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179915666Providence: John Carter 1799. 12 leaves as issued sewn untrimmed first leaf's blank lower margin cut shorter than others. Very Good. Shipton & Mooney 43606. Drake 12963. Bristol 4929. John Carter unknown
1791WRCAM51520London: H. Humphreis sic 1791. Handcolored etching 14 x 21 inches. Cropped within plate borders with no loss to image or text. Remnants of older paper pasted to verso. Color bright and fresh. Near fine. In 1789 and 1790 Nootka Sound in the Pacific Northwest looked to be the spur of a major conflict between the kingdoms of Britain and Spain. The inlet was an important outpost for maritime fur trading and had therefore become the focus of the centuries-old struggle for advantage in the New World. Courtesy of explorer and trader John Meares news of Spanish indiscretions reached Britain in 1790 and intensified the growing anti- Spanish rhetoric and call for war. Meares whose credibility was famously contested in two remarkable pamphlets by George Dixon claimed not only that the Spanish had seized British ships but that they had removed his settlement at Nootka and replaced it with their own. After debate in the House of Commons it was decided the British Navy would be mobilized. <br> <br> While Spain initially sought to go to war they could not attain the essential support of France and thus required a diplomatic solution to the problem. This came in the form of the first Nootka Convention which was signed on Oct. 28 1790. The convention guaranteed Britain the right to have outposts on Nootka Sound and to practice whaling in waters beyond the "Ten-League Line" off the coast. The Convention eventually resulted in the seminal voyage of George Vancouver to survey the Pacific Northwest. <br> <br> This print is a satire on the British Tory government's handling of the crisis. Its central critical point attacks part of the convention concerning fishing rights which Pitt's opposition latched onto as evidence of underhanded dealings. They noted that the original importance of Nootka Sound was not for whaling but rather for fur trading and that the whaling industry had surely redirected political attention toward their interests. Thus the print shows Pitt and Henry Dundas in the Pacific off the west coast of North America hopelessly fishing with millions from the treasury. As Pitt expresses worry over the spending Dundas soothes him with the knowledge that "the Gudgeons we caught in England will pay for it all." In saying so Dundas declares the Britons who supported the war to have been bait for his and Pitt's political maneuvering. The coastline is shown from southern Alaska to Mexico likewise making this an early map of California Alaska and the west coast. <br> <br> In all it is a lively expression of disbelief and anger at the amount expended on preparing for war set against the eventual prize - namely the indeterminate profitability of whaling. H. Humphreis [sic] unknown books
1785241326Providence RI: John Carter 1785. Paper Back. Poor. 12mo in plain printed sewn wraps. A Poor copy: somewhat toned marginalia on many pages chip affecting the title on the cover last leaf torn in half both pieces present. Not pretty but a scarce almanack. John Carter unknown
1793298969London: S. W. Fores 1793. Etching with hand coloring. Sheet measures 10 1/8 x 14 1/8"<br/><br/> This caricature depicts the Duke of Orleans Philippe Egalite dressed as a sansculotte holding an axe above Louis XVI who is kneeling with his head on a chopping clock. Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin kneel behind the King crying and pleading with the Duke to show "a touch of pity". An unattractive old woman holds a basket ready to catch the king's severed head. Published on January 26 1793 by SW Fores "who has again opened his Caractur Room to which he has added many hundred old & new subjects. admittance 1 shilling." The caricature published mere days after the King's execution references Egalite's vote on Jan 16. In very good condition for this scarce caricature. British Museum 8680808.6274<br/><br/> S. W. Fores unknown books
173614348London: Henry Woodfall 1736. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece interpolated leaf 143-144 and leaf containing errata on the recto publisher’s advertisements on the verso. Paneled sprinkled calf in a contemporary style; a large paper copy with very wide margins a few contemporary annotations. First edition of Newton’s treatise on the calculus a work of great importance and rarity. Ready for publication in 1671 Newton circulated the manuscript among his friends who urged him to establish priority by publishing his own work. He steadfastly refused and prior to his death entrusted it to Henry Pemberton who never had it published. It was not until 1736 that Method of fluxions was finally published in the present English translation by John Colson who added a lengthy commentary. The original Latin edition did not appear until 1779 in the Opera omnia.<br /> <br /> Babson 171; Gray 232; Wallis 232; Smith History of Mathematics I p. 404. Henry Woodfall unknown
