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18765071First edition in English of the I-Ching the ancient Chinese book of divination sometimes attributed to Confucius but actually much earlier possibly with origins in the second millennium and so the most ancient text of Chinese Civilization. OCLC lists but eight copies worldwide. In McClatchie's view Qian and Kun represented the "God of Heathendom. Qian or his Male portion… and Kun or his Female portion …. These two he goes on to say "are enclosed in the circle or ring… known as the Supreme Ultimate or Great One from which all things are generated." His contemporaries "ridiculed this decidedly sexual view Shchutskii described it as the product of "pseudoscientific delirium" but recent work by other scholars suggests its essential validity. Richard J. Smith "How the Book of Changes arrived in the West". This copy very handsomely bound by Bennett of New York about seventy years ago in grained sienna morocco with title & author in double gilt ruled spine compartments; tooled hubs; top edge gilt. "Shanghai 1876" and owner's name to foot of spine. Preliminaries slightly foxed. xiii vii -xiii of which are platesixvii455 i errata. Chinese and English on opposite pages. "Shanghai Nov. 1876" in light pencil to front fly. Slight loss of paper to front board. Please see images. American Presbyterian Mission Press, Trubner & Co. hardcover books
184942915New York: John James Audubon 1849. First edition hand-colored lithograph by John T. Bowen of Philadelphia after John James Audubon. An iconic image of Western Americana from the folio first edition of Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America" the greatest work of natural history illustration produced in America during the nineteenth century: "As long as our civilization lasts America will be in debt to this genius." Peterson<br/> <br/> This fine plate is from the folio edition of Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America which was produced entirely in the United States. The work was Audubon's last and by 1846 he had to hand over the drawing of the final fifty plates to his sons John Woodhouse and Victor Audubon. The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by Audubon and his sons at about the same time as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. Reese notes that "By 1843 the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine involving John James his two sons and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when Bowen began to produce the plates for the folio edition of the Quadrupeds the largest successful color-plate book project of 19th-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." Reese Like Birds of America the Viviparous Quadrupeds was intended to be a comprehensive visual catalog of North America animalia with Audubon's focus here shifting from birds to four-legged land mammals. Accompanying each image was correlating didactic text written primarily by Bachman that informed the reader of the animal's habits diet habitat and gestational period. Totaling 150 prints the project was rushed to completion as Audubon's health declined. Emerging in the shadow of its acclaimed predecessor Birds of America the Viviparous Quadrupeds has not received the adequate attention nor recognition it so richly deserves. This image is of a family of American buffalo the most iconic animal indigenous to North America whose presence was integral for Native American life and whose near-extinction spurred on the conservation movement in the US. The buffalo is today the state animal of Kansas Oklahoma and Wyoming.<br/> <br/> Bennett p.5. Peterson Birds of America passim. Reese Stamped with a National Character 36. Sabin 2367. Wood p.209. John James Audubon unknown
1865219705Shanghae sic & London.: London Mission Press and Trubner & Co. 1865. Two volumes in one: <br>Volume I. ii Title i-x Advertisement Preface 762 pp including Index of Chinese characters pp 1-99 pagination duplicated for pp 224 & 239. <br>Volume II. ii Title 724pp iv List of the Radicals of the Chinese Language. <br> <br>22 x 15 cms contemporary half calf spine gilt between raised bands expertly rebacked mounting the original spine numerous annotations and underlinings in pencil a handful in ink at the head the final blanks with notes and translation age-toned and worn boards rubbed but a good complete copy of the scarce reprint. <br> <br>Provenance: <br>With the early inked signature of "Hugh Wadell Newchwang 1869" the pioneering missionary whose work laid the foundation for the Irish Presbyterian Church's long-term presence in East Asia. In 1869 Waddell 1839–1901 landed at Newchwang now Yingkou where he established a mission station that included a church school and dispensary. His daughter was Helen Waddell poet scholar and theological novelist. <br> <br>Recent signature of A. Allan Shearer Wellington. Scarce reprint of the second part of Morrison's Dictionary first published between 1815 and 1823 with a notable provenance. The 1865 reprint was issued as a single volume combining the second part of the dictionary with an index of characters arranged according to the Kangxi radicals. <br> <br>"The Second Part of Morrison's Dictionary has been generally commended by experienced Sinologues as the most perfect and useful of the whole. The present is merely a reprint of it with such slight modifications as are mentioned at the close of the original preface." Preface <br>Löwendahl 1334 . London Mission Press [and] Trubner & Co. hardcover
