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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
1724j1565cDublin: J. Hyde and E. Dobson. Respined with original laid on with new endpapers at front. Wear to boards with outer leather covering missing along fore edge of upper board and a section missing from lower. Laid on label in latin dated 1773 on paste-down. Repairs to fore and lower edge of title page. Text block firm. 1724. Reprint. Contemporary leather cover with gilt embossment. 410mm x 250mm 16" x 10". 420pp; 68pp iv. The full eight books were not published until 1662 after Hooker's death; a defining tract for Protestant religion in England; also a radical treatise arguing for government based on consent paving the way for the political theories of Locke and Rousseau. N.B.: Heavy volume - extra shipping needed for overseas. . J. Hyde and E. Dobson hardcover
1780031157London: T. Cadell 1780. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. X Xix 480 588 Pp. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards 5 Bands Spines Elaborately Gilt But Re-Backed With Remains Of Original Heavily Gilt Spines. All Edges Of Page Block Colored Red. Elaborately Marbled. Multicolor Endpapers Also Apparently Original As They Match The Worn And Faded Marbled Boards. Both Volumes With Elaborate Bookplates And Also Handwritten Name Signatures Of Paul Panton Esq. Who Is Named In The List Of Subscribers At The Beginning Of Volume I. Bindings Worn Except For Professional Re-Backing Material Hinges Tight Contents Fine Immaculate And Square. This First Edition Is Rare; Worldcat Shows Only Three Institutional Holdings Two In Uk One In Canada; All Copies Of This 1780 First Printing May Have Been Subscribers' Copies. <br/> <br/> T. Cadell hardcover
1761098240London: Samuel Clark. Marbled paper covers with leather spine and corners. 2 volume set. Bookplate on pastedown. Volume 1 leather is separating at top of spine wear to edges and extremities front hinge cracked. Volume 2 has wear at edges and extremities. Both volumes binding is solid with very little foxing/browning to pages. . Fair. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1761. Samuel Clark hardcover
17612111010017London : Samuel Clark for John and Thomas Kendall Booksellers in Colchester MDCCLXI 1761. Hardcover. Acceptable. Vol. I of II. Lacks boards. lvi 713 5. Prefixed are testimonies to the author by G. Fox W. Penn G. Whitehead S. Jennings and others. Friend's Library Cherry Street library stamps. Philadelphia provenance. ESTC T103021. Smith J. Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books II p. 355 London : Samuel Clark, for John and Thomas Kendall, Booksellers, in Colchester, MDCCLXI hardcover
176184439London: Printed by Samuel Clark for John and Thomas Kendall. Volume 1 only 713 pages plus index. Leather covers scuffed and edge worn cracking chipped at spine ends detached front cover has several areas missing large chips out of the leather leather beginning to peel back from the board marbled end papers pages tanned and somewhat stained and foxed text block tight. . Fair. Full Leather. 2nd Edition. 1761. Printed by Samuel Clark for John and Thomas Kendall hardcover
1784038174London: James Phillips. Vol I of IV. Missing title page some tape repairs at spine very scuffed leather covers with chipped corners and edges and spine ends back cover detached spine leather cracked hinges cracked. Owner name moderate foxing pages easily legible. . Fair. Full Leather. 3rd Edition. 1784. James Phillips hardcover
1784070156London: Printed by James Phillips. Third Edition 3 volumes. Volume I IIand IV. Volume I: Cover stained spine faded and missing a piece at the top and bottom of the spine binding tight cover loose end pages and page edges foxed occasional foxing on other pages otherwise pages near good. Volume II: Front cover detached from binding spine faded and edges beginning to fray nameplate inside front cover cover loose end pages and page edges foxed pages browned otherwise pages near good. Volume IV: Cover stained spine faded and edges beginning to fray nameplate binding tight end pages and page edges foxed occasional foxing on other pages otherwise pages near good. . Fair. Full Leather. 3rd Edition. 1784. Printed by James Phillips hardcover
