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176918009London: W. Strahan T. Cadell and J. Balfour. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1769. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full mottled calf spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering on burgundy labels in one compartment. xv i 394 13-Index 1-Errata; 479; 456 38-Index 1-Errata pp. William Robertson 1721-1793 was a Scottish historian minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Robertson became Royal Chaplain to George III 1761 Principal of the University of Edinburgh 1762 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1763 and Historiographer Royal in 1764 reviving a role within the Royal household in Scotland that had been in abeyance from 1709 until 1763. He was also a member of The Poker Club. Former owner's armorial bookplate on each fep Robert Rutherford hinges professionally reinforced in perhaps the 19th century covers moderately worn corners bumped unmarked tight and square. A large heavy set ten pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. . 4to 11" - 13" tall . W. Strahan, T. Cadell, and J. Balfour hardcover
17884149London England: G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First English edition. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG/VG. 8vos. 380 352 424 336pp. 1/4 bound leather & brown cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title raised bands topedges gilt laidpaper B&W frontis. Early rebind. Corners rubbed light wear to joints and edges. Edgewear to interior and pages offset from previous binding. Pages toned and foxed. Binding tight. Scarce fourth volume present. Translated from the German by Holcroft. G. G. J. and J. Robinson hardcover
1707e9759London: David Mortimer. G : in good condition. Cover darkened. Some age toning. Lacks portrait. Book-plate on prelims. Small hole near top edge of fep. Text block firm. 1707. First Edition. Contemporary vellum. 210mm x 160mm 8" x 6". xviii462pp. Latin text. Contains 8 biographies: Jacobus Usserius; Joannes Cosinus; Henricus Briggius; Joannes Bainbridgius; Joannes Gravius; Petrus Junius; Patricius Junius and Joannes Dee. . David Mortimer hardcover
1779002209London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1: 8 368 14 p.; 4 344 16 p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 -3C4 pi2 B-2Y4 4to. Dark brown cloth spine and corners 20th-century with printed paper spine label; marbled paper 19th-century over boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Errata on terminal page of each volume following index. Occasional notations in a 19th-century hand in the margins sometimes with corrections in the text; an extensive commentary written in the margin of the section on marriage ceremonies among the Romans. In Very Good Condition: boards are moderately rubbed with loss of marbled paper at edges; old archival repair of tear along gutter of final 3 leaves of vol. 1 and first leaf of vol. 2 not touching text and of tear from fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 51-52 without loss of text; upper margin of v. 2 pp. 119-142 darkened; similar at head of gutter on v. 2 pp. 221-243; old stain on v. 2 p. 317 text remains legible; old dampstain along upper edge and fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 337-344; tear from upper edge of last leaf of v. 2 index and following blank leaf with old tape repair no loss of text; otherwise only very occasional soiling in margins and minimal foxing. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1783002406London: T. Cadell 1783. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 x 1 xiv-xvi 255 1 p.; 22 cm. 20th-century binding: half polished calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Osborn on Parturition." Black cloth over boards. Lacking original half title which was supplied probably at the time of the modern binding by a facsimile of a half title bearing an inscription. Title page bears two circular stamps of the Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society and "ANd43" in ink in the upper corner. The Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society was founded prior to 1826 when a catalog of its library was published. The library was dispersed some time after 1955. In the Conclusion p. 241-255 Osborn disagrees vehemently with Alexander Hamilton's remarks on Caesarian operations in his Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. Hamilton declared that the mother had only a one in ten chance of dying as the result of a Caesarian operation while Osborn insisted that the odds were precisely the opposite only one in ten of survival. Half title supplied as noted above; otherwise in Near Fine Condition: front endpapers slightly discolored; upper corner of back board slightly rubbed; pages are clean and bright. T. Cadell hardcover