1809120049NY: E. Sargeant Printed by Opposite Trinity Church.by D&G.Bruce. Good. 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. 5x8". GOOD CONDITION. Front endpapers gone missing.Opens to title page.Otherwise quite nice.lite foxing to pages. Name in pencil inner back cover "Arthur Smith" ; .bright fully readable Gold spine titles on smooth brown leather spine strip. Marbled brown paper covered hard boards. smooth brown leather tips.showing minor rubs to oints & spine ends. not worn. Hinges showing at inner gutters. Text block is solidly bound.Text paper has pliable feel cleanly inked type and not at all brittle. Clean foredges. ; 387xvi pages pages; This might make a nice gift for a member of the CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE LOW COUNTRY .WHICH STILL IS A THRIVING INSTITUTION.; Signed by Author . E. Sargeant Printed by Opposite Trinity Church.by D&G.Bruce hardcover
180323804Milano: De Stefanis 1803-1805. In-8 p. mm. 221x146 brossura originale 50 volumi. Importante collana di economia curata da Pietro Custodi e composta di due serie: "Parte Antica" tomi I-VII - "Parte Moderna" tomi I-XLI 1 volume di Supplimento n. IL 1 volume di Indici generali n. L. E' questa la prima raccolta completa di notizie e studi sull'economia l'agricoltura i tributi e la moneta nonchè appendici legislative del Sette e Ottocento.La "Parte antica" raccoglie i seguenti autori: Serra Turbolo 1 volume - Davanzati Scaruffi 1 volume - Montanari 1 volume - Broggia 2 volumi - Neri 2 volumi.La "Parte moderna": Bandini Algarotti 1 volume - Belloni Pagnini 1 volume - Galiani 4 volumi - Genovesi 4 volumi - Beccaria 2 volumi - Carli 2 volumi - Verri 3 volumi - Zanon 2 volumi - Paoletti 1 volume - Ortes 7 volumi - Briganti 2 volumi - D'Arco 2 volumi - Filangeri 1 volume - Vasco 3 volumi - Mengotti 1 volume - Palmieri 2 volumi - Delfico Coriani Solera 1 volume - Cantalupo Caracciolo Scrofani 1 volume - Ricci 1 volume.Cfr. "Catalogo della Biblioteca Einaudi"5193.Nel ns. esemplare una ventina di brossure con piccoli strappi o piccole mancanze un volume ingiallito e con aloni sulle ultime 18 carte altrimenti tutti i testi con barbe sono ben conservati. De Stefanis, unknown
1817306787London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco by Charles Smith covers gilt ruled with gilt side-pieces along central panel spines in six compartments with elaborate gilt scrollwork gilt turn-ins blue silk doublures with gilt cornerpieces duplicated on silk free endpapers a.e.g. Foxed minor rubbing to boards an attractive copy. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Bound by Charles Smith. Dibdin's lavish work in an ornate binding by Charles Smith one of the more active and competent binders in London of the 1810s-'30s with his "13 Church St Soho" ticket in volume 1. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70. Provenance: R.P. Hooper bookplate Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
18240009038MANCHESTER UK ROTTERDAM HAGUE NETHERLANDS HOLLAND. Good. 1824. On offer is a short but fascinating travel book of one wealthy young Englishmans journey to Rotterdam and The Hague Holland in 1824. It is a unique and rare look at the travel of English aristocracy in the first half of the 19th century the last great age of the English landed gentry. The book is 30 pages in length of which writing is on every single page. Every page is filled with excursions observations and examples of lavish living for William Money his father and his cousin as they travel first to Rotterdam and then spend over a month in The Hague living at quite a fancy hotel exploring the city itself and taking day trips to landmarks around the country. The little book also includes descriptions of lavish dinners and days being waited on driven and doted on by servants and friends. It begins in the Summer 1824: June 25 1824. To commence my narrative I will give a short account of the two last days before our embarkation to Holland. I went to bed rather late on Sunday and was very tired. I had been running about Town the whole day had my teeth filed By the abominable dentist which is one of the Miserries of human life. My head was distracted in short I was a picture of misery.; June 26. The servants awoke me rather early this morning about five OClock however I was much refreshed and went to work like one who had done nothing but I forgot to state that I went to dine at a Gentlemans house on Friday and after all when I came home I had to prepare my things for Holland. Well to go on with my story we get off from No. 9 Manchester Street Manchester Square at 6 oclock this was Saturday morning June 26th 1824 our Party consisted of three my precious Father my cousin and myself. We had a gentleman's carriage to take us about town and a hackney coach to carry our luggage to the Tower that place which has executed French of the greatest and has