175129868AB1751. Volume I of II. Dublin Printed for G.Risk G. and A. Ewing and W.Smith Booksellers in Dame-Street 1751. Small - Octavo 10 cm x 165 cm. 363 pages with all four original engravings Spring Summer Autumn Winter and also including the section with "A Poem sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton. Inscribed to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole". Hardcover / Original 18th century full calf. In protective Mylar. Endpaper with small tear. The engraving "Spring" loosened and with damage to upper margin effecting the image. The three other engravings in place and in very good condition see photographic images. Provenance-Entry: "Eliza Hungerford March 5 1771" Elizabeth Hungerford. hardcover
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 books
1777000234<p>Edinburgh: W. Gray & J. Bell 1777. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 5th or later Printing The World to Come - An outstanding copy of the 1777 First Edition and Fifth Printing of Watts 20 discourses on the topics of death the afterlife the resurrection and the final judgment. Isaac Watts was a brilliant and prominent English Poet Theologian and hymn writer of the time and this book is considered one of his most influential and popular works entitled; "The World to Come: or Discourses on the Joys or Sorrows of Departed Souls at Death and the Glory or Terror of Resurrection. To which is prefixed An Essay toward the proof of a Separate State of Souls after Death. The book was first published in 1777 in Edinburgh by W. Gray & J. Bell more than 30 years after Watts' death. Condition: 8vo. 441 pages 2 pages of ads - gorgeous calf leather binding with decoration stamped in blind to the front and rear gilt stamped titles to the spine with marbled endpapers. The book is square the binding is tight. Toning and foxing to interior pages. A small closed tear to the upper title page along with a previous owner's name in ink a few chips along the outer edge and a creasing to the upper corners of a few pages. Overall a very collectible copy of this popular Isaac Watts title.</p> W. Gray & J. Bell hardcover
17304776Geneve; Geneva Switzerland: Fabri & Barrillot 1730. 220 x 143 mm. Good. pp 12 Early eighteenth century study of the vacuum published with the approval of Ezechiel Gallatin at the University of Geneva. Original marbled wrappers stained affecting most leaves to some extent; leaves foxed and discoloured. Not a beautiful thing but Worldcat locates two institutional copies only both in Switzerland. Good 1730 Fabri & Barrillot unknown
1720102659Amsterdam, Humbert, 1720, , 2 vol. in-12 : XV-[1]-228 pp. + [2] pp. 331 à 583 pp. [17] pp. 12 pl, Demi-basane marbrée havane de Lobstein-Laurenchet, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, pièce de titre rouge, Édition originale de la traduction depuis l'anglais par M. Coste, faite sur la seconde édition augmentée par l'auteur. Elle est illustrée de 12 planches dépliantes, reliées in fine du 2nd volume. La pagination est continue sur les 2 tomes mais chacun possède sa propre page de titre. Newton commence la rédaction de ce traité alors qu'il est encore étudiant à Cambridge et en termine la rédaction autour de 1665-1666. Il y explore notamment le spectre des couleurs, sa nature, ses réactions et ses différentes modifications autant par le prisme de la théorie mathématique que celui de l'expérimentation. L'ouvrage connaît une grande répercussion à sa publication tant chez ses détracteurs que ses admirateurs et sera maintes fois réédité et traduit. Petits frottements, restaurations de l'angle inférieur du f. *2 au premier vol, dans l'angle supérieur des ff. O7 et O8, aux pl. 2, 4, 8, 10 et 12, quelques rousseurs et taches éparses. Ex-libris manuscrits Esparron et P. Morel au titre . Babson, 139; PMM, 172; Gray, 186; Dictionary of National biography, XII, p. 275 : "His translations were of durable service and helped to introduce english thought to the French of the eighteenth century." Couverture rigide
177114425A Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. In-8 de XVI-368-(9) pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
177166800The Very Scarce First Edition of "TraitÈ de la Circulation et du CrÈdit" PINTO Isaac De. TraitÈ de la Circulation et du CrÈdit. Contenant une Analyse raisonnÈe des Fonds d'Angleterre & de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou Jeu d'Actions; un Examen critique de plusieurs TraitÈs sur les ImpÙts les Finances l'Agriculture la Population le Commerce &c. PrÈcÈdÈ de l'Extrait d'un Ouvrage initulÈ Bilan sur la Jalousie du Commerce o˘ l'on prouve que l'intÈrÃt des Puissances commerÃantes ne se croise point &c. avec un Tableau de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou plutÙt Je d'Actions en Hollande. Par l'auteur de l'Essai sur le Luxe & de la Lettre sur le Jeu des Cartes qu'on a ajoutÈs ‡ la fin. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. The very scarce first edition. xvi 368 with additional 8 pp. sheet H inserted before gathering I: entitled Etat des Finances en Angleterre a la fin de la session du Parlement en 1770. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards spine ruled in gilt with green label and gilt lettering: at foot of spine in gilt lettering 'BibliothËque de Michel Chevalier' spine head slightly frayed. Occasional spotting and staining but a very good copy and with the bookplate of Michel Chevalier 1806-1879 follower of Saint-Simon author of the Cours d'…conomie Politique and co-architect of the Anglo-French 'Cobden-Chevalier' commercial treaty of 1860. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell. "Economique. Sur le commerce l'agriculture les finances; passages pp. 70-72 sur la populatin anglaise; pp. 183-196 et 216-335 sur la population en France et en Angleterre. En particulier nÈcessitÈ d'augmenter Ègalement la population dans les villes et danse les campagnes pout Èviter les dÈsÈquilibres sociaux et Èconomiques. Analyse de plusieurs ouvrages dont un livre qualifiÈ de rare: 'Le dÈtail de la France' part Boisguilbert" INED. Pinto admired the Physiocrats but disagreed with them. "Pinto's TraitÈ is written from a national as well as an international perspective. Pinto's experience as a merchant and financier in the Republic along with his knowledge of French and English economic thought laid the foundations for his European economic model. Pinto wanted above all to convince his readers of hte soundness of the British system of public debt. With the adoption of improvements in the redemption policy proposed in his book the system would achieve a high degree of perfection. In France the physiocratic opinions of the elder Mirabeau in particular required Pinto to respond and in England the otherwise admiring Hume was in disagreement. By means of a critical discussion of the work of these and other authors Pinto propagated a financial policy that he thought would benefit both the State and the individual" I.J.A. Nijenhuis Een Joodse Philosophe. Isaac de Pinto 1717-1787 Amsterdam NEHA 1992. Goldsmiths' 10791. Higgs 5282. Kress 6811. Palgrave III pp. 109-110. HBS 66800. $8500 Chez Marc Michel Rey hardcover books
1720523641720. Amsterdam Chez Pierre Humbert 1720 12° 15 1 328 pp.; 1 pp.331-583; 17 pp. Catalgoue des Livres Impres Chez Pierre Humbert . 12 gefalt. Kupferstichtafeln; Ledereinband d.Zt.; Rücken erneuert; feines Exemplar. PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE ! Pierre Coste 1668-1747 "the translator spent many years in England where he fled on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and where he became intimate with Locke. His translations were of durable service and helped to introduce english thought to the French of the XVIIIth century" Babson Babson 139; Wallis 186; Dibner 148; PMM 172; Horblit N° 79b all 1st engl. Ed. unknown
177153117Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1771. First Edition. Very Good. Octavo. xvi 128 8: "Etat des Finances en Angleterre" 129-384 2: errata; blankpp. Woodcut ornaments; 4 half-titles. Collation: 8 A-H8 H4 I-Z8 Aa8 chi1 = 205 leaves. Contemporary marbled calf lightly rubbed at extremities gilt-tooled spine with raised bands gilt morocco lettering piece; edges stained red; marbled endleaves. Small patch of marginal damp staining to bottom corner of first 15 and final 10 leaves; signature Aa mildly embrowned else text crisp and clean throughout. Overall a very good copy.<br /> <br /> Rare complete first edition of "one of the great documents in the history of political economy" EJ. In addition to the brief discursus on English finances inserted between the second and third parts of the main treatise our copy includes the usually missing supplement pp. 369-384 "Addition au Traité de la Circulation et du Crédit. Mémoire pour la suppression du Belasting" along with the concluding errata leaf.<br /> <br /> The present Treatise is a refutation of the physiocrats who had advocated a primarily agricultural economy. Arguing against Hume de Pinto seeks to defend the economically productive role of the national debt which he sees exemplified in the current British system. While Marx notoriously described de Pinto as "the Pindar of the Amsterdam stock exchange" for his advocacy of speculation Werner Sombart regarded him as the "beginner of the modern age of economics and the first to understand the growth of credit" EJ. De Pinto's other works include Essai sur le luxe and Du jeu de cartes both reprinted in the present work and the later Precis de arguments contre les matérialistes The Hague 1774.