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17595386Milan: Giuseppe Galeazzi 1759. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 20.2 x 14.4 cm. XXII pp. 352 pp. 8 ff. with 1 large 40 x 50 cm folding plate containing 5 illustrations; title-page printed in red and black engraved device on title. Bound in contemporary publisher's binding title in ink on spine. Minor edge wear minor staining to lower cover. Quires C and E loosening internally very fresh and clean retaining deckle at fore-edge and bottom edge toning to plate marginal paper flaw and rear reinforcement of crease to plate otherwise an excellent copy. Rare first and sole edition of this treatise on the proportional compass written by the Jesuit Giovanni Marchelli. The work was expressly written for the use of Marchelli's mathematics pupils in the Jesuit College of Milan and thus provides interesting evidence for the use of scientific instruments in Jesuit education. The text offers an advanced understanding of Galileo's landmark instrument and coming from a Jesuit it is perhaps notable that Galileo's "invention" of the instrument is so candidly celebrated. The proportional compass or 'sector' in fact combines two separate instruments one for making observations by adding a quadrant to its arms the other to calculate various measures like proportion trigonometry and squares and cube roots. Its several scales permit easy and direct solutions for problems in surveying gunnery and navigation. Conceived as a universal instrument the device was adapted for a variety of pedagogical purposes far more diverse than Galileo's sector ranging from pure geometry to such practical operations as taking measurements for the architectural orders p. 11 converting currency and calculating interest p. 42 performing various 'rule-of-three' operations such as the dissolution of business partnerships p. 53 surveying passim and the construction of Napier tables p. 73. The compass scales are well illustrated and the text includes tables giving the positions of the various markings. The large folding plate provides diagrams "for constructing Galileo's quadrant" that show with great refinement exactly where the markings on the quadrant's arm and tangent are to be engraved. The final chapter deals with military problems such as the determination of the caliber of cannon balls. OCLC locates copies at Adler Planetarium Michigan Oklahoma Woodstock Theological. De Backer-Sommervogel V.525 4; Cinti 177; Carli-Favaro 128; Tomash II.M34. <br/> <br/> Giuseppe Galeazzi hardcover books
1730043619Paris: Jacques Vincent 1730. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 5 volumes in contemporary gilt calf worn dry hinges and joints split boards attached but precariously in a few cases. Scattered browning internally and occasional creased pages spine labels bookplates and old embossed theological library stamps to title but generally clean and unmarked otherwise. 36 plates many folding and 4 maps hand colored in outline. Published 1730-1745. Size: Folio. 5-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043619. <br/><br/> Jacques Vincent hardcover books
175013363London: printed for C. Hitch in Paternoster-Row and R. Akenhead jun. at the Globe opposite the Bridge-End Coffee-House Newcastle 1750. Fifth edition. 6 149 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. neatly rebacked flyleaves removed some light browning or spotting mostly marginal ink date 1759 at foot of title page a few pen or pencil marks on title and in margins. Fifth edition. 6 149 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First published in two editions in 1696 and reprinted in 1697 1721 and the present edition ca. 1750 with changing subtitles. Variously attributed to Mary Astell Judith Drake and H. Wyatt.<br/>The present edition includes an ad for The Universal Library kept by Newcastle bookseller R. Akenhead jun. The date is conjectured from the R. Akenhead junior imprint which surfaces briefly in two other works dated 1750.<br/>A curious note on the verso of the dedication explains the lack of a subscriber's list. Apparently most of the "generous Encouragers" did not want to have their names included so "no List is printed lest Offence might be given."<br/><br/>The author observes: "we are taught only our Mother-Tongue or perhaps French which is now very fashionable and almost as familiar amongst Women of Quality as Men; whereas the other Sex by means of a more extensive Education to the Knowledge of the Roman and Greek Languages have a vaster Field for their Imaginations to rove in and their Capacities thereby enlarged."<br/><br/>RARE. ESTC T123106 BL NLS Smith College; Wing A 4058 printed for C. Hitch in Paternoster-Row, and R. Akenhead, jun. at the Globe, opposite the Bridge-End Coffee-House, Newcastle unknown books
1725046782Dublin: Thomas Hume 1725. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked one corner repaired leather a little dry but sound soiling to endpapers occasional slight foxing quite clean otherwise. Two volumes bound in one dated 1725 and 1724 respectively. 14 260pp i.e. 262pp 2 86 13pp. Extensive errata in preliminaries pages 5-6 numbered 4-4 with corresponding errors in pagination. ESTC T141098 Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046782. Thomas Hume hardcover books