1728002748London: J. Tonson 1728. Hardcover. Good. 12mos contemporary tree calf lacks spine labels; ex libris Sir Robert Sheffield Bart. <br/><br/>Copperplate Engravings. J. Tonson hardcover
1800023262Philadelphia: H. Maxwell for A. Dickens Bookseller 1800. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked with minimal foxing. 3 volumes with 4 title pages bound in one. PURSUITS OF LITERATURE A SATIRICAL POEM IN FOUR DIALOGUES WITH NOTES 1800. with A TRANSLATION OF THE GREEK LATIN ITALIAN AND FRENCH PASSAGES QUOTED IN THE PREFACES AND NOTES TO THE PRECEDING POEM. 1800. bound with THE IMPERIAL EPISTLE FROM KIEN LONG EMPEROR OF CHINA TO GEORGE THE THIRD. 1800. bound with THE SHADE OF ALEXANDER POPE ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES A SATIRICAL POEM WITH NOTES. 1800. All printed by H. Maxwell for A. Dickens Bookseller Philadelphia. 3 vols bound in 1. First American editions. Each work was published anonymously. According to Kunitz/Haycraft pp. 349-350 "PURSUITS OF LITERATURE is a short poetic work of criticism extended to enormous size by ten times its own length in prose prefaces and notes. The work immediately became the most widely read and the most bitterly resented book of the day." DNB 47-49: "DeQuincey in his ESSAY ON PARR speaks of it as marred by 'much licence of tongue much mean and impotent spite and by a systematic pedantry without parallel in literature.'" Among the writers most severely satirized were Payne Knight Parr Godwin 'Monk' Lewis and Joseph Warton. We found only one copy of PURSUITS in the auction records i.e. 1920 and that was the 1803 edition. In THE IMPERIAL EPISTLE "the Tories were praised and Fox and his Whig followers condemned"- DNB. Evans 37939 37937 37941. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards stamped in gold over a black leather spine label. 1st American editions. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 481 4 49 1 59 1 pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. H. Maxwell for A. Dickens, Bookseller Hardcover
1758112557068London: J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet-Street 1758. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Folio. 2 volumes 1758-1760 full calf binding gilt spines raised bands vi 2 630 2 pages 3 leaves of plates; 2 752 pages 4 leaves of plates : illustrations preface signed John Jortin t.p. of vol.2 is a cancel and is same type setting as vol.1 plates containg facsimiles of Erasmus' handwriting at end of vol. 1 and 2 t.p. printed in red and black Vol. 1 has final unnumbered leaf bearing a Corrigenda on recto and pub's adverts on verso Errata on p. 728 in vol.2 includes index to the two vols at end of vol.2 2 pp of facsimile of Erasmus handwriting at rear of vol.1 4 pp of same at rear of vol.2 Ex Library with personal bookplate of Wrightson Munday Esq. of Markeaton in both vols. Wrightson Mundy 1715 -1762 was High Sherifff of Derbyshire. CONDITION: front cover both vols detached and rear covers down to threads front ednpaper and t.p. vol 1 detached 2 front blanks vol 2 detached spine are worn leather labels missing edges of prelims toned both vols portrait of Erasmus by Holbein missing covers are worn spotted Vol 1 has piece missing at top corner of one plate of facsimile of Erasmus handwriting and piece missing at lower corner of second plate. J. Whiston and B. White, in Fleet-Street Hardcover
178820132Dublin: H. Chamberlain W. Colles R. Cross Etc. Good. 1788. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. In very worn original leather. The top of the spine is chipped and the covers are rubbed. The two endpapers are torn upper 1/2 missing and the frontice is missing. On the other hand the contents are very good with very little foxing. The spine shows a number "4" which I believe was an indication this was bound with the 3 volume set of the "Voyage to the Pacific Ocean". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages . H. Chamberlain, W. Colles, R. Cross, Etc. hardcover
