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1797179182Scotland: Boog junior des. P. Kempson fecit 1797. A very good example of the one ounce Penny of Scotland commemorating Adam Smith. The portrait of Smith is after the Tassie medallion of 1787 which is described by John M. Gray as follows: 'The head which appears turned in pure profile to the right of the spectator shows a particularly full forehead a full nose slightly aquiline in its curve; a long thin upper lip and a lower lip that protudes a little; and a firm well-shaped chin and jaw. The eyebrow is strongly curved the upper eyelid heavy and drooping the eyeball particularly prominent; and beneath the lower eyelid the skin is loose and wrinkled. A wig is worn tied behind in a bag with ribbons showing small curls in front and two large curls at the side which cover and conceal the ear' quoted in Bonar A Catalogue of the library of Adam Smith 1932 p. xxi. The reverse of the penny entitled 'Wealth of Nations' depicts the various elements of commerce; in the foreground of a harbour scene are a plough and a spinning wheel along with other symbols of agriculture and industry in addition to which there are a wool-pack and a barrel standing on the quayside with two three-masted ships sailing out of the harbour. Penny token cast in bronze 35 mm in diameter with portrait of Adam Smith after Tassie on the obverse and scene entitled 'Wealth of Nations' depicting various elements of commerce on the reverse. Housed in a red leatherette velvet-lined case. In very good condition. Scott Adam Smith as Student and Professor 1937. Dalton and Hamer Fifeshire no. 1. hardcover
1868128700St Petersburg: I. I. Glazunov 1868. First edition in Russian of The Theory of Moral Sentiments very rare. This landmark translation it is still the one used in Russia today was made by Pavel Bibikov who had brought out a translation of the Wealth of Nations the edition read by Lenin two years before. Both were published as part of his series the Library of Classical European Writers. "Bibikov 1831-1875 already had a reputation as a historian philosopher and literary critic and this undoubtedly had a part in the generally high level of presentation of the translations" Artemieva p. 160. The translations were probably made via French but whereas Bibikov's Wealth of Nations was superceded by the end of the century his Theory of Moral Sentiments remained the only Russian version available until 1997. Tatiana V. Artemieva "Adam Smith in Russian translation" A Critical Bibliography of Adam Smith ed. Keith Tribe 2002 pp. 153-167. Octavo 207 x 138 mm pp. 2 5-515 4pp. contents and advertisement leaf complete. Recently bound in quarter marbled calf and pebble grain cloth vellum tips spine ruled gilt black morocco label. First and last leaves a little darkened short chip to upper margin of title small stain to final few leaves and last leaf strengthened in the gutter; a very good copy. Tribe 186; Vanderblue p. 42 but not in the collection. OCLC locates copies at National Library of Scotland Yale Illinois and the National Library of Israel only. Not in the British Library. hardcover
51-3852London: Printed for the Author 1764 . Folio 536 x 365 mm. 20.75 x 14.5 inches. Later half morocco with 8 raised bands over decorative paper-covered boards; in fine condition. 23 leaves. i-xii 133 34p. I=LXI engraved plates incl. the frontispiece by Bartolozzi.Engraved frontispiece and 60 engraved plates on 54 sheets some double-page and/or folding printed list of subscribers; small area of dampstaining in the right margins of the text and less so in the plates; and light foxing throughout; a few plates cropped to the plate mark sometimes affecting captions or plate numbers scattered marginal tears and repairs.First edition. An elaborate description of a rare private residence of the Imperial period Diocletian -- Emperor of Rome-- 245-313.The Fowler Architectural Collectin no. 2:" The plates .are of interest not only as fine examples of architectural engraving but as showing the source of some of the motives of the Adam style." OCLC Numbers 228757007; 456750309. [London]: Printed for the Author, 1764 hardcover
179566518London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies etc. 1795. First edition. Quarto. xcv 244 pp.<br> <br> Contemporary boards rebacked. Small library stamp on title and verso and on last page a small ink smudge on title previous owner's bookplate. Overall a very good large paper copy totally uncut.<br> <br> A posthumously published collection of essays mainly of scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed his literary editors Joseph Black and James Hutton to destroy almost all of his manuscript material amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors perceived them to "be part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts" even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive.<br> <br> HBS 66518.<br> <br> $10000. Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc. unknown
17271510220001Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cene 1727-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. 2 12 439 pp.; 2 pp. 445-808p pagination continuous 43 of 44 plates. 2 Volumes in One Bound in contemporary vellum. 7 raised bands. Leather spine label. Good binding and cover. Spine and hinges restored. Faint soiling to vellum. Pages tanned with a several pages with some offsetting and foxing. Lacks frontis and added title. All 27 plates & 16 maps are present. Brunet IV 178; Cordier Japonica 367-68; Cordier Sinaca 2077; Lust 342 <br><Br> Jean Albert Mandeslo set out in 1636 with the Embassy that the Duke of Holstein sent to Russia and Persia. He visited India Ceylon Madagascar West Africa Congo and returned four years later. His story gives a very vivid picture of luxury vices curiosity and absolute disregard for life under the despotic tyranny of the Moghul Empire under Shah Jahan. In the port of Surat he arrived in April 1638 after he went to Ahmedabad and Agra. Although his observations of life in the capital are useful he apparently did not hear anything about the Taj Mahal which at that time was in the sixth year of building. Amsterdam: Michel Charles Le Cene hardcover
186856148St Petersburg I. I. Glazunov 1868. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with with embossed boards. Three raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Spine with wear. Small label pasted on to top left corner of pasted down front free end-paper. Removed stamp to half-title and title-page with stamp and a a few number written to top of title-page. A few light occassional underlining in pencil otherwise internally fine and clean. 1-515 1 IV pp. <br/><br/><em>Rare first Russian translation of Adam Smith's 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments'.The translator Pavel Bibikov 1831-1875 also translated the 'Wealth of Nations' in 1866 both being part of his series the Library of Classical European Writers. Bibikov regarded the two works as complementing each other as he remarks in his preface to this translation "the works reinforce each other. That is why having published in Russian Adam Smith's great work of political economy I decided to translate and publish his other work which is no less remarkable and yet known even less to Russian society than the first" p. 5. "Bibikov's translation probably done via French remained the only Russian version available until 1997". National Library of Scotland.Adam Smith developed a comprehensive and unusual version of moral sentimentalism in his Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759 TMS. He did not expressly lay out a political philosophy in similar detail but a distinctive set of views on politics can be extrapolated from elements of both TMS and his Wealth of Nations. Although these economic doctrines had not been unheard of in Russia prior to the rise of Anglophile feelings at the beginning of the nineteenth century "it was not until interest and admiration for things British was firmly rooted that classical economics could secure its ground in Russia" Tanaka The Controversies Concerning Russian Capitalism - An Analysis of the Views of Plekhanov and Lenin this processes coincided with the present publication which became important in the spreading of Adam Smith's economic principles in Russia. OCLC only locates three copies. </em> hardcover
