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18528155<p>This is a scarce first edition copy of "THE ART OF DINING - or Gastronomy and Gastronomers" by Abraham Hayward. 1852 1st edition; John Murray; London. Nicely bound in three-quarter leather with marbled covers and page edges and gilt lettering on the spine. The book is smaller in size - it measures 6 3/8" tall x 4 1/4" wide.<br /><br />Here are some examples of the contents: History of Cookery from the Earliest Period to 1789 with Illustrative Anecdotes; Gastronomic Effects of the First French Revolution Including the Establishment of Restaurants; Accounts of the Celebrated Cooks of the Empire and the Restoration; Account of the Principal Restaurants of Paris with the Names of the Best Dishes and Wines at Each; Instructions for the Choice and Treatment of Cooks; Anecdotes of Napoleon; Origin of the "Cordon Bleu"; List of Foreign Delicacies; Comparative Merits of Male and Female Cooks; Importance of Punctuality Illustrated; Account of Some Famous Dinners in England; Directions for Simple Dining and for the Choice of Soup Fish Game &c.; Importance of Good Vegetables; Thoughts on Roast Pig; Reflections on Hams and Salads; Speculations Touching Pies and Puddings; Ditto on Wines and Punch.and more - please see the photos for the complete list.<br /><br />Condition:<br />Bits of the top leather layer have peeled from the spine see photo. Light wear to the cover corners. Chipping to the leather at the top edge of the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are clean with only an ink stamp at the top-right corner of the title page see photo. Book shop label affixed at the bottom edge of the rear pastedown. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition.</p> John Murray hardcover
1852965F31London: John Murray 1852 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The scarce first edition of this collection of fascinating gastronomical essays written by Abraham Hayward. A first edition. Abraham Hayward examines the art of dining with a historical sketch of cookery from the earliest period to 1789 the gastronomic effects on the French Revolution including the establishment of restaurants account of some famous diners in England the gastronomic influence of steam and more. With many anecdotes on Napoleon Cambacérés comparative merits of male and female cooks and including the life of the author. With directions for simple dining and for the choice of soup fish game and more thoughts on roast pig reflections on hams and salads speculations on pies puddings wines and punch &c. Including an appendix containing sundry choice recipes and bills of fare. With an advertisement leaf to the rear.With the bookplate of L C Prideaux to the front pastedown. Rebound in cloth. Fading to back strip. Front joint head starting with board firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to title page with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1867376997Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1867. Frontispiece portrait. 2XXX930pp. 4to. Original full brown turkey morocco elaborately stamped in gilt repair to front joint. Frontispiece portrait. 2XXX930pp. 4to. One of only 100 specially-bound copies of this official government printing reproducing in its totality the foreign correspondence and declarations of sympathy received from foreign governments and diplomats across the world in response to Lincoln's assassination. <br /> <br /> Congress' resolution for the publication of this work is printed within: "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That in addition to the number of copies of papers relating to foreign affairs now authorized by law there shall be printed for distribution by the Department of State on fine paper with wide margin a sufficient number of copies of the Appendix to the Diplomatic Correspondence of 1865 to supply one copy to each senator and each representative of the Thirty-ninth Congress and to each foreign government and one copy to each corporation association or public body whose expressions of condolence or sympathy are published in said volume; one hundred of these copies to be bound in full Turkey morocco full gilt and the remaining copies to be bound in half Turkey morocco marble edged." <br /> <br /> The text organizes the messages of sympathy alphabetically by source country and contains an extensive and detailed index to the correspondents within. The frontispiece reproduces the famous Darby & Miller engraved portrait of Lincoln. Monaghan mentions that a small number of copies were bound with Carpenter's portrait as the frontispiece. Monaghan 881; Sabin 41174 Government Printing Office unknown
