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1648256708London: for Richard Royston 1648. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 20th-century black crushed morocco gilt-lettered spine marbled endpapers a.e.g. by Rivière and Son. Some staining to upper corners of pp. 197-269 for the most part in the margin errata leaf bound recto-verso. Bookplate of Frederick Adolphus Philbrick lawyer and an early British philatelist on front pastedown institutional bookplate on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Joints with traces of rubbing. Overall a very attractive copy. First edition third issue with pagination of sheet "G" corrected. 8 269 pp. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8 and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. 1 vols. 8vo. A book so infrequently found with the portrait by Marshall that earlier bibliographies incuding Pforzheimer following Almack's lead assumed that when one did appear it was "tipped in". Madan #1 3; Pforzheimer 171 note for Richard Royston] unknown books
1683264178London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the Kings most excellen t Majesty 1683. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. Backed with tissue some old dampstaining some loss at margins but printed area complete except for a very small area of the royal arms. Old folds rust marks along with marginal wear suggest that this may at one time have been "affixt to some conspicuous place" as the text instructs. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. King's Evil and the Royal Touch. From the Middle Ages in England and France it was believed that scrofula or "the King's Evil" could be cured by the touch of royalty; ceremonies were held in which the King would touch and "heal" hundreds of afflicted subjects. <br/>By the late 1400s it was believed that one could also be cured by touching a type of coin called an angel which had been touched by the monarch. After angels ceased to be minted in the 1620s the same effect was said to be achieved by touching a gold medallion embossed much like the old coin.<br/>Some monarchs touched many people. King Henry IV of France touched up to 1500 at one time. The last English monarch to carry out this practice was Queen Anne who died in 1714 but it continued in France. Louis XV touched more than 2000 scrofula sufferers and the last French monarch to do this was Charles X in 1825 Science Museum London. Cf. F Barlow "The King's Evil"Â The English Historical Review 95/374 January 1980 pp 3-27; M BlochThe Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973.<br/>The present broadside setting the dates for such ceremonies is rare on the market: no copies are listed for sale and none have appeared at auction. It also is signed in type by Lord Chief Justice George Jeffryes sic "The Hanging Judge" amongst others.<br/>An interesting manuscript note in a contemporary hand at the lower margin with significant loss calls the attention of "All Parsons Vicars and Curates" to the regulations set forth in the broadside. ESTC R34884 11 copies in UK 6 in US; OCLC 15328355 2 copies; Wing E-831 printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellen t Maje unknown books
1847237743Boston: Samuel G. Drake and The New England Historic Genealogical Society 1847. First edition. Illustrated with engravings. 22 vols. 8vo. Contemporary publisher's straight-grained black cloth blind-stamped designs on covers. with central Indian on front and back covers richly gilt backstrips in 6 circular compartments; with monthly printed paper wrappers bound in at end of each volume signed by the binder in blind on ffep name indecioherable in circular stamp "-Ulman Binder Boston. " Corners and spine ends slightly bumped signatures on front free endpapers of Jacob Wendell tipped in note in last volume else very good. First edition. Illustrated with engravings. 22 vols. 8vo. WENDELL COPY WITH WRAPPERS PROSPECTUS ETC. Tipped into second volume: Prospectus for the periodical with an Autograph Note Signed by Samuel Drake to Jacob Wendell sending the prospectus With prospectus tipped in at ffep of Vol. III ; volume one and two signed by Wendell. There is an article on Wendell in Volume XXII at p. 420. Sabin 52688 Samuel G. Drake and The New England Historic, Genealogical Society unknown books