177950523Kiøbenhavn Copenhagen 1779-80. 8vo. Two nice contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt leather title label to spines. Volume one lacking one cm of upper part of spine. Volume two with a small tear to lower part of spine. Both volumes with light brown spotting throughout however mainly affecting first and last five leaves of both volumes. A fine set. 12 575; 8 775 3 - errata pp. <br/><br/><em>The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM 221 the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia see "Correspondence of Adam Smith" Oxford University Press 1977.- As an example Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th 1780: "It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language." The translation was made by Frants Dræby 1740-1814 the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe which took them to England in the year 1776 the same year that the "Wealth of Nations" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776 he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the "Wealth of Nations" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return."WN i.e. Wealth of Nations was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 three years after the first English edition. The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper Denmark and Norway were united until 1814 when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes; in 1905 Norway became an independent state. Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia." Cheng-chung Lai edt.: "Adam Smith Across Nations" p. 37. The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as "this economic age" and state things such as "never was the world more economically minded" both from "Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine". During this period Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role however and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. "Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was therefore necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas."Hans Degen: "On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It." Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations p. 51. This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of "Wealth of Nations"; it is only preceded by the German 1776-78 and the extremely scarce French 1778-79. As a comparison the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91 the Spanish 1792 the Swedish 1800-1804 the Russian 1802 etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. "All five books were translated; appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith 25 Sept. 1776 is added as the Appendix vol. 2 pp. 683 ff." </em> hardcover
179568261London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies etc. 1795. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. 1795.<br> <br> First edition. Quarto 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 273 x 215 mm. xcv 1 blank 244 pp.<br> <br> Contemporary speckled calf. Board edges ruled in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Edges speckled brown. Green silk page-marker. Board edges a bit rubbed and corners bumped. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page not affecting text. Occasional minor foxing or staining. Otherwise a fine copy.<br> <br> A posthumously published collection of essays mainly of a scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed lis literary editors Joseph Black and James Hutton to destroy almost all of his manuscript material amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors perceived them to "be part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts" even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive.<br> <br> The essays illustrate the diversity of Adam Smith's interests and comprise: "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; illustrated by the History of Astronomy;" "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Physics;" "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Logics and Metaphysics; "Of the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts;" "Of the Affinity between Music Dancing and Poetry;" "Of the Affinity between certain English and Italian Verses;" "Of the External Senses."<br> <br> ESTC T33499 . Goldsmiths' 16218. Kress B. 3038. Rothschild 1902.<br> <br> HBS 68261.<br> <br> $9500. Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc. unknown
1767187228Edinburgh: for A. Millar & T. Cadell London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell Edinburgh 1767. Synthetizing the Enlightenment First edition of this key text of the Scottish Enlightenment a pioneering precursor of modern sociology. The Essay explores how nations had developed towards the state of commerce refinement and liberty associated with 18th-century Britain. It consequently examines the development of human society from barbarism to civilized refinement and the consequences of that development - both beneficial and detrimental. Widely seen as synthesizing the thought of his times Ferguson followed Montesquieu in emphasizing the great variety of factors informing the historical rise and fall of polities in Europe and beyond. He had much to say on the issues of contemporary society including the thorny question of balancing wealth and virtue. His answer was to challenge the tendency of wealthy commercial men to withdraw from politics and thus from virtuous activities by inculcating a greater civic consciousness among such individuals. Among his contemporaries Ferguson's Essay made a particularly significant impact on the efforts to develop a discipline of social sciences at the University of Göttigen: "They were impressed by his comparative attitude to societies ancient and modern and by his attack on Rousseau's concept of the state of nature. Ferguson's approach inspired a comparative ethnography that went beyond the traditional dichotomy between 'primitive' and 'civilized' and tried to map the varieties of social mores without grading them on a strict ladder of historical progress" ODNB. Quarto 263 x 201 mm pp. viii 430. Contemporary sprinkled calf spine ruled in gilt and with red morocco label edges sprinkled red. Light bumping and wear minor infrequent foxing to otherwise crisp contents: a very good copy indeed. ESTC T76205; Goldsmiths' 10264; Higgs 3973; Kress 6432. unknown
