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Adam, AlexanderBiblio.com

Roman Antiquities or An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans Fourth Edition with Improvements

Alexander AdamBiblio.com

Roman Antiquities or An Account of The Manners and Customs of the Romans

1791286London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1791. First edition. 1/2 near contemporary calf. Very Good. VERY RARE. Reprinted numerous times throughout the late 1700s and into the 1800s this is the impressively hard to find first edition. WorldCat only identifies six institutions with a copy including the British Library. RareBookHub shows only later editions coming to a recorded auction including the scarce second edition but never the first edition. Condition: VG. Complete including errata leaf. Roman antiquities ; or an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting Their Government Magistracy Laws Judicial Proceedings Religion Games Military & Naval Affairs Dress Exercises Baths Marriages Divorces. Funerals Weights & Measures Coins Method of Writing Houses Gardens Agriculture Carriages Public Buildings &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics. By Alexander Adam LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh BOOK INFO Published in 1791 by A. Strahan and T. Cadell in London. First edition. Bound in near contemporary 1/2 fine calf over finely woven cloth. Spine with gilt ruled compartments separated by raised bands; gilt-lettered spine label in compartment two. All edges marbled. Duodecimo 12mo 6 3/4" x 4 3/8". Collated and complete: xiii 1 594 2 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alexander Adam June 1741 – December 1809 was a Scottish teacher and writer on Roman antiquities. His popularity and his success as a teacher are strikingly illustrated by the great increase in the number of his pupils many of whom subsequently became distinguished men among them being Walter Scott Lord Brougham and Francis Jeffrey. Roman Antiquities is his best work which passed through a large number of editions and received the unusual compliment of a German translation. CONDITION REPORT The book is in Very Good antiquarian condition. Complete. Refreshed endpapers. Exterior and binding: Firmly bound with joint ends starting to crack. Slight loss of leather at head of spine. Rubbed edges wear and bumping to corners. Spine sunned dry and cracking a bit. Top edge darkened per usual. Interior: VG. Pages are mostly clean bright and lightly toned with some slightly darker toning in a few sections an infrequent spot of foxing on occasion or light sign of handling. The endpapers and blanks are a little toned and grubby and there are a previous owner's bookplate and a couple of inked previous owners' names. One leaf with some slight insect nibbling to fore-edge not affecting text. All in all a lovely collectible copy of an exceedingly rare first edition of an influential work on antiquarian Roman history and culture by a favorite teacher of Sir Walter Scott. . A. Strahan, and T. Cadell unknown

Ironwolf Rare Books · États-Unis1 375,00 $US≈ 1 163,39 €

SMITH, AdamBiblio.com

Recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations.

1778184198A La Haye though Zweibrücken: no publisher stated though the ducal French press of Deux-Ponts 1778-79. The first foreign-language appearance of a milestone in economics Very rare first edition in French of the Wealth of Nations the first translation following its publication in English in 1776. "This translation of the 1776 English edition of WN has remained a mystery. Was it printed in The Hague If not where was it printed Who was M identified on the title pages as the translator Copies are rare within French libraries" Carpenter p. 20. Carpenter & Sabbagh's recent scholarship identifies the printer as the ducal press of Deux-Ponts now Zweibrücken. Though a commercial venture the press used a fictitious imprint to avoid problems when printing French-language works that risked running afoul of the censor. The translator was Jean-Louis Carra 1742-1793 an active contributor to the Encyclopédie d'Yverdon later in the French Revolution to join the Jacobins where he was appointed joint head of the Bibliothèque nationale but clashed with Robespierre and was guillotined in 1793. The text follows the original closely omitting a section on religious instruction alongside other minor religious changes. The edition was preceded in French translation only by an extract Fragment sur les colonies en général et sur celles des anglois en particulier translated by Reverdil which had been published in Lausanne and Basel earlier in 1778 to test public demand for the work. 4 vols duodecimo in 4s and 8s 162 x 95 mm collates complete with half-titles and blank "table des matieres" bound following title pages rather than at rear. Contemporary calf twin brown and green labels smooth spines with gilt floral decoration marbled endpapers red edges. Contemporary ownership signature of Mats Zachrisson to front free endpaper. Light rubbing and insect abrasion with some loss to lettering on labels bindings otherwise with little wear and without repair staining to Vol. IV and a few leaves in Vol. I else fresh. A very good copy. Goldsmiths' 11664; Kress B155; Tribe 16; Vanderblue 24. Kenneth E. Carpenter The Dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in French and in France 2002; Kenneth Carpenter & Gabriel Sabbagh "Unveiling the First French Translation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations" in Oeconomia vol. 14 no. 1 2024. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni22 500,00 £GB≈ 25 690,50 €

SMITH, ADAMBiblio.com

Recherches sur la Nature et les Causes de la Richesse des Nations. Traduit de l'Anglois de M. Smith by Blavet. 2 Tomes.

