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Eisenschmied, Leonhard
Leonhard Eisenschmieds, eines österreichischen Unterthans merkwürdige Land- und Seereisen durch Europa, Africa und Asien. Eine wahre Geschichte aus den letzten Jahren des achtzehenten Jahrhundertes. Mit einer getreuen Beschreibung verschiedener Länder, Insen, Völker, ihrer Sitten und Gebräuche. 2 Bände.
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Grätz, Graz 1807. XII, 224; X, 205 Seiten mit 8 Kupfertafeln. Wie meist ohne die Vortitel. Pappbände der Zeit mit Rückenschilder (leicht berieben), leicht braunfleckig, im Bund mit Wurmlöchern. Erste Ausgabe! - Der Österreicher Eisenschmied (1771-1824) beschreibt hier seine abenteuerlichen Reisen im Mittelmeerraum - als Abenteurer, Soldat, Fischer und Wasserhändler zog er durch die griechische Inselwelt, Malta, Rhodos, Corfu sowie Tripoli, Algier, Tunis und Marokko. Unterwegs mit Seeräubern, Albanern und Venezianern, geriet er mehrmals in Gefangenschaft, wurde als Sklave der Algerier und Albaner gefangengenommen und wieder befreit. - Wurzbach IV, 16, Kainbacher 103.
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Etat nominatif de Messieurs les Generaux Commandans les divisions Bavaroise et Wurtembergeoise et des Colonels de chacune de ces divisions. Et l'emplacement de chacun de ces messieurs. Etat Major General. Coepenick le 2eme 8bre [Oktober] 1807. Handschriftliche Namens- und Quartierliste des 9. Armee-Korps unter General Michaud, der den französischen Stadtkommandanten von Berlin, General St. Hilaire vertrat.
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Köpenick 1807. - Doppelblatt mit Längs- und Querfaltung. (saubere Kanzleischrift, in mehreren Kolumnen, nur minimal fleckig). 2°. - Etat entierement manuscrit sur deux grands feuillets. On y trouve la composition detaillee des Etats-Majors des Generaux de Divisions et de Brigades, les noms des chefs de corps et l'emplacement des unites. Gibt die Namen der diversen Offiziere (darunter Namen wir von Rechberg, Staudacher, Wimpffen, von Lilienberg, Scharffenstein, von Sprety, von Ziethen) nebst den zugewiesenen Aufenthaltsorten (Buchholz, Fürstenwalde, Beeskow, Zossen, Wrietzen, Frankfurt [Oder] u.a.). Das Dokument ist eigenhändig signiert vom Adjudanten Michauds, Gastine. Dieser ist möglicherweise identisch mit dem im Mai 1792 erwähnten Gastine, der als Hauptmann mit 100 Mann 2500 Österreicher in Schach hielt. - Ce tres interessant travail est signe " Gastine " Adjudant Commandant Chef de l'Etat-Major du 9me Corps d'armee aux ordres du General Michaud. Dans Les Fastes de la Gloire on releve ceci " Au Siege de Conde . Mai 1792, le Capitaine Gastine . Avec cent hommes tint tete, pendant plusieurs heures, a 2.500 Autrichiens, et ne se retira que lorsqu'il eut epuise toutes ses munitions." 550g [Attributes: Signed Copy]
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Bilhon, Jean Fr!deric Joseph
Du gouvernement des Romains, consid‚r‚ sous le rapport de la politique, de la justice, des finances, et du commerce
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Paris: Chez Louis (pr. by Pierre Didot l'Ain!), 1807. Publisher's rose paper wrappers, rebacked in paper wrapper edges chipped and hinges (inside) reinforced. Half-title and title-page institutionally rubber-stamped, front pastedown with institutional bookplate and early inked numeral, half-title with small inked ownership inscriptions. Signatures unopened, edges untrimmed; pages age-toned throughout, some with a little foxing; a nice copy. Now housed in a neat rose-maroon cloth clamshell case with gilt-stamped leather title-label.. 8vo (21.2 cm, 8.4"). viii, 312 pp. . Sole edition, here unopened and uncut in the publisher's paper wrappers, of this treatise on ancient Roman government and economics. Bilhon also published Principes d'administration et d'!conomie politique des anciens peuples, appliqu!s aux peuples modernes and !loge de J.J. Rousseau.#11; Uncommon: OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 find only eight U.S. holdings.