<br /> <br /> The main treatise is divided into four parts followed by six brief works: 1. Lettre sur la jalousie du commerce Letter on the Jealousy of Commerce; 2. Tableau ou Exposé de ce qu'on appelle le Commerce ou plutôt le Jeu d'Actions en Hollande A Presentation of What is Called Commerce or the Game of Actions in Holland; 3. Methode dont on se sert en Hollande pour faire la perceptions des taxes & des impôts sur les biens fonds; & comment on en verse le provenu dans la Caisse de l'Etat The Method Used in Holland to Collect Duties and Real Estate Taxes and How the Proceeds Are Payed into the State Treasury; 4. Essai sur le luxe An Essay on Luxury first printed at Amsterdam 1762; 5. Lettre de l'autheur à Mr. D. sur le jeu des cartes The Author's Letter to Mr. Diderot on Card Playing first printed at London 1768; 6. Mémoire pour la suppression du Belasting ou Impôt sur les Actions de Compagnie des Indes Orientales A Memorandum for the Suppression of the "Belasting" or Tax on the East India Company Shares. The final opuscule which appears in relatively few copies of the Traité is published here for the first time.<br /> <br /> Isaac de Pinto 1717-1787 was the scion of a wealthy Sephardic family which traced their origins back to Portugal and had emigrated to the Dutch Republic. "He had a broad education and had mastered many languages in which he corresponded with famous philosophers and maintained contact with the European elite of his day including the court of the Dutch stadholder. In 1748 he helped to finance Stadholder William IV's war against France" Bernfeld & Wallet. "For his services in arranging favorable terms for English trade in India at the Treaty of Paris which ended the Seven Years' War 1756-63 Pinto was lavishly rewarded by the East India Company a few years later 1767" EJ. His correspondents included David Hume and Denis Diderot. De Pinto made a name for himself when he responded to Voltaire's mocking article on the Jews which appeared in the latter's Dictionnaire Philosophique with his Apologie pour la nation juive Amsterdam 1762. Presenting himself as a proud Portuguese he argued that "Voltaire had neglected to draw a distinction between the often wealthy Sephardim with their refined manners and the Ashkenazim whom he regarded as far poorer and sometimes unprincipled as a result of persecution and economic misery" Bernfeld & Wallet. Barbier 4: 752; T. L. Bernfeld & B. Wallet Jews in the Netherlands: A Short History Amsterdam Univ. Press 2023 p. 89; Enc. Jud. 13: 553-554; Goldsmiths' 10792; Kress 6812.<br /> <br /> Full title and Imprint: Traité de la Circulation et du Crédit. Contenant une Analyse raisonnée des Fonds d'Angleterre & de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou Jeu d'Actions ; un Examen critique de plusieurs Traités sur les Impôts les Finances l'Agriculture la Population le Commerce &c. précédé de l'Extrait d'un Ouvrage intitulé Bilan général & raisonné de l'Angleterre depuis 1600 jusqu'en 1761 ; & Suivi d'une Lettre sur la Jalousie du Commerce où l'on prouve que l'intérêt des Puissances commerçantes ne se croise point &c. avec un Tableau de ce qu'on appelle Commerce ou plutôt Jeu d'Actions en Hollande. Par l'auteur de l'Essai sur le Luxe & de la Lettre sur le Jeu des Cartes qu'on a ajoutés à la fin. A Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey. MDCCLXXI. Marc Michel Rey unknown
1771180611Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1771. The beginner of the modern age of economics First edition of "one of the great documents in the history of political economy" Encyclopaedia Judaica p. 533 arguing that an expanding system of national debt would lead to economic prosperity. Written in refutation of the physiocrats the treatise contended that public debt when managed responsibly could support commercial growth by increasing liquidity credit and monetary circulation. Britain Pinto argued showed the model for a high debt as a bedrock of economic success. Beyond this he defended credit and circulation as the basic form of economic endeavour against what he termed the physiocrats' "frenzy of the soil". Implicitly he was defending the Jews who had long been denigrated for their role in the financial sphere. One of the most prominent Jewish economic writers of the 18th century Pinto's importance has long been recognized. "Marx called him 'the Pindar of the Amsterdam stock exchange' for his advocacy of