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18331010H14London: Printed for Hamilton Adams and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". R. Cruikshank . A lively illustrated original fable collection by Jonathan Birch blending original moral tales with a revised Plutarch illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. Rebound in a later half morocco binding with marbled paper boards.Embellished with 85 original designs by R. Cruickshank engraved on wood by Slader D. Dodd S. Williams Bonner and others. Collated complete.A curious and engaging moral work combining a series of original fables with an ethical index alongside a revised translation of Plutarch"s Banquet of the Seven Sages. The fables attributed to Jonathan Birch present allegorical tales in the tradition of Aesop offering moral instruction through satire and character. Fables include: The Printer The Amanuensis and the Harper Aesop and the Libertine The Stork and Jupiter The Miser and Plutus The Philosophic Watchmaker Prometheus and Man The Bear and his Guests and The Truant Ass among others. Robert Cruikshank 1789-1856 brother of George Cruikshank was a noted caricaturist and illustrator. A characterful collection of original fables combining classical philosophy with illustrated moral satire. Rebound in a later half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks to boards. Original backstrip loosely inserted. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to first and last few leaves. One or two very minor handling marks. Small closed tear to lower gutter of pp. 167-170 with very discreet archival repairs. Very Good Indeed Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co. hardcover
186132562Boston J. Munroe And Company 1861. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 367 pages; Description: 3 p. L. 5-6 9-367 p. 20 cm. Form/genre: Fiction. Boston, J. Munroe And Company hardcover
180940831Bridgeport: S. Backus 1809. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Leather bound moderately worn with some light foxing else good plus. Not in OCLC. S. Backus hardcover
1895121578Librairie d'éducation de la jeunesse 1895. Board Book. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. Réunion de trois albums : France.- La cantinière. - Les trois couleurs parus aux éditions Charavay - Mantoux - Martin. Reliure demi-chagrin à coins. 30 x 36 cm. Non paginé environ 240 pages. <i>ref. 121578</i> Librairie d'éducation de la jeunesse unknown
18048941804. ROBERTS Job. The Pennsylvania Farmer; Being a Selection from the Most Approved Treatises on Husbandry Interspersed With Observations and Experiments. Phila.: A. Bartram 1804. 1st ed. A very good copy in orig. full calf. Roberts a pioneer agriculturalist was born in Montgomery County Pa. ".full of interesting material and still valuable."--D.A.B. unknown
1815284Boston: Bradford & Read 1815. 8vo. 213 x 125 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 inches. 216 4 pp. including a leaf of instructions to the binder and errata leaf. Illustrated with 5 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf leather label on spine; upper and lower margins with tide marks some natural toning to the paper otherwise quite a good copy. Presentation copy to Richard Fletcher whose inscription appears on the front fee endpaper detached and the title-page. First edition. Attractive copy of Job Wilson's study of the influence of climate on the epidemic of spotted fever meningitis that spread throughout New England in the first years of the 19th century. Organized in three parts Wilson begins with a short description of the climate in New England from 1630 until 1806. Wilson expands the details of his study to show climate variations from 1801 to 1814 and their correlation with the rise and fall of the disease. This is one of the earliest studies in America to offer data on climate and disease with specific reference to the outbreak of spotted fever in 1807 1809 1811-1815. Part two of the Wilson's study describes the cause for the fever with reference to its impact on the lungs liver and brain. Part three discusses the ways of preventing the disease and its spread from person to person. The unsigned engravings illustrate the impact of the spotted fever on the nervous system lungs and heart. Austin 2074. 284. Bradford & Read unknown
189674976Paris: Librairie L. Conquet 1896. Fine. Librairie L. Conquet Paris 1896 25 x 32 cm broché First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on Japan paper. Work illustrated with drawings by Job after pencil sketches. Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to the boards. Manuscript signatures of Job and Stéphen Liégeard below the justification page. Librairie L. Conquet hardcover
