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171842045Amsterdam: Chez les Freres Wetstein 1718. 2 volumes small folio. 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Half-title in volume I titles printed in red and black. Vol 1: engraved portrait of the author by G. Valck after G. Kneller engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart dedication with engraved headpiece 3 engraved double-page maps 111 engraved plates numbered 1-110 plus 1 unnumbered on 52 sheets 29 double-page 7 folding 24 engraved illustrations within the text illustration on p. 164 pasted on slip as issued. Vol 2: 162 engraved plates numbered 111-262 plus 10 unnumbered on 56 sheets 33 double-page 9 folding 20 engraved illustrations within the text. Quarter calf and marbled paper boards spines with raised bands forming six compartments tooled and lettered gilt. Uncut<br/> <br/> Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate "Ex Libris Liechtensteinianis" of Franz Joseph II 1906-1989 on front paste-downs<br/> <br/> A fine clean uncut copy of the First edition in French of Le Bruyn's important illustrated account of his voyage to Russia Persia India and Java. From the library of the Princes of Liechtenstein.<br/> <br/> In his first expedition of 1674 Dutch traveller and painter Cornelius Le Bruyn remained in the Levant for seven years travelling principally in Asia Minor Syria the Holy Land and Egypt. On his return he published his Voyages au Levant and encouraged by its success undertook a second more far-reaching expedition. "In 1701 Le Bruyn started on the second of his journeys taking a ship to the country of the Samoyeds . and then proceeding to Moscow. Travelling by way of Asia Minor he arrived in Persia where he remained for the years 1704-05. Leaving Persia he proceeded by ship to India stopping at Cochin Ceylon and the East Indies i.e. Batavia. He returned by much the same route residing in Persia between 1706 and 1707 and describing the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargades" Howgego. The numerous finely engraved illustrations include large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan views of Astrakhan and the antiquities at Persepolis and many of the forts encountered on his journey as well as portraits of native peoples and depictions of the flora fish birds animals etc. Of particular note are Le Bruyn's description and images of the Samoyeds and their country among the earliest for the region. Le Bruyn also gives an account of an encounter with William Dampier in Batavia and describes the route taken by Everard Ysbrants Ides the Danish Russian ambassador to China.<br/> <br/> Brunet III:911 calls for 262 plates based on the numbering of the plate list which does not include the unnumbered plates; Chadenat II 5085; Chahine 2078; Cohen-de Ricci 610; Lipperheide Kaa 6 calls for 128 plates and 45 engraved illustrations; Howgego B177. Chez les Freres Wetstein unknown
178823913Edinburgh 1788. Small octavo. 7 15/16 x 4 5/8 inches. Half-title. Blind stamp to half-title and E1 ink number stamp to foot of verso of half-title and foot of p.48. 20th-century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards remnants of library label on upper cover extremities lightly rubbed<br/> <br/> First edition.<br/> <br/> Concerns the claims of John Drummond eldest surviving son of Edward 6th Duke of Perth.<br/> <br/> ESTC T193208. unknown
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
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
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
17094788Amsterdam Leeuwarden 1709. Small 8vo. Jan ten Hoorn Pieter Ruirds Contemporary vellum title in ink in manuscript on spine. With fine engraved frontispiece by J. Luyken. 2 parts in one volume. 8 320; 196 20 pp. Rare 3rd edition of the Dutch translation of a popular work on medicinal herbs plants minerals etc. with recipes. It starts with the Theatrum sympateticum divided into two parts by the English diplomat and philosopher Kenelm Digby 1603-1665. The first contains notes on medicinal herbs and plants curing everyday ailments the second explains how to make the "powder of sympathy" "a potion which allowed the healing of the wound by treating the weapon which caused it" MacDonald and includes extracts from works by Papinius and Sylvester Rattrat. The powder of sympathy could also be put on a bandage that had been in contact with the wound without ever touching the wound. Digbys work is followed by 't Groote licht der natuurkunde by Athanasius Kircher 1602-1680 a work on magnetic forces and the influence of the moon sun and planets on the earth. The book closes with extracts from Digby's memoirs containing recipes for "new" medicines including mostly household and cosmetic recipes like face powder for women and water to whiten teeth. The first Dutch edition was published in 1681.With bookplate of Kenneth Garth Huston 1926-1987 physician book collector and bibliographer of Digby on the front paste-down. Hinges weak with a very small wormhole in the outer margin of pp. 127-320 of the first part and the entire second part not affecting the text with some wormholes in the upper-outer corner of the leaves of the bladwyser and the index of the second part affecting the text and in some leaves repared with paper.l Caillet 10601; DNB V 970; DSB IV 95-6 ; Ferguson Bib. chem. I pp. 212-213; cf: Duveen pp. 172-173 & 574; Muller Pop. proza 763 2nd ed. 1697; De Vries Pop. proza 473 idem. hardcover
1705OB993<p>London: Printed for R. C. Richard Chiswell S. S. S. Smith or Samuel Sprint B. W. Benjamin Walford. 1705. Hard Cover. x 30 23-286 289-392 351-553 1 p. plates portrait; 38 cm. The account of Hooker's life is by Izaak Walton 1593-1683. The first edition of 1553-1597 is Printing and the Mind of Man 104. Pages 211 220 276 432 437 and 445 are misnumbered 221 200 476 434 435 and 436; text and register are continuous. Added engraved title-page: Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie Eight Books. Edited by John Gauden 1605-1662. Bound in contemporary leather rebacked by Hope Bindery with gilt spine; very good. Stock#OB993.</p> Printed for R. C. [Richard Chiswell?], S. S. [S. Smith or Samuel Sprint?], B. W. [Benjamin Walford?]... hardcover
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
1790AB6103Dublin: Unknown 1790. Revised Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo. ca 650pp unpaginated Spine cover missing and no cover to boards probably once leather. No title page therefore no exact title publication date or author. However is pre-1800 and an Irish revision of a previously London-published edition. Front eps detached loose and torn with po ink drawings name date 1806 & 7 and notes. First half of book paginated by hand. This is a plain alphabetical gazeetter with no maps or plates. Includes at the end The Dimensions and true figure of the earth determined and Chronological account of remarkable events since the birth of Christ up to 1763 final pages missing. <br/> <br/> Unknown hardcover