174731752AB1747. First English Edition. London Printed for R.Dodsley 1747. Octavo. 72 pages. Modern cloth. The bookblock with signs of stitching to the inner margin possibly used to be part of a Sammelband. Last three leaves with paper-restoration and manuscript inscription to last page looks like a 18th century gift-inscription. With numerous manuscript - annotations in the tracts of George Berkeley namely in "A Word to the Wise" "Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water" "The Querist". From the library of Daniel Conner Manch House County Cork. Bound with: "Berkeley George Bishop of Coyne - "A Miscellany Containing Several Tracts on Various Subjects. By the Bishop of Cloyne. London Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S.Draper 1752. VI 267 1 pages. Title-page witme minor paper-restoration. This wonderful collection by the eminent ANglo-Irish Philosopher includes the following Pamphlets / Tracts as called for: 1. Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water 2. An Essay towards preventing the Ruin of Great-Britain 3. A Discourse addressed to Magistrates and Men in Authority. Occasioned by the enormous Licence and Irreligion of the Times. 4. A Word to the Wise - Or an Exhortation to the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland This section "A Word to the Wise" includes several interesting annotations: a. an underlining of the sentence: "Seeing you are obnoxious of the Law" with a comment "Oh! infamous" b. annotation: "the catholic clergy cannot be accused even by there greatest enemies of having been influenced by interested motives therefore this hint of his lordship was not of much avail" 5. A Letter to the Roman Catholics of the Diocese of Cloyne 6. Maxims concerning Patriotism 7. The Querist - Containing several Queries proposed to the Consideration of the Public 8. Verses on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America 9. A Proposal for the better supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations and for converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be erected in the Summer Islands otherwise called The Isles of Bermuda 10. A Sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish-Church of St.Mary-le-Bow in 1731 11. De Motu ; sive de motus principio & natura & de causa communicationis motuum ______________________________________________________________________________ hardcover
1792226757Presumed first edition. Small octavo. 12 leaves 24 pages. Stitched as issued. Two leaves with lower margin torn off. Last three pages are a listing of roads from Boston to the south and east with list of inns. Very good. Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly paperback books
179313921Rare caricature anglaise de l'époque révolutionnaire: le duc d'Orléans (rebaptisé Philippe-Egalité), se dresse à la foule sur l'échafaud tenant la tête coupée de Louis XVI dans ses mains. Importante eau-forte en coloris d'époque. En feuille Bon Londres 1793 29 X 22 cm
1770397London: Pr. for R. Butters ca. 1770. 12mo. 54 pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume sewing loosening. Without the frontispiece. Foxing to first four pages and occasional spots elsewhere. Mercantile Library stamp on p. 54. Top outer corners of first two leaves chipped. A few small dog-ears. Pr. for R. Butters unknown books
1765005378London: Printed for J. Newbery; R. Baldwin; T. Caslon; W. Griffin; W. Nicoll; T. Lownds; and T. Becket 1765. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Reprint. Octavo 8vo. ii iv ii ii 75 pages of text followed by i publisher's advertisement. Disbound from larger volume with stitching intact and functional. Final leaf is soiled with minor tearing. Previous owner's name Eliza Finch on title page. Measures 75/16" in height. Printed for J. Newbery; R. Baldwin; T. Caslon; W. Griffin; W. Nicoll; T. Lownds; and T. Becket Paperback books
1781C210025London: John Bell 1781. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. 5 operas bound in one. Contemporary leather somewhat worn front board detached spine and backstrip cracked otherwise a good copy suitable for rebinding. John Bell, hardcover
1765005378London: Printed for J. Newbery; R. Baldwin; T. Caslon; W. Griffin; W. Nicoll; T. Lownds; and T. Becket 1765. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Reprint. Octavo 8vo. ii iv ii ii 75 pages of text followed by i publisher's advertisement. Disbound from larger volume with stitching intact and functional. Final leaf is soiled with minor tearing. Previous owner's name Eliza Finch on title page. Measures 75/16" in height. Printed for J. Newbery; R. Baldwin; T. Caslon; W. Griffin; W. Nicoll; T. Lownds; and T. Becket Paperback