17082058Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson 1708. First edition. Hardcover. Very good . With An Abstract and Catalogue of their Works Their Various Editions and the Judgement of the Learned Concerning Them. Complete in 3 volumes. 14.5in by 9.5in. Full leather rebound using the original covers with gilt border. Raised bands and gilt titles on spine. Vol I 1708 Preface list of subscribers plus 488pp including ‘A Chronological and Alphabetical Catalogue of the Scots Authors’. Biographies include Pelagius; St Columbanus; St Boniface; St Macarius; Albin founder of the university of Pavia; Clement the First Founder of the University of Paris; James I; St Columba St Patrick etc.; Vol II 1711 Preface list of subscribers plus 618pp and appendix I which describes the lodgement of the Scottish Crown Jewels at Edinburgh castle complete with a detailed description of the jewels - the crown sceptre and sword. Appendix II list of monasteries and other religious orders destroyed during the reformation including their founders. Also a list of authors as in vol I. Biographies include George Wauchop professor of Civil Law; Alexander Barklay; John Frazer; James Laing a Doctor of the Sorbonne; Vol. III 1722 Preface list of subscribers plus 526pp biographies include Sir Gilbert Hay chamberlain to Charles VI King of France; Mr George Wisheart Martyr; David Beaton Cardinal in monte Coelio and Archbishop of St Andrews; Florence Wilson Professor at Carpentras in Italy; Sir David Lindsay of the Mount Lyon King at Arms; James Inglis; Robert Reid bishop of Orkney; Patrick Cockburn professor of Oriental Languages at Paris; John Napier Inventer of the Logarithms Mary Queen of Scotland etc. This volume printed by William Adams and the author explains the delay in publishing this volume due to ‘Calamities and Troubles’ in the country. These books are over 300 years old but in excellent condition for their age. Occasional chipping and tears to page edges some creasing age toning and grubbiness a slight water mark to the front of vol I & end of vol II but generally surprisingly clean. Written in an engaging and occasionally dramatic style. Interesting biographies of the great and the good. Ex reference library copies with pictorial bookmarks on pastedowns handwritten numbers on reverse of title page. No other obvious library markings these were lain forgotten in a basement for some time. A scarce complete set of this work. Very heavy & may require extra postage Printed by James Watson hardcover
177720993Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. xix 1 224pp. Contemporary vellum backed paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers stain affecting lower corner of boards and of leaves previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper and to title page small wormhole to front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Dalla Stamperia Reale hardcover
176626812Paris: Chez Lacombe 1766. Hardcover. Second edition after the one from 1765. Two volumes in one. xvi 246pp; 224pp. Recent green morocco spine with raised bands lettered and decorated in gold all edges stained red. The memoires of Father de Singlande military chaplain. Includes an account of the conquest of Corsica. Small faint stain to lower corner and tiny wormhole to margin affecting the last few leaves of volume I and the first few leaves of volume II; title page of volume one in facsimile. A clean near fine copy. ; 12mo. Chez Lacombe hardcover
1724034287London: Printed for John Clark and Richard Hett John and Benjamin Sprint Daniel Midwinter Ranew Robinson et al 1724. VERY HEAVY. 2 volumes-complete. vii 698; 664pp xxvii pp index table of scriptures engraved frontis portrait list of subscribers. Rebound using contemporary boards with new spines and various old leather as required with covers bordered in dark pebbled leather with to me a less than pleasing aesthetic and priced accordingly-I recommend requesting images of this title before ordering. Some toning to page edges but generally clean and fresh internally. Two substantial volumes produced by subscription containing Howe's sermons and works his funeral sermon and biography. Extremely scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. Folio. Printed for John Clark and Richard Hett, John and Benjamin Sprint, Daniel Midwinter, Ranew Robinson et al Hardcover
1777BOOKS054594ILondon: Printed for J. Almon 1777. HC. good bound in maroon cloth hardcover EX-LIB. .SHEWING THE CAUSES AND PROGRESS OF THAT MISUNDERSTANDING FROM 1764 TO 1775." Usually cited as PRIOR DOCUMENTS title too of the index these papers were intended to accompany the 17 volumes of Almon's THE REMEMBRANCER; OR IMPARTIAL REPOSITORY OF PUBLIC EVENTS. Howes A-179. The pages of this copy are untrimmed and bound for library use in maroon cloth. There are two archival repairs to the title page to stablize small tears. This clean and tight book block should be appropriately rebound. 280pp index. Printed for J. Almon unknown
