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173642844Amsterdam: J. Wetstein; G. Smith 1736. First French-language edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 10 1/4 x 8". 14 lxxv 1 696pp; 4 848pp. Modern half brown calf over light green cloth with gold lettering and tooling to spines retaining the original gilt-lettered leather titles. All paper edges red. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and engraved portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Queen of Great Britain as the wife of King George II by George Vertue. Title vignettes. Title pages in red and black lettering. <br /> <br /> This work was originally published in London in 1619 by Paolo Sarpi 1552-1623 an Italian historian prelate scientist canon lawyer and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict 1605-1607 and its war 1615-1617 with Austria over the Uskok pirates. The author published it under the name of Pietro Soave Polano an anagram of Paolo Sarpi Veneto plus o. <br /> <br /> The book's emphasis was on the role of the Papal Curia and its slant on the Curia hostile. Sarpi's work attained such fame that the Vatican opened its archives to Cardinal Pietro Sforza Pallavicino whom it commissioned to write a three volume rebuttal entitled the "Istoria del Concilio di Trento scritta dal P. Sforza Pallavicino della Comp. di Giesù ove insieme rifiutasi con auterevoli testimonianze un Istoria falsa divolgata nello stesso argomento sotto nome di Petro Soave Polano" "The History of the Council of Trent written by P. Sforza Pallavicino of the Company of Jesus in which a false history upon the same argument put forth under the name of Petro Soave Polano is refuted by means of authoritative testimony" 1656-1657.<br /> <br /> Sporadic foxing and offsetting throughout. Bindings in overall very good interior in good to very good condition. J. Wetstein; G. Smith hardcover
17823348London: Printed for J. Buckland 1782. Hardcover in marbled leather boards with spine printed in red and gilt. Very clean intact copy. Foxing spots on title page only all 14 engravings none missing are Very Good with offsetting to adjacent papes. Cover is cleanly detached spine cracked and loose at pp 50-51 bumped corners spine chipped at top & bottom. Overall a nice unmarked copy with clean boards bright legible spine tho cracked and excellent engravings including 4 by Stothard/William Blake others by Bertolozzi Hall Heath Taylor Watts Page Godfrey Heath Woolette. 341 pp on laid paper 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 14 b/w engravings. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Buckland hardcover
1764001R83Various publishers including . Paris &/or Geneva: -1769. 1764 Fourteen 14 Rare French Literary Pamphlets in two volumes. All 8vo. 205 mm. Leather backed marbled boards very slightly worn. Hardbound. Text in fine condition; some offsetting from the engravings. Contents include: Vol. I - 1. LETTRE AMOUREUSE D'HELOISE A ABAILARD. Translation of: Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope. New Edition corrected by the autor. Chez la veuve Duchesne Paris: 1766. 30 p. large engraving by Eisen; Engraved headpiece by Colardeau. 2. LETTRE DE DON CARLOS A ELISABETH SUIVIE DUN PASSAGE DE L'AMINTE DU TASSE TRADUIT EN VERS & Du Poeme De La Nuit imite de Gesner. Panckoucke Paris & Duchesne Lille: 1768. pp. VIII 29 Gravelot engraved plate. 3. LETTRE DE JULIE FILLE D'AUGUSTE A OVIDE. By Claude Dorat. A Geneve Et se trouve a Paris: Chez Bauche: 1766. 23p. With Engraved head and tail pieces by Eisen and Massard. 4. LETTRE D'OVIDE A JULIE PRECEDEE DUNE LETTRE EN PROSE A M. DIDEROT. By the Marquis de Pezay. Geneva: 1767. 32p. Full page engraved plate and vignettes after Eisen. 5. LETTRE DE SAPHO A PHAON Precedee d'une Epitre a Rosine D'une vie de Sapho & suivie d'une Traduction en Vers des Ouvrages de ce Poete. By Blin de Sainmore. Sebastien Jorry Paris: 1766. 32 p. Engraved plate by Aliamet after Gravelot; Vignettes by Ghendt after Eisen another by Choffard. 6. LETTRE DE CATON D'UTIQUE A CESAR. By Abbe Parmentier. Lambert Paris: 1766. 34 p. Engraved plate after Gravelot. 7. LETTRE D'ALCIBIADE A GLICERE: Bouquetiere d'Athenes suivie d'une Lettre de Venus a Paris et d'une Epitre a la Maitresse que J'Aurai. By Marquis de Pezay. S. Jorry Geneva & Paris: 1764. 36 p. Large engraved plate and vignettes by Eisen. Vol. II - 1. LETTRE DU COMTE DE COMMINGES A SA MERE: Suivie d'une Lettre de Philomele a Progne. By Claude-Joseph Dorat. S. Jorry Paris: 1764. 68 p. Two full page engravings vignettes by Eisen & Massard. 2. L'HEUREUX JOUR EPITRE A MON AMI. By le Parquis de Pezay. Duchene Paris: 1768. pp. 29 1. Engraved title full page engraving & vignettes by Eisen & Massard. Cohen p. 797. 3. LISLE MERVEILLEUSE. Poeme en Trois Chants Traduit du Grec Suivi d'Alphonse ou de l'Alcide Espagnol Conte tres Moral. By C. J. Dorat. Geneva: 1768. 85 p. Engraved plate after Eisen. 