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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
1732653631732. A Handbook for the Freemen of London Jacob Giles 1686-1744. City-Liberties: Or The Rights and Privileges of Freemen. Being a Concise Abridgment of All the Laws Charters By-Laws And Customs of London Down to this Time: Containing The Liberties and Advantages of the Citizens Their Wives Widows Orphans And Others; And the Laws Concerning Wills Administration and Distribution of Estates Actions Attachments and Sequestrations. Also Of Binding Forth Apprentices Taking out Freedoms Election of Officers and Courts in the City; Companies of Trade &c. As Regulated by Late Statures. Very Useful To all Citizens and Other Inhabitants of the City of London. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1732. viii 168 8 pp. Two leaves at rear of text both publisher advertisements lacking. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Later three-quarter morocco over textured cloth gilt fillets and title to spine title page re-hinged. Some rubbing to extremities moderate toning and occasional faint dampstaining to text light soiling to a few leaves upper corner lacking from leaf I6 pp. 123-124 with loss to a few words of text. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamps to front endleaf verso of title page and head of preface. $350. Only edition. Contents arranged alphabetically by topic. Jacob addressed this handbook to the "Freemen of London" even "the most common Readers" viii. 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 the Treatise of Laws 1721 The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue T137004. unknown books
176827286New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First American edition designated here the "seventh edition" referring to the previous six which had appeared in London; 8vo pp. iv 289 13; tear in p. 157-8 before printing some foxing cracks starting at lower joints; a good sound copy in original full blindstamped sheep red morocco label on spine. This layman's guide to the law is the first book of its kind published in America. Evans 10935. <br/><br/> Hugh Gaine unknown books
176832180New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. pp iv 289 13 as issued. Boards detached. Old rubberstamp on front free endpaper and title page. Scattered foxing one leaf tape-repaired no loss. Good. <br/><br/> This first American edition from the seventh London edition is considered the first layman's self-help law guide printed in America. Jacob calls his book "an instructive treatise writ in the easiest method and adapted to every capacity whereby the unskilful and those who are ignorant in the practice of the law may in some measure be their own advisers and readily avoid the common errors too often happening in the prosecution of suits." It "has been revised and corrected and many valuable additions inserted." <br/>FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 10935. I Harv. Law Cat. 1035. Marke 248. Marvin 300 8th London 1787. Hugh Gaine 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
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
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
172967423First Edition of Jacob's "Most Enduring and Successful Work" JACOB Giles. 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. 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. By Giles Jacob gent. London In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling assigns of E. Sayer Esq; for J. and J. Knapton J. Darby A. Bettesworth F. Fayram W. Mears J. Pemberton J. Osborn and T. Longman C. Rivington F. Clay J. Batley and A. Ward MDCCXXIX. 1729. First edition. Large quarto 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 318 x 210 mm. Text in two columns. Unpaginated. 772 pp. A-5D4 5E2. Contemporary full calf rebacked. Boards are tooled in blind. Spine with a newer red morocco spine label. Boards rubbed. Previous owner's old ink signature on front free endpaper. Front and rear endpapers laid-down. Some light toning. Overall a very good copy internally very clean. Jacob Giles bap. 1686 d. 1744 was a legal and literary author. "Jacob's most enduring and successful work A New Law Dictionary first published in 1729. The dictionary had taken nine years to research and write and set a new precedent by being the first published guide to English law that combined an abridgement of statute law with a dictionary of legal practice and terminology. A New Law Dictionary reached its fifth edition in 1744 the year of Jacob's death;." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ESTC T137460. HBS 67423. $2850 Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling... hardcover books
1713183155London: Printed by J. Nutt assignee of E. Sayer for B. Lintott and T. Ward 1713. Hardcover. G/Poor covers are detached and heavily worn. Spine is heavily worn. Pages show slight foxing and toning but in nice shape for age This is certainly a re-bind candidate. Full leather covers ridged spine. vii 1 488 21 pages. Error in page numbering:Pages 144 173 and 457 numbered 148 73 and 467 respectively. Containing first the nature of Courts leet and Courts baron . Secondly the manner of holding Courts leet Courts baron and Courts of survey . Thirdly the manner of keeping the Court baron for trying of actions . Fourthly precedents of contracts conditions covenants . Fifthly the power and authority of the lord and of the steward. Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, for B. Lintott and T. Ward hardcover books
