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1741112054London: Millar and Tonson 1741. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes bound in 2. Thick folio old calf scuffed; expertly rebacked in modern leather. London: A. Millar and J. and R. Tonson 1741. Fifth Edition. Very good .<br/> <br/> An internally bright clean copy of the author's religious works. Barrow was one of the most important Anglican divines and chaplain to Charles II. As a mathematician he was ranked by his contemporaries as second only to Isaac Newton. "The best folio edition" Lowndes I p. 122. STC B927.<br/> <br/> Millar and Tonson unknown
1792B826London: J. Cuthell & J. Lackington c. 1792. There is some foxing to a few final leaves otherwise a crisp clean copy of an important book. Binding: Full period mottled calf tastefully rebacked gilt spine in six compartments of raised bands black morocco label on two. Notes: The first edition was published in 1741. Robert Blakley praises it as an excellent work "metaphysics carried with every day life and practice." Samuel Johnson writes "Few books have been perused by me with greater pleasure than Watts' Improvement of the Mind of which the radical principles may indeed be found in Locke’s Conduct of the Understanding; but they are so expanded and ramified by Watts as to confer on him the merit of a work in the highest degree useful and pleasing. Whoever has the care of instructing others may be charged with deficiency in his duty if this book is not recommended†Johnson Life of Dr. Watts. Size: 12mo Volume: Two parts in one volume. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on front paste-down reads “De Bradford Arma Comitis†from the Weston family library. Pages: P. title page x 2 454. Category: ; Book Philosophy J. Cuthell & J. Lackington hardcover
17025654Oxford: E Theatro Shedoniano 1702. Second edition. Buckram. Very Good. Folio 32 cm; 16 183 1 28 6 174 18 pages and full-page engraved frontispiece by Michael Burghers of a laurel-crowned Cassandra standing before the walls of Troy in flames. Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Collation includes title page in Greek with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre and a second title page in Latin with vignette of Oxford University's crest. Advertisement leaf at end. Bound in modern library buckram. Pages somewhat toned at edges but text block is sturdy and without significant blemish. References: ESTC T107442; <br /><br />The Greek poets of the Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and lasting three hundred years until the establishment of the Roman Empire have a reputation for indulging in an ornate and sometimes opaque style that we would later associate with Mannerist poets like Gongora or Marino. Lycophron's Alexandra or Cassandra may be the epitome of that style. Even Alexandrian scholars of the time referred to it as "the obscure poem." Wikipedia quotes a modern critic who says the Alexandra "may be the most illegible piece of classical literature one which nobody can read without a proper commentary and which even then makes very difficult reading." That must be why in the opening line the poet says "I will spell out everything clearly whatever you ask from the very beginning." The Wiki article continues "The poem is evidently intended to display the writer's knowledge of obscure names and uncommon myths; it is full of unusual words of doubtful meaning gathered from the older poets and long-winded compounds coined by the author. . It was very popular and was read and commented on very frequently. Two explanatory paraphrases of the poem survive and the collection of scholia by Isaac and John Tzetzes is very valuable." The Oxford edition by John Potter later Archbishop of Canterbury offered here includes the Tzetzes scholia as well as an exuberant Latin version of the poem by Joseph Scaliger first published in 1566 when Scaliger was 25 years old and notes by Scaliger's friend Willem Canter. Potter first published the text in 1697 but only this second edition bears his dedicatory epistle to the German classical scholar who taught at Utrecht Johann Georg Graevius. E Theatro Shedoniano hardcover