speculation. Werner Sombart regarded him as the beginner of the modern age of economics and the first to understand the growth of credit. Sée claimed he was the first to say that speculation was useful" Encyclopaedia Judaica. Provenance: Arnold Heertje 1934-2020 Dutch economist with his bookplate; "W. Fredsberg" with their ownership signature on the front free endpaper and initial blank versos dated 1821 and 1818 respectively and again to title all struck through in an early hand. Octavo 198 x 120 mm pp. xvi 128 8129-368 2; bound with the additional 8-page note on the state of English finances in 1770 interim half-sheet H and the terminal errata; without the 16-page "Addition" sometimes found. Contemporary marbled calf twin red and green morocco labels gilt in compartments marbled endpapers red edges. Binding firm and fresh with only a hint of rubbing; scattered very light foxing and browning to contents else clean: an excellent copy. Einaudi 4447; Goldsmiths' 10791; Higgs 5282; INED 3603; Kress 6811; Mattioli 2851; McCulloch p. 347; Quérard VII 183. Encyclopaedia Judaica Volume 13 1972. unknown
177166800Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. The very scarce first edition. xvi 368 with additional 8 pp. sheet H inserted before gathering I: entitled Etat des Finances en Angleterre a la fin de la session du Parlement en 1770.<br> <br> Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards spine ruled in gilt with green label and gilt lettering: at foot of spine in gilt lettering 'Bibliothèque de Michel Chevalier' spine head slightly frayed. Occasional spotting and staining but a very good copy and with the bookplate of Michel Chevalier 1806-1879 follower of Saint-Simon author of the Cours d'Économie Politique and co-architect of the Anglo-French 'Cobden-Chevalier' commercial treaty of 1860. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell.<br> <br> "Economique. Sur le commerce l'agriculture les finances; passages pp. 70-72 sur la populatin anglaise; pp. 183-196 et 216-335 sur la population en France et en Angleterre. En particulier nécessité d'augmenter également la population dans les villes et danse les campagnes pout éviter les déséquilibres sociaux et économiques. Analyse de plusieurs ouvrages dont un livre qualifié de rare: 'Le détail de la France' part Boisguilbert" INED. Pinto admired the Physiocrats but disagreed with them. "Pinto's Traité is written from a national as well as an international perspective. Pinto's experience as a merchant and financier in the Republic along with his knowledge of French and English economic thought laid the foundations for his European economic model. Pinto wanted above all to convince his readers of hte soundness of the British system of public debt. With the adoption of improvements in the redemption policy proposed in his book the system would achieve a high degree of perfection. In France the physiocratic opinions of the elder Mirabeau in particular required Pinto to respond and in England the otherwise admiring Hume was in disagreement. By means of a critical discussion of the work of these and other authors Pinto propagated a financial policy that he thought would benefit both the State and the individual" I.J.A. Nijenhuis Een Joodse Philosophe. Isaac de Pinto 1717-1787 Amsterdam NEHA 1992.<br> <br> Goldsmiths' 10791. Higgs 5282. Kress 6811. Palgrave III pp. 109-110.<br> <br> HBS 66800.<br> <br> $8500. Chez Marc Michel Rey 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
1800173803London: John Stockdale 1800. Third Edition. Leather. 2 vols. 427p; 376p. REBOUND. A set of two hardcover books rebound in full brown leather with silk endpapers and a custom slipcase. Pages lightly tanned with age more heavily on those which are opposite plates. Unobtrusive foxing here and there; otherwise text unmarked and binding secure in both volumes. Very good condition externally like new! Complete with 16 plates including a large foldout map of the United States. Weld was an English explorer and topographer; he first published this popular work in 1799 only a year before this third edition in the interest of research for Irish immigration prospects. John Stockdale unknown
