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1736000473London Eng: Assigns of J. Sowle 1736. First Edition. Very Good -. Title continued: "for Demands Recoverable by the Acts made in the 7th and 8th Years of the Reign of King William the Third for the more Easie Recovery of Tithes Church-Rates &c. Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle at the Bible in George-Yard Lombard-Street." xii 2 189 1 p.: 1 table; 20 cm. 8vo. Half calf with six gilt-ruled spine compartments and a gilt-tooled leather label in the second compartment reading: Prosecution of Quakers. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges marbled. Inscription largely erased from front fixed endpaper. Published anonymously by Quaker Joseph Besse who produced a number of important volumes recording the legal woes of early English and Welsh Quakers. This volume describes the prosecutions of Quakers from 1696 to 1736 in England and Wales arranged alphabetically by county. Quakers were prosecuted for refusing to pay the annual tithe one tenth of their income and other support for the Church of England. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; spine is sunned; leather is starting to separated at the head of the spine and lacking small section of leather at head of spine; first and last leaves have soiling of corners and light foxing; pages are otherwise clean and tight. Assigns of J. Sowle unknown
1722007782London: Printed for W. Taylor J. Pemberton E. Symon W. Chetwood J. Lacy and J. Clarke 1722. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 2 vi 356 p.; 4 243 1 p.; 19 cm. 8vo Signatures: v. 1. A4 B-Z8 Aa2 -- v. 2. A2 B-Q8 R2. Contemporary speckled calf with blind-tooled decoration on each board with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title: Vertot's History Gilt-tooled volume number in third compartment of each with gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges speckled red. Titles in double line borders. Woodcut head pieces tailpieces and initial articles. Translation of Histoire critique de l'établissement des Bretons dans les Gaules. Dedication signed by the translator John Henley. Engraved armorial bookplate on each fixed endpaper: "Strickland Freeman Esqr. Fawley Court Bucks 1810." Strickland Freeman d. 1821 inherited Fawley Court from his uncle Sambrooke Freeman in 1782. He wrote works on horsemanship and botany. Although his will was probated in 1822 and some sources state that he died that year he died in Nov. 1821 according to Debrett's. Circular red stamp on title page verso of each volume of Pennsylvania State University Library. In Very Good Condition: minor loss at spine ends; vol. 2 has modern repair of joints with Japanese tissue; vol. 1 lacking back free endpaper; both volumes have modern repair of hinges with Japanese tissue; pages are clean and tight. Printed for W. Taylor, J. Pemberton, E. Symon, W. Chetwood, J. Lacy, and J. Clarke hardcover
177545627J Dodsley 1775. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good hardback. Light edgewear pages gently tanned but still crisp. Free endpaper and half title has slight area of grubbiness along shelf edge. 4to half calf with marbled boards red leather title label and gilt lettering. Blind and gilt decoration to spine. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. J Dodsley hardcover
1746010356London: J. Stanton 1746. Good. Wherein the Proceedings of the Army and the Happy Suppression of the Rebellion in the Year 1746. Are particularly described. As also the Natural History and Antiquities of the Several Places passed through. Together with the Manners and Customs of the different People especially of the Highlanders. To which is added the Genuine Trial of Simon Lord Lovat. At Westminster on an Impeachment of High-Treason Exhibited against him by the House of Commons." 104 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Lacking the 40-page supplement with the trial of Simon Lord Lovat. Composed of 9 letters by an anonymous soldier dated from 27 Nov. 1745 through 4 Oct. 1746 reporting on travel through England and Scotland during the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745 which culminated in the Battle of Culloden. No date of publication. Very scarce. In Good Condition: title page is browned lightly soiled and detached with minor loss along edges; small archival repair on p. 2 lower corner; old repair along upper gutter on p. 2; closed cut near upper gutter on several subsequent leaves; corners are creased; small stain at lower edge of pages 31-74; otherwise clean and solid. J. Stanton unknown
