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1778W106Dublin: John Exshaw Dame Street 1778. paper wrappers. Fine. 8vo. 129-184pp. Frontis. engraved plate 'A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation'. A reverse etching engraved for the Dublin issue of the Gentleman's Magazine in fine condition. With an explanation of the plates. Also bound in a folding plate of a song printed in manuscript on 2 sides entitled 'A Favourite Song in the Merchant of Venice' Sung by Mr Du Bellamy in the character of Lorezo. Articles include British Theatre; 'History of Europe; AN ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF PENNSYLVANIA; Also a COMMAND FROM CONGRESS TO ARREST PERSONS LISTED; Irish Parliamentary Intelligence; Notes extracted from Congress relating to the American War 169-174pp; Poetry; Irish Intelligence; List of births death and marriages in Ireland. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. NB This not the Gentleman's Magazine from London but the much rarer Dublin magazine pub. by John Exshaw. LACKS MAP OF 'PART OF PENNSYLVANIA' p152 <br/> <br/> John Exshaw, Dame Street unknown
1760M11318London: London Magazine 1760. Very Good. Notes: With an inset: View of the Town & c.of Montreal.<br>An early and important street map of Montreal.<br><br> Size : 186x258 mm 7.32x10.16 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Jolly Lond-192<br><br> Category: Maps Canada East Quebec Montreal; London Magazine unknown
171979738Boston:: The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and The American Humane Education Society 1917; i.e. 1918. First edition thus; first of two printings with folio "i" present and no footnote on p. i. single folded sheet. Fine. 8vo. BAL 12005. Woodbridge 1060. Issued in 1918 as a promotion for The Jack London Club. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and The American Humane Education Society, unknown
1710011364London: Printed for Andrew Bell 1710. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fifth edition 8vo xxx 323 7. contemporary speckled panelled calf with rules and ornaments in blind. Missing prelims frontispiece repaired 6 engraved plates 5 of them foldouts. Internals including foildouts better than very good. Printed for Andrew Bell hardcover
1711AQ27285London: s.n. 1711. 2pp. Single sheet printed on both sides. Docket title to verso. Three old horizontal folds chipping to margins. A remarkably scarce example of polemical commercial lobbying literature issued in an attempt to influence opinion in the run up to debates and divisions in the House of Commons relating the grievances of the Company of Bakers regarding a recent act of parliament that had implemented exorbitant fines for the sale of underweight or improperly marked loaves. To illustrate their indignation the company relate the experience of Thomas Cave who 'Paid Forty Shillings on Account of a six penny Loaf Four Days old which a Common Soldier's Wife Bought of him and had taken a Piece out of the Loaf and then the Husband went and Informed against the Baker for want of Weight'. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at nine locations Cardiff Columbia Harvard NLW Oxford Senate House Simon Fraser Strathclyde and UoL. . Dimensions 210 x 320 mm. [s.n.] unknown
1778W105Dublin: John Exshaw Dame Street 1778. paper wrappers. Fine. 8vo. 65-128pp. Frontis. engraved plate 'An Arch Prelate in Boots or The Church Militant'. Engraved for the Dublin issue of the Gentleman's Magazine in fine condition. Also bound in 'The Last Drop' a folding satirical print also a folding plate of a song printed in manuscript on 2 sides entitled 'Damon and Clora' A duett. Articles include 'Letter from George Washington to his Wife'; Account of the memorable Battle of Paltowa; British Theatre; LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN PLENIPOTENTIARIES TO LORD NORTH by Benj. Franklin Silas Deane Arthur Lee; 'History of Europe; A list of recent Lottery prizes; A Tour through France; Irish Parliamentary Intelligence; History of British Parliament; Poetry; Irish Intelligence; List of births death and marriages in Ireland. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS NB This not the Gentleman's Magazine from London but the much rarer Dublin magazine pub. by John Exshaw. <br/> <br/> John Exshaw, Dame Street unknown
1722273470London : printed for James and John Knapton and 10 others 1722. Second Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight bright and clean. Physical description; vol. II only: unnumbered pages : ill. frontispiece ; fol. Subjects; Great Britain — Description and travel. London : printed for James and John Knapton [and 10 others] hardcover
17912033vorzüglich in Rücksicht auf ältere Geschichte, Sitten und Kunstmerkwürdigkeiten dieser Stadt. Aus dem Englischen übersezt und mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet von Johann Heinrich Wiedmann. Nürnberg, Felßeckersche Buchhandlung, 1791. 8°. 14 Bl., 669 S. Mit gest. Titelvign. und 3 Kupfertafeln. Hellbrauner Halblederband d. Zt. mit orangefarbenem Rückenschild und Fileten.
