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179753615Stockholm, Henrik A. Nordström, 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut, partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page, otherwise an exceptionally fine, clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. (4),102 pp." (2),182 pp. (2),107 pp. (2),157,(1) pp. (2),176,(4) pp. (4),138,(2) pp. (2),205,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),188 pp (2),190 pp. (2),89,(4) pp. (4),135,(1) pp. (2),116,(1) pp. (2),157 pp. (2),120 pp. (2),151,(1 blank,10) pp. + 1 folded map (2),215 pp. + 1 folded table (2),131,(5) pp. (4),207 pp. (2),183,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),218 pp. (2),144,(4) pp." (6),449,(1) pp. + 5 folded plates.""Om Beskatning"", Part: 36, 37, 38:Pp. 145-177""Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa, efter Romerska Väldets undergäng"", Part: 27, 28. Pp. 93-120""Om Handelsbalancen"", Part: 25,26. Pp. 92-114""Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning, samt om Economisterne I Frankrike"", Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92""Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne, före Revolutionen"". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62""Om Krono-jord"". Part: 29,30,31. Pp 139-146.""Theorien för statsskulder"". Part: 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161.
177200JT061CHARTRES RHEIMS FRANCE 1772. On offer is a pre French Revolution handwritten manuscript letter dated 1772 written by Adam Phillippe the Vicomte de Custine noted Colonel of the French Army to Monsier de Boynes requesting a position for Lieut. Constant son of a noble Major perhaps in the Colonies. Shortened at right for small loss but otherwise G. Autograph. Manuscript. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
175294195Lipsiae - Halae : Apud Ioh. Georg. Loewium - Apud Carolum Hermannum Hemmerde - Apud Christ. Gottl. Hilscher 1752 1764 1770. 175x120mm. titre grave - 8 ff. - 186 pages - 7 ff. 108 pages - 1 ff. 11 ff. - 144 pages - 7 ff. bandeaux lettrines culds-de-lampe texte en grec ancien et latin cartonnage. Bon tat. 287 Apud Ioh. Georg. Loewium - Apud Carolum Hermannum Hemmerde - Apud Christ. Gottl. Hilscher unknown
1780LBW-2791Augsbourg, Négoce commun de l'Académie Impériale d'Empire des Arts Libéraux, [circa 1780]. 295 x 395 mm.
1780LBW-2790Augsbourg, Négoce commun de l'Académie Impériale d'Empire des Arts Libéraux, [circa 1780]. 295 x 395 mm.
1797AQ20001Cambridge: Printed by Benjamin Flower: for J. Deighton et al. 1797. 4 290pp 2. With a final publisher's advertisement leaf not recorded by ESTC. Contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn loss to head of spine. Head of title page shaved sadly to remove an early ownership inscription foxed. The rare first edition of the first work of economics in English consciously intended for use as a textbook. As the author himself notes in a preliminary 'advertisement' which heaps justifiable praise on the magnum opus of Adam Smith the work was designed to be 'found convenient as a text book in those institutions of liberal education in which the "Wealth of Nations" makes an essential branch of their letters'. A lucid abridgement by English radical Jeremiah Joyce 1763- 1816 of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith's monumental Wealth of nations it condensed the two thick quartos of the original edition London 1776 - or the by then well-known bulky triple-decker octavo editions of the late eighteenth-century - into a single convenient octavo volume. As Joyce himself notes in a footnote to the final page of text the developments suggested by Smith relating to alleviating the national debt by introducing the British system of taxation to 'all provinces of the empire' were superseded by events in America during the 1770s and any hope for the 'discharging of the national debt' brought even more into doubt by the 'present melancholy situation of Ireland'. ESTC locates only 11 copies in the UK and just 12 further elsewhere. ESTC T95379. First edition. 8vo. Printed by Benjamin Flower: for J. Deighton et al. hardcover
1794015303Edinburgh: Printed for John Martin 1794. Book measures 16.5x10.cm. 71pp. Bound in modern boards with title label on top cover. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8 Vo. Printed for John Martin Hardcover
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
