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1787116055Venezia s.n.e. 1787. Voll. 2 in 8° legatura ottocentesca in mezza. pelle ottocentesca con tit. oro ai dorsi pp. 6 n.n. con front. 536 ; 6 n.n. con front. 535 volta bianca piccoli fregi ai front. Con 34 belle tavole incise in rame e ripiegate con vedute di città francesi Parigi Lione Bordeaux. compreso una mappa più volte ripiegata. Precede il primo vol. un'introd. geografica e storica della Francia mentre il secondo è preceduto da una descrizione di Parigi. Buon esemplare con margini solo uno strappo che mutila una tav. con perdita della parte superiore e più che minima usura in generale Venezia, s.n.e. unknown
17539900037255London: Dan Browne et al. 1753. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 266 24. 12mo. Our copy has been recently re-backed with the original spine label laid down. Bookplate of famous bibliophone A. Edward Newton attached to inside front board. The hinges are strong. Boards show some wear to edges. Contents clean and tight: a good copy. The identity of the author is in dispute. The Gentleman's Magazine of 1848 suggests it might have been Tobias Smollett. Other suggest it was 'Sir' John Hill 1716-1775 an English author and botanist who edited the 'British Magazine' from 1746-1750 and for two years 1751-1753 wrote a daily letter 'The Inspector' for the London Advertiser and 'Literary Gazette' see Wikipedia. There is also an anonymous three page Preface to this book which a pencilled note on the front free endpaper which suggests the Preface 'is undoubtedly by Samuel Johnson'. However a typed card laid-in loose contradicts this assertion. Dan Browne et al. hardcover
1709930P41London: H. Hills 1709. First edition. Disbound. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". None. A vanishingly scarce satirical poem on the society of the University of Oxford the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.'The Servitour: a Poem' is a satirical poem on life at the University Oxford anonymously written but described as being by a servitour of the university. A servitour was a lower-class student of the University who played for their education by performing menial tasks for the wealthy students such was waiting on them at meals.Lacking the half-title. Register runs as A2-A8. Disbound lacking the half-title. internally generally firmly bound final leaf is working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with a few scattered spots. Good Only H. Hills unknown
172380762London: J. Applebee 1723. Pamphlet. Good. POSSIBLY 1724. by John Checkley 1680-1754. Octavo 7 3/8" x 4 1/2." Pamphlet. pp. 16. Missing last two unpaginated leaves including final errata leaf and final advertisement leaf. Light crease across horizontal center. Title-page browned and soiled typical of age. Lightly crimping bottom right corner of title-page. Nice floral head piece and initial on pp. 1. Edges neatly trimmed close to top of text shaving page numbers: 1 3 and 13-16. Scattered brown staining pp. 9-11 13-16 text entirely readable. Interior pages lightly browned with moderate foxing throughout. Pp. 12-16 include possibly apocryphal epistle of St. Ignatius to the Trallians. ESTC N597. The outspoken American clergyman John Checkley 1680-1754 secretly authored and printed this pamphlet while being tried and convicted for prior seditious writings against the Puritans. Checkley's trial is considered to be a critical juncture in the history of religious toleration and freedom of the press in America. was secretly printed at a critical moment in the history of religious toleration and freedom of the press in this country.<br /> <br /> ".Its publisher and author John Checkley a Boston bookseller and man of strong religious opinions daringly brought out this pamphlet while being tried and convicted for libelling the Puritans in an earlier one pamphlet; His trial 'was the last attempt . . . to prevent the publication of theological and ecclesiastical views. . . .' ---Edmund F. Slafter's John Checkley; or the Evolution of Religious Tolerance in Massachusetts Bay 1897. Quite scarce. J. Applebee unknown