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BONCENNE Pierre
De la Navigation du Clain, et de sa jonction à la Charente et à la Sèvre-Niortaise.
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Poitiers, Catineau, 1807, - in-8, VII-46 pp., un f. blanc, avec une grande carte dépl., demi-vélin vert à coins, dos lisse orné, double filet doré sur les plats, tranches mouchetées (rel. du milieu du XIXe).Rare et unique édition. L'avocat poitevin Pierre Boncenne (1774-1840) fut administrateur du département de la Vienne et conseiller de préfecture. C'est à ce titre qu'il composa plusieurs mémoires sur le Clain et sa canalisation. Relié à la suite, du même auteur : Rapport sur la jonction de la Dordogne à la Loire, et la canalisation du Clain, présenté au Conseil Général du département de la Vienne ( ), dans la séance du 1er septembre 1839. Poitiers, F.-A. Saurin, s.d. [1839], 24 pp. Le recueil est doté au début d'une table manuscrite, ce qui permet de constater qu'il contenait au départ deux opuscules supplémentaires qui en ont été retirés, occasionnant le déboîtage arrière de la reliure : un texte de La Fontenelle sur Philippe de Commines en Poitou (1836) ; une plaquette de 1789. Exemplaire de La Boutière-Lencloître, avec vignette ex-libris contrecollée sur les premières gardes.
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Taylor, Joseph
The General Character of the Dog
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Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1807 - GOOD PLUS. This book [6.75"x4"] is 120 pages containing "a variety of original and interesting anecdotes of that beautiful and useful animal in prose and verse." The book was published one year after the First Edition was published in London, thus making this volume the first dog book published in America. The book is a charming collection of stories about men and their dogs through the ages--all intended to create a greater respect for this remarkable creature. This volume has moderate to heavy foxing throughout, but is completely readable. Prev/owner's name very faintly in pencil on title page. Normal corner bumps and rubs. The book's forest green publisher's cover has worn spots on front and back, but the spine is in leather with gilt-lettering on a black label and in very good condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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BURMEISTER, Carl Hermann
Geschichte der Schöpfung. Eine Darstellung des Entwicklungsganges der Erde und ihrer Bewohner.Leipzig, Otto Wigand (colophon: printed by Breitkopf und Härtel), 1843. 8vo. Contemporary paste-paper boards, gold-tooled spine with label.
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- 6, 485, (2), (1 blank) pp. BMC NH, p. 289 (wanting); Poggendorff I, col. 348; OCLC WorldCat (3 copies).First edition of an account of the physical history of the earth and of life on the earth, by the German naturalist Hermann Burmeister (1807-1892), a follower of Humboldt and Cuvier and fierce opponent of Darwin. More than half the book is devoted to the origin, structure and nature of the earth, paying particular attention to vulcanism, which played a central role in Cuvier's catastrophic theories. These form a background for disscussion of emergence and development of plants and animals (Burmeister was best known as an entymologist and zoologist at this time). This is one of Burmeister's earlier major publlications and went through seven editions up to 1867 as well as a French translation in 1870: Histoire de la Création. From 1850 he spent most of his life in Argentina as a pioneering palaeontologist.With an owner's inscription by a medical student, Zimmermann. In very good condition. Binding rubbed. First edition of Hermann Burmeister's physical history of the earth and its creatures.
