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1758611330Utrecht: Van Paddenburg 1758. Dutch language hardcover without dust jacket in good condition. Boards are lightly marked. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is rough cut and tanned. Some of the pages and maps have been neatly excised. Tanning and foxing on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear and binding is sound. LW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Van Paddenburg Hardcover
1784005449Edinburg sic: John Bell 1784. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Edition stated of Bell's "Poets of Great Britain" Volume III only of original four. Polished calf binding with ruled gilt compartments and decorations on the spine; Titled in gilt; ends of the covers are decorated with gilt. Clean text; xxii continues with page 23 to page 271; with five pages of addenda and Contents at the rear. Engraved half-title page. There is a bookseller label and the remains of a partially-removed armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Rubbed at the margins; the front gutter is cracked but is holding. An attractive little book. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. John Bell Hardcover
1763146314Amsterdam: Gerrit Ten Boekelaar 1763. Hardcover. Very good. 3 vols.: 6 382; 6 367 14; 4 393 18 p. 16 cm. Engraved title in vol. I. Black and red title pages. Full leather with gilt trim on spines marbled endpapers and red text block edges. Light wear to extremities. Dutch text. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Welke Hutte niet alleen met Loof-en Bladeren maar met een Tafel vol heerlyke Spysen en Vruchten voorzien is: Aangericht Voor Jooden Ter Bekeering Voor Christenen Ter Leering. Met Veele uitgeleezene zoo wel Heilige als andere Zinryke Geschriften Geschiedeniffen en Gedichten verciered. Door Pr. Abraham a st. Clara. Augustiner der Barvoeteris-Ordens en Roomsch-Keyserlyke Hof-Prediker Uit bet Hoogduitsch Vertaaldt." Gerrit Ten Boekelaar hardcover
1721E75858Vienna & Nurnberg Germany: Georg Lehmann 1721. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece with a party of six sitting under a tree near their hut with a cook preparing a meal in a tent beyond 29 Floral & other initial letters 30 x 30mm a few large handsome tail-pieces. 4to brown leather on 4 raised bands with gilt rules and light tan spine label gilt titled edges worn /lacking approx. 1cm at the head and foot of spine/ hinges cracking but both covers held by all cords and head-bands/ covers are thus well attached Frontispiece titlepage in red and black 8pp = approbation Privilege and Preface 4pp =contents 473pp 37pp =index The front free endpaper has a tearout to remove and inscription and the foot of the page there is a marginal worm tack which decreases until it ends with the last page of the contents. It just touches three letters of one word of the privilege however it just encroaches on the fore-ground of the frontis.where it makes a 1cm V shaped track not touching any of the figures just the floor The verso of the title page 92 have a 2cm round purple library stamp of "S.Maria D.Lacum" The titlepage has an old ink name crossed out to the upper outer margin and "Specto ad biblio" written to the opposide margin and there are also a few ink slurps in pale brown. The text is decorated with floral initial letters 28 of themand a few handsome large head- and tail-pieces.The text has quite some foxing throughout and some gatherings have the text block with a uniform tanning to the text area showing that the ink used had an acidic content. The paper is still entirely sound and not brittle. There are side notes throughout the book and they are nowhere cropped having a good 2cm clear margin to the sides.No tears no loose pages and no writing except to the titlepage. Georg Lehmann hardcover
17485450Leyden Lugduni Batavorum Johann Joannem Hasebroek 1748. Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown quarto. Pp. 83 1. Large woodcut initials. Unbound quires loose. In a very good condition. A wide margined copy in the original state. ~ First and only edition. Rare. The inauguration took place on February 23rd 1748. 006-5 <br/> <br/> Leyden (Lugduni Batavorum), Johann (Joannem) Hasebroek paperback
177866175four volumes in two books book 1: lxxxiv 85-251 pages 260 pages 3 tissue-guarded engraved plates with titles including frontispiece; book 2: xxii 23-251 pages 271 pages 5 2 tissue-guarded engraved plates with titles Printed for John Bell hardcover
