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18300080231830. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mostly unknown. A fascinating collection of hand coloured French coaching and other scenes. In c1830 full red morocco album gilt & blind tooling corners & edges rubbed Spine worn raised bands gilt decorative tooling & title. Internally MS calligraphic style title 76 hand coloured lithographic illustrations tipped onto 71 leaves various colours most with guards 1 dated 1831 & another 1829 with gilt or ink borders a.e.g. Quarto including many Coaching Scenes artists possibly include Bellange S Baptiste RR S Bellange Ballec Lesk Noel & Charles Davies. <br/> <br/> hardcover
6345One fine folding engraved plate & one large astronomical woodcut illus. in the text. 19 i.e. 31 pp. Small 4to modern wrappers. N.p.: 1681. First edition of this rare and highly detailed anonymous observation of the famous comet of 1680-81. Apart from its brightness this comet is notable as the first to be observed using a telescope by Gottfried Kirch in Coburg. Other well-known observers included Robert Hooke Flamsteed Newton and John Evelyn. The author of this work clearly had a scientific background; he provides very detailed descriptions of the appearance of the comet its path and significance. The fine folding plate depicts the comet's path through the constellations. Fine copy and scarce. ❧ Kronk Cometography I pp. 369-73. unknown books
19871954Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt 1987. Hardcover. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 700 copies of which this is numbered 262. Two volumes in presentation box one is the commentary hardcover and the other is the red velvet covered facsimile edition. Fine condition Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt hardcover
84521 6 11 47 folding leaves. Large 8vo orig. yellow patterned wrappers wrappers a little soiled orig. block-printed title label on upper cover new stitching. Korea: 1870s.<br /> <BR> <BR> A rare anonymous manual for the general education of writers of classical Chinese from late ChosÅn Korea. The term “bamboo slips†originally referred to the material supports of writing in antiquity. In classical Chinese usage of later ages — and in this title — the phrase was used metonymically in reference to the implements and genres of classical Chinese writing.<br /> <BR> <BR> This book covers the four “rites†of capping marriage funerals and sacrifices. Each rite had specific genres associated with it which a reader of the book would learn to practice. Ample advice is included for writing letters to parents children teachers and friends — and words to use when referring to these individuals — as well as servants and slaves.<br /> <BR> <BR> While focused on the acquisition of everyday writing skills in classical Chinese this book brings to mind a larger genre of so-called “daily use encyclopedias†Ch.: riyong leishu 日用類書 which flourished in East Asia from at least the 16th century onward but had older antecedents. Those books provided readers even from lower social strata with information for use in a variety of areas. Our book with its national viewpoint and inclusion of elements of elite writing such as classical Chinese verse probably envisaged a rather more elite readership or at least one that had aspirations of social advancement.<br /> <BR> <BR> Who actually used this book is another question of course and the Compilation offers some hints: the pictured page from the list of “state taboos†contains marginalia that is written in part in vernacular Korean in the han’gÅl alphabet with nouns written in Chinese characters. From what we see of the text it appears that it concerns the ritual of entering the tablet of a recently deceased ancestor to the temple. This is also referred to in the printed text below in the context of the succession of kings and consorts. Vernacular writing was widely practiced within the ChosÅn elite but the brushstrokes — for whatever reason — look a bit hesitant.<br /> <BR> <BR> On the basis of the phrases used in the list to refer to the ChosÅn kings and royal consorts researchers have concluded that the edition dates from the reign of King Kojong but before the death of Queen MyÅngsÅng that is sometime between 1864 and 1895.<br /> <BR> <BR> A very good copy. Marginal worming in the final 14 leaves. Our copy agrees with the Harvard copy WorldCat accession number 40692963. unknown
19861955Akademische Druck - u. 1986. Hardcover. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies of which this volume is numbered 310. Fine condition two volumes in presentation case. First volume is commentary volume and is red cloth hardcover. Second volume is miniature black eather with gilt decoration. Akademische Druck - u. hardcover