1778152780Edinburgh: J. Dickson 1778. First edition second issue "a re-issue of the London edition of the same year with a cancel title page and the addition of a postscript dated: Lincoln's Inn July 20th 1778" ESTC this copy also retaining the London title page. "This discussion of the bill for extending the militia law of Scotland introduced in 1776 contains a number of passing references to the war in America" Adams. The postscript comments on Burgoyne's defeat. Carlyle is identified as author in a contemporary hand on the Edinburgh title. After studies at Edinburgh Glasgow and Leiden where his classmates included William Robertson Adam Ferguson and John Home Carlyle was licensed to preach in 1746 and was introduced to the parish of Inveresk some five miles south-east of Edinburgh by the duke of Buccleuch the following year receiving his ordination in 1748. A moderate in his support for ecclesiastical patronage and politically conservative issues as well as in his endorsement of Enlightenment cultural principles including liberal education polite learning and religious toleration Carlyle was a familiar figure in the cultural life of what has come to be known as the Scottish Enlightenment. Strong and outspoken in his support for the Scots militia cause having written in 1760 The Question relating to a Scots Militia Considered the present pamphlet attacks Smith's apparent opposition to militias in the Wealth of Nations citing passages from Smith's book and also referring to the opinions of the Encyclopedistes. The other pamphlets included in this volume are: DOUGLAS John William Pulteney and Junius attributed authors. A Letter addressed to two Great Men on the prospect of peace; and on the terms necessary to be insisted upon in the negotiation. London: Millar and A. Kincaid & J. Bell Edinburgh 1760. Howes 6095. DALRYMPLE Sir John. The Rights of Great Britain asserted against the Claims of America: being an answer to the declaration of the General Congress. The third edition with additions. London: T. Cadell 1776. Howes 2564. LIND John. An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. The fourth edition. London: T. Cadell J. Walter and T. Sewell 1776. Howes 6167. TOWNSHEND Charles. Remarks on the Letter addressed to two Great Men. I a Letter to the author of that piece. London: printed in the year 1760. Howes 10372. Manuscript attribution to Henry Lord Holland on title. Octavo 209 x 122 mm. Bound fourth with four other pamphlets related to American affairs in contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards vellum tips spine ruled gilt in compartments red morocco label lettered "Pamphlets" and numbered 2 direct sprinkled edges. Ownership inscription "Binning" to front pastedown dated 1779 with a manuscript list of the volume's contents to front free endpaper. Short tear to head of front joint; a very good copy. Adams The American Controversy 78-56b variant; ESTC T179898 locating copies at the National Library of Scotland and Harvard Business School only. The London imprint ESTC T107064 is slightly more common with copies located at British Library Columbia Harvard JCB and the New York Historical Society only; Vanderblue p. 50. hardcover
176761031Edinburgh 1767. Large 4to. Recased preserving the contemporary marbled leather boards with a gilt line-frame over a more recent light brown full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. The contemporary gilt title-label also preserved in second compartment of the spine. A later leather-onlay to the lower compartment presumably covering an earlier library-marking. All edges of boards gilt. Inner hinges re-enforced. A good solid and sturdy copy. Library stamp Freie Universität Berlin to verso of title-page along with a deaccession-stamp as well as to blank lower margin of p. 48. Apart from the stamps internally extremely well preserved clean and fresh with only light occasional brownspotting. A very wide-margined copy on good paper. Leaves measuring 27x21 cm. VII 1 430 pp. <br/><br/><em>The uncommon first edition of this pioneering classic of the Enlightenment a magnum opus in the history of political thought. The Essay became extremely influential and established Ferguson’s reputation in Britain and the rest of Europe. The work was also taught at the University of Moscow causing Voltaire to praise Ferguson for “civilizing the Russiansâ€. Marx was also directly influenced by the work as were numerous of the great political and sociological theoreticians. “Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society first published in 1767 is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict play political participation and military valour. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active virtuous citizenship and apply it to the modern state.†Cambridge University Press. â€A pioneering work of the Scottish Enlightenment in the field of “philosophical history†or what we would today call sociology. It deals with the social political economic intellectual and legal changes which accompanied societies as they made the transition to modern commercial and manufacturing society.†OLL – Online Library of Liberty </em> hardcover
177648982Leipzig Weidmann 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-papers and a small embossed stamp to front free end paper on volume 1 "Buchhändler u. Antiquar Carl Helf". Stamp to p. 1 of both volumes. Spines with light soiling and capital on volume 1 lacking a small part of the leather. A few light brown spots throught. A fine set. VIII 632 pp; XII 740 pp. <br/><br/><em>First German edition also being the very first overall translation of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work the "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776 the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778 the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe and after the true first this must count as the most important edition of the work."The influence of the Wealth of Nations . in Germany . was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith; the first part being a prelude and the second a sequel." Backhouse Roger E. The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions Routledge 1997."The first review of the translation which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10 1777 by J. G. H. Feder professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: "It is a classic; very estimable both for its thorough not too limited often far-sighted political philosophy and for the numerous frequently discursive historical notes" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition." Lai Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations Clarendon Press UK 2000.Until 1797 . the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber." Lai Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations Clarendon Press UK 2000.Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it."Christian Garve . must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany." In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: "It Smith's work attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life". Georg Sartorius August Ferdinand Lueder and perhaps the most important economist of the period Christian Jacob Kraus were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. "The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations". Kraus was: "to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807 in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence." Lai Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations Clarendon Press UK 2000.Kraus wrote of the present volume: "The world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith. Certainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have. Smith's doctrines form the only true great beautiful just and beneficial system." Fleischacker Samuel A Third Concept of Liberty Princeton University Press 1999._____________Hailed as the "first and greatest classic of modern thought" PMM 221 Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith 1723-1790 is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain mainly due to his groundbreaking work the "Wealth of Nations" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well and the first edition the number of which is unknown sold out within six months which came as a surprise to the publisher and probably also to Smith himself partly because the work "requires much thought and reflection qualities that do not abound among modern readers to peruse to any purpose." Letter from David Hume In: Rae Life of Adam Smith 1895 p. 286 partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world and Buckle's words that the work is "in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written" and that it has "done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account" History of Civilisation 1869 I:214 well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi </em> hardcover