1720607721720. Best Edition of Jacob's JP Manual Jacob Giles 1686-1744. The Modern Justice: Containing the Business of a Justice of Peace In All its Parts. As an Abridgment of the Common Law And of All the Acts of Parliament Relating to Justices of Peace Constables and Other Parish Officers Under Them Compleat Down to this Time; And Some Special Law-Cases to Illustrate the Same. With Great Variety of the Most Authentick Precedents of Precepts Summons Warrants Examinations Commitments Indictments &c. Regularly Interspersed Fitting all Occasions for Putting of the Laws in Force. Also the Chairman's Charge in the Quarter-Sessions; Proceedings in Trying of Criminals Motions and Trials of Causes Relating to Settlements &c. And the Particular Power of Mayors Given by Statute with Precedents of Warrants &c. in all Cases. To Which are Added A Concise Account of the Constitution and Government of a Considerable Workhouse for Employing of the Poor Within the City of Bristol. An Alphabetical Table Shewing what Acts of Parliament do Concern the Business of a Justice. And a Compleat Table to the Whole. Corrected Improv'd and Continued to this Present Year 1720. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1720. viii 502 42 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf rebacked in period style raised bands and lettering piece to spine hinges mended. Some rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners light toning to text. Later owner signature to front free endpaper brief annotation to rear pastedown internally clean. $750. Third edition. This is the final and most complete edition. The first edition appeared in 1717. It was reissued in 1718 with new preliminaries. In the third edition Jacob has "continued the statutes to the present year; added many new entire heads and precedents never before printed; a very great number of references and variety of cases and resolutions in the superior courts" preface. He also added about 100 pages of new material. One of the most interesting features is the detailed six-page description of the workhouse at Bristol. It forms part of a full chapter devoted to the Poor Law pp.324-348. OCLC locates 11 copies of this edition in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue T136996. unknown books
1732WRCAM55846London: Printed for D. Midwinter and A. Ward. 1732. 2214197-40016 of 24pp. plus seven plates including frontispiece. Lacks the final four leaves of the index. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Light shelf wear corners worn. Contemporary bookplate and presentation inscriptions see below. One plate torn lacking the lower left quarter of the sheet repaired with blank paper. One page with early manuscript marginalia. Scattered light foxing. About very good. A remarkable association copy connecting two significant members of the Revolutionary generation who were also united by family intermarriage and whose friendship was riven by their divergent loyalties during the American Revolution. This copy bears the bookplate of Francis Hopkinson 1737-91 signer of the Declaration of Independence author and poet composer judge and Pennsylvania government official. The ANB calls him "arguably the most versatile American of the revolutionary generation." This book was given to Hopkinson by the noted minister Jacob Duché who would shortly thereafter marry Hopkinson's sister and who famously broke with the cause of liberty during the Revolution. <br> <br> A front fly leaf bears the presentation inscription "The Present of Mr. Jacob Duché Junr. to Francis Hopkinson December 1757." The same hand has signed the titlepage with the names of Jacob Duché and Francis Hopkinson and the date 1757. On that page Duché's name has been crossed out indicating that the inscriptions are likely in the hand of Duché and that he crossed out his own name on the titlepage when he gave the book to Francis Hopkinson. Jacob Duché and Francis Hopkinson had a long and complicated friendship dating back at least to their college days at the College of Philadelphia later the University of Pennsylvania. In 1760 three years after giving him this book Duché married Hopkinson's sister Elizabeth. Francis Hopkinson was a prolific author and musician and published forty poems before the Revolution. A copy of HUDIBRAS Samuel Butler's famous satirical poem on English politics would have been a welcome and influential gift. "During the Revolution Hopkinson wrote a number of ballads and essays poking fun at the British cause and the Loyalists. 'The Birds the Beasts and the Bat' written in Hudibrastic verse served to ridicule those persons who tried to take both sides during the Revolution" - ANB. <br> <br> It is impossible not to believe that one of those targets of Hopkinson's ridicule was the gifter of the present edition of HUDIBRAS his brother-in-law Jacob Duché. Duché 1738- 98 born into a wealthy Philadelphia family was only twenty-two years old when he married Elizabeth Hopkinson. He would go on to become a prominent minister and religious leader in Philadelphia noted for his well- written sermons and essays. In 1774 he was asked to serve as the chaplain to the Continental Congress and he therefore gained political prominence as well displaying an apparent zeal for liberty. Duché resigned his official position with the Congress in October 1776 having concluded that the Declaration of Independence - signed just three months earlier by his friend and brother-in-law - would not serve as a tool for reconciliation with England. When the British captured Philadelphia Duché was imprisoned by General Howe and came to a permanent change of heart regarding the revolutionary