186537441New York: Currier & Ives. 152 Nassau Street 1865. Lithograph print oblong 13-1/2" x 18." Uncolored depicting Booth shooting Lincoln in the back of the head Mrs. Lincoln Miss Harris and Major Rathbone sharing the theater box with him. Minor dusting in the margins. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> A related print by Currier & Ives lists the names of the occupants in the theater box. See 165 Eberstadt 460. This variant does not list the occupants' names.<br /> "This lithograph records the shocking moment when Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. As a famous actor Booth had free access to Ford's Theatre and had gone there to collect his mail on April 14 when he learned of the president's intention to attend a play that evening. Booth was the leader of a group of pro-Confederate conspirators determined to prevent the South's defeat and when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 they decided to kill Lincoln and other key Union leaders hoping to destabilize the war effort and allow Confederate armies still in the field to rally. Major Henry Rathbone who rises at left to restrain Booth was subsequently stabbed but survived. Lincoln died the next morning" The MET online.<br /> Currier & Ives Gallery C0291. Not in Reilly. Currier & Ives. 152 Nassau Street unknown
1867118<b>Large thick 4to. Pp 2 XXX 930 with a portrait of Lincoln as a frontis. Contemp. half black morocco raised bands black title label gilt lettered spine brown cloth bds. Marbled edges and eps text slightly toned. An excellent copy. A thick volume of tributes from around the world to the late Abraham Lincoln.</b> Government Printing Office hardcover
1842151189Hamilton: Printed at Ruthven's Book and Job Office 1842. First edition in Mohawk. Hardcover. Very good. viii 456 p. 22 cm. Full leather. Respined with gilt impressing 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered label. Hinges repaired internally. New England Corporation bookplate on front pastedown. Ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper: "Presented to James Powles by his friend & minister The Rev. A Nelles 19 June 1842." Signature spelled James Powlass above. Mohawk inscription and signature on next leaf. Occasional stains and thumbing. <br/><br/>Rev. Abraham or Abram Nelles 1805-1884 was a Church of England clergyman and missionary to the Six Nations. Nelles was principal of the Mohawk Institute a day-school operated by the New England Company for "Indian" students. Nelles first used his knowledge of the Mohawk language to publish in 1839 a hymnal entitled "A collection of psalms and hymns in the Mohawk language for the use of the Six Nations Indians." This translation project also published in Hamilton dates to a few years later. He is buried in the graveyard of the Mohawk Church. Interestingly two individuls named "Powless" are also buried there so James was probably one of his parishioners. Printed at Ruthven's Book and Job Office hardcover
1864438380Rangoon: American Mission Press C. Bennett 1864. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 91 1pp. Tables. Stitched printed yellow wrappers. Faint contemporary penciled name on front wrap "Rev. C. H. Carpenter" modest vertical crease small nicks tears and dogears; spine partially perished but tight overall very good. A comprehensive accounting of cargo exported from and imported to Rangoon with summaries of tonnage specific lists of cargo for each ship etc. "Published by the permission of the Collector of Customs." OCLC locates two copies only both at the British Library. American Mission Press, C. Bennett unknown
18632972001/09/1863. <blockquote><p>A powerful letter showing Lincoln's direct involvement with the chief judicial military officer showing the merciful Lincoln at work and showing his prioritizing retaining experienced veterans in the service</p></blockquote><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29790"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123003955/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-3-1600x295.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""295"" /></p><p>The Judge Advocate General of the United States Army is the senior officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. The position was abolished but then reinstated in 1849. In 1862 Lincoln appointed his first Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt only the second since 1783. He named Joseph Holt. Holt joined the Army as a colonel in 1862. As Judge Advocate General of the Army Holt oversaw the expansion of military law to include the military prosecutions of citizens who were not in the military service. By the time he joined the Army he believed that the only means to prevent treason from occurring again was to ensure that slavery was abolished for all time and eventually equal treatment under the law enforced in the South.</p><p>At the beginning of the Civil War Joseph Carbery Lay had an office in Washington D. C. as an agent for the transaction of all kinds of business including procuring patents pensions back pay purchase and sale of real estate writing of deeds releases and other instruments regarding settlement of accounts with and claims against the Government.</p><p>He quickly enlisted in the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Regular Army as a lieutenant. During the Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862 the 12th Infantry distinguished itself in its first combat action at the Battle of Gaines Mill in June 1862 while sustaining fifty percent casualties. Lay was a captain at that time.