1799100189Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Thomas Dobson 1799. 1799. Very good. THOMAS JEFFERSON ON THE GREAT-CLAW OR MEGALONYX - Quarto 10-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Unbound sheets from the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society". 34 deckle-edged pages in all with large untrimmed margins consisting of pages 243 to 276. The Thomas Wright article is on pages 243-246 followed by the Thomas Jefferson article on pages 246-260 followed by the John Heckewelder article on pages 260-262 and concluding with the Adam Seybert article on pages 262-276. The Seybert article includes a "Table of Experiments performed on the Atmosphere at Sea" over the last 5 pages. There is occasional scattered foxing and the deckle-edged margins have been roughly opened. Very good. <p>Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 an American Founding Father here reports on the skeletal remains of an extinct large sloth which he named Megalonyx unearthed by saltpeter workers from a cave in what is now Monroe County West Virginia. Jefferson is considered to be a pioneer of scientific paleontology research in North America.<p>Thomas Wright 1760-1812 was a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He entered the army as a surgeon's mate and served in the American Revolution. He was present at Charlestown and Yorktown and is said to have saved the life of Lord Cornwallis. During the Irish Rebellion of 1798 he was elected a United Irish captain and contributed money and materials to the rebels' cause. He later claimed to have treated over 500 wounded belligerents. He was the author of A Concise History of the Human Muscles 1791.<p>John Heckewelder 1743-1823 was an American missionary for the Moravian Church who began his career as an evangelist to the Indians. Heckewelder studied the languages manners and customs of American Indians particularly the Delawares.<p>Adam Seybert 1773-1825 was a mineralogist who established the first mineralogy collection in the United States in the 1790s. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1809 to 1815 and 1817 to 1819. [Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Thomas Dobson], [1799]. unknown
179921091<p><b>1799 Science Lectures Adam Walker Electricity Astronomy Optics Chemistry Physics</b></p><p>Adam Walker was an 18th-century scientist known for his numerous lectures on a variety of topics including mechanics hydrostatics hydraulics pneumatics and electricity. Many of these lectures were included in this 1799 printing of the '<i>Familiar Philosophy</i>'. The first lecture is of particular interest – discussion on light zodiac and the power of fire! It should be noted that this <b>impressive edition contains 47 copper engravings.</b></p><p>Item number: #21091</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>WALKER Adam</p><p><b><i>A System of familiar philosophy in twelve lectures</i></b></p><p>London: Printed for the author 1799. 1st edition</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o xviii 571 5</p><p>o <b>47 engravings</b></p><p>· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – John Plumptre</p><p>o John Pemberton Plumptre 1791–1864 was a British politician. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Kent in 1832 and resigned on 29 January 1852 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Motto: SUFFICIT MERUISSE</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~11.25in X 9.25in 28.5cm x 23.5cm</p><p>· Quite rare </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>21091</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for the author hardcover
17994947London: Printed for the Author. 1799. First edition. First edition. Lg. 4to. xviii572pp. Index. Plus 4pp. subscriber's list bound in near front. Lacking the half-title. Illustrated with 47 copper engraved folding plates. Cont. spotted calf nicely rebacked red calf spine label. The 1799 original edition is quite scarce. With some great engravings such as the "Extinguishing Fire Machine" "Walker's Improved Steam Engine" etc. Printed for the Author. unknown books
17652501060002Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell Edinburgh MDCCLXV 1765. The 2d ed. with large additions. Hardcover. Good. Early British Agriculture Bound in contemporary Scottish calf. Some cover splitting at the front hinge. Hardcover. xvi 487 pages 2 folded plates 21 cm. Contents:Of vegetation; Of tillage; Of manures and their operation; Of soils. <br> Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10071. ESTC T129677 Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh, MDCCLXV hardcover
1765mon0000065207Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bel 1765. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 2nd edition 1765. Contemporary full calf gilt 2 folding engraved plates as called for Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bel hardcover
1762jc017.130GB: printed by A Donaldson and J Reid for the Author and A Donaldson Edinburgh 1762. 16 and 428 pages. Two folding plates the second has a browned patch. Fairly clean tight text but edges spotted. Some early and late leaves browned and spotted. Armorial bookplate of Melville. In old full leather which is worn. Some loss to title label. Front cover just holding by strings. Hardback. Good/No DW. printed by A Donaldson and J Reid for the Author and A Donaldson, Edinburgh Hardcover