1756191616London: Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton in the Gray's Inn J. Hodges near London Bridge L. Davis in Fleetstreet J. Ward in Cornhill and R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster-Row 1756. Hardcover. Fair missing majority of the plates heavy shelfwear and scuffing to covers bookplate of previous owner inside front cover expected age toning throughout corner paper mounted inside rear cover. Oversized bound in 3/4 brown leather and marble paper over boards; 15 748 pp 5 of the original 122 plates present. Includes a table of the plates errata and a table of contents. Isaac Ware's important comprehensive overview of Georgian architectural theory and practice. This work covers nearly every imaginable element of architectural design. 16x10x3" Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in the Gray's Inn, J. Hodges, near London Bridge, L. Davis, in Fleetstreet, J. Ward, in C hardcover
1742702044 107 7 102 pages With a statement of authenticity signed by the publisher on title page verso also contains The Money'd Man's Pocket-Book. Being Tables of Simple Interest Exactly Computed; For One to Twelve Months and for One to Ninety-one Days or a Quarter of a Year with separate title page and authentication page signed by publisher Printed for Thomas Astley hardcover
179542478New York 1795. paperback. Single leaf 4x7 inches. Printed on one side with blanks filled in in manuscript and signature obscured by cancellation tear-off; “Isaac Moses & Sons†penned on blank side in period hand. Early American Jewish merchants Isaac Moses & Sons operated on Greenwich Street.Isaac Moses 1742-1818 was born in Giessen Germany but moved to New York in 1764 and in 1766 he became a “freeman†of New York City. He became a prominent businessman and American patriot. He worked in his uncle's Hayman Levy's mercantile firm until he established Isaac Moses & Company with two new business partners in 1775. This firm supported the revolutionary army by accepting $20000 in Continental paper dollars in exchange for $20000 in hard currency thereby financing the war effort. The firm also traded for military supplies internationally and sold guns and ammunition to the army. When the British occupied New York Isaac Moses left for Philadelphia and ran the firm from there. In 1783 he returned to New York City and continued his commercial enterprises. He was generally financially successful establishing Isaac Moses & Sons an international trading company. He was also a founder and major stockholder in the Bank of New York  a Mason in New York City's Union Lodge and an important member of the New York City Chamber of Commerce. Isaac Moses was also president of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York the oldest Synagogue in American and the only Jewish congregation in New York City until 1820. He was also one of the principle organizers of the Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. His descendants were prominent Jewish businessmen in New York who traveled internationally and served in the Union Army during the Civil War AJHS & Wikipedia. For more on Isaac Moses see the JTA’s report on the donation of his portrait by John Wesley Jarvis to the Museum of the City of New York in 1934 https://www.jta.org/archive/painting-of-isaac-moses-patriot-of-revolution- given-to-museum. Portraits of Moses can be viewed online at https://loebjewishportraits.com/portrait/isaac-moses/ and https://loebjewishportraits.com/portrait/isaac-moses-2/. An indenture signed by his heirs after his death in 1818 sold for $3500 plus commissions at auction in 2019 https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/fine-manuscripts-prin ted-americana-n10002/lot.2180.html. Promiser’s signature torn of as cancellation as often found otherwise Very Good Condition BK5 AMR-67-39. New York unknown
180020-063<p>Weld an Irish born Explored/Artist & Topographer traveled to Philadelphia in 1795 then south to the Mid-Atlantic where he met George Washington & Thomas Jefferson. He then traveled to Montreal and Quebec then on the St. Lawrence to Niagara and Detroit. <br />This volume is the 3rd Edition and printed in German. Following the Title Page is the preface pag. i-iv; pages 1-536 with 3 folding maps at rear. Map of Washington D>C>; Map of Upper and Lower Canada and a much larger folding map of "Part of United States and North America". There are two fold out colored engravings by Weld in the interior. Natural Bridge Virginia & Niagara Falls.</p> hardcover