18501702701850. ADAM Victor. Les Synonymes en Action. Contents include: hand-coloured lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic W X & Y on one plate. Folio 337 x 250 mm. bound in publisher's blind stamped red cloth over boards front cover decorated and lettered in gilt expertly rebacked to style. Paris: Chez Arnauld de Vresse 1850. A rare and attractive Abécédaire by the keen Parisian societal observer and illustrator Victor Adam. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a series of colourful and imaginative vignettes on subjects including costume animals trades and many others. OCLC lists only a copy at NYPL. Minor rubbing to extremities. Short marginal tears to plate numbers 11 12 19 & 21 minimal marginal foxing and soiling otherwise an excellent copy of this scarce series of plates. PROVENANCE: Small bookplate of J.J. Coudera on front pastedown. hardcover
5307Mack 2011. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. As new. SIGNED COPY. MACK 2011. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. Limited to only 100 individually numbered copies of which this is #53/100 SIGNED by both photographers on the front end page. 4to.11.5 x 9.5 inches. Unpaginated with circa 180 pages with color and black and white photographic images throughout. 85 black-and-white photographs printed in offset each with a new photographic reproduction partially pasted over it by hand. Broomberg & Chanarin concerned with the proliferation of imagery relating to the 'War on Terror' that began with 9/11 have taken copies of the 1998 first English edition of Brecht's War Primer as the starting point for this revised version. Keeping the original captions intact they have partially overlaid the original photographs selected by Brecht with contemporary imagery from both sides of the recent conflict drawn from online sources. The URL for each image is provided with a caption in a new set of notes screenprinted over the originals. Cited in The Photobook: A History III p285. War Primer 2 is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013. BOOK CONDITION: Near Fine; a solid clean copy with black cloth reinforcement along title page gutter as issued showing some shallow bends to front cover that are only noticable on the cover verso. Overall a very solid clean copy of the rare limited 1st edition. SIGNED.<br /> <br /> Originally released in 2011 as a limited edition hardback this book is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and gained Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin the 2013 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. War Primer 2 appropriates the first English-language version of Bertolt Brecht's remarkable 1955 Kriegsfibel in which Brecht combined press photographs from the World Wars with four-line poems. Compiled intermittently over three decades Brecht's book was a visual and lyrical attack on war and its propagandists under modern capitalism. Shifting the critique to contemporary narratives perpetuated by the so-called 'War on Terror' Broomberg and Chanarin strategically overlay the pages of Brecht's War Primer with images culled from the internet and generated by the actors propagators and reporters of the contemporary conflict. Mack hardcover
194545143Wels Austria: NP 1945. First edition. Pamphlet. fair to vg-. Large quartos. 16 16 16 20 26 4 2pp. Mimographed staple-bound typescript pamphlets. First issue reproduced in facsimile. This scarce weekly journal was produced by liberated Hungarian holocaust survivors at the Alpenjäger camp in Wels Austria in the summer of 1945. Printed in Hungarian and edited by György Láng 1908–1976 and István Ãdám 1914– the issues contain camp news literature including short stories and poems medical advice entertainment reviews and crossword puzzles among other content. Of particular interest are unusual stories found in the section of police news reports on smuggling theft burglary and forgery and even murders at the camp or others in the surrounding areas. This periodical was published for only 5 issues plus a "Special" and a "Farewell issue" for a total of 7 issues issued June 14 - July 12 1945. Here issue #1 is missing.<br /> <br /> The editors and the readership were Hungarian former inmates of various local concentration camps who had been moved to the Alpenjager camp after liberation. The camp was a former infantry barracks which had been turned into a DP camp by the Americans. Little is known about Istvan Adam but György Láng was a successful writer and journalist and composer who wrote a number of biographies of famous classical composers before and after the war including Bach Bartok and Beethoven. He himself composed a piece titled "Concerto Ebraico" during the Holocaust which was performed in Budapest after the war.<br /> <br /> Text in Hungarian.<br /> <br /> Some bindings and some leaves loose. Some smudges water stains light soiling to a number of pages. In most of these instances the text is mostly decipherable. Markings in pencil throughout from the original owner. Some light closed tears and/or light chipping to extremities. Issues in overall fair to very good- condition overall. Extrmely Scarce. NP unknown
1777elala682London: Printed for B.White J.Robson P.Elmsly and G.Robinson 1777. 1777. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. xviii 2 602; 2 p.l. 607. without the errata leaf at the end of Vol. I. folding engraved map frontis. An attractive set in contemporary sprinkled calf neatly rebacked corners renewed spines tooled in gilt Vol. I title-leaf professionally remargined at lower edge & upper outer corner with small repair marginal repair to GG2-3 affecting part of headline occasional spotting. First Edition of this important account of Cooks second voyage which preceded the publication of the official record by some six weeks. The author and his father Johann Reinhold served as naturalists on the expedition. While the elder Forster was originally to have written the account he was forbidden to do so because of a dispute with the Admiralty concerning his emoluments. It is based on his journal and also draws from Cooks own although no acknowledgement is given. Humboldt said that he was indebted to this work more so than to any other for his early love of nature and tropical beauty. On his second and historically most important voyage Cook determined that the Terra Australis Incognita which supposedly lay between New Zealand and South America did not exist and accomplished the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. Cook revisited New Zealand and discovered or re-explored and charted many of the islands in the Pacific including Easter Island the Marquesas Tahita and the Society Islands the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides and New Caledonia. A vast amount of scientific and ethnographical information was gathered and as a result of new techniques developed by Cook not one crew member on the voyage died from scurvy a remarkable achievement for the time and for which Cook was awarded the Copley gold medal. Beddie 1247. Cox I p. 60. Hill p. 108. Hocken pp. 16-17. Holmes 23. Kroepelien 450. OReilly-Reitman 382. Sabin 25140. Spence 464. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Printed for B.White, J.Robson, P.Elmsly, and G.Robinson, 1777. hardcover
