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174376433Kjøbenhavn 1743. Folio. Nyere skinnryggbind med tittelfelt i svart skinn enkel ryggforgylling og marmorerte dekler. Gravert frontispiece. 10 130 s. Med 68 helsides kobberstukne plansjer utenom pagineringen. Med endel kobberstukne vignetter. Folio. Recent half calf title in black spine simply gilt marbled boards. 10 130 pp. 68 engraved plates some enf´graved vignettes in text. Trykt hos Ernst Henrik Berling. Dansk. <br/><br/><em>Bibl. Dan. II 369.Gaspard Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay 1693–1769 var en dansk søofficer.Han stammede fra en fransk adelig familie som efter ophævelsen af det nantiske edikt 1685 bosatte sig i Danmark. Hans fader var infanterikapitajn Antoine le Sage de Fontenay moderen f. Drelincourt. Fontenay blev sekondløjtnant i Marinen 1714 premierløjtnant 1719 kaptajnløjtnant 1722 kaptajn 1728 kommandørkaptajn 1732 kommandør 1744 schoutbynacht 1751 viceadmiral 1754 og admiral 1759. Han erholdt 1760 Ridderkorset af Dannebrog. Han gjorde sig i dette tidsrum desuden bemærket ved at udgive et fra fransk oversat værk om søtaktik 1743 ligesom han også reviderede den i flåden brugte signalbog. Wikipedia.Med etikett fra tidligere eier samt lite stempel på fribladet og tittelbladet. Svake ytre øvre falser. Ren og fin materie.Et flott verk om marine.Label of former owner small stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Outer hinges a bit weak. Internally clean. </em> hardcover
1745218096London: for W. Webb 1745. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound but sewing intact. Title a bit soiled but clean overall. First edition. 2 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. According to the DNB "In December 1743 Captain Savage Mostyn was appointed to the Suffolk which was on 24 February 1744 one of the fleet with Sir John Norris off Dungeness. In April he was moved to the Hampton Court one of four ships which on 6 January 1745 fell in with two French ships of the line off Ushant. Two of the English ships the Captain and the Sunderland parted company. The Hampton Court and Dreadnought continued the chase; but although Mostyn's ship came up with the French it could not engage without the assistance of the Dreadnought and the two Frenchmen got safely into Brest."<br /> <br /> Mostyn was brought up for court martial and acquitted but his conduct became an object of popular and official scorn -- this heavily critical pamphlet is usually attributed to Admiral Vernon. Goldsmith No. 8197 for W. Webb unknown
1781217548London: Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett 1781. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut in later drab wrappers chipped and torn lower wrapper especially. Title leaf soiled with abrasion costing four letters in first line. Some old folds and minor soiling bottom corner of last leaf crumpled. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Written by Thomas Lewis O'Beirne 1748-1823 the Anglican divine whose first publication was the sermon he preached "An excellent sermon preached in St. Paul's Church New-York" NY 1776 as chaplin in Lord Howe's fleet at St. Paul's Chapel in New York after the disastrous fire in New York City of September 21 1776 probably set by Patriot arsonists. Upon his return to England in 1779 O'Beirne wrote a defense of Howe in "A Candid and Impartial Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet ." L. 1779 and became more and more allied with the Whig party.<br /> <br /> This is his defense of Admiral Keppel in the politically charged dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser and Lord Sandwich over their actions in the engagement with the French fleet off the coast of Brest in July 1778. Charges and counter-charges flew over that indecisive and costly encouter Kessel being accused "misconduct and neglect of duty" and of not having done enough to finish off the crippled French fleet. Indeed a claim was made at the time "that had the French been defeated at the time a diplomatic mission to America giving them the opportunity to abandon the French treaty would not have failed" DNB Palliser on the other hand was accused of neglecting to obey an order to come to the support of the rest of the fleet. The dispute ultimately resulted in court-martials of both men resulting in the acquittal of each although Palliser was censured and ruined while Keppel refused to serve under the current Ministry. <br /> <br /> "The whole episode had severely weakened the standing of the Navy. Keppel asked not be sent to sea under the current Ministry and so the Admiralty retired him which led to a general resignation by his naval supporters depriving the Navy of many able officers in the continuing war against America." - DNB<br /> <br /> The first edition of O'Beirne's account of the two court martials although well represented in institutions is rare on the market; and only one copy of the 2nd edition has appeared at auction over the last 30 years. ESTC T 9693 Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett unknown
