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171234981London 1712. 16pp. Trimmed close minor toning. Good. Disbound.<br/> <br/> An anonymous political work that has been attributed over the centuries to both Jonathan Swift and Mary de la Rivière Manley. Most sources identify Manley as the author; she was an English author and pamphleteer who was famous for presenting political screeds disguised as romances or satire. A rare pamphlet either in institutions or the market.<br/> <br/> ESTC N45508. unknown
1793H3339Madrid: En La Imprenta Real 1793. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition 1793 original flame calf deep red spine label very good copy 8 290 3 pp. In three parts the first lessons for children on their obligations when they are grown to their king and lord the second addressed to priests and the third part addressed to Pius VI regarding the revolution in France and what it portends. The author was a well known priest orator and educator on very good terms with Spanish royalty who rewarded him by making him a bishop with his base in Rio de la Plata Argentina but also with bishoprics in Cordoba and Catamarca Bolivia. This book would have been part of his efforts to educate South American children on their duties to Spain one of his chief goals. En La Imprenta Real hardcover
174238642Neapoli Naples: Ex Typographia Blasiana 1742. 4to 24x18 cm. Contemporary vellum soiled. With engraved frontisp. by F. de Grado after F. Solimene and engraved portrait in text. frontisp. and title browned with serious brown spots; convent-stamp on title. viii incl. frontisp.1811 blankvi pp. occasional brown spots. - Hard to find and on the whole a reasonable copy. 1: In quo historica Sacri Textus veritate ac Mathematica ex Astronomiae principiis dedicta probatione Jesum Christum . die mortuum . demonstratur. 2: . exploratamque temporum rationem exactam accurrata annorum supputatione ab vero Natali Jesu Christi anno procedere. 3: In quo Astronomico Calculo accurate subducto. ac definita Annorum Mundi summa scilicet ab Orbis conditu ad verum Christi Natalem effluxisse Annos quater mille octoginta & Menses novem perspicue demonstratur. Ex Typographia Blasiana hardcover
1724187721London : Printed for J. Knapton R. Knaplock J. and B. Sprint D. Midwinter W. Taylor W. and J. Innys J. Osborn and R. Robinson 1724. Eighth Edition. Hardback. A very good copy finely bound in modern binding. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 562 pages; Physical description. : 562 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm. Subject: Monarchy -- Great Britain - History -- Genealogy. Notes: Title page in red and black; illustrations depicting famous occurances associated with certain monarchs. Referenced by: ESTC T149846. Notes: An alphabetical index of the principal matters at rear of book. London : Printed for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. and B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, W. Taylor, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, and R. Robi hardcover
1754039022Posnaniae Poznan Poland: Typis Clari Collegii Societatis Jesu 1754. 2nd Edition of Volume 2 . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 920pp.; HB brown marbled leather w/raised bands - backstrip missing; heavy rub & wear; binding exposed @spine; PON 1852front paste down.; heavily tanned pages w/some foxing; easily readable; hinges cracked; last pg. detached included. title continues: " Praemissae funt . Idem Index Verborum primi Tomi ab Auctore confectus recenti Editioni exacte correctae ac multum auctae ACCOMMODATUS. Latin-Polish dictionary supplemented w/German words. Polish lexicography 1st ed. of vol.2 pub. 1626 resumed. This volume is an edition supplemented at the end of the 17th century w/German vocabulary and Latin phrases absent in earlier editions. It allows you to use a dictionary without Vol.1 English-Latin very rare <br/> <br/> Typis Clari Collegii Societatis Jesu hardcover
179525158Paris: Chez Maradan 1795. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition. 3 volume set complete. A Very Good set. 8vos. Vol.1 xvi 422; Vol.2 viii 456; Vol.3 viii 471 pp. illustrated with 7 numbered folding plates. Bound in period full speckled calf; with boards and spine decorated with gilt fillets and spine compartment designs. Title and volume on tan morocco labels. End papers and all edges marbled. Boards moderately rubbed at the edges. Parts of the title labels on vol. 2&3 missing. Text in French. An attractive set. Chez Maradan unknown
17796640<p>Francesco's tribute to his father who had died the year before. Tear to left side see image and generally wavy appearance.</p>
1723249639Edinburgh : Printed by William Adams junior. Sold by the booksellers of Edinburgh Glasgow and Aberdeen 1723. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in modern cloth with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spines. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 495 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bound with the appendix and the dissertation among others. Subjects; Elizabeth Mure Queen consort of Robert II King of Scotland. Stuart House of — Early works to 1800. Scotland — Genealogy — Early works to 1800. Edinburgh : Printed by William Adams junior. Sold by the booksellers of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen hardcover