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HERIOT, George (1766-1844) #29;STADLER,
Travels Through the Canadas, Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery of some of the Rivers and Lakes; With an Account of the Productions, Commerce, and Inhabitants of those Provinces
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London: Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1807. 1st. Hard Cover#29;#29;#29;. Very Good. xii errata, 602pp, plate list & ad, 4to, [27 x 22 cm] new half calf, raised bands, morocco labels, complete with folding frontispiece, 26 plates (5 folding), hand coloured folding map, 3 small plates with old tears repaired, 1 plate (Quebec from the Citadel) from another edition, folding plate of The Azores from another copy. Inside clean and very good. , , Aquatints by Stadler and Lewis after Heriot.#11;27 plates: 26 sepia aquatints (6 folding) & 1 line engraving. #11;All plates as called for in the list but a few are in the wrong place in the book.#11;Views of Quebec taken from Port Levi (folding frontispiece); The Azores, p14; View of St. Paul's Bay, p56; Quebec from Cape Diamond p62; Quebec from Beauport, p62; Falls of Montmorenci p76; Falls of Montmorenci in Winter p76; Falls of Chaudi!re, p84; Falls of Niagara Birches Mills, p90; Jeune Lorette, p90; Falls of La Puce, p90; Lower Falls of La Puce, p92; Ruins of Ch!teau Richer, p94; Lake St. Charles, p96; River Etchemin, p100; Bridge on the Jacques Cartier, p102; Montreal from the Mountain, p114; Cascades of the St. Lawrence, p120; Fort of Niagara, p150; Whirlpool of the Saint Lawrence, p158; Falls of Niagara Fort Slausser Side, p170; Grande Chaudi!re on the Outaouais River, p236; La Dance Ronde dancing. p256 (folding); Minuets of the Canadians, p258 (folding); Encampment of the Domiciled Indian s, p270 (folding); Costume of the Domiciled Indian s, p292 (folding); Moose Deer, p504; Hand-coloured engraved map of the St. Lawrence (folding)#11;Includes a printing of Father Rasle's vocabulary of the Algonquian language . #11;Hill 801; Prideaux, pp.254-55; Field 687; Lande 433; Sabin 31489; Streeter Sale 3658.
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Pearson, John
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES OF THE MATERIA MEDICA,
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1807. 1807 - Pearson, John. OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES OF THE MATERIA MEDICA, IN THE CURE OF LUES VENEREA: ILLUSTRATED WITH CASES. 2nd ed. London 1807, 1/4 leather with marbled boards, 240pp. Perforation stamp on title page and last leaf, otherwise very fine. *** In this greatly expanded edition, Pearson describes the effects of mercury, ammonia, opium, cinchona, nitrous acid, and other agents in the treatment of syphilis. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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NEUE FEUERBRÄNDE. (zum brennen und leuchten). Ein Journal in zwanglosen Heften. Herausgegeben von dem Verfasser der vertrauten Briefe über die innern Verhältnisse am Preußischen Hofe seit dem Tode Friedrichs II. (d.i. Friedrich von Cölln). Heft 5 (v. 18) in 1 Bd.
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Amsterdam und Cölln, bei Peter Hammer (d.i. Leipzig, Heinrich Gräff) 1807 - 4, 160 S. Feuerroter OUmschlag m. Deckelillustrationen in Kupferstich (unbeschnitten, Rücken überklebt, Vorderdeckel u. die Seiten I - IV u. 1 - 6 m. unterlegten Einrissen, stellenw. etwas braunfleckig). Einzelheft aus der politisch-literarischen, antinapoleonischen Zeitschrift mit dem feuerroten illustrierten Original-Umschlag.- Enthält u.a. "Drey Originalbriefe des Ministers Herzberg an Friedrich Wilhelm II. und die Antwort des Königs im Jahr 1794", "Etwas zur Beurtheilung des sogenannten Schwarzen Registers", "Bemerkungen auf einer Reise im Riesengebirge im Juny 1807", "Beytrag zur Sittengeschichte Berlins im Jahre 1807. (Nur - reine Wahhrheit)", "Entstehung und Zweck des Berliner Journals: Der Telegraph", "Antwort der niedersächsisch-westphälisch-preußischen Unterthanen auf das Abschiedsschreiben ihres Königs in plattdeutscher Sprache, nebst einer freyen Uebersetzung" in Paralleldruck etc.- Kirchner I,1826; Hayn/Gotendorf II,253 u. VI,282; Walther (Peter Hammer) 298.
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CHASTENET DE PUYSEGUR, A. M.
Du magnétisme animal, considéré dans ses rapports avec diverses branches de la physique générale.
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Paris, Desenne, 1807. - In-8, [dimension: 2150x 135 mm] de (4), 478, (2) pp. Demi-chagrin à grains longs rouge, dos orné de filets dorés. (Reliure de l'époque.) Edition originale. "Indépendamment des études comparatives qui ont fait l'objet de ce livre, on lira, non sans intérêt, les lettres de Lavater, de Servan, du P. Amiot, du docteur Grandchamp, etc., adressées au marquis de Puységur, et les observations de ce dernier. Il y a aussi dans le volume des renseignements précieux sur la Société harmonique de Metz, celles de Strasbourg, de Bayonne, etc." Dureau 80. Plats un peu tachés. Bel exemplaire. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Henry Home of Kames
Sketches of the History of Man (Three Volume Set)
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Creech & Cadell & Davies, Edinburgh, Scotland 1807 - Three volume set. Tan calf boards with gold gilt decorated spines. The spines are chipped away, volume one's spine is almost missing, volumes two and three are chipped away at the top of the spine. The corners are pulled and rubbed through. Volume one's boards are warped due to water damage. The pages have foxing and soiling. Open shop since 1975; come and see us, or call for a catalogue. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Chaptal (Jean-Antoine)
Chimie appliquée aux arts.