cause. In 1777 he wrote a rash letter to George Washington urging that Washington undo the Declaration of Independence and negotiate a peace. The publication of the letter destroyed Duché's career and "those whose hearts had thrilled to Duché's eloquence now cursed him as a traitor and even Hopkinson wrote him a burning letter of protest" DAB. Duché and his family soon exiled themselves to London. The conclusion of the Revolutionary War did not provide Duché with an opportunity to return to the United States - anti-Loyalist sentiments were still too raw. It was not until 1792 having by then taken up the tenets of Swedenborgianism that Duché and his family finally returned to Philadelphia where he lived the rest of his life. <br> <br> Francis Hopkinson's bookplate was engraved by the noted artist and engraver Henry Dawkins one of the early engravers in the colonies. Dawkins was born in England but came to New York City in 1754. He found work engraving bookplates maps and music in New York and then in Philadelphia before returning again to New York in 1774. He was arrested there in 1776 and charged with counterfeiting paper money apparently not for the first time for which he was jailed. Later that year he petitioned the New York Provincial Congress for release but the record of Dawkins's life ends there and we do not know what became of him. <br> <br> This is a later edition of Samuel Butler's famous epic poem first published in three parts in London beginning in 1663. An edition containing all three parts together was first published in 1684. This edition contains seven engravings by William Hogarth. In the present edition parts two and three have separate titlepages and that of part three bears the imprint "printed for B. Motte. The text is continuous despite the pagination. <br> <br> A remarkable volume - a gift of youthful friendship inspirational to a signer of the Declaration of Independence whose long and close friendship with his brother-in-law would become a casualty of conflicting loyalties during the American Revolution. ESTC N17078. DAB IX pp.220-23; V 476-77. ANB 11 pp.190-92; 7 pp.4-5. Printed for D. Midwinter and A. Ward... unknown 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
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
173016449Augsburg: Published by Johann Jakob Haid 1730. Mezzotint. Printed on laid paper. In good condition with the exception of some foxing across the margins. Small paper loss in upper left corner of sheet. Image size: 12 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. A striking scientific portrait of Albrecht von Haller from Johann Jakob Haid's celebrated series of mezzotint portraits.<br/> <br/>Johan Jakob Haid came from a German family of artists and printmakers. Haid worked initially with the animal painter Johann Elias Ridinger but he soon went on to found a well-known publishing house in Augsburg. He became known primarily for his celebrated series of large mezzotint portraits of illustrious individuals. This attractive portrait of Albertus Haller is a wonderful example of Haid's noted series. As in this fine image all of Haid's portraits are highly decorative; the sitter is always surrounded by a decorative frame and the image rests on an ornate descriptive plaque. This is a lovely impression and a fine example of Haid's accomplished series. As in many scientific portraits Haller is shown holding a book symbolizing his important work as a writer. Albrecht von Haller 1708-1777 was a celebrated Swiss anatomist and physiologist. After pursuing an education in medicine and mathematics Haller devoted himself to the study of botany. He began a collection of plants which formed the basis of his great work on the flora of Switzerland. In 1729 he returned to Bern and began to practice as a physician and was soon appointed the chair of medicine at the University of Gottingen. Commonly called "the Great" Haller was an illustrious scholar and prolific writer. His academic interests included poetry botany biography and medicine and he produced a huge quantity of texts devoted to these diverse subjects. He is best remembered for his twenty volumes of biographies on anatomy botany surgery and medicine and for his revolutionary contributions to the field of physiology. He proved the concept of tissue "irritability" and distinguished between nerve impulse and muscular contraction.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by Johann Jakob Haid unknown books
1728RW1451London:: John Senex 1728. 1728. 8vo. iv 187 1 pp. 4 folding plates decorative headpieces. Original gilt-stamped calf modern red leather gilt-stamped spine label raised bands; rubbed joints cracked upper spine mended. Ownership stamp of "P.G." Very good. Rare. First edition in English; first printed in Leiden in 1727 as Matheseos universalis elementa. "This work translated into Dutch 1728 and English 1752 sic is of didactic rather than original merit but it was significant for its invitation to mathematicians to elucidate systematically Newton's Universal Arithmetick which 'sGravesande exemplified by his own explanation of two passages from Newton's book. 'sGravesande found the lighthearted treatment of infinitesimals and the infinite in Bernard de Fontenelle's Elemens de la geometrie de l'infini Paris 1727 unacceptable and he maintained his objections in the Journal litteraire against Fontenelle's rejoinder 1730." – DSB V p. 510. REFERENCES: ESTC no.: T187811; not in Babson. John Senex, 1728. hardcover 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
