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18205951London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin 1820. First edition. In the wake of the classical craze inspired by the rediscovery of Pompeii and the work of Josiah Wedgwood British engraver H. Moses 1782-1870 published this catalogue of fine images of the antique vases of Sir Englefield 1752-1822 English antiquary and scientific writer. . Octavo 27cm; 60 4 pages engraved frontispiece portrait engraved title page and 39 engraved plates plate #39 hand-colored with tissue guards. Title and vignette with ornamental border. Plates dated 1819-20. Text in English and French. Followed by "Cartons done from the originals in His Majesty's collection" engraved title and 7 of 32 engraved plates w tissue guards without attribution of publisher or engraver. Followed by a single engraved plate by James Fittler dated 1797. Bound in full leather elaborately tooled in gilt and blind. Edges gilt. Joints and corners restored. Head and tail headbands perished. Plates with some foxing more on the "extra" plates at end. Printed for Rodwell and Martin hardcover books
1802WRCAM32884London: I.R. Smith 1802. Handcolored mezzotint 17 1/2 x 19 inches. Small tear in lower margin slightly affecting image and caption. Minor edge wear and dust soiling. Mounted on heavy card. Fair only. Archivally matted protected with mylar sheet. Later issue after the first of 1789. A striking mezzotint engraved by J.R. Smith after a 1785 painting by Joseph Wright showing an Indian woman looking out over a serene ocean while her deceased husband's tomahawk war club and quiver hang above her on a dead tree. In the background a steaming volcano and thunderclouds complete the pastoral scene. When the painting was first exhibited in 1785 this description accompanied it: <br> <br> "This picture is founded on the custom which prevails among the savage tribes of America where the widow of an eminent warrior is used to sit the whole day during the first moon after his death under a rude kind of trophy formed by a tree lopped and painted; on which the weapons and martial habiliments of the dead are suspended. She remains in this situation without shelter and perseveres in her mournful duty at the hazard of her own life from the inclemencies of the weather." <br> <br> Though Wright never travelled to America he depended heavily on James Adair's HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 1775 for anthropological information for this painting. The original remains at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Quite rare. Not on OCLC. I.R. Smith unknown books
180558119Arbroath: J. Findlay 1805. First Edition. 4to 472 485. Two volumes volume one has a frontis portrait of Queen Mary. Bound in contemporary 3/4 cald and marble boards spines well worn front cover of volume 2 almost separate some minor foxing but nice margins inside a good set. Heavy. J. Findlay unknown books
1806D16198Printed by J. Finlay Arbroath For James Morison Bookseller Perth 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. Two small quarto volumes bound uniformly in modern 3/4 navy blue morocco and blue cloth. pp. 472 and 485. Lacking portrait frontispiece and map in first volume. Repair to top of final leaf in first volume with loss of some text. But overall a fresh handsome set. <br/><br/> Printed by J. Finlay, Arbroath, For James Morison, Bookseller, Perth hardcover books
18497267London: David Bogue 1849. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1849 1st edition of this very attractive study of the open timber roof of the Middle Ages. "Illustrated by Perspective and Working Drawings of Some of the Best Varieties of Church Roofs; with Descriptive Letter-Press". VG in its decorative blindstamped panels. Bright gilt-design and lettering to the front panel and spine as well. Light fraying along the spine crown otherwise very clean. Beautiful steel-engravings thruout and with their original tissue-guards. Tall quarto striking hand-colored frontispiece. Careful meticulous former owner margin notes in pencil to the text and tasteful bookplate Charles Grant Ellis at the front pastedown. <br/><br/> David Bogue hardcover books
188763484Baltimore MD: Baltimore Publishing Co 1887. Later edition first published under another title in 1869. Large 8vo. 833 pp. Chromolithographic plates portrait plates etc. Howes S-286. Nevins I P. 233 for the 1869 edition: "A first-hand subjective account by the captain of the C. S. Sumter and Alabama; interestingly written." Owner's name crack at head of spine else a very good copy. Publisher's brown three-quarter leather rubbed edges and corners bumped and marbled boards gilt title ornaments and rules between raised bands on spine marbled endpapers and edges. 9965. <br/><br/> Baltimore Publishing Co hardcover books
