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1748493London, John and Paul Knapton in Ludgate Street, 1748. This is a subscriber copy, so the real first edition of Anson's book. A brick of a book with 215 x 260 mm, 80 mm thick. 33 unpaginated pp. at the beginning, 417 (2) pp. Contemporary thick binding of a deep purple hue, four nerves on the spine, three black title pieces with author's name, book title and year in gold print characters. Includes the list of subscribers, p. 319 incorrectly designated as p. 219, two pages of instructions to the binder at the end of the book. With 42 copper plates: 14 maps and 28 engravings, all folding (38 having dimensions close to the book itself or to unfold horizontally and 3 being large folding maps). Comes with a sliding protective case. This is a copy of George Anson's account of his circumnavigation voyage. Complete with all the features which are often missing or signal a later edition. A lively tale of hardship, courage, curiosity, risk-taking and doing the impossible: overtaking Spain on the Peru coast, taking a Spanish galleon and completing the travel around the world with an awesome booty and an epic story to tell. The victory of Anson's Centurion launched the age of British dominance over the oceans and paved the way for a Victorian empire where "the sun never sets."
1844ST19249London: Richard Bentley 1844. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 138 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". Four volumes. <br/> HANDSOME BURGUNDY MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins covers with triple gilt-ruled frame interlinking with a triple-gilt-ruled diamond raised bands with gilt dots gilt ruled compartments with gilt diamond shapes gilt lettering gilt-ruled turn-ins with a floral tool at each corner all edges gilt. With 18 portraits as called for four of these with hand coloring and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 60 PLATES. Only the barest hint of wear to extremities spines just a shade darker than covers a handful of portraits a bit foxed but A FINE SET clean and fresh internally the bindings lustrous and the set obviously very little used.<br/> <br/> This is a very attractively bound set containing the biographies of 38 notable Englishwomen extra-illustrated with plates depicting some of the people and places integral to the subjects' lives. Covering the period from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the 18th century these four volumes include many women of noble birth and position such as Arabella Stuart Elizabeth Cromwell and Elizabeth Stuart Queen of Bohemia; poets and artists such as Susanna Centlivre Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Mary Beale; and women famous for their fantastic deeds such as Jane Lane who assisted Charles II during his escape after the Battle of Worcester. Our author Louisa Stuart Costello 1799-1870 was a miniaturist poet and writer of biographies travel stories and fiction. According to DNB "her biographies of royal and noble women--which clearly traded on the popularity of similar works by Lucy Aikin the Strickland sisters and Mary Anne Everett Green--were creditable examples of this literary genre and generally involved some original research." For the present work Costello relied heavily on access to the library and papers of the duke of Devonshire whom she thanks in her introduction. In addition to 18 portraits called for in the contents several of which were drawn by Costello herself this set has been "grangerized" with 60 additional plates that further illustrate the life and times of these illustrious women. The lustrous bindings by an eminent British firm are an additional source of pleasure making a beautiful appearance on the shelf. Richard Bentley unknown
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183034474London: Printed for T. Cadell; C.J.G. and F. Rivington; Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green et al. 1830. 4 volumes. A very attractive and rare edition the second with the author's last corrections and improvements. With an engraved portrait of Smollett as frontispiece to Vol. I. 8vo very handsomely bound in full tan goatskin the covers with multiple gilt fillet borders both wide and narrow the inner with ornate corner-pieces the spines with raised bands gilt tooled and decorated three compartments gilt decorated and framed between wide gilt tooled raised bands and with gilt ruled board edges and triple gilt filleted turn-ins and all edges marbled marbled end-leaves. xii 582; xii 554; xi 1 521 1; vii 1 536 pp. A very handsome and very finely bound copy the bindings strong and sturdy and well preserved with just a touch of expected age evidence the hinges firm the text fine and fresh with only a little spotting at the free-flys and to the paper used for the portrait plate. A very pleasing and collectible set of this important work. A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY OF THE EDITION. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK. It is especially unusual to discover a copy so firm and sturdy and in bindings clearly made for a gentleman of import and wealth.<br> Charles Kendal Adams in his Manual of Historical Literature perhaps best describes this important work “This work. has enjoyed the rank of a classic in historical literature from the day of its completion to the present time. In point of clearness elegance and simplicity of style it has never been surpassed.†<br> This edition features many corrections by the author. Hume’s original corrections were not so much on factual matters dealing with dates or events but an attempt to soften or correct some seditious Whig sentiments that he had allowed to creep into it. Speaking of his first edition Hume admitted “I am sensible that his writings were too full of those foolish English prejudices which all nations and all ages disavow.â€<br> The work is considered by many to be the first truly great history of England and that although historically imperfect of outstanding intellectual conception. Smollett continues it from the Revolution. For Hume it was not a simple chronicle of events but instead an attempt to trace the many steps leading to the state of England as it was in his present time. He views history not only as a chain of actions and reactions but delves as well into the material and intellectual state of the nation throughout the various points of the time period covered. Smollett carried through in the same vein. Printed for T. Cadell; C.J.G. and F. Rivington; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green et al. hardcover
1732103609London, J., J. and P. Knapton 1732 2 volumes. In-folio 41 x 25 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane, dos à nerfs encadrés de filets et de petits fers dorés, X-VIII-849-807 pp.,pages de titre ornées d’un vignette, bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe, 56 planches hors-texte, 3 cartes repliées, 1 table de chronologie, 4 tables généalogiques, index de 16 pp. in fine vol. II. Reliures frottées, coins émoussés et frottés, intérieur assez frais. Vol. I : Accrocs en tête de dos, manque page de garde et de faux-titre - Vol. II : Coiffes avec accrocs, mors fragilisés.
