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17165505376Chez P. Esclassan & C. L. Thiboust 1716. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Chez P. Esclassan & C. L. Thiboust unknown
1709182017Amsterdam.: Henri Schelten. 1709. Contemporary full calf raised bands gilt spine decorations red edges. Very good covers soiled and shelfworn. 12mo. 16.5x9.5 cm. French text. weight: 0.6 lb. Henri Schelten. hardcover
1709182138Paris.: Guillaume Cavelier & Antoine De Billy. 1709. Contemporary full leather raised bands gilt spine decorations red speckled edges. Very good moderate wear to extremities. 17x9.7 cm. French text. Patin was a Paris physician noted for his writing style. weight: 0.6 lb. Guillaume Cavelier & Antoine De Billy. hardcover
1718505665Denys Mariette 1718. Leather. VERY GOOD. 407pp. Complete. Small 8vo 6.5x4'. Full calf with raised bands and gilt tooled compartments with burgundy morroco label lettered and ruled in gilt gilt tooled board edges and red speckled edges. Title page and front matter printed in red and black. Covers scratched and rubbed FFEP lost hand-written name and ornament to title page and designs to final page. Very sound and tight binding clean interior pages. Denys Mariette unknown
1739906P60Paris: C. L. Thiboust 1739. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A charming poetical guide to the Grecian roots of the French language by Claude Lancelot. In the original French.A charming work on Greek language by Claude Lancelot first published in 1657 as 'Racines Grecques de Port-Royal'. This volume explores the Grecian roots of words in the French language put to veerse for easy learning.Including a treatise on prepositions and other particles and an alphabetical collection of French words taken from Greek.This edition is revised corrected and expanded.Lancelot was a Jansenist monk and grammarian. In a full contemporary calf binding. Externally a little worn. Loss and lifting to the head and tail of the spine. Rubbing and a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Lacking the spine label. Lacking the endpapers. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with a few light handling marks. Edge wear to the final leaf of text. Chip to the tail of the title page no loss of text. Good C. L. Thiboust hardcover
176456222Berlin und Leipzig Christian Friederich Günther 1764. Small 4to. Contemp. blue boards modestly clothbacked later. Wear along edges. Corners bumped. Engraved title-page in rococcostyle and all leaves text and plates engraved. 161266 pp. 62 full-page engravings with engraved explanatory text on verso. Title-page a bit soiled. On inside upper cover "Denne Bog er taget af en dansk soldat fra en fjendtlig Officier i Slaget ved Fredericia den 6te Juli 1849" this book was taken from a hostile officer German in the battle at Fridericia the 6th of July 1849. A few plates with minor brownspots. <br/><br/><em>Klaus Jordan 3837. </em> hardcover
177066393A Amsterdam & à Leipzig: Chez Arkstée et Merkus 1770. Fine. Chez Arkstée et Merkus A Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1770 12.50 x 20 cm In-8 3 volumes reliés New illustrated edition with a portrait as frontispiece 3 title vignettes and 41 folding plates. According to Brunet the first octavo edition following the original quarto published in 1769 of these Commentaries. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Spine with raised bands gilt-tooled. Beige morocco title-piece black basane volume label. Head of volume 2 restored. Surface abrasions on the boards polished with wax. Traces of rubbing. A handsome copy the paper of remarkable freshness. Ex libris with 18th-century armorial bookplate of Biel D. de Lislemont. An edition improperly designated as Mémoires which Brunet himself corrects by restoring the works half-titles: Commentaires sur les mémoires de Montecuculi. ""Les Mémoires de Montécuculi si utilement commentés éclaircis et même étendus dans plusieurs endroits par Turpin de Crissé forment un corps de doctrine aussi complet que méthodique en ce sens que la première partie de cet ouvrage contient les éléments purement abstraits de la science militaire dont il donne dans la seconde une théorie fondée sur une hypothèse et qu'il applique dans la troisième à des faits"". Quérard La France littéraire. These commentaries are at once a military treatise and a reflection on the art of war and stand among the great classics in the field. Chez Arkstée et Merkus hardcover