17970009109NEW FRANKFURT HARRISON CO. WEST VIRGINIA 1797. On offer is are two lovely and fascinating letters from a father and mother to their daughter detailing their situation mere weeks after moving to New Frankford Virginia. The letter is signed Moses Starr and Elizabeth Starr and addressed to their Dear Daughter. The first letter is dated November 17th 1797 and the second is dated December 23 1797. In the letters they describe their journey to their new home in West Virginia their home and their farm. They now live in New Frankfurt in Harrison County Simpsons Creek Eight Miles From Clarkburg. The first letter begins Dear Daughter we embrace this opportunity to wright to you informing thee that we are all in great haealth at present thanks bea to God for his tender Merceys to us ward from time to time. They write that they have we have had no letters from thee this two years.and have had no opertunity to send any. We long to see thee and hear from thee if thou art single write whether thou would incline to come upon and live with us we think of comeing Down within two years more; like wise let us know how our Relations are in them parts.The back of the letter is a short sermon like passage stating Dear child strive to ear and Love God who is able to Love the utmost oall that come to him through Jesus Christ the Redeeme of lost Man. The next letter begins with them writing that they have received her last letter which gave us some cause to rejoice of hearing from our relations in general but gave us concern of mind for the loss of Nelly Starr and the disolate state of Uncle Joseph. They then remark on the their life in what is now West Virginia. Thy mother was braught to be of a daughter the Eleventh of last month wich we call Polly. They speak of their journey to Virginia taking two weeks from when they left their home. The farming has been good a well reaping 200 bushals of Sound Corn and 150 bushals of Oats with a trifel of buck wheat. I have 20 acres of wheat and Ry in the ground this fall. The letter ends with the usual pleasantries and again is signed by Moses and Elizabeth Starr. The two letters are in fair shape both having a fair share of rips tears and discoloration. The first letter has some moth damage that affects the readability of a sentence or two. The second letter has its tears along the creases and edges but it does not affect the content at all. Neither does the discoloration on either letter though it is very noticeable it does not block out any words. The ink on both letters has faded the first more than the second but both letters are fairly easy to read throughout. These letters are an interesting little snapshot of a family life in 1790s Virginia representing a change in a brand new America and hope for a new setting in this burgeoning nation. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1798028104G.G. and J. Robinson et Al 1798. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8.5" x 5.5" - 14 or 15 volumes - Volume 1 missing but reprints are readily available. A New and General Biographical Dictionary - containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every Nation particularly the British and Irish : from the earliest accounts of time to the present period wherein their remarkable actions and sufferings their virtues parts and learning are accurately displayed with a catalogue of their literary productions. Greatly enlarged and Improved. New Edition 1798 Missing Vol 1. Leather bound covers rubbed to edges and titles not visible due to wear and age. Book plate to inside boards "WATERSTOCK" with coat of arms depicting a knight's helmet and a George Cross with 4 fleur d'lis. Is the Bookplate of Sir William Henry Ashurst of Waterstock Oxfordshire 1725-1807 Sir William Henry Ashurst was the son of William Henry Ashurst and Diana Allen and lived at Waterstock Oxfordshire England. He held the office of Justice of the Court of the King's Bench between 1770 and 1800 ref Flikr Vol. 11 2 111 3 1V 4 V 5 V1 6 V11 7 V111 8 1X 9 x 10 X1 11 X11 12 X111 13 X1V 14 XV 15. Overseas buyers please contact for postage as 9230 gms unpacked weight. . G.G. and J. Robinson et Al Hardcover
