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1735ST15797London: Printed for G. Hawkins and sold by T. Cooper 1735. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 750 COPIES. 263 x 207 mm. 10 1/4 x 8 1/8". 6 p.l. 106 pp. 1 leaf errata. <br/> SUPERB OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in cover with lettered central panel surrounded by four onlaid sections of darker green morocco outer frame of leafy vines emanating from the tips of the fan-palm-shaped cornerpieces each of these compartments with a blind-stamped leaping stag on a stippled gold ground raised bands spine with gilt-ruled compartments gilt titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt. In a somewhat worn fleece-lined burgundy buckram chemise and marbled paper slipcase. Engraved allegorical frontispiece featuring Diana and Apollo by Scotin after Gravelot. Front pastedown with morocco ex-libris of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Foxon S-562; Hayward 158; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II 166. ◆Leather on spine uniformly sunned to olive brown as expected with green morocco text perhaps lightly washed and pressed in keeping with bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding occasional faint marginal smudges otherwise fine internally and in a very lustrous binding with no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is the first edition of the most popular work by Somerville 1675-1742 a mock-heroic poem about hunting in an apt and very striking binding by a renowned English workshop. Divided into four books of Miltonic blank verse "The Chace" is considered to be one of the finest didactic poems of the first half of the 18th century. The text covers hounds and their kennels along with the hunting of hare fox and otter and there are digressions that bring in methods of the chase in exotic localities. Most of the hunts described are accompanied by dogs and set in England past or present but the poet occasionally strays far afield to describe lion stalking or the hunting habits of Genghis Khan. According to Schwerdt the book was "highly approved of by the first literary characters of his day." The extraordinarily handsome binding by Riviere incorporates the hunting motif with four stags appearing to chase one another around the covers. Riviere is one of the foremost names in English binding partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Our volume comes from the library of Alfred Barmore Mackay 1871-1944 who after a very brief career at his family's bank devoted himself to collecting books art and antiques engaging in equestrian sports and designing a sumptuous garden at his Florida estate now a state park. Printed for G. Hawkins, and sold by T. Cooper unknown
1749117993La Haye et Francfort et Mayence : chez FranÂois Varrentrapp 1749 - 1750. 160x105mm. 160 141 pages - 1 ff. bandeaux culs-de-lampe reliure de lՎpoque veau marbrÂŽ avec piÂce de titre filets ornementations et fleurons dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq faux-nerfs trois nerfs garde papier marbrÂŽ. Coiffe supÂŽrieure frottÂŽe. 230 chez FranÂois Varrentrapp unknown
176656940Amsterdam Marc-Michel Rey 1766. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. IV20723 pp. Without the map. Clean faint marginal brownspots. <br/><br/><em>The contemt of this volume which is volume II of Gerhard F. Müller's. "Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes le long des Côtes de la Mer glaciale & sur l'Océan oriental. is wholly devoted to the description of the Amur River and its borderlines as extracted and translated from Nicolaus Witsen's work "Sur la Tartarie Septentrionale & Orientale" Noord en Oost Tartarye Ofte Bondig Ontwerp Van eenig dier Landen en Volken. Amsterdam 1692."In the nineteenth century Russian historians and ethnographers discovered that Witsen had used many Russian sources that had since been lost and they praised Noord en Oost Tartarye ‘as the most remarkable book about Asiatic Russia ever written by a foreigner.’ During the Soviet period Witsen was seen as scholar who had ‘opened up a new era in the study of Siberia.’ Nowadays he is respectfully mentioned on many local Russian websites as the first to have reported on their town province nationality or language."huygens.knaw.n. </em> unknown