17042409010001Richard Sare and J. Tonson; Jonah Bowyer; Walford; various 1704. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. The Death of King Charles I 17 memorial pamphlets printed 1704-1724. Quarto. Bound in contemporary calf. Title pages have black mourning border. Joints cracked. Head and tail chipped. Pages and text are generally very clean and in excellent condition. Remembrances of King Charles' death preached during the reign of his granddaughter Queen Anne. The sermons eulogize Charles I and decry his death. The sermons have interesting ideas about responsibility to obey the law and the role of the King in British society. <br> Contents: 1 Robert Wynne Chancellor of St Asaph. Unity and Peace the Support of Church and State. A Sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons on Munday Jan. 31th 1703/4. Being the Anniversary of King Charles I. By T. W. for Thomas Bennet 1704. 2 22 2 pp. advertisement leaf to rear; 2 George Stanhope Dean of Canterbury. A Sermon preach'd on Tuesday the 30th of January 1704/5. The Anniversary Fast-Day for the Martyrdom of K. Charles the First. By W. B. for R. Sare and M. Wotton 1705. 4 20 pp half-title; 3 White Kennett Arch-Deacon of Huntingdon. A Sermon preach'd on Wednesday January xxx 1705/6. Being the Anniversary Day of Fasting and Humiliation for the Horrid and Execrable Murder of King Charles the First. By J. H. for John Churchill 1706. 4 27 pp. half-title; 4 Robert Moss Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty. A Sermon Preach'd on Thursday Jan. 30 1706/7. For Richard Sare and J. Tonson 1707. 2 30 pp. plain title page closely trimmed spotted; 5 Robert Eyre Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Winchester A Sermon preach'd on Friday Jan. 30. 1707/8. By J. B. for Benj. Walford 1708. 2 30 pp.; 6 John Pelling Rector of St. Ann's Westminster. A Sermon preach'd . on Monday Jan. 31. 1708/9. Being the Anniversary Fast of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By J. B. for Jonah Bowyer 1709. 22 pp.; 7 Robert Friend. A Sermon Preach'd on Tuesday January 30. 1710/11. By G. J. for Jonah Bower 1710. 25 pp.; 8 Thomas Gooch Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London. A Sermon Preach'd on Wednesday the 30th of January 1711. By J. R. for Jonah Bowyer 1712. 2 22 pp.; 9 Lancelot Blackburne. A Sermon preach'd on the Thirtieth of January 1715/16. Being the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles. By J. Roberts 1716. 28 pp. half-title slightly browned; 10 John Hoadly Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on January 30. 1717-8. By W. Wikins for Tim. Childe 1718. 32 pp. plain title-page half-title; 11 John Waugh Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on Friday January the 30th 1718/19. For John Wyat 1719. 4 22 2 half-title advertisement leaf; 12 Thomas Mangey Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London. The Providential Sufferings of Good Men. Set forth in a Sermon preached on the 30th Day of January 1719. For W. and J. Innys 1720. 29 3 pp. half-title 3 pp. advertisements a few small tears to upper margins; 13 William Baker Warden of Wadham College etc. A Sermon preach'd on Monday January 30. 1720. For Benj. Cowse 1720. 31 pp. plain title-page half-title; 14 Nathaniel Marshall Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on Tuesday January XXX. MDCCXXI. for W. Taylor 1721. 24 pp. sig. C browned; 15 Michael Stanhope Prebendary of St Paul's and Rector of Leake in Nottinghamshire. The Prosperity of the Wicked and the Sufferings of the Righteous not Inconsistent with the Goodness and Justice of Providence. A Sermon preach'd on January the 30th 1722/23. For Samuel Chapman 1723. 30 pp. half-title; 16 Nathaniel Hough Rector of St George's Southwark. A Sermon preach'd January the 30th 1723/24. For J. Stagg 1724. 23 pp. browning; 17 John Waugh Bishop of Carlisle. A Sermon preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal January the 30th 1724. For J. Wyat 1724. 32 pp. plain title-page half-title. <br> Provenance: From the library of Robert Bogdan 1950-2023. Bogdan was former chairman of the Scottish Castles Association and geography master at Charterhouse. Richard Sare and J. Tonson; Jonah Bowyer; Walford; various hardcover
1754027684Paris: Proult & Jombert 1754. Quarto. In two volumes with exceptionally wide margins. Volume I half-title 443 pages with printed errata at bottom of the last page Volume II half-title 204 pages with 25 engraved copper fold-out maps each exquisitely hand-colored. Lancelot de Turpin Crisse with plates illustrating all aspects of how armies might attack or defend in the various conditions of war forts rivers unusual terrain. General George Washington first learned of this book while serving with General Forbes who had used its ideas in the Duquesne campaign. Washington who could not read French immediately was able to understand the maps and their implications which he refers to it in his writings I 219. Many copies are lacking maps among the best and complete in American libraries are the one at West Point the U.S. Army War College Yale Princeton the Houghton at Harvard and NYPL. Both volumes beautifully bound in a full modern paneled calf raised bands red and green contrasting leather labels gilt renewed endpapers. A very handsome set. Proult & Jombert unknown
