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1768598411768. The First Layman's Guide Published in America Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Every Man His Own Lawyer: Or A Summary of the Laws of England In a New and Instructive Method Under the Following Heads Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests and Bail. II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors Therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods And How Acquired Ancestors Heirs Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws Relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants Ideots Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative the Queen and Prince Peers Judges Sheriffs Coroners Justices of Peace Constables &c. VII. Of Publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery Rape Sodomy Forgery Perjury &c. and Their Punishment. All of Them so Plainly Treated of That All Manner of Persons May be Particularly Acquainted With Our Laws and Statutes Concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs And Know How to Defend Themselves and Their Estates and Fortunes An All Cases Whatsoever. Corrected and Improved With Many Additions from Lord Raymond Comyn Strange Foster And with the Statute Law Down to 4 Geo. 3. Inclusive. New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1768. iv 289 13 pp. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets and decorative blind tooling to boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and lightly worn a few minor scuffs to boards hinges cracked light browning to text. Early owner signature to rear pastedown interior otherwise clean. $2200. First American edition designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the prior six editions published in London. This popular layman's guide by one of the most prolific legal writers of eighteenth-century England went through ten English editions between 1736 and 1788. The mention of "All Manner of Persons" in the subtitle is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Treatise of Law. unknown books
1758691481758. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law An Interesting Association Copy New Jersey. Leaming Aaron Compiler. Spicer Jacob Compiler. The Grants Concessions And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender And Her Formal Acceptance Thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon. Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. iv 763 pp. Folio 11-1/4" x 7". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing boards partially detached crack through center of backstrip wear to spine ends corners bumped and worn later owner bookplate of Robert Leaming Montgomery to front pastedown front free endpaper detached and somewhat edgeworn. Moderate toning to text faint dampspotting in places dampstaining to margins of title page and a few other leaves "J. Fisher Leaming Esq/ from Henry Pennington/ May 13 1850" to front free endpaper tipped-in annotation in early hand concerning the Monmouth Patent to following endleaf later owner inscription of John Lawrence dated 1812 to head of title page. Book housed in lightly rubbed recent cloth slipcase morocco lettering piece to spine. An interesting association copy. $2000. First edition. With indexes for East Jersey and West Jersey. The third official compilation of New Jersey law and the scarcest according to Felcone it is the first to print fundamental laws constitutions and documents from 1663 to 1702 and session laws from 1668 to 1702. "This handsome volume generally known as Leaming and Spicer's Laws was prepared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 1752 and is the largest work issued from the press of Wm. Bradford. Subscribers' names were first solicited in February 1755 the compilers having spent nearly two years in its preparation. Three more years were consumed in printing and it was not until May 1758 that i. unknown books
1758652631758. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law New Jersey. Leaming Aaron Compiler. Spicer Jacob Compiler. The Grants Concessions And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender And Her Formal Acceptance Thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon. Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. iv 763 pp. Folio 11-1/4" x 7". Later sheep raised bands black fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to boards and spine and extremities small recent bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Internally quite clean and fresh with very light foxing in places small tear to fore-edge of leaf Z6 pp. 549-550. A very appealing copy. $2000. First edition. With indexes for East Jersey and West Jersey. The third official compilation of New Jersey law and the scarcest according to Felcone it is the first to print fundamental laws constitutions and documents from 1663 to 1702 and session laws from 1668 to 1702. "This handsome volume generally known as Leaming and Spicer's Laws was prepared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 1752 and is the largest work issued from the press of Wm. Bradford. Subscribers' names were first solicited in February 1755 the compilers having spent nearly two years in its preparation. Three more years were consumed in printing and it was not until May 1758 that it was ready for delivery. Up to that time 170 copies had been subscribed for and the editors say in the Pennsylvania Journal May 11. 1758 'a number of copies yet remain not subscribed for' and 'any person may be supplied' until 'the 17th of July next after which we will not further extend the sale'": The Charlemagne Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws 165. Benedict Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States 270. Felcone New Jersey Books 156. unknown books