1766978Z34London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt; W. Griffin; et al. 1766-7. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None . A collection of seven plays bound together including David Garrick's dramatic play 'Cymon' bound in half calf. Seven volumes bound together This volume contains; "The Maid of the Mill. A Comic Opera." Isaac Bickerstaff first edition 1765 "Cymon. A Dramatic Romance" David Garrick early edition 1765 "The Accomplish"d Maid: A Comic Opera" Niccolo Piccini 1767 "The Perplexities: A Comedy" Thomas Hull first edition 1767 "The Earl of Warwick A Tragedy" second edition Thomas Franklin 1766 "The Clandestine Marriage A Comedy" David Colman and David Garrick first edition 1766 "The Country Girl A Comedy" David Garrick first edition 1766A sammelband of seven eighteenth century plays written by the likes of David Garrick Isaac Bickerstaff and Thomas Hull. The plays are a mix of dramatic comic tragic and romantic tales including David Garrick's five-act stage opera which tells the story of a prince who falls in love with a poor shepherdhess. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally hinges cracked but remaining firm due to re-enforcements with rubbing to the boards and light rubbing to the extremities and joints. The odd spot to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with occasional tidemarks to the tails of the pages. Very Good T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt; W. Griffin; et al. hardcover
1779009572London: Royal Society 1779. Collation papers xxxi to xxxv 4 works in total of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society pages 485 through to 554 inclusive. First work. 1. Second paper concerning some Barometrical Measures in the Mines of the Hartz. 2. Procession of the Equinoxes.Folding plate trimmed. 3. An Examination of Various Ores in the Museum of Dr William Hunter. Folding plate. 4. Abstract of a Register of the Barometer Thermometer and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland. Bound in modern. hardcover. Binding chipped on spine worn. Internally pages and plates in very good clean condition. A6. First Edition. Very Good. Large 8vo. Royal Society hardcover
174646914Printed for Thomas Cox at the Lamb under the Royal Exchange 1746. 4to. First Edition with 33 charming copper-engraved portrait-vignettes and numerous copper-engraved tail-pieces in the text some light marginal age-staining throughout; contemporary calf expertly rebacked in calf to style raised bands second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt a remarkably bright crisp copy. The portraits and tail-pieces depicting the monuments are by Thomas Kitchin formerly apprenticed to Bowen and later Hydrographer to the King. VERY SCARCE. Printed for Thomas Cox, at the Lamb under the Royal Exchange, hardcover
17928953Newburyport MA: John Mycall 1792. Hard Cover. Good binding. 12mo. 288 pp. Early printing. Originally issued with Watts's "Hymns and Spiritual Songs" not present here though the Psalms are complete. In recent cloth with tasteful printed paper label. Only light soiling to the binding; contents toned and foxed; a few leaves with some wear and chipping to the margins or corners; a solid copy with an illegible early owner name "Burlington August 1818 / University of Vermont." <br /> <br /> Mycall's revision of Watts's psalter was first issued in 1781. In it Mycall removed all references to Great Britain and King George exchanging them with references to the nascent United States—a significant declaration in its own right and one that really captures the fervor of the revolutionary American. Ezra Stiles that monumental American theologian and president of Yale describes Mycall's edition in his diary entry for 8 December 1781 calling it "well adapted to the Church in America." Though there are several psalms that were revised by Mycall Stiles specifically points to 75th Psalm titled: "Power and government from God alone Applied to the glorious revolution in America July 4th 1776." Verse 2 reading: "America was was sic doom'd a slave / Her frame dissolv'd her fears were great; / When God a right'ous Council gave / To bear the pillars of the State." An early but post-revolution imprint of this important revolutionary psalter. Evans 23106; ESTC W4416; The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles. New York 1901. Vol II p. 571. John Mycall unknown
1718119622Amsterdan : Chez Pierre Humbert 1718. 250x200mm. 2 frontispices 4 ff. - CCCVII - 490 pages XXXVIII - 1 ff. - 702 pages reliure plein maroquin noir de l'ÂŽpoque dos trÂs ornÂŽs ˆ cinq nerfs toutes tranches dorÂŽes petite galerie de vers sur le haut du dos du tome deuxiÂme. Bonne ÂŽdition de cette traduction en partie inÂŽdite dans laquelle Jacques Lenfant et Isaac de Beausobre revendiquent la nÂŽcessitÂŽ de situer la Bible dans son contexte littÂŽraire et historique. Ouvrage illustrÂŽ de deux beaux frontispices dessinÂŽs et gravÂŽs par Picart qui est ÂŽgalement lÕauteur des vignettes gravÂŽes. Bon exemplaire malgrÂŽ les lÂŽgers dÂŽfauts signalÂŽs ˆ la reliure complet des deux cartes dÂŽpliantes : Lieux de la Terre Sainte dont il est parlÂŽ dans les Evangiles & Carte pour les Actes des Ap™tres. Bel exemplaire. 2850 Chez Pierre Humbert unknown