1791045038Paris: Buisson 1791. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary mottled calf; worn leather chipped at the head of the spine scattered mild foxing small stain to first title. Complete with the half titles reuniting the two parts of Paine's treatise on democracy and revolution that were published a year apart. There are two editions dated May 1791 on the title page with no clear priority between them. The first part was translated from the original English edition that was almost immediately edited and softened. Paine was a star in France an enlightenment philosopher of the first order and a frequent guest along with the likes of Franklin Jefferson and Adam Smith at the salon at the Hôtel de la Monnaie. "The government tried to suppress it but it circulated more briskly.Rights of Man can be seen for what it is: the textbook of radical thought and the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy." Printing and the Mind of Man xii 227pp; iv 16 224pp. Howe P-31 and 32 The English ed. PMM 241 the English ed. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; History. Inventory No: 045038. <br/><br/> Buisson hardcover books
17943526London: Printed for J. Hamilton 1794. First edition. Finely bound in half morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. All edges brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lower front corner skinned. Light offsetting to endpapers. Faint gift inscription to outer margin of title. Header of titlepage shaved close without any loss to text with textblock wide margined and clean. Pages measure approximately 190 x 150mm. Collating 2 vi 440: bound without half title else complete including engraved title and eight plates designed by Angelica Kauffman a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts. A surprisingly unfoxed and wider-margined copy than is typically found of this compilation of early educational works designed to help usher girls into adulthood.<br/><br/>"These sheets were penned by some of the most amiable and well informed subjects of these realms and intended as affectionate legacies of those noble and worthy persons to their amiable offspring for whom they had such tender regard.to point out whatever was desirable and just in forming and perfecting the virtues of the female character."  Thus John Hamilton brings together a series of 16 pieces on women's education and etiquette by authors including Dr. Gregory Lady Pennington the Marchioness of Lambert John Dryden and Lady Ann Bothwell. Using illustrations by a well-known female artist who was cutting edge in her own time as a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts the Ladies Library was purposely suited and adapted for the use of the Female Sex" and for their parents who might want to guide girls into responsible and intelligent womanhood.<br/><br/>ESTC T88185. Printed for J. Hamilton unknown books
1770WRCAM47269Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap 1770. 24pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Ex-Library Company of Philadelphia with their early and modern bookplates on the front pastedown deaccessioned as a duplicate initialed by Edwin Wolf II. Trimmed a bit close affecting an occasional catchword. Very good. The first printing of this work which was also issued a few years later as part of some copies of A COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TRACTS Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank 1773. Armelle Nicolas was a 17th century French servant girl whose life of piety and good works developed a cult following. Lady Elizabeth Hastings 1682-1739 was also well known for her good works and charity in England. This book was issued by John Dunlap best known for the first broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. A scarce volume on moral instruction for an American audience drawing on European examples at a time when Americans were shaping their own national character. EVANS 11654. ESTC W17056. HILDEBURN 2529. Printed by John Dunlap hardcover books
1790CAT000091Paris: Hotel de Bouthillier 1790. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later 1/4 morocco over boards. light wear at corners. Slight offsetting to text otherwise quite clean internally. xxxvii 121 5 109 3. Vicaire 348-9.<br/><br/>Scarce tract on the history trade use and chemical properties of coffee. At the end is a rather charming long poem on coffee translated from the Latin of Abbé Massieu. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000091. Hotel de Bouthillier hardcover books
