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1793elala892London: Printed For C.&G.Kearlsey 1793. 1793. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii 1 leafads 455; x 491 5ads; viii 439 39index. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt backs front cover of Vol. I detached several joints cracked lacking spine labels. First Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: Printed For C.&G.Kearlsey, 1793. Hardcover
178914006AB1789. N.p. 1789. 23 : 14 cm. 97 pages. Modern full vellum binding slipcase Very rare! Infamous and mean pamphlet in which the Queen is described as a 'Tribade' of the worst kind. Hayn-Got. IV. 414 f. It is not sure who is the author both names are given in libraries and bibliographies.' Essai historique sur la vie privee de Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche Reine de France' is listed under the author Brissot de Warville or Goupil. - Fromm II 8672; Weiler I 142. - Title with small collectors- and blind stamp: titel page with two stains. hardcover
17737262CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PARTITION OF POLAND<br /><br /><br />8vo. Disbound. London 1773. The imprint is purposefully false; all examples of this pamphlet were actually printed in Amsterdam. First Edition. <br /><br />The pamphlet concerns the 1772 first partition of Poland judging the partition neither just nor useful. "… an unjust system by virtue of the violation of all the rights of Men; pernicious to Europe by an example that destroys the ties of society; dangerous to two Powers interested in the unmeasured and free elevation of the third of which both Powers have much to fear." Translated from the Polish<br /><br />The First Partition of Poland or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in 1772 as the first of 3 partitions that ended the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. Frederick the Great engineered the partition to prevent Austria jealous of Russian successes against the Ottoman Empire from going to war. The weakened Commonwealth's land including what was already controlled by Russia was apportioned among its more powerful neighbors – Austria Russia and Prussia – so as to restore the regional balance of power in Central Europe. With Poland unable to effectively defend itself and with foreign troops already inside the country the Polish parliament ratified the partition in 1773 during the Partition Sejm convened by the three powers. An interesting piece of Eastern European history. Leaves show very mild toning o/w Very Nice. Rare. <br />
178520015London:: For J. Barker 1785. Scarce. 8vo. 1/2 calf over marbled boards. Gilt rule title panel on banded spine. Last leaf with paper defect in bottom margin not affecting text. Some offsetting from portrait ink blemish at bottom. Else a fine copy. Frontis. of Carew. "Carew was born in Devonshire was tried at Exeter about 1739 or 1740 and banished to Maryland where he went at the cost of the public. He gives an amusing account of the country and his adventures in Maryland Virginia New Jersey New York and Connecticut till he embarked at New England for England. His accounts how he bamboozled and bled Whitfield Thos. Penn Gov. Thomas and many others of good repute are amusing true or not." -Stevens. ESTC N19151. Black's Gypsy Bibliography lists many editions of this famous biography of this gypsy charlatan but not this one. Another edition printed by Barker in 1810 is listed in Black and Sabin 27615 but that version is the one edited by Thomas Price. This version with the "Dictionary of Cant "first appears in 1779 Black 736. For J. Barker, hardcover
178621241London Chelsea: William Watts 1786. First Edition. Framed and matted. John Claude Nates or Nattes. The print visible is 16 by 21 cm. The pictorial part of the print: 12.5 by 18 cm. The frame: 35 by 40 cm. The frame is a somewhat elaborate production with an outer band of blond painted wood which rises to a narrower more tradition gilt molded piece. The matting is an off-white fabric with a narrow inner gilt piece. The print is browned and foxed with the picture itself consequently darkened a bit. The hand-coloring was done with considerable care but the color application was done with a light touch we are speaking of the amount of coloring not the palette used. The result is muted but pleasingly so and we do think the color teases out some detail and actually adds to the illusion of dimensionality. The matting has a light dampstain. The frame itself has some minor surface loss. We think the frame is worth preserving and as to the outer part of it having an issue albeit a minor one we would recommend just painting over this part and with gilt leaf it will look far better than this frame ever looked. William Watts unknown
