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1800002266S. l.: s. n. 1800. Softcover. Four etchings n. d.; paper 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 image 6 3/4 x 5; hand-colored; each one with a decorative string through small holes to upper margin; minor spotting mostly to verso; very good or better condition.A lovely set of images by an anonymous artist they represent the four seasons in the form of people. Winter is a grumpy man smoking a pipe Spring is a young fellow planting flowers Summer is a smiling lad harvesting wheat and Autumn is a cheerful man carrying a basket of fruit. S. l.: s. n. paperback
173061831/618321 16.5 x 13.5 cm 2 16.2 x 13.3 cm two manuscript maps in pen and ink. Verso: blank; additional 1 sheet accompanying original text in a neat hand paginated 452 & 453 with header "I. Ceilan." from 'Traité de géographie universelle' without place or date France around 1730 French manuscript of the early 18th century of a treatise of universal geography apparently unpublished. The author who may have been at the head of the manuscript project is unknown but for some drawings he used the reverse side of the documents from the family archives where the name of Le Tellin de Grandval reappears - perhaps a trail for his identification This nicely drawn pen illustration is part of 63 maps and 53 figures 22 sites and monuments 11 types and costumes 9 zoological representations and 11 botanicals. pages 369-475 cover Asia.Condition: 1 small paper loss on upper right. 2 tight left & upper/lower margins otherwise excellent; verso: blank. Unpublished.
1791884F28Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith for Messrs. R. Cross P. Wogan et al 1791 . Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A very scarce Dublin edition of this late eighteenth century analysis of King George III's reign in the 1780s. A very scarce Dublin edition of this work published in the same year as the first edition which was published in London and saw several editions in the same year.This informative political pamphlet discusses King George IIIs reign over England and the British Empire between 1780 and 1790 and includes discussion of the first years of the French Revolution. Also present is a discussion of the conclusion of the American Revolution.An anonymously authored work.ESTC T48424 In the publisher's original paper wraps. Minor loss of paper to back strip tail with small loss of paper to fore edge of rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. R. Cross, P. Wogan et al paperback
175031643AB1750. France c. 1750-1780 . Octavo. 208 unnumbered pages of which 188 pages have entries and the other are left blank. Flexible Vellum of the 18th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Other chapters in the Manuscript include: De Melancholia / De catarrho / hardcover
1720016057The Netherlands: Unknown 1720 Book. Illus. by Unknown. Good. No Binding. ca. 1720 Good Condition Margins Discoloured see photos Sheet size: 40 × 32 cm; Image border: 33 × 26 cm A standalone anonymous satirical print from around 1720 issued as a separate broadside during the Windhandel speculative mania. Attributed to an anonymous Dutch engraver of the early 18th century The style corresponds to Amsterdam and Haarlem satirical print production of ca. 1719-1721 in which artists such as Jan Goeree Cornelis Troost and various anonymous pamphlet engravers were active. Without a signature however the attribution remains uncertain. Date Circa 1720 during the height of the European speculative bubbles South Sea Bubble Mississippi Bubble and the Dutch Windhandel. Dimensions Sheet: 40 × 32 cm Image border: 33 × 26 cm Condition Paper aged and discoloured with even browning/toning typical of 18th-century prints. Light edge wear and small points of foxing without any loss of image content. Impression sharp and complete. Description A satirical engraving mocking the speculative frenzy and widespread losses during the Windhandel. The composition is densely populated with figures chaotically trading worthless "acties" shares. At the centre are frustrated investors a man vomiting up his share papers another being pushed into a barrel and a figure rising into the air with balloons-a classic symbol of inflated expectations. In the background appear horsemen a crowd gathered around a tree marked "Vaanen" and a distant town. The scene serves as a moralising warning against greed gullibility and market madness. Explanation of the text The verses beneath the image are typical of satirical prints of this period: moralising rhythmic and intended to admonish the viewer. The text describes among other things: - how the "sick" speculator vomits up his shares - how the share price drops hour by hour - how the investor loses his money honour and peace of mind - how the city is overrun by beggars ruined by the Windhandel. The tone is sharp and mocking: the speculator is portrayed as someone who brings about his own downfall through greed and foolishness. Background information The print refers to the Windhandel in the Dutch Republic 1719-1720 a period in which: - countless worthless or fictitious companies issued shares - citizens invested en masse in speculative ventures - the market collapsed and many lost their fortunes. These prints were often distributed as pamphlets and served as social commentary. They were popular among printers in Amsterdam Leiden and Haarlem who capitalised on public outrage. The balloonist the barrel the burning papers and the desperate crowd are recurring iconographic motifs in Windhandel prints forming a visual language of warning satire and moral instruction. Unknown unknown