164519076Croissant 1645. Small folio 26.5 x 18.5 cm. Adam Philippon Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment. Ad 1: with a wholly engraved print series consisting of a title-page dedication privilege and 50 plates. The leaves are numbered 1-42 followed by 10 plates with their numbers changed by hand and the privilege. Ad 2: a series of 6 numbered engraved plates each with two friezes. 2 series in 1 volume. 59 ll. Ad 1: rare series of engravings of Roman art and architecture after drawings made by the French draughtsman Adam Philippon during his travels in Italy. "Adam Philippon was Jean Le Pautre's teacher and the present suite was in part etched by Le Pautre after his master. It is thus among Le Pautre's earliest work. . The remains of the present suite was apparently etched by another of Philippon's pupils Gabriel la Dame The number 26 is given by Guilmard as the number of plates for which Le Pautre was responsible but the exact number for which Le Pautre was responsible remains uncertain. In 1640 Philippon had been one of a group of artists sent to Rome with Roland Fréart by Louis XIII to try to persuade Nicolas Poussin and other artists to return with them to France. It is probable that the young Le Pautre travelled with him" BAL. Ad 2: very rare early impression of a series of 6 plates each with two designs for friezes decorated with acanthus scrolls tritons and other figures by the most important and imaginative ornament engraver of the 17th century the famous French architectural designer Jean le Pautre 1618-1682. With some pencil drawings owner's notations in ink on the verso of the dedication and a crude copy in red ink of a drawing on the back of the plate facing plate 34. The right corner of the opening flyleaf torn-off and lacking the closing flyleaf. The last plate slightly wrinkled some minor thumbing throughout and a minor waterstain in the margins of the first and last few leaves otherwise in good condition. The binding slightly soiled and wrinkled with a couple minor smudges and tears but still firm.l Ad 1: BAL 2519; Berlin Kat. 312; Guilmard 72; Millard I no. 98 vol. 1.2; WorldCat 7 copies with varying number of plates; ad 2: Fuhring Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum 953-957; lacking plate 5; cf. BAL 1833.8; Berlin Kat. 313.8. ABE CAT Architecture ABE CAT Art History unknown
179523048London: For T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies and W. Creech in Edinburgh 1795. First Edition. 4to in a handsome and correct period style binding of three-quarter calf over marbled boards. The spine with raised bands gilt ruled and with chain device in gilt red morocco label ruled stippled and lettered in gilt additional gilt lettering in two other compartments edges dyed. xcv 244 pp. xcv 1 blank 244 pp. A4 a4-l4 B4-Z4 AA4-II2 A fine fresh copy quite clean and crisp the binding in excellent condition small and unobtrusive blank embossed exlibris on the top corners of several signatures. SCARCE FIRST EDITION of the posthumously published essays of Adam Smith. Though thought of today primarily as an economist due to the fame of his WEALTH OF NATIONS these essays demonstrate the diverse range of philosophical sciences to which Smith applied himself. They were arranged and edited by his close friends James Black and William Hutton. Black and Hutton had attended to Smith in his old age and had made his literary executors. Shortly before his death Smith had forced them to burn the vast majority of his unpublished papers over sixteen volumes worth of manuscripts. These few which remained were intended according to the editors as “parts of a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts" but that Smith had "long since . found it necessary to abandon that plan as far too extensive". The range over fields as diverse as philosophy aesthetics the history of science astronomy physics metaphysics music and sensory perception. Most of them were originally written prior to 1759 long before his remarkable success with WEALTH OF NATIONS.<br> Stewart’s account of Smith’s life was the first biography written of him and remains an important source. It was originally delivered as a series of lectures at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. For T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, and W. Creech in Edinburgh hardcover
61168London & Paris: A. Friedel 1825 -1827. Folio. 44 x 34 cm. 24 full page lithographed plates printed on india paper. Contemporary half burgundy calf over marbled boards. Without title as usual. 24 fine lithographic plates all with pink tissue guards. Some of the tissue guards rather wrinkled and a bit short occasional marginal spotting binding lightly rubbed generally a very nice set. Adam Friedel or Adam Friedel von Friedelsburg c.1780 – 1868 was a Danish military man philhellene and buccaneer. He is known for the portraits he painted of the heroes of the Greek War of Independence. He travelled in Greece from 1821 to 1824 and was at Missolonghi for a while with Byron whose portrait appears in this publication carrying it is said a lithographic press on his back. During his time in Greece Friedel met many fighters of the Greek War of Independence in person such as Theodoros Kolokotronis Nikitaras Petrobey Mavromichalis Markos Botsaris Demetrios Ypsilantis Ioannis Kolettis Alexandros Mavrokordatos etc. "There is some confusion as to Friedel's origins. He is supposed to be a Danish philhellene and was apparently passing himself off as a baron. St. Clair tells us that Friedel carried a lithographic press on his back though Greece that he was at Missolonghi for a while with Byron and that he married the sister of John Hodges one of Byron's artificers. A letter from Byron introducing Friedel to the notice of the London Greek Committee is known. Whatever the actual facts Friedel seems to have been in Greece from about 1821 to mid-1824. He settled in England and his first lithograph Mavrocordato appears with the date September 1824" Blackmer. The portraits comprise: -Germanos -Chourchid Pasha -Andrea Miaoulis -Aly Bey Captain Pacha -Balestra -Lord Byron -Madon -Johannes Collettis -Constantine Canares -Odysseus Tritzo -Panutzos Notaras -Pappa Flesh -Johannes skandalidys -John Logotheti -Johannis Mavromichaeli -Ali. Vizier of Albanie also called Pacha of Jannina -Notis Constantine Botzaris -Alexander Mavrocordato -Prince Demitrios Ypsilantis -Theodore Colocotroni -Bobolina -Photuius Carapano -Nikytas -Prince Petro Mavromichaeli Cf. Blackmer 633. [London & Paris: A. Friedel, 1825 -1827]. hardcover
1679605L18London: Various 1679-1680. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 12.5" by 8". None. A selection of very scarce pamphlet publications emphasising the anti-Catholic sentiment and hysteria caused by the 'Popish' plots against the British Monarchy in the seventeenth century. Eight extraordinarily scarce works on the Popish Plot with several not seen at auction since the 1970's. Comprising of eight works bound as one. The first five pamphlets regard Titus Oates William Bedloe and Miles Prance with their fictional 'Popish Plots'. These gentleman worked hard to convince the monarchy and general public that the Catholics and Jesuits intended to assassinate the King Charles II implicating many innocent people who lost their lives. The final three works focuses solely on Elizabeth Cellier an accused Catholic who was imprisoned for her involvement in the so-called 'Meal-Tub Plot' against James II Charles II's successor. Titus Oates also known as Titus the liar was an English perjurer who fabricated the 'Popish Plot'. This plot was a supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. The first work to this book 'A True Narrative.' is the first edition and is Oates asserting and declaring this plot which led to the executions of at least 22 men. He was requested to publish his own narrative of the conspiracy which then took this form. Oates took advantage of the already existing Anti-Catholic sentiment which had flared from the King's marriage to the Catholic princess Catherine of Portugal. Oates and William Bedloe even tried to implicate the Queen in this plot. It later transpired that this plot was false and Oates was tried for perjury. 