1850Z1256Berlin:: Trowibsch und Sohn n.d. 1850. 1850. 8vo. 26 pp. Self wraps. Very good. Friedlander's 26th bookselling catalogue. Trowibsch und Sohn, n.d. [1850]. paperback books
1834D6891London: William Charlton Wright n.d. 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf gilt-stamped ornament on raised bands and in spine compartments inside gilt dentelles t.e.g.; 12mo 4.25 x 7.25 inches; pp. i-vii 1 blank 3-220 plus full-color folding frontispiece. Light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; tiny chips at spine tips. Frontispiece torn along creases leaving 2 whole and intact panels bound in and the rest detached but complete and laid-in. An easy repair. The rest of the text block is nice and bright with just a few instances of some very faint foxing. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> William Charlton Wright hardcover books
1890S7647Lille:: Bigot Freres April 1890. 1890. 4to. 142 2 pp. 50 figures. Printed wrappers; heavily chipped lacking spine covers off. Heavily browned margins water-stained. Very rare. AS IS. With material on zoology comparative anatomy helminthology worms teratology etc. Bigot Freres, April 1890. unknown books
18016589London: Published by John Raphael Smith 1801. Mezzotint with roulette coloured by hand. Image size: 17 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches. A touching scene after Morland: 'a master of genre and animal painting an artist worthy to be placed in the same rank as the best of those Dutch masters whom he studied as a boy' DNB<br/> <br/>This print is a wonderful example of the manner in which Morland perfectly conveys the hardships and beauties of country life his depiction of a poor country family battling the hardships of winter shows the bitter side of the pastoral life with grace and sympathy. George Morland was one of the most successful genre painters of his time creating during his industrious career some of England's most cherished paintings. At an early age Morland displayed his artistic genius he learned to paint at three and exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy at the mere age of ten. Morland was a prodigious painter producing more than 4000 paintings during the entirety of his career and sometimes painting two or three works in a day. His beautiful idealistic scenes were a favorite source of inspiration for contemporary engravers and as many as 250 separate engravings were done of his paintings during his lifetime. One such engraver was John Raphael Smith who throughout his career translated many of Morland's paintings to print. Smith was a highly influential figure in the late eighteenth-century British art world he quickly became an impresario of the print-publishing trade producing nearly 400 prints during his lifetime 130 of which were of his own design. This beautiful print refelects both the talents of the engraver and the genius of the artist in its sentiment and execution it demonstrates the best of English genre. Published by John Raphael Smith unknown books
186935191London 1869. Color and b/w plates. xiv-833 pp. First edition of the great Confederate sea-raiders memoirs of his adventures aboard the dauntless Alabama. The book was first issued in London because of Great Britains sympathies with the Confederacy. This edition is famous for its handsome colored lithograph plates. A good copy in lightly worn original cloth with gilt cover decoration. Pages are somewhat tanned but the color lithographs have retained their brilliance. books
1869WN31324Baltimore: Kelly Piet & Co. 1869. A solidly rebound title in maroon buckram with gilt titling. Prior owner signature on preliminaries. Frontispiece tape repaired on top edge. Browning and foxing throughout and especially on top edge of appoximately first 60 pages not interfering with text. 6 full color chromo-tint nautical plates and 2 plates of officers. Text block slightly cut down in rebinding. First Edition. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Allan C. Redwood. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Kelly, Piet & Co. Hardcover books
1894m2327Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1894. 1st edition. Duodecimo quarter sheep & cloth ix 316 pp. Very Good. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1894. hardcover books