1786310835Bristol 1786. Colored silk and wool threads on linen signed "M. Hume". With compass rose and floral cartouche. 19 x 14-1/2 inches. Toning some wear around edges losses to lettering in several spots. In later frame. Colored silk and wool threads on linen signed "M. Hume". With compass rose and floral cartouche. 19 x 14-1/2 inches. A nice example of an embroidered map sampler which were an important component of girls' education in Britain and America from 1770-1840. This one meticulously labels all of the English counties the seas and channels and includes part of Scotland to the north and the east coast of Ireland and is signed by its maker one M. Hume of Bristol.<br/><br/>"One academic subject that was consistently considered important for both boys and girls after reading writing and arithmetic was geography. Geography was considered a science at this time and . it was the first science taught to girls in the US . Many girls were taught to read but not write. With the exception of some diaries or letters or of marginalia there is little to tell us how children learned to read do arithmetic or write. Map samplers . by students are tangible examples of women's schoolwork. These were time-consuming projects normally framed and hung with pride to show a young lady's educational attainments" Tyner Stitching the World. unknown books
1720045088Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Cene 1720. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf rubbed one corner creased but quite sound. Endpapers a little soiled a few minor stains but generally quite clean internally. One of three posthumous works by Madame de La Fayette author of La Princess de Clèves. viii 210pp. Likely published in France despite the imprint. Graesse M71. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045088. <br/><br/> Michel Charles le Cene hardcover books
1783046804London: R. Baldwin 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Original leather backed boards quite worn hinges cracked shaken binding still more or less sound; scattered mostly modest foxing and browing. Originally the whole year but lacking the first 16 pages of January. July was the switch-over to being called The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved. Page 603 of the appendix prints The Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War - a very early appearance of the treaty which was signed September 3 1783. It also contains a section of American Papers with news from the colonies a list of the debts of the 13 states Washington's farewell address to the armed forces etc. Paginated continuously 17-640 a few plates. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 046804. R. Baldwin hardcover books
1792046094York: E. Hargrove 1792. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards type offset onto rear cover very clearly spine dry and rubbed edges worn offsetting from frontis onto title tear to corner of page 11 not touching text scattered foxing - still a very good copy. 1044pp 2 plates and a folding table the fallacious "Pedigree of Robin Hood". Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 046094. <br/><br/> E. Hargrove hardcover books
17691071972 vols. London: Newbery and Carnan 1769. 2 vols. 16mo xl 264; 286 2 adspp. Original quarter green vellum over black coated boards with paper label to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities; else very good clean copies. § Two from the seven volume series which was an early attempt to introduce children to logic philosophy mathematics etc. All the early editions are scarce. Oliver Goldsmith has been named as a possible contributor to the series. Roscoe J663 and J694. Newbery and Carnan hardcover books
1791041015London: J. Rivington 1791. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf external hinge cracking but held by cords and secure. Modest wear at corners. Fold out map with light browning at edges but otherwise bright. An attractive copy of this scholarly edition of Demosthenes in Greek and Latin. Armorial bookplate of the Cholmeley Baronet - Brandsby. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; History. Inventory No: 041015. <br/><br/> J. Rivington hardcover books
1783045309Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking one signature pages 177-192 otherwise very good internally; sold as a fine binding example. A fine example of 18th century Portuguese bookbinding - more similar to fine 17th century French bindings. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045309. <br/><br/> Simão Thaddeo Ferreira hardcover books
1754232533Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson 1754. First edition. Engraved frontispiece of "An Ass in the Greek Pallium Teaching" by James Green. 7 1 46 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound. Stabholes remnants of original plain brown wrappers present. Frontispiece with some marginal paper flaws; some old dampstaining and soiling. First edition. Engraved frontispiece of "An Ass in the Greek Pallium Teaching" by James Green. 7 1 46 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The English Vice Castigated. A tree there is such was Apollo's will;<br/>That grows uncultur'd on the Muses' hill <br/>It's type in heav'n the blest immortals know<br/>There call'd the Tree of Science Birch below.<br/><br/>A mock epic satire on the use of punishment by educators. As the author notes in his Advertisement "my Design is plainly to recommend with Pleasantry and good Temper a more mild and amiable carriage to our Preceptors." The author evidently was one of Pope's assistants on the Odyssey. ESTC T2150 Printed by W. Jackson unknown books