1793W1578Dublin Ireland: P. Wogan P. Byrne J. Moore and W. Jones 1793. Frontispiece vi 2 303 pages. The first printing of the Dublin edition preceded in the same year only by the 2-volume first London edition--both preceding the first U. S. edition published in 1794. The Dublin edition is significant not only for its apparent scarcity but also for the frontispiece an unusual mezzotint portrait of a younger Benjamin Franklin that appears in no other edition and has seldom if ever been reproduced. The clean and tight book has been sympathetically rebacked retaining the original red leather title patch. All edges of the textblock were stained a pale green perhaps when the rebacking was done--the staining intrudes 1/16" onto the top and bottom margins of the frontispiece.Very light and faint foxing throughout; occasional smudges in the margins. Two large but light waterstains to the frontispiece but only minor and relatively unobtrusive intrusion into the image. Missing the front free endpaper. The book's condition is much nicer than it sounds; certainly an acceptable copy for the serious collector. First Dublin Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Leather. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones Hardcover
1744106224London: Printed for A. Millar 1744 Ex-Library. Good. Leather. 1st Edition. Complete five volume set of the works of Robert Boyle 1627-1691 with some illustrations. Boyle was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher chemist physicist alchemist and inventor largely regarded today as the first modern chemist and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Volume I has been professionally rebound and has some exterior rub marks the other four volumes have their original leather bindings. The texts are in remarkably good condition with just a few minor marks; the leather bindings are worn and have some splitting along the spine edges; volume II has a torn flyleaf. This heavy set 37 pounds will require additional postage. . Printed for A. Millar hardcover
1744007220London: T. Woodward 1744. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: vol. 1: 8 xvi 8 984 p. 16 leaves of plates; vol. 2: 10 1056 22 p. frontispiece and 21 leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1: Harris's Voyages. Plain light grey paper over boards. Leaves are untrimmed. Title pages in red and black. Vol. 1 imprint: Printed for T. Woodward A. Ward S. Birt D. Browne T. Longman R. Hett C. Hitch H. Whitridge S. Austen J. Hodges J. Robinson B. Dod T. Harris J. Hinton and J. Rivington. Vol. 2 imprint the same except for omission of A. Ward. The dedication to George II with royal crest and signed by Carteret appears opposite the title page in vol. 1. A second dedication "To the merchants of Great-Britain" signed "The author" follows the title page. Index and "List of Charts Maps and Cutts in this Work" follow text in vol. 2. Woodcut head pieces tail-pieces and initial letters. Bookplate of the Museum Library of the University of Pennsylvania on each front fixed endpaper stamped " No longer the property of the University Museum Library." A heavy set; for international shipping they will have to be sent by priority international. Lacking maps except plans of Lima and Canton in v.1 and Peking in v.2 and some other leaves of plates 38 plates present of 61 called for; otherwise in Good Condition: front boards detached but present; lacking most of leather from vol. 2 spine; text blocks are solid; clean and bright. T. Woodward hardcover
17860002231STRATFORD CONNECTICUT. Good. 1786. On offer is a super original naïve 18th Century manuscript diary handwritten by James Blakeman sometimes Blackman of Stratford Connecticut and as inscribed on the title page: "My Journal for the year 1786 James Blakeman's Journal for the year 1786" a 4 x 6¼ inch 13 page monthly account one title page and then one month to a page of besides his numerous farming activities including cutting carting plowing making cider mending fences transporting hay flax he tells much local history in his direct terse notes: "I was at Fairfield on the jury. Came home dressed flax. I went to sawmill. I was abord the Brig Lucretia and saw Brig to Millford. I went to Ripton." And much much more. One page has been creases on the edge but overall G. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JAMES BLAKEMAN BLACKMAN CURTISS-CURTIS FAMILY STRATFORD CONNECTICUT 18TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE FARMING LUMBERMAN MILLFORD RIPTON FARMER BRIDGEPORT LONG ISLAND SOUND BRIG LUCRETIA SARAH HAWLEY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