185338706Paris: Imprenta Española de Dubuisson 1853. 8vo 23 cm; 9". 15 1 4 pp. <br><br>The Colombia government forced Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera 180053 into exile in 1852 because of his vehement opposition to a series of he felt to be legislative encroachments on his authority over benefices and "internal" church administrative matters. This is his publication while in exile in Paris of a letter of support from the clergy of Chile with his letter to them.<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of NUC WorldCat and COPAC locate four U.S. Cornell Fordham Stanford UTexas and one British BL libraries reporting ownership but we know of another U.S. library that owns a unreported copy. Original printed wrapper; sewn. Soiling to front wrapper. Very good. Imprenta Española de Dubuisson, unknown books
1875263777Rome: presso la R. Calcografia 1875. 14 plates numbered in two series I II-VIII and I-VI depicting Raphael's designs for the frescoes of the Loggia of Pope Leo X at the Vatican. 1 vols. Folio. Green cloth spine perished. Internally a fine bright copy. 14 plates numbered in two series I II-VIII and I-VI depicting Raphael's designs for the frescoes of the Loggia of Pope Leo X at the Vatican. 1 vols. Folio. presso la R. Calcografia unknown books
189921253Mexico: Imprimerie du Ministere de Fomento 1899. 1st editon. INSCRIBED. Original wrappers. A VG copy. 238 pp. Unopened. Text in French. Fold-out chart. 4to. 9-1/8" x 7" <br/><br/>"Ouvrage publié par disposition du Ministère de 'fomento' de la colonisation et de l'industrie de la République méxicaine." Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. Imprimerie du Ministere de Fomento unknown books
187434193Madrid: Imp. de J. Noguera a cargo de M. Martínez 1874. 8vo 9". 121 pp. <br><br>A study of the English colonial system as practiced in the area that became the U.S. the study from a Spanish scholarly perspective. NUC and WorldCat locate only three copies in the U.S. Discarded as part of the New York Public Librarys "Pamphlet Volume Preservation Project": now stapled and in a library pamphlet binder with cloth spine. Library acquisition number stamp in a lower margin. Imp. de J. Noguera a cargo de M. Martínez hardcover books
185822679Madrid: Imprenta de las Novedades 1858. Period tan qtr-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Overall VG pos/one map folded irregularly. 184; 78 2; 16; 24; 39 1; 24; 23 1; 6 fold-out maps. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>8 works bound together; all scarce- no copies of any title located on OCLC. Imprenta de las Novedades hardcover books
1856WRCAM41810Mexico City 1856. 4804pp. Several errors in pagination. Small quarto. Contemporary red half sheep and boards spine gilt. Boards and extremities rubbed. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Light toning and minor foxing. Very good. An extremely valuable compilation which gives detailed data including route scenery and other key information about many various parts of Mexico. By piecing together the different itineraries it offers a traveler could basically go anywhere in Mexico and into the U.S. already provided with extremely detailed instructions about the best route and what facilities - such as water grass and shelter - were available every step of the way. A detailed name index listing routes and where they are to be found in the book further enhances the volume's usefulness for travelers be they headed to destinations great or small. Many of the routes described begin in Mexico City; some routes extend into Texas and New Mexico. Among the most interesting are two itineraries concerning California. One describes a journey from La Paz at the far southern end of Baja California to the U.S. border. This is one of the most detailed and expansively described routes in the entire book preserving a wealth of geographic and natural details. Many of the places detailed in this section have either disappeared or been extensively altered. The other journey is along the Sonora Route from Ures to Sonora to the California gold fields. This trip passes through Los Angeles and includes some commentary on the missions in the area. "An important guide book giving the routes and mileage with sketches of the country throughout Mexico" - Eberstadt. PALAU 9290. SABIN 976. EBERSTADT 138:033. BARRETT 34. hardcover books