1734032085<p>London: Stephen Austen 1734 A fair copy in contemporary full leather binding with marbling to page edges. With frontispiece portrait of Isaac Barrow and a folding plate. Classed as 'fair' because the binding has wear and the front board is detaching. Isaac Barrow 1630-1677 was a mathematician classical scholar and theologian. He is principally known for his work on tangents and Calculus. He was one of Isaac Newton's teachers. The binding has raised bands to spine and the remains of gilt tooling. There are gilt lines to the boards. The spine has wear and loss to top and bottom and there is wear to corners - but it would be an easy leather repair. Contents: frontispiece; title page; blank; contents listing and errata pp iii-vi; Prefatory Oration pp vii-xxxii; text in 3 sections with half titles pp 1 - 440; folding plate; index 12pp; Names used in the Work 4 pp; Finis. The contents are generally very bright - with clean white paper. There are 2 repaired page tears without loss to pp 3 and 99. There is a faint pencil signature to the bottom of p xxxii. and some ink notation to the front endpapers.</p> Stephen Austen hardcover
1766wal766London: J. Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St . Paul's Church-Yard; T. Caslon in Stationers Court; and R. Withy in Cornhill. VG: in very good condition. Rebound with new eps and reinforcements. Book-plate on paste-down with neat ownership signature. Repairs to gutter of front and rear eps; also to fore edge of rear eps. Prelimnary pages re-attached with some browning and edge-tearing. Lower corner of title absent. Some discolouration to lower half of text block throughout. 1766. Second Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 120mm 7" x 5". lvi xxii 303pp xlviii iv iv 128pp viii plates. Fourteen engraved plates and two engraved frontis plates; additional woodcuts within the text by Mr. Ryland. Part II dated 1760. . J. Rivington at the Bible and Crown, in St . Paul's Church-Yard; T. Caslon, in Stationers Court; and R. Withy, in Cornhill hardcover
172646082<p>London : for J. Clark & R. Hett; E. Matthews and R. Ford 1726. First edition. A popular and much reprinted text with very clear expositions and worked examples of the problems and principles intended to lead on "to the higher speculations of the great Sir Isaac Newton and his followers". Dedicated to John Eames 1686-1744 recently elected to the Royal Society on Newton's recommendation and himself a serious scholar of physics. "The same perspicuity of thought and ease of expression which distinguish his other works running through the whole of this I don't question but the world will meet with equal pleasure and satisfaction in the perusal" from Eames's preface. Watts was perhaps better known as a hymn-writer but was also the author of such works as "Logic or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth" 1724 which became the standard text on logic at Oxford Cambridge Harvard and Yale. Post 8vo 196mm x 16mm 2xiv220xiipp. Title-page in red and black six folding plates. Contemporary full calf silk headbands; rebacked labelled banded and gilt to style; sprinkled edges; some light wear; neat repair to title-page not affecting lettering; some occasional internal marking and spotting; small ink stain to fore-edge but a good sound and attractive copy of an important and accomplished work particularly good on the use of maps and globes.</p> London : for J. Clark & R. Hett; E. Matthews, and R. Ford, 1726. hardcover
1759746391759. Printed and sold by Henry Kent London. The First Part 'Being a Discourse of Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing.' The Second Part being 'Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream.' 'With Draughts of all the Fish; ornamented with a Number of Copper Plates and a great variety of useful and copious Notes by Moses Browne.' The Appendix concerns the Laws surrounding Angling. Leather boards rubbed and edgeworn corners and spine ends bumped and chipped front board detached from binding 5 raised bands to spine spine rubbed and worn with loss ink inscription to front pastedown dated 1820 fep frontispiece title page Preface and Postcript detached from binding closed edges browned in-text illustrations throughout text clear to read final pages dog-eared at head and browned along edges feint notation marks to head of rear pastedown. Seventh Edition. Leather. Fair. 16mo. Hardcover