179729726AB1797. First Irish Edition. Two Volumes complete set. Dublin Printed for P.Wogan P.Byrne J.Moore J.Rice W.Watson and Son G. Folingsby etc. etc. 1797. Small-Octavo 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 331 376 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I. John Moore FRSE 1729 1802 was a Scottish physician and travel author. He also edited the works of Tobias Smollett. He was born on 10 October 1729 in Stirling the son of Rev Charles Moore of Rowallan d1735 and his wife Marion Anderson. The family moved to Glasgow in his youth and he was educated at Glasgow Grammar School. He was then apprenticed to Dr. John Gordon in Glasgow 1745 to 1747. After taking a medical degree at Glasgow he served as a Surgeon's Mate with the army in Flanders during the Seven Years' War then proceeded to London to continue his studies and eventually to Paris where became surgeon to the household of the British ambassador there. In 1751 he returned to Glasgow to rejoin Dr. John Gordon also then practising with Dr. Thomas Hamilton. From 1769 to 1778 he accompanied the Duke of Hamilton who was linked to Thomas on a Grand Tour of Europe. On his return he took up residence in London. In 1792 he accompanied Lord Lauderdale to Paris and witnessed some of the principal scenes of the Revolution. His Journal during a Residence in France 1793 is the careful record of an eye-witness and is frequently referred to by Thomas Carlyle. In 1784 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Dalzell James Gregory and John Robison. He died in Richmond in Surrey now part of London on 21 February 1802. He is buried in Stirling. His novel Zeluco 1789 a close analysis of the motives of a selfish profligate produced a great impression at the time and indirectly through the poetry of Byron has left an abiding mark on literature. Byron said that he intended Childe Harold to be a poetical Zeluco and the most striking features of the portrait were undoubtedly taken from that character. Moore's other works have a less marked individuality but his sketches of society and manners in France Germany Switzerland Italy and England A View of Society and Manners in France Switzerland and Germany London W. Strahan & T. Cadell in the Strand 1779 2 vol.; A View of Society and Manners in Italy with anecdotes related to some eminent characters London W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1781 2 vol. were also very popular during his lifetime and furnish valuable materials for the social historian. "Mordaunt. Character Sketches of Life Characters and Manners in Various Countries; including the Memoirs of A French Lady of Quality" was a powerfully written anti-French Revolution novel in three volumes in the form of 34 character sketches of famous politicians royalty generals the wealthy and the celebrity of the day. It also offers detailed eyewitness accounts of John Moore's observations as he travelled throughout Europe in the last years of the 18th century. There are gripping accounts of the heroic feats of a dashing British Officer included which were actually accounts of John Moore's son General Moore. Wikipedia hardcover
17069620Madrid 1706. 196x144mm. 7¾x5¾". Madrid 1706. En 4º 196 x 144. 8 pp. Sin encuadernar. Primera edición. Relación de la historia del fraile agustino endemoniado y el milagro de la Virgen de los Portentos. Se trata de la historia de un hermano lego vÃctima al parecer de posesión demonÃaca quien después de haber visto a las altas autoridades de la Orden Agustina sin haber logrado que saliera de él el demonio en un momento de mejorÃa mandaron a Fray Francisco como limosnero a la cercana localidad de Villalba del Rey y que allà al entrar en casa del párroco y ver una pequeña imagen de la Virgen que aquél tenÃa el lego entró en trance logrando finalmente quedar libre de su posesión. A raÃz de este suceso le levantó la capilla a la patrona de aquél lugar. En el texto se nos informa del nombre completo del religioso Fray Francisco Alfonso Antolinez y Medina de que era natural de Villena y de que residÃa en el Convento de Ntra. Sra. Del Puerto de Salmerón. unknown
1784SET31-F-1London : W. Strahan et al. 1784. Leather. Fair. 8.5" by 5". None. An extensive biographical dictionary from the eighteenth century. A new edition greatly enlarged and improved. Containing entries on Agrippa Francis Bacon Anne Boleyn Caesar and many others. Arranged alphabetically. Also including bibliographies of those who are discussed. With indexes to the rear of each volume. Nine volumes of twelve only missing volumes VI VII and XII. In contemporary calf bindings. Externally rather worn with dampstaining and rubbing. Loss to three backstrips. All joints are cracked with two boards nearly detached. Internally binding tender in places with some pages working loose. Pages are bright though with some scattered instances of foxing. There are also some scattered ink annotations to the margins. Fair W. Strahan et al. hardcover
