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Johann Christoph Friedrich und K. F. W. Erbstein, Hrg.) (Schulz
Almanach der Bellettristen und Bellettristinnen für`s Jahr 1782.
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Mit gest. Frontispiz von J. A. Rosmaesler. 17 Bll., 224 S. Umschlag d. Zt. Goed. IV, 1, 824, II und 930, 4; Lanck.-Ruemann 202: "Der literarische Bruder des Bahrdtschen (Kirchen- und) Ketzer-Almanachs"; Koehring 9. - Enthaelt Beitraege ueber Abbt, Bertuch, Bodmer, Buerger ("Unser Volksdichter"), Campe, Claudius, Cramer, Cronegk, Denis, Dusch, Engel, Gellert, Gerstenberg, Gessner, Gleim, Goeckingk, Gotter, Gottsched, Hagedorn, Haller, Herder, Hermes, Hoelty, J. G. Jacobi, Kaestner, Karschin, Kleist, Klinger, Klopstock, Kosegarten, Sophie La Roche, Lavater, Lenz ("einer unserer Schwung- und Kraftmaenner"), Lessing ("Die Krone unseres Hauptes"), Lichtwer, Matthisson, Meissner, Miller, Moeser, Moritz, (Mahler-)Mueller, Musaeus, Mylius, Nicolai, Niemeyer, Rabener, Ramler, Schlegel, Schummel, Sintenis, Stolberg, Thuemmel, Uz, Voss, Weisse, Wezel, Wieland, Zachariae u. a. - Das Titelkupfer zeigt vier Poeten und den sich baeumenden Pegasus auf dem Parnass. - Ruecken verstaerkt. Unbe ... [Publisher: Ulietea, bey Peter Jobst Edlen von Omai, (d. i. Berlin, Himburg),]
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Bahrdt, Karl Friedrich).
Kirchen- und Ketzer-Almanach aufs Jahr 1781. 15 Bl., 247 S. Mit gestoch. Frontispiz (Verbrennung von Freigeistern). Halblederbd d. Z. (Deckelbezüge beschabt) mit reicher RVergoldung (RSchild abgesprungen). Häresiopel, im Verlag der Ekklesia pressa (d. i. Züllichau, Frommann, 1780). – (Derselbe). Kirchen- und Ketzer-Almanach. Zweytes Quinquennium, ausgefertigt im Jahr 1787. 15 Bl., 240 S Mit gestoch. Frontispiz (Lavater predigt, im Baum ist der Teufel versteckt). Pappbd d. Z. (Deckel etwas berieben).
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Gibeon, gedruckt und verlegt bey Kasimir Lauge (d. i. Berlin, Vieweg), o. J. - I. Erste Ausgabe des berühmten Almanachs, mit dem seltenen „zweyten Quinquennium". Sammlung meist satirischer Charakterbilder zeitgenössischer Schriftsteller, u. a. Goethe, Herder, Kant, Lessing, Lavater, Lenz, Mendelssohn und Bahrdt selbst. Im Anhang eine Bibliographie der zum Fragmentenstreit erschienenen Schriften. Im Vorwort hofft Bahrdt, daß einige der unsanft gemusterten Autoren Protest erheben: „Mein Verleger gedenkt etwas bei der Sache zu verdienen, das kann er nicht, wenn sie nicht aufsehen macht, und Aufsehn macht sie nicht, wenn’s Ding nicht konfiscirt wird; und konfiscirt wird’s nicht, wenn keiner schreit, und schreien wird keiner, wenn er klug ist; und – ich möchte doch so gern, daß ein paar dumme Teufel darunter so klug nicht wären". Das Buch war ein großer Erfolg; in wenigen Monaten waren drei Auflagen verkauft. – Titel mit altem Stempel und hs. Signatur. Sauberes Exemplar. – Goed. IV 1, 823, 61a. Jacob/Majakowski 371. Köhring 71. Lanck./Rümann 199/200 (ausführlich) – II. Seltene Fortsetzung des Bahrdtschen Almanachs von 1781. Mit bissigen und geistreichen Kurzbiographien zeitgenössischer Autoren, darunter eine umfangreiche Selbstcharakteristik Bahrdts. Behandelt werden u. a. Basedow, Campe, Forster, Herder, die Jacobis, Kant, Lavater, Lessing und Mendelssohn. Im 2. Abschnitt eine Abhandlung „Über Zustand der Religion und der Aufklärung im kath. Deutschland" mit Angriffen insbesondere gegen die Zustände in Bayern. – Goed. IV 1, 824, 61 b. Köhring 71. Lanck./Rümann 200. Weller, FD 116.
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RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas :
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les Indes.
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Genève, Jean Léonard Pellet, 1781 10 volumes in-8°, belle reliure plein veau porphyre, triple filetdoré autour des plats, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons, étiquette de titre rouge, étiquette de tomaison verte, gardes ornées, tranches dorées assorties, environ 3000 pages en tout, portrait gravé de l'auteur en frontispice du tome 1, et planches gravées en frontispice des tomes 2 à 9. Le texte est complet en 10 volumes mais il manque l'atlas de 50 cartes et 23 tableaux. 10 volumes
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ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
Traités sur la musique [WITH] Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Dictionnaire de musique
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No printer, Geveva 1781 - Original publisher's interim boards 12mo . Rousseau (1712-1778) is perhaps best know for his literary and philosophical efforts however "he exercised a great influence on French music" (Groves). He had studied with a maitre de chapelle from 1727 to 1730 and supported himself copying music and wrote a number of music works including his "Dictionnaire de musique" which was highly regarded. Also included here is his collection of essays and letters on music in which he expresses his philosophy provides arguments for various music controversies of the period which are all described at length in Groves Dictionary of Music. The "Traités" contains six dissertations: Projet concernant de nouveaux signes pour la musique.-- Dissertation sur la musique moderne.--Essai sur l'origine des langues, où il est parlé de la mélodie & de l'imitation musicale.--Lettre a Monsieur l'abbé Raynal au sujet d'un nouveau mode de musique, inventé par m. Blainville.--Examen de deux principes avancés par m. Rameau, dans sa brochure intitulée: Erreurs sur la musique, dans l'Encyclopédie.--Lettre à m. Burney, sur la musique, avec fragmens d'observations sur l'Alceste italien de m. le chevalier Gluck. These handsome copies, uncut in their original publisher's boards, appear to be one of several editions published in the same year of Rousseau's music treatises. The collation of these sets differ from those described in the OCLC 3 volumes. [4], 394, [1] pp.: xxiv, 596,; [4], 428 pp. With 19 folding letterpress or engraved plates of music; the first 5 plates with music (numbered 1-X) printed on both sides; last 14 folding plates with engraved and printed music examples (lettered A-O). All three volumes with half-titles. Some gatherings lightly toned. Fine uncut, and partly unopened, copies. § (cf.RISM B VI2 p. 736, 723, 725-726, 730-731). [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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QUARIN, J.
De cunradis febribus et inflammatonibus commentatio.
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Viennae, Apud Rudolphum Graefferum, 1781. 8vo. Near contemp. blue-grey paper brds., spine ends restored in near matching blue grey paper, original orange clf. title shield, giltlett. Corners light rubb. [n5, AZ8, Aa-Ff8, Gg1]. (X, 448 (=mispaginated for 466) pp.). (Some light to medium occasional foxing; first and last laeaf some browning due to the working of the paste downs' glue). Hirsch vol. VI, pp. 696-697 Bayle&Thillaye vol. II, pp. 568699: Blake, p. 367: Puschmann, Medizin in Wien, pp. 114116: Schönbauer, pp. 158-161: Quarin was the first directior of the General Hospital in Wien. He was one of the most well-known physicians of his time.
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Paulian Aimé-Henri
Dictionnaire de physique
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- 5tomes in 8 plus un tome (histoire des longétudes suivie de pages manuscrites : sommaire du dictionnaire ainsi que pages sténograhiées). plein veau. ED. à Nîmes chez Gaude et à Avignon chez Niel. 1781 [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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LACURNE DE SAINTE-PALAYE (M. de).
Mémoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie, Considérée comme un établissement politique & militaire.
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Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1781. - Trois volumes in-12. Mouillure angulaire sur tout le second volume et sur les 120 premières pages du tome III. Plein veau havane d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges. Coiffes arasées aux trois tomes et petit manque de cuir en tête du dos du second tome (trou de vers). Contient : Les deux premiers : I° Les cinq Mémoires sur l'ancienne Chevalerie, etc. II° Un Mémoire concernant la lecture des anciens Romans de Chevalerie. III° Extrait des Poésies Provençales. IV° les anciens honneurs de la Cour de Bourgone, avec une Table des noms des personnes y mentionnées. Le troisième volume : I° Le Voeu du Héron. II° La Vie de Mauny. III° le Roman des trois Chevaliers & de la Canise. IV° Mémoires historiques sur la Chasse, dans les différens âges de la Monarchie. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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LA CURNE DE SAINTE-PALAYE (J.-B.);
MEMOIRES sur l'Ancienne CHEVALERIE, considérée comme un établissement politique et militaire.
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Veuve Duchesne Paris 1781 3 vol. in-12 de XII 391 pp., 2 ff.n.ch. 320 pp. et XIV 1 f.n.ch. 456 pp.; veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches rouges. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'un volume contenant : le vïu du Héron (poème de 1338) - la vie de Gaultier de Maunile - le roman des trois chevaliers et de la Canise - des mémoires et des notes historiques sur la CHASSE, dans les différents ages de la Monarchie. Bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage curieux contenant d'intéressants documents sur l'histoire de la chasse en France, avec une analyse détaillée du livre de Gace de La Bugne : "des Déduits de la Chasse" et enrichi d'une table des matières (Thiebaud 544).
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VOSS, JOHANN HEINRICH:
Homers Odüßee übersezt.
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Hamburg, auf Kosten des Verfassers 1781 - 469 S, 8 nicht pag. Blatt. 8°. Pappbd. d. Zt. Goedeke IV,11067,10. Erstausgabe. Im Anhang das "Verzeichniß der Pränumeranten und Subskribenten". Zu Beginn das Widmungsgedicht an Friedrich Leopold, Grafen zu Stolberg. Sehr gut erhaltenes, nur mäßg gebräuntes Expl. Auf dem Titel zeitgenössischer kalligraphischer Besitzvermerk. Weiterer hs. Besitzvermerk a.d. Vorsatzbl., dat. 1838. Exlibris. Der Einband an den Kanten berieben.
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LETTRE EDIFIANTE sur la Vie et la Mort Chrétiennes de sa Majesté Impériale la Reine de Hongrie et de Bohême.