18047897Philadelphia: Published and sold by Jacob Johnson & Co. Sold also by C. Pierce and W.& D. Treadwell Portsmouth; W.P.& L. Blake Boston; Beers & How New-Haven; Whiting Backus & Whiting and C.R.& G. Webster Albany; O. Penniman & Co. Troy; Thomas & Whipple Newbury-port; George Hill and Warner & Hanna Baltimore ; R.& J. Grey Alexandria; and S. Pleasants and W. Prichard Richmond; A. Bartram Printer 1804. Duodecimo 18 x 11 cm. v 3 5-224 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. An early American survey of agriculture and agricultural practices with information partially borrowed from Spurrier and Bordley as well as some gleaned from the author's own polls. On drink Roberts writes "I would wish to introduce the drinking of beer in this country for the common drink; knowing by experience that it is the most wholesome beverage made use of therefore recommend it to private families to brew their own beer." There are also a few pages on cider and some discussion of grasses. Veterinary interests extend to a cure for Botts a worm particularly damaging to horses. There is also information and useful recipes regarding gypsum plaster salt and 'stuffing boots'. ~ Contemporary tree calf a little eroded at spine ends red morocco spine label titles in gilt; spine gilt-ruled. Age-toned and lightly foxed throughout but still a very good copy. With the bookplate of culinary collector Marcus Crahan and earlier period ink ownership inscription of the 'Buckingham Library' to the front paste down. Scarce. Bidwell 546; Rink 1148; Sabin 71898; American Imprints 7203. Published and sold by Jacob Johnson & Co., Sold also by C. Pierce, and W.& D. Treadwell, Portsmouth; W.P.& L. Blake, Boston; Bee unknown
189886225Paris: Boivin & CieFélix Juven 1898. Fine. Boivin & Cie Félix Juven Paris s. d. 1898 28 x 36 cm reliure de l'éditeur Illustrated edition with color images by Job. Publisher's full grey cloth binding smooth spine first cover illustrated with a polychrome plate depicting a battle scene endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper marginally discolored without gravity red edges signed binding by Engel. Handsome copy. Boivin & CieFélix Juven hardcover
182253342Sharon Connecticut 1822. Broadside approx. 9" square; docketed on the verso in ink with 7 apparently unrelated names; very good. An act to incorporate the New York and Sharon Canal Company was passed April 19 1823. Not found in OCLC. unknown
1842059436London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside 1842. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1842. Hardback. Black calf-leather spines; dark-red leather labels; gilt lettered. Untrimmed edges as issued. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. NEAR FINE. xx 600 iv 694 pages. 2pp adverts. Heavy; over 3 kilos; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside. VERY SCARCE as a complete set. <br/> <br/> Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside hardcover
1838025895London: Thomas Ward & Co / Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace 1838. First Collected Edition . Full Blue Calf Gilt. Good. Stereotype Reprints Of The First Twelve Tracts Published As Pamphlets By The Society Each Newly Printed Here With 1838 Date On Title Pages For Each Tract And Catalog Of All Twelve Tracts Plus The 'New Series Of Small Tracts" On The Verso Of The Title Page Each Title Page With Price Of Two Or Three Pence. The First Tract Is Commonly Available But The Later Tracts Were Mostly Based On A Popular Theological Interpretation Of Christian Principles And Unreadable By Anyone Involved In Executive Decisions Particularly As War Had Been The Usual Basis Of Promotion And Wealth In All Socities Worldwide . Finely Bound In Polished Blue Calf Four Raised Bands Decorated In Gilt Morocco Spine Label Blind-Stamped Compartments Covers With Four Sets Of Gilt Border Rules With Ornate Gilt Embellishments At Corners Of Two Central Sets Of Rules All Edges Gilt Finely Hand-Marbled End Papers Four Wavy Gilt Lines On All Turns. Binding Worn Page Block Neatly Detached From Binding No Chips Or Tears Could Be Nicely Refurbished. Unfortunately Peace Literature Does Not Start With A Statement Of What A Government Should Hold Truly Essential And Non-Negotiable In Any Peace Negotiation Nor Discusses What Is Negotiable To The Benefit Of The Other Party; Rather Peace Literature Is Like Rules For A Playtime Tea. This Is Fitting As The Grown-Ups And The Government Just Want To Remain In Charge While Looking Good Although Actually Having No Articulable Principles Applicable To Both Parties To State Because They Know No Other Way To Achieve Popularity Or At Least Incumbency. <br/> <br/> Thomas Ward & Co / Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace unknown