178531196AB1785. With three separate titlepages. London Printed for Francis Power and Thomas Carnan 1785 - 1789. Small Octavo 115 cm x 17 cm. Part I: IV 64 pages / Part II: IV 139 pages plus 5 pages of a thorough Index / Part III: IV 56 pages. Hardcover / Original half-vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. Binding with some minor signs of wear. Binding and spine firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner Mary Gray written in ink on titlepages. ESTC N55234 Part I. An Historical Description of the Tower of London and its Curiosities Giving an Account: 1. Of its The Towers Foundation gradual Increase and present State 2. Of its The Towers Government Customs and Privileges. 3. Of its The Towers Antiquities Records nd Curiosities 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there In the Tower of London - their Nature and Properties 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada with he History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588 6. Of the small Armory in which at one View may be seen Arms for 100000 Men 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that fit there on Horseback in full Armour from William the Conqueror to his late Majesty 9. Of the Jewel Office and the Regalia used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown Jewels 10. Of the Mint and the Manner of stamping Money Stamping Gold and Halfpence Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Strangers to what is most curious in this Repository and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen. London Printed for Francis Power and Co. Successors to the late Mr.Thomas Carnan 1789. Part II. An Historical Description of Westminster-Abbey Its Monuments and Curiosities. Containing: 1. An Account of its Westminster Abbey's Foundation and Consecration 2. The various changes it has undergone 3. A general View of all the Monuments erected there in; with an abstract of their Inscriptions 4. Copies of the best English Epitaphs and translations of the Latin 5. Characters Anecdotes and Memoirs of the Lives of the Kings &c. interred in the Abbey 6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective Monuments 7. A particular description of Henry VIIth's Chapel with its Ornaments 8. A general view of the Cloisters with copies of the several inscriptions there 9. Translations of the Hebrew Ethiopic and Greek Epitaphs on the Tombs of Sir Samuel Moreland's two Wives never before attempted Designed Chiefly as a Guide to Strangers. Note: The new Monuments are continued down to the present Year. London Printed for Thomas Carnan 1788. Part III. An Historical Description of St.Paul's Cathedral containing: 1. The History of the Old Cathedral from its Foundation; in which many curious Particulars concerning its ancient Customs Privileges and Solemnities are recited 2. An Account of the Manner of proceeding in taking down the vast Ruins of the Old Cathedral with the Discoveries and Observations made upon the Spot by Sir Christopher Wren 3. A full Description of the founding building ornamenting and finishing the present Structure with Observations on its Beauties and Defects 4. An Explanation of the Entablature Moldings and Bands Sculpture and all the Decorations and Paintings both within and without the Church 5. A concise Account of every Thing curious that is shewn in it to Strangers 6. A Comparison of its Dimensions with those of the Old Church - And of the Dimensions of both with those of St.Peter's at Rome To which are added: "A Description of the Monument with an Explanation of its Sculpture and a Translation of the Latin Inscription round it; Also some Conjectures concerning London-Stone and other Roman Remains - And a Review of the Ancient Walls and Gates about the City. London Printed for Thomas Carnan 1784. hardcover
179815286London: Published by Haines & Son No. 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane 1798. Mezzotint. Printed on wove paper. Image size: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches. A post- hunting scene of a gentleman recounting the details of the hunt.<br/> <br/> This early hunting scene follows the tradition of James Seymour by presenting a small format sporting picture in a bold decisive style. The artist and engraver are not recorded on the plate which was typical of works published at the period by Haines & Son. Haines & Son were prolific publishers and printsellers who catered to the decorative print market they often republished earlier plates which they acquired from other publishers such as Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer. Published by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane unknown