been destroyed with Royal blood by the hoards of unnatural rebellion. The next day they are on a sailboat going from the East Coast of England and then landing in the Netherlands the next day: June 27th. Went on deck. I was expecting to see nothing but blue skies and the watery ocean but was pleasantly astonished at seeing land all around. This was lacey land I Know it by that name because the Dutch gobble so. We soon got into the river Maas after a fine voyage. We then eat our hearty breakfast.We here took up a pistol and tacked along at a fine rate saw plenty of Tony-legged bison which they called Storks. We got to Rotterdam at 12. From the instant of arrival Money is taken aback by how clean and orderly the Dutch cities are and how kind and lovely the Dutch people are as well. The layout of the cities with the canals and bridges also is commented on quite frequently. June 28th1824. We took Breakfast at Home. we went out with with and enjoyed the town. It is an elegant clean looking place. Trees shaded the walk from the burning sun and canals divide the Principal Streets. However we saw nothing no hous as they call it but came home to dinner at 4. Here we had a bottle of Mousel for dinner we went out again so that I was very tired we then came home and had tea at Mr. Mackplats where we had another Prayer and a delightful conversation. He accompanied us home where I soon got to bed and fast asleep.; After two days in Rotterdam it is off to the Hague where Money and his father and cousin will spend the rest of their time in Holland. Drove off to the Hague with which Place we are most highly delighted. I the beauty of it. It far surpassed my places that I have seen. We walked everywhere the People the PLace and all are so clean. We came to the Hotel de Belle where we have so very nice rooms that had attendance the man who drove us here cheated as that. We were not long here before . Of the gentleman who got these rooms for Papa he took us out to Table d`ote d`hotewhere we dined . This was 4 oclock and had an excellent dinner and a bottle of vin ordinaire called Bordeau.after dinner we went to Mr. Ls house to get him to show us the Place. He showed us everything in the wood.` The `wood` is most probably the Haagse Bos a rectangular neighbourhood and forest in the Haagse Hout district of The Hague Netherlands. This was simply called Die Hout The Woods Mr. L.made a capital bargain with the man only one Golden to go to that sweet Ducking Place the old man of the Place has fishing boats to go over to England for something or other. We came back after a good bathe.We then came home and prepared for dinner and went to Table Doht d`hote and after that we came back and then went to the Wood where we had tea.; After early June there are no entries until late July. July 23 1824. We got up at seven and had breakfast. We set off at 8 in a caravan with Mr. London and Mr. Tosc. We reached Leyden at 9 very much interested.We first went to the University where we saw all of plenty Indians what from all parts of the globe. We saw there a tree which was brought from Egypt in 1573 just about the time when Leyden was besieged. It was made a present by William the first and planted there We then went to the museum and saw curious specimens of all types. Mr. London went to the Anatomy Hall to gut us to see a Head. He came back saying we could only see one which was most beautiful all the views of the Head Neck and parts of the body it was very interesting.; Money also has a deep regard for the engineering works of the day and has a special fascination for the canals and waterways of Holland. We had dinner and then went to to see the sluis the most Beautiful work I ever saw. It was begun in 1784 and finished in 1787. The whole country was inundated by the overflowing of the Bacchus of the Nile. It was like a sea but now these are houses where there was formerly nothing but water. This formed so when the sea is very boisterous there's a good deal of sand connected to the side of the gate so that it is had to clear away as it is on the sea side. The way they do it is the precipe overflows then they lift the gates all of a sudden which goes with such force that it forces the sand away.`` This is accompanied by a page-length drawing of the canal with it`s locks and steps and houses on each sides. The drawing is amateur but well done. The book is in very good shape structurally. The writing is clear and concise script done in black ink. A few pages have some smudging and one page in particular has a good bit of ink fading but which impedes legibility but does not make it impossible. The front cover of the journal states: `Short account of a holiday spent in The Hague by William Money later Rev. William in the summer of 1824 when he was 22 years old.` This is not in Money`s handwriting and was added later by an unknown person.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF REVEREND WILLIAM MONEY ENGLISH GENTLEMAN LANDED GENTRY 19TH CENTURY ROTTERDAM MANCHESTER ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM THE HAGUE DEN HAAG DIE HOUT LEYDEN LEIDEN THE NETHERLANDS HOLLAND CANALS IN THE NETHERLANDS FLOOD CONTROL EXTRAVAGANT TRAVEL TABLE DHOTE SLUICE GATE AGE OF BRITISH NOBILITY COLONIAL ERA ENGLAND BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