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Imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Deterville 1807 4 volumes in-12 demi-basane, dos à nerfs, fleurons, filets, roulettes et monogramme dorés, LXXIX- 302- VIII- 544- VIII- 534- VIII- 554 pp. 12 planches hors-texte (X ; I ; I). Dos passé, charnières fendillées et fragiles, coiffes usées. Rousseurs éparses. Edition originale de ce livre novateur. La somme des idées et des recherches du chimiste Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832) en matière d'applications de la science à la production. Il sera à l'origine des premières fabriques de produits chimiques en France. L'homme politique - il fut ministre de l'intérieur - institura les Chambres de commerce et les premières écoles d'art et métiers.
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CHAPTAL, Jean Antoine Claude
Chimie appliquée aux Arts
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Twelve folding engraved plates. lxxix, 302 pp.; viii, 544 pp.; 2 p.l., viii, 534 pp.; 2 p.l., viii, 554 pp. Four vols. 8vo, cont. half-calf & paste-paper boards, flat spines gilt, contrasting leather lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Deterville, 1807.pFirst edition of the earliest treatise on chemical technology based on the new principles of chemistry. Partington describes this work as "one of the best treatises on technical chemistry of its time, and the preface contains some economic and political considerations which are still true" (Vol. III, 557). There are important sections on dyeing, pottery, glass making, tanning, soap making, gunpowder, and distillation. The plates depict chemical apparatus and processes. Attractive set. Cole 252. D.S.B., III, pp. 198-203. Duveen, p. 130. En Francais dans le Texte 213!"Ce livre est la somme de ses idees et de ses recherches.". First Edition. Hard cover.
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Chaptal, J.A
Chimie Appliquée aux Arts
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1807. 4 vols., LXXVIIJ, 302, 544, 534, 554 pp. text on chemistry for industry and the applied arts (textiles, furniture, etc.), incl. detailed descriptions of numerous experiments, chemical reactions, compound formations, distillation procedures, etc., notes, index, lists, tables, 12 fine folding plates (a few sl. soiled at edges) showing fireplaces, chimneys, distillation systems, etc. 8vo. Orig. 3/4 calf and dec. bds., gilt stamped spine. Paris (Deterville) 1807.
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Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a Statistical account of the Countries Adjacent. As Laid Before th
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London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. First English edition. Edges a tad worn, rear endpapers split at lower edge over joint, else fine. Octavo. 116 pp Illustrated with charts and diagrams, one folding table three-quarter burgundy calf lettered in gilt on spine, over marbled boards The first work to provide a real accounting of the southwestern portion of the Louisiana purchase, and also the first London edition of the first official publication with detailed information of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The first section contains material which Meriweather Lewis communicated to Thomas Jefferson, and discussed their route, trade, the Indians encountered, the flora and fauna, and, of course, the geography of the land. The southern explorations and their detailed accounts are also of equal importance, and include the first account of Texas in book form, the letters by Dr. Sibley to Henry Dearborn, in which Dr. Sibley discusses various Texas Indian tribes and about the Red River country [Sabin 40826. Howes L 319].
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JUSTINIEN
LES DOUZE LIVRES DU CODE DE L'EMPEREUR JUSTINIEN. TRADUITS EN FRANCAIS PAR P. A. TISSOT. METZ CHEZ LAMORT 1807-10
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4 voll. in-4 antico (cm. 27x21,5), pp. 528; pp. (4), 480; pp. 484; pp. 355, (1b). Solida tela verde scuro muta recente, conservate all'interno le copp. della br. muta orig.; a una copp. e' stato originariamente incollato a rinforzo un occhiello di altra parte dell'opera. Bella marca ed. ai front. Strappi senza perdite, anticam. risarciti alla meglio alle prime 5 carte del 1 vol. Se no, interni in bella carta fresca nelle sue barbe. Al verso dell'occhiello del 4 vol., il piano delle varie parti dell'opera con i rispettivi prezzi. PRIMA TRADUZIONE INTEGRALE francese della seconda (e unica rimasta) redazione del Codice giustinianeo. Trattasi dei voll. 8-11 di q. trad. del Corpus Juris, uscito in 14 voll., gia' allora vendibili in parti separate. Non ci risulta che tutti i 14 voll. del Corpus Juris della tiratura in-4 siano mai apparsi completi sul mercato internazionale. Rarissimo, censito finora da ICCU in 2 Bibl.