170626836London: Printed for Rebecca and James Bonwick and Richard Mount 1706. Fifth edition to which are added "Some Devotions proper for Seamen in particular for those of that House. 1 vols. Sm 12mo. Modern red cloth. Some discoloration of cloth lower free endpaper cut away and decorated paper bound in some minor browning and spotting of text else a very good copy with the bookplate of Dr. F. William Cock of Appledore Kent. Fifth edition to which are added "Some Devotions proper for Seamen in particular for those of that House". 1 vols. Sm 12mo. Printed for Rebecca and James Bonwick and Richard Mount unknown
1744237426London: M. Cooper 1744. First Edition. 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Uncut loose else fine. First Edition. 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Letters between Admiral Mathews and Admiral Lestock. M. Cooper unknown
1741237430London: R. West near the Cross Keys 1741. First Edition. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Bookplate of Hon. Charter Viscount Bruce of Ampthill Son & Heir Apparent of Thomas Earl of Aielsbury & Baron of Whorelton. First Edition. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. R. West, near the Cross Keys unknown
1745237428London: J. Whiston 1745. Second Edition. ii 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Second Edition. ii 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. J. Whiston unknown
1745237429London: J. Whiston 1745. First Edition. ii 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. First Edition. ii 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. J. Whiston unknown
1745237432London: M. Cooper 1745. First Edition. 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. First Edition. 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. M. Cooper unknown
1745237431London: John Millan 1745. First Edition. 27 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. First Edition. 27 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. John Millan unknown
1717206651717. Very good condition. Robert Blake 1598 - 1657 was one of the pre-eminent British admirals and naval tacticians of the 17th century the chief contributor to Britain's naval supremacy who built the largest British navy of the day and whose talents are thought to rival or surpass those of Lord Nelson. <br /> <br /> Blake made the first set of rules and regulations for the Navy 'The Laws of War and Ordinances of the Sea' and wrote about his new methods for conducting naval blockades and landings a significant revision of the existing naval tactics 'Sailing instructions and Fighting Instructions'. Blake's naval experience included battles in the English Civil War the Anglo Dutch War and the Anglo Spanish War. <br /> <br /> Engraved by M. V de Gucht. Three quarter length portrait in armor holding truncheon at his right side; naval battle scene in distance. 4 x 6 1/2"; paper 5 1/2 x 7 1/2" unknown
175323480London: Edward Owen 1753. Quarto. 46pp. plus two folding tables. Light staining to last leaf. Slight worming in outer margin of last few leaves not affecting text. Disbound.<br/> <br/> Pamphlet dealing with international law and the British seizure of Prussian ships.<br/> <br/> The second table is entitled "List of all the Prussian ships taken by British armaments at sea during the last war as well those detained for examination only as those judicially proceeded upon together with the judgments given in the Admiralty Courts of Great-Britain thereupon."<br/> <br/> ESTC T4125. Edward Owen unknown
1741001388London: John Millan 1741. Two engraved broadsides - 'A List of His Majesties Royal Navy Shewing When They Were Built & Rebuilt their Several Dimensions and Tonnage with their highest & lowest Compliment of Men ye Number Nature Length & Weight of Guns on ye several Decks of Each Rate' and 'The Pay of the Officers & Men in ye Royal Navy together with the Number in each Rate and their Daily Allowance of Provisions and ye Number of Ships' single sided engraved broadsides. Both cropped to margins with loss to imprint of second mentioned creased from old folds browned with several small chips and tears. First mentioned with significant closed tear from left hand side but missing engraved text with old heavy reinforcing to reverse. The 'Pay' sheet gives detailed summaries including the rates paid to the ships' barber gunners taylor and chaplain. The 'List' sheet covers all rates of ships from First to the smallest yachts as well as hospital and dockyard ships. Both are uncommon the 'Pay' sheet ESTC N490067 shows at the NYPL only and the 'List' sheet ESTC T136812 at the BL and Society of the Cincinnati. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Illus. by Child G. Sculp. Folio. Broadside. John Millan Paperback