1730044428London: I. Ware 1730. Undated 1730s. Includes 48 engraved plates numbered 1 to 53 including 6 folding plates 5 of which have two plate numbers preceded by 8 engraved pages title page and table of contents. Full brown leather rebacked in tan leather with red spine label slightly raised spine bands with decorated compartments about 9.75 inches tall. Covers show expected wear text block sound original endpapers have been retained showing the name John Bagnall written many times with various dates beginning in 1733 all plates present and complete some age-toned with occasional spotting and foxing some folding plate with extra creasing generally good overall. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. I. Ware Hardcover
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
1785271682A Berlin : Chez François de La Garde libraire 1785. First Edition. Softcover. Poor set in the original stiff-card wrappers with the spine bands worn; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; three volumes only: I-III. Subjects; Reformation. Lutheran Church — History. Reformation — History — Early works to 1800. Genre; Bibliography. A Berlin : Chez François de La Garde, libraire paperback
1792012594Edinburgh: Silvester Doig and William Anderson Sterling 1792. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volumes complete uniformly bound in early 19thC mottled calf gilt and red and green labels to spines. Front cover volume 1 hinge slightly revealed but holding. Notes dated 1799 in black ink on the ffe and blanlk prelims volume 1. Internals quite nice. Uncommonly found as a set and in uniform condition. DRAMA. Silvester Doig and William Anderson, Sterling hardcover
1707345323Rotterdam: Chez Reiner Leers 1707. 22 938; 64 48 4pp. Folio. Bound in full contemporary polished calf. edges red. Bookplates of "Bibliothèque de Mr. Lapaigne Barris" and Adele Bloch. Handsome copy. 22 938; 64 48 4pp. Folio. Chez Reiner Leers unknown
178726099<p><strong>1787 PHILADELPHIA 1st ed Psalms of David & Hymns Isaac Watts American Bible</strong></p><p>A beautifully-bound example of Isaac Watts' translation and edits of the Psalms of David. This book features multiple versions of each Psalm in various meters – long meter short meter and common meter. Even though no music is printed in this edition many of the chapters indicate to be sung with 'the common tune.'</p><p>This 1787 edition was an early American printing published in Philadelphia. </p><p>Item number: #26099</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>WATTS Isaac</p><p><strong><em>Psalms carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America. : Being an improvement of the old versions of the Psalms of David. : Allowed by the Reverend Synod of New-York and Philadelphia to be used in churches and private families.</em></strong></p><p>Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey at Yorick's Head in Market Street. MDCCLXXXVII. 1787. Same year as US CONSTITUTION!</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->ix 2 12-307</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Evans 20229 </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>A. Boyd</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>John Boyd 1789</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in 17cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26099</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market Street. hardcover
1764245484T. Longman / J. Buckland 1764. Hardcover -- Full-Leather -- Good -- 2" area of discoloration to front cover and small 1/2" gouge to back cover. Light foxing and wear at tips to boards. Otherwise book is tight and structurally sound. 381 pages plus index. The 1764 - Twenty-Fifth Edition. The Psalms of David -- Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship with Preface and Notes. Hard Cover. Good. T. Longman / J. Buckland Hardcover
171624725London: / Printed for J. Roberts 1716. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in one. 131pp with three pagination errors; xvi 4 156pp; 6 83pp publisher's advertisement; 60pp. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards spine decorated and lettered in gold. Marbled edges. Head-pieces tail-pieces and initials in the second volume. All the titles except the first are first editions. Old dedication on the verso of the title page of volume one reads: "B. Judd to Rev. Francis Vinton." Toning to text blocks some scattered foxing and staining minor annotations on the last page of the first two volumes old repairs to two of the leaves of the first volume. In all a very good copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. / Printed for J. Roberts 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