4. L'HOPITAL DES FOUS Aesculapius - or The Hospital of Fools by William Walsh. A Play translated by De La Flotte. Jorry Paris: 1765. Large plate head-piece and tail-piece engraved by Delafosse after Eisen. Two lines of French manuscript about Fools. 5. EXTRAIT DE QUELQUES PIECES PRESENTEES A L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE Pour concourir au Prix de poesie de L'Annee 1766. Regnard Paris: 1766. 27 p. 6. EPITRE AUX MALHEUREUX Piece qui a Eu L'Accessit du Prix de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M G.-H. Gaillard. Paris Regnard: 1766. 10p. 7. EPITRE A UN AMI SUR LA RECHERCHE DU BONHEUR. Cette Piece a concouru au Price de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M.D. Avocat au Parlement Cuissart & Regnard Paris: 1766. 19p. Small circular stain on first 10 pages. This collection is sometimes found with the texts in a different order and with different pagings and signatures and/or with one or more pieces omitted. There are often different printers and publishers where identified. The artists and engravers were among the best of this great era in illustration: Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen 1720-1778; Charles-Pierre Colardeau 1732-1776; Hubert Francois Gravelot 1699-1773; Jacques Aliamet 1726-1788; Jean Francois Rousseau; Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt 1738-1815; Joseph de Longueil 1730-1792; Jean Massard 1740-1822; Pierre-Philippe Choffard 1730-1809. A classic of 18th century French book illustration. CHEST 2/1. Hardcover. Very Good. Various publishers, including . Paris &/or Geneva: -1769. hardcover
1759848041759. T. Kinnersley. London. 1759. In Two Volumes II and III and contains the whole set for the year 1759. Bound in 18th century quarter brown calf gilt very worn and rubbed and lacking portions of leather from heads and tails of spine. Joints tender but holding. Vol. II; ii 372 pages plus 4pages of index. Vignette to general title-page and engraved head-piece for each month. 6 engraved plates of unusual and more ordinary fauna including the dodo the rhinoceros sea hedge-hog the horned didapper flying fish and cassowary. 1 portrait plate of Magliabechi 14 full page engraved maps and plans. Vol. III; ii. 404 pages plus 4 page index. Engr. vignette to general title-page and engraved head-pieces or decorations to each month 4 engraved plates of fauna one portrait plate of Major General Wolfe 1 incredible engraved plate displaying the Torments Inflicted by the Dutch on the English in Amboyna plus the engraved frontis. to Pope's Essay on Man. Three engraved plates - 1 map and 2 plans. A wonderful insight into what interested people in the mid-18th century. Pages browned and occasionally foxed but otherwise a very useful set. hardcover
179946241Philadelphia: Robert Campbell 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". xxiii 1 297 1pp Vol. 1; 267 1 xxivpp Vol. 2. Modern brown cloth with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas as usual.<br /> <br /> First American edition of this official report on the British Macartney Embassy to China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written after the return to England by the Secretary to the mission Sir George Leonard Staunton 1st Baronet 1737-1801 based on his own observations and notes from other crewmembers including his twelve-year-old son Sir George Thomas Staunton 2nd Baronet. <br /> <br /> "The account offers rich insights into the beginnings of British Imperialism in China and thus makes it an important primary source for the historiography of Sino-Western relations. There is an academic dispute whether the account marks a sudden turning point in British-Chinese dynamics or reflects a slow and complex divergence. <br /> <br /> While the political and economic ambitions of the embassy failed the account by Staunton brought back detailed descriptions of and observations on the Chinese culture that were received with curiosity in the West and led to the commercial success of the book and the publication of several translations and subsequent writings on the Macartney Mission." From Wikipedia<br /> <br /> This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with eight stunning engravings by Samuel Seymour two in volume one six in volume two including the frontispieces as called for in the directions to the binder. The xxiv page appendix contains detailed tables and charts dealing with population and socio-economic information.<br /> <br /> Previous owner's stamp E. W. Sage at verso of first frontispiece and at upper margin of first title. Moderate and sporadic foxing / age-toning throughout. Binding in very good interior in good to very good condition. Robert Campbell hardcover
174318928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover
1793Flo260Very good copy of the first edition of Gay's <i>Fables</i> with the William Blake engravings.<br /><br />First issue of the Stockdale edition distinguished by the use of the long "s" throughout the text two volumes bound in one.<br /><br />Complete with the "Gay Monument" frontispiece two engraved title-pages with vignettes and 68 engraved plates<br /><br />With the 12 plates etched and engraved by William Blake in his inimitable style Vol. 1: page 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 181; Vol. 2: page 1 105 181. Blake had launched his own career publishing <i>The Book of Thel </i>and <i>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </i>by this time and started taking on commercial book illustrating and engraving jobs such as Mary Wollstonecraft's <i>Original Stories from Real Life</i> 1791 and <i>Fables</i> 1793. <br /><br />Plates newly engraved by Blake William Grainger Philip Audinet Peter Mazell William Skelton Lovegrove Wilson and Cook after original designs by John Wootton William Kent and Hubert Francois Gravelot from the 1729-1747 editions. <br /><br />With the List of Subscribers and one page advertisement in rear. Blake's name is listed alongside the other engravers Philip Audinet Peter Mazell and William Skelton.<br /><br />Large octavo size in three-quarter red morocco with some scuffing to spine and corners five raised bands dark green leather title label and gilt tooling on spine marbled boards and endpapers t.e.g. some scattered spotting to text and plates.<br /><br />In a fine binding by Zaehnsdorf 1907 with the bookplate of John Ingleby Jefferson Standard House Northallerton Yorkshire on front endpaper. John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
1779D7139Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs et Frantin 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf lavishly gilt-stamped spine gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label original decorative endpapers; 8vo 120x 202 mm 3 volumes; with half-titles 3 additional titles 2 allegorical frontispieces 50 plates 39 of them with double views of Paris and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692. <br/><br/> les Auteurs, et Frantin hardcover
17713835<p>Three engravings by Paul Revere are certainly the most distinctive feature of this Boston almanac for 1772 namely:</p><p>Miss Emma Leach a dwarf born in Beverley Massachusetts on front cover.</p><p>The Patriotic American Farmer John Dickinson.</p><p>Mrs. Catharine M'Caulay.</p><p>Almanac making in colonial America was a rather unscrupulous affair at times. The notion of copyright was unknown among publishers. Indeed almanac piracy or perhaps liberal borrowing was the accepted industry practice.</p><p>The present almanac offers an excellent example of heavy borrowing. The Boston Ames <em>Almanack </em>for 1772 was published in two versions: one by Ezekiel Russell and the other a pirated version by an unnamed printer/publisher. The text and images of the two are very similar although the cuts of the three subjects differ very slightly between the two almanacs. Paul Revere's daybook for December 1771 identifies <strong>two</strong> purchasers of plates for a 1772 Ames almanac Ezekiel Russell and Edes & Gill. Within a matter of a week it's apparent that Revere produced two sets of plates of the same subjects for competing almanacs.</p><p>In an advertisement for Russell's version of the Ames almanac he "hopes that the publick with their usual impartiality will give him preference in buying of his Ames' genuine almanac before any pirated edition." Revere's contributions were in both the original and this pirated edition of the almanac.</p><p><strong>References: </strong> Evans: 11961; Drake <em>Almanacs of the U.S</em>.: 3205; Brigham <em>Paul Revere's Engravings</em>: pp. 202-203; Hamilton <em>Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers</em>: 56; O'Neal <em>Early American Almanacs</em>: 115 mistakenly citing Russell as publisher.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Disbound; leaves are separated with a later paper reinforcement in the gutter of two leaves. Chipping to lower corners of two leaves. Scattered mostly light staining and a few spots of foxing. Good.</p><p>ICN 7815.</p> [Printed by T. & J. Fleet and Edes & Gill. Price 2s. 8d. per dozen, and six coppers single. ]
1786376505Venezia 1786. Ora la prima volta con le stampe pubblicate. Engraved title page with vignette. Engraved Title portrait and 24 leaves of plates XIII page of text. Frontispiece & 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter morocco and green boards. Binding showing signs of wear. Interior with light foxing but overall Near Fine. Bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby. Ora la prima volta con le stampe pubblicate" Engraved title page with vignette. Engraved Title portrait and 24 leaves of plates XIII page of text. Frontispiece & 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. Including engravings after the works of great Venetian Renaissance painters Giorgione Titian Tintoretto Zelotti and Veronese. With Titian's frescoes for the exterior of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice which have since perished. Also with engravings after the great draftsman Parmigianino.<br /> <br /> Antonio Maria Zanetti is known as a printmaker for his contributions to the style of chiaroscuro woodcuts as well as for his career as an art dealer and collector. Girolamo Francesco Zanetti was a historian and philologist known for being the first to publish one of the oldest Venetian chronicles the Chronicon Altinate. OCLC 272605179. Provenance: Bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby d.1887 of Ecton Hall Northampton England unknown