171830530Amsterdam: Steenhouwer 1718. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes woodcut head and tailpieces. 2 volumes. 2 410; 6 438 pages. Thick 12mo original sprinkled calf covers bowed and joints cracked; some ex-library stamps. Amsterdam: Steenhouwer & Uytwerf 1718. Very good.<br/> <br/> "Gui Patin is unique in our annals . Scores of doctors have written letters; none save his remain as a permanent contribution to literature." Osler 5277. Voltaire praised Patin's letters "parce qu'il contient de nouvelles anecdotes que tout le monde aime et des satires que l'on aime davantage." BIOGR. MED VI 375.<br/> <br/> Steenhouwer unknown
1707H4643Augustae Vindel. & Dilinae: apud Joannem Casparum Bencard 1707. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1707 quarto 8 inches 20 cm contemporary polished dark brown calf gilt spine with raised bands red spine label 10 142 8 252 2 250 45 7 62 pp. with title pages for each new title. Very good crisp bright copy with lovely frontispiece of the author. The author an Italian Jesuit preacher was one of the most popular preachers of his time. His work included in this volume Concordia Quietis & Laboris is considered a classic on religious meditation. apud Joannem Casparum Bencard hardcover
179521236<p>SERMON CLAIMING REPUBLICANISM DIVINELY INSTITUTED</p><p>first edition 8vo. in fours 4 5-42 2 blankpp. large ornamental headpiece on p.5 later half dark tanned roan marbled sides smooth spine direct lettered in gilt small closed tears or cuts no loss at upper margin of the first two leaves repaired on versos joints little rubbed very good fresh copy.</p><p>ESTC w29303 locating copies only in BL and O outside of the U.S.A.<br />Forbes 1742-1812 was the Pastor of the church in Raynham President pro-tem of Brown University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He seems to have specialised in sermons on public occasions; in 1784 he preached at the execution for burglary of one John Dixon.<br />This sermon reflects a key moment in the politics of the young Republic and the special political character of Massachusetts. George Washington who was in the middle of his final term as President was attempting to hold the balance between two political forces the Federalists who had created the Union and the Democratic- Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson who stressed states' rights and libertarian principles. Behind the disputes about domestic issues lay important philosophical disagreements. The Federalists were distinctly lukewarm about the French Revolution and the whole idea of democracy; their opponents accused them of being aristocratic and royalist in their aspirations. In foreign policy this led the Federalists to sympathise with England against France while the Democratic- Republicans held the reverse view. Washington while officially non-partisan was psychologically drawn to the Federalist position and went over openly to them after his Presidency ended. This led to bitter criticism of him by Jefferson and his party.<br />Massachusetts was the strongest centre of Federalism indeed the Party survived there long after it had collapsed in the rest of the country. The Governor Samuel Adams a cousin of the 2nd President John Adams was a Federalist. His career illustrates that revolutionary fervour against English rule was not necessarily associated with social radicalism. He was one of the earliest separatists and drafted the Massachusetts constitution and the Bill of Rights. He was an organiser of the Boston Tea Party.<br />Fobes' sermon takes as its text 2nd. Peter 11 10 & 12 'They despise government - are not afraid to speak evil of dignataries - and things they understand not'. He strongly criticises those who 'speak evil' of governors an obvious reference to the Democratic- Republicans and the idea that government can be carried on if not based on the Christian religion - a specific attack on French influences Deism and Tom Paine. However he qualifies this by referring to the light of liberty kindled in America now shining in France and by claiming that Republicanism is the form of government enjoined by the Bible.<br />This is an interesting aspect of the Sermon. There are any number of sermons which proclaim that Monarchy is the Divinely instituted form of government but few which claim this for Republicanism. In France the Republican ideal was associated with the rejection of Christian doctrines and in Ireland the division within the camp of democracy was between those inspired by French ideas and the upholders of legislative independence under the English crown.<br />In Ireland the American and French Revolutions had very different effects - the triumph of the Volunteers in 1782 and the defeat of the United Irishmen in 1798. This sermon with its innate conservatism helps to cast useful light on the ideological gulf which separated these revolutions which in historical writing have been closely associated.</p> Printed at the Mercury Press by Young & Minns hardcover
177545627J Dodsley 1775. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good hardback. Light edgewear pages gently tanned but still crisp. Free endpaper and half title has slight area of grubbiness along shelf edge. 4to half calf with marbled boards red leather title label and gilt lettering. Blind and gilt decoration to spine. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. J Dodsley hardcover