17440001412NAPLES ITALY. Good. 1744. Original Vellum. On offer is a super manuscript relic of 18th Century religious devotion being a vellum covered notebook titled 'Memoria' handwritten by Carlo Antonio Di Cesare a Jesuit in Naples between 1744 and 1764. Superbly intimate look into the life of this Catholic man using the book as a 'vade mecum' or catchall thusly a diary of notes detailing the life of this Jesuit scholar: it begins with his graduation into the Congregazione de' studenti sotto la protezzione dell'Annunciata of the Jesuit College Gesù Vecchio in Naples to study 'Logic' under Professore Giuseppe Guidone. On 24 November 1744 he passes his exam Confessione generale di tutta la vita and joins a Rosicrucian Brotherhood. What follows are his notes comprised of various lists: financials such as receipts and expenditures; what appears to be an inventory of a Library "Nota de' libri che tengo in Napoli 30. lugl. 1749" or a reading list with the last entries dated November 1764. Italian language manuscript notebook on paper 16mo 80 x 110 mm approximately 100 pages bound in original vellum overall G.; 64mo - up to 3" tall; KEYWORDS: JESUIT NAPLES ITALY VATICAN DI CESARE VADE MECUM ROSICRUCIAN ROSECRUCIAN ROMISH ROME GIUSEPPE GUIDONE LOGICA CATHOLICISM ECCLESIASTICAL BROTHERHOOD OF JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHOLICISM CHRISTIANITY RELIGION PAPAL POPE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel; Signed by Autograph . hardcover
1780BOOKS018490ILondon: J. Almon. Very good copy in early vellum with leather spine label. 1780. 2nd ed. vellum. 8vo 191 cix pp. This copy lacks the general map but contains all five of the important battle plans with hand-coloring and the folding table; two of the maps have the small supplemental overlays. Title page has a library stamp and three penned library call numbers; paper library label on bottom of spine. Some light water tide marks on a few pages at the top edge else contents are clean; folding plans have some offsetting but are otherwise clean and without tears . J. Almon hardcover
17880009117THE POULTRY LONDON ENGLAND UK: CHARLES DILLY. Good. 1788. On offer is an original hardcover handprinted book from 1788 regarding the Natural Science of Mineralogy the scientific study of chemistry crystal structure and physical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. The book comes at the end of the Scientific Revolution in the Western World roughly from 1600-1800 and is a translation of a book written by Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt the famous Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel in 1751 and is regarded as one of the founders of modern mineralogy. The title page reads like many in the 17th and 18th century long and with much information: An ESSAY Towards A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY By AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT Mine-Master Or Superintendent Of Mines In Sweden. Translated From The Original Swedish With Annotations And An Additional Treatise On The Blow-Pipe. By GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM Counsellor Of The College Of Mines In Sweden. THE SECOND EDITION Greatly Enlarged And Improved By The Addition Of THe Modern Discoveries; And By A New Arrangement of the Articles By JOHN HYACINTHE de MAGELLAN.IN TWO VOLUMES. Printed For Charles Dilly In The Poultry M DCC LXXXVIII. In short this the title explains that the book is of the second edition of a translation by Gustav von Engestrom of a work by the Superintendent of Swedish Mines and Baron Axel Frederic Cronstadt with a new arrangement of the articles by Portuguese Natural Philosopher John Hyacinthe de Magellan. There are 5 lines of Latin text under Magellan's name in the title explaining that he was a fellow of the London Royal Society as well as a member of the academies of science in Brussels Madrid Philadelphia Manchester and Paris. The next page contains a dedication To Count LOUIS de BARBIANO de BELGIOIOSO Knight of the Order of Malta Actual Chamberlain and Privy Counsellor of State to His Imperial and Royal Majesty Lieutenant General of His Armies and Proprietor of a Regiment of Infantry in the Imperial Troops &c. &c. &c.By his Much Obliged and Very Humble Servant J. H. De MAGELLAN. A lengthy preface includes a 30 page essay by the Cronstadt a table of contents a TABLE showing the original Order of the Sections in the First Edition and the Place each of them now occupies in the present Publication and a section entitled Corrections and Additions with directions to expunge change or add words or phrases in the ensuing volume sections like this were extremely common in the time before the Industrial Revolution when type was still set by human hand the books were printed