1793007542London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley 1793. Hardcover. Good. vii 1 571 1 p.; 28 cm. Grey library binding with gilt-on-black spine title "Harleian Miscellany" and call number at tail of spine. Publisher's advertisement on one page following text. Bookplate of the Rittenhouse Club Philadelphia on front fixed endpaper. The Harleian Miscellany was a collection of pamphlets and tracts from the library of the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer which was edited and published by Samuel Johnson and William Oldys between 1744 and 1753. This edition contained about one sixth of the original. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: cloth is discolored and stained; faint dampstain along upper and lower page edges; otherwise clean and solid. Printed for C. and G. Kearsley hardcover
1771007778Dublin: J. Milliken 1771. Hardcover. Very Good. The Second Edition Corrected and enlarged." xii 1 leaf of an engraved plate folded 51 50-284 20 p.: 1 in-text engraved illustration tables; 20 cm. Contemporary full calf; modern bonded leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Six Weeks Tour. Folded plate often bound as frontispiece is here bound following p. xii. Bookseller's advertisements on final pages following index. Error in pagination: page numbers 50 and 51 are repeated. Former owner's name at head of title: John Morrison. Title page continued: "Describing particularly I. The present State of Agriculture and Manufactures. II. The different Methods of cultivating the Soil. III. The Success attending some late Experiments on various Grasses &c. IV. The Prices of Labour and Provisions in different Counties. V. The State of the Working Poor in those Counties wherein the Riots were most remarkable. With descriptions and copper-plates of such newly invented implements of husbandry as deserve to be generally known." In Very Good Condition: modern repair of spine with Japanese tissue; corners rubbed; folded plate and pages are clean and crisp. J. Milliken hardcover
179805221101064T Becket; T Hurst London 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Three works bound together in marbled end-papers but is missing covers and spine. Binding of the text-block is sound and pages are clean. The works consist of: "A Translation of the Passages From Greek Latin Italian and French Writers Quoted in the Prefaces and Notes to the Pursuits of Literature a Poem in Four Dialogues To Which is Prefixed a Prefatory Epistle Intened as a General Vindication of the Pursuits of Literature fromvarious Remarks which have been made upon that Work" The Third Edition printed for T Becket Pall Mall London in 1798. ; "Chalmeriana or a Collection of Papers Literary and Political Entitled Letters Verses &c. Occasioned by Reading a Late Heavy Supplemental Apology for the Believers in Shaekespeare Papers Reprinted from the Morning Chronicle in which They First Appeared - Collection the First - " includes in foreword abridged "The Fable of the Bee and the Spider" from Swift's Battle of the books and No. I dated Sept 4 1799 through to No XI and No. XII dated Nov. 29 1799 Printed for T Becket Pall Mall London by D Jacques Lower Soane Street Chelsea in 1800. "Prose on Various Occasions Literary and Political Collected from the News-Papers" Printed for T Hurst Paternoster-Row London by Jacques and Vo. Lower Sloane Street Chelsea and consisting of: Three Letters of the Pursuits of Literature for the Morning Herald May and June 1799; An Account of the Literary Opera called Semiramide in Londra as it was performed Under the Direction of Sir Joseph Banks in Soho Square; An Account of the Sale of a Literary Vessell Extraordinary named the Rvenge at aLloyd's Coffee House Morning Chronicle; The Order of the Procession observed in the Literary Funeral of the late George Chalmers; The Apologist and the Sovereign or Words of Comfort in a Letter from Barbador; The Apparition of the Ghost of the late George Chalmers; The Letters Political and Literary of Laurentius Musambertius occasioned by the Appearanceof the Poem called The Soverereign by Charles Small Pybus; The Orgies of Thespis or the Mysteries of Parnassus and Castle Howar in a letter from Petronius on the Earl of Carlisle's Tragedy of The Step-Mother; Barbadoro's Third Letter to William Pitt; An Account of the Imperial Concert at the Great Room at the Opera House on April 23 1800; Some Account of an Unpublished State-Work in MS in Prose and Verse entitled "The Imperial Metamorphosis" in 1801. Printed for T Hurst Paternoster-Row London by Jacques and Co. Lower Sloane Street Chelsea in 1801 Third edition of first work and first edition of second and third works. lxxv 104 viii 94 viii 112. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05221101064. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. T Becket; T Hurst hardcover