17490000178Bassani: ex Typographia Remondini 1749. First Italian edition. Contemporary vellum. Very Good. 1st Italian Edition. 8vo 17.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary vellum. Collation 28 244; 5 246-571 21 pp. 18 folding engraved plates. The binding has worm hole at bottom of front cover at hinge. Covers have circles with internal geometric lines; some soiling present on front cover more so on back. Textblock has worming in clear areas at base of spine and about 2 cm in from fore edge with no loss to text. All edges of text block have decorative red blue and brown streaks. Internal condition of text is very good clean and bright. <br/><br/>This is the first Italian edition of Gravesande's student text book of Newton's physics and the most influential introduction to Newton before 1750. Although the work was published in 1723 it was not accepted in Catholic Italy until 1749. Gravesande was a Dutch philosophe and mathematician member of the Royal Society of London and laid down the foundations for teaching physics. He was the most influential exponent of Newtonian science outside England. This work is an abridged viersion of his "Physices Elemnta Mathematica" and is the first textbook of Newtonian Physics. ex Typographia Remondini hardcover books
1722710581722. Frankfurt 1722. 1st ed. Frankfurt 1722. 1st ed. Classic Study of the Constitutional Law of the Holy Roman Empire Schmauss Johann Jacob 1690-1757. Corpus Juris Publici Academicum: Enthaltend Die Vornehmsten Grund-Gesetze Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Als: Die Guldene Bulle Profan- und Religions-Auch Westphalisch- Und Andere Frieden Die Cammer-Gerichts- und Reichs-Hof-Raths-Ordnungen Reichs-Matricul und Neueste Wahl-Capitulation Nebst einigen Andern Reichs-Constitutionen; Zum Gebrauch so Wohl der Studirenden Jugend Als auch Anderer dem Studio Juris Publici Beflissenen. Frankfurt and Leipzig Zu Finden bey August Martini 1722. xiv 1072 pp. Calf thumb-tabs. Main text in parallel columns. Copperplate portrait frontispiece of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Octavo 6-3/4" x 4". Contemporary speckled calf gilt armorial crests to center of boards raised bands blind tooling and lettering piece to spine. A few minor nicks to boards light rubbing to extremities gilding mostly rubbed away from crests corners bumped and somewhat worn front hinge starting at foot minor worming to upper corners of front pastedown and preliminaries with no loss to text or plate. Moderate toning to text faint dampspotting in places a few tabs stuck to adjacent leaves a few minor tears where tabs were peeled away. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $1750. First edition. Schmauss was a professor of law at the University of Gottingen. A comprehensive historically grounded work his Corpus Juris Publici established his reputation as the leading expert of his day on the constitutional law of the Holy Roman Empire. Stintzing-Landsberg holds this book in high regard and recommends it as a "convenient collection of sources" for the study of the Empire's constitutional history. It went through several editions and resissues the last in 1794. The last edition was reprinted in 1973. All original editions are scarce or rare. OCLC locates 12 copies of the first edition none in North America. This edition not in VD18. Stintzing-Landsberg Geschichte der Deutschen Rechtswissenschaft Part III Vol.1 126. unknown books
1796286289London 1796. First. hardcover. very good. Folding map. 196pp. full old calf leather spine labels. London 1796. First Edition.<br/><br/> The opening salvo in a long 18th century scholarly controversy over the existence of the Trojan War.<br/><br/> unknown books
1716018394Halae Magdeburgicae: Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum 1716. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early Edition. Octavo 8vo. First work: xxx pages 309 pages of text followed by 37 pages of index. Previous owners name on title page and minor soiling. Second work by Johann Porst "Kurzer Auszug aus denen vornehmsten Koniglichen Preussischen Edicten und Verordnungen der Chur-Marck Brandenburg: nebst einem Anhange von Ehe-Sachen Blut-Freundschafft und Schwagerschaft." Berlin. Gottfried Gedicke. 1725. 160 pages. Very early decorative paper-covered boards with leather spine label; spine and corners are worn. No endpapers. Texts are lightly browned. Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum Hardcover books