1736002648<p>London: printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row 1736. Hardcover. Good. Full calf binding with gilt lettering to spine probably bound in the 19th century 6-3/8" x 4" 200 pp. plus index and three pages of publisher's catalog. Wear to head and tail of spine wear to corners hinges reinforced with cloth spine darkened pages clean. Good to very good repaired condition. One of the most important fishing books of the 18th century this also contains twelve pages of fish recipes. Because the book was marketed to the gentleman angler these are not riverside recipes but ones for the gentleman's cook to prepare when he returns home triumphant with his catch. Some great houses though had fishing pavilions by the lake which were equipped with their own kitchens. Mark Girouard. Life in the English Country House. 210.</p> printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row hardcover
1749r017.162GB: W Innys 1749. 8 and 186 pages. Six figures/plates as called for. Old full leather. Small piece out top left of title page and small piece out of margin of page 129/30 neither affecting lettering. Some pencilling throughout which would erase and very occasional ink remark. Name of owner at front of book. Fairly clean tight text but bit dust marked ate dges and also MINOR DAMP MARKS to margins of a few leaves. Covers and spine sound but worn. No titles etc. A good working copy. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good. W Innys Hardcover
1744921F44London: L. Raymond and sold by J.M. 1744 . First edition. Unbound. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. The first edition of this very scarce work concerning the Navy's unsuccessful attack on Cartagena in Colombia. The first edition of this very scarce work.This volume concerns the unsuccessful Royal Navy 1741 attack on Cartagena in Colombia a battle which took place during the War of Jenkins's Ear.Edward Vernon with the naval forces forced his way into the harbour but the irresolution and delay of Thomas Wentworth and the military led to the failure of the expedition and loss of over half the landing force through sickness.ESTC T22782A very scarce contemporary military and naval account. Last seen at auction in 1984. Unbound as issued. Light handling marks to first and final leaf which are lightly age toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with instances of light handling marks and the odd area of spotting. Very Good L. Raymond, and sold by J.M. unknown
1709855P6London: Charles Bell; Thomas Newcomb 1709. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 3.5". None. An uncommon treatise on British law and high treason an interesting copy with manuscript notes by the barrister Sir Edward Northey. The first edition of this uncommon work.ESTC citation number T136807 Complete as two parts bound in one as issued.Queen Anne coat of arms in gilt to the boards as issued. An interesting early eighteenth century treatise on British law and high treason written after a century of great political turmoil in the country after the English Civil War and various attempts at overthrowing the monarch to a varying success. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper notes by Sir Edward Northey regarding the Window Tax. Northey was a senior barrister and politician sitting in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1722. He was the Attorney General for England and Wales. In a full crushed morocco binding with gilt coat of arms to the boards. Externally generally smart with some rubbing to the spine and extremities. Light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink notes to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good Charles Bell; Thomas Newcomb hardcover
1795748R35London: W. Peacock 1795. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A wonderful fine binding of this thorough dictionary with folding maps. A pocket-sized dictionary to all things geographical giving an insight into education of the world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Ownership inscription to 'Maria Windsor' dated May 30th 1803 following blank contains a 3rd prize inscription for a 'reward for improvement in Music and Diligence and Application to that study'.Contains five colour folding maps.In a full straight grain morocco binding with gilt spine borders and foredges. Externally lovely very minor shelfwear to extremities. Ownership and prize inscription to front blanks. Internally firmly bound and pages are bright and clean. Near Fine W. Peacock unknown
1710LTH26-C-1London: Samuel Keble 1710. Leather. Good Only. 6" by 3.5". None. A very scarce work on Catholic ceremonies from the eighteenth century. In a full leather binding. 'The One and Thirtieth Edition' A early 18th century religious work. Including prayers and meditations to be performed throughout the week. An interesting work both as a religious text and as a piece of social history. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally rather worn. Joints are starting and the backstrip is lifting. Some evidence of past worming to the rear board. Internally binding strained in places. Pages are age-toned with some handling marks and foxing and chipping to the margins. Good Only Samuel Keble hardcover