1825789L7London: Sherwood Jones and Co 1825. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this first edition of the collected edition of the penny dreadful 'The Terrific Register' a crime magazine enjoyed by Charles Dickens. A very scarce work. The first edition of this sensational periodical. Incomplete being pages 417 to 820 of Volume I labelled part II to the spine and the complete text of Volume II. The title page for volume I has been bound to the start of volume II. Issues 27-51 to the first volume and issues 53-104 to volume II. The final leaf of volume I reads 'end of vol I' and the first issue of volume II starts at page 1. 'The Terrific Register' was a weekly penny dreadful published from 1823 to 1825 sold for a penny each containing sensational and melodramatic stories that gave accounts of murder brutal executions torture incest ghosts cannibalism and more. The magazine was enjoyed by Charles Dickens during his teenage years a fact which doesn't come as a surprise due to his later novels. He said that the stories used to 'frighten the wits out of his head'. The 'Register' came about due to the thriving production of cheap reading materials for the working classes. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I 'Sir Richard Burton'. With the motto 'Vigilans' to the bookplate. This bookplate has been identified as being that of Sir Richard Burton 1755-1855 of Sacketts Hill House Isle of Thanet Kent. A very scarce and influential penny magazine. Volume I is in a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper and volume II is in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Rubbing with some loss to the head and tail of spine to volume I. The hinges to Volume I are tender. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I 'Sir Richard Burton'. Internally volume II is firmly bound. The last couple of pages of Volume I are working loose. Pages are bright with the odd spot a little heavier to Volume I. Very Good Sherwood, Jones, and Co hardcover
17751758CAE-ANO-2-VGLondon: Vol 1-3: Henry Roberts & Vol 4: John Welcker 1775. Vols 1-4: 1st Editions. Very Good. <p>Rare and Important 18th century Song Books: Clio and Euterpe or British Harmony. Complete including the VERY RARE Vol IV.<br /> <br /> Vol 1: repaired with covers reattached spine laid down and new end papers.<br /> Vol 2: repaired with front covr reattached spine laid down and new end papers.<br /> Vol 3: repaired with spine laid down and new end papers.<br /> Vol 4: repaired with covers reattached spine laid down and new end papers.<br /> <br /> The first three volumes are complete with all 600 songs each page fully engraved and most with a quaint pictorial headpiece for each song. These were published by Roberts. The fourth volume its number written in ink on title page was published by Welcker who re-issued the trio and added this volume more diversified and with addition of violin. Most of its 112 pages are also illustrated. Also Vol IV retain the beautifully engraved trifold broadside "catalogue" for Welcker's music. Uniformally bound by Morrell London all edges gilt gold stamped turn ins. Spines repaired with original surviving leather and designs laid down. Most internal pages crisp and fine.<br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p>Pages<br /> Vol 1: 218 <br /> Vol 2: 218 <br /> Vol 3: 218 <br /> Vol 4: 120 broadside</p> <br /> <p>Dimensions<br /> Vol 1: 9 x 5⅞ x 1<br /> Vol 2: 9 x 5⅞ x 1<br /> Vol 3: 9 x 5⅞ x 1<br /> Vol 4: 9 x 6 x ¾</p> . Vol 1-3: Henry Roberts & Vol 4: John Welcker unknown
19196983New York: Privately Printed 1919. Octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Handsomely bound by the French Binders signed in gilt pallet front lower dentelle: The French Binders Garden City N.Y. in full maroon crushed morocco with attactive six-line gilt fillet border grouped together and a two-line grouping at outer edge on both covers single gilt ruling on edges of boards all sides gilt-ruled motif on spine. Dentelles with similar gilt ruling marbled endsheets. The French Binders a later iteration of the Club Bindery were established in New York City in 1918 and continued to early 1920's led by key artisans including Henri Hardy and LÈon Maillard with many later working with American binder Edith Diehl. Frontispiece tipped-in photograph of Lowman curiously signed by "same" on facing tissue guard. Fine condition. Scarce thus. Privately Printed unknown
180511760London: Tabart and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1805. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Front & back covers are loose and the spine is missing. ; Note that this is five books bound as one. Wilkinson's first book is a first edition. "Visit to a Farm-House" is a second edition also dated 1805. "The Benevolent Widow" is a third edition. "Prince Lee Boo" is undated and page 31/32 is clipped. "Hamlain" is not a first as it is dated 1804 and I believe the work was published in 1799. It may however be a first Irish printing as it was done in Dublin. All plates seem to be present with the possible exception of the one missing page. All in all five scarce works bound in one volume. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 628 pages . Tabart and Co. hardcover
1708000568Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier Librarie 1708. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 4 x 6.5 165 pages bound together with "Les Avantures d'Apollonius de Tyr" by Mons. Le Br. 130 pages. Tightly bound. Full Leather binding is intact but needs treatment appropriate oils/leather treatments mostly on the spine. Pages are foxed but supple remarkably well preserved for something that has existed for more than 300 years. Pierre Mortier, Librarie hardcover
1710000569Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout 1710. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 4 x 6.5 130 pages bound together with Journal Historique du Siege de la Ville et de la Citadelle de Turin l'Annee 1706 avec le Veritable Plan 165 pages. Interestingly there is a one page advertisement between the two: "Catalogue des livres nouvelles imprimees chez Pierre Mortier. Tightly bound. Full Leather binding is intact but needs treatment appropriate oils/leather treatments mostly on the spine. Pages are foxed but supple remarkably well preserved for something that has existed for more than 300 years. Jean Hofhout hardcover