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S.l.n.d. (1781). - in-4. 4pp. Très rare opuscule relatant les derniers jours de Marie-Thérèse de Habsbourg (1717-1780), impératrice du Saint-Empire romain germanique. "Cette Princesse, qui dès ses premières années, avoit fixé les yeux et l'attention de l'Europe; qui a été admirée dans tous les évènements de son Règne, autant dans les malheureux que dans les plus glorieux; qui étoit grande sur le Trône, étonnante dans sa familiarité, s'est encore surpassée à sa mort".
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Semonides.
De Mulieribus. Recensuit atque animadversionibus illustravit Georgius David Koeler. Praefixa est epistola Chr. Gottl. Heyne.
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Göttingen: Sumtibus viduae Vandenhoek. , 1781 - some spotting throughout, a small wormtrail to margin of last five leaves, pp. xxiv, 103, 8vo., contemp. half sprinkled calf with sprinkled paper boards, backstrip with five raised bands between darkened gilt fillets, dark label in second compartment, joints rubbed and cracking (but strong), corners lightly worn, paper a bit scuffed, ownership inscription of J.H. Lupton to front flyleaf, sound Loosely inserted in this copy is a letter, addressed to [Sir Hugh] Lloyd-Jones, dated 14 Feb (no year) and signed ‘Iain’(?) on Balliol notepaper, discussing English translations of Simonides/Semonides. The volume itself bears no explicit signs of Lloyd-Jones’s ownership, but he did produce an edition with translation and commentary of this poem, entitled ‘Females of the Species’ (1975). On the back of the letter are brief notes by Lloyd-Jones concerning the appendices in that work. (Schweiger I 288; Ebert/Moss 21269) [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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BLANE, William.]
Essays on hunting. Containing a philosophical enquiry into the nature and properties of the scent; observations on the different kinds of hounds, with the manner of training them. Also directions for the choice of a hunter; the qualifications requisite for a huntsman; and other general rules to be observed in every contingency incident to the chase. With an introduction, describing the method of hare-hunting, practised by the Greeks.
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Southampton: printed and sold by T. Baker; sold also by J. Robson, and J. Fielding, London; and D. Prince, Oxford [1781]. - Small 4to, xxvii,[1]),135,[1],[2, errata)p. Rebound in the early nineteenth century in full polished calf, by Rivers & Co. A fine large copy. First edition; republished in 1788 as Cynegetica, or Essays on Sporting. Schwerdt I, p.164. This first edition is very uncommon. [Attributes: First Edition]
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John Gutch
Collectanea Curiosa; or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to the History and Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects. Chiefly Collected, and Now First Published, from the Manuscripts of Ar
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1781. Size 8.5" x 5.25", 448 pages. Two volumes, Volume One only. Full Title Reads: "Collectanea Curiosa; or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to the History and Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects. Chiefly Collected, and Now First Published, from the Manuscripts of Archbishop Sancroft; Given to the Bodleian Library by the late Bishop Tanner." Tan tree calf with gilt border on the front and back covers and gilt detail on the cover edges and inner turn-ins. To the spine, gilt bands and gilt floral detail in the compartments with title on red panel in the second compartment and volume number on green panel in the fourth. Condition very good plus, cover corners and edges rubbed, bookplate "W.A.C. MacFarlane B.A. & S.C.L. Scholar of St. John's College, Oxford. 1868." on front pastedown else contents clean. [Publisher: Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, Oxford]
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HERDER, J.G.),
Briefe, das Studium der Theologie betreffend. Dritter (und Vierter) Theil (von 5) in 1 Bd.
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Weimar, C. L. Hoffmann 1781 - 4 Bl., 192 S., 2 Bl., S. 193 - 388. Hldrbd d. Zeit (Einbd etwas beschabt, hinterer Deckel m. Spuren von Wurmfraß, leicht gebräunt u. etwas (stock)fleckig). Einzelbände der ersten Ausgabe.- "Durch den liberalen Geist der "Briefe" wurde der lange vorbereitete Bruch zwischen Herder und Lavater herbeigeführt" (Schulte-Strathaus S. 49).- Günther/Volgina/Seifert 446; Goedeke IV/I, 728, 67.
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LA PRISE (Charles-René Gervais de)
Méthode nouvelle et générale pour tracer les cadrans solaires sur toutes surfaces planes, en situation quelconque, sans calcul ni embarras d'instrumens. Par un seul problème géométrique qui fait connaître l'axe & la soustylaire, la latitude du lieu, la situation du plan, la déclinaison du soleil & le parallèle du jour lors de l'opération. Principes et usage du comput et l'art de vérifier les dates.
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Caen, Le Baron 1781 In-8, plein veau marbré d'époque, dos orné, pièces havane et verte, XVI- XVIII- 260- (4) pp. Frontispice et 23 planches repliées (90 figures gravés) en fin de volumes (dont la planche marquée A qui a été placée à la fin). Coiffe usée en pied, 2 mors fendillés, coins usés (petits accrocs), déchirure et petit manque avec restauration à une planche. Bon exemplaire
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(Cazin) [OLIVIER (abbé)]
Les aventures de l'infortuné Napolitain, ou Mémoires du seigneur Rozelli.
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A Londres, 1781. Quatre vol. in-18 plein veau écaille, dos lisses cloisonnés et fleuronnés, pièces de titre et de coll. maroquin havane, triple filet doré bordant les plats, simple aux coupes, roulette dorée aux contreplats, tranches dorées, 284 + 317 + 303 + 216 pp. Bel ex. dans la reliure de l'éditeur. Bibliothèque amusante. Edition très augmentée de cet ouvrage qui parut pour la première fois en 2 vol. en 1708. Cette édition est rare. (Barbier, II, 919). Bibliothèque amusante. Edition très augmentée de cet ouvrage qui parut pour la première fois en 2 vol. en 1708. Cette édition est rare. (Barbier, II, 919).
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Hoest, Georg:
Nachrichten von Marokos und Fes, im Lande selbst gesammlet, in den Jahren 1760 bis 1768. Aus dem Dänischen übersetzt.
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. Kopenhagen, Ch. G. Prost, 1781. 10 Bl., 312 Seiten. Mit 1 Frontispiz, gestochener Titelvignette, 34 teils mehrfach gefalteten Tafeln (darunter 1 Faltkarte) und 3 Textkupfern. Neuer Halblederband im Stil der Zeit unter Verwendung der Original-Deckelbezüge. 4°. Deckel etwas berieben, Ecken bestoßen, Papier gebräunt, Blindprägestempel auf Titel, nur vereinzelte Braunflecken. Erstausgabe des äußerst wertvollen Werkes! - Hoest (1734-1794), dänischer Afrika-Reisender, hielt sich insgesamt 7 Jahre in Marokko auf. Zunächst stand er im Dienst der Königlichen Afrikanischen Kompanie, und später war er als dänischer Vizekonsul tätig. Sein Werk zählt zu den umfangreichsten und zuverlässigsten frühen Werken über Marokko überhaupt. 'This is a work of much merit: in some respects the most exhaustive and accurate ever published' (Playfair, Morocco). Seine Beobachtungen berichtigen vielfach die älteren Angaben, u.a. diejenigen O. Dappers und sind neben dem Bericht Lemprieres '... das Brauchbarste an Autooptischem, was das 18. Jahrhundert über Marokko aufzuweisen hat ... In gesonderten Kapiteln behandelt er Geographie und Bewohner, Regierung und Kriegswesen, Seeräuberei und Religion, Wissenschaften, Handel und Naturgeschichte.' (Henze). - Exlibris auf Deckelinnenseite. - Henze II, 633, Playfair, Morocco, 422..
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FANTUZZI, Giovanni (1718-1799).
Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi.
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- 9 Bde. Folio (320 x 215 mm). Mit gest. Titelvignette (wiederholt) und Kopfvignette im ersten Band. VIII, 410 S.; Titel, VIII S., S. 3-387, [1] S.; 378 S., 1 Bl. (Imprimatur); 387, [1] S.; 381, [1] S.; 399, [1] S.; 411, [1] S.; 313, [3] S. (Imprimatur und Avviso del stampatore); [2] Bl., 206 S. Original-Interims-Pappbände d. Z., unbeschnitten (berieben und am Kopf etwas beschädigt, Rückenbezug von Bd. I fehlt und Vorderdeckel lose, Rückenbezug von Bd. IV mit Fehlstelle). Bologna, San Tommaso d'Aquino, 1781-94. Unbeschnittenes Exemplar der Original-Ausgabe dieses bis heute Standardwerk gebliebenen bio-bibliographischen Nachschlagewerks zur Geistesgeschichte Bolognas, eines der bedeutendsten Zentren der Gelehrsamkeit und Buchproduktion im Spätmittelalter. Als Frucht langjähriger Recherchen und in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Jesuiten Francesco Alessio Fiori (1718-1790) - dessen Beiträge mit den Initialen F.A.F. gekennzeichnet sind - bietet Fantuzzi in den neun Bänden die Lebensbeschreibungen von hunderten von Geistesgrössen Bolognas seit dem 14. Jahrhundert, mit wertvollen Verzeichnissen ihrer Veröffentlichungen. Zu Beginn des ersten Bandes finden sich unter dem Stichwort 'Accademie' auch Erläuterungen über die Akademien und anderen Lehranstalten der Stadt. "Prodotto tipico dell'erudizione settecentesca . Il Fantuzzi difende e sistema con le biografie degli scrittori bolognesi anche la prospettiva della 'nazione e della 'repubblica' bolognesi, della laicità e del giurisdizionalismo dottorale-senatorio che è stato suo" (A. Giacomelli im DBI). Ebert 7334 ("Mit musterhaftem Fleiss und Genauigkeit gesammelt"); DBI XLIV, S. 722; vgl. De Backer/Sommervogel III, 748. Untrimmed and complete copy of the rare original edition of this bio- bibliographic standard work for the city of Bologna, one of the centres of scholarship and book production in the middle ages. Fantuzzi - together with the most valuable support of the Jesuit Francesco Alessio Fiori (1718-1790) whose notes are signed F.A.F. - offers accurate bio- and bibliographic data of hundreds of savants from the 14th to the 18th centuries. "Prodotto tipico dell'erudizione settecentesca . Il Fantuzzi difende e sistema con le biografie degli scrittori bolognesi anche la prospettiva della 'nazione e della 'repubblica' bolognesi, della laicità e del giurisdizionalismo dottorale-senatorio che è stato suo." (A. Giacomelli). At the beginning of the first volume Fantuzzi also gives valuable informations of the various Academies of the city which ranks among the most influantial of Renaissance Italy. - Original interim boards (back of first volume lacking). [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]
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Unstatthaftigkeit des von dem Hochfürstlichen hause Baden in Sache Abtes, priors und Konventualen der Abtey Schwarzach am Rheine Impetranten eines wider Herrn Karl Friedrich Markgrafen zu Baden und die fürstlich-Badischen Kommissarien Impetraten, andern letztlich Herrn Friedrich Karl Kurfürsten zu Mainz Intervenienten dritten Theils, .... an die allgemeine Reichsversammlung genommenen Rekurses.
