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177732265Berlin, bey Christian Friedrich Voß 1777. XXIV, 278 Seiten, 283 Seiten, Kl8° gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleder, Bibliotheksstempel auf Titelblatt, Rückenleder oben mit Fehlstück, sonst Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
179844770Haverhill NH 1798. Very good two chipped corners light tearing and soiling along folds contents slightly faded but clean. 1 sheet. 7.75 x 13 inches. Dated June 4th 1798 Haverhill NH. Unsigned draft of a resignation letter to Governor John Taylor Gilman requesting to be discharged from service with the New Hampshire State Militia. "It is now almost fourteen years since I was called into the military line: And going on the sixth however unworthy - since I have been honoured with the command of the second division of militia in this state in the office of Major General. Now being considerably advanced in years & not enjoying a firm state of health. I am desirous of returning to retirement & making room for the better experienced & more alert officers."<br /> <br /> Moses Dow 1747-1811 born in Haverhill graduated Harvard in 1769 took up law was Kings Attorney 1774-5 under the Royal Governor and served in the New Hampshire colonial legislature1775-6. a Revolutionary War soldier state senator for the Fourth Provincial Congress president of the Senate; postmaster registrar of probate and Justice of the Peace. He served in the state militia from 1784 to 1798 with his final service as Major-General and though elected to Congress by the New Hampshire Assembly he wrote to Gilmore that he could not accept as in this case based on his ill health.<br /> <br /> References: Hamilton Child: Gazetteer of Grafton county N. H. 1709-1886 Syracuse NY. Syracuse Journal Company 1886; Francis Parkinson Keyes: "Moses Dow Citizen of Haverhill†Granite Monthly 3rd Quarterly Issue 1918 pp 141-144; Chandler E. Potter: Military History of the State of New Hampshire from its Settlement in 1623 to the Rebellion in 1861 Concord NH : McFarland and Jenks 1866Vol I; Dartmouth has his papers. unknown
1772N4306Paris: Saillant Librairie 1772. First French Edition . Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. XIV342pp1p advertisement. The famous GermanJewish philosopher of the Enlightenment MOSES MENDELSSOHN appears here as author: MENDELS-SOHN. Early 20th century binding. Corners and edge with some wear.Bottom corner with light crack away from edges see photo please. Old name on title page. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. <br/> <br/> Saillant Librairie hardcover
1759326881London England: Henry Kent 1759. Hardcover. Acceptable. H. Burgh. London: Henry Kent 1759. The second Moses Browne edition. Part I. title page as pictured 12mo. Part II as pictured "The Third Edition" 1759. 340 pages plus an 8 page index. DISBOUND COLLATED COMPLETE with original boards and remnants of leather. No spine. No former owner marks. Illustrated. Text is good with only occasional foxing and closed edge tears and corner wear. Engraved frontispieces and text illustrations of fish by H. Burgh. The second Moses Browne edition has an additional 28 pages. Notes are expanded the preface has been rewritten four new plates have been added and the other six have been re-engraved. "With the Laws that concern Angling And an Appendix which shews at one View.all that is Valuable Instructing or Curious that has appeared on the Subject." TEXT is COMPLETE in signatures with endpapers will need to be resewn and rebound. Henry Kent hardcover
1745014020London: London : printed for J. Noon 1745. Book measures 21x13.5.cm. viii 3662pp. Bound in half calf calf corners cloth boards raised bands leather title label. Binding rubbed scuffed worn library number and label. Internally occasional library mark or stamp. Pages in good condition. A good copy. . Second Edition. Half Calf. Good Plus. 8vo. London : printed for J. Noon Hardcover
1745013894London: Printed by J. Noon 1745. Book measures 21.5x14.cm. viii 366pp 10pp booklist. Bound in modern maroon cloth with gilt title lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally occasional library stamp or mark about 10 in all some minor spotting. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Second Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Printed by J. Noon Hardcover
177757413Metz France. Good. 1777. Hardcover. Contemporary boards recent cloth spine cloth tape reinforced hinges. . Ex-library. Board edges worn corners bumped pages foxed. Text in Hebrew. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
179817799Dedham: Mann and Adams 1798. Disbound. 28pp minor foxing. Attractive ornamentation at top of page 3. Very Good. Adams warns Wright that "the spirit of the times creates and promotes much bitterness in society highly unfavorable to religion." He faces the possibility of "persecution"; mean-spirited people hope American ministers will "meet the same treatment which has been dealt to the clergy in France." FIRST EDITION. Evans 33265. Not in Jenkins. Mann and Adams unknown books
