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1776BS66BRWN0210London 1776. Hardback half-calf marbled paper covered board with gilt title to leather label on front board. 16cm x 10cm. vi 77pp 1. Decorative headpieces. 1st edition 1776. Previously owned by Lord Sandys from the Ombersley Court collection. Spine slightly rubbed and frayed to tail of spine. A nice clean copy. Scarce. bs66. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hardcover
1774R26GLTGN1112Paris: Chez Vincent 1774. Hardback green morocco with gilt decoration to spine and borders of boards. Edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. 16.5cm x 11cm. Text in French. Pp. 2 422 234 52 32. Spine faded slight wear to extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few spots to bottom edge. Scarce. r26. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chez Vincent Hardcover
1716DR6BRWN3003Oxford: John Baskett 1716. Hardback full-calf spine relaid gilt borders to boards. 19.5cm x 12.5cm. Marbled end-papers inner hinges crudely re-inforced. Bound with 1762 edition of Book of Psalm. Unpaginated. Complete with 53 plates. Ruled in red. Binding somewhat worn. Fore-edges trimmed very tightly with slight marginal losses to last few pages of Psalm. Some occasional repairs chipping with small losses a couple of stitched repairs. Scarce. dr6. Hard Cover. Fair. John Baskett Hardcover
178961836Halifax: J Milner. 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. 648pp 70pp old sellotape mark on title page 1 corner of title page missing not affecting text sm chip in margin of 2pps bound in full leather nicely re-spined new front endpaper; Small Octavo . J Milner hardcover
172114441London John Baskett 1720 & London William Pearson 1721 1721. Paperback. Fair. Leather tooled with gilt 8vo. G 14 or more engravings <br/> <br/> London John Baskett 1720 & London William Pearson 1721 paperback
1792V74333London: J. Good 159 New Bond Street 1792. Softcover. Good. Copperplates 62 Titlepage vignette with coat of arms of Gloucester and its cathedral in background in total 370 coats of arms engraved by Ames of Bristol. Small folio linen spine with contemporary blue paper wraps. Engraved titlepage 62 plates of coats of arms. Titlepage partly torn across and repaired on back and hinge strengthened else a neat copy with only a little light freckling. There is no text or subscribers list in this version the book was sold both with and without 49 pages of text which listed and briefly described the coats of arms pictured in the plates. The arms of Gloucestershire families are derived from Sir Robert Atkins' History 1712 and a few from Rudder's New History 1779. Printed 6 per page they are alphabetical first from Atkyns up to plate 53 which has only 4 arms ending in "Yate". Then the alphabet begins again with A from Rudder but ends with "Cassey". A further volume was intended but the work was never completed. Generally attributed to Sir George Nayler born at Stroud Garter King of Arms but the Dict. Nat. Biog. xl.130 states that "it was in reality the work of one Ames an engraver at Bristol". J. Good, 159 New Bond Street paperback
1791Q8BROWN0403Chester: Printed by J. Fletcher for J. Poole 1791. Hardback no dust-wrapper. Half-calf binding. 116pp plus 24pp of 'A Summary of the Life of St. Werburgh.' Complete with folding plan. Marbled boards. Spine edges splitting front board a little loose. Remains of owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking front free end-paper. Private ownership. q8. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Printed by J. Fletcher, for J. Poole Hardcover
1770GEN33-F-19London : A. Thomson 1770. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A very scarce 1770 collection of letters from "Junius" to Sir William Draper. A pseudonym for a still unkown writer "Junius" caused controversy in late Eighteenth Century London with a series of inflammatory letters to various influential figures and magazines. The letters here are an exchange between him and the British Army officer William Draper. Rebound in cloth binding with decorative paper-covered boards. Externally very smart indeed there ios only some very minor rubbing to extremities. Internally the binding of the endpages is somewhat tender but elsewhere the pages are firmly bound but are foxed throughout. Includes bookplate to pastedown. Very Good A. Thomson hardcover
