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1748804421748. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1748 WATTS Isaac. THE WORLD TO COME: OR DISCOURSES ON THE JOYS OR SORROWS OF DEPARTED SOULS AT DEATH and the glory or terror of the resurrection. Whereto is prefix'd an Essay toward the Proof of a Separate State of Souls after Death. London: Printed. Boston: New-England re-printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street 1748. First American edition. Two octavo volumes bound in one: 2v412-1893; 2v210-1924 pp. Volume two has a separate title-page at the beginning and a publisher's prospectus dated Boston 15 April 1748 and advertisements at the end. Pages 63 and 183 of v. 2 are misnumbered 67 and 185 respectively. In a worn contemporary full leather binding with corners rounded and missing a piece of leather on lower board. The bookblock shows evidence of early repair having been resewn in a couple of places with the front fly-leaves and title-page resewn as well. The edge-chipped fly-leaves have early ink ownerships Bridget Taylor 1788 and John Walton 1777. The text leaves are lightly thumbed at fore-margin with occasional foxing and/or light soiling. One leaf I8 has loss at the inside bottom corner just touching the initial or final letter of type in the lines near the bottom of the page. Several of the leaves have dog-eared corners. Very good overall. Evans 6261. unknown books
17313925London: Printed for Emanuel Matthews; Richard Ford and Richard Hett 1731. 18th Century full vellm-wrapped boards with contemporary holograph title on upper spine. 365pp. with Contents in back. Covers soiled and slightly worn internally very good and tight with usual thumbing and wear. Scarce and early title of one of Watts' important books. Printed for Emanuel Matthews; Richard Ford, and Richard Hett unknown books
17313925London: Printed for Emanuel Matthews; Richard Ford and Richard Hett 1731. 18th Century full vellum-wrapped boards with contemporary holograph title on upper spine. 365pp. with Contents in back. Covers soiled and slightly worn internally very good and tight with usual thumbing and wear. Scarce and early title of one of Watts’ important books. Printed for Emanuel Matthews; Richard Ford, and Richard Hett unknown
175614817Frères Duplain Lyon 1756 1 vol. In-4 de 2 ff.n.ch. XVI 185 pp. XIV (table) 1 f.n.ch., veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats armoriés, tranches rouges.
1800ys3217A Paris, imprimerie de Munier, Chez Lepetit jeune, libraire, Palais Egalité galeries de bois, n°225 Relié 1800 "Deux volumes in-8 (13 x 19,6 cm), reliure demi-parchemin, 321 et 344 pages, tomes 1 et 2 (sur 3) de ce ""Voyage au Canada"", édité en l'an VIII (1799-1800). Le tome 2 contient 4 gravures (l'ouvrage complet contient une carte générale du pays et onze planches) ; coupes usées, quelques petits tampons de libraire, traces sur la première garde du tome 2, par ailleurs intérieur frais, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
179923278Imprimerie de Munier Demi-cuir Paris 1799
179928616Imprimerie de Munier Cuir Paris 1799
1800WRCAM50821Paris 1800. Three volumes. 4viii5-321pp. plus six plates; 344pp. plus four plates; 4294pp. plus one plate and a large folding map. Half title in each volume. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards gilt leather spine labels. Minor shelf wear some sunning to spines. Contemporary French bookplate on pastedown of first volume. Internally clean. Very good. The scarce first French translation of Weld's TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1795 1796 AND 1797. The date on the titlepages is given as "8" referring to the eighth year of the new French Republic after the Revolution. Weld an Irishman arrived in Philadelphia in late 1795 at the age of nineteen. His observations during two years of travels through eastern North America and Canada told through a series of letters comprise one of the most popular narratives of the day. Story wrote that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. The map shows the east coast of America south through North Carolina and west through the Great Lakes region with an inset map of the Great Lakes area as well. TPL 710. HOWES W235. LANDE 890 ref. CLARK II:132 ref. GAGNON I:3701 ref. JCB II:4062 ref. SABIN 192541 ref. hardcover books
180018518Paris:: Imprimerie de Munier 1800. First French edition. contemporary quarter sheep with paste-grain decorated paper sides. Some chipping to spine extremities; light wear. . 8vo. Large folding map plus 10 of 11 engraved plates. Howes W-235. Imprimerie de Munier, unknown