184439585London: William Pickering pr. by Charles Whittingham 1844. Folio 35.1 cm 13.8". 260 pp. <br><br>Pickering's beautiful type facsimile of Robert Barker's 1604 edition a.k.a. the Hampton Court Book here in a Rivière binding. Charles Whittingham printed the work on handmade paper in black-letter type for Pickering who inspired by the printing of Aldus Manutius published in 1844 a series of six such facsimiles of important editions of the Book of Common Prayer each of which was => illustrated with wood-engraved initials and ornaments done by Mary Byfield and limited to => only 350 copies printed on paper with another two on vellum. The original title-pages were reproduced for each in => red and black and in the case of the present example the almanac pages likewise printed in red and black. Each book in this homage to important editions of the BCP was => an outstanding example of the Victorian-era Gothic design movement and Kelly notes that these volumes are "considered to be among the finest work of Whittingham."<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Signed 19th-century dark brown morocco framed and panelled in single gilt and double blind fillets with gilt-tooled corner fleurons surrounding a central arabesque medallion; spine with raised bands gilt-stamped fleur-de-lis decorations in compartments and gilt-stamped publication information. All edges gilt. Front lower turn-in stamped by Rivière.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper with small stamp of Basil M. Pickering who took over the business after his father's death; later in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Brunet I 1108; Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1844:29; Kelly Checklist of Books Published by William Pickering 1844.4; Keynes William Pickering rev. ed. p. 85; McLean Victorian Book Design 13; Pickering & Chatto William Pickering catalogue 708 222. Bound as above joints and extremities showing moderate rubbing. Scattered spots of faint to mild foxing pages generally clean and fresh. William Pickering (pr. by Charles Whittingham) hardcover books
182233165London: G. F. Cruchley 349 Oxford Street 1822. Second Edition stated. Housed in the publisher's original green paste-paper slipcase with printed paper title label to one side "CRUCHLEY'S NEW MAP Of ENGLAND And WALES .". Matching green paper backing to 2 outer panels of folded map. A VG map in a similar case. A dissected very detailed 25-panel hand-colored in outline linen-backed map. Title set in border top-right. Scale: 1" = 10.91 miles. Unfolded: 38-5/8" x 26-1/4"; Folded in Portfolio: 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>An early publication from this London carographer- no copy recorded on OCLC with the British Library per their on-line listings holding only a later 1827 edition. G. F. Cruchley, 349 Oxford Street unknown books
1792028192London: L. Wayland 1792. Large Octavo. Frontispiece 12 284 250 58 pages. Nice large type. One of the better unofficial printings done at the end of the 18th century. The border resembles Didot. The use of the singular for the sacraments is an error see Griffiths. Both the British Library and the Huntington have copies with this variation. Special full black straight grained morocco both boards centrally inlaid red green and gilt insignia with the name Thos. Harrison above insignia and dated 1823 below boards trimmed in a decorative gilt roll binding by Thomas Harrison with 1825 on front cover with red insignia. Very clean text engravings have foxing with tissue guards. ESTC T082266; David M. Griffiths The Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer p. 205. L. Wayland unknown books
17834031Oxford: W. Jackson & A. Hamilton 1783. 4to 28 cm 11". 52 ff. lacking ff. 13. <br><br>bound with Bible. English. 1783. Authorized i.e. King James Version. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Oxford: W. Jackson & A. Hamilton 1783. 4to 28 cm 11". 144 ff. lacking final blank. bound with Bible. O.T. Psalms. English.Paraphrases. 1770. Sternhold and Hopkins. The whole book of psalms collected into English metre. Oxford: Pr. by T. Wright & W. Gill 1770. 4to 28 cm 11". 28 ff.<br>Â Â Â Â Large heavy quarto family bible smaller and more manageable and less expensive than the large folios intended to be used at the lectern in church but still quite substantial. These family Bibles also could contain as in this case the Book of Common Prayer and the "old" version metrical psalter with the expectation that they would serve the master of the house in leading family worship.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: "William Tillsons Bible" in manuscript above manuscript family records on the recto of the first blank; other family notes are recorded on its back and on the verso of the front free endpaper. Someone has taken the trouble to paste a large slip of paper onto the recto of the front free endpaper over a large ownership note that may read "Thomas Tilison His Bible Septr 4th 1784. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Prayer Book: Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1786/2; ESTC N66721. Psalter: not in ESTC. Bible: not in Darlow & Moule or ESTC; Herbert 1286. Contemporary calf covers panelled in blind with remnants of clasps. Front joint open with cords strongly holding; covers abraded with incisions and leather loss to edges; spine leather dry and cracking; front fly-leaf and next blank detached. Prayer Book only lacking title-page and two preliminary leaves; another early leaf detached with a closed tear across no loss of text. Bible: Foxing and brown spotting with a few closed tears and occasional chipping in the margins the last resulting in loss of words from a few shouldernotes. The copy described by Herbert had engravings and maps not present here; this copy is complete textually. W. Jackson & A. Hamilton hardcover books