178842376Londres Pierre J. Duplain 1788. 8vo Two nice uniform contemporary full calf bindings with gilt spines. Some loss of leather to back hinge and lower capital of volume one and minor loos of leather to spine of volume two all due to worming. Worming is not bad and does not affect anything but outer layer of small parts of the bindings. Apart from the worming a very nice fresh and clean copy indeed. 8 IV 503; 4 496 pp. With both half-titles the advertisment both prefaces and the table of contents. Rare early French translation of Adam Smith's political and economic classic the "Wealth of Nations". Translated by Blavet. The present edition constitutes the third reprint of the second French translation. The second French translation was done by Blavet and is the first translation into French of which the translator and publisher are known. "The reprint of Blavet's version appeared at Yverdon in 1781 in 6 volumes 12mo and at Paris in the same year in 3 volumes 12mo and again at London and Paris in 1788 in 2 volumes 8vo the present edition and revised and corrected with Blavet's name as translator at Paris An ix 1800-01 in 4 volumes 8vo.He Blavet had no intention of publishing it until his friend M. Ameilhon happened to complain of scarcity of interesting articles for his Journal de l'Agriculture du Commerce des Arts et des Finances which had just come under the control of the Mercantilist. It struck him that he might offer it to him which he did with the explanation that it was far from perfect. It was accepted and appeared in the issues of the Journal between January 1779 and December 1780. He did not anticipate that it would go further. The edition of 1788 likewise appeared without his knowledge or consent and was still more marred by errors than that of Yverdon". Lai Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations Clarendon Press UK 2000. 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. Considering the groundbreaking views presented in "Wealth of Nations" it comes as no surprise that the work was considered part of the revolutionary cultural development in France. As Adam Smith's friend the Marquis of Lansdowne said after quoting Smith's work: "With respect to French principles as they had been denominated those principles had been exported from us to France and could not be said to have originated among the population of the latter country." Quoted in: Rae p. 291. The ideas of Adam Smith were often considered so dangerously closely connected with French ideas at the time that the term "political economy" almost became synonymous with questions concerning the constitution of governments. "The French Revolution seems to have checked for a time the growing vogue of Smith's book and the advance of his principles in this country just as it checked the progress of parliamentary and social reform because it filled men's mind with a fear of change with a suspicion of all novelty with an unreasoning dislike of anything in the nature of general principle." Rae p. 293. There can be no question that this seminal work greatly influenced French opinion at the time. hardcover

Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn A/S · Danemark6 200,00 DKK≈ 832,66 €

Kersting, Johann Adam =Biblio.com

Portrait Brustbild im Profil gestaltet wobei der Dargestellte nach links blickt. Er ist in einem ovalen Medaillon eingefasst das auf einem rechteckigen schraffierten Hintergrund ruht.

1789709451789. Kupferstich Paunktiermanier sc. von Adam Ludwig d'Argent nach 1789. Plattengröße 114 x 75 mm; beschnitten und alt montiert. Johann Adam Kersting 1727-1784 - Unter dem Bildnis befindet sich eine Schrifttafel mit der Aufschrift: "KERSTING. Professor der Thierarzneyschule in Hannover." Die Darstellung vermittelt den Eindruck einer respektablen gelehrten Persönlichkeit und unterstreicht seinen Status als Direktor der von ihm mitbegründeten Institution. Er prägte die frühe tierärztliche Ausbildung durch einen damals neuartigen strukturierten Ansatz der Theorie und Praxis eng miteinander verknüpfte. Als ehemaliger Rossarzt und Schmied legte Kersting großen Wert darauf dass die Ausbildung nicht rein empirisch "Heilen nach Erfahrung" sondern auf wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen basierte. Er kombinierte das praktische Wissen der Schmiede mit anatomischen und pathologischen Erkenntnissen. Unter Kersting umfasste der Unterricht ein breites Spektrum das er als erster und zunächst einziger Lehrer der Anstalt abdeckte: Anatomie und Physiologie: Er unterrichtete die "Geschäfte des thierischen Körpers im gesunden Zustande" Physiologie. Spezielle Fachgebiete: Er hielt Vorlesungen über Pathologie Therapie Chirurgie und Tiergeburtshilfe. Visuelle Lehrmittel: Um anatomische Zusammenhänge zu verdeutlichen nutzte Kersting detaillierte Federzeichnungen und Figuren z. B. Darstellungen von Pferdeschädeln die er seinen Erklärungen beifügte. Pionier der Tiergeburtshilfe: Er war einer der Ersten der die Tiergeburtshilfe systematisch in den akademischen Stundenplan integrierte und darüber Vorlesungen hielt was die Professionalisierung dieses Feldes maßgeblich vorantrieb. Kerstings Methoden legten den Grundstein für den Übergang von der handwerklichen "Roßarzney" zur modernen universitären Veterinärmedizin. Coburg Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg Inventar-Nr. VI355 unknown

