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173149193London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane 1731. 1st Printing. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning a bit of soiling to outer leaves Very Good. 52 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Caleb D'Anvers = William Pulteney Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane unknown books
176038649London: Printed for G. Keith 1760. 1st edition. Cf. Sabin 17834 for the 1st US edition of 1762. Period full brown calf binding with 5 raised spine bands. Average binding wear with front joint renewed. Ffep with erased pencil annotations. A VG copy. viii 224 pp. 'Letters' by Robert Sandeman and the Two Treatises by Samuel Pike. 8vo: A4 B - P8. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for G. Keith unknown books
1768P5012London: Robert Sayer & Thomas Jefferys c.1768. Very Good. Notes: Rare view of Quebec. <br>This view shows British troops in small boats approaching a French settlement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.<br>"The items in the Scenographia of greatest interest to Canada are the six prints of the St. Lawrence done after the sketches of Captain Hervey Smyth A.D.C. to General Wolfe. The Six Views of the Most Remarkable Places of the Gulf and River St. Laurence were published in 1760 by Thomas Jefferys London with a dedication to William Pitt Earl of Chatham. The prints are line-engravings of good quality engraved by various well-known engravers of the period."--George Spendlove pg.7<br> Image Size : 328x511 mm 12.91x20.12 Inches Platemark Size : 365x528 mm 14.37x20.79 Inches Paper Size : 415x582 mm 16.34x22.91 Inches Coloring: Black & White Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Canada Quebec; Robert Sayer & Thomas Jefferys unknown
1730302521London: R. Franklin et al. 1730. 32 31 blank 30 ad blank 62 pp. 8vo. A clean and bright copy in twentieth century paneled calf green and red morocco labels to spine slightly shelf-worn some ink annotations throughout mostly concerning the authorship of each work. 32 31 blank 30 ad blank 62 pp. 8vo. THE WAR BETWEEN BOLINGBROKE AND WALPOLE. A sammelband of four pamphlets concerning Viscount Bolingbroke's efforts to undermine the Walpole administration. Having recently returned from exile and though allowed to purchase property Walpole denied Bolingbroke from restoration of his political rights wary that he would abuse them. He proved correct and soon Bolingbroke undertook a campaign to resume power.<br/><br/>A paper war commenced and Bolingbroke's organ of choice was The Craftsman "a journalistic venture which heralded the birth of a formidable opposition to Walpole and the beginnings of a propaganda campaign of sustained brilliance and of rare political sophistication. Edited by Nicholas Amhurst and printed by Richard Francklin The Craftsman attracted contributions from Bolingbroke Pulteney and other leading thinkers and writers in the opposition camp . During its period of greatest influence from 1729 to 1732 at least 8000 copies of each issue were distributed and probably upwards of 12000 copies in 1731 . The Craftsman aroused such public interest and so embarrassed the ministry that Walpole spent large sums subsidizing a pro-ministerial press to reply to it and to attack Bolingbroke and Pulteney in particular; and he had Francklin arrested on several occasions in an effort to silence it."<br/><br/>The accusations bled beyond the pages of serial publications into pamphlets such as these here with Baron John Hervey often writing in defense of the government:<br/><br/>1. Bolingbroke Viscount Henry St. John A Final Answer to the Remarks on the Craftsman's Vindication. Second issue reset from the first without the errata. London: R.Francklin 1731.<br/>2. Hervey John Observations on the Writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane 1730.<br/>3. An Answer To a late Pamphlet Intitled Observations on the writings of the Craftsman. First edition. London: R. Francklin 1731. <br/>4. Remarks on the craftsman's Vindication of his Two Honble Patrons. Fifth edition. With half-title. London: J. Peele 1731. R. Franklin, et al. unknown books
1732AA196London: J. Roberts 1732. Second. Near Fine. <p>Alciphron or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by the 18th-century Irish philosopher George Berkeley wherein Berkeley combated the arguments of free-thinkers such as Mandeville and Shaftesbury against the Christian religion It was first published in 1732 The dialogue is primarily between four characters the free-thinkers Alciphron and Lysicles Berkeley's spokesman Euphranor and Crito who serves as a spokesman for traditional Christianity </p> <p>John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 1696â€"1743 was an English courtier and political writer and memoirist His remarks protest against Alciphron's rationalism</p> <p>Recent attractive half-calf binding with attractive marbled boards and new endpapers Text is in excellent condition with only the slightest browning on the title page 66 pp </p> . J. Roberts unknown
1767P237London: Messrs Walkingham et al. 1767. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. vi ii 226pp half-title plan of the Paraclete. Full calf rubbed but intact. <br/> <br/> Messrs Walkingham et al. hardcover