</p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29789"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123003932/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-2-1600x746.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""746"" /></p><p>Captain Joseph Carbery Lay was cashiered - dismissed - from the Army on July 21 1862 for being drunk on duty and breach of arrest. Lay felt that an injustice had been done and wanted the dismissal revoked. In 1863 the matter came to the attention of President Lincoln who insisted on seeing the record of the case. He was always anxious to prevent injustice from being done and even a case in which alleged drunkenness was involved was not beneath his notice.</p><p><strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> as President on Executive Mansion letterhead Washington September 1 1863 to the Judge Advocate General insisting that he receive the records in Lay’s case. <em>“Sir: I am told that Carbery Lay a Captain in the 12th. Regular Infantry has been dismissed by a Court-Martial. Please get the record and examine the case & report to me. Yours truly A. Lincoln.â€</em></p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-29791"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20240123004036/Lincoln-Sept-1-1863-4-1600x491.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""491"" /></p><p>Lincoln prioritized retaining experienced veterans in the service and sided with Lay as is indicated by the fact that Lay was reinstated by being appointed a lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry on October 30 1863 less than two months after this letter. While Lay was serving in that unit in 1863 it was present in engagements at Rappahannock Station and on Mine Run and marched with it until going into winter camp. In 1864 the regiment took part in the Wilderness Campaign and the operations before Petersburg inscribing on its colors Laurel Hill North Anna Bethesda Church Cold Harbor and Petersburg; while its records show in addition that it was also engaged at Spotsylvania Court House and the battle of the Wilderness.</p><p>Lay’s problems were not over however as in June 1864 he was accused of having returned to his home in Washington without leave. He came back to base soon after and made a statement that he had been ill and sent to hospital and then had a difficult time rejoining his regiment. Perhaps to avoid disciplinary action he resigned from the Army a few months later on September 12 1864.</p><p>Over the years we’ve had just a handful of letters showing the kindly merciful Lincoln at work and none to Holt.</p><p><img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-25018"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
18942311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover
1894112666Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Leather. Very Good. 1894 Lincoln Memorial University Sponsors edition #500 of unstated limitation. 12 volume gilt decorated full leather bindings top edge gilt. Fine condition with no issues. oversized and overweight. B67 Please email for photos. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover
182821301London: Henry Colburn. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two minute tears to spine ends. Else a handsome and tight copy with the slightest hint of slanting. Title page blindstamped. ; Author's note: "To the yet untravelled portion of the British Nation if such there be the following work in which the art of travelling is made easy and the most ignorant and idolent rendered in the space of a few months illustrious tourists tour writers and diners out is presented with all due tenderness and humility by their fellow-countryman and devour well-wisher THE AUTHOR." - In short - these are observations travel tips dos and don'ts for the traveller to the European continent. - "Eldon warned travellers especially young single women not to travel to the Continent. Italy was then a dangerous country 'infested with robbers of all hues'. Young women travellers should be taught that the Continent is a lion's den Frenchmen and Italians little better than two-legged beasts he said. In fact Eldon is so protective of single women that he believes they should avoid travel stay at home and read the Bible." Quoted from: A. A. Kelly Wandering Women. Two Centuries of Travel out of Ireland Dublin: Wolfhound Press 1995 8 in Ireland and Europe: the "European Experience" in Selected Works of Modern Irish Fiction by Dore Fischer. - The two books are bound in one volume in buckram. Gilt spine lettering. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; viii 277 285 2 pages . Henry Colburn hardcover
1819mon0000924342Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Bro 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Volume 5 Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1819. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Bro hardcover