1778WRCAM41363Virginia 1778. One folded sheet. Approximately 550 words. Tanned at folds. Some ink burn through page. An embossment on one side reads "Washington County." A small closed tear affects approximately six characters. A manuscript land deed written by Isaac Cox for the sale of land to John Decker. In the deed Cox refers to "Yohogania County" a Virginia county created in 1776. The county included much of south-western Pennsylvania and overlapped with Pennsylvania's own western claims. The land in question is "on the river Ohio and bounded on the East by lands of Thomas Pollack and on the North by lands of William McMahan said land goes by the name of the Mingo Bottom containing four hundred acres." Mingo was a term for the Native Americans mostly Iroquois who had been displaced and settled in the northern Ohio river basin. Modern-day Mingo Junction lies in the far rnorthern pan-handle of West Virginia north of Steubenville Ohio and would have had close associations with Washington County Pennsylvania than Virginia. This association would explain why in 1806 a Washington County clerk approved the deed. unknown books
1769102661Londres W. Johnston, 1769, in-8, VIII-536-[2]-63-[3] pp. 8 pl, Demi-veau à coins brun, filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de frises à froid, Troisième édition de la traduction anglaise de Mr. Ralphson, révisée et corrigée Mr. Cunn, annotée par le révérend Theaker Wilder et augmentée d'un traité sur les mesures de ratio de James Maguire. L'originale a d'abord paru en latin en 1707 et la première traduction anglais en 1720. Elle est illustrée de 8 planches dépliantes reliées in fine. Cette édition fut mise au point par le commentateur Theaker Wilder à l'usage de ses élèves dublinois. À l'origine, ce petit traité abordant l'algèbre et la solution des équations a paru sans le nom de son illustre auteur et provient de ses leçons professées de 1673 à 1683 alors qu'il est professeur de mathématiques à Cambridge. Son successeur à ce poste n'est autre que William Whiston, traducteur de la première édition anglaise. Newton y donne notamment, sans démonstration, son interprétation de la règle des signes de Descartes pour obtenir le nombre de racines réelles d'un polynôme. Il faudra attendre 1865 pour que le mathématicien anglais James Joseph Sylvester en fasse la démonstration après que nombres de mathématiciens, et parmi eux Euler, s'y soient essayés en vain. Peu commun. Reliure restaurée, frottements et épidermures, quelques taches et rousseurs éparses. Ex-libris manuscrit Richard M. Elligott; ex-libris manuscrit Peter Villeneuve[?]; ex-libris manuscrit Cavanagh Wilder [? un parent du commentateur de l'ouvrage ?]. Gray, 286; Babson, 203. Couverture rigide
1728117773London: Printed for J. Senex W. and J. Innys J. Osborne and T. Longman 1728. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Printed for J. Senex W. and J. Innys J. Osborne and T. Longman 1728 'Second Edition very much Corrected'/ 1720 first edition in English/ 1707 first edition in Latin. Octavo iv half-title and title leaves versos blank iv 271 1 publisher's advertisement pages plus 8 full-page plates. Early full polished calf decorated in blind on the sides later expertly recornered and rebacked retaining the original gilt-decorated spine with two contrasting leather title-labels; leather a little unevenly discoloured and rubbed with minor loss to the polished surface of the spine; scattered foxing moderate in places; plates offset; tiny blemish to the bottom margin of one plate a paper flaw well clear of the printed surface; trifling signs of age and use a shallow crease to the bottom corner-tip of the last ten leaves is about the extent of it; overall an excellent copy. The eight plates normally found with a small folding section are bound into this copy in an unfolded state by the simple expedient of having the narrow left-hand border of the printed surface of each plate deep in the gutter. The border is visible in four instances and although the border cannot be seen on the other four plates all of the other printed plate surface is visible. Interestingly the plates show no evidence of ever having been folded. Babson 202. Printed for J. Senex, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne, and T. Longman hardcover
17693016<p>1769. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Printed for W. Johnston; London 1769; translated by Mr. Ralphson and Revised and Corrected by Mr. Cunn; to which is added a Treatise upon the Measures of Ratios by James Maguire the whole Illustrated and Explained in a series of Notes by the Rev. Theak</p> hardcover
17882312050244xbvkSchwerin, Wismar und Bützow; in der Boednerschen Buchhandlung, 1788. 2 unbedruckte Blätter; Titelblatt, 2 Widmungsblätter ''Seiner Hochgräflichen Excellenz, . . . Herrn Andreas Peter Grafen von Bernstorff, . . . wie auch Seiner Excellenz, dem Hoch und Wohlgebohrnen Herrn Adolf Gotthard Carstens'', 1 Blatt 'Inhalt', 121 Seiten; 2 unbedruckte Blätter. - Braun-schwarz marmorierter Original-Pappeinband der Zeit mit dezenter Rückenvergoldung und goldgeprägtem Titel auf rotem Rückenschild; 8vo.(ca. 17 x 11 cm).
