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179788624London England: J. Owen; F. and C. Rivington; 1797. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Contemporary half-tan calf over marbled boards.8 7/16 in. X 5 1/2 in. Four separate pamphlets bound into one hardcover binding.<br /> <br /> Letter I: On the Overtures of Peace.; <br /> Letter II: "On the Genius and Character of the French as it regards other Nations.<br /> <br /> Consists of: Hints for a Memorial to be Delivered to Monsieur De M.M. Written in the Early Part of 1791"; "Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs" Written in November 1792; "Remarks on the Policy of The Allies" Begun in October 1793<br /> <br /> APPENDIX include Extracts from Vattel's Law of Nations: Cases of Interference with Independent Powers; Dangerous Power; System of Europe; Contributions in the Enemy's Country; Asylum; Foreign Ministers; <br /> <br /> Seven blank leaves of bound-in blank fine laid paper at conclusion. Previous owner's signature John Dawson Brien and date October 15th 1834 to front free endpaper. Brien 1814-1881 was a barrister-at-law in Dublin and wealthy land owner who held 5000 acres in Castleton Enniskillen County Fermagh. He was twenty years old when he wrote his name in this book. A Half dozen or so pages with light neat pencil bracketing in margins. All pages fresh and bright! J. Owen; F. and C. Rivington; hardcover
1773018505Edinburgh: John Gray. Full leather. vi 408 pp. First two blanks with slight loss along edges from worming one contents leaf missing previous owners' names in ink dated 1790 on the final blank slight foxing else Good. Extremely rare with the World Catalog locating only three copies at libraries. Boston was a notable Scottish divine at Simprin Berwickshire and Ettrick. . Good. Hard Bound. First Edition. 1773. John Gray unknown
172535777Gravenhage: By Hendrick Scheurleer 1725. 4to 25.5 cm; 10". xx 416 415518 517716 pp. <br><br>We have here the minutes of negotiations between Dutch ambassadors and the English Republic regarding the First Anglo-Dutch War various commercial disputes and matters in North America 165354. The documents are chiefly in Dutch but some are in English French or Latin; for example pp. 198214 contain a draft in English followed by one in Latin "of Articles of Union Peace and Confederation to be made between the Common-Wealth of England and the States General of the United-Province of the Neitherlands sic."<br>Â Â Â Â Muller notes that this account "chiefly" concerns New-Netherland and that "it contains all the speeches and reports"; Asher adds that the information here is "not to be found in the letters of the Pensionary J. de Witt and other ministers."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 20th-century bookplate of J.W. Six; later in the collection of Frank Marshall Vanderhoof American scholar university librarian private collector; 19192005. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Alden & Landis European Americana 725/147; Asher Dutch books and pamphlets 335; Sabin 98926; Frederik Muller America 1872 catalogue 1100. Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards round spine raised bands blind rules on covers center cartouche blind-embossed. The usual foxing and browning found in so many copies. Solid attractive and a very good copy. By Hendrick Scheurleer hardcover books
1719151450London: S H Editions 17 April 1964 / 2021. Unseen photographs from the set of a Hard Day's Night Edition 1 of 35 artist's name blindstamp lower right publisher's blindstamp lower left numbered in black pen to verso. In the spring of 1964 just a week after returning from their first tour of the United States the Beatles started to shoot their first film A Hard Day's Night. Photographer Lord Chistopher Thynne 1934-2017 the son of the 6th Marquess of Bath was invited onto the set for two days of filming. During this time he took candid photos of the Fab Four on and off set using medium-format and 35mm film. The negatives remained undeveloped for 57 years and were recently discovered among the family papers. Each of the developed prints are now available in two sizes and are strictly limited to 35 in each size. Please allow two weeks' delivery time on this print. Original silver gelatin print on Ilford Multigrade fibre base 255 gsm paper. Sheet size: 41.5 x 35 cm. Framed size: 57.5 x 46.5 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a black wooden frame with conservation acrylic glazing. PH 151450 S 105513. unknown