MedicusBooks.Com · Allemagne66,00 €

(FORE-EDGE PAINTING - EDWARDS OF HALIFAX). CARDONNEL, ADAM DEBiblio.com

PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND PARTS I AND II

1788ST19954London: Printed for the Author and sold by Edwards in Pall Mall; Also by Edwards's in Halifax 1788. FIRST EDITION quarto issue with the etchings printed directly above the text. 257 x 205 mm. 10 1/8 x 8 1/8". iv 27 1 pp. 25 leaves; 11 1 pp. 25 leaves. Two parts bound in one volume. HANDSOME ORIGINAL ESTRUSCAN CALF BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX covers with central panel of tree calf enclosed by a gilt Greek key border and a frame of stenciled dark brown palmettes on light tan calf this surrounded by graceful gilt ivy roll on dun-colored calf all within a gilt pentaglyph-and-metoped border smooth spine divided into panels by strips of inlaid black morocco tooled with gilt Greek key roll panels with inlaid central oval medal featuring an Etruscan vase calligraphic gilt flourishes at corners black morocco label bright pink endpapers all edges gilt expertly rebacked preserving original spine. WITH A FINE BRIGHTLY COLORED FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE RUINS WITH EDINBURGH IN THE DISTANCE. WITH 50 ENGRAVED VIGNETTES 60 x 85 mm. of the ruins of Scottish castles and abbeys. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Christopher Turnor Stoke Rochford Library. Lowndes 370; ESTC T153718 but with a variant title page. Front cover with a couple small areas of lost patina from insect activity rear cover just slightly marked upper corners a bit bumped faint freckled foxing in the margins more noticeable on the first two leaves slight offsetting of engravings on facing blank versos. A few condition issues but still a very attractive book the lovely binding retaining virtually all of its antique appeal and the contents with nothing approaching a significant problem. This is an excellent atypically large example of an Edwards of Halifax binding enhanced with a most appealing early fore-edge painting depicting one of the castles pictured in this attractive quarto edition. Scottish surgeon and antiquary Adam de Cardonnel 1746/7 - 1820 wrote and illustrated the present work "to preserve from oblivion the ancient remains of Caledonian splendour." Originally intended as a supplement to the popular "Pennant's Tour" of Scotland it appeared in four parts the first two in 1788 in a few different forms including an octavo edition and the second two published in 1793. The fore-edge painting features Craigmillar castle a Medieval fortress located a few miles from Edinburgh whose most famous guest was Mary Queen of Scots. One of her stays resulted in the so-called "Craigmillar bond" which set in motion plans to dispatch Mary's husband Henry Stuart. By the late 18th century the castle had fallen into disrepair and it appears in the present painting as an idyllic ruin with sheep and cows grazing in the fore-ground and the city with Edinburgh Castle rising in the distance. The Edwards of Halifax bindery was founded by William Edwards 1723-1808 and continued by several of his brothers half-brothers and sons by far the most important of the sons being Thomas who lived from 1762-1834. This famous firm produced a number of important innovations in binding design the most significant being the idea of concealing a painting under the gilt of the fore edge. This hidden treasure could be revealed once the edge was fanned out as a special surprise element of the volumes the Edwards firm bound--typically in Etruscan calf as here or in their patented transparent vellum. Although bindings produced by the Edwards workshop are almost never signed the present item is surely Edwards' work as indicated by the characteristic binding style and by the fact that our volume was actually sold by the Edwards firm. As usual there is no clear way to assign a precise date to the painting; while it is not done in the soft grays that can be firmly associated with the earliest Edwards examples it clearly is a painting done before 1850. While fore-edge paintings likely produced at the Edwards bindery and especially produced by their imitators appear in the marketplace with some regularity most offered are octavo or duodecimo in size. Of the fore-edge paintings attributed to Edwards of Halifax that have appeared in RBH over the past 65 years fewer than one in 10 were on quarto volumes. This copy was previously owned by the MP Christopher Turnor 1809-86 a member of the House of Commons and owner of more than 20000 acres in Linconshire where he built the grand Stoke Rochford Hall. Printed for the Author, and sold by Edwards, in Pall Mall; Also by Edwards's, in Halifax unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis2 600,00 $US≈ 2 199,86 €

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