1771372964Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1771. New Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in vellum covered boards with a tape repair. Spine bands worn with some loss. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Physical description: 223 pages. Notes: Text is in French. Subjects: Ovid. Roman literature. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey hardcover
1760223920London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall MDCCLX. 1760 1760. First Edition. Hardback. Manuscript notation to the front endpaper. Finely bound in full contemporary aniline calf. Raised bands gilt-cross bands. Bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Scans on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 200 pages; Physical description; xvi 200 p. ; 8vo. Subjects; Painting - Appreciation - Early works to 1800. Art criticism - Early works to 1800. Aesthetics - Early works to 1800. Painting - Criticism and interpretation - Early works to 1800. Painting - History - Early works to 1800. Painting - Appreciation and connoisseurship. London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall MDCCLX. [1760] hardcover
1780423856Hartford Connecticut 1780. Unbound. Near Fine. Approximately 7" x 6. 5" on laid paper with a deckled edge. Old folds near fine. Receipt of payment from the Pay-Table Committee of 55 pounds to John Pearce or Pierce Signed as received by him as Pearce. Docketed as received on the verso as Pierce. unknown
178013581780. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 230mm by 175mm platemark. German copper-line engraving from the German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's 1739-1810 'Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen' 'Mammals Illustrated after Nature with Descriptions' published from 1774 onwards. unknown
171540525s Graavenhaage s Gravenhage: Gysbrecht Gasinet 1715. 8vo 21x14 cm. Wrappers renewed. xxxii: "Voorrede"16 pp. Inner margin short; lower margin title repaired; sl. soiled mainly in lower margins. With charming engraved vignette on title. With 2 exlibris of F. Ouwerling Tilburg pasted on fly-leaf and on verso title. - Interesting booklet attributed by "Boekzaal der Geleerde wereld" to Nikolaas van Amerongen in the "Catalogus Jakobus Koning" to Pieter Le Clercq and we traced a 1712 edition with on the title Pieter Antoine Huybert mentioned as the author. - Very rare Gysbrecht Gasinet unknown
1777h42069Amsterdam: Jacob ben Solomon Proops 1777. Hardcover. Very good. Small quarto 10.5 x 8.25 inches mid-20th century cloth 2 volumes bound in one book contents very good and clean bookplates and signature of Solomon Freehof an important leader in American Reform Judaism rabbi at Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh. Edition of the 16th century commentary on the Pentateuch. In Hebrew. It was first published in Belvedere near Istanbul in 1593 and with indices in Venice in 1601. Early printings of this are very uncommon. Jacob ben Solomon Proops hardcover
173564772Augsburg: Mertz & Meyer 1735. Vellum. Very Good. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. 16mo. Double-page title page fontispiece single page two color title 24 907pp. Bound in contemporary vellum. Plays in Latin language with German language commentary. Front gutter cracked but still holding. Soiling to the boards. Terrence 190 B.C. - 159 B.C. was a North African slave of a Roman senator Terentius Lucanus. He was the author of 6 major palys. His style deviated from earlier dramatic form. He avoided monologues favoring dialogue that was more like ordinary conversation devoid of flamboyance. His prologues were essays in literary crticism and he was deeply concerned with unity in the plot sometimes incorporating passages from other plays. He moved drama in the direction of realism and was influential on the writings of Cicero Horace and the early Christian Church fathers. This edition of his plays was prepared for German students with extensive notes explaining the most difficult passages the Latin idiomatic expressions and Greek roots of som eof the words. A long preface in German is a commentary on pre-Christian authors and their works. Mertz & Meyer unknown
17941801060006New York: John Buel--for the Society 1794. Paperback. Good. Unbound. 32 pages. Perforated stamp on dedication page. Signed Gardiner Baker 1974. An early American sermon preached for the July 4th holiday. "Fair Library is ours!" Evans 27525. John Buel--for the Society paperback
1750002388Venezia: Giammaria Lazaroni e Domenico Tabacco 1750. Pebbled Half Cloth Faux Leather over Paper Pastedown on Boards. Good Minus. 8vo. 20 568 pp. With fifteen woodcut plates with frontis one for each canto of the Aenied and one for the Bucolica and Georgica respectively. Some soiling throughout. All leaves of the Bucolica and a few of the Georgica have severe wormholing in the lower corner with only trivial touching of text. A few other leaves have corners overtrimmed or with loss. Still an uncommon edition with only three copies located on OCLC. Giammaria Lazaroni, e Domenico Tabacco unknown
