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1774003204London: J. Dodsley 1774. Hardcover. Good . The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes xvi 352 p.; 4 355 1 p.; 4 376 p.; 4 364 p.; 22 cm. Half 19th-century blue calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volumed numbers in third compartments. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Without the frontispiece portrait found in some editions of this popular work. In Good Condition: the leather author-title labels are lacking almost entirely from the second and fourth spine compartments; vol. 2 leather splitting from head of back joint; lacking leather from head of vol. 3 spine and from first compartment of vol. 4; the blue calf has darkened and begun to crack on the spines; boards are rubbed; a few leaves are browning and foxing; otherwise clean and solid. J. Dodsley hardcover
1754005152Naples: Giuseppe Raimondi 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. 20 288 p.; 23 cm. 19th-century half calf with gilt-tooled spine title and gilt-ruled decoration on spine; marbled paper over boards. Grey endpapers. Woodcut initials. Errori Correzioni on p. 17. Round label on front fixed endpaper for F.C. Schottin bookbinder Buffalo N.Y. Faint stamps on title page from Catholic libraries. Book pocket on back fixed endpaper from the Mt. St. Alphonsus Library. No other library markings. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges and spine rubbed; old repair at head of gutter on pp. 49-56 with minor loss of text; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Giuseppe Raimondi hardcover
1800001584Philadelphia Pa: John Ormrod 1800. Paperback. Good . Title page continued: "on the twenty-second day of February eighteen hundred in the German Reformed Church Philadelphia." "New Edition." 44 p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A2 B-F4 8vo. Woodcut head piece and tailpiece. Disbound from a nonce volume. Early American Imprints 1st series Evans 37695. President George Washington had died on December 14 1799 less than three years after leaving office. His sudden death inspired mourning throughout the new nation. Major William Jackson fought in the American Revolution and became aide to Major General Benjamin Lincoln before being assigned to General Washington's staff. In 1795 he married Elizabeth Willing daughter of Thomas Willing a prominent Philadelphia merchant and banker. In 1796 Washington appointed him Collector of the Port of Philadelphia which post he held until 1801 when President Thomas Jefferson dismissed him. In 1799 Jackson became president of the Society of the Cincinnati remaining in that office until his death in 1828. Very scarce. In Good Condition: disbound; foxed throughout; 2.5-cm. tear from upper edge of 2nd leaf not touching text; slight loss at upper corners of last two leaves not touching text; pages are otherwise clean and solid. John Ormrod paperback
17236809London: Jacob Tonson 1723. Set of four volumes. 443 418 356 and 308 pages plus unpaginated sections and errata. Translated from the French by P. Davall and dedicated to William Congreve. Rebound at some time in full leather with gilt titling on the spines. Edges speckled red. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume 2. Some minor dampstaining in Volume 4. A previous owner's very old and attractive bookplate in Volume 1. A lovely old set of this famous work which was first published in French in 1717. First Edition in English. Full Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Jacob Tonson Hardcover
17811125559030London : Printed for the author and sold at his shop in Great Russell-Street Covent-Garden 1781. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes16 352 2 blank; 16 434 2 pp. adverts bound in full mottled cat's paw leather engraved frontispiece by Sherwin Vol. 1. gilt decorated and ornamented spines gilt ruled fore edges covers bordered in gilt marbled end papers 2 color leather labels remnants of cloth page markers CONDITION: front cover Vol. 1 detached edges spine ends and corners wornmore so on Vol 1 text pages bright ex private library with one bookplate of former owner in Vol. 1 and 2 bookplates in Vol.2 one is armorial plate . Printed for the author, and sold at his shop, in Great Russell-Street, Covent-Garden Hardcover
1778BOOKS063741IParis: Chez Panckoucke. Very good copies. 1778. 1st. leather. 8vo 1504 pp. Bound in full contemporary leather with gilt-decorated spines; all edges stained red marbled endpapers. Five folding plates four maps & a chartat the end of Volume One. Partial cracking to outer hinges but inner hinges still tight; contents clean. . Chez Panckoucke hardcover
