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34377Watercolour on laid paper with watermark of a horse and rider and pair of scales 200 x 148 mm sheet; captioned in ink 'Nouvelle Hollande' at bottom left and with a foliation number '184' in the same hand at bottom right; the sheet is unmounted verso blank and the drawing has survived in fine condition - virtually in its original state; removal from a sketchbook at some point is confirmed by the slightly roughened top edge of the sheet which also shows evidence of the original stitch holes. This watercolour sketch was made by an anonymous French artist probably around 1835. It appears to be a conflation of several images by the voyage artist Louis Auguste de Sainson 1800-1887 which depict Indigenous people at King George's Sound Albany Western Australia. Sainson made his sketches in situ in 1826 during the Astrolabe's scientific round-the-world voyage under the command of Dumont d'Urville. His drawings were reproduced as engraved plates in Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe Paris: J. Tastu1830-35 and elsewhere. The male figure wears a short animal-skin cloak characteristic of the type worn by the men in Sainson's King George's Sound drawings. His arms are outstretched with the wrists limp and hands downturned a highly distinctive gesture that appears to have been copied directly from the identical body language of several of the subjects in Sainson's famous drawing titled Port du Roi Georges. Nouvelle-Hollande. Un naturel montre à ses Compagnons les Cadeaux qu'il a reçus à bord de L'Astrolabe which depicts an Indigenous man showing his companions the trinkets given to him by the Astrolabe's crew. Furthermore the way in which the man is shown in full profile with knees slightly bent his straggly beard and hair accentuated is strikingly similar to the manner in which the left-hand figure in Sainson's Nlle. Hollande. Naturels du port du Roi Georges is posed. Finally the native grass tree Xanthorrhoea australis is placed at the bottom right of the image just as it is in Sainson's Vue d'un Étang près la Baie du Roi Georges. unknown
16881440London: : Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown 1688. First Edition. First edition. Pamphet. Disbound. Title preface a dedication to the Queen Regent written by "the Maids of St Joseph" the text of the prerogatives. This is in fact an anti-catholic pamphlet from William Clagett. William Clagett 1646–1688 was an English clergyman and pamphleteer particularly active during the reign of James II. As well as his own pamphlets he would translate particularly colourful Continental Catholic material with the aim of making the Catholics an object of ridicule. This is one of those pieces. A nice copy of this pamphlet. Apart from a a few slight marks the pamphlet is clean and crisp throughout and well bound together.ii i-xv i vi 1-20. pp. WING A108. Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown unknown
1685c2056London: Printed by Charles Bill Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb. G : in Good condition with velvet lined case crafted from a later album with clasps. Case scuffed and edgeworn book covers also. Text block clean and tight with minimal foxing. Occasional pencilled notation. 1685. First thus. Full leather hardback. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 271pp 36pp. English Military Discipline published 1686 Rules and Articles published in 1685. The case has a label on its first 'page' marked 'Bp of Durham'. . Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb hardcover
1813690L8Birmingham: J Belcher 1813. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A very scarce pamphlet regarding the condensed rules on hallmarking in the context of the Birmingham silversmiths and plate-workers. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the acts of parliament regarding hallmarking so as to protect the public against fraud and to protect the trader against unfair competition. There are explanations to this work of how these acts relate to Birmingham or within twenty miles thereof. This pamphlet is aimed at the silversmiths and plate workers for their better understanding of the rules and regulations. A scarce work with only one on jisc held at the University of Birmingham. In marbled wraps. Externally generally smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. Light creasing to the corners. Internally firmly bound. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Pages are generally bright with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed J Belcher paperback
177648226Salisbury: Benj. Cha. Collins and J. Johnson 1776. 8vo. iv 202 10 pp. Modern full sprinkled brown calf with red morocco title label. Uncommon. Clean internally with binding in fine condition. 21 cm. tall ESTC T136614. . Near Fine. Full Calf. 1776. Benj. Cha. Collins and J. Johnson 1776 unknown