1738045053London: Paul & Isaac Vaillant 1738. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary calf gilt. Hinges a bit rubbed wear at corners ding to one spot on the spine of volume 1 leather repair to one corner - an attractive set overall. Title pages in red and black scattered light foxing but an attractively printed and clean set. The history covers 1490-1534. xxxxii 620pp; xi 604pp; viii 476pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045053. <br/><br/> Paul & Isaac Vaillant hardcover books
1793046905Dublin: W. McKenzie 1793. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in half green calf over marbled boards. Scattered foxing some browning in upper margin - quite clean overall. 292pp; 419pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046905. W. McKenzie hardcover books
1771045381Paris: Libraires Associés 1771. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full calf modest wear and rubbing surface marks to cover rear joint a little weak and binding slightly cracked in the center of the text block but sound overall. Scattered light foxing and browning internally. With an engraved frontis and engraved instruction sheet at front. Unpaginated - privilege and ads at rear. A nice copy of Barreme's tables which were widely used and typically used up. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Economics; History. Inventory No: 045381. <br/><br/> Libraires Associés hardcover books
1761045558Madrid: D. Gabriel Ramirez 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full vellum mild discoloration small tear to rear cover a few scratches and surface marks. Lacking endpapers otherwise very clean and bright internally.180pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 045558. <br/><br/> D. Gabriel Ramirez hardcover books
1702041193Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom 1702. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full calf gilt decorated spine hinges cracked but attached by cords modest wear at edges and spine ends with some chipping to leather. Some browning to endpapers and title and notes to front endpaper but otherwise clean and bright internally. Old spine label and bookplate from a seminary library and a few embossed stamps internally otherwise unmarked. 9 tipped in plates and numerous engravings in the text. A worn but attractive copy of this review of religion among the ancients by the great enemy of superstition - he discusses the origins of bull sacrifice bacchanals Archons and priests among the Greek and Romans and other ancient superstition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 041193. <br/><br/> Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom hardcover books
1761044319Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in half leather over marbled boards clean internally. One of the 12mo versions the same year as the 4to and 8vo. 147pp Sabin 3898. "A collection of state papers relative to the cession of Canada the limits of Louisiana the fisheries off Newfoundland Cape Breton Guadeloupe and other islands of the West Indies etc. preliminary to the treaty of 1762 which ended the old French war." Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 044319. <br/><br/> L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1723045520Madrid: Juan de Ariztia 1723. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Undated ca. 1723 in later marbled wrappers. Small octavo scattered minor soiling title and final page slightly worn upper right corner torn from final leaf with no loss of text first and last leaves with some discoloration in the gutter from the glue used. 16 175pp lacking blanks. Scarce only 4 copies in OCLC. Palau VI 49. A curious contemporary history - it begins with a discussion of the Gregorian calendar then gives a calendar with feast days then a year by year history of major events with separate sections for treaties and battles and ends with a country by country run down of leaders and important deaths. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045520. <br/><br/> Juan de Ariztia paperback books
1703046283London: John Hartley 1703. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary paneled calf worn and dry rear board detached scattered minor browning and foxing generally quite clean internally. 16 423 1pp. In a custom leather backed slipcase and chemise. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046283. John Hartley hardcover books
179348782London: Printed for J. Johnson J. Murray and J. Evans 1793. Second edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked spines and corners worn ex-library with markings pockets and blindstamp on titles some light browning and offsetting of text upper corner of title on second volume torn to remove signature titles appear to be cancels endpapers browned some pencilled deletions and lines as well as comments with the stamp of J. L. Brandt and signature of Mary Warburton dated 1806. Second edition. 1 vols. 12mo. "female mind. . .sufficient for the acquisition of knowledge" Burton lectures on the expected topics: obedience duties of a wife daughter etc. but he also strongly recommends reading for ladies as necessary to keep them from being insipid and to prepare them as interesting members of society. From the publisher of "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" and "Vindication of the Rights of Women." In fact Mary Wollstonecraft was a reader for Johnson at the time of this publication. Printed for J. Johnson, J. Murray and J. Evans unknown books
