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17091897London: Printed for E. Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar and J. Pemberton at the Golden-Buck against St. Dunstan's-Church Fleet-Street 1709. 1st edition. Period full panelled calf binding. Red speckled edges. Wear to base of binding's boards. Joint leather starting. Bookplate to front paste-down and period inscription to ffep. Unobtrusive worming to gutter of last 8 gatherings. An About VG - VG copy. 6 vii 1 blank 101 101 - 112 112 105 - 162 161 - 164 167 - 212 213 - 226 213 - 310 32 pp. Initial imprimatur leaf. Text continuous despite paginatiron irregularities. 31 page Index at rear with Publisher advert last page. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. Folio. 13-3/4" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> Printed for E. Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate, E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, and J. Pemberton hardcover books
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. <br /><br /> Giammaria Lazaroni, e Domenico Tabacco hardcover books
17253447London: Np 1725. Second English language edition. Very good. Second English edition see below. Sm. 8vo. 680pp. Modern 1/2 black morocco gilt over marbled boards. Title lightly soiled. A few leaves closely trimmed at top margin. Foxon R264 noting "all copies seen were issued in Rooke's "Select Translations" 1726. It may never have been separately published." The pagination of the 1723 first printing is 12431pp. Np hardcover books
1719LV2044Lugduni Batavorum Leiden Netherlands:: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1719. 1719. 8vo. xl 748 118 pp. Engraved half title plate by F. Bleyswyk Bleyswyck red and black title with printer’s device woodcut decorative initials and tailpieces index; occasional light foxing. Original gilt and blind-stamped full calf five raised bands with gilt-stamped maroon spine piece; worn joints cracked but reinforced with painted Kozo paper. Ownership blind emboss stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Binding worn internally very good. This Compendium of Roman History by Velleius is an early edition of Dutch classical scholar Pieter Burman the elder. His history written in a rhetorical style covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to the death of Livia in 29 A.D. and most useful for the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the death of Augustus in 14 A.D. Bryan Michael. Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Volume 1. G. Bell 1903. p. 145. "Velleius Paterculus’ short work is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins to his own times. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives in more than meagre fragments Velleius’ work is uniquely important. It is a critical counter to the later accounts of Tacitus Suetonius and Cassius Dio not simply because it offers a different view of Tiberius but because Velleius saw continuity where later authors saw only radical change which destroyed the Republic and put monarchy in its place. For other reasons too Velleius occupies a unique position in Roman historiography." – See: Eleanor Cowan ed. Velleius Paterculus: Making History Classical Press of Wales 2011. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1719. hardcover books
1711LLV2175Oxoniae:: E. Theatro Sheldoniano 1711. 1711. 8vo. xvi 140 44 60 pp. Title engraved vignette index; few stains. Original gilt-stamped decorative panels mottled calf; joints reinforced stickers on spine. Former ownership blind emboss stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Very good. Second edition issued earlier in 1693. This edition printed at the Sheldonian Theatre of Paterculus’ Roman history contains the addition of 44 pages of additional notes. It contains not all copies do Dodwell’s Annales Velleiani. Lowndes vol. 4 p. 1798. "His Compendium of Roman History consists of two books dedicated to M. Vinicius and covers the period from the dispersion of the Greeks after the siege of Troy down to the death of Livia AD 29. The first book brings the history down to the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC; portions of it are missing including the beginning. The later history especially the period from the death of Julius Caesar 44 BC to the death of Augustus AD 14 is treated in much greater detail. / The author does not display real historical insight although generally trustworthy in his statements of individual facts. He may be regarded as something of a courtly annalist rather than an historian. His chronology is inconsistent though sometimes useful. On Caesar Augustus and above all on his patron Tiberius he lavishes praise or flattery; but his