1719151443London: S H Editions 17 April 1964 / 2021. Unseen photographs from the set of a Hard Day's Night Edition 1 of 35 artist's name blindstamp lower right publisher's blindstamp lower left numbered in black pen to verso. In the spring of 1964 just a week after returning from their first tour of the United States the Beatles started to shoot their first film A Hard Day's Night. Photographer Lord Chistopher Thynne 1934-2017 the son of the 6th Marquess of Bath was invited onto the set for two days of filming. During this time he took candid photos of the Fab Four on and off set using medium-format and 35mm film. The negatives remained undeveloped for 57 years and were recently discovered among the family papers. Each of the developed prints are now available in two sizes and are strictly limited to 35 in each size. Please allow two weeks' delivery time on this print. Original silver gelatin print on Ilford Multigrade fibre base 255 gsm paper. Sheet size: 41.5 x 35 cm. Framed size: 57.5 x 46.5 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a black wooden frame with conservation acrylic glazing. PH 151443 S 105506. unknown
1755258261755 Sheet size 26.!/2" x 31" landscapePlate size 20.1/8" x 27.1/4" landscapeImage size 18.3/4" x 26.3/4" landscapeGenerous border all edgesOne of a series of views of the six Royal Dock Yards which made up the world's largest industrial complex by the 18th century. From a strategic naval base during the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the 17th century by the 18th the order of business at Chatham on the Medway was largely repairs which are depicted in the vignettes surrounding the map. However that being so four years after the date of this map the renowned HMS Victory a 104-gun first rate ship of the line was laid down in 1759 at Chatham and now the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. unknown
1797105650Paris: Chez Tavernier. 1797. 1st ed. An VI. Octavo full-leather binding with gilt-stamped decorations bands and title to spine gilt dec border to boards contemporary marbled endpapers pp viii 243 last page misprinted as 343. Three large folding engraved maps drawn up by Major James Rennell the leading British geographer of his time when Mungo Park returned from West Africa: all in very good condition. Spine rubbed minor scuffs to boards front free endpaper just starting to detach. Very good condition. First edition. Published in Paris in the revolutionary "An VI" 1797. Describes the explorations in the interior of Africa of Daniel Houghton 1740 - 1791 and Mungo Park 1771 - 1806. Daniel Houghton was sent by the African Association the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa; his instructions were to sail to the mouth of the Gambia navigate the river to the Barra Kunda falls and then to travel overland to the Hausa lands to the east. He was one of the first European explorers in the interior of Africa but after a successful visit in Bambouk territory he disappeared somewhere on his journey to Timbuctoo his last despatch being in July 1791. Mungo Park was then sent by the African Association and travelled more extensively in West Africa. He published the book "Travels in the interior districts of Africa" in 1799 i.e. this book precedes Park's publication. Uncommon. 1st Edition. Leather. Chez Tavernier hardcover
1777BTETM0002432London: Printed for Fielding and Walker 1777. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. quarto 4to 9 12 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm . Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - No dust jacket as issued. Complete: half-title; title with engraved vignette; list of plates; contents; preface; 4 full-page engraved plates; engraved ornaments; Errata p. 332 and Index present; terminal blanks present. Text/plates: scattered spotting/foxing see photos. Binding: contemporary speckled calf; gilt-decorated spine with red morocco title label; rubbed/worn to extremities. Upper board detached but presentclean split at the front joint/hinge; textblock and sewing sound. Paper note: final text leaf pp. 331/332 on thicker stock comparable to the plate paper integral and sewn in. Collation: 4 1 1 2 1340 3 pp. incl. terminal blanks. Prelims: half-title; title engraved vignette; list of plates; contents; preface. Illustrations: 4 full-page engraved plates engraved ornaments often described as additional head/tailpieces/vignettes. Rear matter: Errata Index present. Please see Photos as part of condition report. 