17991299131799. First Edition. WELD Isaac. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada During the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: John Stockdale 1799. Quarto contemporary full diced tan calf rebacked with original elaborately gilt-decorated spine laid down raised bands all edges marbled. $4800.First edition of this fascinating account of ""all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country"" with two maps one folding and hand-colored in outline plans of the cities of Washington and Quebec and 12 full-page copper-engraved plates of scenic views including ""The Horse-Shoe Fall of Niagara.""Weld arrived in America in 1795 at the age of 19 and ""accompanied by a faithful servant sometimes on horseback sometimes on foot or in a canoe he made his way often under the guidance of Indians through the vast forests and along the great rivers. He narrowly escaped shipwreck on Lake Erie and experienced all the adventures incident to passing through an unsettled country. While in the towns he mixed in the best society and had the privilege of meeting George Washington"" Cox. The journey took him through Virginia Pennsylvania and New York and then ""from Montreal to Quebec thence up to St. Lawrence and the lakes to Kingston Niagara and Detroit with comment on the country its settlement and administration. Weld an Irishman came to explore the possibilities of Canada and the United States as fields for Irish emigration"" Staton & Tremaine. Weld's travels are told through a series of 38 letters chronicling the two years he spent in North America and was one of the most popular narratives of the day. Translated into many languages Weld's account ""was regarded as the great authority of the period on American subjects"" Allibone III 2636. Includes examinations of taverns slave conditions tobacco cultivation and Indian tribes. ""In the first edition the view of the Hudson River is incorrectly designated on the plate itself and in the list of plates as 'View on or of the Patowmac River from Mount Vernon.' A number of copies have an erratum slip noting the error pasted at the foot of the list of plates or facing it"" Sabin 102541. This copy has no erratum slip suggesting it may be among the earliest copies preceding the discovery of the error. Without publisher's advertisements. A second edition in two volumes was also published in 1799. Sabin 102541. Howes W235. Cox II 176. Staton & Tremaine 708. Stevens 2808. Stiles 1921. Lowndes 2868. Rich 1799. In a royal armorial binding possibly from Carlton House the residence of George IV during the regency with a royal armorial bookplate.Mild dampstaining to top edge of frontispiece and title page text fairly clean with modest foxing to maps and plates one leaf with minor expert paper repair; handsome contemporary binding with light wear. hardcover
179941787London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. Quarto. 10 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches. xxiv 464 pp. 11 engraved plates including the frontispiece 2 plans and 3 maps one of which is hand colored in outline. Complete with the rare erratum slip mounted at the foot of the plate list. Contemporary full calf. Spine gilt with black morocco lettering piece. Neat repairs to joints<br/> <br/> First edition of the travel narrative that influenced a generation of British emigrants to the Canadian provinces.<br/> <br/> Isaac Weld traveled through North America in the late 18th century and recorded his adventures in this wry series of letters. He arrived in America in 1795 at the age of 19 accompanied by a servant and traveled the continent on horseback on foot and by canoe. His distaste for American frontiersmen and the coarseness of manners in the United States would prove typical of English travelers for decades to come. Between July and November 1796 he travelled from Lake Champlain to Montréal and Québec returning through Montréal and continuing his journey to Kingston Newark Niagara-on-the-Lake Malden Amherstburg Detroit and Fort Erie. He declared the scenery from the Upper Town of Québec to surpass 'all that I have hitherto seen in America or indeed in any other part of the globe' and felt that travelling conditions between Québec and Montréal were the best in North America. Based on these observations he concluded that 'a man of moderate property could provide for his family with much more ease in Canada than in the United States' because of the abundance of affordable land. Like many other British travellers then and later Weld felt most at home in the Canadian provinces. Weld's narrative was reprinted more than that of any other European traveler to North America in the later 18th-century. The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. 'A New Map of Upper & Lower Canada' dated 1798 extends from James's Bay to the north Lake Winnipeg to the west and New Brunswick to the east with the territory of the United States below the Candian border left undefined by blank space.<br/> <br/> Cox 176; Stanton and Tremaine 708; Lowndes 2868; Gagnon I: 3701; Lande 890; JCB II: 4062; Clark II: 132; Rich 1799; Allibone 2636; Sabin 102541; ESTC T110539; Howes W-235; Story p. 103; Vlach 754; Winsor V p.284 & VIII 174 191. Printed for John Stockdale unknown