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Wetzlar, Joh. Benedict Ungewitter, 1781.. Vignetten, 68, 35 S. lose im schlichten karton, 33 x 20,5 cm. mit Läsuren, Titelblatt fleckig
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WALKER, John.
Elements of Elocution.
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Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading; Delivered at several Colleges inthe University of Oxford. In two volumes. London: for the author; and sold by T. Cadell; T. Becket; G. Robinson; and J. Dodsley, 1781 2 volumes, octavo (218 × 133 mm). Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, sides and turn-ins with gilt roll border, marbled endpapers, pale yellow edges. 3 folding engraved plates. Later ownership inscriptions to early blanks. Corners bumped, one neatly repaired, a very handsome set. First edition of the author's first work, dedicated to Samuel Johnson. After a reasonably successful stage career, Walker turned to teaching elocution, lecturing to appreciative audiences in Edinburgh, Dublin and Oxford. His pupils included the emperor of Russia's prime minister, the sons of Lord Erskine, and several MPs, and he counted among his friends and patrons Johnson, David Garrick, and Edmund Burke. Walker's ideas on elocution continued to be influential throughout the 19th century, especially when set out in 545 rules prefixed to his authoritative Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791), and by the end of the 19th century his name had become a byword for linguistic correctness. Alston VI 416.
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Mémoires de l'Académie royale de chirurgie.
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Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1781. - 15 tomes en 15 volumes in 12, pleine basane racinée, dos à nerfs ornés, tranches rouges, de 232 pages à 544 pages chacun, comportant 88 planches, quelques coins à peine usés. Comment présenter une œuvre aussi considérable ! Mémoires de tous les grands chirurgiens du temps. 9209
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Adler, Georg Christian.
Ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt Rom.
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Altona, In Commission bey Carl Ernst Bohn, gedruckt von Johann David Adam Eckhardt, 1781. 4to. 6 Bll., 28, 354 S., 8 Bll. Mit 15 gefalt. gest. Tafeln. Halblederband der Zeit auf 5 Bünden mit Rückenschild. Erste Ausgabe. - Exlibris auf Innendeckel, alter Name auf Vorsatz, Vorsätze an den Ecken gebräunt. Sehr gutes Exemplar. 0
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CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS
The principal orations of Cicero, translated: with notes, classical and original. By Captain John Rutherford
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London, 1781. 4to, pp. [2], xix, [1], 499; engraved cameo portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cypriani; 19th century marbled boards, neatly rebacked, morocco label on spine; occasional underlining in pencil, else a near fine copy. Lowndes, p. 463.
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KNOCH, A.W.
Beiträge zur Insectengeschichte.
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Leipzig, im Schwickertschen Verlage, 1781-83. 3 parts (bound in one). 8vo (190 x115mm). pp. 10, 98,(4), with 1 engraved title vignette and 6 engraved handcoloured plates; pp. viii, 102, (2), with 7 handcoloured engraved plates; pp. (6), 138, with 6 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt ornaments and lettering. August Wilhelm Knoch (1742-1818) was professor of physics. He published 2 entomological works, the present one and 'Neue Beyträge zur Insectenkunde' Leipzig 1801. The excellent plates were engraved by H.A. Schmidt after drawings by the author and show mainly butterflies. Some slight waterstaining. Very scarce. Nissen ZBI, 2225.
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Terstegen, Gerhard.
Weg der Wahrheit, die da ist nach der Gottseligkeit; bestehend aus zwölf bei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten aufgesetzten Stücken und Tractätlein, nebst einer Zugabe.
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- Vormals einzeln gedruckt, jetzt aber zusammen herausgegeben von G(erhard) T(er) S(teegen). Fünfte verbesserte Auflage. Solingen, "bei Pet. Dan. Schmitz, Buchhändl.", 1781. Kl.-8vo. (Rückenhöhe 14,3 cm). Mit einigen Holzschnitt-Vignetten. 6 Bl., 540 S. Brauner Lederband d. Zt.; Rücken beschabt, ob. Kapital mit schm. Fehlstelle. Vgl. Seebaß, Barock II, 1021 (4. Aufl.). - Enthält 12 Traktate, darunter die bekannten "Anweisung zum rechten Verstand und nützlichen Gebrauch der Hl. Schrift" und "Vom christlichen Gebrauch der Lieder und des Singens" sowie den für Tersteegens Verhältnis zur Mystik aufschlussreichen kleinen Text "Kurzer Bericht von der Mystik". - Papier gering gebräunt und vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar mit hübschen Buntpapiervorsätzen.
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WALKER, John.
Elements of Elocution.
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London: for the author; and sold by T. Cadell; T. Becket; G. Robinson; and J. Dodsley, 1781 - Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading; Delivered at several Colleges in the University of Oxford. In two volumes. First edition of the author's first work, dedicated to Samuel Johnson. After a reasonably successful stage career, Walker turned to teaching elocution, lecturing to appreciative audiences in Edinburgh, Dublin and Oxford. His pupils included the emperor of Russia's prime minister, the sons of Lord Erskine, and several MPs, and he counted among his friends and patrons Johnson, David Garrick, and Edmund Burke. Walker's ideas on elocution continued to be influential throughout the 19th century, especially when set out in 545 rules prefixed to his authoritative Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791), and by the end of the 19th century his name had become a byword for linguistic correctness. 2 volumes, octavo (218 × 133 mm). Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, sides and turn-ins with gilt roll border, marbled endpapers, pale yellow edges. 3 folding engraved plates. Later ownership inscriptions to early blanks. Corners bumped, one neatly repaired, a very handsome set. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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ALBERT
(Prince, 1819-1861, Consort of Queen Victoria) ALS !Your devoted nephew Albert!, in German with translation, to his father!s sister Grand Duchess ANNA FEODOROVNA ,
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(1781-1860, born Princess Juliane [Julie] of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, wife of Constantine, elder brother of Tsar Nikolai I) at La Boissiere, Geneva, saying he is !horrified to see that I still owe you an answer to your last kind letter. It is very good of you to suggest candidates for the post of tutor to our children ! (Vicky and Bertie), that he and the Queen need to choose soon but !I hardly believe we would appoint someone from abroad. Today we go back to Windsor which will be a cold sort of pleasure ... Good Alexander Mensdorff !, (1813-1871, his cousin and son of the Grand Duchess! sister Princess Sophie, !is now back in Lisbon, where he has not been made welcome, and where they would like to be rid of Colonel Wylde !, Albert!s equerry. !A certain Herr Dietz of ancient memory would rather see the Rhone dry up than his influence diminish. Ferdinand !, (1816-1885, King Consort of Portugal from 1837 and another cousin and nephew), !is thirty years old and is not supposed still to have a tutor!, 4 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, annotated in German by the Grand Duchess !Albert. View of Lisbon and Dietz! and ! Verbrennen ! (! to be burnt ), Osborne, 18th December 1846 The Queen and Prince Albert had first occupied Osborne, with its modern comforts designed by the Prince, in 1845. His difficulties in getting a single officer of state responsible for heating at Windsor are well known. For the search for a tutor, see especially Robert Rhodes James, !Albert Prince Consort!, 1983, which draws on the Royal Archives. Victoria had been much struck by her cousin Alexander Mensdorff, shortly before Albert!s second visit in 1839. He was then a young cavalry officer in the Austrian army, later ambassador to Russia. In Portugal, Ferdinand!s reactionary policy in the face of civil war caused mixed feelings in Great Britain. Albert tried to counsel him by sending Mensdorff, then Wylde, but as this letter shows had little thanks for his pains. No doubt Herr Dietz is Ferdinand!s tutor from Coburg days. A most interesting letter in Albert!s firm clear hand with the German form of his signature. See SD9234, Anna Feodorovna.
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[Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727]. Vince, Rev. S[Amuel. 1749-1821].
The Elements of Conic Sections, as Preparatory to the Reading of Sir I. Newton's Principia
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Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the Univ.; For J. Nicholson, 1781. Prior owner signature, with period ink annotations throughout. A VG copy. 3 folding plates bound-in at rear. Vince a prominent mathematician & astronomer of his era [elected to the Royal Society in 1786], who is best remembered today for his work on the divers aspects of an object's movement/resistance in fluids which, in this modern day, has application to the science of aeronautics. A work that stayed in print for some 3-1/2 decades, today it's somewhat uncommon title on the commercial market, especially in the first edition, which was last at auction in 1979.
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GRENET Abbé
Atlas portatif à l'usage des collèges, pour servir à l'intelligence des auteurs classiques Par M. L'Abbé Grenet Professeur au Collège de Lisieux. Dédié à l'Université de Paris.
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Paris, 1781 - 1790. - in-4, 270 x 202 : titre gravé, 86 cartes, montés sur onglets. - Demi-cuir de Russie lavallière à coins, filets à froid, dos à faux nerfs orné de filets en encadrement à froid, petites armes dorées. Intéressant atlas géographique à usage scolaire. L'ambition de l'abbé Grenet, professeur au collège de Lisieux, était d'étendre l'étude de la géographie dans les collèges, trop souvent négligée à l'époque malgré son importance pour l'éducation. Les cartes, représentant la France, ses régions, ainsi que les différentes parties du monde, étaient alors distribuées aux étudiants à la rentrée, mais également vendues à l'unité ou en recueil. La première édition fut publiée en 1781, puis l'ouvrage reparut en 1784, il contenait alors 44 cartes ; il fut enrichi au fil des années et comptait près de 90 cartes dans les années 1790. Cet atlas revêt de nombreux intérêts ; imprimé dans un format in-4 très maniable, il est l'un des premiers sinon le premier ouvrage de ce genre et de cette qualité à être destiné à un usage scolaire en France, d'autre part la Carte générale de l'Amérique méridionale (n° 87) est la toute première à indiquer les changements que les espagnols et les portugais ont faits dans leurs possessions depuis le Traité de paix de 1778. On y trouve également la très intéressante Carte de la direction des vents généraux et des Moussons (n° 4), destinée particulièrement à expliquer la navigation des vaisseaux. Ajoutons à cela que les planches ont été brillamment gravées sur double page par Perrier d'après les cartes dressées par Rigobert Bonne, alors premier hydrographe de la Marine, qui a notamment participé au célèbre Atlas encyclopédique de Nicolas Desmaret. Notre exemplaire comporte le titre gravé de la première édition de 1781, suivi de 86 cartes gravées entre 1779 et 1790. Certaines sont enrichies de notes manuscrites du troisième quart du dix-neuvième siècle offrant des précisions géographiques et démographiques. Pratiquement toutes les cartes possèdent des rehauts de couleurs. Exemplaire comportant au dos des petites armes dorées non identifiées. Quelques piqûres sans conséquence ; dos légèrement passé.