1733D16247London 1733. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Modern 1/2 leather title in gilt on spine. 2 vi 1068;68;72;72;72;80;80;62 2p. With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. An uncommon title. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1819ST19158Halesworth Suffolk: Printed and sold by T. Tippell 1819. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 133 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". xvi 2 116 pp. <br/> Contemporary rose-pink calf decorated in gilt and blind smooth spine with compartments densely diapered in gilt two black morocco labels marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch; verso of front free endpaper and half title with ink signature of Thomas Sherlock Gooch. ◆Joints a little rubbed at the top leather a bit smudged and marked minor intermittent foxing but a clean and very fresh copy internally in a once very pretty binding that is still quite appealing.<br/> <br/> Set in the ninth century on the coast of Suffolk "between the sea and the river Ald" this long-form poem tells the story of a brutal Danish invasion upon a Saxon village. As DNB tells us the work "was first issued by subscription but its success induced a London publisher three months after its appearance to undertake an edition for the public. In 1820 Nathan Drake in his Winter Nights . . . reviewed it at length and claimed for Bird the same rank in literature as that attained by Robert Bloomfield" a working-class and self-educated writer like himself. A native of Suffolk James Bird 1788-1839 trained as a miller then became a bookseller and druggist as well as the father of 16. According to DNB "Much of Bird's early poetry indicates an intimate acquaintance with Dryden and Pope and demonstrates the influence of Byron and Campbell but his later work is in a more original style." This copy was owned by one of the original subscribers Thomas Sherlock Gooch 1767-1851 whose family home was also located in Suffolk. This work is very rarely seen in the market either at auction or advertised by dealers. Printed and sold by T. Tippell unknown
1728108852La Haye: Scheurleer 1728. hardcover. very good. Avec une Description des Etats que la Grande-Bretagne possede en Amerique en Afrique et dans la Mediterranee. 3 vols. with frontispiece portraits and folding beautiful copper engraved map small 8vo full calf with decoratively gilt spines raised bands paper labels on spines. La Haye 1728. Very good.<br/><br/> Not in Brunet or Sabin.<br/><br/> Scheurleer unknown books
186246403115Paris, Poulet-Malassis, 1862 ; in-12, demi-maroquin vert, à coins, filets dorés aux bords, dos orné, tête dorée, non rogné (Petit succ. de Simier) 2 ff., XLIII pp., (préface de Hippeau), 261 pp., 1 f. de table (Impr. Poupart-Davyl)EDITION ORIGINALE des mémoires de Tillières, un diplomate originaire de Normandie qui fut envoyé en Angleterre pour y négocier le mariage du prince de Galles (Charles Ier) avec la soeur de Louis XIII.Ce texte est un document exceptionnel, par les renseignements très intimes qu’il donne sur les personnalités en cause, en particulier Buckingham, le ménage royal, Richelieu, les favoris, etc.Launay 268.UN DES EXEMPLAIRES SUR HOLLANDE. Launay ne signale pas de grands papiers. Poulet-Malassis possédait également un exemplaire sur Hollande, relié par Lortic. (Cat. Vente Poulet-Malassis n°318).HIPPEAU (Célestin)Savant professeur de Lettres né à Niort en 1803. Fils du principal du collège de cette ville, il fit, comme son père, carrière dans l’enseignement, d’abord à Niort, puis à Rochefort, à Châtellerault (où il fonda en 1829 un journal littéraire, le Colporteur), à Poitiers et à la Roche-sur-Yon.En 1837 il s’établit à Paris et créa une école des sciences appliquées.En 1847 il accepta la chaire de littérature française à l’Université de Caen. Le gouvernement le chargea de plusieurs voyages pédagogiques en Angleterre et aux Etats-Unis. Il est l’auteur d’un grand nombre d’ouvrages historiques et littéraires, la plupart publiés en Normandie. Voir à ce sujet Frère II 83-84. Hippeau mourut à Paris en 1883. Pour Poulet-Malassis il se chargea de l’édition d’un seul volume.