179817799Dedham: Mann and Adams 1798. Disbound. 28pp minor foxing. Attractive ornamentation at top of page 3. Very Good. Adams warns Wright that "the spirit of the times creates and promotes much bitterness in society highly unfavorable to religion." He faces the possibility of "persecution"; mean-spirited people hope American ministers will "meet the same treatment which has been dealt to the clergy in France." FIRST EDITION. Evans 33265. Not in Jenkins. Mann and Adams unknown
1773S13775London:: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. 1773. Sm. 8vo. xxxvii 3 136 pp. Engraved frontispiece. On page 121: "Inscribed to Mr. Betteroth". Original calf rebacked with handsome new spine and red morocco gilt-stamped spine label. Bookplate of Hastings Nathaniel Middleton. Some minor ink annotations to the title. Very good. Originally issued in 1729 under a slightly different title and then again reissued in 1739. This is the third edition. "Brown was an enthusiastic angler and in 1750 at the suggestion of Dr. Johnson brought out an edition of Walton and Cotton's "Compleat Angler". . . MOSES BROWNE 1704 – September 1787 was a pen-cutter from Clerkenwell London England who became a poet and eventually rose amongst the ranks of the Church of England. He made various contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine founded by Edward Cave at St. John's Gate in 1731 who awarded Browne several prizes for his contributions. Browne mixed with some distinguished literary figures of his time including befriending Samuel Johnson. Browne was appointed vicar of Olney Buckinghamshire in 1753. In 1764 Browne took on the post of Chaplain at Morden College in Blackheath London. He remained vicar of Olney at the same time as vicar of Sutton Lincolnshire until his death in 1787. See: John Bartlett Catalogue of Books on Angling: Including Ichthyology . . . 1882 page 15; DNB III pp. 52-3; Thomas Westwood Thomas Satchell Bibliotheca piscatoria a catalogue of books on angling. . . 1883 pp. 43-4. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773. unknown books
1773S13775London:: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. 1773. Sm. 8vo. xxxvii 3 136 pp. Engraved frontispiece. On page 121: "Inscribed to Mr. Betteroth". Original calf rebacked with handsome new spine and red morocco gilt-stamped spine label. Bookplate of Hastings Nathaniel Middleton. Some minor ink annotations to the title. Very good. Originally issued in 1729 under a slightly different title and then again reissued in 1739. This is the third edition. "Brown was an enthusiastic angler and in 1750 at the suggestion of Dr. Johnson brought out an edition of Walton and Cotton's "Compleat Angler". . . MOSES BROWNE 1704 – September 1787 was a pen-cutter from Clerkenwell London England who became a poet and eventually rose amongst the ranks of the Church of England. He made various contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine founded by Edward Cave at St. John's Gate in 1731 who awarded Browne several prizes for his contributions. Browne mixed with some distinguished literary figures of his time including befriending Samuel Johnson. Browne was appointed vicar of Olney Buckinghamshire in 1753. In 1764 Browne took on the post of Chaplain at Morden College in Blackheath London. He remained vicar of Olney at the same time as vicar of Sutton Lincolnshire until his death in 1787. See: John Bartlett Catalogue of Books on Angling: Including Ichthyology . . . 1882 page 15; DNB III pp. 52-3; Thomas Westwood Thomas Satchell Bibliotheca piscatoria a catalogue of books on angling. . . 1883 pp. 43-4. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773. unknown
178677830Berlin 1786. 8vo. Samtidig skinnryggbind med tittelfelt i grønt skinn opphøyde ryggbånd og enkel strekdekor i gull. 14 328 XLII XXIV 87 1 144 s.8vo. Contemporary calfmarbled boards title in green raised bands and simply gilt to spine. 14 328 XLII XXIV 87 1 144 pp. Bey Christian Friedrich Voss und Sohn Tysk. <br/><br/><em>Med Marcus Jacob Monrads navnetrekk på forsatsbladet. Ryggen noe slitt ved nedre kapitél. Medbundet : Moses Mendelsohn an die Freunde Lessings. Ein Anhang zu Herrn Jacobi Briefwechsel über die Lehre des Spinoza. Berlin. 1786.Medbundet : Moses Mendelsohn : Über die Evidenz in metaphysischen Wissenschaften. Eine von der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin gekrönte Preisschrift. Neue Auflage.Navn på forsatsbl.Names on front free endpaper. </em> hardcover
177235627BBParis, Saillant 1772. 8°: 2 n.n. Bl., XXIV S., 342 S., 1 Bl. Privileg. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz. Interimsbroschur der Zeit mit Marmorpapierbezügen.