1777 1st Edition THE HISTORY OF THE FLAGELLANTS or the Advantages of Discipline; Being a Paraphrase and Commentary on the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbe Boileau Doctor of the Sorbonne Canon of the Holy Chapel &c. By Somebody Who is Not Doctor of the Sorbonne Jean-Louis De Lolme Author Bio: Jean-Louis de Lolme 1740 16 July 1806 was a Genevan and British political theorist and writer on constitutional matters born in the then independent Republic of Geneva. As an adult he moved to England and became a British subject. Synopsis: A fine example of Delolmes provocative English adaptation of Abbé Boileaus highly controversial history of flagellation first published 1700. It traces the practice throughout history and literature with its uses as punishment religious self-discipline private atonement or erotic practice. The illustrations include devils whipping men Henry II's penitance for the death of Thomas Becket and Bernadine of Sienna whipping a bare-breasted woman to extinguish her ardour. Format: Hardcover quarto 4to 9 12 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: English Published By: Printed for Fielding and Walker London Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Good - No dust jacket as issued. Complete: half-title; title with engraved vignette; list of plates; contents; preface; 4 full-page engraved plates; engraved ornaments; Errata p. 332 and Index present; terminal blanks present. Text/plates: scattered spotting/foxing see photos. Binding: contemporary speckled calf; gilt-decorated spine with red morocco title label; rubbed/worn to extremities. Upper board detached but presentclean split at the front joint/hinge; textblock and sewing sound. Paper note: final text leaf pp. 331/332 on thicker stock comparable to the plate paper integral and sewn in. Collation: 4 1 1 2 1340 3 pp. incl. terminal blanks. Prelims: half-title; title engraved vignette; list of plates; contents; preface. Illustrations: 4 full-page engraved plates engraved ornaments often described as additional head/tailpieces/vignettes. Rear matter: Errata Index present. Please see Photos as part of condition report. SKU: BTETM0002432 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request Printed for Fielding and Walker hardcover
1739817F28London: John Baskett 1739 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. Rebound in a bright quarter calf this is a very scarce mid-eighteenth century edition of the Church of England's thirty-nine articles printed alongside a number of further contemporary remarks about the workings and doctrine of the Anglican Church. A very scarce mid eighteenth century printing of the thirty-nine articles of the Church of England - the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices of the church with respect to the English Reformation - and further matters concerning the Anglican church.The articles are printed alongside several parliamentary acts concerning ecclesiastical matters 'His Majesty"s directions for the preserving of unity in the church and the purity of the Christian faith' and the Archbishop of Canterbury"s 'letter to the bishops of his province concerning persons to be ordained or licensed for Curates'.ESTC reference no. T102476Page 155 misnumbered 355 as called for. With the contemporary owner's inscription of 'Peter Coutart 1748' pasted to the head of the title page.Rebound in quarter calf this is an a lovely copy of a very scarce work concerning the practices and doctrine of the Church of England. Rebound in quarter calf with endpapers renewed and marbled paper covered boards. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Former owner's inscription pasted to head of title page. Pages age toned due to paper type. Discolouration to title page with pages otherwise generally clean and bright with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed John Baskett hardcover