17294770London: Timothy Atkins 1729. 64pp. Disbound. Some marginal notations at rear. Top edge closely trimmed touching the word "The" of the title and a few page numbers. A satire on Joseph Betty's sermon "The Divine Institution of the Ministry." The imprint is probably false. Timothy Atkins unknown books
1768250287New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First. hardcover. poor. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests.II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions.III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods.IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants.V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act.VI. Of the King and his Prerogatives.VII. Of publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery.and their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statues concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes In all Cases whatsoever. 8vo original calf binding heavily worn; blank flyleaves laxing as well as the final pages of the Index .One signature sprung some pages dampstained contemporary name heavily inked on verso of title page. New-York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First American Edition.<br/><br/> First law book for the layman printed in America. A poor well used copy of an important book printed by Hugh Gaines the official printer of the City of New York. Evans 10935. Ford The Journals of Hugh Gaine volume I p. 118.<br/><br/> Hugh Gaine unknown books
1772216946London: W. Strahan and M. Woodfall 1772. hardcover. very good-. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests.II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions.III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods.IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants.V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act.VI. Of the King and his Prerogatives.VII. Of publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery.and their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statues concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes In all Cases whatsoever. Seventh Edition Corrected and Improved. vi 240pp. 4pp index. 8vo contemporary calf leather label; head of spine lightly worn covers lightly rubbed with small areas of light soiling front and back outer hinges starting scattered light foxing to margins. London: W. Strahan and M. Woodfall 1772.<br/><br/> The author Jacob Giles was an English lawyer. This was his most popular work. Giles wrote several other legal works including in 1729 "A New Law Dictionary".<br/><br/> W. Strahan and M. Woodfall unknown books
1768168968New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First. hardcover. very good-. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests.II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions.III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods.IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants.V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act.VI. Of the King and his Prerogatives.VII. Of publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery.and their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statues concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes In all Cases whatsoever. iv 289 12pp. 12mo contemporary calf leather label; spines ends lightly worn covers lightly scuffed light foxing to some margins small light dampstain to several pages contemporary signature on title page and page one in margins. New-York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First American Edition.<br/><br/> First law book for the layman printed in America. The author Jacob Giles was an English lawyer. This was his most popular work. It had been published in six London editions previously to this New York edition. Giles wrote several other legal works including in 1729 "A New Law Dictionary". In 1768 Hugh Gaine was appointed public printer to the Province of New York. Soon after he became the official printer of the City of New York. Evans 10935. Ford The Journals of Hugh Gaine volume I p. 118.<br/><br/> Hugh Gaine unknown books
17124343Rome: Francesco Gonzaga 1712. Extremely rare first edition of this luxuriously illustrated anthology of extracts from papal sermons delivered between 1703-09 in Latin prose and facing Italian verse: an unusual example of Baroque ecclesiastical culture from the pontificate of Clement XI. On the basis of extreme rarity and contents the volume numbers among those commemorative and honorific volumes which were never sold in the trade but offered as a ceremonial gift to cardinals ambassadors and other important personagescorroborated by the ownership inscription in the present volume by a monsignor during Clements papacy. The volume is singular in our experience for its contents. Latin extracts of Clements sermons generally rather brief are printed on the left side of the page then freely and somewhat copiously versified in Italian by the poet Guidi. The sparsity of the elegantly printed text leaves positively wasteful margins! Each sermon is preceded by a full-page engraving on the subject of the sermon the Holy Family adoring the Christ Child for Christmas the Resurrection for Easter etc. designed by Pietro Leone Ghezzi one of the principal artists in Clements retinue and engraved by Roman engravers generally also associated with Clementine projects Frey van Westerhout etc. The designs were made expressly for the present volume and are echoed as it were in a series of initials and vignettes devoted to the same theme; as such they must have been engraved for the present volume and not simply taken from the printers stock. If somewhat