1733140941304London: Aeneis Tabulis Incidit Iohannes Pine 1733. First Edition. Near Fine. 1733 1737. Two volumes. First edition first issue with "post est" error in the Caesar medallion on page 108 of Volume II. In a lavish full brown morocco binding with five raised bands and ornate gilt stamping to spine borders on covers wide turn-ins and beautifully patterned endsheets; all edges gilt. Near Fine with a light amount of rubbing to joints spines lightly faded a scuff to the front cover of Volume II and small former owner bookplates of noted collector Abel E. Berland to the front pastedowns. Pine's Latin text was based on Talbot's 1699 edition and is remarkable for being entirely illustrated with engraved copper plates throughout the text. Aeneis Tabulis Incidit, Iohannes Pine unknown
1790ST19326Amsterdam: H. Keyzer H. Gartman en W. Vermandel 1790. 555 x 345 mm. 21 7/8 x 13 3/4". 2 p.l. 62 folding plates. <br/> Attractive late 19th or early 20th century retrospective polished brown calf by L. Guétant stamp-signed in gilt on tail of spine double gilt-ruled border floral cornerpieces raised bands spine panels with scrolling floral borders and central flower ornament gilt titling. With title vignette and 62 ENGRAVED FOLDING PLATES ALL WITH BEAUTIFUL HAND COLORING AND HIGHLIGHTED WITH GOLD depicting Bible scenes from the Old and New Testament 61 of which are by Jan Luyken. A Large Paper Copy. For earlier editions: Graesse IV p. 308; Brunet III 1245-46; Klaversma & Hannema 159-164. Light rubbing to joints and edges boards just a little marked trivial foxing and faint spots here and there but A REMARKABLY FINE COPY the binding lustrous and showing little wear the paper extremely bright and fresh the margins immense and the paint and gold unusually vibrant.<br/> <br/> The marvelous illustrations of Dutch engraver and poet Jan Luyken comprise this collection of "remarkable stories" from the Bible each depicted with panoramic grandeur and enhanced with a wide range of finely applied colors and gold. Luyken 1649-1712 had written and illustrated erotic poetry as a young man but later became a devout Pietist after reading the works of German mystic Jakob Böhme. He became a member of the Baptist Church in 1673 and thereafter devoted his talents to producing religious works. The vast scenes here are notable in their scale detail and animation. There are a number of battle scenes from the Old Testament as well as dramatic depictions of the plagues and a fascinating episode from the histories of Josephus depicting Herod's soldiers being lowered down the side of a cliff in large boxes suspended from chains in order to attack the thieves hiding in caverns on the cliffside. There is a majestic portrayal of the Queen of Sheba arriving at the court of Solomon a peaceful scene of Adam naming the beasts in the Garden of Eden and a festive celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. New Testament scenes include a terrifying final judgment a blinding conversion of St. Paul and scenes from that Apostle's travels. The engravings have one common trait: they are heavily populated whether by men or beasts and one of Luyken's special gifts is to render every person in the crowd as an individual with his own concerns and reactions to the events at hand. The engravings while already greatly pleasing in black and white are even more stirring and memorable when seen in the full color and gold used here. Expansive tableaus are given greater definition and clarity and events such as Noah’s flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah are rendered even more successful in expressing the awesome powers of the Almighty. The illustrations are quite definitely Protestant in point of view: there are no depictions of the Virgin Mary not even a Nativity scene. Except for engravings of the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Massacre of the Holy Innocents the illustrations focus on Jesus as an adult and on the work of his Apostles spreading the gospel. There were earlier editions containing Luyken's 62 large plates which originally appeared without text as here in 1708 and they appeared again with a text in Dutch in 1729 and in French in 1732. Copies of these editions appear with some regularity in the marketplace but are usually not colored and are often found incomplete or with other major condition issues. We can trace no record in RBH or OCLC of a copy of our 1790 edition and we can find nothing that compares with the quality of coloring and grand height attained by the monumental margins seen here. H. Keyzer, H. Gartman en W. Vermandel unknown