178710919<p>J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker B. Law and G. and T. Wilkie. London. 1787. FOURTH EDITION. 8vo. 8.6 x 5.4 inches. Portrait frontis of Farley plus 12 copper engravings of a bill of fare for each month of the year. Some light browning to a handful of leaves but generally a fresh and clean copy throughout. Finely bound in attractive recent full speckled tan calf. Spine with raised bands. The compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Single blind ruled border on boards. gilt. A very good copy of this famous work.</p> J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, B. Law, and G. and T. Wilkie. London. 1787 hardcover
1790034145London: J. Sewell 1790. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Eight volumes Vol.17 1790 Vol.18 Jun - Dec.1790; Vol.19 Jan - June. 1791; Vol. 20 Jun - Dec. 1791; Vol. 21 Jan - June. 1792; Vol. 22 July - Dec. 1792; Vol. 23 missing Vol. 24 July - Dec. 1793; Vol. 25 Jan - Jun. 1794. All half leather bound marbled paper covered boards leather spine labels and gilt lettering; title page frontispiece several engraved plates to each volume not all present in accordance with list of embellishments. Binding show various degrees of wear and handling but all have secure boards and joints please see image. Contents clean and tight endpapers do not appear to be original no inscriptions no annotation. A very good incomplete run. J. Sewell Hardcover
1800205925CBLondon, Company of Stationers, (1800). 5,7 x 3,4 cm. 10 n. n. Bll. mit 1 Titelvign., 1 Kopfvign. und 1 gest. Ansicht über 4 Seiten (View of Guilford Street from Quenn Square). Maroquin d. Zt. rot und blau, Goldbordüre und Rückengoldpr. im gleichgestalteten Lederschuber. (Schuber etw. stärker berieben, Buch weitgehend ordentlich, letzte Seite mit altem Besitzerstempel).
1736000248Londres et Amsterdam Pierre Dunoyer, et Jean Frédéric Bernard 1736
176317148<p><b>1763 MEDICINE Royal Pharmacopeia College of Physicians Recipes Surgery LONDON</b></p><p>The Royal College of Physicians was a 16th-century academic foundation established to support and English doctors particularly through literature and published research. Throughout the 18th-century the RCP as it is commonly known published the names or physician members descriptions of medicines and their recipes along with extensive information on their research and practices. </p><p>This 1763 edition contains an interesting section on the extraction and distillation of essential oils from plants and trees; as well a recipe for making medicinal absinthe!</p><p>Item number: #17148</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>Physicians of London</p><p><b><i>Pharmacopoeia Collegii regalis medicorum Londinensis.</i></b></p><p>Londini: apud J. Nourse et T. Longman 1763.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o xvi 188</p><p>· References: Osler 6089; Waller 7386</p><p>· Language: English / Latin</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in 16.5cm x 10.5cm</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>17148</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> J. Nourse, et T. Longman hardcover
1710011364London: Printed for Andrew Bell 1710. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fifth edition 8vo xxx 323 7. contemporary speckled panelled calf with rules and ornaments in blind. Missing prelims frontispiece repaired 6 engraved plates 5 of them foldouts. Internals including foildouts better than very good. Printed for Andrew Bell hardcover books
