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SWAN, Abraham, CarpenterBiblio.com

The British Architect: or The Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases.

SWAN, AbrahamBiblio.com

The British Architect: Or The Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases.

175043277London.: Printed for the Author. 1750. Full reverse calf front and rear boards ruled in blind and with pattern decoration in blind banded spine in seven compartments. Binding worn and rubbed corners bumped joints cracking head and foot of spine worn. Folio. 414 x 270 mm. Printed title 3 leaves with Swan's introduction 10 leaves with text and 60 engraved plates all printed recto only and numbered I - LX the five plates depicting the 'Orders' printed half-page vertically at right with explanatory text at left. PROVENANCE: Unidentified armorial bookplate to front pastedown with the motto 'rapido contrarius orbi'. A good unsophisticated copy of the second edition of Swan's building manual with the explanation of the 'Orders'.Swan's comprehensive work includes the following: 'The work contains: 'I. An easier more intelligible and expeditious Method of drawing the Five Orders than has been hitherto been published by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts free from those troublesome Divisions call'd Aliquot Parts. Shewing also how to glue up their Columns and Capitals.II. Likewise Stair-Cases those most useful ornamental and necessary Parts of a Building though never before sufficiently described in any Book Ancient or Modern; shewing their most convenient Situation and the Form of their Ascending in the most grand Manner: With a great Variety of curious Ornaments whereby any Gentleman may fix on what will suit him best there being Examples of all Kinds; and necessary Directions for such Persons as are unacquainted with the Branch.III. Designs of Arches Doors and Windows.IV. A great Variety of New and Curious Chimney-Pieces in the most elegant and modern Taste.V. Corbels Shields and other beautiful Decorations.VI. Several useful and necessary Rules of Carpentry; with the Manner of Truss'd Roofs and the Nature of a splay'd circular Soffit both in a streight and circular Wall never published before. Together with Raking Cornices Groins and Angle Brackets described.' From the title-page.'This is one of the books that had great influence on the builders and architects of eighteenth-century America.' Fowler.Park 79 first edition 1745 but citing other eds. including the present; Fowler 341 second American edition 1794; Printed for the Author. hardcover

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SULZER, Johann Georg (1720-1779) KASTNER, Abraham Gotthelf (1719-1800)Biblio.com

Nouvelle théorie des plaisirs par Mr. Sulzer de lAcadémie Royale des Science & Belles-Lettres de Berlin; Avec des réflexions sur lorigine du plaisir par Mr. Kaestner de la même Académie.

1767D11183n.p. Berlin 1767. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 160 x 90mm. 4 363 1 pages. 18th-century mottled calf marbled endpapers and edges spine ends chipped scattered stains mostly marginal. Front flyleaf with contemporary French verse inscription Sur cet coteaux depouilles de verdure; je vois courir le lievre fuigtif et loiseau mort de froide accuse la nature and ownership inscription on title Elisabeth Lagravere. French translation of Sulzers theory on the origins of pleasure following a Cartesian school of thought. Zurich native Johann George Sulzer was a well-established member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and Belle-Lettres who published widely on the appreciation of art. Sulzers influence on aesthetic theory was well known within theoretical circles in late eighteenth century Berlin. Owing to the work of Descartes particularly his Passions of the Soul 1649 Sulzers work on the origins of pleasure aimed to initiate a move toward moral psychology and ethical theory within studies of the mind. Sulzer focused on the derivation of joy and gladness in the model of a Cartesian system; simply it opposed the idea of Hedonism which believed pleasure was the sole aim of humankind. Instead Sulzers theories supported a metaphysical experience within ones own cognitive condition. Sulzers work supplements the great accomplishment of many of his near contemporary theorists who contributed to the study of emotions Descartes Hobbes Malebranche and Spinoza. His work preceded that of Kants division of the mind into pleasure or pain and who with later Kant outwardly disagreed with the weakness of the proofs promulgated by Sulzer. Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a German poet and mathematician also a devout Lutheran. He was known in his professional life for compiling and reflecting on content for textbook study. Kästner translated and revised this Sulzers theoretical work on pleasure showcasing his encyclopedic interests but remains better known for his contributions on the history of mathematics and his various epigrams. hardcover

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SULZER Johann Georg 1720 1779 KASTNER Abraham Gotthelf 1719 1800ABAA

Nouvelle théorie des plaisirs par Mr. Sulzer de lAcadémie Royale des Science & Belles-Lettres de Berlin; Avec des réflexions sur lorigine du plaisir par Mr. Kaestner de la même Académie.

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

Sir" John Hill (under Pseudonym of Abraham Johnson)Biblio.com

Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society

1750AA429London: M. Cooper 1750. Third. Hoax- Hill "Sir" John "Abraham Johnson" Lucina sine Concubitu A Letter humbly address'd to the Royal Societythat a woman might conceive and be brought to Bed without any Commerce with Man The Third Edition light staining to inner margin of title modern roan-backed marbled boards 8vo by MCooper 1750 An amusing satire concerning women becoming pregnant without sexual intercourse written by "Sir" John Hill in revenge for his rejection by the Royal Society One of 5 London editions issued in 1750 two designated "third" this with 50pp another with 35pp; there was also a Dublin printing From Wikipedia: "Sir" John Hill was an English composer actor author and botanist He contributed to contemporary periodicals and engaged in literary battles with poets playwrights and scientists He is remembered for his illustrated botanical compendium The Vegetable System one of the first works to use the nomenclature of Carl Linnaeus In recognition of his efforts he was created a knight of the Order of Vasa in 1774 by Gustav III of Sweden and thereafter called himself Sir John Hill During the 1740s and especially in 1746â€"1747 Hill attended many meetings of the Royal Society and there presented the results of several of his studies both in the field of botany on the propagation of moss medicine a surgical operation to remove a needle from the abdominal wall of a man and geology-chemistry on the origin of the sapphire's colour on chrysocolla on an alternative to Windsor loam for the making of fire-resistant bricks His works On the manner of seeding mosses and On Windsor loam appeared in the Royal Society's journal the Philosophical Transactions On the basis of these contributions Hill apparently hoped to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society Furthermore he had the backing of several members of the Royal Society: the botanist Peter Collinson the physician and scientist William Watson and the antiquarian William Stukeley Moreover Hill had links with important nobles: John Montagu 2nd Duke of Montagu and Charles Lennox 2nd Duke of Richmond also Fellows of the Royal Society; and Sir Thomas Robinson Governor of Barbados and antiquarian Despite Hill's merits as a scientist at a time when many Fellows had no scientific background and his relations his election to the title of Fellow failed to materialise Disappointed by the Royal Society's lack in his opinion of scientific standards Hill started to criticise the Society In December 1749 he started writing anonymous critical reviews of some articles published in the Philosophical Transactions Moreover in January 1750 Hill began a campaign of criticism and derision against the Royal Society and its president Martin Folkes by publishing under an alias a treatise entitled Lucina sine concubitu A letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society; In which is proved by most Incontestable Evidence drawn from Reason and Practice that a Woman may conceive and be brought to bed without any commerce with Man Under the false name of Abraham Johnson a physician and man-midwife Hill claimed to have observed cases where women had become pregnant without having had any kind of sexual relations with a man 50 pp. M. Cooper unknown

Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) · États-Unis225,00 $US≈ 190,37 €

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