1735D6963Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio 375 x 240mm. xxiv 572pp. 4 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum lacking plate joints splitting intermittent foxing. Ownership inscription A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864 on title and also Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Complete medical works of Rivière. The complete medical works of Lazare Rivière 1589-1655 professor at Montpellier consists of the Institutiones medicae together with the Praxeos medicae and an additional 17 parts on the head the sense organs the teeth the thorax and abdomen the joints womens illnesses and fevers. Also included are 400 observations by the author approximately 250 communicated to him by fellow physicians and finally the Arcana a collection of secrets giving the chemical formulae for a large number of preparations together with their medicinal properties. At the end separately paginated is added a treatise on the symptoms cause and cure of respiratory problems by Fabrizio Bartoletti 1586-1630. Rivière was the first to introduce the therapy of using metallic compounds internally known as the spagiric or paracelsian-specific method and the first to note aortic constriction. Rivières work was instrumental in the French Renaissance of medicine. ex Typographia Balleoniana hardcover
1752155351752. A CythÂre chez Cupidon / Librairie des Amours 1752. Deux parties reliÂŽes en un volume au format in-12 171 x 96 mm de 1 f. bl. et 208 pp. ; 238 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure postÂŽrieure XIXÂme de demi-maroquin fauve ˆ coins double filet ˆ froid portÂŽs sur les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid filet dorÂŽ sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis d'ÂŽtoiles dorÂŽes piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue toutes tranches dorÂŽes. Belz-NiÂŽdrÂŽe. Edition originale complÂte de ses deux parties ici reliÂŽes en un volume. Exemplaire sous dÂŽlicate reliure de demi-maroquin signÂŽe de Belz-NiÂŽdrÂŽe. ''NiÂŽdrÂŽe fut l'un des meilleurs ÂŽlÂves de Thouvenin et succÂŽda ˆ Muller''. in Ramsden. ''Nous arriv‰mes et fžmes frappÂŽs d'un spectacle ravissant. L'”le ÂŽtait jonchÂŽe de fleurs les plaisirs les jeux fol‰tres se mÂlaient aux FÂtes de CythÂre. On ne voyait que danses et courses lÂŽgÂres ; l'air retentissait de chants amoureux le haut-bois la flžte la vieile formaient partout des concerts enchanteurs en cÂŽlÂŽbration de l'amour et des plaisirs de deux amants que VÂŽnus a uni aujourd'hui''. Millin VI Journal des Sciences des Lettres et des Arts 25 - Gay VI Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs ˆ l'amour aux femmes . p. 441 - Luzarche Catalogue des livres rares curieux et singuliers 3316 - Registrum Librorum Eroticorum I 1228 - Ramsden French bookbinders p. 147. Feuillets de prÂŽface ici absents. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. TrÂs lÂŽgers frottements affectant la coiffe supÂŽrieure. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
1710252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown
1794ABC_47826Paraguay and/or Brazil 1794. 34 x 22 cm. Stitched through 2 single holes only one remains intact. Written in brown ink in a very legible late 18th-century cursive. 1 1 blank 12 2 blank pp. A contemporary unpublished and unrecorded Portuguese manuscript describing the Paraguay River and the lands rivers and territories adjoining including the location of former Jesuit Missions. It is written within the context of the Portuguese-Spanish dispute over the frontier between Portuguese Brazil and the Spanish colonies and focuses in particular on the upper reaches of the river which at that time still remained relatively unknown. The Portuguese under the governorship of Luis de Albuquerque 1739-97 had recently in 1778 established the towns of Albuquerque today Corumbá Laredo Villa María today Cáceres Casalvasco and Salinas. These new establishments and their locations on the Paraguay River are mentioned here. The terms of the 1777 Treaty of San Ildefonso between Portugal and Spain directed that a Portuguese-Spanish delegation be sent to the Paraguay River region to determine a definitive border between the territories. The Spanish delegation arrived in 1781 under the command of the military officer and naturalist Félix Manuel de Azara 1746-1821 and waited in Asunción in Paraguay for the Portuguese. The latter in the end never arrived but the Spanish delegation remained in the region until the 1790s Azara until 1801 exploring and measuring the region as well as handling the ongoing disagreements with the Portuguese over the demarcation. This Portuguese description of the River Paraguay is undoubtedly connected to these ventures though whether it is a contemporary translation into Portuguese of a Spanish survey or a survey of the river carried out by the Portuguese themselves is uncertain. It is however the only known copy of an unpublished description of the River Paraguay and it describes in detail the little-known upper regions of the Paraguay River.With a crossed-out annotation on the title-page the title-page and the last blank leaf are somewhat water stained. The paper is otherwise uniformly toned and showing some occasional foxing the edges of the leaves are somewhat frayed slightly affecting the text at the head of each page. Overall in good condition. unknown
