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1799271076Dublin: Printed by George Grierson 1799. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 53pp. Rebound in brown cloth gilt spine. Light scattered foxing about near fine. Pitt's influential speech arguing for the successful Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies. ESTC T58113. Printed by George Grierson 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 books
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 books
1789353484London: R. Crowder 1789. Revised and enlarged edition. Foling frontis douyble-hemisphere world map showing the 3 voyages of Captain Cook delineated and 25 other plates by the author and engraved by Terry xi i 228pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Revised and enlarged edition. Foling frontis douyble-hemisphere world map showing the 3 voyages of Captain Cook delineated and 25 other plates by the author and engraved by Terry xi i 228pp. 12mo. ESTC T112301 R. Crowder unknown
173049794(Wien, ca. 1730) (49x58,5 cm.). Kobberstukket, håndkoloreet Skandinavienskort med Estland, Letland, Litauen og det vestlige Rusland. Velbevaret indrammet under glas i fin ramme af brun birketræsfiner. Håndkolorereingen en smule svag.
173049794Wien ca. 1730 49x585 cm. Kobberstukket håndkoloreet Skandinavienskort med Estland Letland Litauen og det vestlige Rusland. Velbevaret indrammet under glas i fin ramme af brun birketræsfiner. Håndkolorereingen en smule svag. <br/><br/><em>Kortet er fra Seutter's "Atlas Novus" som blev udgivet 1730-35. </em> unknown
1717887Edinburgh 1717. Folio 30.5 cm 12". 4 pp. <br/><br/>The battle between Ruth Pollock and the Campbells or Calders from their estate of Cawdor rages on with the Calder side strenuously denying that any legitimate marriage ever took place between her and Capt. George Campbell. Pollock who called herself Campbell's widow despite apparently never having been acknowledged as his wife during his lifetime was claiming a portion of the estate of his father Sir Hugh Campbell; in this response to some of her petitions lawyer John Fleming acting on behalf of the Campbells discusses the merits of various claims as pertaining to estate law. OCLC ESTC and NUC Pre-1956 record no holdings of this item. <br/><br/>Not in ESTC. Once sewn now in a Mylar folder. Last leaf with closed tear partially repaired some time ago costing or obscuring a few letters to each line of about two paragraphs on either side of leaf. Age-toned dust-soiled creased. unknown books
171531275London: J. Hooke and T. Caldecott 1715. First edition. Near very good condition; Covers and edges fairly worn but not worn through leather. To which is added The History of the Angels and Their Gallantry with the Daughters of Men by Enoch the Patriarch; Published in Greek by Dr. Grabe; Translated into English by Mr. Lewis; Assumed contemporary leather binding with inlaid and embossed decorations; pp. xix 196 1 ad; Armorial label dated 1755 tipped in. J. Hooke, and T. Caldecott unknown
178536223London: HMSO 1785. Small Folio. 3 reports. pp 17 ; 7 ; 1-119 appendix 2 121-123 folding tables verso blank 124-412 p. 128 242 274 329 332 406 - 412 are numbered fold out tables on leaves with blank verso Complete. Bound in a respined contemporary brown calf. Marbled endpapers. Stout imperious looking volume containing 3 reports on British Fisheries. Contents are wonderfully clean the many folding charts are intact and seemingly unaffected by their age. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1785. [ HMSO ] 1785 unknown
1794621Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring for Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews 1794. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Collates as a-c in 6s A-Ee in 6s Ff 2 leaves. Lacks two leaves and lower 1/3 of another at P2-P4. This variant not recorded in Griffiths. See Griffiths 1794/11 for similar edition with a-b in 4s rather than a-c in 6s. Bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms in Metre with Hymns Suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church and Other Occasions of Public Worship. Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring for Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews 1793. 244 4 pages. Collates as A-U in 6s W 4 leaves. Complete. Light toning and damp stain. 1 of 2 marbled feps. A few quires slightly extended. Bound in contemporary full red leather with gilt designs to both covers and to spine which is cracked. Covers worn and rubbed. A scarce and unusually well preserved example of the first and only BCP printed for Isaiah Thomas who Benjamin Franklin praised as "the American Baskerville." A scarce edition. Printed by Manning and Loring, for I[saiah] Thomas and E.T. Andrews unknown
17645078525Edinburgh: Printed by David Paterson, And sold by him at his Printing house 1764. XII, 432 (von 438) Seiten. Letzte Lage fehlend! 8° (16,5 x 10,5 cm). Lederband der Zeit auf 5 Bünden mit goldgeprägtem rotem Rückenschild.