1732AATCG223SY47Paris 1732. 13.5 x 19 cm. Contemporary red goatskin morocco sewn on 5 cords gold-tooled spine gold-tooled fillets on boards and board edges title in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments further each with 5 small fleurs-de-lis blue-black goatskin morocco pastedowns with wide richly gold-tooled frame headbands worked in red and white gilt edges. Manuscript in brown-black red and blue ink on vellum some of the lettering and borders gilt. With a beautiful frontispiece painting in coloured gouaches 14 x 9.5 cm pasted on the page facing the opening of the text showing a small warship at a shipyard in a small harbour being repaired by workmen. On the left shore a man tends pots on an open fire outside a small hut while 2 others watch and talk across an inlet behind it are the larger ruins of a church with tower in the background more people smaller boats and the far shore. Centred at the foot is a scrollwork shield leaning against a crate with the text "Marine du Roy. 1732." Frontispiece plus 2 26 ll. including 2 double and 1 larger folding. Splendid vellum manuscript on the condition and organisation of the French Royal Navy of King Louis XV in the year 1732 including maritime data on the French colonies in Canada Louisiana and the West Indies. The manuscript is beautifully calligraphed in a formal roman and italic in brown-black red and blue sometimes with gold covering the ink with 2 decorated initials in gold over red. The use of the high quality vellum the fine gouache illustration the lavishly executed calligraphy and the beautiful contemporary binding indicate that the manuscript must have been produced for an important person probably a head of the marine or an official at the court. The manuscript gives a complete survey of the size and organisation of the French navy of the Ancien Regime in 1732 and must have been top secret at the time!From the library of the well-known art historian and book collector Henri Beraldi 1849-1931. The manuscript is generally in fine condition with only an occasional minor spot or small stain. The binding is slightly worn at the hinges head and foot of spine and on the raised bands but is also generally fine. A remarkable and luxurious manuscript providing a wealth of information on the French Royal Navy in 1732.l Bibliotheque Henri Beraldi II Paris 1934 168; Sotheby's London Sale 16 & 17 december 1963 lot 223. hardcover
1753032920London: Printed and Sold by T James M Cooper; J Robinson; A Don and J Barnes 1753 A good copy of the 2nd edition of this extremely scarce work attributed to John Campbell. Bound in newer half calf binding with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and title label. The binding is in near fine clean condition with light edge wear. Contents: later initial blank with large signature to top; title; Preface with decorative headpiece pp iii-v; text with title decorative headpiece and initial capital pp 1-34 with tailpiece and Finis. Later blank leaves bound in at the rear. The title page is toned with some nibbling to the side edge. There is a small side edge tear to p v of the Preface. Otherwise contents slightly toned but clean. Printed and Sold by T James, M Cooper; J Robinson; A Don, and J Barnes hardcover
17882680Paris: S.n. 1788. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. Title and date in ink on the front cover by a later neat hand. Printed on thick paper. Partly uncut untrimmed. With a few contemporary corrections in the text in ink like in other copies. Some stains on the cover. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. 6 52 2 p. <p>A scarce and interesting source of the French efforts to colonize Guiana in the late 18th century. <p><br /> By the Treaty of Paris in 1763 France lost almost all her possessions in the Americas thus the relevance of her remaining islands on the Antilles and the territories in the Guianas dramatically increased. The first ill-fated attempt to colonize Guiana with some 12000 men in 1763 failed with a loss of about ten thousand settlers killed by tropical diseases and hostile natives. The second endeavor in 1776 was much more successful. Under the administration of Pierre-Victor Malouet and with the assistance of the Swiss engineer Jean Samuel Guisan — and the heavy use of slave work — France established flourishing agriculture in the colony. This period ended very soon in the early 1790s when French Guiana was partly turned into a penal colony for political prisoners of the Revolution. <p><br /> The present 1788 pamphlet describes the ill-fated first and the more successful second wave of colonization and designs an administrative plan based on slave work for the future success of the colony. Many chapters deal with the slaves and their work and the author states that the “government should pay for about 3000 African slaves to be introduced annually to populate Guyane until they are numerous enough to reproduce themselves.†p. 15 <p><br /> The essay was published anonymously but the author’s name and title were added in ink by a contemporary hand to the title page of the copy held at the British Library however for the most part it remained indecipherable to us: Par M. B… Contrôleur de la marine …. <p><br /> Extremely scarce we could trace copies in institutional holdings only in France BnF Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and the UK BL.<br /> Sabin 29193; Hogg 1113 The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Books Pamphlets and Periodical; Conlon 88:1966 Le siècle des lumière. Vol. XXIII. [S.n.] unknown