176323620Chatham 1763. 1 vols. Folio. To Captain Archibald Kennedy. Two leaves docketed on the verso of the second folded and creased tears in margins and along folds affecting a few letters or words but not legibility some browning else very good. 1 vols. Folio. Kennedy was the Commander of H. M. S. "Coventry." Document instructing him that his ship was being outfitted to be sent to North America and requiring "utmost despatch in getting her ready for the Sea." <br /> Following the end of the French and Indian War the British sent ships and troops to deal with the problems of the Indians insurrections primarily Indians of New France who did not agree with the surrender. Although Sir William Johnson attempted to allay the problems in the spring of 1763 the Indians under the central direction of Pontiac chief of the Ottawa attacked British posts from Niagara and Fort Pitt to Mackinac and St. Joseph as well as settlements many of the forts and settlements falling to the Indians in "Pontiac's Rebellion or War." <br /> Captain Archibald Kennedy later eleventh Earl of Cassillis was the son and heir of Archibald Kennedy the British colonial official in New York who was expecially noted for having bought Bedlow's Island in New York Harbor for one hundred pounds in 1746 and sold it to New York for a thousand pounds twelve years later. The father wrote several pamphlets relating to the British interests in America and lived in America from 1710 on. He was infirm and ill the time of this document and died the 14th of June 1763. <br /> James Harris 1709-1780 is best known as the author of "Hermes". PR 1b unknown
177536879Moscow: Meisto Pechati first piece 1775. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. The two pieces loosely stitched together. Some stains not affecting legibility stitchmarks light soiling else very good. 2; 6 2 blank. 1 vols. Folio. Decrees relating to the military issued by Catherine II. These were issued the year following the end of the Russo-Turkish wars and the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji signed the 21st July 1774 and after the Cossack rebellion lead by Ymelyan Pugachev who claimed to be Peter III and who was finally captured and executed at Moscow the 11th of January 1775. As a result of the wars and the rebellion in 1775 Catherine seriously reformed the provincial and urban administrations giving greater control to the central government. The first decree lists eight numbered points perhaps officers for promotion or commendation it has the Royal titles as a caption title and commences citing the decree of 3 August 1744. The second piece bears no caption title or heading but lists 47 separately numbered points each a short paragraph imprint on final leaf of text. Meisto Pechati [first piece] unknown
175310754Paris: Vaugondy 1753. Maps. Very good overall. A map of expeditions of Alexander the Great including the Middle East North Africa Egypt Persia Mesopotamia and Macedonia including the Red Sea Persian Gulf and part of the Arabian Sea. Copper engraved map with original outline color. Title surrounded by cartouche inset of Northern India. 24 x 18 1/2". Alexander the Great's expeditions. Period center fold one corner margin missing but outside the impression mark. E. Haufard fecit lower right. Vaugondy unknown
1740314896Brussels: Chez R. Fancois Foppens 1740. Rare edition same year as LeHaye edition. xvi 175 1pp. "Préface de l'editeur" est signée : F. de Voltaire et datée : "A La Haye ce 12. octobre 1740". 8vo. Mottled contemporary calf spine darkened edges red. Minor foxing. Rare edition same year as LeHaye edition. xvi 175 1pp. "Préface de l'editeur" est signée : F. de Voltaire et datée : "A La Haye ce 12. octobre 1740". 8vo. OCLC 965245392 Chez R. Fancois Foppens unknown
178132033Amsterdam: Yaccov Proops 1781. Third edition. Hardcover. g-. Quarto. 2 52 double-sided leaves. Rebacked in modern brown leather spine over original period brown leather boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Modern endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with copperplate engravings. Includes both an initial illustrated title page with copperplate engravings surrounding the text Ma'aleh Bet Horin and a printed title page with decorative woodblock borders and the publisher's device. In addition to the Hebrew text a few sections throughout are in Judeo-German Yiddish printed in Vaybertaytsh script.