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178116722Santiago: Ignacio Aguayo. 1781. Hardcover. Bound together with "Cotejo del Modo de Intercalar los Anos Bisiestos en el Computo Gregoriano. " also by a Monk of the Congregacion de San Benito. Contemporary full leather marbled endpapers 8x6" 21x15cm 204 pp. 48 pp. Cotejo fold-out page of pump diagrams. A page at the end of the Cotejo has apparently been torn out tears & wrinkling on the fold-out some small stains inside but no foxing boards warped scrapes & stains on covers overall a clean solid copy of this early work on hydraulics. . Santiago: Ignacio Aguayo hardcover
1799SS11754Paris:: Baudouin 1799. 1799. 8vo. 200 pp. 5 folding engraved plates. Original mauve paste-paper over boards; extremities quite worn. Title ink signature of Charles Sargent. Very good. Monge was a French mathematician and the inventor of descriptive geometry. Monge was a French mathematician and the inventor of descriptive geometry. This work was first issued in 1786. In 1798 Monge joined Napoleon's expedition to Egypt taking part with C. L. Berthollet in the scientific work of the Institut d'Egypte and the Egyptian Institute of Sciences and Arts. They accompanied Bonaparte to Syria and returned with him in 1798 to France. Baudouin, [1799]. hardcover books
17795021London: T. Davis T. Paine L. Davis J. Nichols T. Evans W. Davis and H. Payne 1779. Hardcover. Good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. Vol 1 - xlvi 344 pgs. Vol 2 - 453 pgs. Vol 3 - 340 pgs. Vol 4 - 380 pgs. Full brown calf with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration on spine with leather label with gilt lettering. Gilt decoration to edges of binding. Vol 1 has engraved frontis. Condition of the books is GOOD ; Vol 1 2 and 4 have weak and cracked front hinges vol 3 cover is detached. Edges are worn and chipped spines are dry and crackled with some wear. All have contemporary handwritten notations on the front pastedown in a spidery hand. Calf is nice extremely smooth. Text is good with no foxing and all bindings are internally sound. Drama. RGR. T. Davis, T. Paine, L. Davis, J. Nichols, T. Evans, W. Davis and H. Payne hardcover
179825<p><b>LEWIS'S "TO THE READER" EXPLAINS HIS AFRICAN SLAVE CHARACTER HIS "MISANTHROPIC NEGRO"</b></p><p><b>LEWIS Matthew Gregory "Monk". </b><i>The Castle Spectre: A Drama. In Five Acts. First Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane on Thursday December 14 1797. By M. G. Lewis M. P. Author of The Monk &c. </i> 8vo disbound pp. 103 1 ad. London: Printed for J. Bell 1798. <br /></p><p>First Edition. An extraordinary commercial success although not a universal favorite of the critics. To the critics who objected to his use of black slaves in a Gothic story he defended himself by saying that if he could "have produced the same effect by making my heroine blue blue I should have made her." "As far as Lewis's search for novelty and striking effects is concerned it is interesting to highlight the character of Hassan an African servant.Hassan is in Ormond's service because the earl has cruelly snatched him from his family and hating the white race that he considers responsible for his sufferences the black slave refuses to escape only because he is aware of his master's evil propensity to torture people around him. Lewis exploited this unusual figure to introduce something new and surprising in his play but also to underline the demonic instincts of the villain."-Bertrand Evans <b>Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley</b>1947 online. Lewis's <i>To The Reader </i>pp. 100-103 admits borrowing from other authors saying: "To the originality of character I make no pretence.but I shall not so readily give up my claim to novelty when I mention my misanthropic <i>Negro: </i>He has been compared to <i>Zanga </i>but Young's hero differs widely from what I meant in <i>Hassan.Hassan</i> is a man of violent passions and warm feelings whose bosom is filled with the milk of human kindness but that milk is soured by despair.he has lost everything even hope; he has no single object against which he can direct his vengeance and he directs it at large against mankind. He hates all the world.that heart was once feeling and kind." This Lewis's most famous play went into eight printed editions by the following year and a total of eleven by 1803. "A brilliant example of the more thrilling type of melodrama accompanied by music by Michael Kelly.The story tells how Osmond the villain captures Angela.Father Paul is based on Juliet's nurse and on Sheridan's Father Paul."