1711ST20182London: W. Lewis 1711. FIRST EDITION First Issue. 280 x 152 mm. 8 1/8 x 6". 1 p.l. 43 1 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY DARK GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT IN PERIOD STYLE BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with double frames formed of floral sprigs drawer handles and other small tools the frames enclosing an elegant central wreath; raised bands spine panels densely gilt with stippling floral tools radiating from small central flower gilt lettering turn-ins densely gilt with scrolling foliate tools all edges gilt. With an attractive woodcut headpiece and tailpiece; one foliated woodcut initial. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Winston Henry Hagen and book label of William A. Strutz. Griffith 2; Rothschild 1564; Foxon P806; Day "History of English Literature 1600-1837" pp. 73-4. Sheets uniformly a little toned because carefully washed the usual offsetting on facing flyleaves from turn-ins but a very pleasing copy--the text without signs of use and the exceptionally pretty binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This first printing of Alexander Pope’s first independent publication called by Day "one of the most quoted poems in English" offers a sumptuous binding in the style of the period retains its scarce original half-title and boasts an impressive provenance. Pope 1688-1744 composed "An Essay on Criticism" early in his career possibly when he was just 18. In this poem which introduced several expressions now common in the lexicon including "to err is human; to forgive divine" and "fools rush in where angels fear to tread" Pope provides his philosophy on what makes good criticism and by extension good poetry. Of it Day writes: "no one can claim originality for the content of 'Essay on Criticism' but all must admit the incomparable mastery of verse and language." This copy retains the half-title which is often missing primarily because it was often used as part of the volume's wrappers. Our copy does lack the final leaf of ads as almost always with copies of this edition. The strikingly attractive binding done in an elaborately gilt style reminiscent of a Roger Payne design is the work of Riviere one of the foremost names among English binderies. Our copy has belonged to two notable collectors. According to Dickinson Hagen 1859-1918 was a collector whose library especially strong in English literature "reflected a highly developed intelligent connoisseurship." Beverly Chew wrote in the foreword to the catalogue for the Hagen sale at Anderson Galleries 13 May 1918 that the library which featured high spots bought at the Lefferts and Poor sales "was one of the best ever submitted to the public at auction." William A. Strutz 1934-2024 was a North Dakota attorney and passionate bibliophile who assembled a library of over 15000 rare and important literary works. Our first printing of "Essay on Criticism" is not easy to find in the attractive condition seen here. W. Lewis unknown
171234981London 1712. 16pp. Trimmed close minor toning. Good. Disbound.<br/> <br/> An anonymous political work that has been attributed over the centuries to both Jonathan Swift and Mary de la Rivière Manley. Most sources identify Manley as the author; she was an English author and pamphleteer who was famous for presenting political screeds disguised as romances or satire. A rare pamphlet either in institutions or the market.<br/> <br/> ESTC N45508. unknown
1741s336.007GB: James Hodges 1741. ENGLISH TEXT. 272 pages. No halftitle Blank opposite title page trimmed 30mm at top. Clean tight text. Armorial of John Ward. Full leather is sound but worn. Gold on burgundy title lablel. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. James Hodges Hardcover
177148726Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra 1771. Small folio pp. 4 lvi 143 1; engraved vignette title page; bound with: Jordán de Assó y del Río Ignacio & Miguel Manuel y Rodríguez El ordenamiento de leyes que D. Alfonso XI hizo en las Cortes de Alcalá de Henares el año de mil trescientos y quarenta y ocho. Publícanlo con notas. Madrid: Ibarra 1774 pp. 2 xxxiv 158 2; woodcut vignette on title page tail-pieces; decorative initial. Laws statutes etc. of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. Miguel Manuel y Rodríguez of Seville was one of the great historians of Spain in the 18th century and he was also the first librarian of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. Together with Dr. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Rio a Spanish historian jurist and naturalist who was also known under the pseudonym Melchor de Azagra they published these two works dedicated to Spanish law: the first on the Charter Viejo de Castilla; and the second El Ordenamiento de Leyes in which they deal with the system of laws that Don Alfonso XI made in the courts of Alcala de Henares in the year 1348 here published with notes and an accounting of the Kingdom of Castile. Palau 18725 and 18726 respectively. Lasala 287 and 345 respectively. por D. Joachin Ibarra unknown