17552111902160200123Shahon 1755. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shahon paperback
17596261BB17. Band. Leipzig, Arkstee und Merkus, 1759. 4°. (1) Bl., (8) 726 (42) S., (1) Bl. Mit 17 (dv. 12 gef.) gest. Karten u. 11 gest. Tafeln. Lederband der Zeit mit restauriertem Rücken, schlichte Vergoldung und Rückenschild.
170244387(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1702). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1699"". Pp. 206-227 a. 5 large engraved plates (tables). Textillustrations. Last leaf with a small paperloss in inner margin
174046843(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1740). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1737"". Pp. 205-227 a. 2 folded engraved plates.
177644971(Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1776). 4to. Extracts from ""Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Année 1773. Pp. 1-61. A faint dampstain to right margin of the first leaves, otherwise fine and clean.
170244387Paris Jean Boudot 1702. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1699". Pp. 206-227 a. 5 large engraved plates tables. Textillustrations. Last leaf with a small paperloss in inner margin <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a milestone paper on the friction loss of energy in machines hereby establishing the basic concepts of friction."In the same year 1699 Amontons produced the first known study on the question of losses caused by friction in machines. He then established the las of proportionality between friction an the mutual pressure of the bodies in contact." DSB I p. 138. </em> unknown
174046843Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1740. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1737". Pp. 205-227 a. 2 folded engraved plates. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this extremely importent paper in which Clairaut directly confirms the rotation and the orbital movement of the Earth around the Sun and giving an indirect proof of the axiom that the velocity of light does not depend on whether the light source moves away or toward the observer. The Earth does move after all !!In 1728 James Bradley trying to measure the stellar parallax discovered stellar aberration - the angular displacement of the apparent direction of starlight due to the earth's motion - and attributed it to the combined effect of the finite velocity of light and the earth's orbital velocity. But Bradley had not given any theoretical proof but Clairaut did in the offered paper.Aberration is "the apparent change in direction of a source of light caused by an observers component of motion perpendicular to the impinging rays. During this time the telescope has moved a short distance causing the photons to reach a spot on the focal plane displayed from the former image position. This discovery provided the first direct physical confirmation of the Copernican theory. A second importent application of aberration has been its clear-cut demonstration that as is axiomatic to special relativity light reaching the earth has a velocity unaffected by the relative motion of the source toward or away from earth."McGraw-Hill "Concise Encyclopedia.". </em> unknown
177644971Paris Imprimerie Royale 1776. 4to. Extracts from "Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans" Année 1773. Pp. 1-61. A faint dampstain to right margin of the first leaves otherwise fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this importent memoir as it represents THE EARLIEST INTRODUCTION OF THE IDEA OF THE POTENTIAL the "Gravitational Potential". The potential of a body at any point is the sum of the mass of every element of the body when divided by its distance from the point. Lagrange showed that if the potential of a body at an external point were known the attraction in any direction could be at once found."For the prize of 1774 the Academy asked whether it were possible to explain the secular equation of the moon by the attraction of all the celestial bodies or by the effect of the nonsphericity of the earth and of the moon. Lagrange who was equal to the scope of the subject felt very stale and at the end of August 1773 withdrew from the contest. At d’Alembert’s request Condorcet persuaded him to persevere. He was granted an extension and thanked the jury for this favor in February 1774. He took the prize with "Sur l’équation séculaire de la lune." DSB.Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1773 P. </em> unknown
172727439London: Printed by R. Phillips; and Sold by J. Knapton 1727. .May Appear. At the End is subjoin'd An Appendix containing two Discourses. I. Concerning the Immateriality of Thinking Substance. 2. Concerning the Obligation Promulgation and Observance of the Law of Nature." Thick quarto in four parts with separate title pages. A very good copy newly rebound in handsome three-quarter calf with hand marbled paper covered boards. Raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments and red morocco labels titled in gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with copper plate engravings including an armorial headpiece and two fold-out plates depicting the nervous system and the solar system. A very handsome copy of this scarce book. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed by R. Phillips; and Sold by J. Knapton Hardcover
