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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