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(Marinus Willett)
1807 Document Signed By Revolutionary War Officer Veteran Marinus Willett While Mayor of New York City
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1807 A printed appointment, accomplished in manuscript of Thomas Simpson as the Measurer of Lumber of the City of New York; signed by Marinus Willett on the tenth of June 1807 on the front of the document and again on the back of the form; with the original paper-covered seal of the city present; Marinus Willett (1740-1830) American Revolutionary War hero from New York, early and active rabble-rousing member of the Sons of Liberty and a constant fighter of the British and their allies, also fought in the French and Indian conflicts earlier in the eighteenth century, later becoming involved in New York City's government, here as Mayor; on 2 sides of legal paper 9 " x 14 1/2" approx.; old fold-lines; in very good condition. . Very Good.
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M. F. A.
Dizionario Legislativo Subalpino ossia compendio generale alfabetico - analitico di tutte le Leggi, Decreti e Provvedimenti emanati e pubblicati nell'inaddietro Piemonte, dai varj Governi ed Autorità che lo ressero dall'epoca del primo ingresso.
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dalla Stamperia Davico, e Picco,, Torino, 1807 - 3 voll. in-4° antico (225x175mm), pp. IV, 288; (2), 289-592; (2), 593-983 (paginazione continua); brossure originali con titoli manoscritti in antico ai dorsi. Firme di appartenenza del tempo. Ottimo esemplare in barbe e a fogli chiusi. Unica edizione, rarissima, pubblicata anonimamente con le sole iniziali dell'autore. Le leggi, i decreti ed i provvedimenti qui raccolti vanno "dall'epoca del primo ingresso dei Francesi 8 X.bre 1798, sino alla venuta in Torino di Napoleone I° in fine di X.bre 1807; e contenuti in vol. 30 della Raccolta Davico e Picco, esciti in luce per tutto il detto anno 1807". Manca al Manno ed al Melzi.
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SCHILLER, (Friedrich von)
Theater. 5 Bde. (Mit 4 Porträtkupfern von Ludwig Friedrich Autenrieth u. dem Porträt Schillers nach Dannekers Büste.) -
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Tübingen, J.G. Cotta 1805 1807. Zus. 7 Bll., 2.829 Ss., 1 Bl. Anzeigen. 8°. HKalbLd. d.Zt. mit goldgeprägt. Rückentitel, Rückenvergold. u. -blindpräg., marmor. Bezugspapier u. Sprengschnitt (leicht angestaubt u. berieben, Ecken tls. min. bestoßen, Stehkanten tls. etw. beschabt; Rücken von Bd. I an der oberen Ecke mit winziger, unauffälliger Fehlstelle im Leder). ERSTE AUSGABE. - Erscheinungsbeginn kurz nach Friedrich von Schillers (1759-1805) Tod. Mit den Erstdrucken 'Der Parasit' (Bd. II) und 'Der Neffe als Onkel' (Bd. V). - "Der Druck des 'Don Carlos und der 'Jungfrau von Orleans' ist nach einem von Schiller revidirten Exemplare dieser Dramen veranstaltet worden; letzteres Drama erscheint hier zum erstenmal in der scenischen Eintheilung." (Trömel 210). 'Semele' fand gegen den Willen Schillers Aufnahme. - Ausgabe auf Schreibpapier mit den Kupfern: I. 'Die Huldigung der Künste'; 'Don Karlos'; 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans'; mit einem Porträt der Jungfrau von Orleans, gez. von Ferd. Jagemann, gest. von L.F. Autenrieth; II. 'Die Räuber'; 'Die Verschöwrung des Fiesko'; 'Kabale und Liebe'; 'Der Parasit'; mit einem Porträt des Fiesco, gest. von Autenrieth; III. 'Wallenstein'; 'Die Braut von Messina'; mit Wallensteins Porträt, gez. von Jagemann, gest. von Autenrieth; IV. 'Maria Stuart'; 'Macbeth'; 'Turandot'; 'Iphigenie in Aulis'; mit einem Porträt der Maria Stuart, nach Van der Werfft gest. von Autenrieth; V. 'Wilhelm Tell'; 'Phädra'; 'Der Neffe als Onkel'; 'Der Menschenfeind'; 'Semele'; mit einem Kupfer von Schillers Büste nach Danneker. - Ludwig Friedrich Autenrieth (1773-1857), Kupferstecher in Stuttgart, "arbeitete meistens für Buchhändler, namentlich für Cotta" (Thieme/Becker II,262). - Borst 1016. - Goedeke V,151,2. - Trömel/Marcuse 271, 278, 280, 284 u. 285. - Wilpert-G.2 46. - Vorsatzpapier im Gelenk tls. brüchig; Besitzvermerk von 1913 a.d. Vorsatz von Bd. I; Bd. II mit aufmont. gefalt. Zeitungsausschnitt a.d. flieg. Vorsatzblatt (Ankündigung der Aufführung 'Die Räuber' am 8.10.1879 in Mannheim); Titeleien u. Kupfer stark, sonst durchgehend etwas u. nur stellenweise stärker stockfleckig; in 4 Bänden sehr wenige Korrekturen von alter Hand mit Tinte. - Dekorative Reihe.