1900592001Savannah 1900. Softcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Craft. 16mo. 24pp. With five illustrations. Stapled in rose-colored printed wrappers. Loose chip from one rear corner laid in light wear at the edges including a few shallow chips and light creases. A pamphlet published by Rev. William L. Craft field secretary of The National Baptist Young Peoples Union Board used for recruitment efforts in the early 1910s. It provides a brief history of the church from its foundation as the Negro Baptist Church by George Leile in 1777 to the then present day under the leadership of Rev. Richard Henry Boyd; lists the organization's various presidents board members and officers; provides an overview of domestic and international missionary work; and prints a selection of various "don'ts" from spreading gossip and chewing tobacco to casting judgment and harming others. Also of interest is a small section on the importance of the number seven "a mystical and symbolic number in the Bible" likely to attract the attention of fellow African descendants who still retained spiritual belief in numerology. A rare pamphlet that we've not seen before. OCLC locates no copies. unknown
18013865<p>A scarce book of country excursions taking in some of the most striking landscapes and great houses within a day's journey of Bath. Three excursions are presented in the course of four letters with each excursion illustrated with a small part-page engraved map. The author describes in detail the landscapes cities and great houses along the way with plentiful information about the history of the towns gardens and architecture visited. Of particular note are Longleat Stourhead Fonthill and Wardour Castle. 'I am now to introduce you to one of the most splendid mansions in the kingdom Fonthill the seat of Mr. Beckford; where expence has reached its utmost limits in furniture and ornaments; where every room is a gold mine and every apartment a picture-gallery' p. 119. The description of Beckford's library is alas rather brief: 'The library is a large room filled with choice and expensive books; and decorated with appropriate paintings on the ceiling' p. 126.</p><p>Warner also visits 'new' Wardour Castle - it was built in the 1770s - and gives a room by room commentary of the architecture furniture and paintings. Or particular interest is his description of the chapel: 'From this apartment we are carried into the western gallery of the <em>chapel</em>; a structure that displays superlative taste and magnificence. Crimson furniture and gilded ornaments produce an immediate striking <em>coup d' œil; </em>but when the decorations are examined individually the splendour and expence become more perceptible. Three immense pictures by Rubens cover the southern wall of the chapel; and one by this artist and another by Guido of the same majestic size are their opposite companions. The altar-piece is a Dead Christ by Cades. A large gallery is constructed at the western end superbly fitted up for Lord Arundel and his party; a second at the east end of the north side for the choir; and a third at the east end of the north side for the accommodation of visiters sic. Benches occupy the middle of the chapel for the reception of the domestics and such of the villagers as profess the Romish faith; for there is a Catholic seminary here the pupils of which punctually attend at morning and evening prayers. The eastern end of the chapel recedes into a semi-circular form through the windows of which light is admitted; but as these are placed high and consist of coloured glass the effect is extremely striking and solemn. The central window exhibits Angels and the awful Tetragrammaton from which is an emanation of glory. Brought forward from the eastern end sufficiently to allow the processions around it stands the Altar a most costly piece of workmanship fixed on a splendid sarcophagus of ebony; and constructed of porphyry agate and amber. A magnificent crucifix of silver surmounts the altar; and two censers of solid gold embossed with silver suspended over it pour through the chapel odiferous clouds of ever-burning frankincense. Every thing around indeed evinces that the Romish ritual is observed here with the utmost vigour and magnificence; and doubtless the celebration of its higher offices amid such seducing objects must act with infinite force upon the imagination. The effect produced by the <em>externals</em> of worship every man experiences who attends our Cathedral service which has not been stripped of so much of its <em>lace</em> as the common parochial ritual; how much then must this be increased when aided by exquisite examples of sculpture and painting; amid the strains of angelical music the glare of unnumbered lights and the Hallelujahs of numerous multitudes! The tamest fancy must be roused by such a scene and the coldest heart warmed into transport … It is but proper to add that the attendance of strangers at the service in Wardour chapel is considered as a compliment and every convenience provided for their accommodation' pp. 137-141.