1712000749London: W. Taylor 1712. 16 416pp. Full contemporary panelled calf later rebacked and recornered in a lighter toned leather raised bands spine in six panels new endpapers. Small gouge to front board with some loss to leather. Endpapers have later nineteenth century inscriptions small tear to fore-edge of ffep internally browned foxed and occasionally stained not affecting sense with old marginalia in pencil to many pages. "A translation of La Guerre dEspagne which is largely fictitious; generally attributed to Gatien Courtilz de Sandras but also attributed by some authorities to Gabriel Alphonse de Sassenage" Estc. Estc T171988 showing only National Library of Scotland and New York Public Library with this edition. Second Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo. W. Taylor Hardcover
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
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
1720540914London: Printed for E. Curll 1720. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. xix 5 320 8pp. eight-page publisher’s catalogue at the back. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and three engraved plates one of which shows images of sign language. In the original calf with blind tooling on both covers neatly re-backed in 19th century calf with a red spine label and wove endpapers. The boards are darkened and worn at the corners four text leaves are slightly creased some intermittent toning about very good. The author of this popular account of an enterprising deaf-mute has been attributed both to William Bond and Daniel Defoe and has yet to be resolved in favor of one or the other. A scarce copy of the first edition in the original boards ESTC T69700. OCLC locates only two copies. Printed for E. Curll hardcover
1793340029Dublin: J. Exshaw L. White and Wm. Jones. Poor. 1793. Ex-library. Hardcover. Ex-library copies with ink stamps on each title page and at least two other pages of each volume. Library name impressed on the covers along the spine edge. Covers are detached but present. Rear cover of Volume Two is missing. Covers are rubbed with general edge and corner wear. Pages are slightly browned. Volume One: front blanks and title page are detached but present. Title page and first few leaves have holes from insect damage to the lower margin. ; In two volumes complete. Attributed to Charles John Ann Hereford or Rev. John Adams. The library which ownes this set put Adams on the spine. . J. Exshaw, L. White, and Wm. Jones hardcover
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
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
17981407258London: Printed for C. Dilly . et al. 1798. Sixteenth edition carefully revised and improved. Hardcover. 12mo xxiv 329 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown without print. Boards in brown leather; worn spine caps and corners torn hinges toning. Text block has cracked hinges light amount of occasional foxing creasing to corners of final pages tear to rear flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and text engravings. <br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #4. 1407258. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed for C. Dilly ... [et al.] hardcover
17893236<br /><p>The scarce first edition of this delightful collection of moral tales attributed to the prolific children's writer Richard Johnson. Illustrations by Bewick were added to the second and subsequent editions of which there were many including four in America in Philadelphia Wilmington and New York. The author is given on the title page as 'by the editor of the Looking Glass for the Mind' which was printed by Newbery in 1787 and which was actually by the French children's writer Arnaud Berquin. It was translated by 'J. Cooper' one of the many pseudonyms of Richard Johnson.</p><p>In his preface the editor praises Berquin and other foreign writers whose books for the juvenile market 'merit the highest encomiums' and who have humbled themselves to deal in 'the plain language of youth in order to teach them wisdom virtue and morality'. The text comprises some 23 short stories of varied length style and setting including such titles as 'Juvenile Tyranny conquered' 'The Book of Nature' 'The happy Effects of Sunday Schools on the Morals of the rising Generation' 'The Happy Villager' 'The Indolent Beauty' and 'Female Courage properly considered'. </p><i>12mo 170 x 100 mm attractive engraved frontispiece and pp. vi 212 engraved title-page vignette tear to p. 85 through text but with no loss</i> <i>in contemporary plain sheep spine cracking some scuffing to covers plain spine ruled in gilt with faded ink title headcap chipped worn at extremities with the contemporary ownership inscription of Ann Elliot on the front pastedown.</i><p>Roscoe J39 1; Osborne II 900. </p> Elizabeth Newbery
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
177134864London Printed For G. Woodfall Etc. 1771. Second Edition. Hardback. Finely bound all in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with contrasting title and volume gilt-blocked labels. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional detail on request. ; 0 pages; Edited and continued from the 1741 edition. Illustrated with 346 plates coats of arms - Plates printed on both sides. Subjects: Nobility--England--Early works to 1800. Baronetage--Genealogy England and Nova Scotia --Early works to 1800. London, Printed For G. Woodfall [Etc. ] hardcover
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
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
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
1755H41295Paris: Pissot 1755. Hardcover. Very good. 6th edition. 2 of 3 volumes lacking the first volume. 8vo old or original acid-bitten calf very good light wear and rubbing to bindings contents clean and bright light foxing. 594 & 427 pp. Wikipedia: "Dubos' principle work Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture was published for the first time in 1719 2 vols but often reprinted in three volumes. In France it was considered an important text for the study of aesthetics and was a popular textbook until the 19th century. Like his history of the League of Cambray it was highly praised by Voltaire. The work was rendered more remarkable by the fact that its author had no practical acquaintance with any one of the arts whose principles he discussed. This work has been noted for elevating criticism to a place among the arts. Pissot hardcover