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PAGE, T[homas].
The Art of Shooting Flying. Containing Directions for the Choice of Guns: Experiments discovering the Execution of Barrels of different Lengths and Bores. With many useful Hints, for the Improvement of Young Practitioners, entirely new. To which is now added, The Method of Training, Breaking and using Pointers and Spaniels, Rules for the Preserving of their Health; Receipts for the Disorders they are liable to. Also Abstracts of the late Acts of Parliament concerning Game. Showing the sporting Seasons, the Times for killing Game. Likewise the Dog Act. With an Index to the Whole. By T. Page, Norwich. The SEventh Edition, with additions.
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Cambridge, printed by F.Hodson; sold by the Author; and by E. Johnson.London. 1781 - 16mo. (16 x 10 cm.) pp.[viii]+81+3ll.(Index and Catalogue advertisement). Ownership inscription of Thomas Carill Worsley dated 1782 to haf title. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red label. Upper joint split, old tape repair. Binding in need of refurbishment. Contents clean and fresh. First published 1766. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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PRESTEL, Maria Catherine
The Holy Family, after a design by Hans Brosamer.
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: Prestel, 1781 - N.P. Print (7 3/4 x 6 inches) mounted on a contemporary bordered frame by the artist (13 1/4 x 10 inches). Maria Catherine Prestel was the daughter of Holl, the engraver. She was a student of Prestel's and later became his wife. This print is in the manner developed by Prestel. It is an aquatint print done in the chiaroscuro manner look like an old master drawing. This example, because of its intricate engraving, was done with two plates but looks like many more were used. Mari separated from her husband in 1786 and moved to London with her daughter wher she continued in her trade. She died in 1794. Only seventy-three signed pla are attributed to her. A very good copy of this print. [Attributes: Signed Copy]
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COXE, WILLIAM
Les nouvelles decouvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique, avec l'histoire de la conquete de la Siberie, & du commerce des Russes & des Chinois
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Paris, 1781. First edition in French, 4to, pp. [4], xxii, 314; 4 engraved folding maps and charts, 1 engraved folding view; beautiful copy in contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco label. Sabin 17310 citing the octavo edition of the same year. "This work includes the main Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Coxe made suggestions which led the Russians to promote expeditions of discovery to the northern parts of Siberia. His list of works on the subject, and his observations on the fur trade between the Russians and the Chinese, are very valuable" (Hill, Pacific Voyages, p. 71, citing the first English edition of the previous year).
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Homer.’
Hymnus in Cererem, nunc primum editus a Davide Ruhnkenio.
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Leiden: Apud Samuel. et Joann. Luchtmans. , 1781 - a few faint light spots, pp. xvi, 84 [i.e. 98], 8vo., contemp. half calf with sponge-marbled boards, smooth backstrip divided by thick gilt fillets inside gilt dashed lines, red morocco label in second compartment, slightly rubbed, joints just cracking at ends, a touch of wear to two corners, very good The first complete edition of the Homeric ‘Hymn to Demeter’; the Greek text is followed by a Latin translation by J.H. Voss. The poem, an important reference for the Eleusinian Mysteries, was discovered in a medieval manuscript in 1777, and edited by Ruhnkenius for publication in 1780. A printing error omitted 21 lines, so that edition was withdrawn (vide Richardson) and replaced by this 1781 printing. Most often seen is the reissue later in the same year, with a new title page (dated 1782) and a reprint of two long critical letters by Ruhnkenius added at the end. (Richardson, ‘Homeric Hymn to Demeter’ 1974 p. 86; this ed. not in Schweiger) [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Instructions for Privateers
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1781. (CONTINENTAL CONGRESS). Instructions for Privateers. By the United States in Congress Assembled, April 7, 1781. Be it ordained, and it is hereby ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following Instructions be observed by the captains or Commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress, assembled. [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1781]. Broadside, single sheet of laid paper measuring 8 by 13-1/2 inches, printed on recto, uncut. $3800. Scarce original 1781 resolution by the Continental Congress, America's conclusive and completely amended response to the Prohibitory Act of 1775, outlining America's decision to call for armed seizure of British ships by private vessels, an action first formulated by the Congress in March 1776 and reaffirmed in the Declaration of Independence's refusal to obey a king who "has plundered our seas! cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world." In August 1775 the British Crown labeled the American colonies "in open and avowed rebellion"-the first official recognition of imminent revolution. Within months Parliament passed the Prohibitory Act of 1775, creating a final irredeemable fracture between Britain and America. The act prohibited all trade and commerce with the colonies, identifying all trading vessels as "the ships and effects of open enemies" and encouraging enforcement by granting British warships the right to "seize and take" the property of trading vessels and their goods. News of the royal proclamation and November's Prohibitory Act did not reach American shores until the first months of 1776. Delegates of the Continental Congress responded on March 23rd by stating that "whereas the parliament of Great Britain hath lately passed an Act, affirming these colonies to be in open rebellion, forbidding all trade and commerce with the inhabitants thereof! [It is] resolved, that the inhabitants of these colonies be permitted to fit out armed vessels to cruize [sic] on the enemies of these United Colonies. Resolved that all ships and other vessels! belonging to any inhabitant or inhabitants of Great Britain, taken on the high seas ! shall be deemed and adjudged to be lawful prize." John Adams, in a letter sent to General Horatio Gates that same day, praised the action of Congress, writing, "I know not whether you have seen the Act of Parliament called the restraining act, or prohibitory act, or piratical act, or plundering act, or act of independency, for by all these titles is it called. I think the most apposite is the act of independence, for king, Lords and Commons have united in sundering this country from that, I think forever. It is a complete dismemberment of the British Empire. It throws 13 colonies out of the royal protection, levels all distinctions, and makes us independent" (Douglas IX:864). The initial March 23rd resolution was printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette on March 27, 1776. When Congress later made revisions on May 2, 1780, that document was presumably not printed until almost one year later, as its first issue contains a printed one-line addendum dated March 17, 1781. Thus the 1780 amended "Instructions for Privateers" that was published, like this, by Philadelphia printer David Claypool, presumably gives it an issue "date of 1781, or later" (Evans 17021). According to the Library of Congress, the 1780 "Instructions for Privateers" was likely printed at the end of April 1781. It was in the same month, on the 7th, that the Continental Congress acted on further revisions, incorporating the proposed amendments of a three-member committee into this resolution, including "instructions for the masters of letters of marque"-documents commonly used to commission privateers. Ultimately the Continental Congress commissioned over 1,000 privateering vessels to assist the Revolutionary War effort. This is the scarce printing of the April 7, 1781 "Instructions to Privateers," the defining document by Congress that contains conclusive revisions to all earlier resolutions. Signed in type by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Evans 17384. See Evans 17021. See Ford 276. Very faint foldlines not affecting text. An exceptional uncut, fine Revolutionary document.
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Buffon, Georges-Louis Le Clerc de:
Epochen der Natur, übersetz aus dem Französischen des Herrn Grafen von Buffon, ... Erster [+ zweyter] Band.
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St. Petersburg, Johann Zacharias Logan, 1781. 8°. 204, 190 S. Mit gestoch. Titelvign., 2 Holzschn.-Kopfvign., 3 gefalt. Kupfern u. 2 mehrfach gefalt. Karten (Teil von Bourgogne u. Erdpole). HLdr. d. Zt., goldgepr. Rücken m. rotem u. gelbem Schild, Rotschnitt. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - Einb. berieben u. fleckig, Bll. u. Taf. zumeist stockfl., stellenw. wasserrändig, Karten etw. geknittert. Titelbl. m. einem Namenszug. [] [Naturwissenschaften/Natural History] [OrderNr. 1937][14]
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BENJAMIN MARTIN.:
THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND LADY'S PHILOSOPHY in a continued survey of the works of nature and art; by way of dialogue.
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Publisher: London, printed for W. Owen; and the Author, 1781-1782.3 volumes, complete set, Volumes I and II are 3rd editions, corrected, dated 1781, and Volume III is a first edition dated 1782. 8vo, 210 x 125 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, Volume I: frontispiece and 34 engraved plates, 4 folding, (2 plates numbered VIII, 1 being the "appendage" to plate VIII), pages (12), 408, (20); Volume II: frontispiece of Volume I repeated, and 20 engraved plates (numbered XXXIV-LII plus 1 unnumbered entitled Lyrichord), 2 folding, one a map of the Atlantic, pages (8), 421, (18); Volume III: 19 engraved plates, no frontispiece called for, pages (16), 366, (16), half-titles present in Volumes I and III, not called for in Volume II, each volume has index and directions to the binder at the end. Bound in full antique calf, gilt rules and gilt lettered morocco label to spine. Expertly rebacked with original worn backstrips laid on, original backstrips slightly chipped at head and tail and with some hair-line surface cracks, 1 label slightly chipped and repaired, covers slightly marked and with a few small stains, original endpapers retained and slightly browned at edges, slight offsetting onto text from some plates, some plates lightly browned especially at edges, some plate margins trimmed, occasional small pale stain, Volume I: light brown damp staining along edges of frontispiece and plate 1, affecting but in no way obscuring image, repeated on most plates but gradually reducing in size and strength, tiny ink stain to margin of 2 plates, tiny nick to top of 1 fold on 1 plate, 1 plate bound in upside down, small worm track to fore-edge starts page 375 and persists to the end of the volume increasing in size but never anywhere near the text or image (last 3 plates), all repaired very neatly; Volume II: fore-edge margin of frontispiece slightly trimmed, 55 mm (2¼ inch) split to fold on 1 plate, 2 text pages lightly browned; Volume III: 2 small pale damp stains to edges of plate 2, large closed tear to top corner of page 105, neatly repaired with no loss of text, some plate margins trimmed, a couple of gatherings lightly foxed. A good clean tight set. Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) a self-taught mathematician and astronomer from a humble background was one of the great popularisers of science in the mid 18th century. He was a devoted proponent of the systems of Newton and lectured around the country on experimental philosophy. In 1755 he settled in London as an optician and made optical instruments and spectacles. The first publication of The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy, Volumes I and II, 1759-63, was in a journal founded by Martin himself, "General magazine of arts and sciences" which ran from 1755-1765. This was followed by the second edition in 1772 also 2 volumes. Volume I contains: the philosophy of the heavens and of the atmosphere. Volume II: I. The use of the celestial and terrestrial globes. II. The philosophy of light and colours, and the use of all sorts of optical instruments. III. The philosophy of sounds, music, and the organization of the ear. Volume III: a survey of the principal subjects of the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, the last part including discussion of the make up of the earth near its surface and hydrostatic mechanic principles. The complete set of three volumes is quite scarce. Images sent on request.