<br /> <br /> This third edition of the famous Amsterdam Haggadah found the work reformatted into a smaller size and saw the title officially changed to Maleh Beit Horin meaning "house free men". Most of the same famous copperplate engravings by Abraham ben Jacob aka Abraham bar Yaccov that previously appeared in the 1695 and 1712 editions are retained here. The two images added to the 1712 second edition are included the illustrated order of the Seder and the complete ten plagues but four of the full series of images included in the first two editions are not present. These missing images are Abraham smashing the idols of his father Moses receiving the Ten Commandments a Mount Sinai Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh and the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. In our copy the engraved title and three other other engravings contain contemporary hand-coloring the rabbis of Bene Brak the Four Sons the angels visiting Abraham. <br /> <br /> The text of this third edition replaces the complete running commentary from Isaac Abravanel of the earlier editions with 3 additional text commentaries. These include the "Gevurot Hashem" from the Maharal of Prague Judah Loew ben Bezalel writings by Rabbi Moshe Alshich and "Olelot Ephraim" a collection of ethical homilies by Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz. However Abravanel's commentary is present following Yishtabach through the end of the Seder and in the initial six-leaf section preceding the text of the Passover seder which discusses the laws of Passover.<br /> <br /> This copy is lacking the original engraved map of the Holy Land at the rear as it was originally issued. Binding with some rubbing and abrasions to the original boards and spine. Interior with heaving staining to pages throughout with text still legible. Biding and interior in in good- condition overall. Hebrew title: מעלה בית חורין ×•×”×•× ×¡×“×¨ הגדה של פסח <br /> Alternate Hebrew title: הגדה של פסח: ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×–×™× ×•×›×ž× ×”×’ ספרדי×<br /> Publication: יעקב פרופס ××ž×©×˜×¨×“× ×ª×§×ž"×<br /> Alternate transliterations: Ma'ale Bet Horin Ma'ale Beit Khorin Ma'ale Beit Chorin Ma'ale Beit Horin <br /> Bibliographic references: Yaari 199 Vinograd: Amsterdam 2113 Yudlov 300 Yerushalmi: Plate 75<br /> <br /> This contravenes the statement made by Yerushalmi Plate 75 that all of the engravings of the previous editions are retained. Yaccov Proops hardcover
179181084Philadelphia:: Hall and Sellers 1791. This is the second printing of the Book of Common Prayer in America. beautifully bound in full crimson leather; elaborately gilt spine; decorative border for Eliza Loockerman with her gilt-lettered black label on front panel. . Leaf M6 defective missing a large corner 2 x 2-1/2 inches; leaves Nn3 and Pp4 have damage affecting a few letters of text; age-toned; in a ver handsome binding of the period. 12mo. Hall and Sellers, hardcover
1784049713Lichfield: John Jackson for Leigh and Sotheby 1784. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Very Good Condition. Rebound in modern cloth light browning and chipping to untrimmed page edges; lightly used and a very good copy with 11 engraved plates. Partially unopened pencil notes to front endpaper in vol 1 ownership signature to half and full titles. Separate title dated 1784 for the An Alphabetical Catalogue of English and Scotch Names of Plants. ii lvi 34 424; 425-897 blank 32pp.<br /> <br /> This first translation of Linnaeus the Younger's Supplementum Plantarum 1782 which was meant to continue his father's works Genera Plantarum 1737 and the 1753 Species Plantarum as well as Johan Andreas Murray's 13th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturæ which he titled Systema Vegetabilium 1774. Erasmus Darwin conceived the project and enlisted Joseph Bans and Samuel Johnson - Linnaeus the younger reportedly sent an advance copy of his work for their project.<br /> <br /> This is the first edition in the English language. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Botany; Inventory No: 049713. John Jackson for Leigh and Sotheby hardcover
1740314896Brussels: Chez R. Fancois Foppens 1740. Rare edition same year as LeHaye edition. xvi 175 1pp. "Préface de l'editeur" est signée : F. de Voltaire et datée : "A La Haye ce 12. octobre 1740". 8vo. Mottled contemporary calf spine darkened edges red. Minor foxing. Rare edition same year as LeHaye edition. xvi 175 1pp. "Préface de l'editeur" est signée : F. de Voltaire et datée : "A La Haye ce 12. octobre 1740". 8vo. OCLC 965245392 Chez R. Fancois Foppens unknown books