on a mechanical printing press. The book divides the sections into overarching 4 Classes Earths Salts Inflammables Metals with subordinated Orders and sections within each order. Besides for the text there are two engraved pages in between the two volumes. The first plate is of drawings of tools used in a Dry Laboratory setting while the second plate is of tools in the Humid Laboratory. All of the tools related to mineralogical analysis and experimentation. Interestingly the back of the book contains a number of pages of handwritten notes by an unknown author. The content is just notes on the books topics of minerals. They almost look like study notes from a student as they reiterate the main topics of the book. The last page shows some original content: The daily paper of Feby 20 1790 mentions the Death of Mr. Magellan the Editor of these volumes. Another paper of this day says he died at Islington. He was a Portuguese Man. This is then followed by the hebrew word for Sefardi a branch of Judaism originating in Spain and Portugal. Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan was in fact Sefardi Jewish. The book is approximately 1080 pages long. The cover is a full leather binding and red endbands. The front and back cover have a good bit of wear but the spine is in very good shape showing a small embossing over red leather that reads System of Mineralogy Von Engestrom. The pages have held up very well showing little discoloration except for the first few and last few pages. The two pages of engravings themselves also show some discoloration on the outside but not on the actual drawing plate. The printed ink is still doing very good as well. The handwriting in the back is easily legible. The ink is faded that make it slightly difficult to read at points. Overall: VG. Background: Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt 23 December 1722 19 August 1765 was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered Nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt described it as kupfernickel. This name arises because the ore has a similar appearance to copper kupfer and a mischievous sprite nickel was supposed by miners to be the cause of their failure to extract copper from it. Cronstedt named it nickel in 1754. He was a pupil of Georg Brandt the discoverer of cobalt. Cronstedt is one of the founders of modern mineralogy and is described as the founder by John Griffin in his 1827 A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe. He remains to this day to be an outstanding idol for young swedes; Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan 17231790 was a Portuguese natural philosopher. He was also a lineal descendant of the great Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan who discovered in 1520 the passage to the Pacific Ocean through the straits bearing his name. Magellan was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1774 and was a corresponding member of the academies of science in Paris Madrid and St. Petersburg. His book on English reflecting instruments published in Paris and London 1775 was declared to be the most complete work on the subject at that period.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MINERALOGY AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT FOUNDER OF NICKEL GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM JOHN HYACINTH de MAGELLAN AN ESSAY TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY CHARLES DILLY PRINTER THE POULTON LONDON ENGLAND BRITAIN COUNT LOUIS de BARBIANAO . CHARLES DILLY hardcover
1745000649Toulon France. Good. 1745. Hardcover. On offer is a stunning look into the the mind finances and economy of Rudelle Dalzon a landlord caterer and food supplier in pre Revolutionary France on the French Riviera. Many layered very thick elephant folio list many many hundreds of transactions for rents properties listed supplies purchased traded sums loaned and paid plus many pieces of ephemera stuffed inside. Unpaginated in original boards on thick paper there are at least 200 pages at two inches thick. Rudelle begins in 1745 and writes well into 1780s. There are at least two businesses running and ancilliary loans with corresponding notes. Mentions of trade with members of the King's staff. Many years of research in this ancient ledger. Rudelle diarizes his thoughts regarding most years in a special middle section of the book. Truly fascinating pre-Revolution manuscript and a delight for historians of the French Riviera. This journal boasts a very discreet Ex Libris HPK label identifying it from the library of the famed book collector Hans Peter Kraus.; French; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall; ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN JOURNAL LEDGER MEMOIR PERSONAL LOG HOLOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH DIARY DIARIES ANCIENT ANTIQUE TOULON LANDLORD APARTMENT REAL ESTATE CATERING PRE FRENCH REVOLUTION FRENCH RIVIERA MONACO . hardcover
