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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
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
17883578Mutinae: Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem 1788. Later Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. `. Brown leather boards. 2iii-xviii500p Interior very good.1 1/2" lether tear at head. Leather loss front right edge and lower right corner. 1" leather loss spine and tail. Tome I Latin Text. Editio Novissima. <br/> <br/> Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem hardcover
178941455Lisboa, Na officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1789. 4° 450 S. / Pag. Orig. - Lederband / Encadernação da época inteira de pele. [2 Warenabbildungen] Exlibris auf dem vorderen Innendeckel. Handschriftl. Eintrag auf dem Vortitel / Manuscritos na página de ante-rosto. Gut erhalten / Bom estado.
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
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
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
1798018808PA: W. Ross 1798. Book. NVG. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Softcover with baby blue wrappers which are worn minor foxing thus near very good. What make this copy interesting is that it is signed by Yale professor and noted lawyer Roger M. Sherman. W. Ross Paperback
1798031EV1Printed by W. Ross Philadelphia: . 1798 131 p. Publisher's device on title page. Light XLib stamp of the Mercantile Library on title page and elsewhere. Light dampstain. Lacks fly leaves. Top edge gilt. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Disbound - removed. Good. Title continues: 'Published by the Secretary of State Timothy Pickering In conformity with the Resolution of Congress of the 22d June 1798.' The envoys were: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746-1825; John Marshall 1755-1835; and Elbridge Gerry 1744-1814. An important document in the quasi-war with France 1798. Evans 34838. Sabin 34870. Quite scarce. EVANS1. Hardcover. Printed by W. Ross, Philadelphia: (). 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.
17394412Paris France: Hippolyte-Louis Guerin 1739. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/n/a. 18mo 6.5"x4". 392pp. Leather wrapped boards. Faded gilt decorations to spine. Significant shelfwear and rubbing. Corners and extremes bumped and crushed. Eight places where leather has fallen away. With the most significant to spine and front board 1"x1". See photos. Fading to red colored text block edge. Mild wave to textblock. Textblock toned though no spotting. Missing rear endpaper. Not the most handsome book but it is holding together. Text in French. Volume Two only. Hippolyte-Louis Guerin hardcover
17760087821776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown