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177215319[], [], 1772-1777. 4 pièces en 2 volumes in-8, texte encadré, veau marbré, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin noir, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1777AMO-4489A Genève et se trouve à Paris, chés la Veuve Duchêne, 1777. 2 parties reliées en 1 volume in-12 (17,7 x 10,2 cm environ) de 244 et 244 pages (+ 6 feuillets non chiffrés). 15 figures hors-texte. Reliure de l'époque plein veau brun tacheté à l'acide, dos lisse à faux-nerfs filetés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouge pâle, doublures et gardes de papier marbré. Exemplaire très frais conservé dans sa première reliure. Exemplaire bien complet des 6 feuillets de Revue des ouvrages de l'auteur qui manquent presque toujours à la fin du volume. Quelques restaurations professionnelles de qualité à la reliure (mors, coiffes et coins), petite épidermure au premier plat (coin inférieur). Les restaurations sont à peine visibles. L'ensemble est de très grande qualité. Edition originale et unique édition du premier ouvrage illustré de Rétif de la Bretonne.
178618502A Neuchâtel, et se trouve à Paris, Chés Guillot, libraire de Monsieur, rue Saint-Jacques, vis-à-vis celle des Mathurins, 1786. 4 volumes in-12 de 272; 312; 312; 324-[16] pages, pleine basane blonde, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre en veau rouge, tranches mouchetées de rouge.
178620929A Neuchâtel, et se trouve à Paris, Chés Guillot, libraire de Monsieur, rue Saint-Jacques, vis-à-vis celle des Mathurins, 1786. 4 volumes in-12 de 272; 312; 312; 324-[16] pages, plein cartonnage de papier marbrés du temps, dos lisses, étiquettes de titre rouges, de tomaison sables; tranches mouchetées rouges.
18006287Monclova: May 12 1800. Good plus. 4pp. on a bifolium. Light edge wear and staining. Some moderate offsetting. In a neat legible hand. A very interesting manuscript record of a colonial Mexican marriage dispute in 1800 which includes a request for separation by MarÃa Josefa Pruneda from her husband a report on her “illicit friendship†with another man and an official warning concerning her behavior from the judiciary. The manuscript copies MarÃa Josefa Pruneda’s petition to the governor of Coahuila y Tejas to separate from her husband Miguel Maldonado claiming he neglected her. The document begins “Con respecto al informe que el señor gobernador me pide en remitir en presentacion que hiso ante su señoria Maria Teresa Pruneda alegando que su marido ademas el no haverla assistido desde que se caso con ella se ha mudado aun Rancho Yermo Nombrado Sn. Andres distante de mariado de poblado donde esta mui espuesta al Riergo de los Enemigos.†<br /> <br /> However in the following reportThe intendant of Santa Rosa states that MarÃa Josefa refused to live with her husband due to her father’s influence and because of her “illicit friendship†with a young man named Thomas Zaralsa. The report notes that Miguel Maldonado was a hardworking man while the petitioner enjoyed her husband’s absences. The governor Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante ordered the Justice of the Villa de Monclova to ensure she cohabited with her husband and warned her father to cease influencing her. A final report states that MarÃa Josefa was warned but disobeyed and left the town saying "No cumplio pues se fue sin presentarse a el tiempo de su salida loge. partisipo a Vm. porque en su inteligensia lede el debido cumplimiento segun sed ordena."<br /> <br /> A fascinating delineation of the process for seeking divorce and the difficulties of doing so in late colonial Mexico. May 12 unknown
17133648A La Haye, chez Henry Scheurleer, 1713. In-12 de 508-(8) pp., maroquin bleu, dos orné à nerfs, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées sur marbrure (David).
17542306160124xbvkSpain, 1754. Calligraphic titlepage in a handpainted watarcolour frame; 5 sheets dedication ''A LA REYNA DEL CIELO MARIA SSA. EN SU SOLEDAD DOLOROSA SA MADRE DEL AMOR HERMOSO, y delicias de la celestial Syon, aunque max grande de penas y amanguras de la gracia, que en el dura, pero o lorioso campe de la soledad ...''; 1 blank sheet; 2 sheets ''TABLA DE LAS SANTAS ANACORETAS CONTENIDAS EN ESTE SEGUNDO TOMO DEL DESIERTO DELICIOSO''; 2 sheets 'PROTESTA . . .' etc.; 334* sheets Description of the Saints. - Vellum binding of the periodover 4 raised bands with manuscript title at spine and possibly younger frangments of ribbon clasps; 4to.(ca. 24 x 19 x 6 cm; ca. 1,47 kg.).
