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179341820I. Caulfield 1793. Plate: 178xx110 mm. Margin: 277x167 mm. Faint creasing three small pinholes in right margin faint soiling very faint foxing. I. Caulfield unknown books
179081557Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale 1790. Paperback. Very Good. 40p. Pamphlet. 21cm. No separate wrapper present. Old stitch marks. French text. <br/><br/> de l'Imprimerie Nationale paperback books
179010334London: H. Gardner; J. Evans; and J. Axtell 1790. 8vo. 3 84115 1 blank pp. <br><br>Part four only of ten parts. Title-page with an engraved vignette. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T122204. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page rubber-stamped with a six-digit number and with an early inked number in top right corner. Title-leaf slightly chipped at top edge one page corner of second leaf folded. Light stains from p. 103 to end. H. Gardner; J. Evans; and J. Axtell unknown books
177641822London: F. Blyth 1776. Plate: 183x115 mm. Margin: 301x216 mm. Slight marginal discoloration in top margin faint crease in bottom left corner light soiling faint foxing. F. Blyth unknown books
179651670bdPhiladelphia: Printed for John Ormrod 1796. First American Edition. Four volumes in two. Duodecimo original calf calf labels viii 1 - 416 pp; vi 1-410 pp 2 blank 4 subscriber list pp. Very Good; manuscript notation that this set “belongs to the Republican Library of Co. Chatham Jany 23 1799â€; early 19th century bookplate in each volume of The Portland Library Company; front joint of Volume I is tender; title page of Volume II has several short rips but appears to be complete. Printed for John Ormrod, 1796. First American Edition. unknown books
17347880Halae Magdeburgicae: Typis Ioan. Friderici Grunteri 1734. 4to. 36 pp. <br><br>Inaug. diss.--Halle Johann Conrad Eilhardt respondent 1734. Removed from a bound volume. Typis Ioan. Friderici Grunteri unknown books
1783WRCLIT52015Dublin: Printed by J.A. Husband for Messrs. H. Whitestone et al 1783. xii114;162pp. 12mo. Early 20th century library buckram. Lacks the half-title bookplate binding indicators and faint stamps of a defunct mercantile library early tissue overlaying two clean tears in title small discoloration in a few margins; a sound copy. First Dublin printing of this translation published the same year as a London printing. Set up in two parts with separate pagination but signed contiguously. Lignet was imprisoned for twenty months in the Bastille. ESTC N22034. Printed by J.A. Husband for Messrs. H. Whitestone [et al] hardcover books
171048930London: Printed and to be sold by A. Baldwin near the Oxford - Arms in Warwick - Lane 1710. 1st Edition Goldsmith 4608; Kress 2645. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A bit of age-toning and dusting to outer leaves Very Good. 16 pp. Partially unopened. 8vo: A8. 7-7/16" x 4-11/16" <br/><br/> Printed, and to be sold by A. Baldwin, near the Oxford - Arms in Warwick - Lane unknown books
177838832Madrid: Imprenta de Miguel Escribiano 1778. 4to 20.3 cm; 8". 354 pp. <br><br>with the same authors' Preparación próxima para la muerte en lengua castellana para el uso de los clérigos y asímismo muy últil para el pueblo. Madrid: Miguel Escribano 1778. 2 ff. 122 pp.<br>Â Â Â Â First edition in Spanish of both works. Regla originally appeared in Latin in 1757 and Preparacion also in Latin in 1717. Both are here translated by Pedro Escobar de Castro. Texts are aimed at teaching one how to be a good priest and to lead a truly religious and pious life as a member of the cloth and how to prepare for one's death. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 285968. Stiff vellum; text block starting to loosen. Lacks the ties. A few small areas of either water or other staining.<br>Â Â Â Â Overall very nice. Imprenta de Miguel Escribiano hardcover books
1797132939London: George Nicol 1797. hardcover. good. 8vo original leather backed marbled boards; worn. London: George Nicol 1797. Good.<br/><br/> Simon Fraser Lord Lovat a Scottish Jacobite intriguer was the last man to be beheaded in The Tower.<br/><br/> George Nicol unknown books
17758980Paris: N.p. 1775. 1st Edition. Boards. Very good. 1751pp. Old calf-backed marbled boards extremities somewhat rubbed. Treatise on monastic life by an important French journalist & writer. "Shortly before his execution during the Terror his fame in France rivaled that of Beaumarchais and even Voltaire E.B." There is another edition of 179pp. also 1775. N.p. hardcover books