1774183732Berlin. : Christian Friedrich Himburg. 1774. 1st edition. Contemporary half mottled calf over decorative paper boards gilt spine title. Very good light shelfwear some toning to pages and map. 8vo. 19.8x12 cm. . German text. Important early mineral survey of Bohemia by the noted Swedish mineralogist. weight: 0.5 lb. One color folding map one folding plate. Christian Friedrich Himburg. hardcover books
17751087573 vols. London: T. Payne 1775/1776. 3 vols 4to xx 516; 2 vi 535; viii 602 pp with 31 engravings on the 30 listed plates. A very good and attractive set in clean condition bound in original calf with gilt decorated rules to covers and gilt decoration to spine panels with six compartments and red and black labels. § Vols I and II second edition 1775 and Vol III only edition 1796. The three maps are lacking. All other illustrations are present in good condition but including usual offsetting and a few showing minor mottling and browning. Plate XI stated in the List of Plates to be a Bartolozzi engraved plate designed by Cypriani from an original onyx Camaio by the Greek artist Tryphon is the correct plate although in fact it bears no plate No. and the imprint " G. B. Cipriani Del I.K. Sherwin Sculp.". Although Bartolozzi normally signs his studio's plates J. K. Sherwin was an apprentice of Bartolozzi's and presumably was allowed to sign his engraving in this instance. The plate's design matches "The Marriage of Eros and Psyche" from Tryphon's Camaio in the Duke of Marlborough's Collection see e.g Wikipaedia: "The Marlborough Gem". Bentley BB 439. Essick CBI p. 117 entry C. T. Payne unknown books
1740811231740. CATS Jacob. HUWELYCK dat is Het gantsche beleyt des Echten Staats; afgedeelt in zes hoost-stukken Marriage or the whole account of the wedded state divided into six sections: maidenhood courtship the bride the wife the mother the widow. Illustrated with life-like plates. s'Gravenhage Pieter van Thol 1740. Octavo. xxii538pp. 1f. Contains approximately 36 engravings by Noach van der Meer roughly based on Adriaen Van de Venne's illustrations for the first edition of 1625. Although smaller and simplified they're finely rendered. This verse compendium of advice to young women was first published in 1625 and went into many editions until at least 1779. Jacob Cats 1577-1660 the beloved and prolific poet known as "Father Cats" was a jurist statesman and diplomat and for fifteen years Raad-Pensionaris of Holland. With small marginal tears to pp. 3984108183 and 411 small worm hole along inner margin of pp. 108-120 and small dampstain to corners of pp. 378-428 none of these flaws affecting the printed area. Two signatures slightly starting; and the folding plate of children's games torn 4" along the fold line. In early vellum lightly soiled. Light to moderate foxing. This edition not in OCLC BL or NUC. unknown books
173866890An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England CHARLES I King of England. HOOPER Jacob. An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. During the Reign of King Charles the First. London: Printed and Sold By All the Booksellers in Town and Country 1738. Quarto. Contemporary calf boards rebacked with a new spine and black morocoo label. Frontis. 628p 26 plates. Measures 29 1/2 x 18 cm. Complete with frontispiece and 26 plates. A very good copy. HBS 66890. $1250 Printed, and Sold By All the Booksellers in Town and Country hardcover books
17753220Bath: S. Hazard for T. Mills 1775. 8vo. xvii 3 445 1 pp. Modern full calf red morocco spine label. Displeasing glue residue in gutter margin of first blank and title-page both of which are a little browned age-toning throughout not objectionable; top edge of textblock with stain near the head-cap which did not permeate through the text itself. Provenance: Mary Knowles contemporary signature on title - see below. A good copy with faults and priced accordingly. Was the "Mary Knowles" who first owned this 18th-century English translation of Boehme's first work the same as the well known English Quaker mystic poet feminist and abolitionist namely Mary Morris Knowles 1733-1807. While we have been unable to procure an autograph of Mary Morris Knowles with which to compare the two signatures if she did not own this particular copy of Boehme it is almost certain that she had in her library at least one of Boehme's texts.<br/><br/>This edition was published by Thomas Mills ca. 1735-1820 formerly a clerk in the one of the Countess of Huntington's chapels where he preached "in the Methodist way." It is not without interest that in 1778 Mills became a Quaker sic.<br/><br/>A German shoemaker turned mystic Boehme's writings found renewed interest in England during the late 18th century influencing Quakers Methodists and mystics alike William Blake in particular. Indeed Blake "inherited from Boehme the ideas which formed the foundation of his philosophy and his myth" Gerald Bentley "William Blake and the Alchemical Philosophers" B.Litt. Thesis Oxon. 1954 p. 233<br/><br/>Our copy is COMPLETE. The only other copy of this edition on the market is both ugly and seriously defective lacking everything after p. 390.<br/><br/>ESTC T216620. On Mary Knowles see: J. Jennings Gender Religion and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century: The "Ingenious Quaker" and Her Connections Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing 2006. J. Jennings "Mary Morris Knowles: Devout Worldly and 'Gay'" in: Quaker Studies Mar. 2010 vol. 14 No. 2 pp. 195-211. S. Hazard for T. Mills unknown books