1796000897NNNMANCHESTER LANCASHIRE UK AFRICA EGYPT. Poor. 1796. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript "Voyages and Travels of Richard Renshaw" of the British Army's heralded Royal Regiment of Artillery Renshaw of the 4th Battalion. Some parts of this manuscript were later published as 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' in 1804. Renshaw retells in detail and with a keen observer's eye the story of his service for Great Britain. He is an educated man who writes insightful and sometimes rollicking accounts of his and the group's adventures. He describes everything he sees through Africa and into Egypt as part of Admiral Nelson's fleet and the ill-fated elderly Scot Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby being part of "war reserved for the British nation to annihilate their Napoleon and the French ambitious designs their fleet was attacked defeated and destroyed in Aboukir " An absolutely incredible first hand account of this robust man's life. Whether dodging buffaloes doing a bit of amateur archaeology grave robbing! in Egypt and he does not hesitate to tell all in this very beaten up and we believe incomplete journal. We also suggest that Richard is writing the diary after the fact as he writes of the near past with near total recall and then seems to catch up to himself in around 1801. Here are snippets from the preface and other short quotes: "Voyages and Travels of Richard Renshaw Preface. As the following voyages and travels are now made public I think it is proper to lay before the reader a short acct of my life previous to my leaving England. I was born in ManChester in the County of Lancaster and chiefly educated there. My parents in the early part of my life were in affluent circumstances but in consequence of misfortunes in trade in he order of Divine providence they were visited with the bitter cup of adversity my mother being _____ of delicate feelings . Her constitution was not and terminated in her death. My Father knowing I had a natural inclination for the army taking frequent opportunities to lay before me the shocking numbers in the papers of those slain in previous engagements . I left my fathers house November 1795. I never had the happiness of seeing him after . Without seriously weighing the circumstance of so important a nature I enlisted in the 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery the consequence of this step was in the following pages will inform the reader. I embarked aboard the Crescent Frigate at Spithead on the 28th of February 1796 & sailed in company with the Sceptre sixty four and some few transports the 1st of March the wind being tolerable fair During my time in Africa we trained a Regiment of Hottentots I was attacked by a buffalo but owing to a small lake I escaped from him .On the 17th of August we disembarked the Island of Rhoda and joined Major General Baird On the 12th of December 1801 we marched on Alexandria . During my stay in Alexandria the plague was raging in an astonishing manner " Renshaw has made numerous deletions and corrections to the narrative manuscript for future publication. NOTE: Curiously there is one handwritten note upside down on a blank page titled "Cure for Love" which informs in a rather shaky aged hand a sad unhappy verse. The covers are detached but present the text block in pieces though the narrative is complete from beginning but there are most likely a page or two missing from the end given the way it stops. There is no loss given the narrative begins in 1796 and continues through 1802 over 150 pp or so. The author wrote on the recto pages and saved the verso for later notes clarifications etc. of which there are many. Truly a one of a kind historical diary of an important period of British Empire's glory.; English; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF Cape Town South Africa Aboukir Bay Battle of the Nile 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery MILITARY MILITARIA BRITISH ARMY NAVY NAVAL SCOTLAND IRELAND AFRICA EGYPT NAPOLEONIC WARS NAPOLEON ADMIRAL NELSON ABERCROMBY ABERCROMBIE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