1776609141776. Disbarred by the Parlement of Paris Linguet Simon Nicolas Henri 1736-1794. Requete au Conseil de Roi Pour M. Linguet Avocat. Contre les Arrets du Parlement de Paris Des 29 Mars & 4 Fevrier 1775. Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey 1776. 12mo. ii 260 pp. 12mo 6-1/2" x 4". Contemporary mottled sheep gilt spine marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities. Some toning to text internally clean. A nice copy. $200. First edition. Also issued the same year in Geneva. This book concerns the sanctioning of Linguet's disbarment by the Order of Barristers by the Parlement. The complicated circumstances had to do with competition within the Order of Barristers and tensions between the Order and the Parlement. Linguet admitted to the bar in 1764 was a formidable advocate. The immediate cause of his disbarment was "a tirade in which the author seems to have lost his temper and denounced the Order. This convoluted affair is described in Michael P. Fitzsimmons The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution 24ff. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 1 in a law library UC-Berkeley. Another copy located at George Washington University Law School. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
179738875London: G. Whitfield 1797. 12mo. Disbound. Moderate toning edges of some leaves frayed scattered foxing. G. Whitfield unknown books
17745279Amsterdam: Pieter Meijer; Helders & Mars 1774; 1786. First edition. Acceptable/Collection of romantic tragedies by the husband-and-wife team of Van Winter and Van Merken. In fact all but one of the titles in this collection are by the wife Van Merken only "Monzongo" an anti-slavery drama is by Van Winter. Van Winter was the son of a trader in indigo and dyes and witnessed first-hand the kinds of abuses which led to his anti-slavery play Monzongo. Van Merken was an established poet and playwright when she married Van Winter the year his first wife died 1768. Her "Artemines" subtitled in French "La vertu pour guide" was first published in 1774 but was republished in 1786 to coincide with the second volume not present of the couple's collected works. Quarto 22 cm 45493 pages and 11 plates six portraits and five dramatic scenes engraved by Reiner Vineles and J. Houbraken. Engraved vignette on title page. "Artemines" ; 85 1 and one engraved dramatic scene; engraved vignette on title page. Part I only a second part was published in 1786 which included "Artemines". Bound in speckled paper-covered boards with leather backstrip. Spine vertically cracked but holding; joints the same. Basically clean sound and entire. Pieter Meijer; Helders & Mars hardcover books
1746WRCLIT59097London: Printed for W. Webb 1746. 460pp. Small octavo. Modern wrappers printed label. Light foxing but a very good copy with the half-title. First edition. An anonymous critique of the frequently reprinted and expanded MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF LORD LOVAT that appeared under the imprint of M. Cooper in the wake of Fraser's trial and conviction for treason. There was another printing in 1746 paginated at 44pp. priority not certain. ESTC T4555. Printed for W. Webb unknown books
17834570London: Thomas Spilsbury. Et se trouve d'Bruxelles 1783. Sm. 8vo. 2172pp. Printed on blue tinted paper. Orig. paper wrappers uncut worn spine strip mostly lacking. Bottom corner of half-title torn no text loss. Linguet 1736-1794 was an 18th century intellectual heretic of France. There are a number of pirated reprints with the Thomas Spilsbury 1783 imprint. Ours has 172 pages without errors in the pagination. Thomas Spilsbury... Et se trouve, d'Bruxelles unknown books
1789291069Geneve.: Barde Manget & Compagnie. 1789. 1st Edition. Marbled boards. . Very good spine had pulled small hole in title page. . 4to. 25x20 cm. French text. A nice copy of this work by the Swiss mathematician noted for his work in mathematical analysis and topology. weight: 0.8 lb. 2 folding plates. Barde, Manget & Compagnie. hardcover books
178833060Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1788. 32pp. Disbound and lacking the half title. Good. <br/><br/> Reverend Trumbull an orderly and considerate man "nominated the preacher at his funeral and directed what neighbouring ministers should be desired to attend on that occasion; and who should insert in the public papers the account of his death: he also desired some of his particular friends and leading members of his church to take care that his funeral was conducted with propriety and christian decency. He also ordered the joiner to prepare him a decent but plain unornamented coffin." <br/> The Reverend's "nephew was Connecticut's Governor Jonathan Trumbull the only colonial governor to support the war for independence. Gov. Trumbull's son was the artist John Trumbull whose paintings of the Revolutionary War including the signing of the Declaration of Independence are on view in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol building." Trumbull also owned a few slaves. "Rev. John Trumbull" Waterbury's Slave Owners Fortune's Story Website of the Mattatuck Historical Society accessed February 4 2019. <br/>Evans 21574. Trumbull 1568. Hudson and Goodwin unknown books