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STAèL-HOLSTEIN (Germaine Necker,
Corinne ou l'Italie.
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à la Librairie Stéréotipe, chez H. Nicolle 1807 2 vol. in-8 de (4)-425-(3) pp. ; (4)-511-(3) pp., cartonnage, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin prune (relié à la fin du XIXe). 1200 Deuxième édition publiée l'année de l'originale. Lonchamp, L'oeuvre imprimé de Madame Germaine de Stael, 59 ; Schazmann (4), Carteret (II, 341) et Escoffier (169) la mentionnent à tort comme édition originale. Quelques rousseurs mais très bon exemplaire.
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FLAXMAN.
Compositions from The Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri by John Flaxman, sculptor.
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London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1807. Oblong Engraved title page and 110 engravings. Contemporary morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed. Some foxing to plates, mainly light and in the margins. In 1792 Thomas Hope commissioned from Flaxman 109 drawings to illustrate The Divine Comedy. He then had them engraved by Piroli for a small private edition which not even the artist's friends were allowed to subscribe to. But enough copies were in circulation for both Goethe and A.W. von Schlegel to have seen them by the time they wrote their enthusiastic assessments of Flaxman in 1799. Probably because a pirated French edition appeared in 1802, a public English one was issued in 1807 at four guineas.
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FUNKE, C.PH.,
Hrsg.) Neues Real-Schullexicon,. enthaltend die zur Erklärung der alten Klassiker nothwendigen Hülfswissenschaften, vornämlich Geographie, Geschichte, Philosophie, Alterthümer und Mythologie. In Verbindung mit einigen Gelehrten hrsg. 5 Bde.
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Wien u. Prag, F. Haas, - 1807. 1805 - Zus. etwa 5500 S. Neue Lwdbde (Rückensign., Bibl.-Stempel verso Titel; Titelblatt von Bd 2 mit 2 größeren, mit Tesa überklebten Randausrissen). Reallexikon der Antike.- Zischka 127: "Sehr stichwortreiches und ausführliches Werk".
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OSSIAN/ MacPherson, J. (translated
THE POEMS OF OSSIAN
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1807. 1807 - Complete in two 300-350pp 16mo volumes with engraved frontispieces and half titles. Original publisher's boards. Slight wear to covers, boards loose, otherwise fine. * One of the notable literary hoaxes of the day. Although Macpherson claimed to be the translator of these ancient Gaelic poems which he collected in travels through the highlands, Samuel Johnson and others felt that to be untrue, believing (as is generally accepted now) that Macpherson composed them himself, throwing in a few ancient names and events. Macpherson was also involved in politics and other worldly affairs, being at one time appointed the British governor of Florida. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Ossian/ Macpherson, J. (Translated
The Poems of Ossian
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1807. Complete in two 300-350pp 16mo volumes with engraved frontispieces and half titles. Original publisher's boards. Slight wear to covers boards loose otherwise fine. * One of the notable literary hoaxes of the day. Although Macpherson claimed to be the translator of these ancient Gaelic poems which he collected in travels through the highlands Samuel Johnson and others felt that to be untrue believing (as is generally accepted now) that Macpherson composed them himself throwing in a few ancient names and events. Macpherson was also involved in politics and other worldly affairs being at one time appointed the British governor of Florida.