1772105014Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press 1772. Leather Bound. Good. 425 54 p. Full leather with raised bands burgundy spine label and gold impressing on spine. Worn and bumped. Hinges cracking at upper spine. Also contains listings of chancellors high-stewards vice-chancellors and proctors. Second part contains listings from 1770 to 1882 as well as a page of errata. <br/><br/> Printed at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1767180583London: The Company of Stationers 1767. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A bound collection of 12 items: 1. "Remarkable News from the Stars: Or an Ephemeris for 1767." William Andrews; 48pp; 2. The Gentleman's Diary or the Mathematical Repository; "An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767" Anonymous; 48pp; 3. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Anonymous; 48pp; 4. Vox Stetlarum: or a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1767." Francis Moore; 16pp; 5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being An Almanack for the Year of our Redemption 1767." John Partridge; 48pp; 6. Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1767."; Anonymous; 56pp; 7. "The Coelestial Diary: Or An Ephemeris For the Year of Our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation 1767."; Salem Pearse; 32pp; 8. "The Second Part of the Coelestial Diary." Salem Pearse; 16pp; 9. Poor Robin 1767. An Almanack After the Old but yet very agreeable." Sir Robin Poor; 32pp; 10. "A Prognostication For the Year of our Lord God 1767." Sir Robin Poor; 16pp; 11. "The English Apollo; Or Useful Companion.1767" Richard Saunders; 48pp; 12. "Speculum Annis: or Season on the Seasons. Being An Almanck for the Year of Our Lord 1767." Henry Season; 48pp; 13. "An Almanack For the Year of Our Lord God 1767." Tycho Wing; 48pp; 14. "The Coelestial Atlas; Or A New Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767." Robert White; 48pp; 1p Printer's Book List. The covers are lacking and the spine is very chipped at the ends but the page block of all these contents is very good with little or no damage or foxing etc. <br/> <br/> The Company of Stationers hardcover
1772907F38Oxford: J. and J. Fletcher 1772 . First edition. Unbound. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce defence of the requirement of Oxford students to subscribe to the Anglican Church at matriculation. The first edition of this very scarce work which gathers together papers submitted to members of the university.The introduction explains that the suggested alternative of requiring students to sign up to the thirty-nine articles of the Church of England is that students should provide 'either a verbal or written Declaration that the matriculated person will conform to the worship of the Church of England'.ESTC T11811Retaining the original half title but lacking the terminal advertisement leaf. With a small ink inscription to the half title head. Unbound as issued. Significant handling marks to first and final leaf. Edgewear to fore edge of first few leaves. Minor hole towards tail of half title. Ink inscription to title page head. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with only the odd spot. Very Good J. and J. Fletcher 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
1760088708London: Luke Hinde. Moderately worn and scratched leather covers corners bumped spine ends chipped about one inch missing from top old paper spine labels. Old library bookplate owner name end papers missing hinges cracked paper lightly browned some foxing. This collection contains testimonies concerning 126 Friends including Elizabeth Ashbridge Robert Barclay Jr. John Gurney Mary Neale Thomas Story and John Fothergill. Smith II:720 Sabin 66920 . Good-. Full Leather. 1760. Luke Hinde hardcover
1760086073London: Luke Hinde. Full leather covers with five raised bands outlined in gold on spine. Lightly edge worn leather covers corners bumped some scrapes and stains in leather leather beginning to crack along hinges. Old sealing wax inside front cover and number written on ffe owner name. Some browning and foxing to first handful of and last few pages otherwise pages very good. This collection contains testimonies concerning 126 Friends including Elizabeth Ashbridge Robert Barclay Jr. John Gurney Mary Neale Thomas Story and John Fothergill. Smith II:720 Sabin 66920 . Very Good. Full Leather. 1760. Luke Hinde hardcover
1790202804London: Nichols 1790. First. hardcover. very good. Thick 4to xxii 476 pages. Title page soiled and chipped and first few pages are creased. Attractively rebound in simple 3/4 calf. London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols 1790. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Oxford 119; Bitting 532.<br/> <br/> Nichols unknown