1756690221756. London 1756. 4th edition. London 1756. 4th edition. Attributed to Matthew Bacon Robert Foley Sir Geoffrey Gilbert and Henry Pooley Gentleman of the Middle Temple. A General Abridgment of Cases in Equity Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery &c. With Several Cases Never Before Published Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles; With Notes and References to the Whole. And Three Tables The First of the Names of the Cases The Second of the Several Titles With Their Divisions And Subdivisions; And the Third Of the Matter Under General Heads. London: Printed by and For Henry Lintot 1756. xxviii 417 27; xxiii 780 pp. Folio 13-3/4" x 8-3/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering pieces to spines endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing light soiling to margins in a few places tiny library stamps to title pages and a few other leaves. $750. Fourth edition "Corrected." First published in 1732 this set of reports has been attributed to Matthew Bacon Robert Foley Sir Geoffrey Gilbert Henry Pooley or a combination of these authors. Marvin believes about half of the reports were by Pooley "a lawyer of great eminence in his time." Viner says Pooley was the sole reporter. Marvin Legal Bibliography 48. Viner A General Abridgment of Law and Equity XXI:489. English Short-Title Catalogue T97047. unknown books
179730892Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Steiner und Kammerer und H. Kammerer jun 1797. Bound in contemporary calf raised spine bands clasps. Relief-cut frontispiece. Pages 8 148 8 585 43. Printed in double columns. Endpapers spotted. A Very Good copy in an attractive contemporary binding. Early ink writing on front free endpaper modern bookplate. <br/><br/> "First edition of this song-book and hymnal which includes much musical notation" Jenkins.<br/>Evans 32100. III Jenkins 745. ESTC W6293. Gedruckt bey Steiner und Kammerer, und H. Kammerer, jun unknown books
17921325<p><strong> NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS</strong></p><p><strong>GOWER Richard Hall in the </strong><strong>India</strong><strong> Service. </strong><em> A Description of several instruments for Measuring a Ship's Way through the Water By.With an Account of his Patent Perpetual Log and how the same principle may be applied to shew the absolute velocity of the Wind and the depths of the Sea. </em>8vo modern cloth backed marbled boards half-title title 5-32 2 copper engraved plates. London: Printed for the Author 1792. </p><p>First Edition of author's rare first nautical work with the half-title. <strong>ESTC </strong>locates two copies in England BL & NMM and two copies in this country BA & NYPL. Gower fl. 1767-1833 a sea captain and naval architect "had been shocked by the low standard of navigation which he found in the convoy which took him to the East Indies.He devised a patent log part of the workmanship being entrusted to Alexander Grant and the sole rights of sale vested in Messrs Gilbert & Wright of 148 Leadenhall Street. He refers to "the indefatigable Mr. Stancliff' as cutting the scale on his optical instrument with his dividing machine. He then tried the instrument out with John Adams a mathematical teacher of Edmonton who has been identified as a reviser of textbooks for Mount and Page the chart-sellers."-Taylor <em>The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian </em><em>England</em><em> 1714-1840 </em>#840. "In 1787 he devised an instrument which measured a vessel's way through the water with greater accuracy than had previously been possible."-<strong>O</strong><strong>DNB</strong><strong>.</strong> The followng year he wrote <em>A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Seamanship </em>which long remained a standard work. We trace no copies at auction. 84574</p> The Author
1719650651719. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. A Rare English JP Manual Based on Young and Blackerby Great Britain. Justices of the Peaces. The Justice of Peace's Vade Mecum: Being a Compleat Summary of All the Acts of Parliament Relating to Justices of Peace; Shewing the Various Offenses by Statute And the Particular Power of One Two Three Or More Justices In Their Proceedings and Determinations As Well In as Out of the Sessions Under Several Distinct Heads. To Which are Added Some Adjudged Cases Concerning Justices of Peace And the Several Branches of Their Business; Instructions for Drawing All Manner of Warrants Commitments &c. In All Common Matters. The Whole Done in an Alphabetical Method With an Exact Table. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. xiv 250 pp. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". Handsome period-style paneled calf by J. May London outer sections speckled raised bands lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine black rules along pastedowns. Light rubbing to extremities front board beginning to detach but secured by hinge which is just starting at head. Title printed within ruled border. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in a few places rule at lower corner of title page touched by trimming due to printer error. Early owner annotation to front endleaf early owner signature "John Harris" to head of title page. $750. First and only edition. According to the preface this anonymous work is drawn from the most useful parts of Blackerby's Justice of Peace 1711 and Young's Justices Their Vade Mecum and Cornucopia 1620 with additional material by the author. The ownership signature at the top the title-page is "John Harris". While there are several possibilities when it comes to a relatively common name this may well be the high-profile merchant and alderman John Harris b. circa 1725 d. 1801 who served as Sheriff of Bristol twice in the 1770s as well as being elected Mayor of the city in 1790. John Ryland opined on Harris's mayoralty saying that when Harris "was chief magistrate of this city in 1790 he was enabled to discharge the duties of that office with great fidelity and respectability and ever since he maintained the highest character for diligence and uprightness in his civil capacity" Timothy D. Whelan ed. Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manches. unknown
1719650651719. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. A Rare English JP Manual Based on Young and Blackerby Great Britain. Justices of the Peaces. The Justice of Peace's Vade Mecum: Being a Compleat Summary of All the Acts of Parliament Relating to Justices of Peace; Shewing the Various Offenses by Statute And the Particular Power of One Two Three Or More Justices In Their Proceedings and Determinations As Well In as Out of the Sessions Under Several Distinct Heads. To Which are Added Some Adjudged Cases Concerning Justices of Peace And the Several Branches of Their Business; Instructions for Drawing All Manner of Warrants Commitments &c. In All Common Matters. The Whole Done in an Alphabetical Method With an Exact Table. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1719. xiv 250 pp. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". Handsome period-style paneled calf by J. May London outer sections speckled raised bands lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine black rules along pastedowns. Light rubbing to extremities front board beginning to detach but secured by hinge which is just starting at head. Title printed within ruled border. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in a few places rule at lower corner of title page touched by trimming due to printer error. Early owner annotation to front endleaf early owner signature to head of title page. $750. Only edition. According to the preface this anonymous work is drawn from the most useful parts of Blackerby's Justice of Peace 1711 and Young's Justices Their Vade Mecum and Cornucopia 1620 with additional material by the author. OCLC and the ESTC locates 5 copies worldwide 3 in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue N6821. unknown books
176749062Leiden: Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans 1767. Second Schultens edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three parts quarto. a-r4 s2 t4 -t4 A-4P4 = 409 leaves. 14 cxxxii 301 302-603 1 blank 68 indicespp. Engraved printer’s device at title heraldic cartouche at dedication; woodcut head- and tail-pieces lettrines; divisional titles at 2C3 and 2P4 register continuous. Prize dedication at front endleaf. Library stamps and endleaf and title. Contemporary half calf over lightly rubbed marbled boards; spine with morocco lettering piece; partially detached green silk ties. A clean fresh amply-margined copy.<br /> <br /> Second Schultens edition a line-for-line reprint of the 1748 edition with only the indices expanded. This Arabic grammar and chrestomathy with a long excerpt from the Hamasa of Abu Tammam edited by Schultens for the first time embodies the collective scholarship of numerous early modern students of the Arabic language spanning more than a century including such notables as Joseph Scaliger 1540-1609; Thomas Erpenius 1584-1624; Jacobus Golius 1596-1667 and Albert Schultens 1686-1750. The Grammatica arabica "the first scientific Arabic grammar written by a European scholar" Smitskamp is the work of Thomas Erpenius and was first published in 1613; his edition of selections from the Fables of Luqman appeared in 1614. Later editions of the Grammatica were edited by Golius Erpenius' successor to the chair of Arabic at Leiden. The selections of anonymous Arabic proverbs were first edited by Erpenius and Scaliger. The Schultens' editions expand the critical apparatus and add a long preface along with selections from the ten-book anthology of Arabic poetry compiled in the ninth century by Abu Tammam fl. 808-842.