</p><p>Richard Warner was an antiquary and an Anglican clergyman originally from the coastal town of Lymington in Hampshire. He became curate to Wililam Gilpin whose influence can be clearly seen in the present work dedicated to walking and the natural beauties of the west country. Warner obtained his first position in Bath in 1794 and remained there for some years writing a number of topographical works and a gothic novel <em>Netley Abbey</em> 1795 inspired by local ruins. He was a friend of Wordsworth who collected Warner's picturesque writings alongside those of Gilpin and who is known to have dined with him in Bath. In his lifetime Warner was mostly known for his controversial pacifist sermons and writings: it is thought that Blake was referring to Warner in the lines 'ask him if he is Bath or if he is Canterbury' in Jerusalem as claimed by David Erdman.</p><p>Although this copy is in a later nineteenth century binding and was bound without the half-title a previous owner - possibly from the 1840s or 1850s perhaps contemporaneous with the binding and the newspaper cutting - has added an engraved portrait a Latin celebration of Bath an engraving of Farleigh Castle and a newspaper cutting referring to Paul Methuen of Corsham.</p><p>OCLC lists BL University of Edinburgh the Natural History Museum and the Rubenianum in Antwerp only.</p> Crutwell & G.G. and J. Robinson
1894572637Paris, Champion, 1894-1911. 1894 12 vol. in-4, rel. pleine toile vert d'eau, (demi-basane de même couleur pour les 2 derniers vol.), titre doré, tête dorée, couv. conservées + Album in-folio, en feuilles, sous chemise à lacets de l'éditeur, (20 pp. de texte et 117 pl. de blasons chromolithographiés).
1894593545Paris, Champion, 1894-1911. 1894 6 vol. in-4, rel. de l'ép. demi-chagrin chocolat, dos lisse, titre doré, couv. conservées (sign. Franz) + Album in-folio, demi-chagrin de même couleurs, dos à nerfs finement orné aux fers dorés, tête dorée ; 20 pp. de texte, [11]+117 pl. de blasons chromolithographiés, le tout monté sur onglet. Ex-libris gravés.
1817306781London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Original drab boards printed spine labels untrimmed. Old clean repairs to the joints of vol. I; joints of vol. III a bit rubbed. Ownership signature of Mary Curteis Dec. 29 1817 on pastedown in each volume; bookplate of Charles Sarolea and his signature on title page; small morocco label; printed label of Claude Smith on flyleaf. Very good. Cloth slipcases. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1892376201New York: Feast of Saint John the Evangelist 1892. Printed on pure vellum. Title page with seal printed in red. Vignette of eagle at head of first page of service. Artist's rendering of the cathedral on last page. 6 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth upper cover titled in gilt with paper label for J. Roosevelt Roosevelt lower cover with eagle in blind a.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of General Theological Seminary. Printed on pure vellum. Title page with seal printed in red. Vignette of eagle at head of first page of service. Artist's rendering of the cathedral on last page. 6 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 4to. Order of service for the start of the construction of the New York City landmark. <br /> Just a few copies were printed on vellum.<br /> With a presentation inscription from the original owner "To the Rev. Howard C. Robbins Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine J. Roosevelt Roosevelt May 16 1922"<br /> James Roosevelt Roosevelt 1854-1927 was half brother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<br /> Uncommon and beautiful. Feast of Saint John the Evangelist unknown
1817261849London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot prob. Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester in Vols II & III. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817261849London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot prob. Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester in Vols II & III. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown
1880130343Mexico: J. M. Andrade 1880. First edition. 535p; 177p; 65p Complete set with the third volume being the complete atlas volume of 66 engraved plates. Ex-library: numbers painted on spines; bookplates; library stamps on endpapers - title pages - foredges. Bound with leather spines and cloth boards. Corners of covers worn; leather spine labels wearing off slightly. Pages of Vols. I-II are yellowed but otherwise unmarked and clean. Volume III shows evidence of water damage and many pages have a severe dark stain. Three pages have some loss to the margins but the images of the plates are completely intact. A history of Indians of the new world detailing their life and culture at the time of the Spanish Conquest. A classic and important study of Native American culture and offered here in a damaged but still useful example of the rare first edition. J. M. Andrade unknown
189339492London England: Seeley & Co. Limited. As New. 1893. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - 15 stories including "The Brothers" and The Girl of Andros" by Menander "The Shipwreck" by Diphilus and "The Buried Treasure" by Philemon -- with a bonus offer-- . Seeley & Co. , Limited hardcover