1714008296London : at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand.: Jacob Tonson 1714. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition 1714 in full calf gilt tooled central image a few small marks edge blind tooling tips repaired. Professionally respined gilt & blind tooling gilt titles to black morocco label. Internally title within double ruled border & vignette port. of Shakespeare 8 1 2-247 pp marbled endpapers faded gilt text block edges some edge browning more towards end. Uncommon at printing no other copy available commercially! 188114 mm. The author describes the people customs economy and trade militia as well as the government and democratic institutions. The book was used by William Coxe in his Sketches of Switzerland published in 1779 and was the first significant book on the country by an English traveler. The appendix is an Account of the Allies of the Switzers. <br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson hardcover
1763289753Marco Coltellini 1763. First Edition. Map. Map 7.6 x 10.15 inches; plate margins 8.25 x 10.85 inches; sheet 8.8 x 12 inches. Relief shown by hachures depths by soundings. Published in Il Gazzettiere Americano Vol. 1 opposite p. 146. First edition first printing. Very good copy. Sheet is tanned on margins; chip is missing from front lower left corner outside plate margins. Water staining to rear barely visible on map. Small paper remnants at top rear.<br> Marco Coltellini unknown
1790194448London: Printed for G. Kearsley 1790. First Edition. Hardback. Closed tear to the title. Finely and period sympathetically bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and the title blocked direct in gilt. An uncommonly good example; of presentation quality - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 232 pages; Physical description; xv1232p. ; 8°. Notes; Anonymous. By Leman Thomas Rede the elder. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT100328. Subjects; Judges - Great Britain. Lawyers - Great Britain. London: Printed for G. Kearsley hardcover
179654848London: Printed for G. Sael 1796. Hardcover. Poor to very good condition. Octavo bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards containing eight pamphlets and ephemera. Binding with front cover and spine detached but present wear along edges with leather at corners missing. Illustrated book plate of Joseph Swift Whistler on inside front cover. Signature of three free endpapers title page and leaf with pages 1-2 loosely laid in. Short New York Times article on Shakespeare dispute from the 1940s laid in. Some sporadic offsetting and light foxing.<br /> <br /> 1. A Comparative Review of the Opinions of Mr. James Boaden Editor of the Oracle. .2 59 1pp. Original cream wraps with black lettering on cover authors and publishing date entered by hand. "It is not because the style or the matter of Mr. Boaden's Critical Examination of the Shakespeare MSS. appears to possess any intrinsic merit that it is made the subject of consideration in the following pages. Much less is this slight attempt dictated by any apprehension that the authenticity of those MSS. will be materially affected either by the arguments of such an examiner or the detection of his sophistry. But when an individual pretends to direct the taste of the public when relying on the fancied ingenuity and importance of his criticism he attempts to depreciate real merit it becomes at least necessary to examine the purity of his motives and the consistency of his conduct. The authenticity of the MSS. in the hands of Mr. Ireland must ultimately be refereed to a higher tribunal" First paragraph. "The "Shakespeare MSS." are the Ireland forgeries. Sometimes ascribed to Matthew Wyatt." Folger Shakespeare Library<br /> <br /> 2. An Historical Account of the Monumental Bust of William Shakespeare in the Chancel of the Church at Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire. With critical remarks on the authors who have written on it by Abraham Wivell Portrait Painter. London. Published by the author. 1827. iv 28pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover. Frontispiece engraving. With preface to the author's pamphlet of 1825. "The following remarks on the Monumental Bust of Shakespeare in the Church of the Holy Trinity Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire is printed from my Pamphlet 1825 with additions." Page 5.<br /> <br /> 3. Traditionary Anecdotes of Shakespeare. Collected in Warwickshire in the Year MDCXCIII. Now first published from the original manuscript. London. Thomas Rodd. 1838. 19 1pp. Original cream wraps with black lettering on cover. Contains four page advertisement and the letter addressed to Mr. Edward Southwell signed "John at Stiles." The last page contains the printed text "10. April 1693 - From Mr. Dowdall Description of Severall places in Warwickshire" at top and "These for Mr. Southwell p' Sent."<br /> <br /> 4. Observations on an Autograph of Shakespeare and the Orthography of his Name. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Sir Frederic Madden in a letter to John Gage. London Thomas Rodd. MDCCCXXXIII. 16 2pp. Light brown wraps with black lettering and triple framing on cover. Title page with facsimile of Shakespeare signature. Reprinted from the Archaeologia vol. xxvii pp. 113-123 with some corrections.<br /> <br /> 5. For Private Circulation Was Lord Bacon the Author of Shakespeare's Plays A Letter to Lord Ellesmere by William Henry Smith. London: Printed for the Author by Woodfall and Kinder. 1856. 15 pages.<br /> <br /> 6. Shakespeare No Deerstealer or A Short Account of Fulbroke Park Near Stratford-On-Avon. By C. Holte Bracebridge Sometime Hon. Sec. to the Shakespeare House Committee. London: Printed by Harrison and Sons. 1862. 