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COXE (William)
Lettres à M. W. Melmoth, sur l'état politique, civil et naturel de la Suisse. Traduites de l'anglois et augmentées des Observations faites dans le même pays par le traducteur.
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Paris, Belin 1781 - 2 vol. in-8, VIII-326 pp.-(2) et 347 pp., veau brun moucheté, dos lisse, filets dorés (rel. de l'époque). Petit manque à la coiffe du tome 1. Bon exemplaire. Première traduction française par Ramond de Carbonnières. Ce dernier, devenu en 1777 avocat à Colmar, veut voyager. La Suisse étant alors à la mode, il s'y rend et le charme de la haute montagne va se révéler à lui et le marquera durablement. Plus tard, ses yeux se tourneront vers d'autres cimes, celles les Pyrénées. Dans sa traduction, à la suite de plusieurs descriptions de Coxe et sous forme d'Observations, il rend compte de son propre voyage, en expliquant, dans la préface, la juxtaposition de leurs deux regards complémentaires : "Coxe a voyagé en Anglais : la constitution civile et politique a surtout arrêté ses regards ; il a voyagé en homme riche, c'est parmi les hommes de son état qu'il a cherché des instructions, mais il ignorait la langue du pays. J'ai voyagé dans les montagnes, ou pour mieux dire, j'ai erré sans tenir de route déterminée, à pied, avec un seul compagnon". William Coxe (1747-1828) était ecclésiastique et historien. Il visita la Suisse à quatre reprises entre 1776 et 1786 (D.H.B.S., II, 602) et fit plusieurs voyages en Europe qui devinrent la matière de certains de ses ouvrages. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.
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- Første - Femte Deel. Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal (I), M. Hallager (II) Och J.R. Thiele (III-V) 1781-99. XII,640,(20); VIII,(4),1-432,425-603,(13); XII,576,(4); XII,621,(1); XII,1-226,(4),227-450,(4),451-670 sidor + 89 planscher, en karta och en tabell. I-III inbundna i samtida halvfranska band, IV-V i original papp-omslag, något mer skurna än del I-III.*I del I saknas(?) en plansch, Kryptogamer (ändå har detta ex en plansch mer än det ex jag kunnat jämföra med) samt en plansch med lagad reva utan bildförlust.[#165091]
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HERVEY, FR.,
Geschichte der Schiffahrt und Seemacht Groß-Britanniens. von den frühesten Zeiten an bis auf das Jahr 1779. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Teil 3 (von 3).
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Leipzig, Schwickert 1781 - Gestochenes Titelportrait (James Cook), 2 Bl., 798 S. Hldbd d. Zeit m. goldgeprägten Rückenschildchen (Einbd leicht beschabt, Ecken gering bestoßen, Titel mehrfach gestempelt, die ersten u. letzten Seiten leicht braunfleckig). Describing the origin and progress of the British power at sea; the extension of its commerce and the establishment of its colonies" (Goldsmith I, 11823).- Hier vom Ausbruch des sogenannten 'War of Jenkins' Ear' (1739) bis zum Jahr 1779.- Price/Price, Humaniora 91; Sabin 31604 (für die engl. Originalausgabe von 1799).
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PLAIGNE
L'Art d'améliorer et de conserver les vins ; avec la meilleure manière de les préparer, de prévenir & de remédier aux altérations auxquelles ils sont sujets, & de reconnoitre ceux qui sont frelatés. Suivi d'un recueil de 105 recettes nécessaires à ceux qui veulent faire voyager ou garder long-temps toutes sortes de vins, tant de France que d'Espagne, des Canaries, du Rhin, de Malaga, de Gascogne, de Malvoisie, &c.
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- Paris, Lamy, 1781, in 12 de 1 f. de fx-titre, 252 pp., rel. d'ép. demi-veau brun moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, papier chamois granité sur les plats, suivi de : "Choix des meilleures pièces de Madame Deshoulières et de l'abbé Chaulieu", Berlin, Decker, 1777, 2 ff. n. ch., 188 pp., bon ex. 1re édition sous ce titre. L'éd. orig. était parue sous le titre "Dissertation sur les vins" (Barbier I, p. 282).
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Liévin-Bonaventure Proyart
Vie du Dauphin, père de Louis XVI... 4e édition augmentée... de l'Éloge du même prince, par M. l'abbé Proyart
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In-12, plein veau fauve marbr? d'?poque, dos ? nerfs et caissons ? fleurons dor?s, pi?ce de titre verte, armoiries du coll?ge royal de j?suites de Sainte-Marie de Bourges sur les plats. 1er prix de vers de l'?l?ve Fran?ois Bourin en 1789. Portrait de Louis, dauphin, p?re de Louis XVI en front., tr. marbr?e, bandeaux grav?s par Beugnet, 438-72 pp. Bel exemplaire. [Publisher: P. Bruyset-Ponthus]
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Reuß, C. F. von)
Dictionarium Botanicum oder botanisches deutsches und lateinisches Handwörterbuch für Aerzte, Cameralisten, Apotheker. nach dem Linneischen System.
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Leipzig, Hilscher, 1781. - 8°. XVI, 376 SS., mit gestochener Titelvignette Halb-Leder d. Zt. mit Rückenfileten Holzmann-B. I, 11720. Seltenes lateinisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, es erschien separat auch ein deutsch-lateinischer Band bei Hilscher in Leipzig. - Etwas gebräunt, einige alte Anmerkungen, etwas berieben, insgesamt jedoch gut erhalten. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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TROIL (Uno de);
Lettres sur l'ISLANDE, traduites du suédois par M. Lindblom.
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Imprimerie de Monsieur Paris 1781 In-8 de XLVIII 474 pp.; plein veau fauve marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Edition originale française de cette relation de voyage, partagée avec Banks et Solander. Ce travail contient des détails sur la religion islandaise, sa littérature, son commerce, son gouvernement, des observations sur les volcans et geysers (Cox I, 185). Ouvrage orné d'un tableau, de 4 planches hors texte gravées et d'une grande carte repliée, dressée par Erichsen et Schoenning (Boucher de la Richarderie I, p. 396-99). Bel exemplaire.
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(CAPELLEN TOT DEN POLL, Joan Derk van der).
Aan het volk van Nederland.
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One of the first editions of the most famous Dutch pamphlet of the 18th century (Lingen, in the house of Prof. F.A. v.d. Marck?), 1781. 8vo. Modern paper wrappers, with the title photocopied on front cover. 76 pp. (Collation: A-I4, K2). (1) One of the first editions of this famous pamphlet Aan het Volk van Nederland [To the People of the Netherlands], dated Ostende, 3rd of September 1781, vigorously opposed to the House of Orange in general and to Stadholder William V in particular, while advocating the establishment of a Dutch Republic independent of the House of Orange, a take over by independent burghers and a free press. In the night of 25 to 26 September 1781 the pamphlet was distributed from blinded coaches in many Dutch cities. Soon the Dutch people became acquainted with this anonymous pamphlet, which immediately made a profound impression and would go down in history as the leading programme of the Dutch patriots. The States-General promptly banned it and issued a reward of 14,000 guilders for anyone who would name the author or printer. Other authorities followed suit. However, another 110 years were to pass before the author was unmasked: Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol (1741-1784). The pamphlet was soon translated into English, German and French. It is not completely clear yet which edition (of the three or four earliest editions can be regarded the first. Our copy has the same collation (A-I4, K2), fingerprint(A2: ely; K1: e), and variant on p. 2 (A1v), line 21 'Lieden, die onder ...') as in the first copy listed in the catalogue of teh Royal Library, The Hague. The variant on p. 42, line 5 ('landggenoten') is identical with Knuttel 19865. On the first page (p.2, A1v) an indentation of 3 lines at the beginning (for the initial 'I') in stead of 2 in the available reproductions of the first edition.Extra added are three works relating to Johan Derk van der Capellen: (2) A panegyric for Joan Derk van der Capellen pronounced on 16 August 1784 in the Bethlehem Church at Zwolle during a commemorative service on the occasion of Van der Capellen's death by the French minister at Zwolle Isaac du Puy; (2) a translation by Joan Derk van der Capellen from the French into Dutch of a religious treatise on Psalm 5 by the same Isaac du Puy; and (3) a pamphlet, probably written by Joan Derk van der Capellen directed to the burghers of the Province of Overijssel. Good copy.- (Some pages misbound).- ((3) and (4) unbound, (3): first leaf loose). (1) Knuttel 19865; Loosjes, Een krachtig libel. Studie over het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Haarlem 1886), ed. C; De Jong, De oudste uitgaven van het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Groningen 1924); De Buck 2938; Knuttel, Verboden boeken, 423; (2) Knuttel 20825; (4) Knuttel 20334; Doorninck 39..
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Capellen, Joan Derk Van Der]
Aan Het Volk Van Nederland
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( Ostende?) 1781 - Ex library, bound in marbled boards with original wrapper bound in. About the last 5 leaves have a damp-stain, mostly marginal; otherwise clean crisp text. Dated 3 Sept. 1781 at end. ; 76 pages. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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CAPELLEN TOT DEN POLL, Joan Derk van der).
One of the first editions of the most famous Dutch pamphlet of the 18th century, Aan het volk van Nederland.