portrait of the latter is a useful corrective to the sensationalist attacks of a Tacitus as is his treatment of Livia. The repetitions redundancies and slovenliness of expression may be partly due to the haste with which as the author frequently states it was written. The inflated rhetoric the straining after effect by means of hyperbole antithesis and epigram belong firmly to the Silver Age of which Paterculus is the earliest example. He purposed to write a fuller history of the later period including the civil war between Caesar and Pompey and the wars of Tiberius; but there is no evidence that he did so. His chief authorities were Cato’s Origines the Annales of Quintus Hortensius Pompeius Trogus Cornelius Nepos and Livy." Wikip. See: Eleanor Cowan ed. Velleius Paterculus: Making History Classical Press of Wales 2011. E. Theatro Sheldoniano, 1711. unknown books
173848531London: Printed and sold by J. Huggonson in Chancer - lane 1738. The Second Edition. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint evidence of damping in pamphlet's lower margin otherwise VG. 2 29 1 blank pp. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 8vo in 4s. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> Printed and sold by J. Huggonson, in Chancer - lane unknown books
17903249Dumbarton Scotland 1790. Good. Folio half-sheet 1 p. 20 lines name of the recipient on verso 2 vertical and 4 horizontal folds evidence of wax seal on verso old tape repair at top margin not affecting text ink gall corrosion on outer margin affecting one word. Preserved in mylar sleeve. An extremely curious provincial Scottish letter dated 1790 which incorporates misspellings based on non-standard sociolects of the Scottish dialect. While "worthless" relics such as this were almost invariably discarded they remain of the great interest in Ortheopy the study of pronunciation. Indeed much of what is known about Vulgar Latin pronunciation is preserved in graffiti in the ruins of Pompei. <br/><br/>Concerning the content of the letter: William Steuart or Stewart writes to John Adam Esq. describing water damage to four rooms in Dumbarton Castle: two were newly painted the other two newly wall-papered. An associate suggested that he procure a carpenter in Inversnaid to the amount of GBP 35 and therefore "if you have any masonwork to do I can do it at the time."<br/><br/>The letter is signed by Steuart but was clearly dictated by him to an unnamed scribe. Our transcription of the letter retains the original spelling:<br/><br/>"Dumbarton May 24th 1790. Dear Sir<br/>I received both your letters one of the 10th & the other of the 13th curant & have noted the contents. I told Capt. Roberson what work was to be don sic at the Castle hear sic this year when he simed i.e. seemed much surprised that his hous sic was not rough cast. Ther sic is 2 rooms neu sic painted & other two neu sic pappred sic which will be quite spiled i.e. spoiled with the watter sic comin through the wall & he has wrot i.e. wrote to Campt. Rudyard about it. Last neight sic I had a letter from Mr. Young beiging i.e. begging of me to go to Inversnaid to gat sic som sic Carpenter work don sic ther sic to the amount of GBP 35 so if you have any masson sic work to do I can do it at the time. I am Dear Sir your very humbel sic Serv't" shaky signature of William Steuart. <br/><br/>Questions remain: Why go to Inversnaid to procure a carpenter This extremely tiny village was located 30 miles away from Dumbarton Castle while Glasgow was only 13 miles away. And was recipient of the present letter to be identified with the architect John Adam Esq. of Edinburgh 1721-1792 son of William Adam and older brother of Robert Adam unknown books
17437019Madrid: Gabriel Ramirez 1743. Fifth printing. Quarto title page ff 6 pp 245 2. First published in 1695 in Madrid and the same year in Mexico. The subtitle tells the contents: "Obra en que se muestra al confessor nuevo la practica de administrar con fruto el Sacramento de la penitencia." The work is a translation from the Italian of Fr. Segneri by Juan de Espinola Baeza de Echaburu but in actual fact according to Palau 305883/ 305885 this is a pseudonym for Fr. Jose Lopez de Echaburu SJ. Judging from the number of reprints it must have been a popular manual for priests to instruct them in this rite. Nice copy in the period vellum binding title inked on spine; original ties still present. <br/><br/> Gabriel Ramirez hardcover books