1800007304Providence: John Carter Printer 1800. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wraps that may have been issued. Disbound from a larger work. First edition. 26 pp. A speech reflecting on the life and legacy of George Washington containing several lengthy quotes from Washington regarding his role as general of the American Army as well as president. With several passages of historical detail on the American Revolution including brief mention of Yorktown and Valley Forge. A footnote also contains a short genealogy of the Washington family. This speech was given to the freemason members of the Mount-Vernon Lodge as well as to St. John's Church in Providence Rhode Island on February 22nd 1800 5800. GOOD condition. Mostly minor scattered foxing minor staining and soiling. Remains of leather along the spine. Minor wrinkling. Light browning and some ghosting to the text. Evans 37189. John Carter, Printer unknown
1766002176Fribourg Paris: Lottin 1766. In 12o di XII-384pp. Legatura in piena pelle dellepoca mancanze al dorso in alto di circa 3 cm. Firma di appartenenza: Jacques Delaforest 1774. Prima edizione in francese. La traduzione è di Besset de la Chapelle. Dettagliata descrizione della realtà Svizzera della sua economia delle sue istituzioni. E della sua storia. Lottin unknown
170208242Peter Retteler 1702. Hardcover. Acceptable. Full leather boards are very worn they originally had metal corners not present any longer the boards are edge worn and cracking with age backstrip was suede and it's mostly gone binding is exposed. Pen name on front endpaper interior is tanned bug damage and stains to first few pages page 139 is almost loose stains on and off throughout book. German language. Woodcut of rooster on title page All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 Peter Retteler hardcover
1772145610London: T. Cadell 1772. Hardcover. Fair. 2 vols. xiii 240; vii 279 p. 18 cm. Engraved title page vignettes of Cowley. Speckled leather. Gilt designs on spine with red and green spine labels. Corners bumped. Front endpaper of vol. 1 detached. Leather split on spine edges of volume 2. Spine heads slightly chipped. <br/><br/>The works of Cowley were collected in 1668 when Thomas Sprat afterwards bishop of Rochester brought out a splendid edition in folio to which he prefixed a graceful and elegant life of the poet. There were many reprints of this collection which formed the standard edition until 1881. T. Cadell hardcover
17071840London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1707. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes 8vo 193 x 116mm. 2LXXVIII88942p. Engraved portraits of Abraham Cowley Martin Clifford Thomas Sprat William DíAvenant Pindar Thomas Hobbes and Dr. Scarborough vol. I and Dr. Harvey King Charles II Mrs. Catherine Philips John Evelyn Esq. and George Villiers vol. II Engraved folding plate of mythical creatures Orpheus playing lyre and full-page engraving of David playing harp pastoral scenes and heraldic vignettes opening books of David plus two others vol. II. Text including ëThe mistress: or several copies of love-versesí ëPindarique odes written in imitation of the stile and manner of the Odes of Pindarí ëDavideis a sacred poemí and ëCutter of Coleman-Streetí with separate title-pages pagination and register are continuous; with the final advertisement leaf. Late 19th-century full calf by Jeremiah Larkins marbled endpapers edges stained yellow; edges trimmed close affecting some printed marginalia lightly toned some dustsoiling; spines crudely repaired calf chipped at edges corners rounded. Booklabel the Chaucerhead Bookshop to rear pastedown. Tenth Edition. Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721. The Works were collected in 1668 when Thomas Sprat afterwards bishop of Rochester brought out a splendid edition in folio to which he prefixed a graceful and elegant life of the poet. There were many reprints of this collection which formed the standard edition until 1881 when it was superseded by AB Grosartís privately printed edition in two volumes for the Chertsey Worthies library. Internally a nice copy complete with plates. <br/><br/> Printed for Jacob Tonson hardcover
176680021Oosterbeek:: J van Hooimaand 1766. original gilt-embossed decorative wrappers. . A fine copy. 8vo. J van Hooimaand, unknown
173844865London: Samuelem Luchtmans 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 448p 39p 12mo. Rebound circa mid 20th century exlibrary with all the usual markings. Rebound in brown buckrm with gift bookplate of Johns Hopkins Doctor H A Kelly/ Text clean. <br/><br/> Samuelem Luchtmans hardcover
1790799921790. WEATHERWISE Abraham pseud. The Town and Country Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1790. Boston: J. White and C. Cambridge 1789. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some toning and foxing else very good. Drake 3437. Evans 22249. ESTC W32425. Includes a report on the Friends' yearly meeting for Rhode Island held in Portsmouth. unknown