191519738Saint Louis: William K. Bixby Printed by the Torch Press Cedar Rapids 1915. One of 200 copies printed. Frontispiece portrait facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to. Original cream boards stitched. Some light discoloration else a very good copy. One of 200 copies printed. Frontispiece portrait facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to. Freer on Whistler. With a very interesting 8-page 8vo autograph letter from Charles L. Freer the eminent American collector written from London May 1902 to W. K. Bixby regarding his visit with Whistler. He describes his pursuit of Whistler's art works and writes Bixby to say that he has arranged for Bixby to purchase "Grey & Silver Pourville." Freer's extensive Whistler collection with his other fine collections were presented to the Smithsonian Institution to form the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Bixby's "Privately Printed Books" p. 15 William K. Bixby [Printed by the Torch Press, Cedar Rapids] unknown books
19086548Cleveland: Clark 1908. First Edition. 7 vols. Illus. Original cloth. . England's prolific pen was never idle although many of his writing were hastily composed and padded with quotations. He was always forceful and logical though his essays were marred by bitterness as well as impatience with the American attitude toward his creed and race and by a touch of Celtic exaggeration Clark hardcover books
184137610Boston: J.A. Collins 1841. Original printed and illustrated green wrappers ink stain along half the front wrapper's blank inner margin with engraving of Lady Liberty surrounded by slaves and freedom-loving white people. Stitched. 36pp. Title page and text illustrations. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> A scarce Almanac also appearing with a publication date of 1840. The Almanac is noteworthy for its excellent content on the Amistad incident including portraits of Cinque and others. <br/> "Things for Abolitionists to Do" recommends working to establish schools for free children of color. Also included are "Hints to Anti-Slavery Debaters;" an "Ecclesiastical Roll of Infamy" listing northern clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church who voted for a resolution prohibiting "colored persons to give testimony against white persons;" and a "Congressional Roll of Infamy" of Northern congressmen who voted for the Gag Rule prohibiting Congress from entertaining petitions to abolish slavery in Washington D.C. As to the presidential campaign the authors say "President Van Buren and General Harrison have both publicly taken the side of the oppressor against the oppressed and the God of the oppressed. Both of them glory in it." <br/>Dumond 83 this imprint. Drake 4222. J.A. Collins unknown books
19512TWAIN MARK Clemens S. L. New England Company. COMPLIMENTS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMPANY NEW YORK THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARK TWAIN. New York: New England Co. 1899 Portfolio prospectus with above imprint containing fifteen illustrations from the American Publishing Company edition of Twain's WORKS. Portfolio crepe paper envelope with silk tie and wax seal. Twain first heard of this company's activities when he got a letter from a bank president saying they'd tried to sell him a set of Twain's works. Twain forwarded that letter to Bliss on April 15 1899 asking him to look into it Machlis 05576 but in a story in the New York Herald of April 30 1899 the New England Company is described as the authorized agent for the eastern half of the country and their embossed stamp is found in many copies of the Royal Edition. The New England Company also issued a biographical sketch of Twain by A. E. Keller to promote the collected edition. unknown books
180228715London: Pub. for John Reeves pr. by W. Bulmer 1802. 8vo 24 cm 9.5". vi 694 pp. <br><br>There were minor differences between the Prayer Books of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland up until 1801 the year that the churches merged; the various 1801 BCPs were the first to use the "United Church" designation. John Reeves had been appointed king's printer in 1800 and edited his own version of the BCP of which this is the second edition; the separate title-page following the preliminary matter is dated 1801. That preliminary matter offering historical and liturgical commentary is extensive and interesting.<br>Â Â Â Â Fore-edge: This beautiful example bears a subtly shaded => fore-edge painting showing Westminster Abbey in the background behind a waterfront view with sailboats.