-Nicoll <b>A History of English Drama 1660-1900 </b> vol. III pp. 99-100. The play was particularly indebted to <i>The Castle of Otranto The Mysteries of Udolpho </i>and<i>Die Räuber. </i> Coleridge described it as a "peccant thing of Noise Froth and Impermanence." Despite its lack of originality "it was an excellent vehicle for presenting a series of striking scenes of suspense or spectacle--the sudden appearance of the ghost in an atmosphere prepared by forebodings.Kemble and Mrs. Jordan were by all accounts superb in the leading roles.But the principle reason for its success was the appearance of the ghost in Act IV.Louis F. Peck <b>A Life of Matthew G. Lewis </b>1961 pp. 73-74. Edith Birkhead <b>The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance </b>p. 66. Summers <b>A Gothic Bibliography </b>p. 254. <b>Nicoll </b>III p. 281. No copies have appeared at auction since at least 1975 nor as of this writing are there any online. Minor browning first and last leaves moderately so. 84146 ABAA-VBF<br /></p> J. Bell
1795024317Paris chez L. Reynier, sans date [An III], [1795] 1795 Cinq volumes in-8°, VIII 9-289 puis 277-458 pp. (1) pp. (table), 489 pp. (1) pp. (table), 471 pp. (1) pp. (table), 351 pp. (1) pp. (table) et 545 pp. (1) pp. (table) 7 pp. (arrêté des représentants du peuple près les écoles normales). Reliure en demi-basane racinée, dos lisses ornés de pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge et vert, filets et pointillés dorés, tranches jaunes, signet (reliures du début du xixe siècle). (présence de quelques trous sur les dos des volumes et de petites galeries de ver en bordure des dos des tomes I-III et de celui des débats, quelques feuillets maladroitement rognés au tome I, présence de rousseurs pâles, mouillures à de nombreuses pages au tome V avec parfois atteinte au texte, sont manquantes les tomes II et VI ainsi que 11 planches, quelques erreurs de paginations notamment au tome III). Créées par décret de la Convention Nationale afin de former les instituteurs de langue française, les Écoles normales ont eu une durée de vie très courte : 4 mois, du 1er pluviôse au 30 floréal de l'an III ( 20 janvier - 19 mai 1795 ). Les leçons qui étaient professées, par les savants les plus illustres, devaient être toutes improvisées, recueillies par la sténographie et publiées dans le journal de l'école créé à cet effet, de même que les débats ayant lieu une fois par décade, à l'occasion desquels les élèves discutaient avec les professeurs. Notre série ne contient que 17 planches ( sur 28, gravées sur cuivre ), ces planches ont été placées à la fin du tome V; elles concernent les cours de géométrie descriptive. Ensemble en reliures uniformes, ce qui est rare, car ces cours étaient distribués feuille par feuille. SONT MANQUANTS 2 TOMES ( II - VI ) et 11 planches. RARE.
1755584791755. Disp. chir. 2/36. - Hrsg. v. Albrecht v. Haller. - Amstelodami Sumptibus Jacobi a Wetstein 1755 4° pp.149-156 Rückenbroschur. unknown
17872092902141800547Kashiwabaraya Seiemon 1787. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Kashiwabaraya Seiemon paperback
1720P2-7B-8Amsterdam, Paul Marret, 1720. 2 volumes in-12,, (13) ff , 431 pp , (5) ff , 360 pp. , relié plein veau époque , dos à nerfs ornés avec pièces de titre et tomaison rouge. Tranches rouges, charnière fendue tome1,léger manque à la coiffe du tome 2 , ex-libris de A. t’Sterstevens , écrivain belge avec ses notes. Quatrième édition, revue et corrigée, de la traduction de M. de Beaulieu.
178044972(Paris, Moutard, Panckoucke, 1780). 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome IX. Pp. 345-381 a. 2 folded engraved plates. And pp. 382-440 a. 3 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine.
178544970(Paris, Moutard, 1785). 4to. Extracted from ""Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome X. Pp. 511-550 a. 2 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine.
177644968(Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1776). 4to. Extracts from ""Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Année 1773. Pp. 305-327. Clean and fine.
