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1786967301786 En Suisse, aux Dépens de la Société, 2 volumes, 1786, environ 27x21cm, en attente de reliure, dos et plat en grande partie manquants. Tome 1 : x + 584 pp, des franges sur le bord des 2 premières pages (garde et page de titre) et manque de papier sur leur coin supérieur, des mouillures sur le second plat et les 8 dernières pages. Tome 2 : 612 p., des mouillures dans la marge des pages, manque de papier dans le coins supérieur des 12 dernières pages.
1765CCC-654144. edition lamesle 1765, in-16 (7,5 cm X 11,5 cm), reliure d'epoque tres frottee, coins et dos emousses, ecrit au crayon a papier sur les feuillets blanc dans le livre, photo possible
1797008977Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 ix 1 817 iii 34 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Names of two former owners at head of title page: Parker Campbell and Mathew Ritchie the latter crossed out. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is cracked; closed 5-cm. tear from the fore-edge of front free endpaper; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1797008976Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 913 1 64 iv 22 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Printing error: 737 and 738 were skipped in pagination no text is lacking. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed; joints are cracked; minor loss at ends of spine; blank leaf preceding title page has one horizontal tear from the fore-edge almost to the gutter; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1795008978Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1795. Hardcover. Good. 2 xliii 1 793 1 v 21 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Includes: "Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a Session which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday the Seventh Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven and Ninety and of the Independence of the United States of America the Fifteenth. To Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth" Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1791. Former owner's name at head of title page and on front fixed endpaper: "Alex Addison 1796." Alex Addison 1759-1807 a Scottish immigrant was admitted to the washington County Pa. bar in 1787 and appointed the president judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in 1791. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. Binder's error: final 4 pages of the Acts are bound in following the Laws of Pennsylvania title page. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; joints are cracked; old dampstaining at edges of some pages; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1783115341Defay 1783 A Dijon, chez A.M. Defay, Imprimeur de S.A.S. Mgr le Prince de Condé, 1783, 1 volume de 20.5x26.5 cm environ, 4-434 ff. (un numéro pour 2 pages), demi-reliure cuir fauve, dos lisse portant titres dorés sur pièce de titre verte, tranches finement mouchetées de rouge., un ex-libris sur le premier contreplat. Mors en grande partie fendus et fragiles, reliure frottée, contreplats râpés, premières pages un peu déreliées et froissées sur le bas. Sinon intérieur propre.
1798001593Philadelphia Pa: William McCulloch 1798. Paperback. Good . 1 6-48 4 p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 8vo. Lacking first 4 leaves title page and front matter. Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch printer bookseller and stationer No. 306 Market near Ninth-Street Philadelphia." Although lacking title page this first and perhaps only issue of this religious periodical was definitely published by W. M'Culloch William McCulloch as p. 19 contains a letter addressed to "Mr. M'Culloch" regarding the insertion of a letter in "your first number" of his "Christian Magazine." Not in Early American Imprints 1st series Shaw & Shoemaker. No other copies of this publication have been located. It is not known whether there is any connection to the publication of same name begun in Edinburgh 1797. Although his work as a printer is not well-documented in Early American Imprints Evans or Shaw & Shoemaker this is the William McCulloch of "William McCulloch's Additions to Thomas's History of Printing." Contents: On the Gospel by Eubulus; The Extent of a Minister's Work in Preaching the Gospel by Beart; Observations on the Manner of Travelling in the Holy Land from Harmer; On Christian Hope by Benevolus; Extract from a letter from the Rev. Booth of London with a plan for the establishmend of a Baptist Society in London for the encouragement and support of Itinerant Preaching; The Death of the Saints Illustrated by C.R.; An Essay introductory to the Study of the Controversy Between Christians and Deists by Y.; The Life of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel; "A Treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion" by James Vernet; 4 poems; publisher's advertisements. No other copies of this 18th-century religious periodical published in Philadelphia have been located. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking first 4 leaves including title page; light foxing throughout; old damp stain on last few leaves. William McCulloch paperback
1751628960London, Osborne & Sandby, 1751-61. Leder d. Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung u. marmorierten Vorsätzen (berieben, Ecken etwas bestoßen, einige Bände mit Wurmspuren, Schabstellen oder kl. Ausbrüchen an den Kapitalen, 3 Bände mit größeren ergänzten Fehlstellen im Bezug, 4 Rückenschilder abgerieben). [2 Warenabbildungen]
175042895(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from ""Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae"", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 245-266 a. 1 engraved plate (ad. p. 251). Clean and fine.