1810080096Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford and Murray Fairman and Co Circa 1810. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Full brown leather binding. AI summary "Plates Vol. VI Ancient and Modern Atlas of Abraham Rees’s The Cyclopaedia 1819–1820 is a dedicated collection of copper-engraved maps focusing on geographic knowledge from the early 19th century. Featuring maps produced under cartographer Aaron Arrowsmith this volume provides a comprehensive visual record of both classical and contemporary world geography. The selection encompasses both ancient and modern geography with the modern maps drawn under the direction of Aaron Arrowsmith England’s leading cartographer of the period.Highlights include two world maps as well as detailed coverage of British Possessions in North America North America the United States and the West Indies."<br><br>CONDITION: Covers endpapers and front flyleaf are fully detached but present. Covers and spine have heavy rubbing and edge wear. Pages have light to mild foxing maps remain fully legible. Text block is square and sound. Full refund if not satisfied. Samuel F. Bradford and Murray, Fairman and Co hardcover
1820ZB1345722Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford 1820. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 22 double-page plates actually 21 with Tab. 15 & 16 together on the same sheet plus 38 double-page maps of the modern world and the large folding map of the United States of America for a total of 61 actually 60 plates; contemporary full leather covers worn and dry moderate to heavy foxing to the plates. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford hardcover
18192007240053London : Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1819. Hardcover. Good. Rees' Cyclopedia 37 volume set. Missing volumes 7 and 8. Bound in contemporary navy Russia Leather-backed marbled boards. Good bindings with minor shelf wear/rubbing. All edges marbled. Lacks the plate volumes. Armorial bookplate of John Proctor Anderdon. Anderdon 1760-1846 was a London merchant and noted collector. <br> Abraham Rees 1743-1825 was a British clergyman best known for this his outstanding encyclopedic work The Cyclopaedia. Initially published 1802-1820. Rees' work not only featured theological and humanistic issues but also extensive articles on mathematics and natural sciences. The Cyclopaedia "is the richest work for technology of the period with detailed text and handsome carefully prepared plates." Ferguson Eugene. "Contributions to Bibliography in the History of Technology part II". Technology and Culture 3.2 1962: 169 p. "Rees was convinced that the important progress made during the last decades of the eighteenth century especially in the fields of history geography geology natural history and the physical sciences senu lato required a new type of encyclopedia with the accent on these fields as well as the still relatively undeveloped domains of biography and the history of sciences. The Cyclopaedia thus became one of the first works of its kind to be compiled with the help of 'persons eminently distinguished in these branches of science to which they had devoted their talents.'" Taxon Vol. 35 No. 2 1986 This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Encyclopedia London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown hardcover
18051602180078Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford Murray Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier New-York; Blake et Cunningham Boston; Cushing et Appleton Hezekiah Howe Charles Whipple John W. Adams Stephen Patten Fielding Lucas Baltimore; Daniel Rapine Washington; Joseph Milligan Georgetown; John A. Stewart Alexandria; D. Henderson Fredericksburg; Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn Richmond; Richard Cottom John Hoff William Williams Savannah; Hobby et Bunce Cramer Spear Eichbaum James Palmer 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 47 volumes. Includes the 6 plate and atlas volumes. 1st American edition published 1806-1822. A massive set. 4to 28 cm high. Over 1000 engraved plates some folding or double-page Atlas is collated; all 61 double-page maps present 28 x 43 cm. 4 of the maps are browned. Internally generally clean bright and unmarked. Scattered spotting. Printed in two columns. An unsophisticated set. Bound in contemporary 1/4 black leather over marbled boards. A majority of the boards are detached and the leather spines are chipped with loss. All volumes come in modern archival folding boxes. Early signature of G. K. Richardson 1840 on fep of one volume. Previously owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. <br><br> Abraham Rees 1743-1825 was a British clergyman best known for this his outstanding encyclopedic work The Cyclopaedia. Initially published 1802-1820 in parts in Great Britain. Rees' work not only featured theological and humanistic issues but also extensive articles on mathematics and natural sciences. The Cyclopaedia "is the richest work for technology of the period with detailed text and handsome carefully prepared plates." Ferguson Eugene. "Contributions to Bibliography in the History of Technology part II". Technology and Culture 3.2 1962: 169 p. "Rees was convinced that the important progress made during the last decades of