17776329The Hague but Paris: Gosse et Pinet; Humblot 1777. First edition. Fine/The collected works of Restif de la Bretonne would probably fill an entire wall case. He wrote tirelessly producing some 250 books--a considerable physical task if not the intellectual achievement of some of his contemporaries in the French siècle des Lumières. Restif was a libertine and he wrote quite a lot about sex. He also bravely ignored standard literary forms forging his own way into autobiography polemic essay pornography and fiction leaving trails that are yet to be explored. The volumes offered here in their completely original unsophisticated state form a part of an ambitious series of books that appeared over two decades under the umbrella title "Idées singulières" Modest Proposals an extensive compendium of rules and regulations for the creation of a utopia. Each title in the series proposes a reform project for a particular aspect of society. In the case of Les gynographes that aspect is the status of women in society. While not entirely a 21st-century feminist disappointingly he is unable to exceed received patriarchal attitudes Restif makes some presciently modern arguments including that gender inequality is a social construct and is not biologically determined and that education is the key to gender equality. Indeed the text betrays a disconcerting mix of statements that can be interpreted as misogynistic alongside truly revolutionary ideas about the condition of women in society. Even the 19th-century bibliographer P.L. Jacob notes that "some very singular and very original ideas" occur juxtaposed against "severe and unjust comments" about women. . 2 volumes octavo 22; viii 238; 239- 567 1 pages. Unbound untrimmed unmarked and completely unsophisticated copy in original publisher's marbled paper wraps. Pages not bright. Some dampstains and occasional spots. References: Courbin "Rétif et son oeuvre" #14595; Rives Childs XVI p. 245; Jacob XVII p. 143. Gosse et Pinet; Humblot paperback books
17605757Gottingen: Wittwe Vandenhoeck 1760. Published 1760-1791 general title page of Vol. 1 dated 1768. Folio. 12 volumes bound in 3 each volume in 4 parts each with its own title page. Indices. With numerous folding tables throughout. Frontispiece portrait of Putter. Cont. vellum over boards extremities a bit rubbed and a little chipping to the spine of Vol. 3 but quite a nice set. A key set for the study of German law by one of the foremost legal scholars of his day. Putter 1725-1807 taught law at Marburg and Gottingen. Ten years after Volume 12 a fourth physical volume was added. It has 3 parts i.e. parts 13-15 printed in 1801-1809. Wittwe Vandenhoeck hardcover books
170266660Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium 1702. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of Broekhuizen's Elegies of Propertius. Janus Broukhusius or Jan van Broehuizen 1649-1707 was an influential classical scholar and poet whose editions of Propertius and Catullus were long influential. Many 19th and early 20th century editions of Propertius drew heavily on him including Pieter Burmann The Younger's 1780 edition completed by Van Sanlen. Brunet speaks well of the scholarship of Broekhuizen's edition Brunet III p.847; Schweiger II p.830-3. Square quarto. Cover measures 22.4 x 17.7 cm 8¾ x 7"; leaves = 21.5 x 16.4 cm. Typographic title page in black and red; second title page engraved by Mulder signed in the plate. Errata list on p.28. Pagination: 28 423 1 100 pp. Foliation: - 3 in fours 4in two A-3T in fours 3V in two. Textblock trimmed no loss. Full vellum binding possibly original certainly early with two binders blanks. Covers have blind-stamped rules and gilt lozenges. The spine is ink lettered. Slits for ribbon ties present but the ties are now departed. Fifteen possibly more pages have scholarly notes in Latin in an early hand. Very clean copy with virtually no foxing and what is there is very light and unobtrusive. Cover gilt is rubbed one small flaw in the top cover vellum. Henricum Wetstenium hardcover books
173424539Venetiis: Typis Johan: Mariae Lazzaroni 1734. First Edition printed in Italy. Two volumes. Quarto pp. iv 480; ii 356 xxiv. Bound with 9 folding engraved plates. Title-page in volume one printed in red and black. Bound with the half-title in volume 1 in contemporary vellum. One hinge strarting a little bit o/w a very nice clean crisp set. The OCLC locates 4 copies in this country of 6:CIT STA TYC LRU. Archbishop of Canterbury Potter was a learned classical scholar and first published this work in 1697-1698. It was translated into German and considered the standard for years. It contains a study of the civil government of Athens the religion of Greece; the military affairs of the Grecians. Some of their miscellaneous customs etc. Typis Johan: Mariae Lazzaroni unknown books