'A True Narrative of the Horrid Popish Plot.' is lacking the frontispiece and the first three leaves after title page work begins on the third page of the dedication to Charles II. 'The King's Evidence Justified.' is another work by Oates in the same year where he further defends his stance regarding this conspiracy. The ESTC notes that this work is a reply to Roger Palmer The Earl of Castlemaine a prominent Catholic who came under suspicion regarding this plot. Castlemaine was tried for treason and represented himself before becoming acquitted. 'A Modest Vindication of Titus Oates.' by Adam Elliot forms as the clergyman's memoir. He knew Oates from their time at Cambridge together and had some turbulence in their relationship. Oates had thrown some accusations around regarding Elliot to help undermine him as a witness in a legal case. He also created a lawsuit against Elliot accusing him of misdeeds during their Cambridge years. This memoir written by the Church of England Clergyman demonstrates how specious Oates's accusations against the Jesuits had been and refutes those accusations against himself. 'A Narrative and Impartial Discovery of the Horrid Popish Plot' is the account of one William Bedloe an English fraudster who chose to corroborate the previous claims of Titus Oates and continue the tale of a supposed plot made by the Catholics against the King. He claims that he knew the details of the supposed murder of magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey giving names of men he claims that he saw commit the crime stating that it was related to the 'Popish Plot'. For this information he was awarded £500. This work is Bedloe's chief writing and explores in detail his numerous allegations. The Oxford DNB notes that 'Bedloe was an opportunistic rogue fraud and criminal. His rambling evidence led to the deaths of a number of innocent people. Although he was less odious except to his victims than Titus Oates Bedloe's imposing personality and opportunism seem to have led his dupes not to see through his elaborate and to a neutral eye improbably lies until it was too late'. This work has an engraved portrait of Bedloe. 'A True Narrative and Discovery of Several Very Remarkable Passages' is a work by Miles Prance one of the men accused by William Bedloe for murdering Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Prance was committed to Newgate for this crime. Whilst in prison Prance confessed and then recanted. He then confessed again implicating several other innocent people in the murder which lead to their arrests and deaths. He gave evidence at the trial against these men and shared the reward money given with Bedloe. He also informed on many more Catholics under the influence of Titus Oates and William Bedloe. It was not until James II's reign that Prance was found guilty of perjury. This work is Prance's testimony regarding the murder of Godfrey and also includes information regarding a conspiracy to murder the Earl of Shaftsbury. This work has an engraved portrait of Prance. 'The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier' is the principal contemporary account of the notable Catholic midwife's treason trial for the alleged 'Meal-Tub Plot'. Cellier was innocent of this charge and was later acquitted. This work is the proceedings of Cellier's trial with information on the jurors and the court proceedings verbatim. Pagination to this work begins on C1r as called for. The 'Meal-Tub Plot' was given its name as this was the location incriminating documents were found. 'Malice Defeated' is Elizabeth Cellier's vindication of herself following her release from prison after being accused of plotting to murder James II. The work gives her account of events attacks her accuser Thomas Dangerfield and also discusses the treatment or torture of prisoners in Newgate prison she witnessed. This then led to her being put on trial for libel. Cellier gained a nickname as the 'Popish Midwife' from her enemies. She was a witty forthright woman who worked hard to advance the field of midwifery. 'Tho. Dangerfield's Answer to a Certain Scandaloud Lying Pamphlet' is a response to Elizabeth Cellier's 'Malice Defeated'. In this Dangerfield regards Cellier as a liar. Dangerfield's unreliability as a witness allowed Cellier's acquittal from her initial trial. Dangerfield published several pamphlets over time such as 'Dangerfield's Narrative'. Bound in a quarter calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Small cracks to the front joint at the head and tail. Minor loss to the head and tail of spine due tor rubbing. Internally firmly bound. 'A True Narrative of the Horrid Popish Plot.' is lacking the frontispiece and the first three leaves after title page work begins on the third page of the dedication to Charles II. Title page of 'A True Narrative of the Horrid Popish Plot' is spotted. Tidemarks from water damage to pages 11-32 of 'A True Narrative' to the outer margin resulting in a small loss to the bottom corner of pages 19-20 not affecting text. 'The King's Evidence Justified' is age toned with occasional spots. 'A true narrative and discovery' is mispaginated with page 21 being mislabelled as 23 and page 24 being mislabelled as page 22 as is called for the work is complete. Ink offsetting to page 28 of 'The Tryal and Sentence' to the margins not affecting text. 'The Tryal and Sentence' 'Malice Defeated' and 'Tho Dangerfield' are slightly damp-stained with tidemarks to the page edges which are cockled not affecting text. Minor chips to the edges of 'Tho. Dangerfield's Answer'. Pages are generally bright with slight age toning to the edges. Light scattered spotting throughout heavier to the page edges. Very Good Various hardcover
15724221Dillingen: Sebald Mayer 1572. 8vo 153 x 120 mm. Collation: A-Z8 a4 -a4 blank. 7 173 7 leaves. Title printed in red and black within 4-part metalcut border repeated on title verso shoulder notes; 121 woodcuts of which 17 flanked by type-ornament borders; the cut on f. 113v roughly colored. One-inch tear to title first few leaves loosening and slightly softened some minor soiling a few short marginal tears. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards covers with border of a Fides-Justitia-Prudentia-Spes roll approx. 166 x 14 mm. not in Haebler or the Einbanddatenbank pair of metal fore-edge clasps and catches plain endpapers rubbed knife slashes to front cover by an anti-Catholic. Provenance: partially legible early signature on back flyleaf Ex libris Andreas Zwy---; inscription in a different early hand on front flyleaf: ich läbte lebte und weiss nit wie / ich stirb und weiss nich wän / ich fahr und weiss nit wohin†this popular German saying incorrectly attributed to Martin von Biberach was called by Luther the “rhyme of the godlessâ€.<br /> <br /> First Edition of Walasser’s modernized adaptation of a late medieval allegorical romance of the soul’s marriage to Christ in an illustrated pocket edition from the first press of Dillingen. <br /> <br /> The compiler Adam Walasser was not a cleric but a writer for hire who worked as “content producer†editor and proofreader for Sebald Mayer from the time the press was founded in 1550 until 1573 when along with Mayer’s son Johann Walasser helped the Tegernsee Benedictines set up their own monastic press. His charge for Mayer was to produce copy by editing translating reworking or completing existing printed or manuscript works in order to further the Counter-Reformation program of the press’s patron and eventually owner the Cardinal-Prince-Bishop of Augsburg Otto von Waldburg. The hard-working Walasser who also had experience as a printer also produced a few works of his own and left dozens of works of Catholic religious devotion Counter-Reformation polemics and a couple of books on German heraldry and language.