1790202796London: Nichols 1790. First. hardcover. very good-. Thick 4to xxii 476 pages. Original polished calf well-rubbed and worn at edges; hinges cracked but holding. London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols 1790. First Edition. Overall a very good- copy but internally quite clean.<br/> <br/> Oxford 119; Bitting 532.<br/> <br/> Nichols unknown
1775001856London: G. Pearch 1775. Here is a stunning exceptional and rare set of collected poetry in a fine binding from the late 18th Century. This is an expansion of the collection published by Robert Dodsley 1703-1764 in 1758. Or perhaps Pearch is just piggy-backing on Dodsley's popularity; he published a two-volume edition in 1768 and expanded it here seven years later. Quite rare; Quercus has found only the British Library holding copies. These are bound in lovely smooth calf tooled and banded on the spines filled with gilt. Red spine label "Pearch's Collection". These are ASSOCIATION COPIES. Blindstamped with the Coat of Arms of Trinity College Dublin on the front covers. In addition there is a Printed and Signed label affixed to the front paste-downs indicating the books were awarded as a prize by Trinity in 1777. Clean texts with bright laid paper and marbled endpapers. 317 316 324 and 316 pages all indexed in the rear. Volume Four includes an errata page and 2 pages of publisher's adverts. Minor splits at the spines holding nicely. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. G. Pearch Hardcover
17734523Salisbury: Sealy and Hodson 1773 1773. First edition. 8vo. 196x123mm. pp. iv 256. Contemporary half calf marbled paper covered boards rebacked morocco label lettered in gilt. Rubbing to boards and bumping to corners. Internally very good but with some browning and closed tears to K2 and K3 which also has a tear with loss to top margin. Overall a nice copy of a light and amusing collection of poetry and prose to keep while the hours spent travelling in a post chaise. An interesting provincial imprint one imagines that the respectable folk of Salisbury and the surrounding countryside were just the target audience for this sort of thing. Salisbury: Sealy and Hodson 1773 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
1788848P33London: S. Crowder 1788. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A scarce history of England comprising of a series of thoughtful questions and answers that span the history of the country illustrated throughout. The fourth edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates.ESTC citation number N469179.Adverts to leaf A6. Collated with eleven plates. Twelve plates are called for but we have yet to see a copy that matches this. A unique history of England told through a series of questions and answers spanning from the invasion of Julius Caesar up to the year 1788. This format is a useful technique for education forming a series of basic questions which lead onto deeper historical questions. The substance of this text is extracted from the works of celebrated historians including Rapin Tindal Hume and Smollett. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the leather and a little lighter rubbing to the paper with a small amount of loss to the front board. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light surface cracks to the spine. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Frontispiece is a little closely trimmed to the margin not affecting the illustration. Very Good S. Crowder hardcover
179741859New Haven Conn.: T. & S. Green 1797. First edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 6 x 8 1/2 in. 17 pp with front cover. The document is folded and bound with a sewn thread. 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 included. The name of the Rev. Robbins is in ink in a contemporary hand on the upper front. Rare. RGR. T. & S. Green unknown
176116762London: C. Henderson. Very Good. 1761. First Edition. Hardcover. Original leather binding is rubbed. New spine and endpapers. The only xlib mark is a small bookplate inside the front cover. Contents are very good to near fine with just a bit of foxing. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages . C. Henderson hardcover
1744144649London : Printed For J. Robinson 1744. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in later-bound 19th c gilt-blocked two-toned buckram. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Minor library marks remain. ; 150 pages; Physical desc. : 2 150 p. ; 21 cm. In answer to the pamphlet by John Perceval Earl of Egmont. Subject: Egmont John Perceval 2nd Earl of 1711-1770 -- Faction detected by the evidence of facts. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1727-1760. Referenced by: Goldsmiths' 8113. Referenced by: ESTC T1975. London : Printed For J. Robinson hardcover
1728h115.105GB: William & John Innys 1728. Fairly clean tight texts. Old full panelled leather. Spines with raised bands.Some brown stains to edges of endpapers and first and last few leaves. All joints and hinges worn and/or cracked but covers holding well by strings. Lacking the original title label but pale brown panel beneath has stamped title still legible.Contemporary armorial bookplate of Townley featuring their arms Argent on a fesse sable a cinquefoil or in chief three mullets of the second in wreaths of flowers etc but not their name. From the library of Town Head House Windermere. Books are in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. G/No DW. William & John Innys Hardcover