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Full straight-grain dark olive green morocco covers framed in elegant feather and pearl twist gilt roll turn-ins with floral gilt roll. Stone-pattern marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Griffiths Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1802/1. Binding as above mild rubbing overall with some abraded areas consolidated joints and extremities subtly repaired aesthetically appropriate endbands supplied. Title-page with inked ownership inscription dated 1803 "The gift of my beloved husband." Intermittent faint spots of foxing mostly confined to early leaves. One inked marginal annotation in an early hand three psalms 14547 with small inked emphasis marks pages otherwise clean. Pub. for John Reeves (pr. by W. Bulmer) unknown books
196014513np ca. 1960-1961. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong folio commercial album measuring approximately 10.5" x 14.5". Green faux-leather covered boards string bound. 24 card leaves 21 with 77 black and white snapshot photographs each measuring approximately 5" x 3.5" recto mounted loosely in corners. Final 3 leaves blank an additional 3 photographs laid-in; 80 prints total. Hand-painted title illustration to first endpaper two vignette scenes on first and fourth leaves. Mild edge wear to album exterior otherwise generally near fine. <br/><br/>Album belonging to Sergeant John A. England United States Army from his 1960 trans-Pacific cruise aboard the U.S.N.S. General Edwin D. Patrick a WWII-era transport ship based out of San Francisco. A contingent from the Republic of Korea Navy was aboard and the album focuses heavily on the Korean sailors and their interactions with American servicemen. A brilliant hand-painted title illustration in acrylic titled 'ROK NAVY' and two additional vignette works in the same medium illuminate the album. The images are clear and well composed creating a significant record of U.S.-Korean relations and of the Edwin D. Patrick which was the longest surviving of the P2 carriers in the U.S. fleet launched in 1945 decommissioned in 1968 and sent to scrap in 2010. hardcover books
186337487Boston 1863. Folio broadside 9-1/4" x 13-1/2". Printed beneath the caption in three columns each column separated by a rule. Blank upper left corner with a slight smudge. Very Good plus.<br/><br/> The Society founded in 1863 published numerous articles to promote support for the Union emancipation and victory. Its folio broadsides are far scarcer than the octavo imprints of the Loyal Publication Society in Philadelphia.<br/> The first of several articles reports on the stunning election results in Pennsylvania and Ohio: "The people of this country-- the great democratic masses-- without regard to parties or prejudices are determined to maintain their government in all its integrity and strength. Both the peace men of the North and the war men of the South received a stunning blow yesterday." In Ohio the traitor Vallandigham "has been beaten by an unprecedented majority." And in Pennsylvania the Copperhead Woodward has been repudiated. Another article expresses hope that the small farmers of the South and "are thoroughly tired of the war."<br/> The final article reports on Kentucky's Joseph Holt's advocacy of the use of Negro soldiers. <br/>Sabin 52696 reference. unknown books
186334187Boston 1863. Folio broadside printed in three columns 9-1/2" x 16-1/2". Printed in three columns beneath the caption Very Good.<br/><br/> The Society founded in 1863 published numerous articles to promote support for the Union emancipation and victory. The first essay "a letter of an eminent Englishman" expresses dismay at the London Times's support for the Confederacy "a thing which I should have thought impossible." Englishmen support "the federal cause by a great majority." The second essay delights in the victory of the Union party in Maryland and "the sudden development of a radical emancipation sentiment in Maryland in Missouri and in West Virginia. The same phenomenon is manifesting itself slowly in Kentucky rapidly in Tennessee Louisiana and North Carolina." A third piece recites the "Rebel Terms of Peace" as stated by the Richmond Enquirer: "the North must yield all-- we nothing." Finally an article from the Boston Transcript entitled 'The Contraband Question in the South-West' urges "the most sure and vigorous means to get every able-bodied black under arms."<br/>Sabin 52696 reference. The Society's broadsides are scarce. The Library Company owns several but not this one. We note a location at Gettysburg College. The Rubinstein Collection at Duke owns some Society broadsides but evidently not this one. unknown books