1758479091758. Disp. morborum 4/129. - Hrsg. v. Albrecht v. Haller. - Lausanne Marc Michael Bousquet & Socior 1758 4° 2 pp.401-416 Rückenbroschur. Abraham Vater 1684-1751 Sohn von Christian Vater 1651-1732 "geb. 9. Dec. 1684 zu Wittenberg studirte von 1702 ab daselbst erwarb 1706 die philos. 1710 auch die med. Doctorwürde nach längerem Studium in Leipzig. Er unternahm hierauf durch Deutschland England und Holland eine wissenschaftliche Reise von welcher er 1712 nach Wittenberg zurückkehrte woselbst er als Docent sich habilitirte. Er wurde 1719 zum a. o. Prof. der Anat. und Botanik ernannt 1733 aber zum ord. Prof. der Anat. in welcher Stellung er sich namentlich auch durch Errichtung eines reichen anat. Museums grosse Verdienste erworben hat. Unter seinen Leistungen auf dem Gebiete der Anatomie verdienen besonders hervorgehoben zu werden die Abhandlungen über den Mechanismus der Schliessung des Foramen ovale 1714 über ein Divertikel an der Mündung des Ductus choledochus im Duodenum 1720 über einen Speichelgang in der Zunge 1720 23 über einen Ringmuskel im Fundus uteri 1723. Erwähnt sei ausserdem dass Vater anat. Demonstrationen für Frauen gehalten und die Ablieferung der Leichen von Selbstmördern an die Anat. ausgewirkt hat. Im Jahre 1737 erhielt Vater die Professur der Patholologie überliess jedoch die Vorträge über dieselbe Dr. STENZEL während er selbst als Lehrer der Anatomie seine Thätigkeit in gleichem Maasse fortsetzte. In die erste Professur der Therapie rückte Vater 1746 auf und verwaltete dieselbe mit grösster Auszeichnung bis zu seinem 1751 erfolgten Tode. Vater's ausserordentlich ausgedehnte literarische Thätigkeit war vorwiegend der Anatomie zugewendet; ausserdem aber hat er zahlreiche meist als Inaug.-Disscrtt. veröffentlichte Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Botanik der Chemie der Pharmakol. der allgem. und spec. Pathol und Ther. sowie auch der Chir. Gynäkol. und Staatsarzneik. verfasst. Einen sehr grossen Theil derselben hat HALLER wieder abdrucken lassen Disp. ad morb. hist. I-IV VI VII ; Disp. chir. Ill-V ; Disp. anat. I-III V VI. Unter den Uebrigen verdienen folgende erwähnt zu werden: "Das Blatter-Beltzen oder die Art und Weine die Blattern durch künstliche Einpfropfung zu erwecken" Wittenberg 1721; vergl. auch: "Ausführliche Nachricht von der Beschaffenheit und Success des Blatter-Beltzens in Neu-England; aus dem Engl nach Benj. Colman" 1723 - "De calculis in locis inusitatis natis et per vias insolitas exclusis" 1741 - "De instrumento ad determinandas lucis refractiones" 1751 - "Diss. qua valor et sufficientia signorum infantem recens natum aut mortuum aut vivum editum arguentium examinatur" 1735; vergl. J. CHR. T. SCHLEGEL Coll. nd. med. for. V pag. 1." Winter Hirsch-H. V pp.711-712 siehe - Boerner I p. 116 398 912; II p. 426 750; III p. 381 welcher auch ein Verzeichniss der von Vater veröffentlichten Schriften giebt. -Baldinger p. 197.- Titius De Vaterorum meritis ; Programma II Wittenbergae 1795. - Biogr. méd. VII p. 399. - Dict. hist. IV. p. 309. - ADB XXXIX p.502. - Vierordt Med. - gesch- Hilfsb. p. 293. unknown
1772LA - HAY383231772. Leipzig Johann Friedrich Gleditsch. reliés plein cuir de l'époque. Plats frottés avec épidermures et dos ridés ; page de titres avec inscriptions à l'encre d'époque et déchirure avec manque de 2 cm en bas de l'éditeur et de la date sinon bonne reliure et intérieur très frais. 2 très fort pt in-8. avec une gravure en frontispice ; dos à 5 nerfs avec motifs et titres en caractères dorés ; toutes tranches rouges. unknown
1702W1935Amsterdam: Lugduni Batavorum 1702. Original hand-colored engraving on hand-made laid paper. Size: 15" X 9 5/8". Plate #220 from Phytographia Curiosa by the Dutch botanist and botanical artist Abraham Munting 1626-1683 published in Amsterdam and Leyden in 1702 and referenced on page 123 of Sitwell's Great Flower Books. The plates were drawn by Munting and engraved by Jan Baptist; coloring was added later. This engraving like the other plates in the monumental and scarce work portrays the plant larger than life with an almost whimsical title ribbon. The print is in very good condition with some browning limited to the blank margins. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Abraham Munting and Jan Baptist. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fine Art Print. Lugduni Batavorum