1732GEN2-D-1London: J Roberts 1732. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An interesting and scarce text reviewing George Berkeley's text. The work is a letter whereby an English clergyman is writing to his London friend on his views of Alciphron or The Minute Philosopher. This is the second edition of this text. The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by Irish philosopher George Berkeley. In this work he combats the arguments of the free-thinkers such as Mandeville and Shaftesbury against the Christian religion. The work was first published in 1732 the same year that this review was published. Although there is not an author attributed to the title page it was later known that the title was written by John Hervey or 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth. John Hervey was an English courtier political writer and memoirist. He was known for writing very brutally frank works such as his memoirs of the court of George II where he gave a very unflattering account of the King and Frederick Prince of Wales. In a full cloth binding. Externally smart with some bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Prior owner's inscription to front pastedown A G Mollard Aberdeen June 1971. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges with the title page heavily age toned with handling marks. Scattered spots throughout. Very Good J Roberts hardcover
179416306Philadelphia:: R. Aitken & Son 1794. contemporary straight-grained plum morocco. Lacking the final three leaves consisting of ads and a blank. Armorial bookplate; some light rubbing to extremities. 5-1/4 x 3-1/4 inches. Evans 27114. R. Aitken & Son, unknown
174289655London: J. Roberts 1742. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. 80 pages. Some page foxing noted. Some moisture staining around edges at early pages. John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey PC 13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743 was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol he obtained the key patronage of Walpole and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding. His memoirs of the early reign of George II were too revealing to be published in his time and did not appear for more than a century. In 1725 he was elected M.P. for Bury St Edmunds. Hervey had been hesitating between William Pulteney afterwards earl of Bath and Robert Walpole but in 1730 he definitely took sides with Walpole of whom he was thenceforward a faithful adherent. He was able to render valuable service to Walpole from his influence with the Queen. Through him the minister governed Queen Caroline and indirectly George II. Hervey was vice-chamberlain in the royal household and a member of the Privy Council. In 1733 he was called to the House of Lords by writ of acceleration in his father's Barony. After the fall of Sir Robert Walpole he was dismissed July 1742 from his office. An excellent political pamphlet Miscellaneous Thoughts on the present Posture of Foreign and Domestic Affairs shows that he still retained his mental vigor. He predeceased his father but three of his sons became successively Earls of Bristol. Miscellaneous thoughts on the present posture both of our foreign and domestic affairs: humbly offer'd to the consideration of the Parliament and the people. Author: John Hervey. Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography Bibliotheca Americana Sabin Americana 1500--1926 contains a collection of books pamphlets serials and other works about the Americas from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres sermons political tracts newspapers books pamphlets maps legislation literature and more. Per Sabin this was published anonymously. By John Hervey Baron Hervey. J. Roberts paperback
1743MERe[HER66London: Printed for J.Roberts 1743. 1743. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. 85. with half-title. disbound outer leaves soiled bit browned. First Edition. Goldsmiths' 8017. F. London: Printed for J.Roberts, 1743. unknown
175394331753 Hamburg und Leipzig: Georg Christian Grund und Herman Heinrich Holle, 1753. Un volume in-8 (12 x 17,5 cm). [16]-560 pp+ 4 gravures hors-texte. Ouvrage relié en pleine basane, dos à cinq nerfs, caissons ornés au fer doré, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, titre en lettres dorées, tranches marbrées. Page de titre en deux couleurs. Quelques rousseurs isolées à lintérieur, exemplaire habilement restauré au XXe siècle (voir les contre-plats), mais solide et de belle présentation.
1735268209London i.e. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Dodd; Printed for T. Osborne 1735. The fifth edition corrected. 8; 8 pp. Folio. Modern half calf. Near fine. The fifth edition corrected". 8; 8 pp. Folio. Foxon V44 & P1135 Printed for A. Dodd; Printed for T. Osborne unknown
176701AIR2150.<p>Front board detached has plate of Boyd's Circulating Library Dumfries pasted in with an inscription underneath see below followed by half-title with price 3s. torn in margin then frontispiece plan of the Paraclete facing recto page headed <em>'Explanation of the plan of the Paraclete' </em>and before the title page which itself is followed by the <em>Dedication</em> to Peter Vallete Esq.; Kingston on Thames dated July 10 1767 i - vi; <em>'To the reader' </em>i - ii and finally p.1 the text headed <em>'BAGATELLES' </em>with sub-heading <em>'The lover and the friend.' </em>Pages 205- 226 is 'A description of the Paraclete agreeable to the plan laid down in our frontispiece.' Appears to be complete apart from verse IV of <em>Elegy</em> p. 72 which has been cut out. Marbling rubbed edge-wear includes corners worn to board closed page edges tanned some foxing of text. <strong>Inscription reads: </strong><em>'I have reason to think that Burns our Poet read this book while in the Library at Dumfries - see p. 130 where are passages imitated in his Epistle to Capt. Grose and in Tam O-Shanter.' </em>Inside lower board loose but attached in contemporary writing is what may be a quotation: <em>'To be dull is damnation and so alone without books pen or paper is worse than Hell.' </em>Image 2: Label; Image 3: Half-title; Image 4: Plan; Image 5: Title page; Image 6: Inscription inside lower board. A copy of the first edition with the additional interest of contemporary notes inside boards.</p> Printed for Messrs. Walkingame, in St. Martin's Lane; Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Robson, Bond-Street; Davis, Piccadilly; Walter, Charin hardcover