18566878Mexico City: Jose A. Godoy 1856. First edition. Quarto pp 480 3 errata. A state-by-state guide book for travel throughout Mexico with routes and distances between each city town village ranch etc. The routes described extend into Texas San Antonio and El Paso and New Mexico Albuquerque Bernalillo Santa Fe. Also of note are the routes going from Sonora "al Placer de Oro de la Alta California" i.e. the gold mines of Upper California. This was known as the "Sonora Route" and was traversed by many Mexicans who were among the first to reach the gold fields in 1849 and the early 1850s. It enters the U.S. at the Colorado River and goes through Temecula La Joya then "La Mision vieja se pasa el rio de los Nietos y a la derecha del camino a una legua de distancia esta la mision de San Gabriel opulenta ante su destruccion. Los Angeles: poblacion hoy de los Estados Unidos del Norte." The route then goes through various ranches and follows the "Mission Trail" northward: "La Mision de S. Buenaventura. El rancho de Carpinteria. Sta Barbara presidio: a una milla de distancia esta la mision con una hermosa parroquia y es el obispado. La Mision de Santa Ines. S. Luis Obispo: pasa este camino por un frondoso rio que llaman Arroyo Seco. La Joya: rancho despoblado a la orilla de un rio cubierto de grandes alamedas. La Mision de San Miguel: para llegar a esta se pasa por el rancho que nombran Paso de Robles. La Mision de Soledad. Mision de San Juan. Pueblo de San Jose: pasando por el Ojo del rancho de Cochi. la Laguna y otros mas. Mision de San Jose. Stokton poblacion que esta formando sobre un estero de rio de San Joaquin el cual tiene mucho comercio por los buques procedentes de San Francisco del Alta California. El Rio Estanislao. Un aguage que proporciona pastos que escasean mucho adelante. El Placer de Estanislao Stanislaus." The notes concerning each place are valuable and in some cases very detailed for instance for Baja Caliornia and Tamaulipas with detailed description of the border town of Matamoros on the "Rio Bravo". Sabin 976: Eberstadt 138-033 "An important guide book giving the routes and mileages with sketches of the country throughout Mexico including Coahuila Sonora and New Mexico." Though fairly well-represented on Worldcat the book is quite scarce in the market Eberstadt's copy from 1956 being the only one recorded. Previous owner's name -- "P. Argumoso / 1917" on title page; Mexican book-seller's stamp on ffep. Half calf over marbled boards. Very nice copy. <br/><br/> Jose A. Godoy hardcover books
1869236593Paris: l'auteur rue Royer-Collard 1869. First edition. 200 sepia-toned plates bound out of sequence. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter green morocco spine richly gilt hinges repaired bookplates discreet embossed library stamp to title page some edges rough plates clean. First edition. 200 sepia-toned plates bound out of sequence. 1 vols. Folio. Lipperheide 337; Colas 1528; Hiler p. 473 l'auteur, rue Royer-Collard unknown books
188472482Paris: Siege de la Societe 1884. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated tissue guards. Rubricated title 4to green cloth. Paris: Siege de la Societe 1884. Very good .<br/><br/> Siege de la Societe unknown books
1894RPUMGEO00ECGovernment Printing Office 1894. Good. Pumpelly Raphael J. E. Wolff and T. Nelson Dale. Geology of the Green Mountains in Massachusetts - Department of the Interior Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume 23. Washington: Government Printing Office 1894. 206pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Good ex-library copy with rubbing and bumping and two paper labels on spine. A few intrnal stamps. Shallow moisture staining to top margins. Otherwise sturdy and clean. Government Printing Office unknown books
188720303Boston: Oliver Ditson 1887. First US Edition. 8vo pp. 233. Engraved frontispiece portrait a very good tight copy bound in brown cloth. DeBeaufort was editor and translator of The Life and Letters of George Sand. Oliver Ditson unknown books
1894013927London: W. Foulsham & Co Ltd 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. ---------------<br />The first 12 pages contain 144 questions relating to all the causalities and events of a human life divided into twelve houses each having a separate and distinct class of twelve questions. The remainder of the work is divided into 12 circles each circle containing the sixteen geomantic oracles of twelve answers each thus forming 2304 answers to the 144 questions. ------------ <br />Publisher's cloth with black titles and decorations. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Shelf handling wear with age-soiling and rubbed corners and spine tips. Early signatures loose with older tape reinforcement.16mo; 5.5 inches tall. 212 pages with 4 pages of publisher's adverts. A reprinted edition. ----------- <br />Robert Cross Smith was an English astrologer writing under the pseudonym of 'Raphael' was a pioneering modern astrologer was the first of a lineage of British astrologers to use the pseudonym Raphael with his writings. -------Subjects: Fortune-Telling; occult; zodiac . W. Foulsham & Co Ltd hardcover books