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BUCHANAN (Francis);
A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerce ; the Religion, Manners, and Customs ; the History Natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the Rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the honourable East India Company in the late and former wars, from Tippoo Sultaun. By Francis Buchanan, M.D. fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta ; and in the medical service of the honourable Company on the Bengal Establishment. Published under the Authority and Patronage of the Honourable the Directors of the East India Company. Illustrated by a map and numerous other engravings.
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Printed for T. Cadelle and W. Davies 1807 3 vol. in-4 de XIII-(3)-424 pp. ; (4)-556 pp. ; IV-479-(1)-XXXI-(33), index, demi-veau havane mouchetée à petits coins, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en veau havane (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : Carte repliée de l'Inde en couleurs (50 x 40 cm), 2 portraits dont le frontispice, 12 planches numérotées I-XII dont une en couleurs. Tome II : 9 planches numérotées XIII-XIX. Tome III : 15 planches numérotées XXII-XXXVII, 5 tableaux repliés. 4000 Edition originale de ce tableau de l'Inde lors de l'annexion anglaise. Nommé en 1797 gouverneur général des Indes, le marquis Wellesley arriva à Calcutta à l'époque même où Bonaparte débarquait en Egypte. Cette expédition menaçait indirectement les possessions anglaises de l'Inde ; aussi lord Wellesley résolut-il d'agir avec promptitude pour combattre l'influence française et assit la domination britannique sur l'Inde du Sud. Les provinces de Mysore, Canara et Malabar nouvellement conquises, il confia à son compatriote Francis Buchanan (1762-1829) chirurgien dans la marine, membre de sociétés savantes et spécialiste de l'Inde leur description la plus précise. L'ouvrage publié à son retour en Angleterre en 1807 sous l'égide de la Compagnie de l'Inde, offre, après plusieurs années d'investigation une des premieres descriptions complètes de l'Indoustan : agriculture, arts, commerce, lois, coutumes, religions, histoires naturelle et civile, monuments etc. Très bel exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de Charles de Constant Rebecque avec son ex-libris. Cousin de Benjamin Constant, Charles de Constant Rebecque (1762-1835) dit ' le Chinois É à cause de ses Voyages en Extrême-Orient entre 1779 et 1789, devint après une longue carrière de négociant, député au Conseil représentatif de Genève ; il avait du reste épousé à Londres la fille du banquier genevois Jacques Achard. Brunet I, 1370 ; inconnu de Cordier, Bibliotheca Indosinica.
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MILLIN (Aubin-Louis);
Voyage dans les departemens du midi de la France.
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de l'Imprimerie imperiale 1807-1811 4 vol. in-8 de XII-548 pp. ; (4)-600 pp. ; (4)-662 pp. ; (4)-917 pp., demi-veau bleu, dos orne a nerfs, tranches marbrees (reliure de la fin du XIXe siecle). Suivi de : Atlas pour servir au Voyagea In-4 de 28 pp. et 83 planches gravees, demi-chagrin brun a coins, tete doree (Durvans Thivet). 2000 Edition originale. Importante etude archeologique entreprise sous l'Empire, qui fixe l'etat de tous les monuments importants du Midi a la fin du XVIIIe siecle. Aubin-Louis Millin (1759-1818) a su se documenter sur toutes les traditions, les legendes et l'histoire de la Provence, du Dauphine, du Languedoc et des Pyrenees. Il est egalement question de la langue provencale et des fetes populaires. 83 planches, la plupart depliantes, numerotees I - LXXX dont 3 planches bis (X, XII et XLIX) et 3 coloriees (XIII, XXV, LII). La planche ' pl 49 E, Inscription arabe de la maison Mieulan, a Aix, est, selon Twyman, la deuxieme lithographie en caracteres ' non-latins E depuis l'invention du procede etabli par Senefelder en 1796 ; elle est imprimee par Frederic Andre : ' What may well have been the first use of lithography for the purpose of reproducing a non-Latin script is a broadsheet of Babylonian characters produced by Thomas Fisher in 1807. (...) Rather more influential than this Fisher broadsheet was an Arabic inscription Frederic Andre printed in Paris at much the same time for the atlas volume of A.L. Millin, Voyage dans le Departements du Midi (Paris, 1807-1811). The plate in question (no. 49) has no imprint, but in some copies it is signed by Millin. Ten years later Millin declared in a footnote to an article in his own Annales encyclopediques that he had used Andre's services for the printing of this and other plates in the publication E (Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, p. 127). De la bibliotheque de la famille Darblay avec son ex-libris ' Val Coquatrix E du nom du domaine de Saint-Germain-les-Corbeil en Essonne dont elle devint proprietaire au milieu du XIXe siecle. Les 4 volumes de texte sont legerement roussis. Brunet, III, 1723 ; Kress, B 5228 ; Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, p. 127.