4 original watercolor. 32pp. Extensive appendix notes A through F.<br /> <br /> 7. The Stratford Portrait of Shakespeare. Copies of communications to The Times made subsequent to that which appeared April 5th. The recently discovered portrait of Shakespeare. To the Editor of The Times. Two 1861 letter by Charles Weight with commentary. 4 pages.<br /> <br /> 8. The Stratford Portrait of Shakespeare and The Athenaeum; Also Ben Jonson; and the Macaulay-Penn Controversy; in Connexion with That periodical–or its Editor. "Jones is immortal until he is found out; and then down comes the extinguisher and the immortal is dead and burried." Roundabout Papers NO XII. Text by Charles Weight. 307 Regent Street W. May 31st 1861. 19 pages. "The "New Facts" of the Athenaeum in reference to Ben Jonson Examined. And some facts of real importance in relation to the Macaulay and Penn Controversy Displayed. Printed for G. Sael hardcover
177293442Birminghamiae : Typis Johannis Baskerville 1772. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked calf-backed marble boards. Slightest suggestion only of dulling and toning to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 307 pages; Physical desc. : 2 307 1 p ; 18 cm. 12mo. . Notes: Sig. G2 is a cancel Gaskell . Subjects; Baskerville John 1706-1775 printer. Latin drama Comedy . Referenced by: Gaskell 47. ESTC t137488. Straus and Dent 94. Language: Latin. Signatures: pi1 A-2Bsup6 2Csup4. Birminghamiae : Typis Johannis Baskerville hardcover
1726CAT000635London: J. Nicholson 1726. Third Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Half red leather over marbled boards marbled endpapers. In text illustrations and 2 plates 1 folding. A wealth of information on livestock from belching in cattle to vvhezing in horses distilling bees home remedies etc. Old Lawes Trust stamp to title scattered foxing. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000635. J. Nicholson hardcover
1778JC14437Liege: F. J. Desoer 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 303pp. Contemporary French mottled calf. Traité d'éducation morale qui a remporté le prix de la Société des sciences de Harlem sur cette question : Comment on doit gouverner le coeur & l'esprit d'un enfant pour le rendre heureux & utile. Par M. Formey. auquel on a ajouté quelques pensées relatives à ce sujet. <br/><br/>Formey was professor of philosophy at Berlin who authored several books on the writings of Rousseau. This work on education is quite scarce. F. J. Desoer hardcover
1790NSPrint006Paris ca. 1790. Color aquatint on paper 42.5 x 31 cm.; impression: 33.5 x 25.7 cm. Impression without text. Cf. Thieme-Becker 12: 486. stock#NSPrint006.
177621-1210aAn early edition of this much printed volume detailing perhaps not completely truthful the response from Great Britain towards the New America that was evolving out of the Congress meetings in Philadelphia. Adams credits Macpherson as the Author while Howes credits Dalrymple. A beautifully rebound copy of this early work from America's new independence. Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand hardcover
179943706London: Published by W. Faden Geographer to His Majesty 1799. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 23.6cm first edition second issue with postscript 11661p. complete with half title in the original paper backed blue paper boards untrimmed some slight wear on the board edges and slightly age worn faint ink stamp on the title else very good to fine sound copy rare in boards - with contemporary presentation on the title page date Upper Canada Lande 2207. T.P.L. 734. Sabin 85205. Casey I:853. This is the first published topographical description of Upper Canada. The work is in two parts: the first being the topography of the principal lakes rivers and land formations in the province: the second being a gazetteer of place-names in 18th century Upper Canada. Smith came to Upper Canada in 1792 and serving as quartermaster in the 5th regiment of foot at Niagara he was selected by Simcoe in 1793 to act as first surveyor-general of the new province. This post he filled till his return to England in 1799. The text was written on Simcoe's request to accompany the following map "A Map of the Province of Upper Canada describing all the New Settlements Townships &c. with the countries adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. . Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty hardcover
172546352Stivagii: Joannis Martini Heller Typographi & Bibliopolae 1725. Very Good. Stivagii: Joannis Martini Heller Typographi & Bibliopolae 1725. First Edition. Folio; contemporary calf over paper-covered boards with leather title label to spine; edges sprayed red; 566 8pp. index collated and complete. Contemporary library label to spine; boards lightly worn with general scuffing; cracked along top of front hinge but boards secure and binding sound; interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of a scarce title. The second volume would be published in 1731 and neither currently available in retail. Joannis Martini Heller, Typographi & Bibliopolae unknown
