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17381106401738. Londres i.e. Amsterdam : Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1738. <br /> <br /> 12mo 4 179pp. Title- printed in red and black. Ink signature "Carteret Harvey" on A1. 19th-century blue cloth red label red edges very good.<br /> <br /> § OCLC: 12073708: "Miscellany comprising a grotesque fairy tale a philosophical epistle and a series of letters addressed from hell to the world above. The whole is redolent of political and philosophical overtones intended as a criticism of the Regency and the morality of the age. L'amour magot is a fable about the dangers of romantic love in an inexperienced young heroine. The 'lettres infernales' are written by inhabintants of hell. One letter is written from a bookseller addressed to his colleagues on earth in which he discusses hell's booktrade." OCLC locates in all about 18 copies but doubtless there are more. No one hazards a guess at the authorship. A pencil note in the book states: "Anon see Bulletin du bibliophile 16 série p. 372. Comte d'I.". unknown
179198865Sur L'Edition Cazin - Paris 1791. Londres. 1886. Londres. 1886. First edition thus. Limited to 150 copies. Printed by S. Pointer 180-182 High Holborn London Two volumes with continuous pagination bound in one. 508 pages. Both title pages present and have an engraved vignette to each the first volume has a masturbating faun. Handsomely bound in full vellum gilt red lettering piece slightly rubbed. prelims lightly foxed pages browned otherwise a very clean and sound copy. Nerciat 1739–1800 was a soldier poet composer playwright and novelist and a spy under both the Ancien Régime and the Republic. He travelled to countries throughout Europe during the course of his busy sometimes turbulent career and spent most of the last two years of his life in prison after being arrested by French forces in Italy in 1798 probably for his activities as a double agent. He is mostly remembered today for his libertine writings including Félicia ou mes frédaines Félicia or My Frolics in 1775 Le diable au corps Devil in the Flesh in 1789 and Les Aphrodites. hardcover
17591712280017Paris: Antoine Boudet 1759. Hardcover. Good. Twelve monthly volumes bound as one. Bound in contemporary mottled calf with 6 spine compartments. All edges red. Clean unmarked pages. 4 folding engraved plates. Topics include the civil and natural history of California Jamaica developments in medicine prairie agriculture economics of Arabia etc etc. Notably: Remarques sur la Californie & ses diverses productions by the Jesuit Father Michel Venegas in the December issue Antoine Boudet 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
17936711793. Copper-line engraving. Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783 was a French mathematician mechanician physicist philosopher and music theorist. Until 1759 he was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopedie. D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation is named after him. The wave equation is sometimes referred to as d'Alembert's equation. unknown
17949661794. Copper-line engraving. 175mm by 115mm image only. John Hawkesworth LLD One of the editors of Cook's First Voyage' <br /> Engraving from the octavo edition of 'A new authentic and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority.'John Hawkesworth c.1715 - 1773 was an English writer who was commissioned by the British Admiralty to compile An Account of the Voyages Undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere 1773 dealing chiefly with the voyages of exploration of Captain Cook.Small margins. unknown
180014971800. Copper-line engraving. 86mm by 58mm image only. Small French portrait engraving of Captain Cook.<br /> Uncommon.Remains of hinges on the reverse. unknown
1782198705Roma : Panzironi a Pasquino 1782. First Edition. Paperback. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. In protective loose stiff card covers.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 48 pages; Description: 48 p. ; 17 cm. Subjects: Catholicism --Catechism. Roma : Panzironi a Pasquino paperback
1792R32BROWN2003Dublin: J. Stockdale et al 1792. Hardback full-calf spine crudely relaid. 17cm x 10.5cm. Dublin edition complete in one volume. viii 279pp. Extremities of boards slightly worn with fraying to spine ends. Contents generally clean. A decent copy. r32. Hard Cover. Good. J. Stockdale et al Hardcover
176960757Petersbourg: N.p. 1769. 12mo. First French edition. 286 pp. Contemporary carta rustica. Wrappers rubbed. Wear to spine with tear along joint. Occasional spotting. Binding firm. Square cut from the rear pastedown which is made from waste and has older type visible. The famous Nakaz translation published shortly before the Empress's own translation. . Very Good. Wraps. 1769. N.p. 1769 paperback