3731167<p>London: Printed. Boston; New-England Re-printed and sold by Green & Russell at their Printing-Office near the Custom-House and next to the Writing School in Queen-Street. MDCCLVI. 1756. half-title 23 1 pages. 8vo. “The Second Edition.†In fact the First American Edition preceded by printings in London and York both dated 1755. Expertly washed conserved and stitching renewed; scattered staining. A very good copy housed In a custom cloth clamshell box with a gilt-stamped leather spine label.</p> <p>Partly-untrimmed. First American edition of this eyewitness account of this terrible disaster on All Saints Day November 1 1755 that shook perspective views in the Old World and the New. The Lisbon Earthquake alarmed New England clergy and perplexed philosophers in France. For the former some ministers interpreted the event to show God expressing his angry will. For the latter some thinkers saw the disaster as evidence that no such will existed.</p> <p>The Lisbon Earthquake is estimated to have been 8.5–9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale and lt triggered a tsunami. The devastation was enormous:</p> <p>"“Not long after…a general Panic was raised from a Crowd of People’s running from the Waterside all crying out the Sea was pouring in and would certainly overwhelm the City. This new Alarm created such Horrors in the agitated Minds of the Populace that vast Numbers of them ran screaming into the ruinated City again where a fresh Shock of the Earthquake immediately following many of them were buried in the Ruins of falling Houses. This Alarm was however not entirely without Foundation. For the Water of the River rose at once above twenty Feet perpendicular and subsided again to its natural Pitch in less than a Minute’s time.â€"</p> <p>From the Rev. Thomas Prince to John Winthrop in to Voltaire to Rousseau —the intellectual luminaries of the world weighed in. Years later Goethe would write in his autobiography of his memory as a six-year old of the event: “Perhaps the Demon of Fear had never so speedily and powerfully diffused his terror over the earth.â€</p> <p>The earthquake was the “subject of anxious Church sermons across the Atlantic in New England. In fact an earthquake had also occurred in Massachusetts on the 18th of November 1755 centered east of Cape Ann. In Boston most of the damage occurred where buildings had been constructed over landfill near the wharves. John Adams who was at Braintree wrote in his diary: ‘The house seemed to rock and reel and crack as if it would fall in ruins…’†Kenneth Maxwell</p> <p>The Lisbon and Boston earthquakes became in tandem seismic cultural events as ministers philosophers and scientists contextualized one to the other. Some ministers compared the heavy damage of the Lisbon quake to the minimal damage from Boston’s and drew conclusions of moral American exceptionalism. Others used the Lisbon earthquake’s date of All Saint’s Day to suggest that God was punishing the Catholics. At Harvard professor and astronomer-scientist John Winthrop blamed volcanoes. </p> <p>By and large An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire… is written from neither a secular nor philosophical viewpoint. Rather it is a richly-detailed moment by moment account. It is a linear timeline written by an eyewitness who was literally on the shaky ground —when and where the dramatic event transpired.</p> <p>Charles Edwin Clark’s “Science Reason and an Angry God: The Literature of an Earthquake†in The New England Quarterly describes this narrow field of literature of the New England earthquake of 1755 —from the sermons to accounts such as the present example— as documenting a “science struggling to be born; a vigorous aggressive Protestantism on its way to becoming humanized and rationalized; a continuing consciousness of the uniqueness and special mission of America; and a scholarly approach in the best Puritan tradition to the problems of this world and the next.†Clark also provides an excellent and granular timeline of Boston’s printing and publication history concerning these two earthquakes.</p> <p>The verso of the half-title has an advertisement for the Boston edition of the Indian captivity of William and Elizabeth Fleming which is worth quoting at length: “A NARRATIVE of the Sufferings and surprizing Deliverances of William and Elizabeth Fleming Howes F-183 who were taken captive by Capt. Jakob Commander of the Indians who lately made the incursions on the frontiers of Pennsylvania as related by themselves. A NARRATIVE necessary to be read by all who are going in the Expedition The Kittanning Expedition a.k.a. the Armstrong Expedition as well as every British subject. Wherein it fully appears that the Barbarities of the Indians is owing to the French and chiefly their Priests. Price six Coppers.†After Braddock’s Defeat Capt. Jacob had terrorized the Pennsylvania population until a force armed Pennsylvanians killed Jacobs September 8 1756 in an retaliatory raid. The reader of this pamphlet would not have known of Jacob’s death because according to Clark it was published on April 1 1756.</p> <p>Evans 7602. ESTC W10073. Howes L-371 ref. ESTC records only 6 institutions all in America owning this. The “third American edition†i.e. the second is likewise rare. Ref. Maxwell Kenneth V — Lisbon 1755: The First ‘Modern’ Disaster but if modern how is it so accessed online.</p> unknown
1816270651United Kingdom: Robert Triphook 1816. Book. Good. paperback. paperback an 1816 printing of a work first published in the early seventeenth century. The seventh tract of 'Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana: or A Select Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts Illustrative of the History Literature Manners and Biography of the English Nation'. Covers creased and chipped and with some loss at the head and foot of the spine the sewing remains intact some top edges remain unopened b&w illustrations xv 76pp. Robert Triphook Paperback
1799011443London: 'Printed for the Benefit of the Charity' 1799. 14th edition 1st-1773 or 1774 . Hardcover. VG. 11 Cms x 18 Cms. orig. frontfly leaft.p. with central engr. image of child with key being pointed by sitting lady to a chained lock and caption 'Instituted Feb.y 22 1772' 2 Contentsvii Introduction dated 179986 'An Account of the Society dated Dec.20 1773t.p. of 'A List of the General and Annual Benefactions of the Society for the Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts from the Institution in February 1772 to the 31st of March 1799' unpaginated but 38 ff. 76 pplarge c. 32 cms wide x 23 cms vertically unfolding chart 'A summary View of the Money annually Expended by the SOCIETY for Relief of Debtors from the Institution in 1772 to the 31st of March 1799' this heading very slightly cropped but no significant loss block of new bound-in blank pp. Internally tight and unworn and generally clean but intermittent tanning patches and trivial bottom corner rubbing over half of top edge is very darkened not dust and no internal indication of cause Innocuous small 15 mm round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library bottom new front endpaper.Redlibrary cloth covers pristine with gilt spine title and date. A rare document f social history providing insight into the infamous phenomenon of 'Debtors' Prisons' at this period. <br/> <br/> 'Printed for the Benefit of the Charity' hardcover
183114385Newcastle J. Marhsall; 1831. 1831. Broadside approximately 38 x 15.5 cm. Single sheet titled in bold. Edges a little frayed slight toning to top edge. Remarkably crisp and clean for such a cheaply printed and ephemeral document. Broadside which describes a meeting of a "great number" Fynes od an early trade union of miners led by Thomas Hepburn in dispute with their employer over wages fines and rights to housing. Hepburn was a veteran labour organiser whose campaigning had won shorter working days for boys in the North East. The meeting described here was a precursor to a series of meetings between the trade union and the Marquess of Londonderry which was a significant step in the history of trade unionism. The gains made in the 1831 strike were soon overturned in the 1832 strike. Fynes The Miners of Northumberland and Durham pp. 16-20Outram 'Thomas Hepburn' Society for the Study of Labour History. Newcastle, J. Marhsall; 1831. unknown
1759016917Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Donaldson Murray and Cochran 1759. Book measures 31x21.cm. viii 528pp. Bound in half calf calf corners cloth boards flat bands leather title label gilt lettering. Binding rubbed worn on edges. Binding in good firm condition. Internally spotting finger marking throughout. Pages in good condition. A good copy. . First Edition. Half Calf. Near Very Good. Quarto. Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochran Hardcover
1747R1GLTTAN26BIpswich: W. Craighton 1747. Hardback new spine inner hinges re-inforced. vi 201pp. 1st edition 1747. Binding slightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's label to front pastedown name to ffep. Law Society stamp to title page preface page and final page of Index with label to verso of title page. A decent copy. r1. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. W. Craighton Hardcover
185664257Cambrian. 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. MAnuscript title page dated 1856 13" x9 " consists of 33pp of what appears to be a long and comprehensive newspaper report each column set within a red border interspersed with numerous engravings of teh locality bound in half leather. Green cloth spine chipped covers worn loosely inserted booklet of rules ist of members publications etc dated 1856. Unusual if not unique Montgomeryshire itme. ; quarto . Cambrian hardcover