179916287London: John Stockdale 1799. First Edition First Issue. Full leather. Near fine. The first edition first issue of Travels Through The States Of North America by Isaac Weld published in London in 1799 and complete with 16 maps and plates. Quarto 2 xxiv 464pp 8pp catalogue. Full calf raised bands six compartments title in gilt over red morocco label on spine. Includes the publisher's catalogue but lacking the errata slip. Even toning to leaves throughout a few leaves of text with transference. Contemporary gray endpapers. From the library of noted abolitionist and antiquarian collector George Head Head of Rickerby with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The first issue with the index incorrectly identifying the fourth plate as: "The Patowmac River from Mount Vernon." This work is complete with 12 copper engraved plates including a frontispiece a large fold-out map of the eastern United States hand-colored map of Upper and Lower Canada and two plans for Quebec and Washington D.C. A few plates with light toning and scatter foxing. All plates and maps with solid hinges tissue covers and vibrant imagery. Sabin 102541 Howes W235 Lowndes 2868 Clark II 132 Includes a handwritten note from Arthur H. Masten to the recipient of this copy. An attractive work. Isaac Weld 1774-1856 conducted a survey of the United States from 1795 to 1797 covering the Eastern Seaboard and parts of the American frontier including Virginia Pennsylvania New York and the Carolinas. Weld traveled by horseback boat and on foot observing the social political and economic conditions of the newly formed nation. In "Travels" he commented on the vast natural beauty of the American landscape the state of infrastructure and the way of life of settlers and Native American tribes he encountered. Weld was critical of the rough manners and egalitarianism he witnessed contrasting it with European refinement yet he admired the industrious spirit of Americans. His narrative of the nascent United States helped to shape European opinions of the new nation during the Revolutionary period. John Stockdale unknown
1799162628London: John Stockdale 1799. An enthusiastic admirer of the beauties of nature First edition with the index incorrectly identifying the fourth plate. This work handsomely illustrated from the author's sketches "was regarded as the great authority of the period on American subjects. There can be no question that the colonization of Canada was mainly promoted and influenced by this book" Bibliotheca Americana. Isaac Weld 1774-1856 left Dublin for Philadelphia in 1795 and "accompanied by a faithful servant sometimes on horseback sometimes on foot or in a canoe he made his way often under the guidance of Native Americans through the vast forests and along the great rivers. He narrowly escaped shipwreck on Lake Erie and experienced all the adventure incident to passing through an unsettled country while in the towns he mixed in the best society and had the privilege of meeting George Washington" ODNB. Aside from the attractive folding map the work includes plans of Washington DC and Quebec; maps of Canada and the Niagara Falls; three views of the Falls; and an illustration of an "American stage waggon" leaving a staging post. The work proved popular going through four editions by 1807 and being translated into French German and Dutch. The plate showing the Hudson River is labelled as "View of the Patowmac River from Mount Vernon". The index of the second edition is corrected. Quarto 270 x 207 mm pp. xxiv 464 8. Engraved frontispiece and 14 plates views and plates one folding map hand-coloured in outline; 8 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary speckled calf smooth spine with gilt bands red morocco spine label covers ruled in blind. Brent Gration-Maxfield 1916-1983 book collector and scholar with his ownership signature dated 1969 on front pastedown and extensive neatly pencilled bibliographic notes on the front free endpaper; contemporary gift note loosely inserted. Binding refurbished with gilt retouched superficial abrasions to covers folding map with short tear at stub small paper tears to b3 and G1. A very good copy. Bibliotheca Americana 3282; Howes W235; Lowndes 2868; Sabin 102541. unknown
