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1739ZB505882London 1739-1743 passim. volumes 1-17 19-22 old boards & leather backstrips covers worn; textually clean. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London hardcover
17315684London: William Bowyer 1731. First edition. A rare surviving example of this Bill in its original form with a docket title. Although no printer details are given ESTC states that this bill was printed by William Bowyer and from his records that only 1500 copies were printed and that most of the sheets were later 'overrun' i.e. reimposed and reprinted. The legislation was not passed on this occasion but was enacted in the next session as 5 Geo.II.c.30. It is interesting to see the original bill printed up but with gaps for dates and other details throughout the legislation. 311p. Without any binding or boards as issued. sewn to spine. Possibly abstracted from a larger volume. 33cm x 20cm. ESTC: T80404. . Première édition. Un exemplaire rare de ce projet de loi conservé dans sa forme originale avec un titre de dossier. Bien qu'aucune information ne soit fournie concernant l'imprimeur l'ESTC indique que ce projet de loi a été imprimé par William Bowyer et précise d'après ses registres que seuls 1 500 exemplaires ont été tirés et que la plupart des feuilles ont ensuite été « réimprimées » c'est-à-dire remises en presse et réimprimées . Le texte de loi ne fut pas adopté à cette occasion mais fut promulgué lors de la session suivante sous le titre 5 Geo.II.c.30. Il est intéressant de voir le projet de loi original imprimé mais comportant des espaces vides pour les dates et autres détails tout au long du texte. 31 1 p. Sans reliure ni plats tel qu'il a été publié. Cousu au dos. Probablement extrait d'un volume plus volumineux. 33 cm x 20 cm. ESTC : T80404. [William Bowyer] hardcover
1707024898UK: John Baskett 1707. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1st Edition 1735. A 1707 Queen Anne Act for Continuing an Act Made in the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty An Act for Encouraging the Importation of Naval stores from Her Majesties Plantations in America and for the Encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores from that part of Great Britain called Scotland to the part of Great Britain called England. Mainly deals with naval wood and other materials for making masts. 4 pages complete in its own right. Pages are in average condition. Pages age toned. Taken from a bound up book. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15516 <br/> <br/> John Baskett paperback
178200TP08Paris France 1782. On June 13th 1782 'Docteur rege de la Faculte de Medecine en L'Universite de Paris ancien Proffesseur de les Ecoles.' Etienne Pourfour-de-Petit first hired by the University in 1732 writes the Faculty beseeching that the Faculty honor and uphold his 1760 retirement 'edict'. Superbly interesting document that highlights the struggles of the revolutionary period and transition of power. The Professor obviously a monarchist and of the 'ancien regime' is faced with a new board made up of the rebels. Easily read is a certain disdain to the new Faculty members his deep respect for the Monarch but also an embracing of the new revolutionary ideas. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS 1792-1872. Born in 1792 Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world" he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100000 books and at least 60000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars driven to distraction would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too by the presence of numerous logs a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life James Halliwell had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was in Sir Thomas' eyes the worst kind of criminal a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964 part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Paperback
1754LV2072London:: Printed by Thomas Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1754. 1754. Folio. pp. 2 227-230. Self-wraps. Title-page: Anno Regni Georgeii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Vicesimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of November Anno Dom. 1747 . . . Defender of the Faith &c. Relating to Duty taxes applied to the importation of all wines vinegar cider beer as well as all brandy wines 'strong waters' and the like coming to London or any other "ports creeks or places" in the kingdom of England. Full title: "An Act to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money; and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported." Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1754. paperback