177833841Edinburgh: Printed for John Bell; and J. Murray London 1778. First Edition. Leather bound. Good. Quarto. xx 433 pages 1 page blank corrections page. Half title page present. Brown leather binding with red leather title label and 5 raised bands on the spine. Leather is rubbed on the spine and board edges. Front joint has a thin crack. Rear joint lightly rubbed. Front hinge worn with exposed the stitching but cover securely attached. Light occasional brown spots to some pages. Pages 99 100 have a large closed tear no missing content. Armorial bookplate on the verso of the title page: "The Arms of Dundas of Arniston." with an an old ink citation "C VI 10" written on the bookplate.<br /> <br /> A few of the chapter headings include "Of Germans before they left their woods"; "An Idea of the German Women; "Of the Property of Women"; "Arms Gallantry and Devotion"; "Of the Military Power of a Feudal Kingdom" and much more. Printed for John Bell; and J. Murray London unknown
1701001493Netherlands 1701. Paperback. Very Good -. Title page continued: "Nevens eenige overwegingen op de Memorie van den Coning van Vrankryk aan haar Hoog Mog: en over het belang van verscheide Vorsten en Staaten van het Christenryk in de tegenwoordige gestaltenis van zaaken. . Uit het Engels overgezet. Volgens de Copy gedrukt tot London." 44 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-E4F2 4to. Woodcut title vignette and initial. No publication information; date from Worldcat. Disbound from a larger volume but solid. Translation of: The Duke of Anjou's Succession Considered. Knuttel 14604. A very scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession considering the validity of the Duke of Anjou's claim to the Spanish crown. In Very Good- Condition: first and last pages lightly soiled; foxing throughout; 3-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 5-6 not touching text. paperback
1701001472Gravenhage Netherlands: Meyndert Uytwerf 1701. Paperback. Very Good . Tweede deel. Door den auteur van het eerste. Uyt het Engels vertaald." 40 p.; 19 cm. Disbound. Woodcut title vignette. Signatures: A-E4 4to. Knuttel 14606. A translation of The Duke of Anjou's Succession Further Considered which is sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. In Very Good Condition: upper corner of pp. 31-32 lacking without loss of text; light foxing along upper edge of some pages not touching text; otherwise clean and bright. A very scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. Meyndert Uytwerf paperback
173017253Haarlem 1730. Small 8vo 16 x 10 cm. Bernardus Cleynhens Half textured red cloth ca. 1860 sewn on 2 tapes chemical-marbled sides in brown and blue. With 25 double-page engraved maps 2 overview maps the second serving as a key to the 23 numbered detail maps and an engraved plate with 8 scales all hand-coloured partly in outline. The 2 overview maps slightly wider than the others have a flap folded in at each side. Further with 1 rococo woodcut tailpiece 1 woodcut decorated initial and a fleuron on the title-page. 40 23 1 blank pp. plus maps and plate of scales. A surprisingly rare pocket atlas illustrating the theatre of the "tegenwoordigen" present war probably meaning the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748 but possibly the Seven Years' War 1756-1763. The title-page notes that it is suited for officers travellers and lovers of geography to carry in a pocket. The text in Dutch gives a geographic description only of "Duytsland" Germany including Austria Bohemia and a few other areas whereas the maps also cover the Low Countries the English Channel northwest France and to the east as far as Warsaw Krakow and Belgrade. The 23 detail maps were designed so that they could be assembled with the key map to make a single wall map whose cartographic image would measure 53 x 90 cm.With a contemporary owner's bookplate embossed stamp and library labels. With the text leaves somewhat browned not affecting the maps or the plate with scales and the first 2 leaves slightly worn but generally in good condition. A rare pocket atlas from the War of the Spanish Succession.l Koeman I Cle 1; STCN 2 copies; WorldCat 2 copies. hardcover