the eighteenth century especially in the fields of history geography geology natural history and the physical sciences senu lato required a new type of encyclopedia with the accent on these fields as well as the still relatively undeveloped domains of biography and the history of sciences. The Cyclopaedia thus became one of the first works of its kind to be compiled with the help of 'persons eminently distinguished in these branches of science to which they had devoted their talents.'" Taxon Vol. 35 No. 2 1986 452-453. Some of the notable contributors to this work were Charles Bruney on music; Charles Koenig Robert Bakewell and John Farey on geology; John Dalton and Humphry Davy on chemistry; David Mushet on metallurgy; William Pearson on astronomy; James Edward Smith William Wood William Fitt Drake and William Woodville on botany. "Rees Cyclopaedia is one of the first works to interpret correctly William Smith's ideas on strata identification on the basis of fossil organisms." Ibid. The Cyclopaedia included other notable recent scientific breakthroughs such as Robert Fulton's Cast Iron Aqueduct described in his 1796 book which would become his notable steam engine. See also Ferguson E. "Cast-iron Aqueduct in Rees's "cyclopaedia". Technology and Culture 9.4 1968: 597-600. Refs: BMC. vol 21 p. 2871. Sabin 68634. Rink E. Technical Americana 121. Shaw et Shoemaker 19907. Shaw et Shoemaker 9234. <br> International buyers please note that this is an extremely large heavy set. Shipping will be very expensive outside of the United States. Philadelphia : Samuel F. Bradford, Murray, Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier, New-York; Blake et Cunningham, Boston; Cushing et Ap hardcover
1820015026London: Longman Husrts 1820. Map volume only. 62 maps mostly double page. Book measures 30x24.5.cm. Bound in period full calf raised bands gilt lines and tooling full marble edges and endpapers. At some time the spines has been relaid with binders tape on inner hinge joints. Calf rubbed worn on edges and corners. Generally binding in good firm condition. Internally general light spotting throughout. Maps in good condition. . Full Calf. Near Very Good. Quarter. Longman, Husrts Hardcover
182028698London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1820. Single odd volume from this extraordiary production containing hundreds of pages of illustrations under the heading natural history disbound no covers outer leaves dog-eared a little foxing at edges but not extending into the actual illustrations. The illustrations are all in monochrome beautifully done arresting images on almost every page. Includes mammals birds sea creatures insects some botany and fossils and crystallography towards the end. Includes the famous Sukotyro indicus a non-existend pseudo elephant. Some photos available on request. Many of these though not all would in my opinion be of interest as antique mounted prints. First Edition. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown Paperback
1890280483Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford 1890. First American Edition. Softcover. Date is suggested. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Missing both boards Physical description; vol. II only: multiple pagings. Notes; No clear date given. Subjects; Universal Dictionary. Cyclopaedia. Arts. Science. Literature. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford paperback
18065649Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford and Murray Fairman and Co. Fair. 1806. Leather Bound. Complete set of 41 volumes plus 6 illustrated volumes published between 1806 and 1820 in half-volume jobs. This is the US edition of the British original published between 1802 and 1820. All books appear to be complete except for some blank endpages of Illustrated Volume I. Covers are quite worn and four front covers are detached Volumes I VI X and Illustrated I and two more noticeably loose Volume VIII and Illustrated II. Illustrated I has tapemarks from poor repair work and the title page is torn. On most volumes the title pastedowns on spine have fallen off. Three volumes have a little water damage most extensively on Volume XV -- but even that is isolated mainly to cover and endpages. Volume XVI has child's drawings on one blank endsheet. On Illustrated III the foldouts are worn on the edges but still intact. Some foxing but no mold. Occasional creases and waviness. Ex-owner plate in each volume "The property of Phineas J. Miller bequeathed to him by his uncle Phineas Janney and his aunt Sarah S. Janney. 1852-3." All in all despite the wear to the covers the set is nicely preserved. ; Vol. 1/1/2047 . Samuel F. Bradford, and Murray, Fairman and Co. hardcover