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in the house of Prof. F.A. v.d. Marck?), 1781., (Lingen, - 8vo. Modern paper wrappers, with the title photocopied on front cover. 76 pp. (Collation: A-I4, K2). (1) One of the first editions of this famous pamphlet Aan het Volk van Nederland [To the People of the Netherlands], dated Ostende, 3rd of September 1781, vigorously opposed to the House of Orange in general and to Stadholder William V in particular, while advocating the establishment of a Dutch Republic independent of the House of Orange, a take over by independent burghers and a free press. In the night of 25 to 26 September 1781 the pamphlet was distributed from blinded coaches in many Dutch cities. Soon the Dutch people became acquainted with this anonymous pamphlet, which immediately made a profound impression and would go down in history as the leading programme of the Dutch patriots. The States-General promptly banned it and issued a reward of 14,000 guilders for anyone who would name the author or printer. Other authorities followed suit. However, another 110 years were to pass before the author was unmasked: Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol (1741-1784). The pamphlet was soon translated into English, German and French. It is not completely clear yet which edition (of the three or four earliest editions can be regarded the first. Our copy has the same collation (A-I4, K2), fingerprint(A2: ely; K1: e), and variant on p. 2 (A1v), line 21 'Lieden, die onder .') as in the first copy listed in the catalogue of teh Royal Library, The Hague. The variant on p. 42, line 5 ('landggenoten') is identical with Knuttel 19865. On the first page (p.2, A1v) an indentation of 3 lines at the beginning (for the initial 'I') in stead of 2 in the available reproductions of the first edition.Extra added are three works relating to Johan Derk van der Capellen: (2) A panegyric for Joan Derk van der Capellen pronounced on 16 August 1784 in the Bethlehem Church at Zwolle during a commemorative service on the occasion of Van der Capellen's death by the French minister at Zwolle Isaac du Puy; (2) a translation by Joan Derk van der Capellen from the French into Dutch of a religious treatise on Psalm 5 by the same Isaac du Puy; and (3) a pamphlet, probably written by Joan Derk van der Capellen directed to the burghers of the Province of Overijssel. Good copy.- (Some pages misbound).- ((3) and (4) unbound, (3): first leaf loose). (1) Knuttel 19865; Loosjes, Een krachtig libel. Studie over het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Haarlem 1886), ed. C; De Jong, De oudste uitgaven van het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Groningen 1924); De Buck 2938; Knuttel, Verboden boeken, 423; (2) Knuttel 20825; (4) Knuttel 20334; Doorninck 39. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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(CAPELLEN TOT DEN POLL, Joan Derk van der).
One of the first editions of the most famous Dutch pamphlet of the 18th century Aan het volk van Nederland.
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(Lingen, in the house of Prof. F.A. v.d. Marck?), 1781.. 8vo. Modern paper wrappers, with the title photocopied on front cover. 76 pp. (Collation: A-I4, K2).. (1) One of the first editions of this famous pamphlet Aan het Volk van Nederland [To the People of the Netherlands], dated Ostende, 3rd of September 1781, vigorously opposed to the House of Orange in general and to Stadholder William V in particular, while advocating the establishment of a Dutch Republic independent of the House of Orange, a take over by independent burghers and a free press. In the night of 25 to 26 September 1781 the pamphlet was distributed from blinded coaches in many Dutch cities. Soon the Dutch people became acquainted with this anonymous pamphlet, which immediately made a profound impression and would go down in history as the leading programme of the Dutch patriots. The States-General promptly banned it and issued a reward of 14,000 guilders for anyone who would name the author or printer. Other authorities followed suit. However, another 110 years were to pass before the author was unmasked: Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol (1741-1784). The pamphlet was soon translated into English, German and French. It is not completely clear yet which edition (of the three or four earliest editions can be regarded the first. Our copy has the same collation (A-I4, K2), fingerprint(A2: ely; K1: e), and variant on p. 2 (A1v), line 21 'Lieden, die onder ...') as in the first copy listed in the catalogue of teh Royal Library, The Hague. The variant on p. 42, line 5 ('landggenoten') is identical with Knuttel 19865. On the first page (p.2, A1v) an indentation of 3 lines at the beginning (for the initial 'I') in stead of 2 in the available reproductions of the first edition.Extra added are three works relating to Johan Derk van der Capellen: (2) A panegyric for Joan Derk van der Capellen pronounced on 16 August 1784 in the Bethlehem Church at Zwolle during a commemorative service on the occasion of Van der Capellen's death by the French minister at Zwolle Isaac du Puy; (2) a translation by Joan Derk van der Capellen from the French into Dutch of a religious treatise on Psalm 5 by the same Isaac du Puy; and (3) a pamphlet, probably written by Joan Derk van der Capellen directed to the burghers of the Province of Overijssel. Good copy.- (Some pages misbound).- ((3) and (4) unbound, (3): first leaf loose). (1) Knuttel 19865; Loosjes, Een krachtig libel. Studie over het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Haarlem 1886), ed. C; De Jong, De oudste uitgaven van het pamflet Aan het volk van Nederland (Groningen 1924); De Buck 2938; Knuttel, Verboden boeken , 423; (2) Knuttel 20825; (4) Knuttel 20334; Doorninck 39..
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BARRINGTON, Daines (1727-1800)
Miscellanies
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- London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1781. Quarto. (10 1/2 x 8 inches). Two engraved portraits, two engraved maps (one folding), and five tables (one folding). Contemporary tree calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, red-stained edges. A very fine copy of the first edition of this fascinating compilation of articles, including an important early work on navigation to the North Pole, a narrative of a voyage to the Northwest coast of America and one of the earliest English accounts of Mozart. "Contains a curious collection of articles, including Mourelle's Journal of a voyage in 1775, to explore the coast of America, northward of California, by the second pilot of the fleet, Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle, in the King's schooner, called the Sonora, and commanded by Don Francisco de la Bodega. This is the first edition of the only contemporary account in English of this important voyage fitted out by the Viceroy of Mexico to explore the northwest coast of America. Mourelle served as secretary to the Viceroy and later wrote another work relating to the voyage of the frigate Princessa to the Pacific Ocean, in 1780-81. His account was used by Captain James Cook on his third Voyage. Also included is Tracts on the possibility of approaching the North Pole, in which are laid down the results of numerous inquiries addressed to whaling captains, especially to those who frequented the coasts of Labrador and Greenland. The whole comprises a compilation of extraordinary value for the geography of the northern regions, including Alaska" (Hill). This fascinating assemblage also contains natural history essays (with one on the Linnaean system) and four essays on geniuses of the day, including one of the first accounts in English of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a fine oval portrait of the young prodigy. "Daines Barrington presented a particularly vivid picture of the childhood genius to his colleagues at the Royal Society in London [first published in book form here]. He described Mozart's ability to improvise operative music, singing and accompanying himself at the keyboard, to imaginary Italian texts on the subjects of love and betrayal. He also placed before the boy an unfamiliar duet: without the slightest hesitation the lad assigns the alto part to his father, sings the soprano himself, realizes the figured bass and throws in the violin parts as necessary. This feat involves reading several different clefs simultaneously, the difficulty of which Barrington attempted to explain to his musically untrained colleagues by comparing it to the simultaneous reading of several poems, each possessing its own character, expression, and declamatory rules, and each written in a different alphabet. Barrington's report illustrates the fascination that the young boy engendered not only in concert audiences, but also in the scientific world" (Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time, an online exhibit by the Cornell University Library Division of Rare Books and Manuscripts (Ithaca, New York: 2002)). Hill (2004) 56; Howes B177; Lada-Mocarski 34; Sabin 3628; Streeter Sale 2445. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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BLACKSTONE, William.
Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779. Taken and compiled by the Honourable Sir William Blackstone. Published. from his original manuscript, by his executors. With a preface containing memoirs of his life.
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London: printed by His Majesty's Law Printers; for W. Strahan; T. Cadell; and D. Prince, Oxford 1781 - Two vols., folio, [2],xxxi,[15],679,[1],38; [20],681-1333,[1],46p. Contemporary legal calf, old manuscript numbers "31" and "32" on spines. Trivial signs of wear, but a fine copy. First edition. Eller, The William Blackstone collection in the Yale Law Library, 225. With one exception, these reports were compiled by Blackstone from his own notes, and prepared by him for the press. Blackstone died in February 1780. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Gozzi Gasparo e Mattei Saverio
Satire del Conte Gozzi e dell'Avvocato Mattei.
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Tipografia Patria, 1781-82., Vercelli, - In 16°, pagg. 176, (4), 112 con 2 marche tipografiche incise in xilografia e bel ex libris alla sguardia; legatura in mezza pelle coeva con angoli, filetti e titoli oro al doro, tagli rossi. Non comune raccolta contenente: i Sermoni di Gasparo Gozzi Veneziano (1713-1786), i Paradossi e le Epistole morali di Saverio Mattei Napoletano e gli Scherzi Poetici dell'Avv. Mattei. Ottimo stato. Legato con: "Saggio di poesie varie" del poeta saluzzese Silvio Balbis (1737-1796), pubblicato a Vercelli dalla Tipografia Patria nel 1782 ed in cui sono raccolte le sue migliori poesie in italiano ed in vernacolo. Non comune. Offerta speciale : la Libreria Biggio vi offre uno sconto del 10% e la spedizione standard gratuita in Italia su tutti i libri. Prezzo originale dell'articolo: 130,00 Euro.
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Wiegleb, J C - CHEMISTRY
Chemische Versuche uber die alkalischen Salze F Nicolai
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Berlin, 1781. Second Enlarged Edition.. A good copy; unopened; general foxing.. 8vo.,. An extensive work on the nature, production and properties of fixed and volatile alkaline salts. This edition is important because in it, according ot Partington, is the first conclusive statement as to the presence of alkali in plant systems. The appendix to the text deals with questions relating to the order of chemical attractions of alkaline salts and various acids. The author was a pharmacist (educated at Dresden) and very well informed about the science of chemistry. He was responsible for translating several works and being an assiduous commentator and historian of the field.
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GOENS, Rijklof Michael Van].
Politiek Vertoog Over Het Waar Sistema Van De Stad Van Amsterdam.
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np: 1781. - 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 346, [1]. engraved title with medallion portrait. contemporary bds. (rubbed, notes on front free-endpaper). Second, Unauthorized Edition. "A commercial history of Amsterdam, concentrating in particular on events of the 1770’s relating to the Dutch interest in the American Revolution." (Bell) Goens condemns the assistance indirectly given to the American colonists by Holland, as well as the secret negotiations and treaty made with them at Aix-La-Chapelle in 1778. The very rare first edition, in folio, was privately printed at the author’s expense in only a small number of copies. Bell G151. Howes G-219. WSabin 27683n. cfMuller 1667. [Attributes: First Edition]
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[GOENS, Rijklof Michael Van].
Politiek Vertoog Over Het Waar Sistema Van De Stad Van Amsterdam...
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8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 346, [1]. engraved title with medallion portrait. contemporary bds. (rubbed, noteson front free-endpaper). np: 1781. Second, Unauthorized Edition. “A commercial history of Amsterdam, concentrating in particular on events of the 1770’s relating to the Dutch interest in the American Revolution.” (Bell) Goens condemns the assistance indirectly given to the American colonists by Holland, as well as the secret negotiations and treaty made with them at Aix-La-Chapelle in 1778. The very rare first edition, in folio, was privately printed at the author’s expense in only a small number of copies. Bell G151. Howes G-219. WSabin 27683n. cfMuller 1667.