1702001477Ville Franche: Paulus Pinceau 1702. Paperback. Very Good . 31 1 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-D4 4to. Plain wrappers not original. Woodcut title vignette of three heads with wings printer's device and initial letter. "11" in ink in upper right-hand corner of title page. Knuttel 14824. A very scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled and foxed; last leaf faintly dampstained; otherwise clean and tight. Paulus Pinceau paperback
1738003373London: Assigns of J. Sowle 1738. Hardcover. Very Good . For the Testimony of a Good Conscience From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name Taken from Original Records and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." 2 546 xxviii 10 p.: 1 leaf folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8x1 C-2H8 2I-2U4 x4 8vo. Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume pp. 479-546 and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume pp. 1-xxviii. Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history. Assigns of J. Sowle hardcover
179311686Dublin: George Grierson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1793. First Edition. Pamphlet. 4pp legal pamphlet light shelf wear only Gothic script a lovely clean copy. Scarce.; Small 4to; 4. pages . George Grierson unknown
1702001476Leeuwarden Netherlands: Karst Tjallings 1702. Paperback. Very Good -. 7 1 p.: 19 cm. Signatures: A4 4to. Woodcut title vignette. Not in Knuttell or Worldcat. A response to "Aanmerkingen op de Memorie van den Fransche Resident Barre Aan de . . . Staaten Generaal . . . den 31. Maart 1702" Gravenhage: Meyndert Uitwerf 1702 Knuttel 14755. Contents: Extract Uit het Register der Resolution van de . . . Staaten Generâl der Vereenig de Nederlanden. Sabbathi den 8 April 1702 -- Extract Uit de Aanspraak van de Heer Mourlag Ambassadeur van de Koning van Vrankrijk Hendrik de IV . . . 26. Augustus 1593 -- Als meede een Extract uit de Memorien van den heer de Sully. An extremely scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good- Condition: title page stained; lightly creased and soiled; stitching is gone with slight tears at the stitching holes; otherwise a solid copy of a very scarce item. Karst Tjallings paperback
1710001485Netherlands 1710. Paperback. Very Good . Uyt het Engelsch vertaald." 27 1 p. ; 19 cm. Signatures: A-C4D2 4to. Woodcut initial letter. Disbound. Knuttel 15906. No publication information; page 27 is dated London 10/20 February 1710. The identity of the English-language original if it exists has not been established. A very scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession arguing that the stronger claim to the Spanish throne lay with the Austrian claimant Archduke Charles rather than with the French claimant Philip based on blood and degree rather than on Salic Law. Disbound; otherwise in Very Good Condition: very light foxing; one light vertical crease; otherwise clean and tight. paperback
17999999_00386N.p. N.p. 1799. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 36 4 publisher's catalogue. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary plain boards gilt lettering-piece to spine back bit rubbed and somewhat soiled vague dampmark at inner blank margin of title-page contemporary signature bit saturated small brown stain to one leaf. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare. H-2 IN <br/> <br/> N.p., N.p. hardcover
17079999_00349La Haye Adrian Moetjens 1707. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 12 686 18. Title-page printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette. Some woodcut tail-pieces. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary speckled full calf spine with raise bands between compartments gilt morocco lettering-piece in second compartment heavily decorated in gilt in remainders all edges sprinkled; small splits at ends of upper joint corner-tips rubbed. In fine condition. ~ Rare FIRST EDITION of this work. A second edition appeared in the same year with a slightly different title. Jacques Bernard 1658-1718; Adrian Moetjens 1652-1717. B-1 <br/> <br/> La Haye, Adrian Moetjens hardcover