1790H376Cüstrin Kostrzyn nad Odr : Carl Gottlob Trowitzsch 1790. Hardcover. Very Good. In English: The Gospels and Epistles for all Sundays and feast days throughout the year with the evangelical summaries and collections together with the stories of the Passion Resurrection and Ascension of our Savior Jesus Christ from the four Evangelists item the sending of the Holy Spirit from St. Luke and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem along with Johann Hermann's rhymed prayers on the Gospels and with Bible verses also morning and evening prayers for all days of the week multiplied with special diligence according to the Bible and corrected. 12mo 6 x 4 inches half leather and patterned boards unpaginated ca. 300 pp with many charming vignette woodcuts throughout that are done in an early 16th century style. Good to very good rubbing to spine solid copy with some wear to corners bit of darkening and finger soil to pages. RARE no copies on OCLC two or three citations on KVK. Printed in Cüstrin either part of Brandenberg or Poland depending on which side of the river. This appears to be a printing of some of the works of Johann Heermann 1585-1647 a German poet and hymnodist whose family roots were in Silesia. Carl Gottlob Trowitzsch hardcover
179900TP99France 1799. Small handwritten recipe for a glue to hold porcelain together. Blending lead oils paper and flour. 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. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Paperback
178343848Lyon: chez Jean-Marie Bruyset Pere & Fils. A. 1783. 12mo. 17x 9.5cm Volume 5. In original full mottled calf real raised bands panels ornated full gilt decorated marbled endpapers edges stained red in contemporary binding style some wear on the edges hollow binding with the rear marbled endpaper re-used to line the hollow out recess which continue from page 30 the back interior box glued. – When opened the interior hollowed recess is not noticeable however the book is uncommonly light in very good sound condition. very good. These hollow book boxes were common before after the second war in the book stals on the banks of the Siene. They were made from broken sets which were common in that era and were considered a great keepsake in the growing tourist trade. As a bookseller you never had any money to hide away however we did keep the cash register float in a book box made from a small folio “Boy’s Own Annual 1912†for about forty years shelved with the reference and bibliography section behind the counter until it fell apart in complete exhaustion. chez Jean-Marie Bruyset Pere & Fils. A. unknown
171696124Londoni: Jacobi Tonson and Johannis Watts printers 1716. Hardcover. Good. frontis index 8 288p. plus an unnumbered index of about 57 leaves. Old vellum. 19 cm. Cover soiling. Modest splitting along front joint. 19 cm. Covers soiled. Minor foxing and some browning of contents. Modern bookplate of Donald MacLean Holley on front pastedown. Latin text. Martial a Roman poet known for his epigrams was born in Augusta Bilbilis in what is now Spain but lived most of his adult life in Rome. Jacobi Tonson and Johannis Watts, printers hardcover
1733019525Lipsiae: Joh. Georg. Loewium 1733. In Latin. 1733. This title is usually bound together with Balduinus' De Calceo Antiquo but in this case has been issued separately. Tan softcover 210 25 pages. Front cover absent spine and rear cover chipped text block shaken and held together in some spots by the spine covering pages age-toned but clean title page a bit more soiled due to lack of front cover. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Joh. Georg. Loewium Paperback
1775006679London; Pall-Mall: J. Dodsley 1775. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st ed G 1775. In contemporary worn half calf over worn red paper boards corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine no title some calf loss. Internally 3 vi-vii 1 1 2-88 pp book label to fpd Sir Robt. W. Vaughan Nannau water stain to margin of a few leaves small worm marks to gutter creases to final ep evidence of removed bookplate to fpd upper hinge strengthened. 200281 mm. ESTC T139793. Lowndes 2136/7. Title continues: From the invasion by the Romans until finally acceded to the Crown of England: Together with a distinct description of the Towns Harbours Villages and other remarkable places in it; and of several Antiquities relating thereto never before made public. Serving as a supplement to Rowland's Mona Antiqua Restaurata. To which are also added Memoirs of Owen Glendowr. <br/> <br/> J. Dodsley hardcover
1731H334Venezia Venice: Presso Angiolo Geremia 1731. Hardcover. Good. 4 volumes complete published 1730-1731. 8vo old half leather marbled boards 458 441 383 373 pp. indices in each volume. Good plus set minor library marks call numbers on spines bookplates blindstamp on title pages barcode stickers on rear endpapers some darkening to spines rubbing to boards texts clean and bright. Poet and playwright. Text in Italian. Presso Angiolo Geremia hardcover