1709ANONYMOU016413Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of Westminster. 1709. One of a number of printings in the same year with no priority established. A 24-page pamphlet ''Price 2 Pence''. A doggerel satire written in objection to the 1708 Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act which allowed the settlement of Huguenot refugees. Plus �a change.Spine rubbed and glue-stained. Foxed and dusty. Good only. Scarce. Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of Westminster. unknown
1715LTH26-C-2London: John Baskett 1715. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 3.5". Unknown. A lovely little old book of common prayer dating from the early eighteenth-century. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates throughout. Together with the psalter or psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. In reversed calf binding. Externally lightly rubbed with wear to extremities and loss to the spine. Both hinges are strained. Internally some leaves working slightly loose and frontispiece detached. Intermittently bright and generally clean with a little scattered spotting. Some paper repairs. Very Good John Baskett hardcover
1772106011772. A Paris chez Desnos 1772 à 1777. 2 forts volumes in/16 oblongs reliure plein veau marbré du temps dos à nerfs à caissons dorés et pièces de titre marron et rouge vol. 1 : 4 parties de 144 pages chacune - vol. 2 : 3 parties de 144 pages chacune XV ff. 87 p 51 p. de table 2 ff. de privilège. Coiffe supérieure abîmée du 1er vol. coins inférieurs du vol 2 très usés trous dinsectes sur les mors du vol. 2. Quelques feuillets manuscrits in-fine suivis de quelques feuillets vierges. 2 fat vol. 16mo in full contemporary marbled calf gilt panels and red labels on spine. Few flaws : upper tips worn vol 2 : wormholes on joint ; rear corners hardly worn. Containing numerous receipts for drawing pastels & painting restauration colours. to remove stains remedies for men & animals esoterism. Manuel de "trucs" d'artistes fabriquer ses couleurs raviver les ors comment rendre le volume d'une rose en peinture le rendu d'une perle d'une étoffe. d'artisans colorer le bois graver le métal. falsifications encres invisibles encres de couleurs reconnaître les pierres précieuses. conservation des aliments soins aux animaux ésotérisme baguette divinatoire !. unknown
17996353Piove di Sacco/Padova Francesco Conzatti 1799/1800. Voll. 2 in 8° cartonati recenti. Pp. VIII 382 8 452 buon esemplare seppur stampato su carta "povera". Melzi II pag. 181 raro manca al Lozzi Piove di Sacco/Padova, Francesco Conzatti unknown
173971621Ravenna Antonmaria Landi 1739. In 4° antico piena pergamena coeva con titolo su tassello al dorso. Pp. XVI di dedicatoria LV di prefazione e protesta 490 dalla pagina 409 alla 483 si trovano le Memorie storiche dette come aggiunta al titolo nessuna definizione di autore ma di Pietro P. Ginanni. In poche pagine e non di continuo è presente una giallitura seppur non pesante; opera non comune in buono stato di conservazione in tre facciate fregi tipografici di grande dimensione. Precedente proprietà autografa ripetuta di CARLO VOGLIERI anch'esso poeta ravennate. Altra proprietà più moderna Ravenna, Antonmaria Landi unknown
1766271945Amsterdam ; et se trouve à Paris : chez L'Esclapart le jeune la veuve Duchesne 1766. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Bramshill with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 306 p. ; 17 cm. Subjects; Moral Tales. French Writing. 18th century writing. Amsterdam ; et se trouve à Paris : chez L'Esclapart le jeune, la veuve Duchesne hardcover
1717181829London : printed for T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row 1717. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Book has faint marginal scattered foxing with slight staining with page edges uncut. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 120 pages; Physical desc.: 120 p. 21 cm. Subject: Hamilton family. Hamilton James Douglas Duke of 1658-1712. ESTC citation no.: N10316. London : printed for T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row hardcover
1780287280London : Printed for the proprietors and sold by R. Snagg 1780. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 282 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; No maps included. Subjects; Great Britain Description and travel 1701-1800. Genre; Illustrated. London : Printed for the proprietors and sold by R. Snagg hardcover