177233314Oxford 1772. 8vo 21.5 cm 8.5". 2 32 6 pp. <br><br>with his The history of the University of Oxford from the death of William the Conqueror to the demise of Queen Elizabeth. Oxford: Pr. by W. Jackson & J. Lister for J. & F. Rivington 1773. 4to 27.3 cm 10.75". 4 264 2 pp.<br>Â Â Â Â Bound together here are this author's first 32-page history tracing the story of education in Britain back to the Druids and his much more extensive follow-up on Oxford's development including e.g. passages on => politics religious controversies towngown contretemps and epidemics. Sir John Peshall sometimes given Pechell formerly Pearsall sixth baronet was a clergyman and antiquary known for his philanthropic activities; he was himself an Oxford man BA 1739 MA 1745.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of the famed Hookham Circulating Library. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T63374 & T68757. Contemporary half calf and marbled papercovered sides rebacked and corners refurbished; marbled paper sides with surface wear. Front pastedown with bookplate as above pastedown and free endpaper with small pencilled annotations. Octavo history with small portion torn away in outer margin only of final "Additions" leaf; quarto history with dust-soiling to title-page around edges of bound-in octavo and following leaves showing impression of bind-in. Occasional light foxing only to both items mostly confined to margins; quarto with a very few early inked corrections and annotations. unknown books
171830530Amsterdam: Steenhouwer 1718. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes woodcut head and tailpieces. 2 vols. 12mo original sprinkled calf joints weak; ex lib. Amsterdam 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 books
1797006602Keuth an der Crassen 1797. Full Blindstamped Calf. Good. A fine Folk Art manuscript prayer book from the late eighteenth century. 8vo. 17.5 by 10.5 cm. 516 13 1 pp. With eight full page paintings plus vignette decoration throughout much pretty floral ornamentation but also a serpent a basilisk etc. Most writing is a neat now archaic cursive but headings and the like rendered in an easily readable ornamental Fraktur Gothic. The paintings are the highlight most will find. Their subject matter is quintessential and perhaps not unusual or original -- Momento Mori St. George slaying the dragon etc. -- but the execution is done with uncommon polish. The authorship is stated but also a tad confusing. Our interpretation is that a Konrad Mueller created the book for Margaretha Pfaden-Hauerin. Condition: moderate wear to contemporary full calf binding. Unusual is a 13 page "Register" or Table of Contents in the rear. By unusual we mean for such a manuscript prayer book. Also a page of handwritten genealogical notes written on a prior blank leaf and written much later in the mid to late 19th Century. Moderate sometimes heavy soiling to margins of leaves. Corner cut out of front endpaper. Some loose gatherings. <br/><br/> unknown books
1762249483Paris: de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1762. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. Contemporary drab wrappers uncut . Fine. 42 pp. 7 full page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 12 inches. From Description des arts et métiers. de l'Imprimeries de H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour] unknown books
1782263934London: J. Stockale; R. Faulder 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Ritson's first book in which he attacks Thomas Warton's History of English Poetry in such vitriolic tones -- Warton is a preternder 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. In an attractive later binding in red half-goat over marbled board with raised bands. We assume 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. Very Good binding. J. Stockale; R. Faulder unknown books
1767S13771Heilbronn:: Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht 1767. 1767. Tall 4to. 335 x 211 mm 228 4 pp. 47 plates; text with some foxing. Original paper over boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare. FINE. An extensive work on the morphology of boned fish cartilaginous fish sharks rays skates and cetaceans. This work is illustrated with forty-seven full-page engraved plates that are executed in superb form. Plate XLII shows a beached baleen whale and its enormous size compared to the men in the engraving. A bit fanciful plate XL shows a pair of Mermen; a fish on plate XXVII has the features of a human face whilst a 'shark' on plate VII has semi-human fore-limbs. Except for these anomalies the zoological drawings are quite dramatic and relatively accurate. Jonston's works were frequently re-edited and translated into German Latin Dutch and English. Born in Poland but of Scottish origin Jonston was educated and traveled extensively. He attended St. Andrews 1623-5 studying botany and medicine at Cambridge Leiden and Frankfurt Universities. He earned degrees from Cambridge and in Leiden his M. D. in 1632 where he later practiced medicine and gained a great reputation. In 1642 he briefly taught at Frankfurt as professor of medicine. He retired to his private estate in Silesia in 1655. His "four dictionary-style works on fish birds quadrupeds and insects -- published between 1650 and 1653 with excellent illustrations -- were widely read and translated." DSB. BM Readex Vol. 13 p. 765; DNB Vol. X pp. 968-9; DSB Vol. VII p. 164-5; Nissen 2133. See Garrison and Morton 287. Franciscus Josephus Eckebrecht, 1767. hardcover books