178544970Paris Moutard 1785. 4to. Extracted from "Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans" Tome X. Pp. 511-550 a. 2 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this importent paper by the "greatest geometer of the century" in which he solves some main problems in coordinate geometry especially he introduced the "distant formula" for three dimensions years before it was used by Lagrange. He laid the foundation of a completely new branch of mathematics known as descriptive geometry. The paper was delivered already in 1771 but not published until 1785. "His first important original work was "Memoire sur les développées les rayons de courbure et différents genres d inflexions des courbes á double courbure" He published an extract from it in June 1769 in the Journal encycyclop´matiques and in October 1770 he finished a more complete version that he read before the Academie des Sciences in August 1771; the latter however was not published until 1785 Mémoires de mathématiques et de physique présentés á ’Academic par divers scavanns. By then some of the most important ideas in the memoir no longer seemed so original because Monge had employed them in other works published in the intervening years. Nevertheless this memoir is of exceptional interest for it presents most of the new conceptions that Monge developed in his later works as well as his very personal method of exposition which combined pure geometry analytic geometry and infinitesimal calculus."DSB. </em> unknown
177644968Paris Imprimerie Royale 1776. 4to. Extracts from "Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans" Année 1773. Pp. 305-327. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of Monge's second paper on the theory of partial differential equations.In this memoir Monge continued his investigations in "a field of study that was to hold his interest for many years: the theory of partial differential equations. In particular he undertook the parallel examination of certain equations of this type and of the families of corresponding surfaces. The geometric construction of a particular solution of the equations under consideration allowed him to determine the general nature of the arbitrary function involved in the solutions of a partial differential equation. Moreover this finding enabled him to take a position on a question then being disputed by d Alembert Euler and Daniel Bernoulli."DSB. </em> unknown
178044972Paris Moutard Panckoucke 1780. 4to. Extract from "Mémoires fe Mathematique et de Physique Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans" Tome IX. Pp. 345-381 a. 2 folded engraved plates. And pp. 382-440 a. 3 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of two importent papers by Monge in differential functions and infinitesimal geometry - in the first he discussed the nature of the arbitrary functions involved in the integrals of finite difference equations. He also considered the equation of vibrating strings a topic he later investigated more fully. In the second memoir Monge returned to infinitesimal geometry. Working on the theory of developable surfaces outlined by Euler in 1772 he applied it to the problem of shadows and penumbrae and treated several problems concerning ruled surfaces. "It is in this paper that he gives a general representation of developable surfaces."Morris Kline "Mathematical Thoughts from Ancient to Modern Times" p. 567. </em> unknown
171650002165London: J. Tonson 1716. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original hardcover. Title pages shows date of MDCCXVI 1716. Printed by J. Tonson at Shakespear's Head over-against Catharine - Street in the Strand. Includes lengthly dedication by R. Molesworth 9dated march 16 1716 to the Princess Her Royal Highness Carolina Princess of Wales. Total pages: dedication 46 pp. Poems 156 pp. 4 pages of advertisements. Three-quarter-bound lin leather with marbled paper boards. Spine is missing about 1" at top and 1.75" at bottom. Small 1" tear on one of the advertisement pages and several pages have pencil tic marks which can be erased if desired. An extremely rare copy. <br/> <br/> J. Tonson hardcover
1792RO40200897Imprimerie de la Veuve Delcros & Fils, Clermont-Ferrand. 1792. In-8. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 6 pages. Annotation en 1re page. Signature en dernière page (certification). Légères mouillures.. . . . Classification Dewey : 348-Lois, règlement, jurisprudence
1792278291 brochure in-8, De l'Imprimerie Nationale Exécutive du Louvre, Paris, 1792, 6 pp.
1732859061732 La Haye, P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1732, c p., 165 p., pleine reliure d'époque, environ 20x12cm, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de frises et motifs floraux aux entre-nerfs, coiffes manquantes, manque de cuir sur les coins et les coiffes, quelques pages roussies sans gêne pour la lecture.
1753186897N Tillard A Paris, Chez N Tillard, 1753. In-12 relié pleine basane blonde de l'époque, dos lisse orné à motifs dorés, pièce de titre, tranches rouges; XX + 367 pages. Trad de l'Anglois sur la sixième éd. On y a joint une Dissertation historique sur les écrits de M. Woolston, sa condamnation et les écrits publiés contre lui. Bon exemplaire
1732129198La Haye : Chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme 1732. First Edition. Hardback. Full contemporary tree calf very good. Red Morocco label; spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Generalized wear to extremities with insignificant dust-dulling. Internally altogether clean and quite sound. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 165 pages; Physical desc. : c 165 i. E. 157 2 p. ; 8vo. Subject: Jesus Christ - Resurrection. La Haye : Chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme hardcover