1747WRCLIT59096London: Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe. 1746; and London. 1746 - 1747. 88;8pp. Octavo. Modern wrappers printed label. Latter work exhibits old horizontal fold and some smudging; HEH duplicate release stamp on last leaf of each work else very good. Early editions of two works that saw several printings/editions in the immediate period following Fraser's execution for high treason based on his participation in the Rebellion of 1745. The first title conforms to ESTC T200511 and the latter to ESTC T145891. The first work was most frequently reprinted in editions ranging from 40 to 123pp. generally under minor variants of Cooper's imprint and the text is generally considered to be embellished. All the editions/printings are uncommon. ESTC T200511 & T145891. Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe..., 1746; and [London. 1746 - unknown books
1770262898Lausanne: Francois Grasset 1770. First. paperback. very good. xiv 212 4 pages. Small 8vo contemporary marbled wrappers with manuscript spine label paper on spine is mostly missing but still firmly sewn; pages quite clean. Lausanne: Francois Grasset 1770. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> First published in the spring of 1770 this book of advice to "people of fashion" particularly women had such an immediate vogue that many pirated editions soon followed. -- Norman 2083; Blake 452.<br/><br/> Francois Grasset unknown books
172745318London: J. Walthoe and 18 others 1727. Second Simon edition folio pp. 12 540; engraved vignettes throughout woodcut printer's device initials and head- and tail-pieces; text printed in double column; contemporary blind-tooled panelled calf recently rebacked in calf top edge of rear cover also re-bound in calf spine in 7 compartments stamped in red and gilt; boards scuffed and scratched with some shallow loss of leather along edges both covers ring-stained; off-setting to preliminaries else a very good copy. ESTC T144011. <br/><br/> J. Walthoe [and 18 others] hardcover books
175228099Dublin: Re-printed by and for George Faulkner 1752 1752. Second Dublin edition stated "The Fifth Edition" on the title-page; the first edition was published in London in 1737. Gove The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction pages 295-300; ESTC T59630. Edges gently rubbed; very good copy. 8vo contemporary calf maroon leather label gilt rules and lettering. A celebrated utopian-philosophical imaginary voyage that went through numerous editions and translations in the 18th century. It was originally attributed to the Bishop of Ireland and prolific writer-philosopher George Berkeley. Berington was not identified as the author until 1935. Lee Ellison in his essay on Gaudentio di Lucca in the PMLA 1935 comments on Berington's believable realistic narrative compared with earlier imaginary voyages: "The earlier utopias lacked concreteness . . . Berington's Mezzorania on the other hand is as real as Mexico and Peru; and integrated with his philosophy and social theory is a narrative that runs the whole gamut from idyllic romance to luscious intrigue and bloody adventure." Contemporary ink signature of "Thos. Moore" on the title-page. <br/><br/> Dublin: Re-printed by, and for George Faulkner, 1752 unknown books
175920079London: Nyon et al. 1759. Nouvelle Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary mottled brown calf. All edges marbled. Very good. 2 vols. 407 490 pages. 17 x 10 cm. "Peruvian Tales related in One Thousand and One Hours by one of the Select Virgins of Cusco to the Yncka of Peru." Text in French. The author a French magistrate and prolific writer of tales. PALAU 110068 & SABIN 29143 for the English editions. Raised bands spine panels richly gilt marbled endpapers bookplates modest tip rubbing generally clean and fresh copy. Nyon et al. unknown books
1778224844Zürich: Orell Geßner Füeßlin und Compagnie 1778. l 578 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf black morocco spine label. Some minor rubbing text block fresh near fine copy. l 578 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Attractive Zürich edition of Tissot's influential 'Avis au peuple sur la santé' one of the most widely translated popular medical works of the late eighteenth century.<br/><br/>From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer JAMA 143:329 and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal Preventive Medicine. Orell, Geßner, Füeßlin und Compagnie unknown books
1767214865Hamburg: Im Verlage der typographischen Gesellschaft 1767. ii 118 724 4; 166 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf. Joints rubbed with some old repairs; closed tear in margin of pp. 80/81. Fresh and attractive copy. ii 118 724 4; 166 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Early German edition of Tissot's influential 'Avis au peuple sur la santé' first published in Lausanne in 1761 here translated with two related texts on the imperfection of other German medical works and a Swedish work on longevity<br/><br/>From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer JAMA 143:329 and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal Preventive Medicine. Im Verlage der typographischen Gesellschaft unknown books