1700EXP3-A-2Brussels: Francois Foppens 1700. Leather. Good Only. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A scarce illustrated edition of the features of the Netherlands. A general description of the seventeen provinces the main cities and places renamed in the situation they are from Ryswyck. Printed in French with fold out illustrations and maps. In a full calf binding. Externally sound with rubbing and bumping. Front joint cracked and hinges tender with reinforcement. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting throughout. Good Only Francois Foppens hardcover
1670601L7London: E Okes for William Whitwood 1670. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of this scarce tract on Ralph Wallis a nonconformist pamphleteer known as 'the Cobler of Gloucester'. This tract appeared following the death of Wallis and focuses on Wallis' ideas and his pamphleteering. Wallis' biographer states to this work that 'His complexion was of a sunburnt gipsy colour and his skin was rough and tawny like singed bacon; his hair was brown and bristly upon his head but his locks were weather-turned like a barber's show periwig'. Despite his Nonconformist views Wallis was raised by Roman Catholic parents. His parents were 'church papists' meaning they conformed to the demands of the Church of England enough to escape persecution. It is believed that Wallis began writing his pamphlets against the government in the 1650's but these early works have not survived. Wallis was apprehended by the government following his dispersion of pamphlets and he was held in custody. He admitted authorship of the works but declared to be in religion 'a Christian' and so was released. His pamphlets were frequently of a scatological tone and featured entertaining anecdotes regarding clergymen whose names and addresses he knew. DNB This work is the ESTC no. R20134. Collated complete. Rebound in full cloth. This biography provides further insight into the political and religious turbulence of the seventeenth century. Rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally excellent with little to no shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Scattered spotting to the first and last few pages with just the odd spots to margins. Very Good E Okes for William Whitwood hardcover
18277229Paris: Hector Bossange 1827. First Edition. Three volumes in full red morocco. Very Good. Three volumes. 12mo. Pp. viii 1 2-284; 1 2-310; 1 2-312. Half titles present. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. In later full polished calf decoratively bordered in gilt spine with gilt rules lettering and flourishes. Inner dentelles. Contemporary owner initials on free endpapers. Spines a tad faded negligible rubbing to covers. Interior quite fresh. First edition of Cooper's early novel of the sea following The Pilot involving a Rhode Island setting and importantly characters of African background. His first novel to be published overseas this printed exceptionally well by Lachevardiere perhaps owing to Cooper's presence in overseeing the effort. Predates the London edition. Scarce: Last offered at auction in 1996 Swann. A charming well preserved set. BAL 3837. Hector Bossange unknown
19123283641912. Large oblong folio. Japanese style lacquered covers inland with mother of pearl in the design of a bird and a snake. Inside includes a water color of Mount Fuji & irises. Some cracks in the cover and staining but otherwise in very good condition. Photos start with portraits of the likely owner a German commander. 129 photographs 4 large 9 x 11 1/2" arranged and mounted in a cream leaf photo album.<br/> <br/> Company printed photographs include Port Arthur N. China Beijing and German Samoa are some of the many places included in this WWI era Military Vernacular album. Circa 1901-1912.<br/> <br/> unknown
1900CAT0007261900. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" silk covered card covers worn 192 pages most filled with watercolors of confections with scattered text pages and a few blanks. Undated ca. turn of the century Meiji period. A remarkably lovely collection of illustrations of sweets. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000726. unknown
1900CAT0007261900. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" silk covered card covers worn 192 pages most filled with water colors of confections with scattered text pages and a few blanks. Undated ca. turn of the century Meiji period. A remarkably lovely collection of illustrations of sweets. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000726. unknown books
1788024356London: Printed for J. Walker 1788. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. A very good four volume set in contemporary full tree calf binding with double lettering pieces in red and green. Complete pp. iii-vii 1 222; 2 206; 2 238 & 2 198. No half-titles which may or may not be wanting but the pagination for the prelims to vol. I might suggest that one is required Very good bindings with a little rubbing a couple of volumes slightly chipped to the head/tail of the spines corners lightly bruised. Contents clean and tight manuscript Greek initials to title pages dated 1788 otherwise unmarked no foxing paper crisp. A very good set. A Rare Eighteenth Century Novel. We have managed to located just one other copy at auction in the last thirty years and that at Sotheby's sale of July 21 1993 where it made £1000 on the hammer though seemingly not such a nice copy. Referenced by: ESTC T068744. Printed for J. Walker Hardcover