1777288737bey den Gebrüdern van Düren Frankfurt 1777. Softcover 3. Auflage / 6 Bände 1.-6. Theil . nebst Reden Lobreden andern wichtigen Schriften dieses Pabstes einigen umständlichen Nachrichten und Anekdoten sein Privatleben betreffend. Als eine Nachlese zu den schon öffentlich bekannt gemachten Briefen desselben von einigen Verehrern desselben gesammelt und aus dem Italienischen übersetzt von Baptista Piccolmini. Fragmente zur Geschichte des Pabstes. 1777/76/79/81. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen und berieben. Angestaubt. Aus einer Innungsbibliothek mit Kennungen Eintrag Rückenschild. In allem original. bey den Gebrüdern van Düren, Frankfurt, paperback
1768004433London: J. Murray successor to Mr. Sandby 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. The Fifth Edition Corrected." 2 xv 1 406 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Lyttelton's Dialogues." Gilt-rolled board edges. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. Very small stamp at foot of title page verso reading "Printed in Great Britain." The anonymous author of the majority of these dialogues inspired by Lucian's dialogues is George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 1709-1773; the last three dialogues are by Elizabeth Montagu 1720-1800. Among the speakers are "a North-American Savage"; Ulysses; William Penn; Louise de Coligni Princess of Orange; Alexander the Great; Cardinal Wolsey; Lucian; Hercules; and a "modern Bookseller" who complains to Plutarch about being nearly ruined by being unable to sell many copies of Plutarch's Lives and saved by selling fiction -- "secret History in which there is no Secret and no History." In Very Good Condition: minor loss at spine ends; joints are just starting but still solid; scraped along both joints near tail; a few pages are somewhat browned; otherwise clean and tight. J. Murray (successor to Mr. Sandby) hardcover
1733005562Verona: Pierantonio Berno Librajo 1733. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16 384 p. 2 leaves of plates 1 folded: illustrations; 21 cm. Half vellum; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Pastepaper over boards. All page edges speckled blue. Half-title: Notizie Istoriche di S. Anselmo di Lucca. Title page in red and black with engraved title vignette. Historiated initials; woodcut tailpieces. "Merion House Library" -- stamped at lower edge of title page. Oval stamp on half title partially erased with "Doppio " written next to it. In Near Fine Condition: back free endpaper scraped near upper edge; otherwise clean and crisp. Pierantonio Berno Librajo hardcover
1777029800London: S. Hooper 1777. Two volume set. No added marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers creased/rubbed spines. Very clean very tight pages with some marking to boards see image all board edges decorated gilt see image original bindings sound page edges brown and minor bumping to corners. 280 279pp. Author was gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne. Second corrected and greatly enlarged edition. Chapters on the nursery forest trees fruit trees mushrooms cabbages carrots turnips vines and fence management. Second Edition. Leather. Very Good -. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. S. Hooper Hardcover
179620021James Phillips London 1796. 2nd edition. V.g./No Jacket. Full leather binding Significant corner wear to cover. Owner's bookplate. Light pencil notes on rear pastedown. Originally published in 2 vols. The author was a Quaker living in Dublin. James Phillips, London hardcover
179527842London: James Phillips and Son 1795. Hardcover. 132pp; 144pp; v 36pp; 41pp 1p of advertisements. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards spine with four raised bands gold lettering and decorations. Old annotation with the titles contained in the book on the flyleaf mild scattered foxing. A near fine copy.; 12mo. James Phillips and Son hardcover
1738d0910Amsterdam: Zacharie Chatelain. G : in Good condition. Rubbed covers. Some splits to outer hinges. Title labels missing on 2 volumes. Sporadic light foxing. Some age darkening. 1738. New edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". xvi 360pp; vi 374pp; viii 390pp; viii 376pp; viii 373pp; viii 358pp. Engraved frontispiece. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Zacharie Chatelain hardcover
1708002135Trevoux France: L'Imprimerie de S.A.S. 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Et se vend à Paris. Chez Jacques Etienne Libraire." 94 145 7 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "L'Inec aux Hommes." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments and on board edges. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut head pieces and initial letters. In an old hand on the title page: "par mr hecquet." First edition of Philippe Hecquet's important condemnation of men displacing women as midwives. The second part of the book advises women on feeding infants including breastfeeding. In Very Good Condition: slight loss of leather at head of spine; edges are rubbed; back joint weak at head of spine; hinges are tight; pages are clean and tight. L'Imprimerie de S.A.S. hardcover