1769002098Paris Cellot 1769
175861510Venice: Typis Antonii Zattae 1758-1762. Three vols. Folio. 11.5 x 15.5 in. xxxii 600; v 1 618; 8 579 1 xl pp. Title of vol. I in red & black woodcut-engraved vignettes historiated initials couple text copper plate engravings in vol. II splendid woodblock-engraved printer’s device tailpiece in Vol. III. Uniformly bound in contemporary vellum raised bands on spines brown morocco & gilt spine labels marbled fore-edges heads of a couple spines expertly repaired minor bumping to corners some soiling to back cover of final vol minor rippling to textblocks still VG set w/former armorial ownership stamps on titles old bookseller notes & pricing on endpapers typescript translation title on red ruled paper laid-in to vol. II. Second edition substantially revised and corrected of this sweeping history of the Hieronymites monastic orders of monks and nuns of the Poor Hermits of Saint Jerome Pisa first established near Pisa in 1377 and would eventually grow to fifty houses of which two still survive in Rome and Viterbo Italy. Sajanelli was a general director of the Hieronymite Poor Hermits of Blessed Saint Jerome Pisa and doctor of theology of Padua who has carefully assembled all of the related documents along with detailed indices and chronologies together with Papal Bulls and monastic orders chronicling the origins and ongoing mission of the this order. Convents with extensive documentation included by Sajanelli include those of the Convent of the Most Holy Trinity founded in 1380 near Montebellum the Convent of Saint Jerome outside of Ariminum and that of Saint Mary of the Annunciation in the town of Saint Anthimum founded originally in 1490. Originating in Spain the monastic order was recognized by Pope Gregory XI in his Papal Bull dated Oct. 18 1373 recognizing the religious order to operate under the Rule of St. Augustine and both monks and nuns adopted the religious order habits of white tunics with brown scapulars similar to the Carmelites. The first nunnery convent began in Toledo Spain led by Maria Garcia near Toledo and perhaps the most revered and well known was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz of the convent of San Jeronimo y Stanta Paula in Mexico City considered the “Tenth Muse.†See: Perennes Dicionnaire de Bibliographie Catholique Vol. III 1839 p. 933-934; Besse Hieronymites Catholic Encyclopedia 1910. Typis Antonii Zattae, hardcover
176614914A Amsterdam; & se trouve à Paris: chez Vincent Imprimeur-Libraire rue S. Severin 1766 First edition of a legendary rarity. Barbier and Cioranescu ascribe this work to Madame de Verzure about whom little is known though Quérard tells us she was the wife of a Geneva banker. She apparently wrote no other books. Contemporary mottled calf. Gilt spine with burgundy morocco label blue marbled edges. . Two volumes in one twelvemo. Bottom corners worn leather worn in one spot on back cover. Otherwise a very good copy. In the dedication to Mirabeau the author notes "Une femme qui savise décrire & cqui ose hazarder limpression doit se cacher avec soin & se garder de jamais se laisser appercevoir." Madame Verzure has retired from society in order to better understand herself as woman and as a thinking person. This work which is principally addressed to women contains about sixty chapters of reflections on the world and her position in it. There are chapters on the passions honor celibacy marriage goodness humor law pain ennui paternal love one's duty in the world truth and sincerity notions of the soul self-love etc. The last two chapters "La femme raisonnable" and "La femme du monde" present the central concern of this book: the woman of the world versus the woman of intellect: "L'une veut qu'on la croie parfaite; lautre cherche à le devenir." OCLC lists ten copies six in North America: Harvard Yale Duke Indiana UCLA and Cal State Bakersfield. chez Vincent, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue S. Severin,
1731276501731 Aix : impr. de D. David, 1731; etc- 1 fort vol. in-folio, précédées d'un feuillet de titre général et d'un feuillet de table, veau brun trés abimé, dos orné à nerfs en partie manquant,plats trés usés ; tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). contenant 28 des pièces en premier tirage (liste sur demande). total = 881 pp.,paginations separées - titre identique à l'exemplaire de la BNF du premier factum seul (58p.).- + copie manuscrite époque in fine: les lettres au Chancelier: magistrat à M. le président de Maliverny, la réponse de ce juge, et celles des autres messieurs qui ont été de son opinion (11 octobre-23 novembre 1732). 22 pp.; bon état,reglé - Sorcellerie et possession à Aix en Provence; Ollioules ; la Cadière.- Trés rare, rèstaurable.-