172016920Patavii: Josephus Cominus. Very Good. 1720. First Edition. Hardcover. Josephus Cominus; Cornelius Nepos was a Roman biographer nearly all of whose writings are lost. His only surviving work is the "Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae" included herein pp. 1-125. This is actually only one volume of Nepos' larger "De Viris Illustribus" originally containing descriptions of foreign and Roman kings generals lawyers orators poets historians and philosophers. Johann Albert Fabricius 1668 - 1736 who was a German classical scholar and bibliographer included this work in his 'BIBLIOTHECAE LATINAE" 1st pub. 1703. xxxvi 140pp 66 Vellum spine with raised bands. Marble page edges. Interior of text Is tight and intact. A few margin notes. First 15 pages have a bottom margin damp stain. Slight lean. Roman History; Thin 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 144 pages . Josephus Cominus hardcover
1703001480Utrecht: Willem van Poolsum 1703. Paperback. Very Good . 56 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-G4 4to. Disbound but solid. Woodcut title vignette of a vase with flowers and initial letter. Knuttel 14961. A report on victories of the Allied nations in the Netherlands against France and Spain in 1703. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. Disbound; otherwise in Very Good Condition: slightly soiled and creased. Willem van Poolsum paperback
1710001488Haarlem Netherlands: Wilhelmus van Kessel 1710. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 24 p.; 22 cm. Signatures: A-C4 4to. Woodcut title vignette of a bird feeding baby birds in a nest with a banner reading "Trouw Moet Blyken" and woodcut initial. Knuttel 15891. A very scarce poem from the War of the Spanish Succession. In Good Condition: lightly soiled and foxed primarily in the margins; lacking stitching; outer leaves are largely separated. Wilhelmus van Kessel paperback
1787003197London: John Stockdale 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 2 only of 2 volumes. 6 516 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Johnson's Debates. Volume number in third compartment. Board edges are gilt-tooled. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Maggie Okeson. Issued as vol. 13 of a 13-volume edition of The Works of Samuel Johnson. Series title page precedes volume title page. Contains debates from Dec. 1 1741 to Feb. 23 1743 as imagined by Johnson based on notes taken by someone else during the debates. In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; spine is scraped; gilt-tooled spine label is intact; title pages are foxed; occasional foxing otherwise; some pages are browning; otherwise clean and tight. John Stockdale hardcover
17940005112Auxerrre: L. Fournier 1794 1795 . First edition. 3/4 morocco. Fine. Octavo 12pp. modern red morocco marbled boards extra-gilt spine raised bands partially unopened. <br/><br/>Mailhe was the first deputy to vote in favor of deposing King Louis XVI. The "Mailhe Amendment" however at the trial of the King attempted to delay his execution. This occurred after Mailhe's committee had determined that the constitutional inviolability of the king was a gift of the people and thus could be revoked by the people. L. Fournier unknown
1773797741773. unknown
1704007780London: Tim. Childe 1704. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 18 494 10 p. engraved frontispiece; 16 405 15 p. engraved frontispiece; 20 cm. Contemporary blind-tooled and speckled Cambridge-style binding with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled decoration on other compartments. Green ribbon book markers. The frontispieces state: "London Printed for Tim: Childe." Vol. 1 title page states: "The Second Edition very much Augmented and Improv'd." Vol. 2 imprint includes: "Oxford Printed by Leon. Lichfield for Timothy Childe . . . 1704." Includes indices. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of each volume of "The Honbl. George Baillie Esqr. one of the Lords of the Treasury" engraved by A. Johnston. George Baillie 1664-1738 was a member of the Parliament of Scotland from 1691 to 1707 and supported union with England; he sat in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1734. He served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1717 to 1725. In Very Good Condition: vol. 1 spine has modern repair with Japanese tissue; vol. 2 has residue from old repair along gutter on title page with modern Japanese tissue repair above that; some pages are lightly tanned; otherwise clean and tight. Tim. Childe hardcover