1762AQ14205London: Printed for the Editior; and Sold by W. Owen et al. 1762. xii 118pp. Without terminal blank leaf. ESTC N32380. Bound after: HENRY David. An Historical Description of the tower of london and its curiosities. London. Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery 1778. iv 1 6-71pp 1. ESTC T86735. And: HENRY David. An historical description of St. paul's cathedral. London. Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery 1777. iv 56pp. ESTC T102526. And: HENRY David. An Historical Description of westminster abbey its monuments and curiosities. London. Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery 1778. iv 1 6-144pp. ESTC T194093. 12mo. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Without lettering-piece rubbed joints split - boards held by cords only. Very occasional light spotting overall internally clean and crisp. This rare compilation of 'above four thousand' rates for hackney coaches and certain rates for hackney chairmen watermen and carts also features 'an Accurate Measurement of the Ground' between certain locations in London. According to the prefatory advertisement it is an antidote to the 'Impositions of Hackney-Coachmen.universally complained of'. This copy is bound after three Carnan and Newbery guides to historical sites in London and Westminster; the whole forming a practical guide to both travel and destinations in the mid-eighteenth century capital. ESTC locates only three copies in the UK Kings College and two in Oxford colleges and just three elsewhere Huntington Illinois and NYPL and just a single copy of the second edition of 1770 at the BL. . First edition. Printed for the Editior; and Sold by W. Owen et al. hardcover
1767AQ32721Londonm: Printed by H. Woodfall.For J. Rivington et al. 1767. 2 32pp. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf marbled paper boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A clean and crisp copy. A rare survival of the sole edition of a plan presented to common council by solicitor and politician John Paterson 1705-1789 for raising £282000 for public improvements in the capital. Paterson's obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine 1789 pp.1154-5 noted that as a result of his financial acumen to him 'among a variety of other conveniences the public are indebted for Blackfriars bridge the widening of old streets and the introduction of new ones and many regulations tending to preserve the safety of passengers to secure the quiet and promote the trade and commerce of the City of London'. ESTC records copies at just five locations BL Columbia Guildhall Harvard and Yale. ESTC T117919. First edition. Quarto. Printed by H. Woodfall...For J. Rivington et al. hardcover
1732GEN80381732. Coker John. First edition leather bound hardback 13"x8�" complete with the John Wilcox folding map and 6 plates of Arms. The later half calf is rubbed dull and stained; it remains sound with everything well bound in. The later endpaper has an owner's bookplat e. Three ink manuscript genealogy leaves are bound after the original endpaper they have neat ink crests. There is some foxing throughout the book and to the map and plates and some pencil notes in the margins. hardcover
1751MNDarLON15<p>Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Stockius & Schilling 1751. 1751. 8vo. pp. xiv 141. double-page engraved frontis. woodcut tailpiece & device on title. contemporary sprinkled calf gilt back. cfBlake p. 349. BOUND WITH: PHARMACOPOEIA. EDINBURGH. Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis Secundum Editionis Edinburgensis Novissimae Exemplar Recusa. In Usum Praelectionum Academicarum. 8vo. pp. ix 5incl. errata 192 18index. engraved device on title. woodcut ornaments. Gottingen: Sumtu Regiae Officinae Librariae Academicae c1752. cfBlake p. 348. BOUND WITH: KERN DER GANZEN MEDICIN worinnen.Arzney-Mittel.so deutlich angegeban und erkläret werden das ein Jeder.sein eigener Arzt seyn könne. 8vo. pp. 71. woodcut tailpiece light foxing. Rudolstadt: 1752. Blake p. 242. Hardcover.</p> Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Stockius & Schilling, 1751. hardcover
176620203Londres, chez Becket et De Hendt, 1766 ; in-8 (216 x 145 mm), broché ; [4], 250, [2] pp., couverture d’attente de papier vert avec les plats contrecollés d’une feuille de passe imprimée en français.
170219887Londini, H. Rhodes, 1702 ; grand in 8, veau brun, dos à nerfs muet, décor à froid à la duseuil sur les plats (reliure d’époque) ; portrait gravé par R. White en frontispice, XV, 151, [3] pp.
