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1740017354London: John and Paul Knapton 1740. FIRST EDITION first printing. Period full calf with riased bands. Front & back boards are detached. First signature attached to front board. 16 1 - 359 16 pp. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Not exlibrary. Overall a READING COPY only. First Edition. Full Calf Leather. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. John and Paul Knapton Hardcover
170639290J.F. & C. Rivington et al. London 1706 1707 1717 1733. Dutch reissue. Good/No Jacket. Quarter leather binding Some worm damage to boards but overall in good condition. J.F. & C. Rivington et al., London hardcover
1788001479Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole 1788. Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole 1788. The November 3 1788 issue of The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser. Elephant Folio newsprint wraps 4 pp. Very Good; small chips at fold ends modest age-toning. See scans. In protective plastic. "Epistle to Charles Wilson Peale Esq. of Philadephia on his Inimitable Painting."; the current installment of the ongoing running of "The Memoirs of Baron de Tott on the Turks and Tartars Translated from the French by an English gentleman at Paris under the immediate inspection of the Baron"; an "English Anecdote"; Foreign Intelligence; news items from Portsmouth New Haven Middletown New York Frederick Town Petersburg Charleston Savannah and Nassau. Also all of the standard fare for the Pennsylvania Packet at the time - auctions ships for charter estate sales selections from other gazettes Delaware Gazette Connecticut Gazette and period ads of all types. l-Lng1 <br/> <br/> John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole paperback
1797006228Edinburgh: Bell Andrew & Macfarquhar Colin publishers 1797 Edinburgh: Bell Andrew & Macfarquhar Colin 1797. 4to. Pages from the third edition in eighteen volumes greatly improved specifically the final part: text to vol. XVIII Part II 4 full-page engraved illustrations to this volume title-pages to all volumes preface to volume one errata to all eighteen vols. 2 ll. cancellanda for volumes XIV and VIII and frontispiece to vol. I. Large 4to pp. xvi title-page and preface to vol. I xxxiv title-pages to vols. II-XVIII and pp. 801-945 to vol. XVIII errata on verso rest as described above. One gathering 5U separated from block causing complete tear across a leaf but everything still present this gathering dustry an untampered-with survivor uncut and unopened in remains of original blue publisher's wrappers ex libris of Sir James Sutton. The final part as issued by the publisher of the third edition of the 'Encyclopaedia Brittanica' it gives the text in full from WARRANT to ZYMOSIMETER. There are five plates in the packet each measuring 9" x 11" four with multiple engravings: 1 entitled "Le Clere invenit. A. Bell Prin. Wal. Sculptor Auxit et exornavit." which is the frontispiece to Volume I and shows a variety of curiosities and inventions. 2 - 5 the plates to volume XVIII the packet also contains the complete text to this volume - "Water Works" with 9 geometical and mechanical figures "Weighing" with 2 figures one showing the back of a weighing machine the other the front with concentric circles and the weights of different countries; on the same plate ""Water" with 2 figures showing what appears to be the distillation of water. "WINTERA Aromatica" a full-page engraving showing the plant with 12 additional figures on the bottom showing the stages of growth of the plant from seed to flower. In-depth articles on Watches Water illustrated Weather Weight illustrated John Wesley Whist Wind Wine Wintera illustrated Witchcraft Wool Work-House Water-Works illustrated with tables Zoology Zurich Bell, Andrew & Macfarquhar, Colin, publishers paperback
17836524London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett 1783. Mezzotint collection mark on verso tipped onto early mount. Expert small repairs to upper corners. A charming anonymous image from the collection of Frederic R. Halsey 1847-1918 'un des principaux collectionneurs de son èpoque à New York' Lugt 1308<br/> <br/> The image of a fashionably-dressed young lady reclining by a brook being approached by a young gentleman is explained by the engraved verse by 'Mr. Nicholl' in the title area beneath the image: Alone by the side of a murmuring rill / That lav'd the gay foot of a primrosy hill / Pastora beneath a broad poplar was laid / When Damon in extasy enter'd the Shade / He sigh'd & he swore by the pow'rs overhead / If she'd bless him to day to morrow he'd wed. R. Sayer & J. Bennett unknown
177318688Paris 1773. Engraved plan cut into sections but now mounted on a single sheet of card. Image size: 20 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches. Lovely pre-Revolution map of Paris.<br/> <br/> Fascinating 1773 map of Paris that locates all major buildings and parks with an extensive index. unknown
17926504London: Robert Sayer & Co 1792. Mezzotints. A fine highly decorative pair of anonymous mezzotints.<br/> <br/> By the middle of the seventeenth century the bow was no longer considered a viable weapon of war in Europe although as late as 1808 Napoleon's army in Poland faced a force including 1500 archers on horseback. However Archery as a sport survived and prospered and a number of quite exclusive toxophilic societies were formed. Through the eighteenth and much of the nineteenth century archery enjoyed an enviable reputation as a genteel pursuit that both men and women could take part in with decorum. The present pair of plates depicts two archery matches: the first a men's match shows the four male contestants dressed in the uniform of their society. The central figure is just about to release an arrow at an unseen but clearly distant target. His companions stand around another stretched canvas target just behind the central bowman. The second image of a ladies' match shows four contestants all dressed in similar costume. The central figure standing behind one target draws her bow and looks to the distance where a man standing by the second target signals where her last arrow hit. Robert Sayer & Co unknown
1770041343London: Printed for Newbery and Carnan 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Set of 10 volumes octavo; complete with 240 copper plates and vignettes in the text. Bound in contemporary calf green and red spine labels gilt rules decorations and lettering. Edges of several boards lightly rubbed. 7" x 4" This is quite an elaborate county-by-county treatment of the 18th-century English and Welsh countryside with its small towns castles monuments Roman ruins cathedrals &c. with handsome copper-engraved plates of views and buildings. Printed for Newbery and Carnan hardcover
17946467London: Laurie & Whittle 1794. Engraving with mezzotint and roulette-work a set of four titled 'Spring' 'Summer' 'Autumn' and 'Winter'. A beautiful series depicting a pair of lovers progressing through the seasons in a country landscape<br/> <br/> Spring and the gentleman presents his love with garlands of flowers a flower-seller kneels in front of them and holds up a swag of flowers she has just picked up from her overflowing basket. Summer and the harvest is in full swing the gentleman holds his love's hand and points to the young children gathering sheaths of corn in the mid-ground. The lady is seated on harvested corn in front of a stand of trees. In the trees an elder lady keeps an eye on the pair of lovers. Autumn and the pair are seated at the edge of some trees the lady offers her love a pineapple whilst her apron overflows with the fruits of the autumn. In the mid-ground two gentlemen and their dogs are out shooting. Winter and the happy pair well-wrapped against the cold take a stroll and watch the skaters in the mid-ground. Each title panel includes an appropriate 6 to 8 line quote from James Thomson's The Seasons. Laurie & Whittle unknown