190012240N.p. 1900. 1 vols. 13 x 10 1/2 inches. Matted and framed. 1 vols. 13 x 10 1/2 inches. Fine heroic portrait of Leopold of Austria on a throne in a flowering field sword half drawn with Justice and Clemency seated beneath.<br /> <br /> JOB a French artist is best remembered for his picture-albums for youth commemorating monarchs and military campaigns for which this drawing must have been intended. unknown
189873200Paris: L. Henri May 1898. Fine. L. Henri May Paris 1898 25.50 x 32.70 cm relié First edition illustrated with 10 color plates under tissue guards and 175 monochrome engravings in black in the text engraved by M. Raymond and MM. Ducourtioux and Huillard depicting military costumes from the Gauls to the Second Empire. Publisher's binding full straight-grained green Empire morocco boards of the period. Special gilt plate on spine and upper cover red percaline banner for the title. Publisher's blind stamp on rear cover. Light rubbing to headcap and corners. Half-title with marginal tear of 1.5cm. A slight nick at foot. Perfect paper freshness. Some leaves slightly protruding otherwise a very handsome copy in the publisher's deluxe binding. L. Henri May hardcover
190088699Paris: CombetLeroyAux bureaux de la Publication 1900. Fine. Combet Leroy Aux bureaux de la Publication Paris 1900-1904 25 x 32.7 cm 4 volumes reliés Illustrated edition with 192 color plates of military uniforms chiefly from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras after watercolors by Job see Colas I 1549. Texts by various members of La Sabretache. Contemporary bindings in cherry red morocco-grain half shagreen spines with five raised bands framed by black fillets marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt top edges original wrappers preserved. The illustrated plates are distributed as follows: in the first volume 48 hand-colored plates numbered and captioned on their tissue guards; in the second 48 unnumbered color plates; in the third 48 unnumbered color plates; and in the fourth 48 unnumbered color plates. Complete set of all that appeared in La Sabretache consisting of 48 issues each containing 4 color plates. Themes of military life patriotism and even nationalism were the hallmark of Jacques Onfroy de Bréville 1858-1931 an illustrator whose vocation was initially thwarted. A handsome set uniformly bound in contemporary bindings. CombetLeroyAux bureaux de la Publication hardcover
1817ABC_49394Utrecht 1817. 4to. O.J. van Paddenburg and O.J. van Dijk Early 20th-century quarter white cloth marbled paper sides. With 29 contemporary hand-coloured folding engraved plates. 2 parts in 1 volume each part divided in 3 sections. "169" = 159 4 1 blank; "167" = 159 4 1 blank pp. Rare edition of a work on Dutch marine life with 29 beautifully hand-coloured plates. The work describes the fish molluscs crustaceans corals and seaweeds that can be found in the Dutch North Sea in particular in the province of Zeeland. The plates were drawn from life and the explanations of the plates often mention where the depicted specimen was found. The present edition is quite rare as we have only been able to find one other copy in sales records and nine in libraries.The present edition is a reissue of Natuurkundige uitspanningen behelzende eenige waarneemingen over sommige zee-planten en zee-insecten which was published in six instalments from 1762-1765. A Latin edition titled Opuscula subseciva was published simultaneously. All three editions contain the same plates but the dedications and the divisional title pages of the different instalments where omitted in the present edition which is why there are gaps in the pagination. It is however complete. This edition is the most scarce of the three.Job Baster 1711-1775 was a Dutch physician botanist and naturalist born in Zierikzee. He corresponded with Linnaeus and became a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He was the first to import goldfishes from China and acclimatised them successfully to his garden pond. He was interested in a wide variety of subjects and also wrote works on the earth's atmosphere the weather and birds but the present work is his most well-known. It was intended to be longer but Baster was forced to stop when he suddenly became blind in one eye in 1764. The magazine of the Dutch malacological society is named after him because of his contributions to the field of zoology.The spine is browned the marbled paper on the front board is discoloured. The work is uncut and somewhat browned throughout the top outer corner and the lower half of the fore edge margin of the title page have been reinforced a water stain in the lower outer corner of the final leaf and the four plates at the end. Otherwise in good condition.l Landwehr Dutch books with coloured plates 11; Nissen ZBI 248; STCN 434837830 3 copies; WorldCat 64148142 9 copies; cf. Engel H. Over een merkwaardige variant van Baster's Natuurkundige uitspanningen. In: Basteria 6 1941 pp. 1-10; Nissen BBI 86 other ed.; Wellcome II p. 112 other ed. hardcover
