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1797708171797. Well-Preserved Copy of Folwell's Laws Volume III United States. Congress. Folwell Richard 1768-1814 Printer. Swift Zephaniah 1759-1823 Compiler of Index. The Laws of the United States of America. Published by Authority. Volume III. Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell 1796. iv 5-477 131 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 4-3/4". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards lettering pieces blind fillets and blind volume number to spines. Light rubbing to boards somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities a few minor nicks to spine corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning somewhat heavier in places light foxing to parts of Index and a few other leaves. A well-preserved copy. $500. Third volume of a three-volume set. Includes the original text of the Bill of Rights. Though dated 1796 it contains the acts of the 2nd session of the 4th Congress in session until March of 1797. This volume also contains a collection of treaties with Indian tribes and the cumulative 130-page index in Volume III compiled by Zephaniah Swift. As Evans notes this "copious luminous index comprises in itself a complete digest of all the Laws of the United States." Evans American Bibliography 31356 32973. Reese Federal Hundred 63. unknown books
1718238501718 A Paris, chez Joseph Mongé ... M.DCC.XVIII., 1718. in-12 (9,5x16,5cm),[6], 72, 83, [12], 339, [12] p, [1] pl.-bl pp., 3 parties reliées en un volume.: "L'histoire abrégée de la Moscovie, des Czars ou Empereurs qui y ont regne, jusques a present", "La relation de ce que Pierre Alexeowitz, a present regnant, a fait de plus remarquable dans ses Etats" - Nouvelle édition française, rare. Illustrée d'un portrait au frontispice de Pierre 1er et d'une grande carte dépliante. Réimpression de l'originale française parue en 1717 chez Jean Boudot. Reliure en pleine basane brune d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné. Coiffes de tête et queue en partie élimées. Epidermures sur les plats. Frottements au coiffes et bordures,tranches rouges.Texte et ill.fraiches.
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.
179813535Providence RI: State of Rhode-Island. Very Good. 1798. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The original calf covers are intact but rubbed as one would expect. The spine label is also intact. Owner's name on the fep Levi Smith contemporary with the book. Contents foxed but very good. No stains or other damage. What a nice piece of history. I like the part of the title which states the laws were "finally enacted". Probably a good story behind that. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 646 pages . State of Rhode-Island hardcover
1728002748London: J. Tonson 1728. Hardcover. Good. 12mos contemporary tree calf lacks spine labels; ex libris Sir Robert Sheffield Bart. <br/><br/>Copperplate Engravings. J. Tonson hardcover
1793007662Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson 1793. Paperback. Good. 36 p.: illustration; 17 cm. Stitched. Wrapper included in page count. Woodcut illustration of "The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the Twelve Constellations." "David Jenkins" written in the margin of one page. Not in Early American Imprints or Morrison's Preliminary Check List of American Almanacs. One copy in WorldCat. This appears to be the earliest of the many almanacs for which Abraham Shoemaker provided calculations. Very scarce. In Good Condition: restitched at some point; loss at edges of front wrapper; old dampstaining heaviest on back wrapper and preceding leaf; loss at lower edge of back wrapper without loss of text; minor ink marks in a few margins; corners creased. Benjamin Johnson paperback
17993745Philadelphia: Pr. for the House of Representatives 1799. 8vo 20.1 cm 7.9". 123 1 blank pp. <br><br>with Message from the President of the United States accompanying a report of the Secretary of State containing observations on some of the documents communicated by the President on the eighteenth instant. 21st January 1799. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 2 45 3 2 blank pp.<br>Â Â Â Â President John Adams introduces both items; the first work consists primarily of the correspondence of Elbridge Gerry American envoy at Paris with Talleyrand prior to the former's recall from France. Evans assigns this to William Ross's press. The second piece is a report by the Secretary of State on developments following the transactions cited in the first. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â 18th: ESTC W026145; Evans 36551. 21st: ESTC W026008; Evans 36546. Recently attractively bound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth leather edges rolled in gilt; spine with gilt-stamped title place and date raised bands accented with gilt-stamped abstract floral design and straight and wavy rules. Title-page hinged on with long-fiber tissue outer margin repaired with same. Varying degrees of foxing with some leaves untouched some slightly spotted and some notably darkened. Pr. for the House of Representatives hardcover books
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.