<br /> <br /> The Büchlein der geistlichen Gemahelschaft a didactic allegory in rhyming couplets by one “Konrad of Vienna†identified as the Viennese Franciscan Konrad Spitzer d. 1380 circulated in manuscript in the late 14th and 15th centuries. A prose version written ca. 1418-1430 known in a few illustrated manuscripts was printed in Augsburg by Johann Bämler in 1477-1478 GW 5666-5668 and later by Johann Schönsperger GW 5669. Bämler used the title Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden "the Book of art by which the worldly person can become spiritual" hence the word Kunstbüchlin usually reserved for practical manuals in Walasser’s title. Walasser used one of the Bämler editions as his copy-text. In his dedicatory letter to the powerful Abbess of the Imperial Abbey of Buchau Maria Jakoba from the noble family of von Schwarzenberg und Hohenlandsberg he describes his labors after receiving an “old book†from an “honorable person in Konstanze†who suggested that he republish it; it “delighted him as if it were a noble precious treasure†for he found it filled with the Gold and Silver of Christ’s teachings fol. A6r-v. Walasser followed the Bämler text modernizing the language omitting a few words and phrases and adding others and added chapter numbers and a final table.<br /> <br /> The tale of seven virgins one of whom is chosen to marry the King is an allegory of the eternal struggle between good and evil God and Satan. The bride is led through temptation and is accompanied on mystical visits by the allegorical figures of Hope Faith and Wisdom. The latter teaches her “the theocentric worldview†Verfasserlexikon through seven secret words. The final magnificent wedding prepared by ten more virtuous maidens represents the unification through baptism of the soul with God. The symbolic meanings of the plot developments are helpfully spelled out in printed shoulder notes. The story is used as a framework for teaching the basics of Christian doctrine of Creation the Passion and the Sacraments. Using this old tale for Counter-Reformation messaging was a way to beat the Protestants at their own vernacular game by instructing while diverting the literate lay reader unversed in Latin often a woman. <br /> <br /> The many woodcut illustrations are smaller copies some in reverse of the cuts used in Bämler’s editions. Whereas Bämler used some of his blocks more than once there are no repeats in Mayer’s edition and while the cuts showing the virgins in action are all copied from the incunable editions there are some divergences in the sections on the Passion and other “generic†passages. A few of the woodcuts which are more heavily shaded than the others and/or are narrower than the text-block may have come from Mayer’s stock and been used in other works. The cut on 51v stylistically different from the others is signed BP; this monogrammist’s woodcuts appeared in other books by Walasser cf. Nagler Monogrammisten I:1992. <br /> <br /> No doubt in part because of the rarity of the Dillingen editions the source of this work does not seem to have been previously recognized. Although four more editions appeared during the next 30 years all are rare with none represented in American libraries. <br /> <br /> USTC 703501; VD16 ZV 2620; Otto Bucher Bibliographie der deutschen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts. I: Dillingen Bibliotheca Bibliographica I 648; cf. Bäumker Wilhelm "Walasser Adam" Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 40 pp 640-643. Sebald Mayer unknown
178667London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1786. 4th edition. Near Fine. 3 volumes 4to; 8 1/4 x 5 inches 210 x 140 mm; Vol. 1: vii 499 errata; Vol. 2: vi 518 5 Appendix errata; Vol. 3: v errata 465 49 Index 1 ad pp. Printed on handmade cream laid paper pages clean supple and unmarked with some offset; small wormhole on bottom corner of latter sheets in vol. 3 not affecting the text; offset to edges of flyleaves. Contemporary full mottled brown calf bindings darker for vol. 1; all 3 volumes professionally rebacked with gilt decorations on spines and gilt title on morocco labels; bindings square and tight. <br /> Armorial bookplate of John Pitcairn pasted inside front cover of each volume. A indecipherable snippet of manuscript with a date 1793 was as a bookmark between pages 204 and 205 of vol. 2. <br /> <br /> PMM 363; ESTC T96679. A BEAUTIFUL SET of this SEMINAL WORK on ECONOMICS "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." Printing and the Mind of Man 221 "Although Adam Smith did not create the study of political economy The Wealth of Nations coming at a point when 'natural liberty' was being widely debated had a decisive influence both on the study of national economy and on the freeing of economic policy from the artificial restraint of the mercantilist system. Smith's statement that labour is the source of a nation's commodities and that the variations in 'stock' values are due to the interaction of wages profits and rent formulated the doctrine of the classic school of economic thought and round it all modern economic discussion has revolved." <br /> <br /> This set is an early printing and only the second in 8vo format issued only 10 years after the first two-volume quarto edition; this is the last edition with any changes and includes a new preface never before printed. In the 'Advertisement' leaf in volume I to this edition Adam Smith writes 'In this fourth edition I have made no alterations of any kind. I now however find myself at liberty to acknowledge my very great obligations to Henry Hop of Amsterdam. To that Gentleman I owe the most distinct as well as liberal information concerning a very interesting and important subject the Bank of Amsterdam; of which no printed account had ever appeared to me satisfactory or even intelligible.' Adams seems to have been very involved with this printing of his work. He wrote to his publisher Andrew Strahan in February 1786 'I beg you will employ one of your best compositors in printing the new edition of my book. I must likewise beg that a compleat copy be sent to me before it is published that I may revise and correct it. You may depend upon my not detaining you above a week.'. A. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
176455620London: for the Author 1764. First edition. Modern full morocco. Very good. Large folio 53.0 by 38.0 cm. iv 7 subscribers' list 1 blank 33 1 blank pp; 53 of 54 leaves comprising 60 of 61 engraved plates 7 double-suite 6 folding each numbered according to the descriptive list on pp. 19-33. Plate I serves as frontispiece; five leaves each contain two or three smaller plates. Plate VI a floor plan of the palace restored is lacking. Recent full speckled light brown morocco boards lightly rubbed at extremities gilt dentelles spine with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering piece. A touch of mild soiling at the title; light foxing and staining almost exclusively confined to the margins throughout; adhesive at the joins in the large folding plates sometimes a bit darkened. A very good amply-margined copy.