17923657975En Madrid.: a costa de la Real Compañia de Impresores y Libreros del Reyno. 1792. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 20 cm. 14 CXXVI 344 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal en plena piel con tejuelos. Asso y del Río Ignacio Jordán de 1742-1814. Ván añadidas al fin de cada titulo las diferencias que de este Derecho se observan en Aragon por disposicion de sus Fueros. Marca tipográfica en portada. Anteportada. Sign. : ² a-r A-Z Aa-Vv. Texto con apostillas marginales. Castilla Reino. Leyes etc. Aragón Reino. Derecho civil. Historia. Manuel y Rodríguez Miguel de. 1741-1798. Ruiz Ramón. fl. 1791-1808. imp. Real Compañía de Impresores y Libreros del Reino. Ed . Cubierta deslucida. Derecho civil 347 a costa de la Real Compañia de Impresores y Libreros del Reyno. hardcover
1787ST19529aLondon: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and W. Creech 1787. Third Edition; First London Edition First State with "stinking" instead of "skinking" in "To a Haggis". 210 x 126 mm. 8 1/4 x 5". xlviii 13-372 pp. With half title and the subscriber list to the Edinburgh edition. <br/> VERY FINE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in cover with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with acorn-and-lancet central ornament floral vines at corners gilt lettering turn-ins with complex gilt roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Burns. Gibson p. 6; Egerer 2. ◆Perhaps pressed not washed but AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY quite clean and fresh internally IN A SPARKLING BINDING with no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is one of the most famous poetic publications in history offered here in a most attractive copy of the first London printing following an Edinburgh edition the same year and the extremely rare Kilmarnock first edition of 1786. Burns issued the poems at the age of 27 in order to raise passage money for a voyage to Jamaica where he had been offered an agricultural post on a plantation. At a time when his contemporaries were searching for the "natural bard" and in the process had unearthed poetical threshers poetical milk maidens and poetical cobblers the charming plowman Burns delivered his simple and beautiful lyrics with most propitious timing. He found himself famous almost at once and his fame has not faltered over time even though after the appearance of the present work he did little during the rest of his life except write songs and drink. The very attractive binding is the work of one of the longest-lived English binderies. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son. The bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it was acquired by George Bayntun of Bath a firm that is still producing fine work and is still in family hands. Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and W. Creech unknown
170532355à Amsterdam: Chez Estienne Rogier 1705. Fine. Chez Estienne Rogier à Amsterdam 1705 8 x 15 cm relié Second edition rare after the first edition published in 1698 by Barbin. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Head worn. Rubbing. Foxing. The work belongs to no defined genre; in a very free manner a Siamese tells anecdotes which he mixes with maxims on various subjects: The palace the court the public the Bois de Boulogne the opera. These satirical considerations of Parisian society pell-mell do not possess a continuous narrative; the work would pave the way for Montesquieu's Persian Letters. It is one of its principal sources. Chez Estienne Rogier hardcover
1744631551744. Stadt am Hof nächst Regenspurg Verlag Johann Gastel 16 245 28 pp.; 22 342 26 pp. Ledereinband d.Zt.; minimal fleckig feines Expl. Erste deutsche Ausgabe von Davachs "Miroir des urines" u. wohl auch von Helvetius "Recueil des methodes" Ttiel: Urin-Spiegel : Worinnen Nach Erfahrnuß der berühmtist-sowohl alt-als neuen/ Medicorum die verschidene Naturs-Arthen: vortringende Geblüts-Feuchtigkeiten; und Ursprung deren Kranckheiten eines jeden Menschens zuersehen / Vorhin In Frantzösischer Sprach heraus gegeben von Hrn. Davach de la Riviere Doct. Medicin. . Nunmehro aber . in das teutsche übersetzet ; Samt einem Zusatz Von denen gemeiniglichist aufstossenden Kranckheiten und eygenthumlichsten Mitlen darfür; nebst der Weiß und Manier selbige wohl anzuwenden zu sonderlichem Behilff der Armen auf dem Land & Tractat von Dem gemeiniglich aufstossenden Krankheiten und eigenthümlichen Heyl-Mitteln dafür. Sampt Der Weiß und Manier derselbigen sich wohl zu gebrauchen Vorhin In Französischer Sprach herausgegeben von M. Helvetio Leib-Medico bey Ihro Durchl. Herzog von Orleans. Antjetzoaber Zu allgemeinen Nutzen und sonderlichem Behülff der Armen in das Teutsche mit allem Fleiß übersetzet. Sumpt einem Zusatz den Urin zu erkennen. Davach de la Riviere Doct. Medicin. und Leib Medico des Duchlauchtigsten Prinzen DeConde. Jean Adrien Helvétius 1661 oder 1662-1727 holländisch-französischer Arzt er studierte Medizin an der Universität Leiden. In den frühen 1680er Jahren ging er nach Paris wo er vor allem durch die Verordnung eines Geheimmittels der südamerikanischen Brechwurzel gegen rote Ruhr bekannt wurde. Nachdem auch der französische König durch diese Arznei geheilt worden war eröffnete Helvétius 1688 den Namen des Geheimmittels und erhielt dafür eine Belohnung von 1000 Louis d'or. Er wurde außerdem zum Rittmeister "écuyer" königlichen Rat und Leibarzt und zum Generalaufseher der königlichen Hospitäler in Flandern ernannt. VD18 1146884X. Lesky 159. Vgl. Blake 109 und 206. Wellcome II 434 und III 243. Waller 2300 und 4312 unknown
