with a glance of Bavaria" written under the front board in graphite. Contains 14 pages with original graphite sketches of the Bavarian countryside including one landscape filled in with watercolor. Majority of pages unmarked. Shelved case 9. 1382624. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover
1791BOOKS313448London UK: John Stockdale. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of Sir William Pole Bar. Shute Devonshire. Bottom of spine has the numbers 257. . 8vo. 368 plus 16 pp catalog Full leather . John Stockdale hardcover
1780110278AB1780. Gand Ghent Imprimerie de J. Poelman ca. 1780. 16.5 x 10 cm. 72 pages. Relié demi-cuir. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's mylar - Lower spine slightly damaged. État d'usage. Couverture tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Intérieur en bon état malgré quelques traces de rousseurs. Titre sur le dos décoré en doré. Ce livre est lié à une seconde publication. Bound with: P.-C. Baes - Introduction aux Sciences.A L'usage des Ecoles et de L'Instruction Privee. Deuxiéme édition revue corigée et appliquée á la Belgique. 290 2 pages. Illustree. Gand Imprimerie et Lith. de Vanderhaeghe-Maya no year c.1850. hardcover
1797838F20Edinburgh: T. Brown 1797 . Leather. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The very scarce third edition 'with considerable improvements' of this charming late eighteenth century guide to Edinburgh. Illustrated with a frontispiece folding map and twelve further plates. Collated complete.This city guide provides a 'concise history of the city' from antiquity to time of publication alongside providing an overview of its principal public buildings.ESTC reference number T137125With the illustrated bookplate of British ornithologist conservationist painter naval officer broadcaster and sportsman Peter Markham Scott to the front pastedown. Scott was the only child of Antarctic explorer Sir Robert Falcon Scott. Former owner's inscription of David Black to front free endpaper.A beautifully illustrated late eighteenth century guide to Edinburgh. In a full tree calf binding. Rubbing to back strip head and tail joints and board perimeters resulting in small losses to the leather. Front joint and head of rear joint starting with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned but clean. Good T. Brown hardcover
1708930F54London: H. Hills 1708 . First edition. Unbound. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this anonymously authored satire about the complaints of traders during the season of the 'Long Vacation'. A very scarce first edition.A satirical poem discussing the period of the year - late July to early November - where courts were in recess and trade and thus went into decline.ESTC T66871.Sometimes attributed to Edward Ward this work was anonymously authored.The poem wittily critiques the economic state of the day highlighting the connection between law commerce and the economy. Unbound as issued. Title page and final leaf tenderly held to the head only. Stamp to tail of final leaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the light spotting. Good H. Hills unknown
1776kb522.102GB: DODSLEY Etc 1776. Frontispiece - "C.W. Bampfylde 28 March 1776" at base with imnage of a lady at a dressing table etc. Title page of first work. Pages 5-64. Second title page. Pages 3-42. Title page vignette and small plates on p27 28 29 31 and 32. Fairly clean tight texts. Endpapers etc browned. Armorial bookplate of Lord Rivers and Armorial bookplate modern of Laurence. Bound in old marbled boards sound but marked with new leather spine with raised bands and Gold on burgundy title label. A presentable copy. Hardback. VG-/No Dw. DODSLEY Etc Hardcover
1780200080AG1780. Italy no year c.1780. Original hand-coloured copper engravings. Plate Size: 8 cm x 12.3 cm. Sheet Size: 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Original prints. In very good condition. Brightly coloured. Some very minor traces of browning only. A beautiful set of eight hand-coloured engravings of wild animals. The animals included are: The Jaguar / Bear / Royal Vulture / Saki Monkey / Tropical Bird / Coucous Goose / Great Hornbill / Common Murre & Puffin. unknown
1781194444Glasgow : printed by J. & J. Robertson and J. Duncan 1781. First Edition. Paperback. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-crossed raised bands. Some edge tears with minor loss to frontis. Crude tape repair to p.16. Tear with loss to illus. page facing appendix p.191. Scattered foxing throughout. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 200 pages; Physical description: iv 5-200 16p. Frontis. illus. ; 12cm. Subjects: Mythology Classical - Early works to 1800. Includes index 16p. at end. Notes: ESTC citation no. : N17690. Glasgow : printed by J. & J. Robertson, and J. Duncan paperback
1750100213Napoli Stamperia di Giovanni di Simone 1750. In 4° piena pergamena coeva riassestata ed un po' macchiata. Pp. XCII 2 n.n. frontespizio rosso nero; primo capolettera ornato stampato in arancio con l'immagine di un drago. segue il primo titolo che riporta "Le nozze di Bacco. Ditirambo" con una bella testatina di grande formato ed un altro capolettera anche questi stampati in arancio finalino al fine. Il secondo titolo riporta "Epitalamio per le felicissime nozze degli Illus.mi Signori Sposi D. Filippo Barone Aliprandi e D. Gertrude de Sterlich" anche in questo grande testatina Argentiero e capolettera arancio finalino in fine. Il terzo titolo riporta "Inno in lode di S.E. il Signor D. Romualdo de Sterlich Marchese di Cermignano stesse caratteristiche di ornato dei precedenti. Nell'ultimo titolo sono riportati alcuni sonetti. Qualche lieve alone ma. nel complesso buon esemplare. Si veda il Melzi vol. 2 pag. 397 Napoli, Stamperia di Giovanni di Simone unknown
178981056s. l.: S. n. 1789. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1789 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition presented in its original wrappers. Rare and handsome copy. Autograph inscription signed by the author: ""Pour monsieur le marquis de Chalvet. Na : cet écrit fut publié en xbre 1788."" ""For monsieur le marquis de Chalvet. Note: this work was published in December 1788."" S. n. unknown