18203956London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown. Worn condition. Heavy rubbing to covers. Spines missing. Plates generally clean and bright with some foxing and browning sometimes heavy. 1820. Reprint. Brown hardback leather covers. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 187pp; 160pp; 166pp; 127pp. 540 of 692 engraved plates. The full collation is as follows: 540 plates present. 152 missing: Vol I Agriculture - Algebra-Analysis-Anatomy-Architecture-Artillery-Astronomy Fergusons eclipsareon and globes Constellations Davis's quadrant Eltons quadrant Newtons Quadrant; Mayers and Bordas Circle Troughton reflecting circle; Mendozas circle Ramsdens circle; Herschels Fort Fett reflecting Telescope 187 present 29 missing. Vol II Basso Relievo - Bleaching-Block machinery- Roman Camp -Circumvallation-Castrametation- Cannon-Canteens-CAsting-Chemistry- Clouds-Compostion-Conics-Cotton Manufacture-Cycloid- Dialling Scientific Dials Docks in London-Drawing-Drawing Instruments-Electricity Priestleys Battery CondensersAbbe Nollet's Dr Watsons's Mr Wilsons; Mr Hawksnee's Dr van Marum Mr Beccaris Mr Nairnes Mr Cuthbertsons machines- Engines- Early English Engraving- Fortification- Furnaces- Bark beds and pits -Geography-Geometry - Gunnery - Heraldry-Horology missing: 160 present 50 missing. Vol III Hydraulics - Hydrostatics-Iron manufacture- Furnace- Lamps- Masonry- Mechanics- Military Manoeuvres-Mill Work-Miscellany- Monograms - Music - Naval Architecture - fold out diagrams: 166 present 18 missing. Vol IV Navigation-Organ-Painting-Papermill- Perspective- PLanetary Machines- Planing- Plated Manufacture - Pneumatics - Pottery - Press - Projection - Proportional compasses- Scenography- Sculpture-Shadow- Ships-Shorthand-Steam engines-Stereography-Stereotomy- Sugarmill-Surverying-Telegraph- Trigonometry -Waterwheels-Waterworks-Weaving-Wiremill-Woolen Manufacture-Worsted manufacture-Writing by Cipher-Cypher writing: 127 present 54 missing. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown hardcover
1819805K1London: A. J. Valpy 1819-1830. Hardback. Good. 10" by 7". None. A scarce 136 volume set of the Regent's Edition 'Delphin Classics' based off of a published series used to educate le Grand Dauphin Louis with works by notable thinkers such as Virgil Horace and Cicero. An extensive run of the scarce 'Delphin Classics' very scarce to see a large run of the work like this.This set contains volumes I-CVIII CXIII-CXLI published between 1819 and 1830 a total of 136 volumes.The Regent's Edition of this work.In Latin.'The Delphin Classics' was an extensive series of the Latin classics which reached to 182 volumes this set containing 136 of the volumes.The series printed the prominent works of writers such as Virgil Sallust Pliny the Elder Ovid Horace Cicero and Caesar often printing their complete works in the original Latin.Edited by George Dyer the series was based off a monumental publication of the Latin classics that had been published for the education of le Grand Dauphin Louis the heir to Louis XIV to assist in his education. In fact the title 'Delphin' translates to 'Dauphin'. Le Grand Dauphin was the eldest son of Louis XIV but predeceased him and thus never became the king his grandson succeeding to the throne as Louis XV after the death of Louis XIV.Working off those original Dauphin editions Dyer and the publisher Abraham John Valpy supplemented the texts with the best variorum editions and literary notes from important late eighteenth century editions. These include the Variorum Classics and the Zweibrucken editions.This Georgian edition reached around six hundred subscribers and saw great success. Publisher's adverts to the front of volumes XII XXV XXVII XL and CXXVIII.Subscriber's lists bound in to volumes I and XXXII.With remarks on 'The Review Relative to Stephens' Greek Thesaurus in the Quarterly review No. 48 bound in with vol. XXXI. The Classical Journal No. XLIII bound into the front of no. XX. With 'Delphin Classics with the Variorum Notes' sheet bound in with no. X XXI and LXIV. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities minor chipping to the extremities of the boards and rubbing to the occasional volume a touch of edge wear; general light soiling to the boards and age toning to the spine. Tears and losses to back strips of XLIV LXXXI XLVII LXXIII and XCIII with back strips of volumes CXLI and LIVII absent. Faint handling mark to the front board of nos. I IV XI XXXIV XXIX XXXII LVI LVII LXIII and LXIV. Minor staining mark to the front board of no. XXXIV. Small library stamps to the front board of the majority of volumes. A little loss to the paper of the front board of volume XLVII LIV and LXXV. Joints to nos. VII XI XXII XXX XXXIII XCIV LXXI and CXXXI starting. Front joint of Volume XI is starting with boards held by cords only. Front joint of volumes CXXXV CXXXIII CXXXVI XLIX starting with boards holding firm. Rear joint is strained to CXIX. Rear joint is starting to Volumes III VI XVIII XXIV XL CXIII and CXV. Rear joint to no. LXXXV strained held by cords only. Rear joint of no. XIX has failed with board held by the front joint. Front joint no. IX XL XXX XXXIX LXXXIV LXXV and CXIX are starting. Front joint of no. LXXXVI cracked binding held by endpapers. Front joints to CXVII CXIII CXX and CXVI have failed front boards are detached but present. CI with cracked joints front and rear board loose but present light soiling to the rear of the text block. Back strip and front board of volume XLVII detached but present both boards and back strip of