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[Keck, Johann Erdmann.]:
Philip von Freudenthal. Erster (Zweeter) Theil.
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Berlin, Sigismund Friedrich Hesse, 1781-1782. 8°. 1: Rad. Frontispiz von Daniel Chodowiecki, 6 Bl., 416 S., 1 Bl.; 2: 3 Bl., 504 S., 1 Bl. Ein Bogen in 2 falsch pag. Lederbände d. Zt. mit verblaßter ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung und Rückenschildern.. . Seltene erste Ausgabe. - Literarisches Erstlingswerk des herzogl.-anh. Stadt- und Amtsphysikus Johann Erdmann Keck (1753-1812), der neben Schriften zur Volksarzneikunde und Abhandlungen für Hufelands Journal auch vier heute vergessene komisch-satirische Romane schrieb. 1803 erschien sein Seitenstück zu Knigges "Benjamin Noldmann's Geschichte der Aufklärung in Abyssinien" (1791) unter dem Titel: "Naphthali Wurmsbrands Reisen in Abyssinien". Hier in seiner Vorrede beruft er sich auf den erfolgreichen Kollegen Johann Timotheus Hermes, dessen Roman "Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen" so manche Nachfolger hervorrief. "Guter Hermes! du magst immer noch unter den deutschen Romanschreibern die Oberstelle behalten, ob wir es gleich zum Frommen unsers lieben Vaterlandes wünschten, daß du übertroffen würdest, wenn nur mehrere unserer Brüder deine Nachahmer, und nicht Originale, werden wollten. Wir haben es versucht ... Noch ein Wort an die Herren Kollegen. Wer unter euch ohne Sünde ist, der werfe den ersten Stein auf mich." In der Nachrede hält er Zwiesprache mit seinen Kritikern. - Keck wurde 1798 Leibarzt der verw. Fürstin von Anhalt-Zerbst und erhielt 1800 den Titel eines Bernburg'schen Hofmedicus.- Einbände , an den Kanten bestoßen und mit Wurmspuren; Text gebräunt. - Nicht bei Holzm./Boh.; Goed. IV 1, 609, 84, 1 (irrtümlich 3 Bde.); Hayn/Got. II, S. 434: "In Theil 2 einige verfängliche und üppige Scenen. Es giebt auch Expll. mit dem Titel-Zusatz: 'Eine Geschichte, so wie sie sich auf dem Monde zugetragen'."; Engelmann 390; Bauer 827; Hirsch/Hüb. III, S. 495.
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New York.] [American Revolution.] Political Magazine.
Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the Couny. Adjacent, From Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge, Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and
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Published as the Act directs Novr. 30th 1781 by J. Bew. London. 1781. - [title cont:] Part of Long Island & the Jersey Shore: And Shewing the Defences of New York Both by Land and Sea. A nice Revolutionary War-era map of the area around New York City. In addition to numerous towns and geographic features, several forts and other military installations are identified. The maps also includes several notations on military movements and engagements, e.g., "Genl. Howe broke Ground on this Height, Augst. 28th 1776." Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800: 371. Nebenzahl, A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795: 104. Haskell, Manhattan Maps: 534. Old fold lines. A few areas of light offsetting. Margin added at left which had been trimmed for binding. Very good. 17 x 9 5/8."
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[ LEROY (Charles Georges) ].
Lettres sur les Animaux. Nouvelle edition augmentee.
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A Nuremberg, et se trouve a Paris, chez Saugrain jeune, 1781.. in-12. 2ff. 350pp. 1f. Plein veau marbre, dos lisse orne, filet d'encadrement a froid sur les plats (Reliure de l'epoque restauree). Seconde edition, en partie originale. L'auteur de cet ouvrage important sur l'intelligence et l'instinct des animaux, est aujourd'hui considere comme l'un des principaux precurseurs de l'ethologie. Malgre l'interet que lui porta notamment Auguste Comte, Leroy resta meconnu jusqu'a ce que la recherche universitaire anglo-saxonne mette ses travaux en lumiere a la fin du 20e siecle. "Chasseur et philosophe, Charles-Georges Leroy (1723-1789) est un des personnages les plus remarquables du siecle des Lumieres. Lieutenant des chasses royales de Versailles et de Marly, il frequente Condillac, Helvetius, Diderot et d'Holbach, et redige plusieurs articles pour l'Encyclopedie sur le gibier, les forets et l'agriculture. (...) Leroy, precurseur de l'ethologie - discipline scientifique encore prematuree au XVIIIe siecle -, a sans doute ete le premier naturaliste a observer les animaux sur le terrain et a rendre compte de leurs comportements dans des termes que l'ethologie moderne reconnait en grande partie comme siens. Il est temps de rendre a Leroy sa place, parmi les grands classiques de la pensee" (reedition francaise chez Ibis Press, 2006). Querard indique qu'a l'epoque de la premiere parution de ces lettres dans divers periodiques litteraires, l'auteur ayant eu a repondre a une critique du Journal des Savants, "cherche a s'y laver du reproche ou au moins du soupcon de materialisme". Cioranescu, 39501..
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FANTUZZI, Giovanni (1718-1799).
Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi.
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Bologna, San Tommaso d'Aquino, 1781-94.. 9 Bde. Folio (320 x 215 mm). Mit gest. Titelvignette (wiederholt) und Kopfvignette im ersten Band. VIII, 410 S.; Titel, VIII S., S. 3-387, [1] S.; 378 S., 1 Bl. (Imprimatur); 387, [1] S.; 381, [1] S.; 399, [1] S.; 411, [1] S.; 313, [3] S. (Imprimatur und Avviso del stampatore); [2] Bl., 206 S. Original-Interims-Pappbände d. Z., unbeschnitten (berieben und am Kopf etwas beschädigt, Rückenbezug von Bd. I fehlt und Vorderdeckel lose, Rückenbezug von Bd. IV mit Fehlstelle).. Unbeschnittenes Exemplar der Original-Ausgabe dieses bis heute Standardwerk gebliebenen bio-bibliographischen Nachschlagewerks zur Geistesgeschichte Bolognas, eines der bedeutendsten Zentren der Gelehrsamkeit und Buchproduktion im Spätmittelalter. Als Frucht langjähriger Recherchen und in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Jesuiten Francesco Alessio Fiori (1718-1790) - dessen Beiträge mit den Initialen F.A.F. gekennzeichnet sind - bietet Fantuzzi in den neun Bänden die Lebensbeschreibungen von hunderten von Geistesgrössen Bolognas seit dem 14. Jahrhundert, mit wertvollen Verzeichnissen ihrer Veröffentlichungen. Zu Beginn des ersten Bandes finden sich unter dem Stichwort 'Accademie' auch Erläuterungen über die Akademien und anderen Lehranstalten der Stadt. "Prodotto tipico dell'erudizione settecentesca ... Il Fantuzzi difende e sistema con le biografie degli scrittori bolognesi anche la prospettiva della 'nazione e della 'repubblica' bolognesi, della laicita e del giurisdizionalismo dottorale-senatorio che e stato suo" (A. Giacomelli im DBI). Ebert 7334 ("Mit musterhaftem Fleiss und Genauigkeit gesammelt"); DBI XLIV, S. 722; vgl. De Backer/Sommervogel III, 748. Untrimmed and complete copy of the rare original edition of this bio- bibliographic standard work for the city of Bologna, one of the centres of scholarship and book production in the middle ages. Fantuzzi - together with the most valuable support of the Jesuit Francesco Alessio Fiori (1718-1790) whose notes are signed F.A.F. - offers accurate bio- and bibliographic data of hundreds of savants from the 14th to the 18th centuries. "Prodotto tipico dell'erudizione settecentesca ... Il Fantuzzi difende e sistema con le biografie degli scrittori bolognesi anche la prospettiva della 'nazione e della 'repubblica' bolognesi, della laicita e del giurisdizionalismo dottorale-senatorio che e stato suo." (A. Giacomelli). At the beginning of the first volume Fantuzzi also gives valuable informations of the various Academies of the city which ranks among the most influantial of Renaissance Italy. - Original interim boards (back of first volume lacking).
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LATHAM (John), .
A General Synopsis of Birds, 3 volumes in 6 parts, 1781 - 1785; with First Supplement, 1787: Second Supplement dated 1801; Index Ornithologicus, sive Systema Ornithologiae, complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates, adjectis synomymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. studio et opera Joannis Latham SRS, 2 volumes, 1790
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London, Printed for Benj. White; Printed for Leigh and Sotheby, 1781-1801 First Editions, with 8copper engraved vignette titlepages called "frontispieces" and 142 black & white copper engraved plates of birds, 10 volumes, Complete, sm.4to. original gray paper covered boards with nineteenth century cloth spines, untrimmed edges.Original covers worn, cloth spines split, chipped and fragile, corners of covers worn and bumped, slightly foxed but plates and text generally clean, nevertheless a good original set with the uncoloured plates, unusual to find in original boards with untrimmed edges worth preserving thus. Covers protected with clear plastic making the set usable and tidy. Complete with Supplement and Index volumes. Collated and complete.
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Füeßly, J. C. (Hrsg.):
Archiv der Insectengeschichte.
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. 8 Hefte in 1 Band. Steiner, Zürich 1781-1786. Zus. ca. 310 S. mit 14 handkol. u. 2 nichtkol. Kupfertaf (von 51). Gr.-8°. Ppbd. d. Zt. Etwas fleckig, Kanten bestoßen. Überzugspapier am Rücken teils abgeblättert, oben etwas abgelöst. Buchblock leicht gebräunt, stellenweise leicht fleckig am Rand, 2 Bl. gelockert. Die sehr schön kolorierten Taf. meist gut erhalten, 4 leicht bis gering graufleckig, einige sind handnumeriert, 7 handbeschriftet. - Heft 4: S. 9-16 fehlen. Heft. 5: Titelbl. fehlt. - Nissen 1455. Horn/Schenkling 7210. Hagen I, 257..
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JOHNSON, SAMUEL
The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations of their work
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London, 1781. First authorized and first separate London edition, 4 volumes, 8vo; engraved portrait after Joshua Reynolds; contemporary full speckled sheep, red morocco labels on spines; 2 joints strengthened, other joints cracked; otherwise good. Originally published as part of the entire set (Lives and Works of the English Poets) of 68 volumes 1779-81, viz. Works 56 vols., Prefaces 10 vols.; Index, 2 vols. There was also a Dublin edition in 3 volumes, 1781. Courtney & Smith, p. 141; Chapman & Hazen, p. 159; Fleeman 79.45LP/5.