1762778L27Cambridge: J Baskerville 1762. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7". None. The scarce octavo Baskerville printing of this mid-eighteenth century 'Book of Common Prayer'. This book of Common Prayer was published the same year as a smaller format. This larger format is scarcer. Baskerville was an innovative type designer and printer. His typefaces were greatly admired by Benjamin Franklin. The Baskerville type is regarded as a transitional serif typeface intended as a refinement of the old-style typefaces of the period such as Calson. With 'Price Eight Shillings unbound' to the title page. ESTC reference no: T87227. Collated complete.A mid-eighteenth century edition of the common prayer and psalms published after a long period of taunt religious turmoil in England.'The Whole Book of Psalms' collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. Sternhold was an English courtier and was the principal author of this first English metrical rendition of the Psalms.With a table of a calendar containing table of lessons throughout the year guiding the reading on which prayers to read at morning and evening.Bookplate of R. H. S. Truell to the front pastedown. An important printing of the Book of Common prayer in a smart contemporary binding. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally with light rubbing to the boards and to the raised bands. Fading to the gilt at the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown R Mitford. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed J Baskerville hardcover
185062042Wien: Carl Gerold 1850. 8vo. 226 pp. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards. Ex-institutional library of Bibliothek der Musse Riga with usual markings. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Internally clean. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Manoug Parikian British concert violinist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music London. Loosely inserted are three TLS by Isaiah Berlin dated 1972-73 on 'Headington House Oxford' letterhead in which he thanks Parikian for the loan of the book and then apologises for not returning it in a timely manner as the book had become buried somewhere in his library. The author Wilhelm von Lenz was born in Riga and studied with Liszt and Chopin in Paris. He is best known for his research on Beethoven. The final chapter in this book deals with Beethoven's violin concerto as performed in St. Petersburg by Vieuxtemps. Text in German. . Good. 1/4 Sheep. 1850. Carl Gerold 1850 unknown
18855333Edinburgh N.P. 1885 Première édition. Un bel album, au format 28 cm x 37 cm. La plupart des photographies sur papier albuminé mesurent 21 cm x 27 cm. Malheureusement, l'album ne comporte aucune indication sur son propriétaire, mais la première photographie représente un navire britannique, le HMS Malabar, un navire de transport de troupes de classe Euphrates qui apparaît sur plusieurs photos. Nous supposons donc que notre voyageur se trouvait à bord de ce navire. Vient ensuite une fabuleuse photographie de ce qui semble être une troupe de théâtre, peut-être pour un bal costumé organisé sur le croiseur, car les tenues semblent n'avoir que peu de rapport les unes avec les autres. Malheureusement, rien ne permet d'identifier les participants. Suit ensuite une grande photographie d'Aden au Yémen, puis une autre du canal de Suez prise depuis Suez même. Les trois photographies suivantes représentent Port-Saïd, à l'autre extrémité du canal. Viennent ensuite seize photographies du Caire et de ses environs, notamment les pyramides et les mosquées, dont plusieurs prises par Félix Bonfils et H. Arnoux. Deux des photographies présentent une petite zone endommagée où les photos se sont collées dans l'album, mais les dégâts sont relativement mineurs. Parmi celles-ci, on trouve de jolies photos de vendeurs de dattes et d'un homme en prière (toutes deux prises en studio par les frères Zangaki, Janos et Adelphoi) et d'un groupe de chameaux sur le point de partir. Nous retournons au canal de Suez pour la photo suivante, où le Malabar est photographié par les frères Zangaki. Cette image a récemment été utilisée dans le dictionnaire Larousse, avec deux autres photos du Malabar sur le canal. (Photographié par les frères Zangaki). Ces 26 photographies constituent la partie "Moyen-Orient" de l'album. La photographie suivante représente le port de Malte, et il y a au total neuf grandes photographies de Malte. En guise d'intermède, on trouve une curieuse photographie d'un dessin animé / caricature d'un bateau tiré, intitulée "Le Nil 1884-5". Nous trouvons ensuite une jolie photographie du rocher de Gibraltar depuis la côte espagnole et deux autres photographies de monuments de Gibraltar. La prochaine étape de notre voyage est la Norvège, où se trouvent sept photographies de Christiania (Oslo). La dernière photographie norvégienne est une photographie colorée à la main représentant des jeunes femmes en costume traditionnel norvégien. Enfin, le voyageur revient au Royaume-Uni et arrive au pont du Forth et à Édimbourg avec deux magnifiques photographies grand format. Pour finir, sept photographies albumines plus petites (mais tout de même très respectables) représentent des monuments d'Édimbourg. Elles mesurent chacune 13 cm x 21 cm. Au total, nous proposons donc un album de 50 pages contenant 56 photographies albumines (49 grand format et sept légèrement plus petites).