17431545Glasguae Glasgow: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus. 1743. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 2 105. 12mo. measuring 20 cm tall. Unassuming modest brown leather over boards; four raised bands to spine five compartments. Printed in Greek type with the Latin translation on the facing page. Extremities rubbed some scuffing some chipping to the spine ends. Internally very clean and unmarked with tight sound binding. The leather binding has recently been professionally replenished and treated with a natural leather preserver. Scarce in commerce. Correponds to OCLC #61707412. Glasgow born Robert Foulis 1707-1776 was a Scottish printer whose work had considerable influence on the printers and publishers of his time. Initially apprenticing as a master barber he was encouraged to take up the trade of printing and bookselling at the suggestion of his friend Francis Hutcheson of the University of Glasgow. Beginning in 1741 Foulis engaged in the selling of books in Glasgow and it was very shortly thereafter in 1742 that he set up his own press. He was appointed printer to the University of Glasgow in 1743 and in the same year produced the first Greek book printed in Glasgow the Peri herm neias in both Greek and Latin of the pseudo-Demetrius Phalereus. "Five years later he went into partnership with his brother Andrew and by 1775 had produced more than 500 separate editions including an edition of Homer 4 vol. folio 175658 Callimachus small quarto 1755 Thomas Grays Poems quarto 1768 Herodotus Thucydides and Xenophon with Latin translations and one of the first Scottish editions of Shakespeare. The Foulises best works were distinguished by their excellent layout legibility and accuracy." EB April 2019. Some of the credit for their achievement is attributable to the renowned type-maker and punch-cutter Alexander Wilson from whom they purchased their types. Robert Foulis died on 2 June 1776 in Edinburgh. <br/><br/> In Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus. hardcover
1734502633London: Printed for G. Straban W. Mears S. Ballad F. Clay J. Stag D. Browne B. Motte R. Williamson J. Clarke A. Wilde J. Brotherton J. Hazard W. Meadows T. Cox W. Hinchcliffe W. Bickerton T. Astley S. Austen L. Gilliver and R. Willock 1734. Book. Rare. Full Leather. A beautiful set of 8 volumes bound in full brown leather. Five raised bands to spines. Decorative gilt motifs to edges in some instances faded and to spines. Title labels missing on 6 of the 8 volumes. Owner's name to front free end page and bookplate to front paste down in all volumes save for vol. 5. One instance of notes in margin in vol. 8. On most volumes joints cracked but solid. Some wear and chipping to spine extremities. Vol. 2 bears bookworm holes towards bottom of the page from start to finish. Vol. 3 where joint is cracked leather is peeling away from spine. Corners rubbed and some corners lightly bumped. Overall in remarkable condition. Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Price is for the complete set of 8 volumes. Printed for G. Straban, W. Mears, S. Ballad, F. Clay, J. Stag, D. Browne, B. Motte, R. Williamson, J. Clarke, A. Wilde, J. Broth Hardcover
171112255This Act of Parliament made it illegal to harvest trees that were "fit for masts not being the property of any private person" in many of the North American colonies. The fine for felling such a mast-worthy tree was one hundred pounds sterling for each offense. In addition the Act instructed the Surveyor General of Her Majesties Woods "to mark with the broad arrow all such trees as now are or hereafter shall be fit and proper to be taken for the use of her Majesties Royal Navy and to keep a register of the same." An early act asserting Mother England's authority over natural resources in the colonies. ICN 7519.1. Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceased...
1788008501London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons J. Dodsley S. Crowder G. Robinson T. Cadell and T. Evans 1788. Five volumes bound in contemporary dark brown calf gilt backs armorial bookplates of Sir Harford Jones and later bookplates of Sidney . With two frontispiece portraits Volume I the Duke of Sully and Henry the IV. Fold out map Vol. I Near Fine old dampstains at corners. The books Very Good the boards well rubbed and showing their age yet solidly bound and sturdy. Old dampstaining all volumes mostly to edges and margins gilt at spines dulled free of foxing and toning a set that shows its history while maintaining its dignity. . New Edition. Calf. Very Good -/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans Hardcover books
177825584Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet 1778. 1st edition. Wraps. Very Good. 1st edition. Very Good. 8vo. 32 pp. Bound in printed wraps with triple sewn string. Light edge wear and soiling to the wraps. Pages lightly tanned. Previous owner's name "George Adams" written in an elegant hand on the front wrap. Cover title: Mr. Tucker's Sermon at the Annual Dudleian-Lecture September 2 1778. A scarce Revolutionary imprint that contains "A list of gentlemen who have preached the Dudlein Lecture 1755-1777. A rare piece of Harvardiana. Printed by Thomas & John Fleet unknown