172244937London: Printed For James Hodges At The Looking-Glass On London-Bridge. 1722. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. European History Economics and Business Most Recent Listing; 16mo; London: Good. 1722 . First Edition. 48 3-49 1 3-46 pp pages; Title continues: "Worcestershire Shropshire Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. In what diocese circumference of miles number of houses air soil rivers commodities seats of the nobility and gentlemen &c. Likewise an account of I. Market-towns market-days and their distance fron London. 2. Members of Parliament. 3 Fairs fix'd and moveable. 4. Coaches carriers and water-bound. 5. Roads from London to the chief towns and cross-roads in each county. London : printed for James Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge " 1722 Date suggested from a note in ms. At the foot of the title page of the British Library copy. 12mo. 143 x 82 mm -- vertical chain lines. Contemporary sheepskin leather plain double rules framing the covers in blind no paste-down endpapers apparently this was the original state of the binding. There is no glue or staining to the exposed turn downs of the edges of the leather the paste-boards or the simple cords affixing the boards where they are exposed at the original piercing of the boards inner sides. The bookplate of a collector who died in 1922 is mounted directly to the inner surface of the exposed front board . 48 3-49 1 3-46 pp. Signatures: A-H4/² ²A-H4/² ³A-G4/² precisely identical to the British Library copy as stated in ESTC. The binding is worn the outer hinges are cracked there are small areas of leather lost at the spine ends and a chip missing along the plain spine -- there is a gouge missing near the center of the rear cover two smaller areas of loss to the leather along the edge of that rear board small loss at the corners. The text block shows minor staining where the exposed leather of the inner turn downs has come in contact with the edges of the first and last couple of leaves. No tears or significant paper flaws. A couple of corners are turned down at their tips ca. 2 mm. . No pen marks annotation or underlining throughout. Although this small book shows significant wear it is integral and its original appearance and function remain intact. Calling this book "rare" is an understatement. In the reference literature we can find only a single copy located at the British Library. We have a longer description which we will gladly send upon request . Our volume seems to represent a form and manner of bookselling which was starting to ebb away -- the world of the booksellers who worked and mostly lived on old London Bridge offering chapbooks and their like -- ballads broadsides newsbooks novels and histories romances jest books pious works and almanacs -- cheaply made books at very low prices. One of the two names associated with this book belongs to Matthew Hotham. Like most of the London Bridge booksellers he started out as an apprentice. As his master had done before him he maintained a wider base of operations than his narrow stall on the stone London Bridge since he fed chapbooks horn books and similar inexpensive printed items to a number of roving salesmen the so-called "chapmen" who wandered through England selling these cheap books at fairs and markets to people who were unlikely ever to have stepped over the threshhold of a book shop of any sort. "chap" is derived from the Old English "ceap" meaning "barter business dealing" -- our modern word "cheap" comes from the same source . For the most part the chapmen worked on margin; when they managed to empty their box they returned to London Bridge paid for what they had sold and received another varied lot of consigned books. By the early 18th century when our book was produced the cycle of trade with the roving chapmen was a couple of centuries old. The name in the imprint of our title page James Hodges had also been an apprentice on London Bridge -- but he was younger than Matthew Hotham probably still in his tee . Printed For James Hodges, At The Looking-Glass, On London-Bridge hardcover
1769287642London: printed for Newbery and Carnan 1769. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; vol. VII only: 287 pages. Subjects; England. Wales. History. Culture. British History. London: printed for Newbery and Carnan paperback
174314018London: Printed for J. and. P. Knapton 1743. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv 411 pp. Publisher's advertisement at rear. Full brown calf with 5 raised bands & gilt ruling to spine. A good copy front board detached; ffep taped at hinge to front board; some wear to extremities; minor ink notations to title page. 'Wherin is contained A particular Account of the Hague and all the principal Cities and towns of the Republick with their Buildings Curiosities etc. Of the Manner and Customs of the Dutch ." - title page. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. Printed for J. and. P. Knapton hardcover
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