1766363001New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine at his Book-Store and Printing Office at the Bible & Crown in Hanover-Square 1766. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volume set. Thick folios. Contemporary full calf. Binding is worn with the boards nearly detached small bookplate on the front pastedowns else a good sound set. Volume one prints the proceedings from April 1691–September 1743; volume two from November 1743–December 1765. This edition includes: "the act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others" on the last leaf of volume one. An invaluable resource for the early political social and economic history of New York. ESTC W6332; Evans 9756 10418. Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book-Store and Printing Office, at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square hardcover
1757ST17682London: Printed for Thomas Wilcox 1757. FIRST EDITION. 257 x 197 mm. 10 1/8 x 7 3/4". xii 255 pp. <br/> HANDSOME DARK BLUE MOROCCO GILT BY THE CLUB BINDERY stamp-signed and dated 1898 on front turn-in covers with French fillet border central panel framed with plain and dotted rules enclosing an intricate floral roll oblique floral spray cornerpieces raised bands spine compartments with floral spray centerpieces floral sprigs at corners gilt lettering turn-ins repeating the floral frame from covers marbled endpapers top edge gilt. With a folding frontispiece engraving "The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario." Verso of front free endpaper with engraved bookplate of Edwin B. Holden see below. Church 1023; Howes S-703; Sabin 84566; Streeter Sale 871. Text lightly washed and pressed in keeping with bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding plate with insignificant short closed tear to head edge of one fold A2 with expertly repaired and barely discernible curving tear into text minor foxing and browning on the majority of leaves a handful with more overall toning other trivial defects but a nevertheless pleasing copy the text extremely smooth and clean and the beautifully decorated luxury binding lustrous and unworn.<br/> <br/> This classic first history of New York was bound for an eminent Americana collector and founding member of New York's Grolier Club by the bindery he helped organize. According to Larnard this history "ranks with Smith’s Virginia and Hutchinson’s Massachusetts as one of the worthiest examples of historical literature produced in later colonial times." Sabin notes that Smith based this work "chiefly on the Provincial Laws the Minutes of the Council the Journals of the General Assembly and other government records" and drew heavily on the works of Charlevoix and on Colden's "History of the Five Indian Nations. About three-quarters of the text is devoted to the colony's history up to the year 1732 while the rest describes the territory and provides geographical demographic and political information. The son of one of New York's most prominent lawyers judges and legal educators Smith 1728-93 showed an early talent for writing. At age 24 he compiled the first collection of the "Laws of New-York from the year 1691 to 1751 inclusive" 1752 with his friend William Livingston and the following year he co-produced New York's first magazine "Independent Reflector." According to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography the present history "served him well over the years giving him a wide reputation as an authority on the colony and he was often referred to as 'the historian of New York'; 20 years later he began a second volume published posthumously." A Loyalist during the American Revolution Smith emigrated to Canada after the war. Former owner Edwin Holden 1861-1906 was a prominent American bibliophile who collected Americana English literature 16th and 17th century printed books and French illustrated books. After the Grolier Club was established in 1884 it soon became apparent that the country's few established hand binders were overtaxed in providing repairs and rebinding for the club members' rapidly accumulating acquisitions. As a consequence in 1895 Grolier members led by Robert Hoe and Holden along with other wealthy collectors instituted the Club Bindery in order to attract European craftsmen to provide close to home fine quality binding work rivalling what was available abroad. The Club Bindery was in operation until 1909 with Hoe being its most influential manager and client. It provided bindings that tended to be traditional in style--though frequently with elaborate decoration--and that lived up to its patrons' expectations in terms of excellence. The first members of the staff of the Club Bindery were the Englishmen R. W. Smith and Frank Mansell. They were subsequently joined by a number of French binders chief among them being Leon Maillard who had worked previously for Cuzin Gruel and Marius-Michel. Holden served as president of Grolier Club in 1906 and was the first president of the Club Bindery. Printed for Thomas Wilcox unknown
1778296649Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. 12 370 pages. Thick 12mo attractively bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine leather worn at head; light foxing throughout; pages trimmed a bit close at top but otherwise with ample margins. Philadelphie et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111.<br/> <br/> Chez Cellot & Jombert unknown
1778262556Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes 1778. hardcover. very good-. Auquel on a joint les Actes d'Independence; de Confederation.Dedie a M. le Docteur Franklin. 10 370pp. 16mo 19th century 1/2 calf with marbled boards leather label light foxing to some pages mostly to margins otherwise very good. En Suisse i. e. Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes 1778. Second Edition.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111. The edition was printed in Paris and not in Switzerland. Using a imprint outside of France was done by the French printer so that the French government could disassociate itself from a book that might be deemed as not expressing the official government's viewpoint.<br/> <br/> Chez les Libraires Associes unknown
1778152956Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. 12 370 pages. Thick 12mo handsomely rebound in modern tree calf with red & green leather labels on gilt-decorated spine; deckled edges very light foxing and staining to some pages but mostly the text is bright and clean with wide margins. Philadelphie et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111.<br/> <br/> Chez Cellot & Jombert unknown
1792E9535New York: Thomas Greenleaf 1792. Hardcover. Modern two-toned cloth covered boards with spine imprinted in gilt "The Constitution of the State of New York 1777". 508 pp. Lacking any preliminaries and the title page so that the first page of text is the start of the printing of the state constitution. Interior is quite clean and complete some foxing on the final page of the text. <br/><br/> Thomas Greenleaf hardcover
178239248Lisboa, Officina Luisiana 1781 / 1782. kl. 8°. Kupferstich als Frontispiz; VII S.; 357 S. + 6 S. Index. / 402 S. + 3 S. Index e Erratas. In zwei Lederbänden der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung. [2 Warenabbildungen] Exlibris a. d. Innendeckel. Rücken v. Bd. 2 unten etwas lädiert. Gut erhalten. / Livros em bom estado.