179642064A Lausanne en Suisse, chez Jean Mourer ; Hignou et Comp., 1796. In-8 de 376-(2) pp., demi-veau blond à petits coins de vélin, dos lisse, pièce de titre en veau rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1800List2802London United Kingdom 1800. Single four page letter measuring 4 ½ x 7 inches. Near fine. Frances Anne “Fanny†Kemble 1809–1893 was a British actor writer and later abolitionist. After her initial retirement from acting she married Pierce Mease Butler maternal grandson of American Founding Father Pierce Butler. Butler and Kemble lived in Philadelphia but Butler had been deeded three large plantations—and the people enslaved on them—on Butler Island in Georgia. Kemble finally saw the plantations for herself several years into their marriage and during this time wrote Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839 which was critical of the conditions of the enslaved people. Butler forbade Kemble to publish the Journal; the two divorced but it was not published until 1863.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a letter from Fanny Kemble to a publisher or newspaper editor about printing her response to a statement in an article about American slavery likely written following her return to London in 1877. Kemble is frustrated about not having received a reply to her initial note to the publisher which was:<br /> <br /> “in consequence of an article which appeared to me extremely likely to the public judgement upon the subject of American slavery – I was extremely anxious to offer some reply to the statement in that article & wrote to you to beg you could tell me whether you would receive & publish such a communication from me . it contained some references to my own private circumstances which I intended for you & no one else.â€<br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of the abolitionist movement especially women abolitionists. unknown
1783002956A Paris, chez Couturier fils, 1783
178941510A Rome, de l'Imprimerie Papale, 1789. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 144-116 pp., basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert (reliure de l'époque).
17933334Durango Mx: October 1793. Very good. Broadside 12 x 8.5 inches printed in two columns with a central woodcut headpiece all within a handsome ornamental border. Old folds minor foxing light edge wear eight pinpoint wormholes not affecting readability of text. Completed in ink with ink docketing on verso. Signed and rubricated. A seemingly unrecorded "patente" or indulgence issued by the Holy Cathedral Church of Durango conferring membership into a religious confraternity for a woman named Maria Josefa Cano whose name is entered in ink within the text of the broadside. This indulgence issued by the colonial "Santa Hermandad" defined Cano's duties which included attendance at mass on the last Sunday of each month as well as certain festivities assist sickly brothers and sisters and attend funerals of fellow members "with a candle in hand." It also provided Cano with membership indulgences provided for sixteen pesos for her burial and defined the masses to be performed upon her death. This example includes the name of the former "Hermano mayor" eldest brother crossed out and with the name of the current elder signed and rubricated just below; also includes rubrication below the secretary's name. A wonderful indulgence for a woman in Durango in the last decade of the 18th century. October unknown
174743154Amsterdam, , 1747. 2 vol. in-12 de (4)-247 pp. ; (2)-319 pp., veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque).
175140339A Paris, chez Rollin, 1751. In-12 de (20)-499-(1) pp. (4) pp. (Privilège), veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
178155463London: J. Dodsley 1781. The second edition enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo. Recent quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Inoffensive traces of dampstains else fine. The second edition enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo. Controversial argument in favor of polygamy as compatible with Mosaic law and Christianity and an alternative to the evils of prostitution. J. Dodsley unknown
177319930Berlin, C. J. Decker, 1773 ; 3 parties reliées en 2 tomes in 12, veau fauve glacé, dos à faux nerfs dorés, décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat et tomaison vert foncé, encadrement doré sur les plats, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XXII, [2], 469 ; 256, 232 pp. Carte dépliante de la Grande Muraille de l'Egypte ancienne au tome 2.