<br /> <br /> The collection of ancient Fables traditionally ascribed to Luqman the Sage has long provided elementary reading material for young students of Arabic. In his classic anthology Henry Coppée provides an English translation of the first fable in the present selection p.207 The Lion and the Two Bulls: One day a lion attacked two bulls but the two joined their forces and struck him with their horns; they thus prevented him from separating them. He then addressed one of them and deceived him by promising that he would never undertake anything against him. He thus succeeded in separating him from his companion. Deceived by this promise the two bulls left each other; whereupon the lion tore them in pieces one after the other. Moral: When people of two adjoining towns unite in opinion and purpose their enemies' efforts against them are vain; but when discord divides them they both perish.<br /> <br /> Annotations and Provenance: The front endleaf contains a prize inscription dated XIII ante Cal. Septembr. MDCCCXXXV 1835 for the achievement of Bartholomeus Joannes Westerbeek Van Eerten signed by the curators of the Doetinchem gymnasium. Excerpts from Brill catalogues noting the 1636 and 1748 editions of Erpenius' Grammar are tipped-in at the front endleaf. Old library stamps of a Dutch theological school appear at the front endleaf and title. Full title: Grammatica Arabica cum Fabulis Lokmani etc. Accedunt excerpta anthologiae veterum Arabiae poetarum quae inscribitur Hamasa abi Temmam ex. mss. biblioth. Academ. batavae edita conversa et notis illustrata. Praefatio imaginariam linguam scriptionem et lineam sanctam Judaeorum confutat. Ed. 2. cum indice locupletiore<br /> <br /> References: Brunet 2 1050. De Sacy 2765 among the Arabic grammars noted in the NYPL priced copy this was the stand-out lot going for 13 fr. most others selling for between 1-3 fr. Schnurrer 106. Smitskamp PO 75. H. Coppée The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of 3000 Years. Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans hardcover
1767292663Boston: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet Cornhill 1767. Full Leather. Good binding. Please note that the first volume of what would become a 4 volume set of Hutchinson’s Massachuetts-Bay history IS LACKING THE TITLE PAGE. The title and publication information is by inference. The first leaf of Volume I is the Contents leaf. There is on the pastedown the plate of the Woburn Public Libary about which is penned Vol. 1 Mr. Hutchinson’s History. The collation following the Contents leaf is iv 566 2. ~~The second volume from 1767 is intact though lacking the rear endpaper. Title page is present followed by the Contents leaf with errata on the verso iv 539 pages. There are two extraneous items clippings tipped in at 106/107 and at 316/317.~~The front board of each volume has been reattached. Labels are lacking. Howes 853; II Streeter 698 699; Sabin 34076 Sabin 34078; Evans 9705; Evans 10658. Good binding. Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, Cornhill unknown
1767292663Boston: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet Cornhill 1767. Full Leather. Good binding. Please note that the first volume of what would become a 4 volume set of Hutchinson's Massachuetts-Bay history IS LACKING THE TITLE PAGE. The title and publication information is by inference. The first leaf of Volume I is the Contents leaf. There is on the pastedown the plate of the Woburn Public Libary about which is penned Vol. 1 Mr. Hutchinson's History. The collation following the Contents leaf is iv 566 2. ~~The second volume from 1767 is intact though lacking the rear endpaper. Title page is present followed by the Contents leaf with errata on the verso iv 539 pages. There are two extraneous items clippings tipped in at 106/107 and at 316/317.~~The front board of each volume has been reattached. Labels are lacking. Howes 853; II Streeter 698 699; Sabin 34076 Sabin 34078; Evans 9705; Evans 10658. Good binding. Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, Cornhill unknown books