178371166London 1783-1787. 5 volumes. 21 cm. halfleather red letterpieces gilt marbled boards. 5 frontespieces 13 engravings ills. - few volumes leather bit cracked on hinges and hinges weakening/ bit loose vol 1 2 and 5 top spine slightly damaged all volumes more or less rubbed Although still good see pictures Descriptions of inventions in many different fields of science: chemistry agriculture mechanicks manufactures polite arts colonies and trade. among others: Machine for teaching blind persons arithmetic; Mr Spaldings improved diving bell. - rare set. hardcover
172748999Gray's-Inn: Printed for D. Browne fen. & jun. W. Mears F. Clay withoutTemple-bar Fletcher Gyles 1727. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Full Tooled Leather Over Boards. Hinges Split And Tender."The English Works Of Sir Henry Spelman K. Published In His Life-Time: Together With His Posthumous Works Relating To The Laws And Antiquities Of England: And The Life Of The Author." By The Right Reverend Father In God Edmund Lord Bishop Of London. To Which Are Added Two More Treaties Of Sir Henry Spelman Never Before Printed: One Of The Admiral-Jurifdiction And The Officers Thereof: The Other Of Ancient Deeds And Charters. With A Compleat Index To The Whole. The Second Edition. London: Printed For D. Browne Fen. & Jun. W. Mears F. Clay Without Temple-Bar Fletcher Gyles In Holborn And T. Osborne In Gray's-Inn. M.Dcc.Xxvii. Tooled Leather Over Boards Raised Bands With 7 Compartments Raised And With Extra Gilt. On Spine With Title In Gilt. Folio. Evidence For Inclusion In Wythe's Library Wythe Referred To Spelman's Works In His Case Report For Field V. Harrison "Sir H. Spelman Somewhere Condemns The Common Lawyers Of His Own Time For The Small Acquaintance They Had With The Principles And Rationale Of Their Profession."6 Brown's Bibliography7 Includes The First 1723 Edition Of The English Works Of Sir Henry Spelman As The Work Intended By Wythe's Reference. He Bases The Selection Of This Title And Edition In Part On The Copy Thomas Jefferson Sold To The Library Of Congress In 1815.8 The Wolf Law Library Followed Brown's Suggestion And Purchased A Copy Of The Same Edition. Printed for D. Browne, fen. & jun. W. Mears, F. Clay, withoutTemple-bar, Fletcher Gyles Hardcover
1790WRCLIT70733London: Printed by Thomas Harrison later: Edward Johnston in Warwick Lane 1790. A slightly broken run of over 90 issues encompassing with exceptions noted below whole numbers 13163 through 13268. Small folio. Chiefly 4 or 8pp per number. Extracted with residue of old binding along spine; moderate tide-mark in lower margin through first half of volume revenue stamps as usual occasional marginal discolorations limited to individual issues; still good and crisp. A close to full year's issues of the original official newspaper of record in England. It was founded in November 1665 while the Court was resident in Oxford due to the plague in London and the early numbers appeared as the OXFORD GAZETTE. Shortly after the Court returned to London beginning with whole number 24 the name was altered to reflect the change and it persisted through the following centuries as the publisher of official information in regard to politics business public notices elections and promotions etc. As a primary record of Britain's affairs both at home and abroad at peace and at war it remains invaluable. Issues not present here or imperfect: 13162 13172 13188 imperfect 13196 13205 13224 13237 imperfect 13248 and 13253. CRANE & KAYE 665. NCBEL II:1315-6. Printed by Thomas Harrison [later: Edward Johnston] in Warwick Lane unknown books
1753983776Hogarth William British London 1697–1764 London. <b>Analysis of Beauty Plate 2</b> Signature: in plate: "Designed Engraved and Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth March 5th 1753 according to Act of Parliament" Engraving; third state of three in which the figure of the man seated in the chair between the gentleman and lady at the head of the dance is present.Etching and engraving. Dimensions: image size 15 1/4 x 20 1/4" On heavy laid paper no folds so probably issued separately from book. Spotting to margins from mat plate almost free from defects very slight browning. Nicely framed. <br /><br />One of two prints issued with Hogarth's book The Analysis of Beauty 1753 This a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout. <br /><br /> Hogarth books