1775BOOKS050960IParis: Chez Clousier 1775. HC. very good full calf raised bands hardcover EXCEPTIONAL !!. engravings by C. Boissel. Title translates roughly to: "The Philosopher without Claim or the Rare Man Works Physical Chemical Political and Moral." A curious work of science fiction in which the author expounds upon his theories in physics and chemistry. A visitor from Mercury arrives on Earth ina an 'electrical flying machine' as seen in the frontispiece. This machine is considered the first forerunner of the dynamo powered by static electricity when its two globes are rubbed with camphor. The Mercurian Ormaris presents Lafolie's own scientific opinions in the fields of electricity geology mineralogy and chemistry. In addition he scoffs the theories of the fixed air of Priestley as well as the conversion of air into water. The author was the first to discover the yellow dyeing extracted and to successful fix it on wire of the red color of the Indies. Text in French. An exceptional copy of museum quality!!! Frontis is bound instead with Chapter 1. 350pp. Chez Clousier unknown
1708138568London : Printed For J. Beaver And B. Lintot In Fleet Street R. Knaplock In St. Paul's Church-Yard J. Sprint In Little Brittain A. Bell R. Smith And J. Round In Cornhill 1708. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original full blind-tooled aniline calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with the original label retained; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 759 pages; LACKS the frontis. Physical desc. : x 4 759 i. E.775 1 p. ; 2o. Subject: Josephus Flavius. - Peri tou Houdaikou polemou. Jews - History. Judaism. Referenced by: ESTC t090837. London : Printed For J. Beaver And B. Lintot In Fleet Street, R. Knaplock In St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Sprint In Little Brittai hardcover
176745831Geneve 1767. Original blue cardboard binding with contemporary handwritten paper title-label to spine. Pencil-numbering to inside of boards. A very nice and clean copy. Woodcut vignette to title-page. With the ex-libris of the notes Danish book collector K.F. Plesner to inside of front board. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition of this interesting anonymously written continuation of Voltaire's Candide which wraps up the adventures of the hero. "Turning his back on both Voltarian satire and scepticism the novelist proposes a moralistic fable - the focal point of which is a rehabilitation of Leibniz's Theory of Optimism. The main body of the novel tells the story of Candide and his new wife the noble Zénoïde in their sumptuous Copenhagen townhouse. Before achieving this happy state however the couple endures various trials and tribulations reminiscent of the newly minted gothic genre. "Candide au Dannemarc" also features a satirical portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau." Éduard M. Langille from the introduction to the new edition of "Candide au Dannemarc" edited by him. Voltaire's "Candide" had inspired a sequel that appeared in 1760 which is attributed to Charles-Claude-Florent de Campigneulles but which might be by Henri-Joseph du Laurens. The present work is a direct continuation of that sequel although it ignores the happy ending of the previous work but evidently from the preface it is not written by the same author. It has still not been determined who the actual author is.The part on Rousseau pp. 148-167 in the present work has become quite famous portraying him satirically as trying to make a living in Copenhagen from copying music while plotting to escape to America. The novel ends with Candide leaving Denmark to be the Danish ambassador in Russia.A secoond edition appeared in 1769. </em> paperback
17227302Londini London: Impensis Richardi Sare . 1722. Folio pp. xliv 468. Parallel Greek and Latin text contemporary panelled calf neatly rebacked retaining original spine corners and end-papers renewed. Nineteenth century book label: Bishopric of Cornwall. Second century Christian author probably martyred under Marcus Aurelius. Styan Thirlbys edition is described by Dibdin as splendid and carefully executed although Dibdin is cautious regarding Thirlbys achievements as editor: ingenious but vain seems to be his opinion. Book Impensis Richardi Sare [...] unknown
1720NC0225E. Curll 1720. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. London 1720; rebound in brown leather covered boards; corner and spine edge wear; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; new end papers; Previous owner's name on front end papers; lightly foxed; coffee colored discoloration at hinges pages original front end paper fading through 225; From the library of ABAA bookseller Tom Nicely; 320 pages. E. Curll hardcover
1782298728London: J. Stockdale; R. Faulder 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in an attractive later binding of red half-goat over marbled boards with raised bands with morocco label lettered vertically; with marbled endpapers; 2 49 1 pages.~~A note on this rather interesting binding: we assume that the binder was charged with binding a group of different books to a uniform size -- the title page is trimmed and mounted and all the other leaves are folded neatly to fit the bottom edge and then the leading edge over it. Rather astonishing actually.~~This is Ritson’s first book in which he attacks Thomas Warton’s History of English Poetry in such vitriolic tones -- Warton is a pretender a cheater and a liar -- as to cause quite a contretemps in late 18th century English literary circles. One assumes this actually pleased Ritson as he went on the next year to attack Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Eventually Ritson went complete mad barricading himself in his rooms at Gray’s Inn and setting fire to a pile of manuscripts. Very Good binding. J. Stockdale; R. Faulder unknown