18434025Berkeley: T.R. Marvin 1843. First edition. Very Good . Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to front board. Minor loss of cloth to crown of spine. Faint residue of removed library label to spine and front board. Peach endpapers. Light scattered foxing as is typical of the period. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Ward's husband the compiler: "Reverend Mr. Ellingwood with the respects of J.W. Ward." Bookplate on the front pastedown reveals that the recipient Rev. Ellingwood went on to donate the volume to the Theological Seminary of Bangor Maine. A scarce and important example of a published American elegiac volume produced in this case by an eminent family to mourn the loss of an educated woman. Memoirs is unrecorded by OCLC and has never appeared at auction. <br /> <br /> In their marriage James Wilson Ward and Hetta Lord Hayes Ward united two prominent Northeastern families. A senator and Congregationalist minister James descended from the founders of Plymouth and had attended Andover and Amherst. Hetta the daughter of a judge and niece of a Dartmouth president was herself a graduate of Miss Grant's Seminary Academy. The present volume released "exclusively for private circulation among the friends of the deceased" is a testament to Hetta's value not as a daughter who married well or a wife who effectively managed a house but as a companion an intellectual and an individual. In this sense it deconstructs the period's expectations of separate spheres or hierarchy between sexes. With an opening letter by Susan Hayes Hetta's mother as well as a copy of the eulogy conducted by her husband the book reveals vast details about who Hetta was as a person. Both describe her as tender and affectionate; but time and again emphasis is placed on her mind. Though Hetta was skillful with a needle as a child according to her mother "her numberless questions interested and surprised me.She acquired a fondness for poetry.She became as much interested in the in the study of the exact sciences as in the works of imagination making herself acquainted with the higher branches of Mathematics Algebra Geometry etc." James similarly eulogizes his wife. What becomes clear is that he is grieving the loss of a companion and equal. "If we have found a friend of distinguished excellence and for years rejoiced with that friend in mutual interchange and warm affections it is natural when death intervenes and separates us from the dear object of our love to contemplate their virtues.First characteristic which I would notice which she possessed in an eminent degree is an ardent love of truth.She possessed great powers of abstraction.She saw with great clearness the point of an argument and was quick to distinguish between sophistry.She loved to trace the workings of the human mind." Not satisfied simply to have their own testaments to Hetta's extraordinary mind the compilers included to the last half of the book a collection of her own poetry and prose.<br /> <br /> A scarce work in a genre underappreciated in American literature and history. Such coterie publications of intimate mourning were uncommon for the time particularly for a woman.<br /> <br /> National Cyclopedia of American Biography 148. Very Good . T.R. Marvin unknown
182712350London: Printed for Harding and Lepard Pall-Mall East; and G.B. Whittaker Ave-Maria-Lane 1827. Fourth Edition Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. 3/4 modern brown leather with gilt lettering and 5 raised bands to spine with 4 ornaments. Dark cloth over boards. Very Good. Imperial octavo oversized. Boards are 117/8" by 8 1/2" paper is 11"x 7 1/2" with wide margins. Lovely marbeled endpapers with 2 new blank preliminary leaves in both volumes. Original half-titles in both volumes. Plate and specimen leaf p. 166 present in vol. 1. Some foxing to first and last few original pages diminishing quickly a bit more noticeable on v 2. Light fingermarks on upper corners of some pages. vol. 1 xiii 562 p. vol. 2 579 p. w/ 1 p. corrigenda. Large paper copies limited to 250 Dibdin's Reminscences p. 213. Considered the best of the editions of this work adding the best of both Hebrew bibles and editions of the early church fathers. An attractive set. <br/><br/> Printed for Harding and Lepard, Pall-Mall East; and G.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane hardcover
188840926Savannah Ga.: The Morning News Print. 1888. 20 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding scattered foxing. Text portraits of the pastors. In original cloth binding some spotting and extremity wear. Gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Good.<br /> <br /> "The oldest colored Baptist church in America" it was organized in January 1788 at "Brampton's barn three miles west of Savannah by Rev. Abraham Marshall white and Jesse Peter colored." Its trials triumphs schisms relations with their Caucasian co-religionists and biographies of its ministers are chronicled here by the Church's black Pastor Reverend Love. <br /> FIRST EDITION. De Renne 868. Work 405. LCP Supp. 1320. Not in Blockson. The Morning News Print. unknown