1782043844Dessau: Societé Typographique 1782. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century half green morocco over marbled boards. Moderate foxing and browning throughout but clean otherwise. There was a Leipzig edition published in 1788. Mauvillon was powerful figure in 18th century German liberalism a proponent of a robust private sector and extreme laissez-fair governmental policy. xxiv 502 XV pp with 7 folding plates at the rear. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Inventory No: 043844. <br/><br/> Societé Typographique hardcover books
1729669971729. Provenance: Thomas Carpenter NJ Supreme Ct Judge. Provenance: Thomas Carpenter NJ Supreme Ct Judge. With A "Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms" Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Lex Mercatoria: Or The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves With What Belongs to Particular Companies and all Maritime Affairs in the way of Traffick are illustrated and Concisely Treated of; Under the Heads of Merchants and Owners of Ships Masters Mariners Pilots Freight and Charter-Parties of Affreightment Insurance Bottomry Customs Wrecks Factors Planters and Plantations Letters of Marque and Reprisal Privateers Piracy Treaties of Commerce Exchange &c. With an Introduction Setting forth the Laws of Nature and of Nations Dominion of the Sea &c. Some Curious and Useful History and Variety of Special Cases and Determinations Interspers'd Thro' the Whole. To which are Added in Proper Places The Best Adapted Precedents of Instruments and Writings Made Use of in All Cases Relating to Trade. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1729. xii 404 12 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Recent period-style calf raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Some toning light foxing to portions of text. Early annotations and signatures including that of Thomas Carpenter to preliminaries two tiny glue spots to title page. A handsome copy. $1100. Second and final edition "Corrected with the Addition of Three Entire New Chapters. And Also A Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms &c." Jacob best-known for his New Law-Dictionary was the most prolific English legal writer of the eighteenth century. Although he was interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible Jacob was also an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is the goal of Lex Mercatoria 1718 and several other publications such as Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736 and Treatise of Laws 1721. Thomas Carpenter 1804-1876 was a prominent New Jersey attorney and a judge of that state's Supreme Court. English Short-Title Catalogue T137820. unknown books
1729688321729. London 1729. 1st ed. London 1729. 1st ed. First Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1729. 772 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio 13" x 8-1/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in places faint dampstaining to lower corners of first five leaves. A handsomely bound copy of a landmark title. $1000. First edition. As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 217. English Short-Title Catalogue T137460. unknown books
1719673001719. London 1719. 1st ed. London 1719. 1st ed. Legal Guide for "Gentlemen of All Ranks" in a Well-Preserved Contemporary Binding Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Lex Constitutionis: Or The Gentleman's Law. Being A Compleat Treatise of All the Laws and Statutes Relating to the King And the Prerogative of the Crown; The Nobility And House of Lords; House of Commons; Officers of State; The Exchequer and Treasury; Commissioners and Officers of the Customs; Of the Excise; Of the Post-Office; Stamp-Office; Forfeited Estates; Publick Accounts; The Navy-Office; War-Office; Lieutenancy of Counties; Justices of Peace &c. Wherein Near One Hundred Authors of the Best Reputation Both Ancient and Modern On the Subject Have Been Consulted And are Referr'd to. And also An Introduction to the Common Law of England With Respect to Tenures of Lands Descents Marriage-Contracts Coverture &c. Of Property Creation and Forfeiture of Estates; Trials of Offenders Courts at Westminster &c. To Which are Added Under Their Proper Heads The Manner of Passing Bills in Both Houses of Parliament the Judicature of the Lords; Variety of Adjudg'd Cases; And some Curious History of Antiquity. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq; for B. Lintot 1719. ii v-xiv 360 12 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and fragment of paper shelf label to spine blind tooling to board edges. A few minor scratches and scuffs to boards corners lightly bumped front hinge cracked light toning to text. A notably well-preserved copy. $1000. First edition. Holdsworth thought highly of this book noting its "a learned book-the author tells us that he had consulted nearly a hundred authorities; the idea of making such a book was original; and the main features of the constitution are set out." In his preface Jacob indicates that he did not write this treatise on England's Constitution for the landed gentry exclusively but for "gentlemen of all ranks" that is the literate general public. This distinction is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as A Tr. unknown books
1729641821729. London 1729. 2d ed.; 1761 ed in Sowerby 2101. London 1729. 2d ed.; 1761 ed in Sowerby 2101. With A "Merchants's Dictionary of Words and Terms" Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Lex Mercatoria: Or The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves With What Belongs to Particular Companies And all Maritime Affairs In the way of Traffick Are Illustrated and Concisely Treated of; Under the Heads of Merchants And Owners of Ships Masters Mariners Pilots Freight and Charter-Parties of Affreightment Insurance Bottomry Customs Wrecks Factors Planters and Plantations Letters of Marque and Reprisal Privateers Piracy Treaties of Commerce Exchange &c. With an Introduction Setting Forth the Laws of Nature and of Nations Dominion of the Sea &c. Some Curious and Useful History And Variety of Special Cases and Determinations Interspers'd Thro' the Whole. To Which are Added in Proper Places The Best Adapted Precedents of Instruments and Writings Made Use of in All Cases Relating to Trade. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt et al. for B. Motte et al. 1729. xii 404 12 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf blind fillets and rules to boards raised bands to spine gilt dentelles to board edges. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints and hinges starting. Light toning to text negligible foxing to a few leaves internally clean. A handsome copy. $1000. Second and final edition "Corrected with the Addition of Three Entire New Chapters And Also A Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms &c." Jacob best-known for his New Law-Dictionary was the most prolific English legal writer of the eighteenth century. Although he was interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible Jacob was also an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is the goal of Lex Mercatoria 1718 and several other publications such as Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736 and Treatise of Laws 1721. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:522 46. English Short-Title Catalogue T137820. unknown books
17683484Amsterdam: Jacobus Loveringh and Abraham Blusse 1768. Full-Leather. Thick Octavo. Three volumes in one Dutch language 1 blank half-title xxviii 1-854pp. Includes 34pp.consisting of 4 tables 1pp. errata 3 blanks. Illustrated with 29 engraved plates most folding. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf 5 raised bands with compartments fully decorated in gilt all edges stamped in red and black outer joints somewwhat cracked but sturdy; corners worn small chip to upper board near spine; very light damp staining to upper gutter of first half of text. Translation of: Biblischer mathematicus oder Erlauterung der H. Schrift aus den mathematischen wissenschaften der arithmetic geometrie static architectur astronomie horographie und optic . Als ein anhang ist beygefuget herrn George Sarganecks Versuch einer anwendung der mathematic in dem articul von der grosse der sunden-schulden. A scarce work on various perspectives; the Tower of Babel Noah's Ark Ptolemy Copernicus and Tycho de Brahe's perspective of earth and the planets Jerusalem and Norway map perspective Architectual perspective ot the Temple of Jerusalem etc. <br/><br/> Jacobus Loveringh and Abraham Blusse hardcover books
1701046917Jena: Birchner 1701. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled frontis and title page stained and detached with some chipping and old tape marks wear to first few pages a few old marks and notes but very good otherwise. Three works bound in one the first two by Hoping typically found together the last with added engraved title published in 1692 in Frankfurt Illustrated throughout endpapers with notes and a few hand sketches. The Ingeber work is a first edition. 155 7; 183 61; 180 4pp<br/><br/>Three early chiromancy volumes bound up together Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Magic Paranormal & Occult. Inventory No: 046917. Birchner hardcover books