17971546np 1797. Very good. 12.75" x 7.75" 2 pp. docketed on the folded rear panel to: Evans Whorry Esq at or near Little Falls / To the care of Wm Porteous. Age toned usual mail folds hole along left margin where wax was removed not affecting front page interrupting two words on the second page not his signature. Content: Van Vechten informs his client that he has done his best to represent him in light of the facts of the case "This Settlement is founded upon an opinion given by the Chancellor in a case similarly circumstanced in every respect.I thought it best to close the business at once without incurring further costs" <br /> <br /> Abraham Van Vechten December 5 1762 - January 6 1837 was an American lawyer and a Federalist politician who served twice as New York State Attorney General. In 1784 he married Catharina Schuyler 1766-1820 eldest daughter of Philip P. Schuyler 1736-1808 of the prominent Schuyler family. In 1792 he was elected one of the first directors of the Bank of Albany. From 1796 to 1797 he was Assistant Attorney General for the Fifth District comprising four Counties. He was a Federalist presidential elector in 1796 and cast his votes for John Adams and Thomas Pinckney. Van Vechten was among the first lawyers admitted to the bar after the adoption of the New York State Constitution and ranked among the most gifted men of that time. unknown
178626305Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1786. 12 leaves as issued. Stitched light to moderate wear. Two closed tears no loss. Good<br /> <br /> Folsom's edition is one of three printings of this almanac all from Boston. The almanac includes a "Brief Account of General Washington" and a listing of Connecticut courts.<br /> Not in Evans. Bristol B6383. Shipton & Mooney 45017. Drake 3385. Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom unknown
176820<p>Hardback.</p><p>Second Edition</p><p>excellent condition</p> E and C Dilly hardcover
17997601CB1799. 3. stark verm. Aufl. Göttingen Wandenhoek und Ruprecht 1799. 8°. XXXVI 876 S. Mit 3 gef. Kupfertafeln. Pappband der Zeit. Der Einband berieben und bestossen. Die Gelenke angeplatzt. unknown
17182212220021Sumptibus Societatis Amstelodami et Trajecti ad Rhenum 1718. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. TROMMEN'S GREAT GREEK CONCORDANCE Tomus II. Folio ; 34 cm. Bound in contemporary boards. Some shelf wear generally sound. Title in red and black. Volume 2 only. Sumptibus Societatis, Amstelodami et Trajecti ad Rhenum hardcover
178851711090014Printed for Thomas Dobson Philadelphia 1788. Leather. Acceptable. Fair Leather covered Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1788 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Pages lightly tanned with foxing spots. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/stain marks and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Binding is still tight and hinges still fairly strong. Preserved quite well for its age. pages still quite legible/readable. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Printed for Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia hardcover
1719143633Amsterdam: L'Honoré et Chatelain 1719. Very Good. Amsterdam L'Honoré et Chatelain 1719. An engraved map printed surface 353 × 463 mm sheet size approximately 455 × 520 mm. Vertical centrefold crease as issued; a few faint spots; light creases and a few tiny closed tears about the edges well clear of the printed surface; a very good copy. From Chatelain's 'Atlas historique ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire à la chronologie & à la Geographie ancienne & moderne .'. With an inset map of the Orkney Islands. L'Honoré et Chatelain unknown
170928176Nürnberg: Henry Chatelein 1709. Other. Im unteren Mittelfalz kleiner hinterlegter Einriss ansonsten in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand. Verso Spuren früherer Faltung vom Atlas. . 465 by 475mm 18 by 18 inches. Hand-Colored Original Copperplate Engraving by Henry Abraham Chatelein depicting Deutschland. Published Nürnberg Henry Chatelein 1709. Sheet: 465 by 475mm 18 by 18 inches. A fine and original hand-colored example of Chatelein's celebrated cartographic work documenting this region of Germany with the precision and decorative artistry characteristic of the 17000s. Henry Abraham Chatelein was a cartographer active in the 1700s working in the tradition of European copper-engraved cartography. Their maps are valued by collectors for their historical accuracy and decorative quality.This original copperplate engraving with original hand coloring depicts the region of Deutschland published in Nürnberg Henry Chatelein 1709. The map records the political and geographic boundaries of the region as understood in 1709 offering a fascinating window into the history of German territorial organization. Sheet measures 465 by 475mm 18 by 18 inches. In good condition overall with minor signs of age appropriate for a 18th-century engraving. Ready to frame. Henry Chatelein unknown