1802000560Venezia: Dalle Stampe Di Giacomo Zannardi Con Regia Permissione & Privilegio 1802. 1st Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Not called for>. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete set of this rare edition of this classic work on the Council of Trent which was held in three parts between 1545 to 1563. The Ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church was prompted by the Reformation. The Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self reform and for its dogmatic definitions that clarified virtually every doctrine contested by the Protestants. The Council was a key part of the Counter Reformation and played a vital role in revitalizing the Catholic Church.Fourteen volumes in seven all ltitle pages present Bound in 19th c half calf over buckram covered boards. No foxing present but there is some light toning throughout. Odd volumes of this edition turn up occasionally but a full set is rare. Volumes 1-1V published in 1802 Volumes V -X1V published in 1803. There is some scuffing and shelf wear to bindings otherwise firm. No stamps or otherwise to indicate that this set is Ex Libris Contact seller regarding shipping <br/> <br/> Dalle Stampe Di Giacomo Zannardi (Con Regia Permissione & Privilegio) hardcover
18367554Mexico: Abadiano y Valdes 1836 - 38. First edition. 4 vols. 4to viii 281; 158; viii 419; viii 281 pp. Vols. 1-2 edited by Bustamante from the MS: Historia civil y politica de Mexico; vols. 3-4 constitute the editor's supplement. The work is ofrten bound in two volumes but here we have it in four. Cavo was a Jesuit a native of Mexico and expelled from the country along with the others of his order in 1767. Although he made a great effort to return to Mexico later in his life dissociating himself from the Jesuits and travelling to Spain to do so but he did not succeed. The rest of his life was spent in Rome where he died in great poverty in 1803. Beristain de Souza has almost nothing to say about him as his work was not discovered until the 1830's when Bustamante ran across the manuscript in a private episcopal library and theeafter took charge of having it published with his additions.The first two books are Cavo's up to the expulsion and despite the title is a history of viceregal Mexico City.Wikipedia says: "The work is not a history in the usual sense. It is better described as the annals of Mexico City with particular emphasis on the development of political ideas. The book also contains details of colonial life that are not available in any other source. Cavo shows signs of Mexican not Spanish colonial nationality and for this reason is considered a forerunner of Mexican independence. Porrua Diccionario states that his was the first history of Viceregal Mexico. The last two volumes are by Bustamante himself an important Mexican historian after independence associated with the liberal party and they are a continuation up to 1821 being of a broader scope and containing some important documents also not published before. Bound in contemporary calf leather over speckled boards titles and fillets in gilt on spines. Very good set. <br/><br/> Abadiano y Valdes hardcover books
181234742New York: various 1812. Ten sermons bound in contemporary half sheep and marbled boards rubbed gum label at spine base. Rubberstamp on blank front pastedown. Manuscript table of contents. Each sermon as follows:<br/><br/> 1. A SERMON PREACHED IN NEW-YORK JULY 4TH 1793. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA: AT THE REQUEST OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY OR COLUMBIAN ORDER. BY.ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. New York: Greenleaf. 1793. 38 2 blanks pp. Very Good. On the final blank is Miller's written notes. The Tammany Society should "stand as guardians over those inestimable rights and privileges which have been so dearly purchased." Christianity teaches the equality of all. Slavery will "be forever banished from a nation" which regards everyone "as subject to the same great laws and amenable to the same awful tribunal in the end." <br/>Evans 25823. <br/> 2. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEW-YORK: BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK AND THE BRETHREN OF THAT FRATERNITY ASSEMBLED IN GENERAL COMMUNICATION ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST JUNE 24TH 1795. New York: Childs. 1795. 32pp. Light to moderate foxing Good. Verso of title page has Miller's notes laid in explaining another of his discourses should have been inserted. His Discourse says Masonic principles "are such as the blessed Redeemer perpetually dropped from his hallowed lips." <br/>Evans 29081.<br/> 3. A SERMON DELIVERED FEBRUARY 5 1799; RECOMMENDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING HUMILIATION AND PRAYER ON ACCOUNT OF THE REMOVAL OF A MALIGNANT AND MORTAL DISEASE WHICH HAD PREVAILED IN THE CITY SOME TIME BEFORE. New York: Forman. 1799. 36pp scattered foxing. Good. With a chart showing 2082 deaths listed by religions including eleven Jews; also listing forty-three Negroes. <br/>Evans 35821. Not in Austin.