1721673061721. Scarce Treatise by Jacob on Common Civil and Canon Law Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A Treatise of Laws: Or A General Introduction to the Common Civil and Canon Law. In Three Parts. I. The Common Law of England: Illustrated in Great Variety of Maxims &c. Also the Use of this Law; With References to Statutes in All Cases. II. Of the Civil Law Intermix'd With the Law of Nations and Its Use Here in England; and a Parallell Between Civil Law and Common Law. III. The Canon Law and Laws Ecclesiastical; Containing the Authority and Rights of the English Clergy; Of Patrons and Churches; Courts Ecclesiastical Trials &c. The Whole Adapted to the Use of Students and Practicers of the Law; Students of the Universities; Civilians Proctors Ecclesiasticks and All Young Gentlemen. London: Printed for T. Woodward and J. Peele 1721. ii vi 6 533 15 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints front hinge mended. A few minor nicks and scuffs to boards some rubbing to extremities corners bumped joints just starting at ends rear hinge cracked. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places brief early annotations to a few passages. A nice copy of a scarce title. $950. First edition one of two issues from 1721. This title is unique in Jacob's prolific output because it discusses civil and canon law at length. The mention of "civilians proctors clergy and gentlemen" in the subtitle is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. Counting both issues OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries. Jefferson owned a copy of this edition: Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1804. English Short-Title Catalogue N13977. unknown books
1769410381769. <p>Trew Christoph Jacob 1695-1769. Mezzotint portrait by Johann Jacob Haid 1704-67. N.p. Nuremberg 1769 or after. 531 x 356 mm. image measures 406 x 268 mm. Margins a little frayed not affecting image a few small marginal tears repaired but very good.</p> <p>Excellent mezzotint portrait of German physician and botanist Christoph Jacob Trew after whom the East Indian plant genus Trewia is named. Trew was the author of the lavishly illustrated Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens floribus 1750-86 and Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortis curiosorum nutrita 1750-73 both with plates engraved after drawings by the noted 18th century botanical artist Georg Dionysius Ehret; the latter work has been described as "one of the great botanical iconographies" Lazarus and Pardoe p. 43. The present portrait appeared as a frontispiece to the Plantae selectae. Trew founded the periodical Commercium litterarium ad rei et medicinae scientiae naturalis one of the first general medical journals and from 1743 served as director of the Kaiserlich-Leopoldinisch-Carolingischen Akademie der Naturforscher. Trew's scientific correspondence numbering over 19000 letters is the largest such collection known; his natural history library of 34000 volumes is now at the University of Erlangen. Lazarus and Pardoe Catalogue of botanical prints and drawings at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales 2003.</p> . unknown books
177842819Venetiis: ex typographia Johannis Gatti . superiorum facultate 1778. Editio novissima folio 2 volumes in 1 pp. x 446; 458 22 Verba barbara ex Calepini 80 Vocabulario Italiano e Latino . per uso delle scuole di gramatica; primary title page printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette lexicon in double column appendices in triple column contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards brown morocco label on spine; some rubbing and wear but generally a good sound copy or better. A late edition but under the editorship of the renowned philologist Jacobo Faccolati 1682-1769 who was both a philologist and lexicographer at Padua. His edition of Calepino was first published at Padua in 1718. It is here re-edited by Jean-Baptiste Gallicciolli. Labarre 210; Vancil p. 44. <br/><br/> ex typographia Johannis Gatti ... superiorum facultate hardcover books
177247937London: printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . for J. Beecroft et al. 1772. Folio pp. 6 and unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary calf red morocco label on spine; lower joint cracked top of spine chipped level with text block otherwise a very good sound copy. Includes "the history and antiquity of the law and our manners customs and original government collected and abstracted from all dictionaries abridgments institutes commentaries reports yearbooks charters registers chronicles and histories published to this time." Vancil p. 119; not in Zischka. <br/><br/> printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall ... for J. Beecroft [et al.] unknown books