174430201AB1744. Stadt am Hof Gastel 1744. 8 Bl. 245 S. 25 Bl. 342 S. 9 von 13 nicht nummerierten Bl. Lederband der Zeit. Unterschiedlich stark gebräunt und stockfleckig. Einband beschädigt mit Materialverlust. unknown
1722865Paris: Chez Cavelier 1722. Third edition. <br /> <br /> A classic 18th-century French medical manual devoted to uroscopy the long-standing diagnostic practice of interpreting urine to determine a patient’s health. Le Miroir des Urines “The Mirror of Urines†reflects the persistence of humoral medicine well into the Enlightenment offering a structured guide to identifying diseases through color consistency and other visible properties. Drawing on both ancient authorities and more recent physicians the work attempts to systematize bodily diagnosis through observable fluids linking urine characteristics to temperament internal imbalance and specific illnesses.<br /> <br /> This third edition revised and expanded by the author includes an organized index and detailed classifications of symptoms and conditions ranging from fevers and obstructions to more specific ailments. The text is printed in French and intended for both practitioners and educated lay readers illustrating how medical knowledge circulated beyond strictly academic circles. A contemporary or early ownership inscription “Chalonrat†or similar appears on the front endpaper along with an early shelf notation providing a tangible trace of the book’s historical use and circulation.<br /> <br /> Condition & Binding: Bound in contemporary full calf with an attractively gilt-decorated spine compartments elaborately tooled and lettered “Miroir des Urines.†Boards show general rubbing surface wear and some scuffing consistent with age but remain structurally sound. Text block is clean and solid with bright impressions; pages exhibit moderate age toning and scattered foxing with occasional light staining. Overall- very good. Chez Cavelier unknown
1731BOOKS092282IParis: Chez Briasson. Very good copies. 1731. 1st. leather. 12mo Bound in contemprary leather with gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers . Chez Briasson hardcover
1723043074Paris: Andre Morin 1723. Full Calf. Very Good. Mild general wear to calf light rubbing to hinges slight cracking to leather of spine endpapers a little worn and rumpled. 5 raised bands gilt to spine and lettering. 288pp plus a charming index and postscript. Previous owner's name penned to endpaper and author's name which does not appear on title page penciled to endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Humour; Inventory No: 043074. Andre Morin unknown
1742ST18426London: Printed for A. Millar 1742. FIRST EDITION. 165 x 98 mm. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8". With four pages of ads at the end of volume I; one leaf of ads at the beginning and two pages of ads at the end of volume II. Two volumes. <br/> VERY PRETTY TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-ins covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron within a lozenge of dots curling cornerpieces gilt lettering lacy gilt turn-ins dark green endpapers all edges gilt. Housed together in a brown buckram slipcase. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Cross III 305; Rothschild 844; Tinker 1034. ◆Occasional mild browning or faint foxing but AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET clean and fresh internally in unworn bindings.<br/> <br/> This is a handsomely bound copy with superior provenance of the first appearance of a breakthrough work in the field of English literature. Fielding had a profound influence in determining the development of the novel and this was the first great instrument of that influence. Although some of the names of the characters are facetious the events personalities and settings are all characterized by convincing verisimilitude. The book was begun as a spoof of Richardson's sentimental "Pamela" but it ended up on its own as one of the best novels of the period. The beautiful bindings by the leading English workshop Riviere and the sparkling condition here are characteristic of books from the collection of our earlier owner Robert Hoe 1839-1911 founding member and first president of the Grolier Club. According to Beverly Chew Hoe's library was "the finest America has ever contained." Hoe acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing French and English literature and very fine bindings; when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. Printed for A. Millar unknown