176550268Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell 1765. Second edition 8vo xvi 487 1 pp. Two folding plates. Modern speckled half calf marbled sides red morocco label slight wear to the outer edge of the upper cover otherwise an attractive copy. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell unknown
176214Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For the Author and A. Donaldson. Sold by A. Millar opposite to Catherine Street in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall; and J. Richardson in Pater-noster-row London 1762. 1st Edition. Full calf. Good . 8º 18cm. ; 428pp. Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For the Author, and A. Donaldson. Sold by A. Millar, opposite to Catherine Street in the St unknown
1769105Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and John Bell 1769. Full calf. Good. 8º 21cm.; lxiii 564pp.; cover rubbed corners bumped and rubbed through hinges cracked but holding previous owner stamp at head of title. Printed for A. Kincaid and John Bell unknown
1770018436Edinburgh and London: A. Kincaid & J. Bell; T. Longman & T. Caddel 1770. Two volumes; with two engraved plates slightly marked at the margins small thick octavo pp lxvi 487; 8 564 edpapers age-toned at the margins the first volume suffers from some marginal worm holes early on but between pages 365 & 386 the little beast has eaten the upper margin so much that several pieces are nearly detached see illustration otherwise the volumes are both clean and tight internally with just a few turned corners; contemporary roan marked and scuffed joints a little worn the upper joint cracked slightly in each volume leather labels in black and red on the spines. Dickson was born in 1721 at Aberlady and studied at Edinburgh University where he took the degree of M.A. He passed his life between his cherished country employments on a large farm of his father's where he lost no opportunity of gathering experience from the conversation of the neighbouring farmers and the duties of his holy office. Having early shown a great taste for agriculture he watched its processes carefully and made rapid progress in it as he always connected practice with theory. On moving to Dunse he found more real improvements in the art and also more difficulties to be surmounted than had been the case in East Lothian. Observing that English works on agriculture were ill adapted to the soil and climate of Scotland and consisted of theories rather than facts supported by experience he determined to compose a "Treatise on Agriculture" on a new plan. The first edition of this appeared in 1762 and was followed by a second in 1770. This treatise is practical and excellently adapted to the farming of Scotland its first four books treating of soils tillage and manures in general the other four of schemes of managing farms usual in Scotland at that time and suggestions for their improvement. "Probably the most important of the authors of the period". And fifty years later J.C. Loudon wrote "decidedly the best work on tillage which has appeared in the English language and was and still is held in universal esteem among the practical farmers of Scotland". New Edition. Full Leather. Good. A. Kincaid & J. Bell; T. Longman & T. Caddel Hardcover
1762124180Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid 1762. Scottish agriculture First edition. Adam Dickson 1721-1776 a Scottish clergyman observed that much of the literature on agriculture was based on English farming and took no account of Scotland's different soil and climate. His Treatise was highly popular with Scottish farmers going through six editions in the 18th century with a second volume being added in 1769. Octavo 190 x 119 mm. With 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary polished sprinkled calf red label to spine lettered in gilt red speckled edges. Contemporary note on the author on verso of front free endpaper. Faded shelf mark at head of spine tiny markings to covers occasional light foxing; still a fine copy. ESTC T72210; Goldsmiths' 9746; Fussell More Old English Farming Books p. 56. unknown
177071706Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell - Edinburgh 1770. hardback. good condition in somewhat worn leather - there is dampstain on the first and last few pages - shipping via USPS. Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell - Edinburgh hardcover
176514896Edinburgh: A. Kinkaid & J. Bell. Very Good-. 1765. Second Edition. Hardcover. The spine Is rubbed at the edges of the spine & corners & it is written on the fly-leaf in pencil that it lacks 2 plates. One of the plates that exists in Book 2 of Tillage seems to have a piece missing & the other plate has a tear at the edge & possibly a small piece missing at the edge. There is a small amount of foxing at edges and a 1-1/2" watermark at the bottom edge of this book. Approximately 70 pages are darkened slightly near the bottom edges however it does not affect the print. ; This book has been rebound & also has new end-papers. There are 2 raised bands on the spine. The blank page after the end of the book there is this inscription "John Mill His Book Castelton 1837 - His Book". It is in four parts - Book 1. Of Vegetation Book 2 Of Tillage Book 3. Of Manures and their operation and Book 4 Of Soils. In the preface it states at the end "the last chapter of Book 11 which treats of wheel-carriages is entirely new." - from page 344 thru page 356. ; Illustrated pull-outs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 487 pages . A. Kinkaid & J. Bell hardcover