<br /> <br /> First edition of this magnificently illustrated work with views elevations sections and architectural details of the emperor Diocletian's palace at Spalato today known as Split. While the modern town was built into the ruins of the palace precinct the two temples the inner peristyle and most of the encircling walls remain. <br /> <br /> The origin story of the work is notable. Upon the death of William Adam 1689-1748 the leading architect in Scotland Robert Adam 1728-1792 and his two brothers succeeded to their father's practice. In order to remedy his deficiencies in architectural understanding Robert decided upon a Grand Tour of the monuments of classical antiquity so as "to acquire a proper manner and taste and an elegant style of drawing" Millard. Being the only significant unexplored classical sites in southern Europe Spalato would prove ideal for such a project. After meeting Charles-Louis Clérisseau 1721-1820 in Florence in 1755 Adam chose to engage the young French architect as guide and drawing instructor for the next two years. Clérisseau accompanied Robert Adam during the five weeks of the summer of 1757 devoted to exploring Spalato. The engravings were probably based on drawings by Clérisseau six of which are preserved in the Hermitage Museum who would also go on to supervise much of the engraving. The Critical Review October 1764 offered high praise for these illustrations which exhibited "a taste and execution that has never been equalled in this country." In his Decline and Fall chap. 12 Edward Gibbon offered a pithy critique: "There is reason to suspect that the elegance of his designs and engravings has somewhat flattered the objects which it was their purpose to represent."<br /> <br /> Adam clearly hoped the project would generate publicity as he sought to emulate the success of such works as Dalton's Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt 1751-1752 and Robert Wood's The Ruins of Palmyra 1753. The format of the present work is in fact modeled on Palmyra though Adam has included a far greater proportion of picturesque views than appear in Wood's opus. "The plates engraved by F. Bartolozzi E. Rooker F. Patton P. Santini A. Walker K. Cunego J. Bassire and Antonio Zucchi are of interest not only as fine examples of architectural engraving but as showing the source of some of the motives of the Adam style" Fowler. Adam's cousin the scholar and historian William Robertson wrote the proposal the dedication and the preface. Digital Cicognara Library 3567; ESTC T46923; Fowler 2; Millard British Books 1. for the Author unknown
18501716611850. ADAM Victor. Charades alphabet. 25 coloured and gummed lithographic plates. 268 x 340 mm. Publisher's blue moiré percaline boards in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Aubert ca. 1850. A truly spectacular large scale alphabet with the stunning plates by Victor Adam exquisitely hand coloured. The book was clearly intended for export with the plates bearing the names of English and American publishers. This copy is clearly as published and is without title-page or text. Extremely rare with OCLC listing Princeton UCLA Amsterdam American Antiquarian Society and BN hardcover
05603Paris: Chez Dero-Becker 1840. The Military Costumes of France<br /> Forty-Two Superb Hand Colored Lithographs by Victor Adam<br /> <br /> ADAM Victor. Collection des Costumes Militaires Armée Francaise 1832 Représentés dans des Sujets de Genre. Lithographie par V. Adam. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker ca. 1840. <br /> <br /> First edition. Oblong folio 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches; 278 x 362 mm. Forty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. <br /> <br /> Bound by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in second compartment marbled endpapers. Original pictorial lithograph wrapper on front paste-down.<br /> <br /> A fine complete copy of Adam's military costumes of France with superb original hand-coloring. This rare French work on military costume was issued without text save for a wrapper title a portion of which appears with this copy mounted to the front pastedown. The composition of the subjects is superb but the chief glory of the work is its exceptionally beautiful hand-coloring. Colas describes the work which should contain 42 plates as "Tres rare complet".<br /> <br /> OCLC & KVK locate just four complete copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Brown University RI US; Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries; Austrian National Library; Universitats- und Landesbibliothek Darm Germany.<br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> 1. Garde Nationale.<br /> National Guard.<br /> 2. Dragons.<br /> Dragoons.<br /> 3. Marechal de Camp.<br /> Camp Marechal.<br /> 4. Hussards.<br /> Hussars.<br /> 5. Lanciers. Cavalerie de la ligne.<br /> Lancers. Line cavalry.<br /> 6. Artillerie de la la Ligne.<br /> Artillery of the Line.<br /> 7. Carabiniers.<br /> Carabineros.<br /> 8. Lanciers 1er régiment.<br /> Lancers 1st regiment.<br /> 9. Corps Municipal de la Ville de Paris. Garde á cheval grande tenue petite tenue et tenue d'ecurie Garde á pieds grande tenue.<br /> Municipal body of the City of Paris. Horse guard full dress light dress and stable outfit Foot guard full dress.<br /> 10. Infanterie de Ligne. Grenadier Voltigeur Soldat du Centre.<br /> Line Infantry. Grenadier Voltigeur Soldier of the Center.<br /> 11. Infantrie Officiers.<br /> Infantry officers.<br /> 12. Artillerie a Pied. Grande tenue.<br /> Foot Artillery. Great outfit.<br /> 13. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de réserve.<br /> Cuirassiers. Reserve cavalry.<br /> 14. Chasseurs.<br /> Hunters.<br /> 15. Garde Nationale de Paris. Sapeur. Voltigeur. Chasseur. Musicien et Tambour-Major.<br /> Paris National Guard. Sapper. Voltigeur. Hunter. Musician and Drum Major.<br /> 16. Gendarmes des Départemens. Grande et petite tenue.<br /> Departmental Gendarmes. Big and small outfit.<br /> 17. Sapeurs-Pompiers de la Ville de Paris. Grande et petite tenue.<br /> Firefighters of the City of Paris. Big and small outfit.<br /> 18. Train des Equipages.<br /> Crew Train.<br /> 19. Infanterie Legère.<br /> Light Infantry.<br /> 20. Marins.<br /> Sailors.<br /> 21. Dragons Officiers et Trompette.<br /> Dragoons Officers and Trumpet.<br /> 22. Gendarmes a Pied des Départemens.<br /> Departmental Foot Police.<br /> 23. Officiers de Hussards.<br /> Hussar officers.<br /> 24. Chirurgiens de l'Armèe.<br /> Army surgeons.<br /> 25. État Major de la Garde Nationale.<br /> General Staff of the National Guard.<br /> 26. Sapeurs du Génie Officiers et Soldat. Grande et petite tenue.<br /> Engineers Officers and Soldiers. Big and small outfit.<br /> 27. Infanterie Légére.<br /> Light Infantry.<br /> 28. Officiers d'Artillerie Grande et petite tenue.<br /> Artillery officers full and small uniform.<br /> 29. Officier Supérieur de Chasseurs Trompette et Soldat.<br /> Senior Officer of Hunters Trumpet and Soldier.<br /> 30. Général de Division.<br /> Division general.<br /> 31. Carabiniers. Grande et petite tenue.<br /> Carabineros. Big and small outfit.<br /> 32. Vétérans et Officiers d'Invalides.<br /> Veterans and Disabled Officers.<br /> 33. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de Reserve.<br /> Cuirassiers. Reserve Cavalry.<br /> 34. Ecoles de Cavalerie St. Cyr et Polytechnique.<br /> Cavalry Schools St. Cyr and Polytechnique.<br /> 35. Régiments des Zoabes. Armées Français d'Affrique 1832.<br /> Zoabe regiments. French Armies of Africa 1832.<br /> 36. Lanciers et Chasseurs. Armées Françaises d'Affrique 1832.<br /> Lancers and Hunters. French Armies of Africa 1832.<br /> 37. Artillerie Légère.<br /> Light Artillery.<br /> 38. Garde Municipale. Officier Garde à cheval Capitaine Garde à pied petite tenue.<br /> Municipal Guard. Horse Guard Officer Foot Guard Captain small uniform.<br /> 39. Hussards en Campagne.<br /> Hussars in the Campaign.<br /> 40. Garde Natle. et Pompier de la Banlieue.<br /> National Guard and Suburban Firefighter.<br /> 41. Intendant Militaire.<br /> Military Intendant.<br /> 42. Officiers de Marine.<br /> Naval officers.<br /> <br /> Bobins IV 1204; Colas 34; Hiler p. 6; Not in Lipperheide; Vinet 2259 36 plates only. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, 1840 unknown