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 books
17116369London: A. Baldwin 1711. 8vo 20.8 cm 8.25". vi 42 pp. <br><br>Generally attributed to Francis Hare Bishop of Chichester but also attributed to Jonathan Swift this anonymously published political analysis expresses concern not only that putting the Duke of Anjou on the Spanish throne would tilt the balance of power in Europe too far towards France but also that such action would greatly damage the livelihoods of English textile workers among others dependent on international commerce; also questioned are Swift's views on the ramifications of trade with Portuguese America. This is the second expanded edition. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T58140; Alden & Landis European Americana 711/126; Teerink-Scouten 1034. Blue-green paper wrappers old style. Title-page with small numeric stamp faint traces of other annotations. Small area of worming in inner margins touching a very few letters. A few scattered spots otherwise clean; edges untrimmed. A. Baldwin unknown books
1774ME1081London:: Printed and Sold at No. 76 Fleet-Street 1774. 1774. 4to. iv xv 1 68 pp. Original full calf gilt spine; neatly rebacked to style preserving original endsheets. Inscribed by an early owner "This Book belonging to Monsieur Pierre Monneron." Extremely rare. This is the first edition in English of the ghazals of Hafez translated by one of the leading Persian orientalists of his day John Richardson FAS of Wadham College Oxford and famous for his seminal work written in conjunction with Sir William Jones the work being A Dictionary Persian Arabic and English 1777. / Hafez was previously unknown to the western world until Count Karl Emerich Reviczky von Revisnye 1737-1793 the Hungarian Orientalist and bibliophile 'discovered' him and brought his poetic classic to Europe with this Vienna printing. The work features an extensive text on Hafez and a translation of selected ghazals . Reviczky von Revisnye also issued in 1784 1794 a catalogue of his Greek and Latin library using the pseudonym of "Periergus Deltophilus". In the prefatory essay for that volume he shows an interest in the printing of Nicolas Jenson Aldus Manutius and the Estiennes. / Hafez was born in Shiraz Persia and lived approximately from 1325/26–1389/1390. He is considered a mystic and poet. His life and poems are the subject of much analysis commentary and interpretation influencing post-fourteenth century Persian writing more than any other author. FULL TITLE: A Specimen of Persian Poetry; or Odes of Hafez With an English Translation and Paraphrase. Chiefly from the Specimen Poeseos Persicae of Baron Revizky Envoy from the Emperor of Germany to the Court of Poland. With Historical and Grammatical Illustrations and a complete Analysis for the assistance of those who wish to study the Persian language. Printed and Sold at No. 76, Fleet-Street, 1774. unknown books
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 books
178323057Paris: Du Fonds des Freres Estienne. Chez Nyon l'Aine . 1783. 12mo pp. 1-3 4 5 6-7 8-9 10-442 443-456 contemporary brown calf spine panel tooled in gold brown leather title label affixed to spine panel marbled endpapers all edges marbled. New edition. One of the classics of eighteenth-century French literature. These dialogues by heroes and statesmen of antiquity and modern times first published 1712 were prepared for the edification of Fenelon's pupil the duc de Bourgogne grandson of Louis XIV who upon the death of his father became the direct heir to the French throne. Binding a trifle rubbed at extremities else an excellent copy. #23057 Du Fonds des Freres Estienne. Chez Nyon l'Aine ... unknown books