175253689Strasbourg and Argentina: Amand Konig 1752. 12mo. 8 275 12 pp. 12mo bound in 8's and 4's. Contemporary half leather over boards. Raised bands to spine. Lacks any spine lettering. Slight wear to spine ends & extremities and boards rubbed. Later ink name to ffep. Internally clean. Binding firm. Only edition in the UK is incomplete in the BL. Facing-page text in French and Italian. . Good. Half Leather. 1752. Amand Konig 1752 hardcover
1798LTH18-F-3London: I Herbert 1798. Leather. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. This is a scarce lyrical retelling of the medieval legend of Robert the Devil's son told in verse. Mythology describes Robert as the devil's son for his mother despairing of heaven's aid in order to obtain a son addressed herself to the devil. Beautifully Illustrated throughout including a frontispiece depicting Robert through his fictional life. The oldest known account of this legend is a Latin prose narrative by a Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon created in 1250 where which Robert ends his life as a pious hermit. In England the story is treated as metrical romance where instead he marries the emperor's daughter whose love he has won in his humble disguise and succeeds to the throne. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown stating "Anchor Tutissima Virtus" which translates as "Let the power of the Surest". Bound in a half calf binding with paper covered boards and original spine lable. Externally a trifle rubbed with front board detached. Rear joint weak and may detach in the post. Internally binding is tender with detached pages but all present. Bright plates with occasional spotting to pages. Good Only I Herbert hardcover
177575568London: J Dodsley. 1775. Hardcover. Very Good. xx 94pp engraved frontis ffep torn with loss name Mary Dawson Bridgford 1789 written of second free endpaper bound in full leather re-spined to match with gilt lining to spine. Red leather title label ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J Dodsley hardcover
1790FGN11-E-8Naples : Ajello Stasi 1790. Vellum. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. A comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus of the arts compiled from the classics with excerpts. In Latin and Italian. Originally published anonymously. "Ascribed to J. Vaniere by Barbier but Backer questions the correctness of this ascription because in 1679 Vaniere was only 15 years of age and was not yet a member of the Society. cf. Backer-Sommervogel t. 8 col. 450" -Copac. In a full vellum or pigskin binding. Externally bumped and rubbed with marks and slight loss. With a Sisto Antiques Library label to the spine. The joints are starting and have been previously reinforced with tape. The rear hinge is slightly strained. Internally generally tight and firm. There is light browning with the occasional spot and marginal tidemark. Good Only Ajello Stasi hardcover
17906921790. Etching with aquatint. 90mm by 77mm platemark. 'FT Talma Chirurgien Dentiste du Roi d'Angleterre' <br /> Michel-Francois Talma 1733-1806 was born in in Paris. In the 1760s he moved to London and from 1770 to 1780 he practised as a dentist in Cavendish Street London and remained in the city for the remainder of his career. His son became a well-known actor.False-mounted. Very rare. unknown
1790026536Printed for Edwards and Sons 1790. First Edition. Hard Back. Fair. 4 to with 39 plates plate 1 missing all others present 112 pages binding loose light foxing to plates Rare Printed for Edwards and Sons hardcover
1767DU198London: Davis L and Reymere C. 1767. Full-Leather. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Folding map of England and Wales fine 17 236 4 pub. list pp.' Divided into the respective counties and intended as a travelling companion pointing out whatever is curious both in art and nature'. Original full-calf binding with raised bands no label. A nice tight copy of a scarce book in a slightly rubbed original binding <br/> <br/> Davis, L, and Reymere, C. hardcover
1789015652London: Printed for Couch and Laking 1789. Unbound. 4261pp including half title. Some dust/dirt marking to firstlast page. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy. . First Edition. Very Good. 8vo. Printed for Couch and Laking unknown