17884111Frederick County Md: March 7 1788. About very good. 1p. folio docketed on verso. Old folds short splits along a couple of fold lines minor toning. An impactful manuscript document from the early national period in Maryland formalizing the sale of a slave woman in Frederick County. The sale was made by Robertson Eastburn whose family emigrated from England to Maryland in the early 18th century. The document reads in part: "In consideration of the sum of forty six pounds in Gold and Silver to me in hand and paid by Frederic Strombol.I do hereby Acknowledge have Bargain'd Sold and Delivered and by these presents doth Bargain Sell and Deliver Unto the said Frederic Strombol One Negro Woman named Torry about thirty years of age To Have and to hold the said Bargained Negro woman unto the said Frederic Strombol."<br /> <br /> Slavery in Maryland lasted over 200 years from its beginnings in 1642 when the first Africans were brought as slaves to St. Mary's City to its end following the Civil War. In 1664 under the governorship of Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore the Assembly ruled that all enslaved people should be held in slavery for life and that children of enslaved mothers should also be held to the same standard of law. 19th-century American slave sale documents are growing increasingly scarce in the market. March 7 unknown
1779002209London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1: 8 368 14 p.; 4 344 16 p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 -3C4 pi2 B-2Y4 4to. Dark brown cloth spine and corners 20th-century with printed paper spine label; marbled paper 19th-century over boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Errata on terminal page of each volume following index. Occasional notations in a 19th-century hand in the margins sometimes with corrections in the text; an extensive commentary written in the margin of the section on marriage ceremonies among the Romans. In Very Good Condition: boards are moderately rubbed with loss of marbled paper at edges; old archival repair of tear along gutter of final 3 leaves of vol. 1 and first leaf of vol. 2 not touching text and of tear from fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 51-52 without loss of text; upper margin of v. 2 pp. 119-142 darkened; similar at head of gutter on v. 2 pp. 221-243; old stain on v. 2 p. 317 text remains legible; old dampstain along upper edge and fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 337-344; tear from upper edge of last leaf of v. 2 index and following blank leaf with old tape repair no loss of text; otherwise only very occasional soiling in margins and minimal foxing. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1783002406London: T. Cadell 1783. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 x 1 xiv-xvi 255 1 p.; 22 cm. 20th-century binding: half polished calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Osborn on Parturition." Black cloth over boards. Lacking original half title which was supplied probably at the time of the modern binding by a facsimile of a half title bearing an inscription. Title page bears two circular stamps of the Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society and "ANd43" in ink in the upper corner. The Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society was founded prior to 1826 when a catalog of its library was published. The library was dispersed some time after 1955. In the Conclusion p. 241-255 Osborn disagrees vehemently with Alexander Hamilton's remarks on Caesarian operations in his Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. Hamilton declared that the mother had only a one in ten chance of dying as the result of a Caesarian operation while Osborn insisted that the odds were precisely the opposite only one in ten of survival. Half title supplied as noted above; otherwise in Near Fine Condition: front endpapers slightly discolored; upper corner of back board slightly rubbed; pages are clean and bright. T. Cadell hardcover
178243217Amsterdam, Paris, Cailleau, 1782. In-12 de VII-(1)-124 pp., demi-vélin ivoire, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge sur le dos, tranches marbrées (reliure du XIXe siècle).
176663921London: Printed for P. Vaillant in the Strand and W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street 1766. Two vols. 12mo. xvi 2 267 1; 2 252 pp. Uniformly bound in full tan polished calf Bickers & Son Leicester Square raised bands gilt fleur-de-lis on spines gilt & green morocco spine labels gilt ruling & inner dentelles a.e.g. very slight small scuff spot back cover vol. II still a NF set from the library of William C. Laurence 1870-1945 and Louise Buermann Laurence 1878-1963 former owners and managers of the famed George B. Lawrence Co. Western Saddlery and supply company for leather and cowboy goods until the 1950’s with their Mount Hood bookplate on front pastedowns of both vols. First edition in English of these “Memoirs†or “Letters†originally published in Liege in 1766 and subsequently quickly translted into English two years after the death of the famed mistress of Louis XV and powerful Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour. According to Joseph-Marie Querard these Memoirs consisting of a set of fictitious letters were most likely actually written by Crebillon 1707-1777 whose father had been elevated from poverty by Pompadour while detailing the descriptions of “the cabals and intrigues of courtiers; the characters of generals and ministers of state with the causes of their rise and fall; and in general the most remarkable occurrences at the court of France during the last twenty years of the Reign of Louis XV.†Pompadour protected both Voltaire and Montesqieu encouraged Diderot and d’Alembert in their efforts and was a noted political force in not only contributing to the circumstances leading to the Seven Years War but also suppression of the Jesuits in France. Printed for P. Vaillant, in the Strand, and W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street, hardcover