1713E0012Paris: Chez les T'Serstevens 1713<br /><br /> 2 volumes: i-x44816 pages with illustrations 2 folding maps and index; iv28516 pages with illustrations folding map and index. Duodecimo 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" bound early calf with labeled spines. From the Society of Writers to the Signet. European Americana 713/77 this edition not in Sabin Early French edition. Rare French edition of one of the most famous books of the period Exquemelin's account of the adventures life morals and customs of the pirates roaming the seas together with a full description of the Caribbean where they mainly operated. The French edition was just like the Dutch edition directly based on the original manuscript and was adapted by Thomas de Frontigniers. Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin called Oexmelin by the French was a chemist of French Protestant origin who spent several years with the pirates as a ship's surgeon. He took part in their daring exploits like the expeditions of the notorious English buccaneer Henry Morgan called John in the book including his raid on Maracaibo in 1669 or a year later his attack on Panama. The first edition of Exquemelin's eye witness account was published in Dutch in Amsterdam by Jan ten Hoorn in 1678 an edition so rare that it long escaped bibliographers. Exquemelin who once before in 1672 had shortly been in Amsterdam returned there in 1677 to take the 'chirurgijn' exams he sorely needed to exercise this profession at Jamaica where he had settled and in 1679 he made his last 'proof'. Meanwhile he also offered his manuscript to the publisher's Ten Hoorn who printed it in 1678. The book became immediately so polular that editions were published everywhere. The Spanish edition of 1681 probably also published in Amsterdam was long taken for the first. The first French edition was published two years before the present but both editions are equally extremely rare. In 1684 Exquemelin had sailed for France and the captain of the ship impressed with his stories saw to it that Exquemelin's manuscript was made ready for publication. The French edition altough seemingly much the same as the first Dutch edition from which most translations were made proves by closer comparison to be considerably enlarged. Several extra chapters are added mostly treating the natural history of the Spanish Americas and the romantic figure of Monbars is found here for the first time. For both the Dutch and French editions Exquemelin's manuscript had been adapted but according to De la Fontaine Verwey has kept the French edition the closest to the original. The illustrations for the French edition were newly made as well and where the Dutch edition mainly shows the portraits and atrocious acts of the pirates the plates of the French edition pay more attention to the geographical and natural historical aspects including for the fist time the plate with a buccaneer in hunting costume. Another plate shows the catching of turtles at night and the illustration in the text shows a sea-cow of which Exquemelin made a special study. The maps were also newly designed with the help of AbbBaudrand who wanted to remain anonymous; they include a map of the Isthmus of Panama drawn by Exquemelin himself. The book therefore is an important 'Americanum' as well. Of special interest are the two "Appendices" with an account of the possessions revenues and offices of the Spaniards in America including a complete list of all ecclesiastical functionaries in Spanish America together with their salaries. No book in any language was ever the parent of so many imitations and the source of so many legends and it still is popular today. The Society of Writers to Her Majestys Signet is the oldest legal society in the world. It is a private society of Scottish solicitors. The Society dates back to 1594 and is part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents which required to be signeted but these have disappeared and the Society is now an independent non-regulatory association of solicitors most of whom are based in Edinburgh. Members of the Society. Condition: Joints begining gilt embossed stamps of the Society of Writers to the Signet on front boards 4 leaves of Volume II soiled and slightly defective along outer margins; book plates on front pastedowns 3 folding maps each with moderate browning and very short closed tears else about a very good set. . Early French Edition. Full-Leather. About Very Good. Duodecimo. Chez les T'Serstevens hardcover books
176973187Paris: Chez Briasson 1769. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Dumarsais 1676-1756 was a French lawyer philologist and free thinker who contributed to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1751-72. In this posthumously published work he treats the subject of grammar as a philosopher. Octavo: xv 1 700 4 p. In a 19th century blue morocco binding with gilt and blind-stamped decorations and marbled endpapers. Bookplate to the front pastedown. The spine is lightly faded with a bit of scuffing to the extremities; otherwise very good. Chez Briasson hardcover books