overshadowed by Maratti in his lifetime and by his epoch-making role as the first professional caricaturist Ghezzi 1674-1755 was nonetheless an important painter of religious subjects who worked on Albanis most prestigious public projects. The surfaces of Ghezzis paintings were considerably less finished than those of Maratti and he seems more receptive to Venetian color and unfinishednessthus showing a different aspect of Albani taste. Ghezzi was commissioned in 1712 the year this book was published to paint The Election of St. Fabian for the Albani Chapel in S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura. Within the next decade he helped paint the frescos the ancient basilica of S. Clemente and the nave decoration of St. John Lateran. His portraits including one of Clement XI are unusually informal and realistic possibly due to Ghezzis experience at caricature. Alessandro Guidi 1650-1712 who translated the sermons was a prolific Arcadian poet. OCLC records a single copy Berkeley and we locate no additional American copies. Large 4to. 28 x 20.5 cm engraved portrait of Clement XI xvi pp. full-page engraving 213 pp. including 5 full-page engravings paginated with text. 18th-c. vellum over boards spine with 5 raised bands and red morocco label gilt-stamped; covers with large blind-tooled central ornament blind-tooled filets and ornaments. Short tears at head and foot of spine and a few nicks there. Early inscription on front pastedown mentions Monsignor Bianchini Prelato Domestico e Camerario segreto di S. Santita Papa Clem. XI. Mild finger-soiling in margins of title and a little foxing on some text leaves but overall a very fine attractive copy. Francesco Gonzaga 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
1738688701738. Possibly Edited by Giles Jacob Farresley Thomas. Jacob Giles 1686-1744 Editor Attributed. A Report of All the Cases Determined by Sir John Holt Knt. From 1688 to 1710 During which Time He was Lord Chief Justice of England: Containing Many Cases Never Before Printed Taken from an Original Manuscript of Thomas Farresley Late of the Middle-Temple Esq; Also Several Cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber. The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Heads. With Three Tables: The First of the Names in the Cases; The Second of the General Titles; And the Third of the Principal Matters. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1738. ii iii 17 762 90 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 7-3/4". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style with raised bands black-stamped ornaments and contemporary lettering piece blind rules to boards hinges mended. Some scuffing to boards corners bumped and somewhat worn minor worming to rear pastedown crack in text block between front endleaf and title page. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves worm-hole to lower corner of first half of text block. A nice copy. $500. Only edition. According to Sweet & Maxwell this book is said to have been edited by Giles Jacob. It covers cases from 1688-1710. Holt played a leading role in the Glorious Revolution and in 1689 became Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He was a learned common lawyer. Not in Wallace. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:301. English Short-Title Catalogue T97370. unknown books
1789247021Paris: Chez Barrois 1789. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tan polished calf triple gilt-filet borders smooth spines richly gilt with 2 black leather spine label by Bozerien jeune. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Extremely Rare with Hand-colored Plates. An extremely rare if not unique copy of Engel's classic treatise on acting with the plates colored by hand. This is the very scarce first French edition of Engel's famous Ideen Zu Einer Mimik first printed in German in 1785-86 and one of the most important works on the theory and psycho-physiology of acting. Engel 1741-1802 was a German philosopher who was professor of moral philosophy in the Joachimstal Gymnasium in Berlin and following that tutor to the crown prince of Prussia the future Frederik William III. In 1787 he became director of the Royal Theater in Berlin where he wrote many plays which enjoyed considerable success as well as many essays on aesthetic subjects<br/><br/>ONE OF A VERY FEW COPIES WITH HAND-COLORED PLATES. Cohen-De Ricci 346-347; Brunet III 982; Magriel p. 179 Chez Barrois unknown books
1774WRCAM35113APhiladelphia: Printed by John Dunlap 1774. x2411pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. The "gentleman of foreign extraction" was actually Jacob Duche a notorious Philadelphia Loyalist distinguished for having been appointed Chaplain of the Continental Congress and then turning the tables on his fellow revolutionaries by predicting their defeat and urging the recall of the Declaration of Independence. He was cursed as a traitor and took refuge in England in 1777. The letters contained herein relate mostly to describing prominent Philadelphia residents and institutions. The author gives an account of the Quakers and writes favorably of Philadelphia and of America in general. His ingenious pseudonym "Tamoc Caspipina" is an acronym derived from his position of "The Assistant Minister of Christ's Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia in North America." There exists another Philadelphia issue of this work printed the same year as the present one by Robert Bell. BRINLEY SALE 3135. HILDEBURN 3008. EVANS 13259. SABIN 21055 ref. DAB V pp.476-77. Printed by John Dunlap hardcover books