1777h42069Amsterdam: Jacob ben Solomon Proops 1777. Hardcover. Very good. Small quarto 10.5 x 8.25 inches mid-20th century cloth 2 volumes bound in one book contents very good and clean bookplates and signature of Solomon Freehof an important leader in American Reform Judaism rabbi at Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh. Edition of the 16th century commentary on the Pentateuch. In Hebrew. It was first published in Belvedere near Istanbul in 1593 and with indices in Venice in 1601. Early printings of this are very uncommon. Jacob ben Solomon Proops hardcover
176692148Boston: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper in Newbury-Street 1766. Paperback. Fair. 30p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 19 cm. Substantial foxing. Last few leaves almost entirely detached. No separate wrapper present. Coloniral printing. Dana served as minister in Ipswich fror 62 years. Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, in Newbury-Street paperback
1769T96034's Graavenhaage ['s Gravenhage], by Pieter van Cleef 1769 x + 211pp.+ gegraveerd frontispice, "naar den tweeden verbeterden druk, uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald", 21cm., blinde gecart. omslag uit de tijd, enkele roestplekjes, goede staat, T96034
17738107London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. Third edition. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf new spine small portion of free endpaper gone light marginal waterstains on first few prelims else internally fine. Third edition. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. The author a poetical mainstay of "The Gentleman's Magazine" was a friend of Dr. Johnson. Westwood and Satchell p. 43-44 Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1773263320London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century calf gilt spine. Fine. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author a poetical mainstay of "The Gentleman's Magazine" was a friend of Dr. Johnson and editor of The Complete Angler. Westwood and Satchell p. 43-44; ESTC T55148 Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown
1784100723Pamphlet 8vo lacks half title 52 pp. Removed dbd normal aging and browning library seal on title some wrinkling of pages; otherwise very good. Moses Hemmenway 1735-1811 was a Calvinist and Congregational minister that was born in Framingham Massacusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1755 and became the minister at the Fourth Congregational Church in Wells Maine where he remained until his death. He was a somewhat liberal thinker in church circles and supported infant baptism which he published a pamphlet on in 1788. Despite the fact that he published almost 20 sermons or pamphlets none of his titles have appeared at auction since the 1970s. ANB Shipton & Mooney 18526 Benjamin Edes and Sons unknown books
171139540Fürth: Itzik Leib 1711. First edition. Wood cover. poor to good-. Folio. 50 leaves. Beige wooden boards. Illustrated title page with imagery of Moshe Aharon Jacobs dream of the ladder and King David playing the harp. Order of Slikhot prayers for forgiveness to be included in the Jewish observance during the month of Elul the month of the High Holidays between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The book captures the custom of polish Jews Ashkenazi tradition which differs from Sephardi tradition in many ways. While Sephardi Jews include Slikhot throughout the month of Elul Ashkenazi Jews observe Slikhot for the ten days of Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur. Text in Hebrew. Binding reinforced with brown library tape at spine staining and splintered corners at edges of front cover. Spine frayed at head and tail. Foxing inside front cover. Title page and first leaf detached but present creasing at inner margin affects decoration up to 0.5 inches staining from wax creasing and fraying at lower edge affects text up to 1 inch missing. Sporadic wax stains foxing age-toning and some water stains throughout block. Starting at leaf 49. Last two pages detached but present. Foxing inside back cover which is splintered in the middle of lower half. Back cover separated from block but attached at front joint. Binding in overall poor interior in fair to good- condition. Itzik Leib unknown