1741AQ17432London: Printed and Sold by J. Watson 1741. 4 40pp. With initial advertisement leaf. ESTC T41015. Pen-trials to p.26. short marginal tear to leaf B4. Bound after: RIDER Cardanus. Rider's British Merlin:For the Year of our Lord God 1741. London. Printed by R. Nutt 1741. 48pp. ESTC T44985. Tear to one leaf - touching text without loss of sense. And: A defective eighteenth-century almanac. And: The Court Kalendar For the year 1741. London. Printed and Sold by Ja. Watson 1740. 42pp 2. ESTC T34324. Small hole to text of title - with slight loss of sense loss to upper corner of final leaf. And: A list of the publick offices and officers Ecclesiastical and Civil employ'd in His Majesty's Government Particularly in England. London. Printed and Sold by Ja. Watson 1741. Fifth edition. 38pp 4. ESTC T41074. Without final leaf publisher's advertisements tears to leaves A4 and B1 - touching text without loss of sense loss to lower corner of leaf C1 - with some loss of sense. 12mo. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities worn some loss to head of spine. Pastedowns sprung occasional spotting. A sammelband of almanacs and lists issued for the year 1741 including a register of Royal Navy vessels and officers in active service. . Third edition. Printed and Sold by J. Watson unknown
1758AQ15515London: Printed for A. Millar 1758. 3 vi 1 8-32pp. Without half-title. Recent plain paper boards. Very minor wear to extremities. Recent endpapers marginal pen-trials to p.32 else internally clean and crisp. An anonymous treatise directed to the officers of the Royal Navy proposing alterations that may be made in order to improve the working conditions of seamen thus motivating them to serve with greater zeal and efficiency whilst discouraging acts of insubordination and instances of desertion. Suggested amendments to practice include; the construction of affordable dock-side housing for servicemen and their families; the provision of sick-beds within the homes for the care of wounded sailors; and the preferential treatment of a seaman's children when applying for employment within the navy. ESTC T42826. First edition. 8vo. Printed for A. Millar hardcover
1798AQ24439London: s.n. 1798. 176pp. Later black morocco-backed navy cloth tooled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower board stained. Internally clean and crisp. These lists were first issued by the Admiralty in January 1717/18 and consist of a simple register of names in full with the respective seniorities. They continued to be published until 1846. The alphabetical lists were first issued in 1746. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T101541. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
1797AQ24440London: s.n. 1797. 176pp. Later black morocco-backed navy cloth tooled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower board stained. Ink ownership inscription to head of title page: 'Henry Harvey Sholden Lodge Lieut. R.N. Dec. 8th 1837' final page with some paper adherence largely obliterating the two names listed. These lists were first issued by the Admiralty in January 1717/18 and consist of a simple register of names in full with the respective seniorities. They continued to be published until 1846. The alphabetical lists were first issued in 1746. This edition corrected to 1st January 1797 notably includes then Commodore Horatio Nelson. On the 14th February that same year Nelson would participate in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent as commander of HMS Minerve. ESTC records copies at only two locations BL and NT. ESTC T101524. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