<br/> 4. A SERMON DELIVERED MAY 9 1798 RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF GENERAL HUMILIATION FASTING AND PRAYER. New-York: Swords. 1798. 46 2 blanks pp. Very Good. The "events in Europe" are characterized by atheism profaneness a "selfish and mercenary spirit." Miller warns against the "curse" of "European connections."<br/>Evans 34109.<br/> 5. A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 29 1799; OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES. New York: Swords. 1800. 39 1 blank pp with the half title. Light toning Very Good. Evidently Miller's sermon was similar to one delivered by Dr. Erskine of Edinburgh because an 'Advertisement' on the verso of the title page denies that "such coincidence" was the result of plagiarism. <br/>Evans 37964. Stillwell 171a.<br/> 6. A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW-YORK MISSIONARY SOCIETY. APRIL 6TH 1802. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO AMERICAN MISSIONS. New York: Swords. 1802. 81 3 blanks pp. Lightly foxed else Very Good.<br/>AI 2660 5.<br/> 7. THE GUILT FOLLY AND SOURCES OF SUICIDE: TWO DISCOURSES PREACHED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FEBRUARY 1805. New York: Swords. 1805. 72pp with the half title. Mild foxing Very Good.<br/>AI 8903 4.<br/> 8. A SERMON PREACHED MARCH 13TH 1808 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR WIDOWS WITH SMALL CHILDREN. New York: Hopkins and Seymour. 1808. 31 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br/>AI 15610 3. <br/> 9. THE ADDRESS INTRODUCTORY TO THE ORDINATION SERVICE AND THE CHARGE TO THE MINISTER. Pages 19-38 comprising Miller's Address in a pamphlet on Reverend Gardiner Spring's ordination AI 20738. With Miller's handwritten notes. <br/> 10. THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH TO TAKE MEASURES FOR PROVIDING AN ABLE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY: A SERMON DELIVERED AT PRINCETON AUGUST 12 1812 AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE REV. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER D.D. AS PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Pages 5-54 comprising Miller's remarks in a pamphlet comprising his and other Addresses on the occasion. See American Imprints 26080. various unknown books
188065901J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited London n.d. circa 1880. 1880. Hardcover. Folio. hardcovers. rebound in leather with marbled endpapers all edges gilt.Complete 3 volumes Dictionary volumes 23 & dictionary bound together. pp.994 558 4616. 47 full page b/w engravings on steel with tissue guards in text illus. Very good condition with some foxing mainly on prelims & page edges. Some rubbing to cover edges. Very heavy set extra post will apply if being sent outside of Australia. . J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited, London, n.d. circa 1880 hardcover
1879144271Adelaide: E. Spiller Acting Government Printer 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Acting Government Printer 1879. Octavo viii 174 2 24 'The Grammar of the Narrinyeri Tribe' xii lithographed 'Facsimiles of Letters Written by Aborigines' one leaf folding 2 25-28 index pages including a page of lithographed music plus 9 lithographs from drawings by Aboriginal artists and 7 original albumen silver photographs 3 are approximately 105 × 145 mm; 4 are approximately 115 × 95 mm mounted on captioned leaves. Original green cloth attractively blocked in gilt on the front board and in blind at the rear; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; covers a little worn and marked with the binding a little shaken; acidic paper tanned with the folding facsimile document splitting at one fold; mounts a little cockled; trifling loss to the corner-tip of one photograph; page 29 printed close to the right-hand edge an imposition error during production; a few mild signs of age and handling; a very good copy of a rare and important work with the photographs in excellent condition. An early ownership signature on an initial blank is proving difficult to decipher Ruppard Sheppard. The original photographs that illustrate the book are almost certainly the work of Captain Samuel Sweet see Robert Holden: 'Photography in Colonial Australia. The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book' 1988. We have handled a number of copies of this work and this copy conforms with what we suggest might be called the first and most desirable issue of these photographs. The substance of the book was derived from a 48-question circular compiled by George Taplin and 'distributed to all the keepers of aborigines' depots throughout the colony and to all persons who are known to be acquainted with the manners customs and languages of the aborigines'; the value of the work may be judged by the editor's remark in the introduction 'that much information has been elicited and that most of the papers show that the writers have used their powers of observation in an intelligent manner'. The untimely death of Taplin in June 1879 at the early age of 47 may account for the failure of further volumes in the series to materialize. <p>Ferguson 16711; Holden 105 and pages 49-51. E. Spiller, Acting Government Printer hardcover