1710375347London : Charles Lillie and John Morphew 1710. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt decorations to the the boards. Wear and tear as with age with loss to the spine bands and the spine cracked. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Provenance; from the library of Thos. Boycotte with the owner's armorial bookplate dated 1761. Series; The Tatler. Subjects; 18th century humour. The Tatler. Isaac Bickerstaff. London : Charles Lillie and John Morphew hardcover
1743536068London: Printed for H. Lintot D. Midwinter J. and P. Knapton W. Innys T. Longman A. Ward S. Birt D. Browne J. Shcukburgh J. Oswald E. Wicksteed J. and R. Tonson and J. Hinton 1743. Hardcover. Good. Volume four of four only. Frontispiece. Full calf leather. 16mo. 309pp. Index. Scattered foxing on pages owner name erased on front pastedown offsetting on pages 2-3 and endpapers joints broken spine and edges darkened and chipped a fair to good only copy. Originally issued in folio three times a week here containing No. 190 Tuesday June 27 1710 to No. 271 Tuesday January 2 1710. Printed for H. Lintot, D. Midwinter, J. and P. Knapton, W. Innys, T. Longman, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, J. Shcukburgh, J. Osw hardcover
1733118700London: E. Nutt 1733 . Leatherbound. Good. 4 vols.: 299 9; 330 10; iv 312 16; vi 4 309 11 p. 17 cm. Full leather. Blank impressing. Inexpertly respined at some date. Edges and corners worn. Ink signatures on title pages. Vols. II-IV have bookplate for Charles Bourchier. Front free endpaper detached in vol. IV. <br/><br/>Isaac Bickerstaff Esq was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanacmaker and astrologer John Partridge. E. Nutt hardcover
1723930F5London: H. Lintot T. Longman J. and P. Knapton 1723-1737 . Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A complete four volume edition of the popular early eighteenth century literary magazine founded by Richard Steele. Running between 1709 and 1711 'The Tatler' was a British literary and society journal begun by Richard Steele with significant contributions from Joseph Addison. It was written under the pseudonym 'Isaac Bickerstaff'.The running titles reflect that this was first published under the title 'The Tatler'.It represented a new approach to journalism featuring cultivated essays on contemporary matters and established the pattern that would be copied in such works as Addison and Steele's The Spectator and Samuel Johnson's The Rambler and The Idler.A complete four volume edition with volume I published in 1723 ESTC T1239 and volumes II-IV in 1737 ESTC N19109.With an index to the rear of each volume.With former owner's inscriptions dated 1775 to head of volume II-IV title pages with further crossed out ink markings. In full calf bindings. Small losses of leather to head and tail of each volume. Volume I boards exceptionally tender with rear board of volume I held by one cord only. Volume II front joint and volumes III and IV front and rear joints starting with boards firmly held. Ink inscriptions to head of volumes II and IV title pages with further crossed out ink markings. Pages age toned due to paper type with handling marks and spotting throughout. Good Only H. Lintot, T. Longman, J. and P. Knapton hardcover
1748tlm017aLondon: R Baldwin jun at the Rose in Pater-Noster -Row. G : in Good condition. Cover and spine rubbed. Boards with edge and corner wear. Ownership details on prelims. Some browning and age toning. Lacks maps and plates. 1748. First Edition. Brown hardback tooled leather cover. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 609pp plates & index. Illustrations in the text. Lacks maps and plates. . R Baldwin, jun at the Rose in Pater-Noster -Row hardcover
1796LTH23-A-2York: J. Robson et al 1796. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 9". None. A first edition of this collection of biographies by Isaac Walton. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates. Including biographies of Dr John Donne Sir Henry Wotton Mr Richard Hooker Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert Sanderson. It was probably as an angler that Walton made the acquaintance of Sir Henry Wotton. Sir Henry Wotton dying in 1639 Walton undertook his life also; it was finished in 1642 and published in 1651. His life of Hooker was published in 1662 that of George Herbert in 1670 and that of Bishop Robert Sanderson in 1678. All these subjects were endeared to the biographer by a certain gentleness of disposition and cheerful piety; three of them at least Donne Wotton and Herbert were anglers. Their lives were evidently written with loving pains in the same leisurely fashion as his Angler and like it are of value less as exact knowledge than as harmonious and complete pictures of character. An edition of Walton's Lives by G Sampson appeared in 1903. Rebound in half-morocco. Externally very smart. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with just some scattered light spotting and marginal tidemarks to the frontispiece. Very Good Indeed J. Robson et al hardcover