1710488841 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque plein vélin blanc, Chez Pierre Brunel, Amsterdam, 1710, 2 ff. (titre puis avertissement et errata), 388 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (tables) Titre complet : Le Négoce d'Amsterdam, ou Traité de sa Banque, de ses Changes, des Compagnies Orientales & Occidentales, des Marchandises qu'on tire de cette Ville, & qu'on y porte de toutes les parties du Monde, des Poids, des Mesures, des Aunages, & du Tarif. Par Le Moine de l'Espine. Augmenté d'un Traité des Arbitrages, & des Changes sur les principales Villes de l'Europe, & de l'Ordre de l'Amirauté [ Titre complet du Traité des Arbitrages : ] Traité des Arbitrages qui se font par Change sur les principales Villes de l'Europe, ou la Ville d'Amsterdam à Change ouvert. Avec un Traité des Changes Curieux, & tres-utile pour tous les Négocians, fait & expliqué en François par Jacques Mondoteguy, Bayonnais
1710135031Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel 1710. Second edition bound as issued with Jacques Mondoteguy's Traité des Arbitrages also published by Pierre Brunel in 1710 but in Paris. Le negoce d'Amsterdam was first published in both Dutch and French in 1694. Jacques le Moine de l'Espine d. 1696 was a merchant dealer in art and maps mathematician and writer on economics who was based in Amsterdam from 1697 onwards. Quarto 221 x 165 mm. Title printed in red and black separate divisional title leaf for Traité des Arbitrages continuously paginated with that gathering Hh having five leaves. Woodcut title page vignettes to both head- and tailpieces initials numerous tables to text. Contemporary calf rebacked preserving the original spine title lettered in gilt to second compartment rest elaborately tooled in gilt raised bands marbled endpapers edges sprinkled red and blue. Early ownership signature "Jouxtel" hand written in ink to front pastedown "Jouxtely" to title page and final page "Jou:tel" to fore edge of book block likely the same hand which has carefully amended the catchword on the final page of Le Moine de L'Espine's work to match the first word of Mondoteguy's title page and neatly corrected a figure on p. 235; engraved bookplate of Jean R. Perrette to front pastedown. Corners restored a few marks to boards lower corner of book block up to p. 170 a little gnawed front free endpaper laid onto following blank occasional marginal dampstain but generally contents crisp a few pen trials to title page and last few blanks natural paper flaw along lower margin of leaf Ff1 resulting in small loss to lower corner not affecting text. Overall a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 4601. hardcover
17920010124Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is a superb document drawn on September 22 1792 the very first official day of the French Republic République française founded following the French Revolution. In the aftermath of the Revolution of 1789 and the abolition of the monarchy the First Republic of France was established on September 22 of 1792. The National Convention was made up of groups representing differing political outlooks. At their first meeting the Convention decided to try King Louis XVI for treason based on his attempt to flee the country the previous year. They later found him guilty and executed him on January 21 1793. September 22 1792 was also established as the beginning date of the new Revolutionary Calendar. This document is a record of some of the minutes of that first convention and are dated September 22nd the first day of the new government. It is titled: Extract Du Proces-Verbal De La Convention National Relatif au renouvellement des Corps administrifs municipaux et judicairesTranslation: Extract From The Minutes Of The National Convention Relative to the renewal of the administrative municipal and judicial bodiesIt opens with a recording of these motions: Un membre fait la motion que toutes les administrations et tribunaux soient renouveles. Un autre demande que les operations faites a cet egard par les corps electoraux soient confirmes. Plusiers autres membres insistent pour que toutes les administations soient renouvelees et qu'il soit fait au repport prochain sur l'existance et laformation des tribunauxTranslation: A member makes the motion that all the administrations and courts be renewed. Another asks that the operations made in this respect by the electoral bodies be confirmed. Several other members insist that all the administrations be renewed and that the existence and formation of the courts be reported soon. The next few pages go on to detain other proposals and requests generally concerning legal matters. The document bears the printed signature of Monge and Garat. Gaspard Monge was a Minister of State serving as Minister of the Navy and Colonies. Interestingly Monge was a noted matheematician and founder of Differential Geometry. Garat was Dominique Joseph Garat Minister of the Interior. These minutes were ordered printed and distributed throughout France and this copy was sent to the City of Nancy in the north east of France. For a historian or a collector of material from the earliest days of the French Revolution this is a superb item documenting the earliest efforts of the French people to establish a republican government separate from the monarchy and the feudal system. The document measures 9.0 inches by 7.0 inches and is folded to make 4 pages. The printed text occupies all 4 pages and it bears not only a printed signature but also a fairly solid hand signature. When it was printed the paper was not placed squarely on the press and therefore the text is not aligned perfectly horizontal. The page bears the initial stamp of the new government displaying the Phrygian cap or liberty cap that was adopted as a symbol of the revolution. The paper is in good condition with some slight staining from dampness and age.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages; Signed by Author .
1771CLL-218Paris, chez Vente, 1771 2 tomes en un volume in-12 de (3) ff., XLIV, 202, 261, (3) pp., maroquin olive, filets dorés en encadrement avec fleurs de lys aux angles, armes au centre avec écu central de maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs orné et doré, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
17986018Paris, Baudoin, An VII (1798/1799). In-4 de VII-[1]-132p., 25 pl., plein veau raciné, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, minime petit choc sur le haut du dos, quelques petites rousseurs sans importance. Joli exemplaire bien établi.