18855333Edinburgh: N.P. 1885. First edition. A lovely album sized 28cm x 37cm. Most of the albumen photographs are sized 21cm x 27cm. Sadly the album has no ownership details but the first photograph is of a British ship This is HMS Malabar a Euphrates-class troopship which appears in several of the photographs so we assume that our traveller was aboard this vessel. Next is a fabulous photograph of what seems to be a theatre troupe perhaps for a fancy dress event on the cruiser as the outfits seem to bear little connection to each other. Sadly there is nothing to identify the participants. Then follows a large photograph of Aden in the Yemen and one of the Suez Canal from Suez itself. The following three photographs are of Port Said at the other end of the canal. Then follow Sixteen photographs of Cairo and district including the pyramids mosques and including several photographs by Félix Bonfils and H Arnoux. Two of the photographs have a small area of loss where the photos have stuck together in the album but with fairly minor loss. Included in these are a lovely photographs of date sellers and a praying man both studio photographs by Zangaki Brothers Janos and Adelphoi and a group of camels about to set off. We return to the Suez canal for the next photograph where the Malabar is photographed by the Zangaki brothers. This image was lately used in the Larousse dictionary with two more photgraphs of the Malabar on the canal. Photographed by the Zangaki brothers. These 26 photographs make up the "Middle Eastern" portion of the album. The next photograph is of the harbour at Malta and there are a total of nine large photographs of Malta. As an interlude is a curious photograph of a cartoon / caricature of a boat being pulled and labelled "The Nile 1884-5." Next we find a lovely photograph of the Rock of Gibraltar from the Spanish coast and two further photographs of Gibraltar landmarks. The next stop on our journey is Norway where there are seven photographs of Christiania Oslo. There is a final Norwegian photograph which is a hand coloured photograph of young women in traditional Norwegian costume. Finally the traveller returns to the United Kingdom and arrives at the Forth Bridge and Edinburgh with two beautiful large sized photographs. Finally are seven smaller but still very respectable albumen photographs of Edinburgh landmarks. These each are 13cm x 21cm. So in total we offer an album of 50 pages containing a total of 56 albumen photographs 49 large format and seven slightly smaller. . Première édition. Un bel album au format 28 cm x 37 cm. La plupart des photographies sur papier albuminé mesurent 21 cm x 27 cm. Malheureusement l'album ne comporte aucune indication sur son propriétaire mais la première photographie représente un navire britannique le HMS Malabar un navire de transport de troupes de classe Euphrates qui apparaît sur plusieurs photos. Nous supposons donc que notre voyageur se trouvait à bord de ce navire. Vient ensuite une fabuleuse photographie de ce qui semble être une troupe de théâtre peut-être pour un bal costumé organisé sur le croiseur car les tenues semblent n'avoir que peu de rapport les unes avec les autres. Malheureusement rien ne permet d'identifier les participants. Suit ensuite une grande photographie d'Aden au Yémen puis une autre du canal de Suez prise depuis Suez même. Les trois photographies suivantes représentent Port-Saïd à l'autre extrémité du canal. Viennent ensuite seize photographies du Caire et de ses environs notamment les pyramides et les mosquées dont plusieurs prises par Félix Bonfils et H. Arnoux. Deux des photographies présentent une petite zone endommagée où les photos se sont collées dans l'album mais les dégâts sont relativement mineurs. Parmi celles-ci on trouve de jolies photos de vendeurs de dattes et d'un homme en prière toutes deux prises en studio par les frères Zangaki Janos et Adelphoi et d'un groupe de chameaux sur le point de partir. Nous retournons au canal de Suez pour la photo suivante où le Malabar est photographié par les frères Zangaki. Cette image a récemment été utilisée dans le dictionnaire Larousse avec deux autres photos du Malabar sur le canal. Photographié par les frères Zangaki. Ces 26 photographies constituent la partie "Moyen-Orient" de l'album. La photographie suivante représente le port de Malte et il y a au