1717290298United Kingdom: for D Browne et al 1717. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback eighth edition small octavo later binding in half calf and marbled paper covered boards. Tightly bound text clean and unmarked lacks the half-title iv 296 iii pp. for D Browne et al Hardcover
1788500027890Exeter: Exeter 1788. First Edition. . Paperback. Good. Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester 10 August 1747 5 September 1802 known as Lord Stavordale <br/> <br/> Exeter paperback
1740FGN13-C-8Naples: Muziana 1740. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". None. A piece of Italian theatre concerning the Italian and Tuscan languages in a contemporary vellum binding. This work is often attributed to Francesco Arizzi or Benedetto Marcello.Despite pagination text is continuous. In a vellum binding. Externally bumped with marks as usual with vellum. There is loss to the rear board. Internally firmly bound foxed with evidence of past worming. The rear free-endpaper has slight loss. Good Muziana hardcover
1784CAT001005Torino: Beltrano Antonio 1784. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original plain boards worn and a little shaken and a few signatures loose some degradation to rear board a few marginal notes but a sound and unsophisticated copy overall. Modest foxing throughout lined endpapers added early on with two manuscript recipes in the front for the Italian carnival fritters called bugie in Piedmont and a recipe for preparing marroni estemporanea Italian chestnuts. 467 1pp. Folding double sides plate of table settings with detailed legends. Bitting 540 eds of 1766 and 1789 Vicaire Vicaire 899 843 ed. Not in Cagle Simon.<br /> <br /> A heavily French influenced cookbook Bitting notes it is "the adaptation of French methods to Italian ingredients and is comprehensive in its scope" and that plays out as the recipes are heavy on meat recipes using the modular techniques developed in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Few recipes for pasta no polenta. Early editions are quite scarce. Size: 1784. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001005. Beltrano Antonio hardcover
1737FGN11-D-16Paris : Claude J. B. Herissant 1737. Vellum. Good. 7" by 4". None. A scarce set of French texts which paraphrase the history recorded in the Old Testament and the life of Jesus recorded within the New Testament. Both texts are published anonymously. Featuring the original reversed calf ties to this contemporary paper vellum binding. From the private library of theologian and professor of philosophy David A. Pailin. In a contemporary paper vellum binding with speckled ink detailing and reversed calf ties. Externally sound with some light marks and sunning to the spine. Light straining to both hinges. Internally firmly bound with age toning to the leaves. Instances of spotting and handling marks. David Pailin's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good Claude J. B. Herissant hardcover
1720BS10BRWN12F1720. Hardback. Pp. 965-1041. Folding map of Hertfordshire. No title page. Ex-Hertfordshire library copy with stamp to front free end-paper. Boards slightly marked with a little fraying to spine ends. A decent copy. bs10. Hard Cover. Good. Hardcover
1763774L1Oxford; Oxonii: Clarendon Press; E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1763. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 11.5" by 9". None. The scarce first Baskerville edition of the New Testament. One of only 500 quarto editions produced by Baskerville. Printed in Greek and in Latin. The text of this New Testament mostly reproduces the text edited by John Mills which is one of the most famous eighteenth century Greek testaments. This Baskerville printing was issued in 4to and 8vo with 500 4to copies ordered and 2000 in 4vo. This is a bright wide-margined copy of this work. Bound with the half title. ESTC reference no: T94898. In need of a sympathetic rebind this copy remains extremely bright internally. In a contemporary full calf binding. The boards are detached but present. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Good Only Clarendon Press; E Typographeo Clarendoniano hardcover
1793044802Upsala: Johan Edmans Enka 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Contemporary boards spine defective wear to title page and soiling to final few pages a few notes in an early hand clean otherwise and a nicely printed wide margined copy. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 044802. <br/><br/> Johan Edmans Enka hardcover
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. D. Ramon Ruiz hardcover
179016795Rent ekspl. 55 pp. <br/><br/><em>Bibl. Dan. III:563. </em> unknown
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
179526301795. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 150mm sheet. Native of Botany Bay brought over by Captain Tench.<br /> Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis' Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. unknown