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WINCKELMANN
Lettres familières de M. Winckelmann. Complet en 2 parties. Contient entre autres : Lettres à M. Wille, Graveur du Roi ; Notice de ce qu'il y a de plus intéressant à voir à Rome, donnée par l'auteur en 1766 ; Extrait d'une lettre de H. F¥ssli adressée au traducteur allemand des Recherches sur les Beautés de la Peinture par Webb ; Remarques sur l'architecture de l'ancien Temple de Girgenti en Sicile ; Extrait de la correspondance avec M. Clérisseau ; Lettres au Duc de la Rochefoucauld etc.
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A Amsterdam, et se vend à Paris, chez Couturier fils, 1781. 1ère partie : (1ff) blanc, Faux-titre, Frontispice, Titre, (xxxiv) + 294 pages (mal paginées 290) et (1ff) ; 2ème partie : 288 pages. Soit 2 parties reliées en 1 volume in-8 (19,5*12,5 cm) pleine basane marbrée, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, pièce de titre. Un mors fendu sur 4 cm, frottements épars (nerfs, coiffes). Ensemble restant solide, sain et décoratif. Bon état intérieur, tranches rouges. Historien de l'art et archéologue, Winckelmann fut un précurseur du néo-classicisme européen et notamment allemand. Sa correspondance avec, notamment, les grands architectes du siècle reste précieuse. (Brunet, 18905)
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BROOKE ( Frances )
The Siege of Sinope. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden.
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Dublin : Printed for Sam. Price, Wm. Watson … (and ten others), 1781 ?FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp viii,(2), 61,(1, blank), 12mo, recent wrappers : very good. Stratman 522 : he also lists a similar edition, same imprint, of 71-pp - presumably in error. Mrs. Frances Brooke (1724-89), friend of Samuel Johnson and Fanny Burney, chiefly remembered as Canada's first novelist for her works, The History of Julia Mandeville (1763) and The History of Emily Montague, written while she and her chaplain-husband were in Quebec. Her tragedy, based on Santi's opera Mitridate a Sinope, received mixed reviews. Perhaps, the most telling comment on the play was recorded by Hannah More in an anecdote about Samuel Johnson : Mrs. B. having repeatedly desired Johnson to look over her new play … before it was acted, he always found means to evade it ; at last she pressed him so closely that he actually refused to do it, and told her that she herself … would be able to see if there was anything amiss as well as he could. ‘But, sir,’, said she, ‘I have no time. I have already so many irons in the fire.’ ‘Why then, Madam’, said he (quite out of patience), ‘the best thing I can advise you to do is, to put your tragedy along with your irons.’ (ODNB).
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Rudder (S), Printer
THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF GLOUCESTER: Including the Civil and Military Affairs of that antient City; with a Particular Account of St. Peter's Abbey. and all other Public Establishments.
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Cirencester: Printed and Sold by the Author 1781 - Folding frontis, xiii + 525 + cxipp, contemporary full calf, spine gilt tooled, raised bands, lightly rubbed to edges, small amount of worming to inner margins of first few leaves, and outer margins of a few leaves at rear. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include GLOUCESTERSHIRE - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) - --- [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Anon.:
Les Amours de Henri IV. Roi de France.
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Londres 1781 - 2 Bde. Londres, 1781. 220 + 175 S. Priv.Ld. mit Goldpräg. Bibliotheque Amusante. Nouvelle Edition, in franz. Sprache. - Ecken u. Ränder leicht bestoßen, leicht fleckig, leichte Gbrsp.
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ALBERT LE GRAND
Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le Grand, contenant plusieurs Traités sur la Conception des Femmes, des Vertus, des Herbes, des Pierres précieuses, & des Animaux.
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1781 - Augmentés d'un Abrégé curieux de la Physionomie, & d'un Préservatif contre la Peste, les Fièvres malignes, les Poisons, & l'Infection de l'Air ; 1 vol. in-18 reliure milieu XIXe imitation XVIIIe pleine basane marbrée, dos à 5 nerfs ornés (fleurons), pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, Chez les Héritiers de Béringos Fratres, à l'enseigne d'Agrippa, Lyon, 1781, frontispice, 16 ff. n. ch , 291 pp. avec 3 planches hors texte Avec le frontispice et 3 planches hors texte. Intéressant exemplaire de cette édition tardive, qui s'inscrit dans la longue lignée des multiples éditions au nom de "Beringos Fratres". (rel. lég. frottée, un coin frotté, mouill. au frontispice, un f. interverti sans maqneu, très petit travail de vers sur les deux derniers ff. affectant trois lettres, pl. courtes de marge, rouss.). Brunet, I, 139
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PENNANT Thomas
History of Quadrupeds
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London: B White ,Fleet Street, 1781 2 volume set, xxiv + 566pp + index, 2 engraved titles, 52 plates, full leather binding, new leather spines, raised bands/gilt, minor exlib evidence rear of front endpaper. A beautiful set. Full-Leather. Very Good. Quarto.
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Pennant, T.
History of Quadrupeds.
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Publisher: 4th Ed. Pub. Benjamin White. 1781pp. xxiv, 566 with 52 copper engravings. Top and bottom of spine showing some wear. Bound in full calf. VG.
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Pennant, Thomas
History of Quadrupeds - 2 Volumes
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London: B White, 1781 Complete in 2 Volumes, Volume I: Engraved title page then pp xxiv, 218 plus 27 engraved plates. Volume II: Engraved title page then pp 219-566, [12 - Indexes], [2 catalogue] plus 25 engraved plates. Some light foxing on a few pages but a very nice clean set. Thie binding matches item 016396, Pennant's Fishes & Reptiles.. 2nd Edition. Full Tree Calf Gilt. Very Good +/No Dustwrapper. 4to.
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Temple Stanyan
The Grecian History. From the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of M...
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Publisher: J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington and others - Date of Publication: 1781 - Binding: leather_bound - Edition: New Edition - Condition: Cover bumped with corner wear. Spine rubbed. Signature of previous owner on paste-down. Contents VG - Description: Leather cover :: 447pp; 343pp + index Engraved plates and fold out map 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6") - [Publisher: J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington and others]
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FIELDING, (Henry) (1707-1754)
Amilie Booth. Histoire Angloise. Oeuvres Tome 1 & 2 Ens. 2 vols.
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Genève, Nouffer de Rodon, 1781, - in-8°, 342 p. / 339 p., ms. sur titre 'I.G. Weber', cartonnage original d'époque. Für Schweizer Kunden kommen noch 2,4 % MWST hinzu. Our books are stored in our warehouse, not in the shop. Please notify beforehand, if you want to visit and see a specific book. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Johnson Samuel
LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS; With Critical Observations on Their Works
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London: for C. Bathurst, et al, 1781. 4 volumes. The First London edition, first authorized edition, first seperate edition. Portrait of Johnson by Joshua Reynolds as frontispiece in the first volume. 8vo, contemporary tree calf with gilt fillet lines surrounding the covers, the sines with plain calf backs. vii, 480; iii, 471; iii, 462; iii, 505. A very good, handsome and honest copy, rehinged incorporating the original spine panels and without labels, the text block clean and sound throughout.. FIRST LONDON EDITION, FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION, FIRST SEPERATE EDITION of this masterwork of literature. It took Johnson four years to write these lives, and much of their charm lies in the anecdotes and reminiscences which the author was able to provide. He spent much time in the company of men of letters and his retentive memory preserved many of the facts and criticisms which fell from their lips. The work, Johnson's last great labor, was suggested by the Martins at Edinburgh. "The first conception of the booksellers was to begin with the works of Chaucer, but that project was too vast for them, and the first author in their edition was Cowley. The diminution of the scheme is not greatly to be regretted. The poets before Cowley were not so well know to Johnson, and he had no special information on their lives" (Courtney and Smith, p. 130).
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Aesopus Des Phrygiers Leben und Fabeln, nebst den Fabeln des Philelphus. Neue Uebersetzung. Mit moralischen und historischen Anmerkungen des Herrn Abts von Bellegarde.
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Kopenhagen/Leipzig. C.G.Probst 1781 - Neue sehr verbesserte Übersetzung aus dem Französischen. 16,5 cm. 576 S. Titelkupfer, 60 Kupfertafen mit je 2 Abb. zu d. Fabeln, Halbldr.d. Zt. Einb.+ Ecken berieben u. bestoss, Abrisse d. Deckelpapiers, Buchbl. bzw. Bindung etwas gelock.,Kl. Eckabriss a. Titelkupf., innen wenige Stockfl., 3 S. m. Bleistiftmarken, Schnitt angeschmutzt, Rü, spröde. Insgesamt aber solides Exemplar. Auf Wunsch senden wir gerne ein Foto des Buches via E-mail 1
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"MONTAIGNE, Michel de;"
Les Essais de Michel, seigneur de Montaigne. Nouvelle édition, exactement purgée des défauts des précédentes, selon le vray original.
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Amsterdam [Lyon], Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1781 3 volumes in-8 de LXXX pp., (2) ff., 543 pp. - (2) ff., 820 pp. - (2) ff., 663 pp., veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, coupes ornées et dorées, tranches rouges (reliures de l'époque). Jolie édition lyonnaise du XVIIIe siècle des Essais. Le texte reprend celui de l'édition de Bruxelles de 1659. Cette dernière démarquait elle-même la dernière des 11 éditions publiées par Mademoiselle de Gournay en 1635. Portrait en taille-douce de Montaigne en frontispice avec l'emblème à la balance et le Que sais-je : il reproduit en contre-épreuve celui gravé par Jacques Chéreau le Jeune pour l'édition de 1725. Bel exemplaire en reliure de l'époque. Richou, Inventaire de la collection des ouvrages et documents réunis par J.-F. Payen et J.-B. Bastide sur Michel de Montaigne, 239-242. - Les Essais de Montaigne, Catalogue des éditions et des exemplaires présentés par la Bibliothèque municipale de Bordeaux à l'occasion du IVe centenaire de la première édition, 32. - Graesse, Trésor des livres rares et précieux, IV, 580.
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M. d Herbelot
Bibliotheuqe Orientale, Ou Dicitionnare Universel
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Chez Moutard Imprimeur- Libraire De La Reine 1781 - 6 volumes - hardcover original worn out by the time - fabric paper yellowish by the time - text in good condition - " contenant tout ce qui fait connaître les peuples de l Orient, leurs Histoires, Traditions, tant fabuleuse que veritable; leus Religions et leurs Sectes, leurs Governements, et leurs Revolutions de leurs Empires - weight 3.960 gr - aprox 3456 pages - cc-AB - R [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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