178059007but actually London: William Strahan 1780. Folio broadsheet 17½" x 11"; 3 horizontal folds the paper a bit dusty else very good. With its original separately printed title leaf folded into a wrap-around sleeve. In January 1776 Captain Bromedge wrote to Vice Admiral Schuldham regarding his boarding of the ship Boston Packet and his suspicion that they were carrying stores to the enemy. "I am informed by the crew of the Boston Packet that the Master declared repeatedly on the Passage that could he make Cape Codd he would go in there and land his cargo or could he make Cape Ann he did not fear meeting with some of his Friends to carry him into Beverly or Salem" see Naval Documents of the American Revolution Vol III p. 1005 for the full text of his letter. Regarding this and similar allegations Vice Admiral Graves issued the orders printed here specifically pertaining to the Boston Packet: "You are to seize and detain all Ships and Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of the four New England Provinces and to send them to Boston." On the verso is printed Rear Admiral Schuldham's confirmation of Graves' order "the probability of these stores being smuggled away to the Enemy.makes me think it highly proper that they should be detained." In effect this is a Letter of Marque issued during the Revolutionary War but pertaining only to a particular class of merchant ships and to two vessels in particular one of which was the Boston Packet. Rare. OCLC shows only the John Carter Brown holding a copy. With manuscript additions dating the document September 1775 and addressing it to Captain Bromadge. ESTC also locates a copy at the BL. unknown
1771082300Madrid: Joachin Ibarra 1771. Tapa dura. Very Good. LVI 143 pp. 21 x 295 cm. El Fuero Viejo de Castilla sacado y comprobado con el exemplar de la misma obra que existe en la Real Biblioteca de esta Corte y con otros MSS. Publícanlo con notas históricas y legales los doctores D. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y del Río y D. Miguel de Manuel y Rodríguez. Muy buen estado. Papel limpio buena impresión márgenes generosos. Joachin Ibarra hardcover
17972207070068London : Printed and sold for the author by H. Fry 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine binding by Riviere : An early view of Vermont Bound in fine 3/4 leather over brown linen cloth. Minor shelf wear scuffing to leather. Gilt ruled top edge gilt. Clean unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. Engraved portrait woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. vii 186 pages 2-line errata. Bookplate. Howes G-288; Sabin 28229. London : Printed and sold for the author, by H. Fry hardcover
178010204Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1780. Quarter Leather. Good binding. Octavo. 2 x 437 1 pp. Third edition. In contemporary marbled paper over boards backed in leather with corners; all edges marbled. Binding is rubbed and worn at the edges and the top of the spine though it remains a fairly solid binding; paper shelf label on the top of the spine; old dampstaining persists along the top edge generally found in the first third of the book it is visible periodically throughout. <br /> <br /> Third edition "corregida notablemente por los autores" who were both doctors of law of a lively and standard treatise on the civil law of Castile but with a section at the end of each chapter on the differences that obtain in Aragon because of the "fueros" legal exemptions that exist there. The work first appears in 1771 followed by a second edition in 1775. Palau 18719. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta unknown
177130904MADRID: En la Imprenta de Francisco Xavier García 1771. Primera edición.- 4º Mayor.- 6 hojas de Portada Prólogo Tabla e Introducción.- LXX 70 páginas de Introducción.- CCCXLIV 344 páginas de Texto.- 1 Hoja de Erratas.- Encuadernado a plena pasta española de época y del taller de Sancha. Lomera con nervios tejuelo y entre nervios florones filetes y hierros dorados. Muy buen ejemplar limpio y muy marginoso con una encuadernción de época. Preocedencia: Al pie de la portada consta manuscrito: Hilario Cisnero y Saco. Primera edición de este texto jurídico publicado conjuntamente con Miguel de Manuel y Rodríguez. Juan Sempere y Guarinos en ""Ensayo de una Biblioteca Española de los Mejores Escritores del Reinado de Carlos III"" hace un extenso elogio de la obra y en particular de la Introducción: ""Las esquisitas noticias que se dan en esta introducción sacadas de los instrumentos antiguos M. S. y de libros impresos los más raros y preciosos la hacen por si misma una obra muy apreciable que manisfiesta al mismo tiempo lo que hay que adelantar todavía en el estudio de nuestra legislación y Jurisprudencia"". Palau 18717 - Sempere y Guarinos I- página 147 - Aguilar Piñal IV - 4932 En la Imprenta de Francisco Xavier García hardcover