1759024086London: Printed for Newberry 1759. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 18mo. no date 1759 pp. iv 291 1; engraved frontispiece by Boyce after Boitard engraved title page and seven plates. Contemporary full sheep binding good with some rubbing a little chipped to head/tail fo the spine and corners superficial cracks to spine/joints but remains firmly bound. Contents clean and tight blank front free end paper not present no inscriptions. A very good complete copy. Referenced by ESTC T017526; Roscoe J1 1. Printed for Newberry Hardcover
182429517John Thomson Edinburgh. 1824. Third edition. iii 203pp. 190pp. of itinerary 2 very large folding maps 8 engraved plates. Bound in red russian morocco. Boards and extremities rubbed and worn. Some occasional foxing and browning to pages o/w contents clean and sound. hardcover
2026x-1474542522Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 280 pages. 7.50x0.76x9.25 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd paperback
2026x-1474542565Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 280 pages. 7.50x0.88x9.25 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
18006Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1815. Three plates one folding. Folio 15 x 11 inches 98-pages. Original boards neatly rebacked in cloth with paper label uncut. Boards scuffed endpapers foxed otherwise internally very good. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1815. hardcover
179555971London: Cadell and Davies N.d. 1795. 8vo. Two volumes in one. x 117 2 ii 114 pp. Modern full brown morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt ruling & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Atkinsons. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Repair to verso of illustration at p. 37. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and four further etched plates. With original bookseller's receipt tipped-in to front pastedown with hand-written price of '1/2 Rupee.' ESTC T.125511 suggests 1795. Boards fresh. Internally in remarkably clean condition. Scarce. . Fine. Full Morocco. 1795. Cadell and Davies N.d. [1795] unknown
1760005142np London 1760. Copper Engraving. Very Good. Copper engraving on laid paper. Measurement border to border: 22.5 x 17.3 cm. 8.9" x 6.3". Sheet measurements: 30 x 20.7 cm. 11.8" x 8.1" Condition: a mild crease which begins just above the "C" in Southern Ocean and winds its way northeast always staying in the empty void of the Southern Ocean terminating just below Ascension Island; 1 cm. closed tears at both top and bottom edges contained within margins never invading borders; mild foxing in spots and a faint offsetting from what looks to be another map most likely: Good-to-Very Good. A handsome map which we greatly appreciate hasn't had to endure any later hand coloring. Here's a 2001 description from Old World Auctions: "Charming small map of the continent with a decorative cartouche and compass rose. Considerable detail along the coasts with Indian names in the interior. Part of the African continent is shown at right and the Solomon Islands are shown in the Pacific. Several discoveries are noted by name and date." <br/><br/> unknown
1648R33THNACT071648. Pamphlet disbound folio. One leaf. An Act for the Form of an Oath to be administred to every Free-Man at his Admission to his Freedom in the City of London and in all Cities Boroughs and Towns Corporate in England and Towns Corporate in England and Wales 10 Feb. 1648. No separate title page. Pp. 21-22. A little age-discolouration. Scarce. r33. Soft Cover. Good. Paperback
1843012113Great Britain 1843. Book measures 22x14.5.cm. 89pp iv52pp second part dated 1871. Bound in modern cloth with gilt lettering. Library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally occasional library stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good solid copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover
182775670London. 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. 13pp 104pp 16pp some gatherings sl pulled front endpaper repaired bound in half leather/marbled boards covers rubbed; 12 Mo . hardcover
59037Caernarvon. 1111. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound together 19pp 41pp bound in half leather/marbled boards covers a bit rubbed; Folio . Caernarvon hardcover
3834Royal Assent 19 May 1819 Paper disbound. Pages in good condition. Wraps. Fair. Royal Assent, 19 May 1819 Paperback
182855274Providence: H. H. Brown printer 1828. First edition 8vo pp. 12; self-wrappers stitched as issued; uncut; a few spots on the title; very good. Warns of the dangers of the "monied aristocracy" and urges voters "to give your undivided support to.the Landowner's Prox by whatever name it may be called" and to support the State's current system of indirect taxation on imported goods luxury items profits levying license fees &c. as a way to lessen the direct tax upon land. American Imprints 31893; Bartlett p. 8; Sabin 70529. H. H. Brown, printer unknown