174710314London: Lawton Gilliver in Oxford-arms 1747. First Edition. Boards. Very good. First edition of Dr. Houstoun's Memoirs Of His Own Life-Time compiled by Jacob Bickerstaff and published in 1747. Octavo 4 435pp. Contemporary boards rebound at spine with new cloth. New endpapers. Clean text leaves worn at edges free of any marks. Sabin 33198 From Sabin: "A very curious book by a Scotch adventurer who was concerned in the Darien settlement. He was surgeon to the Assiento Company's factories in America and passed most of his life trading and negotiating in Central America and the Spanish Main. The author gives much information on Colonial Affairs Civil Military and Naval." Only two copies are known to exist in OCLC. From the title page this work includes: An Account of The Scotch Settlement at Darien; The great Advantages accruing to Great Britain from an Incorporated Union of the Whole Island; The Rise and Progress of Royal African and Assiento Companies; The Rise and Fall of the grand South Sea Bubble &c. in 1720; The Conduct of the Spaniards and Manner of their Trade in the West Indies; The secret Expedition thither in 1740; Some Anecdotes of the Government of Jamaica with the Characteristicks of its Inhabitants; The Importance of Cape-Breton to the British Nation; An Essay on Genius and Education. The autobiography of Doctor James Houstoun was called Memoirs of the Life and Travels of James Houstoun M.D. Formerly Physician and Surgeon-General to the Royal African Company's Settlements in Africa and late Surgeon to the Royal Assiento Company's factories in America From the Year 1690 to this Present Year 1747 Sabin 33197. The Works of James Houstoun was published in London in 1753 Sabin 33199. Lawton Gilliver in Oxford-arms unknown books
179819505Mauritius August 3 1798. Some slight loss from the seals; a little browned and soiled; in very good condition. 3 pages on a folded sheet plus integral address 12.5 x 8 inches approx. 480 words. Scandal and affairs of the heart from the remote outposts of American commerce. The American consul to the French colony in the Indian Ocean here writes back to New York "I have to inform you of having dispatched your Ship Huron Capt. Brown for Newport R. Island she left this Colony on 26 May for Bourbon to complete her chargement & sailed from thence about 15 days after for America ñ I must add the malconduct of your Capt. here has been very injurious to the Voyage by forming a connection with a bad woman who came passenger with him from Bordeaut sic ñ with the greatest difficulty he was made to sail without taking this person with him however the whole Island interfered against it & prevented her leaving the Colony because she was a favourite Actress & much wanted on the Stage however she is placed here at the expence of Capt. Brown who has placed funds in the hands of Mr. Roussell Manssell to be appropriated for her benefit and althoà Mr. Roussell is not ignorant that he has a family near Boston in the town of Marblehead he has become the confident & friend in this vile business. Capt. Brown on his arrival addressed himself to me & after finishing a part of his business because I declined the propositions made me respecting the Woman I explained to him with candour his Faults he after placed his property with Mr. Roussell who has engaged to pay her expences until Capt. B. returns to marry her. . . . This favourite woman in question was bound jointly with the other players in the sum of Ten Thousand dollars that she would tarry three years in the Colony in that Company of course these persons opposed her departure. Capt. Brown in order to effect it in my presence offered to destroy a bill of exchange of Ten Thousand dollars which was the amount of the passage money for the same persons. Since that transaction I have been kept in the dark for having found fault with Capt. BÃs conduct & threatening to put him in prison therefor - he did not choose to consult me thereafter." Lewis a Boston merchant had been appointed consul to Å’le de France by Adams and arrived in February 1798--but owing to the Quasi-War and the interruption of commerce betwen the United States and France arrived back in Boston with his family in June 1799. See the National Archives annotation to the summary memorial of Lewis to Thomas Jefferson March 20 1801. Captain Brown of the Huron is certainly Elias Brown; a notice in the Halifax N.C. Journal of October 15 1798 dated Newport September 15 reports the arrival of Brown and the Huron and news that he had prior to his adventures in love been boarded somewhere east of the Cape by the British frigate Garland on June 28--seven of his seamen were impressed and Brown was detained before escaping under cover of a squall. Brown further reports "that the national soldiers were all sent from the Isle de France but that the reports of it being declared independent are false." The first theatre troupe had been established in Port Louis in 1790 by a M. Laglaine though there was a hiatus after the smallpox epidemic of 1792 and one presumes the colonists were not likely to take kindly to seeing a keystone of their local entertainment whisked away by a Yankee merchant captain. For a glance at theatre in Mauritius and some sense of the upheavals on the island in 1798--though this affair does not seem to merit mention--see the 1840 memoir by Andre Maure Souvenirs d'un vieux colon de Maurice. Samuel Ward 1756-1832 the owner of the merchant brig Huron was a Revolutionary War veteran from a prominent Rhode Island family. Neat contemporary arithmetic problems in contemporary ink on the cover page. August 3, unknown books