1728108852La Haye: Scheurleer 1728. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes. With frontispiece portraits and folding beautiful copper engraved map "LesIsles Britanniques". Small 8vo full contemporary calf with decoratively gilt spines raised bands paper labels on spines. La Haye 1728. Very good.<br/> <br/> Not in Brunet or Sabin.<br/> <br/> Scheurleer unknown
40584London n. d. 1st printing ca 1690s cf. Wing L-2397. Age-toning to sheet. Faint fold-lines. Very Good. Broadside. 36 lines of printed text. 8-1/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>A work found in 11 ESTC records ranging in conjectured dates from 1690s to the late 18th C. This copy conforms to ESTC R232141 = Wing L-2397 i.e. last line of title: "Houfe in the Tower of London" with 15 items listed. Other points: 1 correct spelling for item 14 2 no comma after 'whole' & 3 shilling spelled correctly. unknown books
1848CZC-13576La Bretagne ancienne & moderne. 1 carte en couleurs de la Bretagne et de la Vendée, 6 planches d'armoiries en chromolithographie dont le frontispice, 1 portrait gravé de Chateaubriand et 36 planches hors texte. Bretagne & Vendée. Histoire de la Révolution Française dans l'Ouest ( complément de la Bretagne ancienne & moderne). illustré par MM. A.Leleux, O.Penguilly, T.Jouhannot. Ouvrage contenant : 32 planches hors texte 7 planches d'armoiries en chromolithographie dont le frontispice carte en couleur. Volumes in-4, 267x180, plein veau bleu nuit à filets dorés et motifs gaufrés, frottement, rousseurs éparses, qq feuillets brunis, tranches de tête dorée, 648 & 656 pages complet, poids 5,800 kg Paris Coquebert, vers 1850
1848CZC-13576La Bretagne ancienne & moderne. 1 carte en couleurs de la Bretagne et de la Vendée, 6 planches d'armoiries en chromolithographie dont le frontispice, 1 portrait gravé de Chateaubriand et 36 planches hors texte. Bretagne & Vendée. Histoire de la Révolution Française dans l'Ouest ( complément de la Bretagne ancienne & moderne). illustré par MM. A.Leleux, O.Penguilly, T.Jouhannot. Ouvrage contenant : 32 planches hors texte 7 planches d'armoiries en chromolithographie dont le frontispice carte en couleur. Volumes in-4, 267x180, plein veau bleu nuit à filets dorés et motifs gaufrés, frottement, rousseurs éparses, qq feuillets brunis, tranches de tête dorée, 648 & 656 pages complet, poids 5,800 kg Paris Coquebert, vers 1850
1733D16247London 1733. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Modern 1/2 leather title in gilt on spine. 2 vi 1068;68;72;72;72;80;80;62 2p. With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. An uncommon title. <br/><br/> hardcover
179987651Paris, Moutardier 1799 3 volumes. In-8 plein veau 21 cm sur 13, dos lisse orné de caissons dorés, pièce de titre, tranches colorées en rouge. 426, 534, 448 pages. Couv. frottée en coins, au mors , coiffe usée, int. très bon.
1892HI034MacMillan, 1892, London. Edited by Mrs J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate, Four vols., xviii+1906+cvi p., 18 colour plates and 10 maps. Cloth guilt binding.
1724DEZ-2490Paris, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1724. 4 volumes petit in-8, plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons et de filets dorés, titres dorés, toutes tranches rouges, faux-titre, titre, 10 ff non chiffrés, 592 pp; titre, 518 pp; titre, 10 ff non chiffrés, 475 pp; titre, 392 pp. Nouvelle édition, corrigée et illustrée de 3 cartes dépliantes et 36 portraits dont 1 dépliant. 2 ex-libris: l'un contrecollé sur le contreplat: Thomae Gueullette; l'autre manuscrit: Duval de la Berrangerie. Coins tordus, coupes usées, coiffes frottées (petits manques), petits trous de ver au dos du tome III (sans gravité), cuir craquelé, épidermure au tome III, manques sur le portrait dépliant, quelques taches et rousseurs, traces de brulures en marge du tome IV, sans atteinte au texte (pages de titre à 4 et pages 333 à 388).