1779011560London England: T Booker 1779. 450pp plus indexes. 2 volumes bound as one. Leather spine with six ribbed compartments. Includes marriages posts of homour in government and details of their crests. Clean and in very nice condition. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. T Booker Hardcover
1779001932Napoli Naples Italy: Michele Stasi 1779. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 2 volumes bound together 2 vi 307 1 p.; 2 264 p.: engraved frontispiece portrait of Redi by A. Zaballi; 21 cm. Contemorary full vellum with gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges marbled. Both fixed endpapers are hand-decorated. Red ribbon book mark. Woodcut title vignette printer's device initial letters and headpieces. Francesco Redi 1626-1698 was a poet and court physician to Ferdinando II de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and his successor Cosimo III. His series of experiments published in 1668 as Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione degl'Insetti Experiments on the Generation of Insects helped to refute the theory of spontaneous generation. In Very Good Condition: ends of spine and corners are rubbed; shadow on title page of vol. 1 from frontispiece; discoloration on pp. 223-230; pp. 262-290 are heavily foxed; otherwise scattered foxing. Michele Stasi unknown
17950009005York UK: E. and R. Peck 1795. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo vi 153 pages full tree calf tender joints red morocco spine label. Ex libris with the motto "Gaudet Tentamine Virtus Strength Rejoices in the Challenge ". This was engraved by John Thomson d. 1847 the principal engraver at Belfast. Note: this aristocratic bookplate in a break with tradition states "Drawn & Engraved by J. Thomson Belfast adding the first four words ". Discreetly signed on the title-page by William Legg likely the master of Malone House in Belfast and High Sheriff of County Antrim . <br/><br/>Blind Jack blind since the age of 6 was in the public notice as "a most EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER." Remarkably hew was the first professional road builder in the industrial Revolution. Undaunted he also drove stagecoaches twice a week although I do not know how. This was the only 18th century edition of this biography. E. and R. Peck hardcover
171228787Paris: Chez Jean Muzier. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1712. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Antonio Possevino Antonius Possevinus 1533 1611 was a Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation as a papal diplomat and a Jesuit controversialist encyclopedist and bibliographer. He was the first Jesuit to visit Muscovy Sweden Denmark Livonia Hungary Pomerania and Saxony in amply documented papal missions between 1578 and 1586 where he championed the enterprising policies of Pope Gregory XIII. VERY GOOD. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 541 26-Index pp . Chez Jean Muzier hardcover
1788001927Mantova Mantua Italy: Per l'Erede di Alberto Pazzoni 1788. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine -. 140 p.: frontispiece portrait; 21 cm. Contemporary full vellum; gilt-tooled leather spine label reading "Castell." All page edges red. Small slip of paper with "20" written on it tipped in to page 3 next to the gutter. An attractive biography of Italian physician Marcello Donati 1538-1602. In Near Fine- Condition: vellum is slightly soiled; tail of spine rubbed; pages are clean and bright. Per l'Erede di Alberto Pazzoni unknown
173450323051026Printed for Samuel Harding London 1734. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two title pages with slightly different content the first in red and black each with a similar small woodcut decoration. Lightly toned sporadic foxing a few smudges mostly on the first title-page pages 225/226 has loss of upper free corner about a quarter of the text missing on each page. Contemporary light brown calf lightly rubbed and marked covers with simple gilt decoration on edges brown spine-label with gilt lettering simple gilt decoration to spine. Armorial book-plate on front paste-down for Henry Merrick Hoare banker. Size: Octavo standard book size. iv 349 359pagination of 286 and 287 repeats. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50323051026. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Printed for Samuel Harding hardcover
1753r5022London: Printed for Henry Köpp and sold by Mr Newbery; Mr Owen and Mr Paterson. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Browning and off-setting within. Maps thumbed and browned. One map worn and detached. 1753. First Edition. Marbled hardback cover with brown leather spine. 270mm x 210mm 11" x 8". 52pp; 432pp appendix. Frontis engraving and 5 fold out maps bound in at page 160 and at rear. With subscriber list and errata. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Printed for Henry Köpp and sold by Mr Newbery; Mr Owen and Mr Paterson hardcover
174055002Francis Peck London 1740. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". xii 130 437 57 34 7 6pp. Front board loose. Spine worn with some loss to ends. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned and marked. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Illustrated with fold-out. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Britain/UK; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55002. . Francis Peck hardcover
1789000955Dublin: L. White 1789. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed for Messrs. L. White P. Byrne Grueber & M'Allister T. Heery J. Jones J. Moore and W. Jones." 2 volumes vii 5 vi 555 1 p.; xiv 2 544 24 p.: 5 leaves of engraved plates 1 folded; 21 cm. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf with red morocco spine labels bearing gilt-tooled title "Coxe's Switzerland" and black morocco spine labels with gilt-tooled volume numbers and decoration. One former owner's name Henry Zantzinger appears in red on both title pages where it has been crossed out and on p. 1 of vol. 2. Another former owner's name Geo. Vaux appears on front fixed endpapers the blank leaf following front free endpaper and the half title of vol. 1. Inscription on blank leaf indicates that Vaux acquired the volumes in 1859. This edition is a revision "with information from further travels of the author's Sketches of the Natural Civil and Political State of Swisserland." Includes index and bibliographical references. Without the maps of Switzerland and of Mont Blanc called for in the list of maps and plates as issued but including the folding panorama "View of the Alps as seen from the Environs of Berne" as well as plates showing a view of the lakes of Thun and Brienz from the top of the Niess the bearded vulture the timber bridge of Wettingen and two bouquetins. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; lacking part of morocco volume number label on vol. 1; front joint of vol. 1 weak; small triangular section of leather lacking from front board of vol. 1 at head of spine; leather at both ends of vol. spine and at head of vol. 2 spine lacking; leather on vol. 1 spine cracked; plates have left shadows on facing pages; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and bright. L. White hardcover
17251046London: Jacob Woodman & David Lyon 1725. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Library rebound in quarter leather with brown cloth boards and gilt titles on spine library name in gilt on front right corner 14†x 9". Vol I 622pp; Vol II 703pp. Title page of vol I in red and black fold out genealogical plate engraved portrait and some engraved chapter ornaments throughout. Index of important characters and list of subscribers. Some pagination errors. Title page of vol I has a small professional repair to top see pictures and a contemporary handwritten name in ink one other professionally repaired tear. The bindings are firm with minor shelf wear inner books have a little foxing and signs of age but generally in very good condition . Ex reference library with minimal markings pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown and discreet name on cover in gilt no other obvious markings. Written in Latin and French. A wide ranging account of the life reign and ultimate demise of Mary Queen of Scots.Over 1kg and may require additional overseas postage please contact for cost. Jacob Woodman & David Lyon hardcover
179835214London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson et. al 1798. New Edition in Fifteen Volumes Greatly Enlarged and Improved. Leather bound. Fair. Octavos. 15 volumes. Brown marbled calf leather bindings. Gilt stamped decorations and titles on the spines. Leather is rubbed along board edges corners and head and base of the spines. Some scuffing and light pitting to the leather spines Light toning to the contents. Hinges are sturdy and contents are clean. <br /> <br /> Complete in 15 volumes. Volume I: li index 1 page blank 596 pages. Volume II: 3 557 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume III: 3 541 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume IV: 3 575 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume V: 3 552 pages 1. Volume VI: 3 438 pages 1. Volume VII: 3 389 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume VIII: 3 458 pages 2. Volume IX: 3 424 pages 1. Volume X: 3 491 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume XI: 3 415 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume XII: 3 492 pages 1. Volume XIII: 3 410 pages 1. Volume XIV: 457 pages 1 page blank 1. Volume XV: 3 418 pages 1. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, et. al unknown