179722339Madrid: Imprenta Real 1797.- 1 h. 424 p.: La primera hoja es un frontispicio grabado al cobre por Carmona sobre dibujo de Mengs; 8º 18 x 114 cm; Excelente papel verjurado texto orlado; Plena Piel roja de la época con lomo cuajado ruedas doradas en ambas tapas o planos cantos y cortes dorados. En general magnífico estado de conservación pero falto del retrato grabado con que se abría la obra y con una pequeña perforación al pie del lomo. SIGLO XVIII ESPAÑOL Libro en español Imprenta Real hardcover
178536223London: HMSO 1785. Small Folio. 3 reports. pp 17 ; 7 ; 1-119 appendix 2 121-123 folding tables verso blank 124-412 p. 128 242 274 329 332 406 - 412 are numbered fold out tables on leaves with blank verso Complete. Bound in a respined contemporary brown calf. Marbled endpapers. Stout imperious looking volume containing 3 reports on British Fisheries. Contents are wonderfully clean the many folding charts are intact and seemingly unaffected by their age. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1785. [ HMSO ] 1785 unknown
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,
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
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, books
179428826Philadelphia 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 books
17970006092<p>Boston: S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7 Maps. Octavo new full brown calf red spine label new endpapers minor foxing. Ex libris Robert Breck in 1798 on title-page and on flyleaf minor repairs to folds of frontispiece folding map. . <br /><br />Capt. Thomas Hutchins the U. S. General Geographer supplied his notes to assist Morse the "Father of American Geography" in the completion of this work. This copy includes the map of "Georgia Western Territory" which was not incorporated in many of the copies. Howes M839; Evans 32509; not in Graff; Sowerby 3964; Sabin 50923 John Carter Brown 3902; Buck ILLINOIS 53. Contains 7 maps.</p> S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews hardcover
1800009915Huntingdon Pennsylvania: publisher not identified Printed for the proprietor 1800. Book. Very Good Minus. Full Calf. Later American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volumes bound as one in original calf Vol 1 vi 1 8-156 pages; Vol. 2 117 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Franklin in beaver skin hat engraved by J. Bannerman. Preface includes a letter by Richard Price. Pages 96-147 of v. 1 have the continuation of Franklin's life by Henry Stueber. "Extracts from the last will and testament of Dr. Franklin."--Vol. 1 p. 146-156. Very Good Minus joints opening but hinges still solid boards rubbed early prior owner name in ink at frontis title preface and "Life of." pages pencil and ink notations at end pages and paste downs moderate browning throughout. A quite uncommon early American imprint noted for the portrait of Franklin by Bannerman. An incomplete copy came to auction in 2015 else the last copy at auction was 1916 according to RareBookHub. Sabin 25602 Ford P.L Franklin 456 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37442 English Short Title Catalogue;; W17376. [publisher not identified] Printed for the proprietor, Hardcover
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]
177961043Dublin: printed for S. Price R. Cross et al. 1779. First Dublin edition 8vo pp. 20 xiii 1 15-508; engraved folding map bound in as the frontispiece and 2 engraved plates without the Indian plates and the folding map of the Great Lakes region as issued which were present in the London editions full contemporary calf red morocco label on spine; flyleaf excised map is a bit miscreased and is worn through at one fold for about an inch; all else very good sound and clean. Early ownership signature of Elizabeth Ewing. Howes C-215; Sabin 11184. printed for S. Price, R. Cross [et al.] unknown
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.
175042895Petropoli 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. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a groundbreaking paper in chemistry in which Lomonosov describes his discovery of the transition of a metal into passive state and this is the first scientific description of this phenomena. He observed and described fast termination of the dissolution of iron in concentrated nitric acid and attributed this to a change in the solvent properties."Lomonosov employed corpuscular mechanics in chemical explanations more extensively than Boyle had done. Treating chemical compounds as particles in adhesion he held that "adhesion is eliminated and renewed by means of motion.since no change in a body can take place withouy motion". He attempted to apply these theories to chemical phenomena - although he was limited to speculation- in papers on the action of chemical solvents in general."DSB VIII p. 469."Lomonosov was founder of Russian science and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia."Isaac Asimov. </em> unknown
17808583Hamburg: C.E. Bohn 1780. First German edition and first edition in a foreign language 8vo pp. xxiv 456; engraved folding map; nice copy of a scarce edition in 20th century 3/4 red morocco gilt by Stikeman. A seminal book in the history of the exploration of the American west and a cornerstone in Minnesota history. Peace between Great Britain and France at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763 brought eastern Minnesota under the British flag for the first time thus opening the vast territory to British fur traders. "Carver spent the winter of 1766-67 a short distance up the Minnesota River with the Sioux. He was then serving as mapmaker and advance man on an expedition led by Captain James Tute and inspired by Maj. Robert Rogers commandant at Fort Mackinac intended to cross the continent in quest of the Northwest Passage. The plan had to be given up but Carver later wrote and published an account of his travels which became a "best seller" of its day and gave to thousands on both sides of the Atlantic their first information about the Minnesota country" Fridley A Sketch of Minnesota p. 3. Sabin 11187. <br/><br/> C.E. Bohn unknown books
17808583Hamburg: C.E. Bohn 1780. First German edition and first edition in a foreign language 8vo pp. xxiv 456; engraved folding map; nice copy of a scarce edition in 20th century 3/4 red morocco gilt by Stikeman. A seminal book in the history of the exploration of the American west and a cornerstone in Minnesota history. Peace between Great Britain and France at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763 brought eastern Minnesota under the British flag for the first time thus opening the vast territory to British fur traders. "Carver spent the winter of 1766-67 a short distance up the Minnesota River with the Sioux. He was then serving as mapmaker and advance man on an expedition led by Captain James Tute and inspired by Maj. Robert Rogers commandant at Fort Mackinac intended to cross the continent in quest of the Northwest Passage. The plan had to be given up but Carver later wrote and published an account of his travels which became a "best seller" of its day and gave to thousands on both sides of the Atlantic their first information about the Minnesota country" Fridley A Sketch of Minnesota p. 3. Sabin 11187. C.E. Bohn 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
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 books
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