CZC-8641Tomes I & II. 560, 510pp. Histoire de la Conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands, de ses Causes et de ses suites jusqu'à nos Jours en Angleterre, en Écosse, en Irlande et sur le Continent, 2 vols complet, . Tome III. 592pp. Lettres sur l'Histoire de France, pour servir d'Introduction à l’Étude de cette Histoire - Dix Ans d’Études historiques Tome IV. 532pp. Récits des Temps Mérovingiens précédés de Considérations sur l'Histoire de France Tome V. 405pp. Essai sur l'Histoire de la Formation et des progrès du Tiers Etat, suivi des Fragments du Recueil des Monuments inédits de cette Histoire Très beaux exemplaires des œuvres complètes d'Augustin Thierry (1795-1856), l'un des premiers historiens à privilégier l'étude des sources originales, dans des oeuvres très vivante, mêlant la précision de l'érudit à l'imagination du romancier vols reliés gd in8, 23x16, demi cuir, têtes dorées, bel état intérieur, gravures sur acier. Paris Furne Jouvet et Cie 1860
CZC-8641Tomes I & II. 560, 510pp. Histoire de la Conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands, de ses Causes et de ses suites jusqu'à nos Jours en Angleterre, en Écosse, en Irlande et sur le Continent, 2 vols complet, . Tome III. 592pp. Lettres sur l'Histoire de France, pour servir d'Introduction à l’Étude de cette Histoire - Dix Ans d’Études historiques Tome IV. 532pp. Récits des Temps Mérovingiens précédés de Considérations sur l'Histoire de France Tome V. 405pp. Essai sur l'Histoire de la Formation et des progrès du Tiers Etat, suivi des Fragments du Recueil des Monuments inédits de cette Histoire Très beaux exemplaires des œuvres complètes d'Augustin Thierry (1795-1856), l'un des premiers historiens à privilégier l'étude des sources originales, dans des oeuvres très vivante, mêlant la précision de l'érudit à l'imagination du romancier vols reliés gd in8, 23x16, demi cuir, têtes dorées, bel état intérieur, gravures sur acier. Paris Furne Jouvet et Cie 1860
1695DEZ-6673Amsterdam, Louis de Lorme, 1695. In-12, pleine basane époque, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons et de filets dorés, titre doré. Titre, 5 ff non chiffrés, 310 pp. Ouvrage illustré d'un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice et de 24 portraits hors texte. Coiffe supérieure manquante, coins et coupes frottés, quelques rousseurs, papier un jauni.
176922192London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1769 1769. First edition. Edges rubbed; hinges starting but sound; two margins with small tears not touching the text; a good copy. 8vo slightly later brown calf gilt decorated spine lettered in blind. ¶ One of several anti-Catholic works by Lewis 1701-1784 a rector and chaplain. This one attempts to reinvent Henry VIII as an enlightened monarch and in the process attacks Swift for his criticisms of the monarch. <br/><br/> London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1769 unknown books
CZC-7719comprenant 4 cartes en couleurs et 600 gravures. Table; De Douvres à Londres - Londres et ses environs - La province Anglaise - L’Écosse - L'Irlande. 4 Cartes et plans couleurs; Plan de la ville de Londres - Environ de Londres - Angleterre et pays de Galle - Écosse et Irlande. vol in-4, 300x220, reliure signée Lenègre, demi chagrin ,dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches dorées, coins leg. émoussés, 676pp. Couvertures d'origines couleurs conservées. Paris, A. Quantin, ss date, 1890
CZC-7719comprenant 4 cartes en couleurs et 600 gravures. Table; De Douvres à Londres - Londres et ses environs - La province Anglaise - L’Écosse - L'Irlande. 4 Cartes et plans couleurs; Plan de la ville de Londres - Environ de Londres - Angleterre et pays de Galle - Écosse et Irlande. vol in-4, 300x220, reliure signée Lenègre, demi chagrin ,dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches dorées, coins leg. émoussés, 676pp. Couvertures d'origines couleurs conservées. Paris, A. Quantin, ss date, 1890
182587925Charles Gosselin 1825 3 volumes. In-8 demi basane 21 cm sur 13. XV-486, 484, 462 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
8vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece engraved on copper, small inoffensive fox-mark on title; attractively bound in early eighteenth-century panelled calf, sides with spot-tooled multiple frame border stopped at corners with a floral device all in blind, neatly rebacked with new endpapers to style, gilt back, sprinkled fore-edges, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. One of eleven volumes compiled by Abel Boyer and covering the years 1703-13, though each volume (covering one year as it does) is complete in itself. Davies, 70 (recording the full series of eleven volumes).