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
177741959London: Printed for B. White Fleet-Street; J. Robson Bond Street; P. Elmsly Strand; and G. Robinson Pater-noster Row 1777. Two volumes. 4to. 11 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches. First edition. Volume I: A4 a4 b2 B-4G4 4H2. i-xviii 2 1-602 2. 624 pp. Title Preface Contents Engraved Folding Chart Chapters I-IV Errata. Volume II: A2 B-4H4. 4 1-607 1. 612 pp. Title Contents Errata Chapters V-VIII. Contemporary tan calf maroon morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers<br/> <br/> First edition with Forster's large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere.<br/> <br/> This the first published account of Cook's second voyage 1772-1775 was published six weeks before Cook's official version. Forster's work is substantial even though it was speedily produced to rival Cook's work. The German naturalist Forster and his father Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798 had served as the official botanists aboard the HMS Resolution during the second voyage. When the Royal Admiralty decided to withdraw their offer to have the elder Forster contribute to the official report due to a controversy over his emoluments George produced his own publication. The Admiralty had commissioned Cook to undertake his second voyage in the wake of the success of his first. It was perhaps the most important of Cook's three voyages. The purpose of the second voyage was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible searching for any unknown southern landmasses which the Royal Society still believed could exist. But Cook proved beyond a doubt that a fabled Terra Australis Incognita which was supposed to lie between South America and New Zealand did not exist. His two ships became the first to traverse the Antarctic Circle doing so three times discovering and re-discovering islands in the Pacific including New Zealand New Caledonia Palmerston the Norfolk Islands Easter Island the Marquesas New Hebrides Tonga and the Sandwich Islands. An enormous amount of scientific and ethnographic information was garnered from the expedition and as a result of the new techniques Cook employed not one crew member died of scurvy a remarkable achievement for which Cook was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal. Forster though young proved a knowledgeable and adept observer; his book is the essential supplement to the literature of the second voyage. The lively elegant prose and critical detail of his account based loosely on both his father's journal and though unacknowledged Cook's own work make it one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century travel literature. It is of prime importance too in the history of European contact with Pacific peoples. The Forsters' publications reveal the sophistication and enthusiasm they brought to their interactions with Polynesian peoples as well as a sensitivity to the moral ambiguities of contact. "For all the controversy A Voyage Round the World is an interesting and important account that complements the official one with facts and astute observations on the human side of the voyage." Rosove Its confident visionary style incorporates a good deal of polemic particularly in its criticism of the treatment of islanders by Cook's crew. It is a thrilling account of life aboard one of Cook's vessels.<br/> <br/> BCJC 1247. Beddie 1247. Cox I p. 60. Davidson pp. 61-62. ESTC T155479. Hill 625. Hocken pp.16-17. Holmes 23. Kroepelien 450. O'Reilly-Reitman 382. Rosove Antarctic 132. Sabin 25130. Spence 464. Printed for B. White, Fleet-Street; J. Robson, Bond Street; P. Elmsly, Strand; and G. Robinson, Pater-noster Row unknown
177520371Wien 1775. Zwei Teile in einem Band Rücken lädiert Wasserrand auf den ersten Seiten ansonsten gute Erhaltung Editio novissima Emerici Felicis Bader 8°. Ldr. Philologie unknown
179648977Avgvstae Vindelicorvm i.e. Augsburg: officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae 1796. Thick 8vo pp. xxviii 3028 columns; engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments old brown morocco label in 1 edges stained red; several old ownership inscription on the front flyleaf some cracking at the tops of both joints; good and sound. A comprehensive German-Latin dictionary. Vancil p. 139 cites the 1750 and 1754 editions; Zaunmuller col. 254. officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae unknown