1688WRCLIT65540London: Imprimée par R. Everingham & se vend chez R. Bentley & M. Magnes . 1688. 36348148pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt leather label. Corners and spine worn head and toe of spine chipped front pastedown loose but present; later bookplate on pastedown signature on free endsheet: "Rich. Rycroft" possibly Sir Richard Rycroft 1st Baronet 1736-1786. Contemporary inscription on first titlepage some tanning and occasional light smudging but a good copy. An uncommon printing of the revised text of the Delaune's translation of the English Liturgy first published in 1616 and John Durel's translation of the 39 Articles. Durel 1625-1683 an Anglican clergyman and apologist enjoyed a distinguished career and royal favor securing a printing monopoly on this French prayer book and eventually becoming a royal chaplain in 1662. "A revised text completed before 1665 retained much of Delaune's original but incorporated changes embodied in the Act of Uniformity and Durel's translation of the Thirty-Nine Articles; it was published eight times between 1666 and 1695" - DNB. The Psalms included here have a separate titlepage dated 1686 and register though their inclusion is noted on the initial title-page. The translation into French verse is that undertaken by Clement Marot and Theodore de Beze early in the previous century. Scarce: ESTC locates ESTC locates two copies in the UK BL and Oxford Hertford College and two copies in North America. ESTC R28597. WING B3683AB. GRIFFITHS 36.8 note. Imprimée par R. Everingham, & se vend chez R. Bentley, & M. Magnes ... hardcover books
186341080Boston: Printed by order of the General Committe 1863. 4to. 2 vols.: 4 4 pp. Original self wrappers; second series chipped along fore-edges and with old institutional blindstamp overmarked "withdrawn"; third series clean. First editions of the second and third series the first was published in 1862 a fourth series appeared in 1864. Reports and testimonials of the teachers' work among the Freedmen and their children; all of the letters are signed with initials. OCLC records three copies of each series Library of Congress Boston Public SUNY-Geneseo for the second series; Western Reserve Library Company of Philadelphia Oxford for the third. RLIN adds the American Antiquarian Society for each. <br/><br/> Printed by order of the General Committe unknown books
1857List317New Hampshire 1857. Broadside advertisement 5 ½ x 11 inches. Very Good. An unusual advertisement for a penmanship instructor a Mr. Chadbourn announcing the opening of his academy on September 15 1857 in Wolfborough New Hampshire. The broadside states "Inspired with the confidence of more than five years experience as a Teacher of Writing now offers to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wolfborough his universally admired system of Penmanship which for beauty of style ease of acquisition rapidity of execution and ready adaptation to the wants of business and private correspondence stands unrivalled by any system extant." An interesting relic from the middle of the Bleeding Kansas period which would serve as a harbinger for the bloodiness of the American Civil War. A very good example with a chip with loss to upper corner and some toning to head but attractive and well preserved. Unrecorded in OCLC. unknown books
176149243Cambridge: John Baskerville 1761. First Baskerville edition third title impression with the price of 8s. 6d. on the title page 8vo without sections x2b 2N-2Q as often; contemporary blue goatskin with elaborate gilt border gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments a.e.g. marbled endpapers; boards and spine worn armorial bookplate of the Hon. Charles Hope Weir followed by an inscription by his great great grandson Harry Lloyd Neruey under it. A good sound copy. Gaskell 12. <br/><br/> John Baskerville hardcover books
176049017Cambridge: printed by John Baskerville printer to the university; by whom they are sold and by B. Dod.London 1760. Second Baskerville edition issue with the lozenge and star ornamental page borders; 8vo 272 leaves the title page is a canel; contemporary full calf worn neatly rebacked in mottled calf red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine a.e.g.; endpapers renewed; good and sound overall; internally clean. Gaskell 13. <br/><br/> printed by John Baskerville, printer to the university; by whom they are sold, and by B. Dod...London unknown books
176248821Cambridge: printed by John Baskerville printer to the university 1762. First duodecimo Baskerville edition 12mo 198 leaves collating as in Gaskell; the title a cancellans as described by Gaskell with the price of "five shillings unbound"; bound with: Sternhold Thomas & John Hopkins. The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English Metre. Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville 1762. 55 of 61 leaves wanting K2-L6; first Baskerville edition; together in contemporary full red morocco elaborate gilt borders on covers gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments without letters a.e.g.; extremities lightly rubbed but generally a very good copy in a nice binding. Gaskell 20 "Baskerville agreed with the University to print an edition of 4000 copies" and 21 respectively. <br/><br/> printed by John Baskerville, printer to the university unknown books