17941252491794. First Edition. EATON Daniel Isaac. The Trial of Daniel Isaac Eaton for Publishing a Supposed Libel Comparing the King of England to a Game Cock In a Pamphlet Intitled Politics for the People; or Hog Wash at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey February Twenty-Fourth 1794. New York: L. Wayland 1794. Octavo modern half calf marbled boards pp. 48. $2400.First American edition of this account of the prosecution of radical printer Daniel Isaac Eaton for sedition with a wood engraving on the title page of the King of England next to a gamecock.In 1793 ""having acquired his own press Eaton launched Hog's Wash or A Salmagundy for Swine a weekly designed to spread political enlightenment among the masses. Partly original items partly excerpts enlivened by satire irony humour and verse it was immediately successful. Renamed Politics for the People it ran for sixty numbers September 1793 to March 1795. Through its pagesas through his pamphletsEaton consistently advocated universal manhood suffrage annual parliaments peace among nations education of the poor and unfettered discussion of politics and religion. When in the eighth number 16 November 1793 he published two items attacking monarchy one comparing the king to a cruel tyrannical gamecock Eaton was prosecuted for seditious libel but acquitted on both counts. He triumphantly adopted the imprint: 'Printed by D. I. Eaton at the Cock and Swine No. 74 Newgate Street.' The London Corresponding Society caused silver medals to be struck commemorating his acquittal. His shop became a gathering place for reformers and radicals"" DNB. Eaton is perhaps best remembered today for being arrested and convicted for publishing Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason serving 18 months in prison. Published earlier that same year in London. Scattered foxing extremely good condition. hardcover
1799D14040London: John Stockdale 1799. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments 5 raised bands; complete set of 2 volumes 8vo; pp. xxiii 1 427; xii 376; plus 16 folding engraved plates including large hand-colored map. A little light scuffing along joints; some faint spotting to upper board of Volume 2. About a 2-inch tear to hand-colored map repairable; text blocks a bit browned mostly confined to first and last few leaves of each volume. A nice set. <br/><br/>An account of late-18th century America by Weld a long time member and eventual Vice President of the Royal Society of Dublin. It includes his impressions of important US citizens of the day Washingon Jefferson as well as the many pages on his perception of the Native American Indians. John Stockdale hardcover books
18001005852 vols. 8vo modern half morocco & marbled boards spine ruled in gilt raised bands morocco lettering pieces new endpapers. Illustrated with 16 folding views plans and maps; xix 1 427; viii 376 pp. Minor aging and some darkening to a few pages and some foxing to one plate. Near fine condition. Weld an Irishman came to America in 1795 when he was nineteen. This work narrates his travels through the former colonies along the eastern seaboard and the Canadian provinces. Very popular at the time it was published Weld comments on the population and social habits and customs of the people he saw. According to Howes Weld seemed to prefer Canada to the States. Compared to the similar works of this period Weld seems to be fairly objective on most things. However whether or not his observation that Americans lose their teeth prematurely is accurate would be hard to substantiate. Contains several interesting views of Niagara Falls Mt. Vernon Bethlehem PA and a large map of the northern portion of the United States with inset of the southern States. John Stockdale hardcover books
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
180067414Printed in the UK: John Stockdale 1800. Third edition. Leather over boards. Good. Two volume set. Full leather dark brown over boards. 8vo. Pagination: volume I -- xx 427 pp; volume II -- viii 376. Illustration: volume I -- a hand coloured engraved map of the northern states of America a b/w engraved map of Upper and Lower Canada 2 b/w engraved city plans and 7 b/w engraved drawings; volume II -- 5 b/w engraved drawings. All plates are tipped in and fold out. Uniform binding. Six compartment spine with five raised ribs. Dark brown leather labels with gilt short title and volume number in compartments two and four. Single rule gilt border on the front and back boards. Gilt ornamental rulings on the spine. Heads darkened. Very light foxing throughout both volumes. Minor worming in the gutter of the front endpapers of volume II. Ink stain along the foot edge of volume I. List of illustrations in volume I has pencil marks next to each listing. Generally the text blocks are clean bright and square with a strong binding. The boards and spines of both are worn and rubbed some of the gilt has been lost with minor cracks in the hinges of volume I. Good condition overall. John Stockdale unknown
1799786441799. WELD Isaac Jr. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada during the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. xxiv464pp. plus 16 maps and plates one folding. 4to. Contemporary 3/4 calf and marbled boards rebacked in matching style with original spine label laid down endpapers refreshed. Boards rubbed corners and edges slightly worn lower spine a bit scuffed. Contemporary ownership inscription "D. Erskine" on frontispiece recto early bookplate laid in. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. HOWES W-235 "aa." Clark II:132. ESTC T110539. Gagnon I:3701. Lande 890. JCB II:4062. Sabin 192541. Scheidley 170. TPL 708. Reese Federal Hundred 78. Weld an Irishman arrived in Philadelphia in late 1795 at the age of nineteen. His observations during two years of travels through eastern North America and Canada told through a series of letters comprise one of the most popular narratives of the day. Story wrote that "his account of Canada letters 21-25 is a clear and sustained description of an area and a way of life that pleased him more than had the United States." Weld made one trip south as far as Virginia as well as crossing Pennsylvania and New York. He said that he left the United States "without a sigh and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it." The engraved plates are after sketches by the author. The map with its borders and those of the states colored by hand shows the East Coast of America south through North Carolina with an inset map of South Carolina and west through the Great Lakes region. unknown