total neuf grandes photographies de Malte. En guise d'intermède on trouve une curieuse photographie d'un dessin animé / caricature d'un bateau tiré intitulée "Le Nil 1884-5". Nous trouvons ensuite une jolie photographie du rocher de Gibraltar depuis la côte espagnole et deux autres photographies de monuments de Gibraltar. La prochaine étape de notre voyage est la Norvège où se trouvent sept photographies de Christiania Oslo. La dernière photographie norvégienne est une photographie colorée à la main représentant des jeunes femmes en costume traditionnel norvégien. Enfin le voyageur revient au Royaume-Uni et arrive au pont du Forth et à Édimbourg avec deux magnifiques photographies grand format. Pour finir sept photographies albumines plus petites mais tout de même très respectables représentent des monuments d'Édimbourg. Elles mesurent chacune 13 cm x 21 cm. Au total nous proposons donc un album de 50 pages contenant 56 photographies albumines 49 grand format et sept légèrement plus petites. N.P. unknown
1798709L11London: G G and J Robinson J Johnson 1798. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by5.5". None. A complete set of the biographical dictionary. A first edition thus published under the editorship and translator William Tooke. A New Edition of this dictionary but a first edition thus overall. The General Biographical Dictionary was first published in 1761 in eleven volumes with a supplement released in 1767. Tooke notes to the preface that 'though the work is apparently extended only by the addition of three volumes the actual augmentation is much greater'. Collated complete. A comprehensive study due to Tooke's capability to translate German French and Russian. Tooke was assisted in this work by William Beloe and Robert Nares. Tooke was a regular contributor to the Monthly Review and the Gentleman's Magazine. With entries on numerous important people including George Abbot Abraham Cowley William Cowper William Dampier Isaac Newton Nicholas Rowe Palladius Wiliam Shakespeare and Tobias Smollett. In a uniform half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. Some rubbing to the spines and boards. Small loss to the head and tail of spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed G G and J Robinson, J Johnson hardcover
10 parts in 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in English, with very numerous chromolithographed and tinted plates (original tissue guards present where called for), many large folding maps on japon, and some hundreds of monochrome photographs (a number full-page), and maps in the text; original salmon cloth, backs lettered and tooled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a remarkably bright, clean set. This magnificent record of one of the earliest major international conflicts of the twentieth century is remarkable on several counts. In essence an early partwork, it was compiled and issued whilst the war was still in progress, enabling its readers to follow the course and consequences of the fighting in a manner previously unparalleled. Certainly it is unique is the comprehensiveness and detail of its coverage, and in the variety and extent of its illustrations, the two together constituting a truly massive documentary resource. COMPLETE SETS OF THIS NOTABLE WORK ARE RARE, THE MORE SO IN ORIGINAL CLOTH IN THIS CONDITION. Wenckstern II,140.
1825004560Bristol: Lithographic Printing Office High Street.: T Bedford 1825. 1st Edition . Unbound. Very Good. JONES SC. STOCKDALE Frederick Wilton Litchfield. VG 1st ed 1825 6pls Rare. Oblong 38.528.5 cm. 6 Lithographs stitched as issued in original drab printed wrappers not dated but 1825. Not listed at COPAC or WorldCat or Abbey Scenery. Uncommon. Title continues: Situate on the Banks of the River Wye. Price Twelve Shillings. Proofs on india paper Fifteen Shillings. The back wrapper advertises - Just Published nine Lithographic Views of the Cottages composing Blaise Hamlet.- published by T Bedford and one would presume a more successful venture than the Six! The six views included in the work are:- The Castle and New Bridge of Chepstow. Chepstow Castle. Part of Chepstow Castle as seen from the Moat. South View Tintern Abbey. North View and Interior seen through the South window Tintern Abbey. Interior View of West window Tintern Abbey. <br/> <br/> T Bedford unknown