179347688Berlin:: In der Vossischen Buchhandlung 1793. Second edition. contemporary paper-covered boards. Old private ownership stamp and signature on title page which is slightly stained; front joint and corners rubbed; but tight and sound. . 12mo. In der Vossischen Buchhandlung, hardcover
1780423857Hartford Connecticut 1780. Unbound. Near Fine. Approximately 7" x 6. 5" on laid paper with a deckled edge. Old folds near fine. Receipt of payment from the Pay-Table Committee of 48 pounds to Moses Stoddard Signed by Stoddard as received. Docketed as received on the verso. unknown
174948747The map is 10 cm by 12.7 cm. with explanation on right side and title above upper margin The presence of Moses Harris among the first settlers with his draughting abilities resulted in the first outline plan of Halifax being published in 1749 and followed by this very similar map published in the same year. This simple plan of Halifax was then used as an inset in a series of maps by T. Jefferys in 1750 and by numerous cartographers through to Bellin in his "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" of 1764. Kershaw Vol. III-p.119 The Gentleman's Magazine unknown
1766A43424London 1766. . . . Hinged onto card window mount. Image 298x230mm mount 455x355mm. A delightful hand-coloured copper engraving from the rare first edition of <i>The Aurelian</i> 1766. The plate depicts the 'Purple Hair-Streak' <i>Quercusia quercus</i> the 'Silver Lines' =Green Silver Lines <i>Pseudoips fagana</i> the 'Pea-Green =Green Oak Tortrix <i>Tortrix viridana</i> the 'Dun-Bar' <i>Cosmia trapezina</i> and the 'Scalloped Winged Broad Bar' =Scalloped Hazel <i>Odontopera bidentata</i> showing the various developmental stages on the common oak <i>Quercus Latifolia</i>. Foot of image engraved 'Moses Harris ad Vivum' indicating that the drawing was made from living specimens.Lower margin of each plate includes a dedication to a subscriber or patron accompanied with the appropriate coat of arms. This dedication reads 'To the R. Hon'ble Lady Henrietta Alicia Wentworth. This Plate is most humbly Dedicataed by her Ladyship's most obliged & obedient Serv't Moses Harris.'Moses Harris 1730-c.1788 was an English entomologist painter engraver and book illustrator one of the most celebrated masters of insect portraiture. His most famous work <i>The Aurelian</i> is considered one of the finest illustrated books of the eighteenth century; it is greatly admired for its artistic and accurate depictions of butterflies and moths presented in the various stages of their life cycles. unknown
1766A40321London 1766. . . . Hinged onto card window mount. Image 298x230mm mount 455x355mm. A delightful hand-coloured copper engraving from the rare first edition of <i>The Aurelian</i> 1766. The plate depicts the 'Eyed Hawk' =Eyed Hawk-moth <i>Smerithus ocellata</i> and the 'White Sattin moth' =White Satin Moth <i>Leucoma salicis</i> showing the various developmental stages on a branch of Willow <i>Salix</i>. The 'Eyed Hawk is one of the most attractive of the hawkmoths. Foot of image engraved 'Moses Harris ad Vivum' indicating that the drawing was made from living specimens.Original accompanying text leaf loosely enclosed at rear of mount. Other plates are also available.Moses Harris 1730-c.1788 was an English entomologist painter engraver and book illustrator one of the most celebrated masters of insect portraiture. His most famous work <i>The Aurelian</i> is considered one of the finest illustrated books of the eighteenth century; it is greatly admired for its artistic and accurate depictions of butterflies and moths presented in the various stages of their life cycles.R. Mays The Aurelian Country Life Books 1986. unknown