volumes XCIX LXXXII and LII detached but present. Boards of volumes LIVII and CXXXIX detached. Boards of volumes CXLI and CXXXII loosely held. Minor chipping to the spine of no. II V XIX XI XVII XXXVII XXIX XXXVI LXV LXXXIV LXXXV CI CVI and CVII. Loss to the head and tail of the spine of no. XIX XXI and XXIX. Loss to head of the spine on no. I II IV XIX CXVII CXVIII and CXX and paper to spine is lifting exposing interior of the spine. Tearing to the spines on no. XXV and XL. A few ink marks to the spine of IV and VII. Spine is lifting to XI CXIII CXXI and CXIX. General bumping particularly noticeable to the extremities of XVI XCV CXXX. Volume CXXIV has the odd mark to the front board. Volume CXXIII has some slight loss to the paper of the front board front joint is starting a little to the tail. Volumes LXIX LXVII have slight loss to the paper of the front board. Tidemarks and loss to the front board of volume XCV. Loss to the head of the spine of volumes XIII CXXX XXVII LXXXVI and LXVIII. Small perforation to the tail of the spine of LXXIV. Loss to the tail of the spine of XIV. Loss to the paper of the rear board to volumes LXXXVII and CXXVI. Minor loss to the tail of the spine of no. XXXII minor chipping to the joints holding firm. Backstrip no. LIX laid down. Backstrip is lifting to the tail of volume XCII CXXIV. Backstrip is loose to volumes XXVIII XC. Head of the backstrip of volume XVII is detached but present with the remainder of the backstrip held at the rear board. Backstrips of volumes LXX LXXI LXXXIX are loose. Backstrip lifting to the head of volume LXVII. Front and rear hinges starting to volumes XCIV CXXXVII with boards holding firm. Rear hinge to no. XXV is strained. Rear hinge to II III V VI XXIV starting. Hinges to no. XXX and CXXI have failed and boards are hanging by cords only. Front hinges to no. VIII and XXXIII are starting. Front hinges to no. VII and X are tender. Front hinge of No III XI are weak. Rear hinge to no. III LI and CXV is attached by cords only and may detach with further handling. Hinges to no. XXXIX and CXIV have failed; boards and spine are detached but present. Front hinge to CXVIII has failed front board is detached but present. Rear hinge is held by cords only. Front and rear hinge of volume XCI strained with boards tenderly held. Front hinge strained to volume LXXXVIII and held by two cords only. Front hinge has failed to volumes XC XCIII LXXXIX CXXVII; front boards are loose but present. Textblock is held to the rear board of XC by a cord only. Front board is held by cords only to volume XV XXVIII. Rear hinge starting to LXXXVIII . Rear hinge has failed to XIV XVI XVII with rear boards held by a cord only. Front and rear hinges failed to volumes LXXXIX XCII with rear board held by two cords only paper in the case of XCII. Rear joint starting to CXXVI and LXXXVI. Rear joint starting at the tail of LXVI. Front joint starting to volume LXX and LXVII. Front joint starting at the tail of volume CXII and LXXIII. Front endpaper detached to XCIII. Front free-endpaper of no. CXIV is torn. Tidemark to the head of the front pastedown in no. XL and to rear pastedown of no. XI. Small bookseller sticker to the front pastedown of volumes XVI XVII XIX XX XXII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXVI XXXVIII XXXIX LXIII CVIII CXXVIIII and CXXIX. Internally generally firmly bound though some volumes are tender. Binding tender to p. 497 no. LVI holding firm; p. 769 no. LXXXV held by three cords only; p. 3049 of no. CII holding firm; and to p. 5640 no. CVI held by two cords only; p. 5001 no. CV; binding of volume CXLI tender. Binding is tender to LXXXVI noticeably at pages 928 and 929 XCV CXII and LXXII. Binding is tender to Volumes XV XXVIII XIV XVI XVII. Some light spotting or handling marks to the odd leaf particularly to the first and last few otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Some leaves unopened. Large mark to top corner of page 1729 of no. XIX. Half title and title page bound in to the rear of no. XXXVII. Half title and title page to vol. I II III IV and V 'Quinti Curtii Rufi' bound in to no. LXXIX. Half title and title page for vols. II - IV of 'P. Papinii Santi' as well as for vol. III 'L. Annaei Flori' and vol. II 'Boethi' vol. III 'Justini' bound in to no. LXIV. Title page to vol. I 'Pub. Terentii Afri' and half titles and title pages for vol. II-IV of 'Pub. Terentii Afri' bound in to no. LXI. Half title and title page for vol. I-III 'D. Magni Ausonii' to no. LVII. With remarks on 'The Review Relative to Stephens' Greek Thesaurus in the Quarterly review No. 48 bound in with vol. XXXI. Subscribers leaflet bound in with no. XXXII. Insert of fifteen pages of the front of No. I with list of 'Subscribers' Names Already Received to the New and Corrected Edition of the Delphin Classics; with the Variorum Notes'. The Classical Journal No. XLIII bound into the front of no. XX. With 'Delphin Classics with the Variorum Notes' sheet bound in with no. X XXI and LXIV. Publisher's advert bound into the front of no. XXV and XL. Publisher's adverts to the front of volumes XII XXVII and CXXVIIII. Good A. J. Valpy hardcover