1795120223<p>Edinburgh:: PRINTED By C. Denovan for J. Elder Etc. Good with no dust jacket. 1795. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in half calf and marbled paper boards with 5 raised bands to the spine with gilt title in the second compartment and 1795 at the foot of the spine. All somewhat rubbed and paper worn but NO damage and all Hinges Tight. A former owners' heraldic bookplate to the front pastedown = ALEXANDER GORDON Esq'r of AUCHLUNIES. Father of Eleanor Vere Boyle. Some writing erased on the reverse of the Title page vi 161; pp. Index/Contents on pp v vi. The final page - 161 - has been laid down the original page stopping at FINIS. Some VERY light inky smudge marks in the text which overall is very clean bright and tight until page 150 'Lord Justice Clerk's Charge to the Jury' where a lot of light brown patching starts and ends almost covering the whole pages. There are also some transferred ink marks from a blotter and a couple of numbers on page 158. Having said that ALL text Is mainly clear and readable if browned on those last dozen or so pages. " Only edition. Sir Francis was murdered in his home by his brother Sir Archibald. Although he was convicted his was released into the care of his family rather than sentenced to death because he was judged to be insane. This was the FIRST time an INSANITY DEFENSE was presented in a Scottish court and one of the very first trials in Great Britain to consider the criminal liability of the insane. A Good Tight copy - with faults as described but no major damage. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> PRINTED By C. Denovan for J. Elder, Etc hardcover
1796500048578J Stockdale 1796. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. recent leather binding 16mo spine very rubbed & worn and lacks inscripti. Ownership of GELL Philip 1775-1842 of Hopton Hall nr. Wirksworth Derbys. MP <br/> <br/> J Stockdale hardcover
17932429london: C. Dilly 1793. First printing. leather_bound. Very Good/fair. Leatherbound. Some tape marks to top and bottom of spine. 433-873 1 p. 24 cm. Engraved introductory page with numerous portraits. Full leather. Corners and spine ends worn <br/><br/> C. Dilly, hardcover
178865376Printed for T. Carnan at No.65 St. Pauls Church Yard London 1788. hardback. good condition only in worn leather- the front cover is loose. Printed for T. Carnan at No.65 St. Pauls Church Yard, London hardcover
1791OB1042-15<p>France Paris 1791. Soft Cover. 7 p.; 19.5 cm. Caption title; without imprint. Opening sentences: Nous ne voulons plus de votre constitution qui nous a ruinés. / Nous ne voulons plus de votre liberté qui n'est que pour les frippons les voleurs et les assassins. "Nous ne voulons" is repeated 36 times at the head of each paragraph. Martin & Walter IV 2: 7306 which specifies: Anti-révolutionnaire. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Stock#OB1042-15. Very Good in marbled paper wrappers.</p> unknown paperback
1795045554Madrid: D. Ramon Ruiz 1795. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary speckled calf spine gilt light wear at edges a bit of worming in the gutter not touching any text. A very attractive little copy in a custom slipcase. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 045554. <br/><br/> D. Ramon Ruiz hardcover books
1791OB1042-18<p>A Paris De L'Imprimerie de Crapart 1791. Soft Cover. 16 p.; 19.5 cm. Royalist pamphlet in verse sequel to La Révolution Française Pot-Pourri. Première Partie; cf Martin & Walter Revolution Française IV. 2. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Very Good in marbled paper wrapper. Stock#OB1042-18.</p> De L'Imprimerie de Crapart paperback
1791OB1041-8<p> "Pamphlet royaliste publié après juin 1791 arrêtation de la famille royale en fuite à Varennes ou en 1792 après l'insurrection parisienne du 10 aoüt qui entraïna l'internement de la famille royale dans la prison du Temple." "Malheureux! pressez-vous de rendre au roi sa liberté & fuyez; ou réunissant contre vous toutes les forces de l'Europe vos përirez tous". One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Martin / Walter IV: 6463. 16 pages of 20; lacks pages 17-20; 20 cm. In marbled paper wrappers. Stock#OB1041-8.</p>
1791OB1042-19<p>Soft Cover. 1 leaf 13 p.; 19.5 cm. Title continues: "pour délibérer sur l'incendie qui embrase la France et menace l'Europe entière." Dated "Paris le 20 Septembre 1791". In support of military aid to the King instead of a congress. Martin & Walter IV 2: 8618. One of a collection of 40 Royalist and contre revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Vg / in marbled paper wrapper. Stock# OB1042-19.</p> Chez Laurent, rue de la Harpe paperback