178720106Liège, C. Plomteux, 1787 ; 2 tomes in-8, veau fauve moucheté, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, fleurons “à la lyre” pièces de titre grenat et de tomaison vert empire (reliure de l’époque) ; VIII, 230 ; [4], 231 pp.
1790106002<p>Partial manuscript printed receipt 3 1/2" x 7" decorative border signed. Missing most of the interest section a round hole indicating payment results in partial loss of text small hole in number 4 a little uneven normal aging; otherwise about very good. This is a receipt issued by the Comptroller’s office of Connecticut indicating that John Morgan is entitled to receive payment of one pound for an interest payment. Ralph Pomeroy Comptroller signs it. It is dated October 4 1790. </p> Hudson & Goodwin,
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.
1776100869<p>Folio contemporary sheep rejoined and crudely rehinged viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 1 15 pp. Binding is very worn especially at the extremities despite hinge repairs back cover is detached and top cover a bit loose browning and aging marginal dampstaining affecting appendices early ownership signatures including Belmont Perry and Thomas Hendry on title and elsewhere bookplate on front pastedown. Samuel Allison 1739-1791 was a Burlington attorney who had an interest in both politics and the law. In 1762 he was commissioned as one of the surrogates for West Jersey and was put to work compiling a new edition of provincial laws which is the current volume and covers the period from 1702 to 1776. Allison was a Quaker who opposed slavery and secession from the British Empire. He worked throughout his life to end slavery and became a spokesperson for a sizeable Quaker community in New Jersey. The present work includes coverage of relief of the poor raising money for public buildings preventing the waste of timber and the regulation of slaves. There are several manuscript corrections to the text in this copy which according to Felcone appear to be the rule for all copies. New Jersey in the American Revolution. Felcone 158. Evans 14911. Sabin 53046.</p> Isaac Collins,
175943057Lisboa: Impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino 1759. Removed from a larger volume. A very good fresh crisp copy tiny stain to fore edge pinprick to upper margin. 7 1 pp. 11.5 x 8 inches. Issued on the anniversary of the supposed plot against the King of Portugal by the Jesuits the "Lei de expulsão da Companhia de Jesus de Portugal e seus Domínios" of September 3 1759 promugated on October 3 1759 condemned the Jesuits as rebels and traitors banishing them from all Portuguese territiories under pain of death along with anyone who either helped or communicated with them. It was the culmination of a long list of actions by the Marquês de Pombal who was behind these laws and who had written in a letter to Conde de Unhão in February before the law was published that "nothing can be omitted or ought to be omitted to disarm the Jesuits' diabolical machinations so that they may not be reborn and any hidden roots remain in our land." This was reflected in the document which accused the Jesuits of attempting to assassinate the king ruin the kingdom destroy Portugal and "clandestinely pursuing the usurpation of the entire state of Brazil with such an artificial and so violent progress that if it was not promptly and effectively shut down".the Company of Jesus' goal would be accomplished. "within a space of less than ten years and become inaccessible and insurmountable." Dated and signed in print: "Dada no palacio de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda aos tres de setembro de mil setecentos cincoenta e nove. Rey." And then "Lisboa 3 de outubro de 1759 Rodrigo Xavier Alvares de Moura. Foi impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino." Printed as Section XIX of "Collecçaõ dos Breves Pontificios e Leys Regias . sobre a liberdade das pessoas . dos Indios do Brasil" Lisbon Impressa na Secretaria de estado por especial ordem de Sua Magestade 1759. See Gauz: Portuguese and Brazilian Books in the John Carter Brown Library 759/1. Impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino unknown
179428825Philadelphia 1794. Folio. 13 x 7 3/4 inches. 4pp. Signed in print by J. Wagner Clerk. Contemporary manuscript notations on each page tallying the number of vessels. Unbound<br/> <br/> A contemporary official printed list of American vessels with spoliation claims issued by the Secretary of State in the midst of the negotiations over Jay's Treaty.<br/> <br/> In 1793 and 1794 the British captured numerous neutral American merchant ships during its conflict with France including ships in both European and North American waters. The Secretary of State here issued an official list of 304 American merchant vessels -- including the ship's name as well as the names of the masters and owners -- for distribution among port collectors compiled "from the record of the Cases in the office of the Department of State." The terms of Jay's Treaty would include compensation for the vexations and spoliations with the British eventually paying out over $10000000 by 1802. A rare and ephemeral early American document. OCLC cites but a single copy Library Company. Not in Evans or Bristol. unknown
1756223111756 Paris, P.G.Le Mercier 1756,xxiv+ 495p.relié avec Paris Moreau, Lefebvre, Versailles 1764, 111 pp.en un volume In-18 (124 x 65 mm), plein maroquin rouge, dos lise orné frotté, plats ornés de filets et fleurons en coin dorés , dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (reliure d'époque). Les quatre Compagnies de Gardes du corps du roi (la Compagnie écossaise, créée par Charles VII, la première et la seconde Compagnies françaises, créées sous Louis XI, et la troisième Compagnie française, créee sous François Ier), ont respectivement pour capitaines en 1756 : le Maréchal Louis de Noailles, le Duc de Villeroy, Paul-François de Béthune duc de Charost et le Duc de Luxembourg. Bel exemplaire (malgré des défauts d'usage, dorure du dos titré en partie effacée, 18o (124 x 65 mm),red morocco, decorative gilt tooling on covers, dentelle inside, (contemporary binding). Exemplaire de Delafournier d’Auberey, seigneur de Champagne,Conseiller du Roi,lieutenant particulier au baillage de Liége etc,indication manuscrite au dernier feuillet blanc.TRES RARE.Les noms mentionnés sont inscrits sur une facture sur un autre feuillet.
17875031London: Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1787. First edition. 27 George III Chapter 44. A Fine copy measuring 310 x 190mm and collating complete: 2 987-988. A scarce and important piece of legal history which ESTC records at only one library Lincoln's Inn and which does not appear in the modern auction record. The present is the only example on the market. <br /> <br /> At the start of the Restoration "English church courts were revived by an act of Parliament on 27 July 1661 to resume their traditional task of correcting spiritual and moral misdemeanors. Soon thereafter parishioners across England's dioceses once more faced admonition fines excommunication and even imprisonment if they failed to conform to the laws of the restored Church of England" Aklund. As much as these courts sought to reestablish a monolithic Anglican communal identity during Charles II's reign their position in the 18th century became "a case study in the secularization of the legal system" particularly given their theoretical justification based in the problematic concept of divine right Harris. Numerous acts the present example among them "represented an important step in the direction of limiting the reach of of ecclesiastical jurisdiction" Harris. <br /> <br /> An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts was passed in 1787 drawn from a bill presented in Parliament the previous year. Its major accomplishment was the removal of Church authority in the regulation of private sexual behaviors: "It shall be further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Suit shall be commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court for Fornication or Incontinence of for any striking or brawling." While the Church may have voiced its moral codes or enacted social shaming within its own communities it no longer had the legal authority to regulate or punish sexual behavior. Such secularization had significant benefits across a number of communities. For survivors of assault it ended the Church's ability to mandate that a woman marry her attacker; for queer communities it prevented Biblically based persecution; for sex workers it took away the risk of arrest or fines for conducting their livelihoods. Ultimately the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts over sexual behavior whether in the form of obscene or defamatory words sexual engagement and sensual pleasure was terminated by this act. Little to no legal regulation of sex would be enacted until the next century when the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act and a series of Contagious Diseases Acts would seek to give secular courts more control over individuals' bodies. <br /> <br /> ESTC N58717. Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
1800mon0000028980S Low London 1800. Leather. Very Good. in x in x in. Rubbing to the covers of all volumes. Raised bands on the spine. I assume a paste on leather label of the title was on each volume at one point. It is no longer there on any of the vols. On Vol. 3 the binding is starting to crack on the outside at the front spine edge. The other three vols. the binding is fine. Vol. 1-438pp.; Vol. 2-534pp.; Vol. 3-448pp; Vol. 4-371pp. plus an appendix at the end of Vol. 4 of 175pp. S Low, London hardcover