1796000010955York: Printed by Wilson Spence and Mawman 1796. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 9 x-liv 5 4-518 pp. Turn of the century half polished sheep dyed purple over marbled paper boards spine in six compartments with gold decorations and a brown leather label on the spine lettered in gold. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Lacks the plates. With notes and a life of Isaac Walton by Thomas Zouch. The first Zouch edition. A small scuff to the front board. Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman hardcover
1724165615London: J Brotherton at the Bible next the Fleece-Tavern and T Cox at the Corner of Swithin's Alley both in Cornhill 1724. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good overall bookplate of Charles Deane overtop of older bookplate possibly his father Joseph Deane who has written his name across the title page and dated it 1728. Full contemporary leather with geometric embossing no title on spine 5 raised bands. xvi 374 2 pp ads at rear Engraved frontice. Worldcat reference calls for a folding frontis but this book exhibits a non-folding well-fitting engraved portrait appropriately dated and ascribed to this volume. Very nice copy overall in an original binding. J Brotherton at the Bible next the Fleece-Tavern and T Cox at the Corner of Swithin's Alley, both in Cornhill hardcover books
1725964F18London: J. Brotherton and T. Cox 1725 . Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The second edition of dissenting writer and biographer Isaac Kimber's sympathetic biography of Oliver Cromwell. A very scarce work. The second edition of Isaac Kimber's scarce and anonymously authored biography of Oliver Cromwell which was first published the year prior.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Kimber's biography sought to present a balanced view of Cromwell"s controversial career drawing on various earlier sources to chart Cromwell"s military and political rise from his role in the Civil War to his leadership as Lord Protector.Rebacked retaining the original endpapers.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.ESTC No T135027The work reflects early 18th-century Whig sympathies casting Cromwell as a complex but ultimately patriotic figure. Rebacked in a full calf binding retaining the original panelled calf boards. Retaining the original endpapers. Rubbing to board perimeters. Head of front joint starting with board firmly held. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Front free endpaper and frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Internally binding strained throughout with text block from pages 355 to 412 detached and loosely inserted. Good Only J. Brotherton and T. Cox hardcover
173129202<p>Published in London by J. Brotherton and T. Cox in or around 1731 this biography of Oliver Cromwell is attributed to Isaac Kimber with additional attribution to Edmund Gibson and Sir Thomas Pengelly. The book contains a portrait frontispiece and a poem by Edmund Waller on Cromwell's death. Format: Octavo 8vo single volume. Collation: 8 xvi 435 pp. Binding: Full leather. Condition: Very Good. Text block secure with mild exterior wear. #29202 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> J. Brotherton and T. Cox hardcover
1760JC14443London: Sixth Edition corrected 1760. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn. 222 pp. Repairs to dedication leaf and title. Four of six folding plates bound in at tear; two of these lacking portions of the plate. Textually complete; main text block is in nice shape. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Sixth Edition, corrected hardcover books
1760000087London: Printed for T. Longman J. Buckland and W. Fenner . 1760. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo19.7 x 12.5 cm. 6th Edition Corrected. Contemporary calf. Collation: xiii 1 13 222 pp. 6 folding engraved plates and several tables. Spine has raised bands and gilt title on red leather label. Hinges tender. Covers with gilt line tooling along the margins. Foxing browning and some specking on plates esp. last one. Ink inscriptions and signatures of previous owners on front free end paper with some of the writing has been crossed off. Oklahoma Hist. Sci. Cat. P. 560 1st & 2nd ed. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner ... unknown books
1760E21373London: Printed for T.Longman J. Buckland and W. Fenner 1760. sixth. Leather_bound. Very Good. The Sixth Edirion Corrected. 8vo. original full calf boards respined in more contemporary brown full leather hubbed spine lettered in gilt endpapers contemporarty with the respine. Verso of the first original leaf is the dedication to King George; title; v-xii 12 pp. being Table Contents and instructions to the binder; 222 pp. including tables. Six folding plates comprises of thirty figures as called for. Despite Watts' instructions to the binder the plates consisting of Figures XIII through XXX are bound in after p. 215 and the remaining plates comprised of figures I though XII after p. 220. Rounding and wear to the tips bit of scuffing to the spine. Interior is clean. Printed for T.Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner unknown