1718AQ22461London: s.n. 1718. Single sheet. Docket title printed to verso. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. A trifle creased and browned. A remarkably rare survival of an early and frustratingly undated example of Parliamentary lobbying literature highlighting the 'considerable sums of money' owed to serving seamen of the Royal Navy and the widows of those sailors killed during the 'late war' presumably the War of the Spanish Succession. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T17374. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1799AQ24138London: s.n. 1799. 10 120 leaves. Predominantly printed on versos only with rectos blank. ESTC T101523. Bound with: ROYAL NAVY. An alphabetical list of the Commission Officers of his majesty's fleet: with the dates of their First Commissions. London. s.n. 1799. 176pp. ESTC T101543. 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco contrasting morocco lettering-piece A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked.Marbled endpapers occasional spotting. A beautifully bound volume containing two registers listing commissioned officers including captains masters commanders and lieutenants in the service of the Royal Navy in 1799 - only a few short years before the commencement of the Napoleonic Wars. The first presenting naval officers in order of their seniority with the dates of their commissions as well as being printed on versos only includes several pre-printed columns left blank for manuscript additions. The second presents the same information in alphabetical order presumably for easier reference. The details of the majority of the actors of the naval heroes of the previous and ensuing decades such as Admiral Hood and Horatio Nelson commissioned June 11th 1779 are of course present. Designed to be used and frequently updated few have survived; ESTC records copies of both works at two locations BL and RUSI. . [s.n.] unknown
1758AQ27732London: s.n. 1758. 6 xxxii 292pp. With two fine naval vignettes to first and final leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed with some marking bumping to corners loss to head and foot of spine cracking to lower joint. Captain Thomas Peyton's copy with his inscription dated 1790 to head of blank fly-leaf at front; ink offsetting evidencing the removal of the FFEP showing the mirror image of a further ink inscription. A pleasing association copy of an uncommon mid eighteenth-century collection of treaties relating to the naval shipping and commercial interests of Britain and other powers: Algiers Austrian Netherlands Denmark France Morocco Portugal Russia Savoy Spain States General Sweden Tripoli Tunis and Turky sic inscribed by Captain Thomas Peyton 1757-1801 in the year of his posting to the rank of Captain. The Peytons were an illustrious naval family; Thomas was the youngest son of Admiral Joseph Peyton and his brothers Joseph and John were both to become Rear-Admirals. Thomas served in the Mediterranean the West Indies and the Channel during the navaly tumultuous final decade of the eighteenth-century; he died on board the Monarch a 74-gun ship of the line in 1801. Included most significantly for the development of transatlantic military and economic power are the American Treaty 1686 with France the Treaty of Munster 1648 and American Treaty 1670 with Spain and the Utrecht Treaties of both Peace and Commerce 1713. ESTC T82163. Sabin 23535. Third edition. Quarto. [s.n.] unknown
1741AQ22029London: Printed for T. Cooper 1741. 37pp 1. Uncut in modern marbled paper boards printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed spine dulled. Title page browned and stained at gutter scattered spotting. The first edition of a pamphlet decrying the practice of 'Impressing' or forcibly conscripting unwilling sailors into the Navy undertaken by so-called 'press-gangs'. The author appeals to a communal spirit of resilience asking the readers 'Must we tamely submit to be their slaves' and questioning the designation of such statements as 'inflaming the people'. Included subsequently is a response to this letter from the Annual Committee of the Royal Burrows in which the practice of impressing is upheld as 'just and rational measures for the speedy and effectual manning of the navy'. ESTC T129074. First edition. 8vo. Printed for T. Cooper hardcover
1779AQ11530London: Printed for the Booksellers 1779. iv 50pp. Recent tan cloth with gilt title to spine. Spots of soiling to boards. Ink stamp Hastings public library to recto of title. Early ink numerals to title. Creasing to leaves throughout with occasional short tears at margins - in no place effecting text small hole to I1 with slight loss of text loss to corner of final leaf with loss of text though no loss of sense. Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-1786 served with distinction as an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence. Keppel held his subordinate admiral Sir Hugh Palliser 1723-1796 responsible for the poor state of the Navy during the latter conflict and following defeat at the First Battle of Ushant considered Palliser's conduct as a deliberate betrayal. Keppel began a campaign of calumny the outcome being a series of scandalous scenes in parliament and subsequent courts-martial - each side accusing the other of treason. Keppel was the first to be tried and acquitted in 1779 with Palliser suffering the same shortly after. This is an unrecorded edition of the trial and associated address by Hugh Palliser. Not in ESTC. First edition. Quarto. Printed for the Booksellers hardcover