189156860London: Eyre & Spottiswoode C. J. Clay 1891. Folio pp. 544 plus 5 pages of signatures and facsimile of the back of the original book. Brown embossed cloth printed in gilt on the spine. Cover worn at edges and somewhat dust spotted some staining on endpapers o/w VG. Extremely heavy. Griffiths 1891/1. A very good copy of the original handwritten draft of the 1661 English BCP reproduced by letterpress and printed in black with printed red rules. Eyre & Spottiswoode | C. J. Clay unknown books
1736698131736. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. The City Charters and Geographical Boundaries of Bristol England Bristol England. Bristol. The City Charters. Containing the Original Institution of Mayors Recorders Sheriffs Town-Clerks And All Other Officers Whatsoever. As also of a Common-Council And the Ancient Laws and Customs of the City. Diligently Compar'd with And Corrected According to the Latin Originals. To which are Added The Bounds of the City By Land With the Exact Distances from Stone to Stone All Round the City. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. 297 15 pp. A few errors in pagination text complete. Copperplate frontispiece. Final advertisement leaf. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece joints and head of spine reinforced gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor scratches stains and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to board edges small chip to lettering piece corners bumped and somewhat worn hinges starting. Light toning to text slightly heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. Includes details on the recently completed 1736 survey indicated by the exact location of some 74 boundary stones on the Gloucestershire side and of 29 on the Somersetshire side. One example: "Stone 1. On the bank of the River of Avon near a limekiln on the East and a sluice on the West call'd Woodwell's-Lake standeth the first stone." This is indeed the only edition; a copy at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas Austin with a suggested date of "1735" must surely be a mistake. OCLC locates 12 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. English Short-Title Catalogue T143949. unknown books
1736694771736. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. Quarto. The City Charters and Geographical Boundaries of Bristol England Bristol England. Bristol. The City Charters. Containing the Original Institution of Mayors Recorders Sheriffs Town-Clerks And All Other Officers Whatsoever. As also of a Common-Council And the Ancient Laws and Customs of the City. Diligently Compar'd with And Corrected According to the Latin Originals. To which are Added The Bounds of the City By Land With the Exact Distances from Stone to Stone All Round the City. Bristol: Sold by Felix Farley 1736. 297 15 pp. A few errors in pagination text complete. Copperplate frontispiece. Final advertisement leaf. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf rebacked in period style lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to boards and board edges corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning a few leaves somewhat darker occasional light foxing to margins minor worming to margins in a few places with no loss to text early owner signature of Marmaduke Coules to recto of frontispiece. $500. Only edition. Includes details on the recently completed 1736 survey indicated by the exact location of some 74 boundary stones on the Gloucestershire side and of 29 on the Somersetshire side. One example: "Stone 1. On the bank of the River of Avon near a limekiln on the East and a sluice on the West call'd Woodwell's-Lake standeth the first stone." This is indeed the only edition; a copy at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas Austin with a suggested date of "1735" must surely be a mistake. OCLC locates 12 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. English Short-Title Catalogue T143949. unknown books
1608WRCLIT65814London: Imprinted . by Robert Barker . Anno 1608. 120pp. Collation: A-P4. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Elaborate floral headpiece on title. Light dust soiling faint tidemark affecting last third of text block toward gutter at top a few early ink annotations but a good crisp copy. One of the six printings of the English text dated 1604 distinguished by STC and ESTC. The copy in hand has the catchword 'Reuerence' on D1r and STC suggests it may have been printed in 1608. ESTC locates four copies in North America including the present copy. STC 10071.5. ESTC 2623. McALPIN I:179. Imprinted ... by Robert Barker ... Anno unknown books