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Mechain, [Pierre Francois Andre] /
Base du systeme metrique decimal, ou mesure de l'arc du Meridien compris entre les paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, executee en 1792 et annees suivantes. Tome second [von 3 Bdn.].
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Paris, Baudouin, imprimeur de l'Institut National, Juillet 1807. - 4°. XXIV,844 S., 11 mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafeln mit zahlr. Abb., meist von Instrumenten. Ppbd. d.Zt. mit gedr. O.-Rschild; Ecken u. Kanten teils stärker berieben (am Rschild mit Textverlust), ob. Rückenkante völlig abgenutzt. Gelenke ca. 4-6 cm geplatzt u. provisorisch geklebt. Unaufgeschnittenes, fleckenfreies Expl., nur ein paar überstehende Tafelränder mit nachgedunkelten Staubspuren. Bd.2 des 3bändigen gemeinsamen Hauptwerkes der beiden Pariser Astronomen (1744-1804 bzw. 1749-1822); Bd.1 war schon 1806 erschienen, der Schlußband folgte wegen der in Spanien entstandenen Probleme und des frühen Todes Mechains erst 1810. Vorliegend Tausende von geodätischen, mehr noch astronom. Ergebnissen, meist in Tabellen zu der großen Gradmessung von Dünkirchen bis Barcelona. 1750g
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CALLISEN, HENRICH.
Physisk Medizinske Betragtninger over Kiöbenhavn. Stadens Beboere tilegnede. 2 Bd.
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- Kiöbenhavn, Frederik Brummers Forlag, 1807-09. 2 velbevarede samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og titeletiketter i skind. Kapitæler på bind 1 med et par rifter. Bindhjørner stødte. Kobberstukket portræt af Callisen, efter Hornemans tegning. 2 kobberstukne titelblade.XX,650,(2);XXXII,691 pp. Indvendig frisk eksemplar på skrivepapir. Originaludgaven af vor vigtigste kilde til kendskabet om Københavns sundhedstilstand, dens indretninger, renovation medicinalvæsen etc. i Det 18. århundrede. - Bibl. Danica I:762
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[Bible]
The Holy Bible
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Publisher: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, Printers to the University 1807 Containing the Old and New Testements: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Large 4to. [350 x 280 x 150 mm]. Contemporary binding of straight-grained red goatskin, the covers with a wide gilt border composed of a thick and thin fillet used twice either side of a repeated butterfly-like tool, with ogee arches in the corners, and a bline tendril roll. The spine divided into five panels, with thick bands tooled in gilt, lettered in the second and fourth panels, the other tooled with two impressions of a larger butterfly-like tool, the edges of the boards and turn-ins tooled with gilt rolls, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. (A little rubbed, strips of red cloth reinforcing the inner hinges). Darlow & Moule / Herbert 1497. A monumental Bible, in a fine binding. It has survived remarkably well considering its shape and weight (10½ kg, or 23 lb). Inscribed on the front endleaf: "John and Ellinor Anna Vaughan from their Aunt Jane Vaughan October 4th 1870" and with family records up until 1956 written on the facing flyleaf.
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ROMAGNOSI GIANDOMENICO
GENESI DEL DIRITTO PENALE. EDIZIONE SECONDA. MILANO, AGNELLO NOBILE, 1807. 4 VOLL. IN-8 PICCOLO (23 X 13), DI PP. (8)+142; PP. (2)+131; PP. (4)+182+(2); PP. 156+(16). NEL PRIMO VOLUME ANTIPORTA ALLEGORICA INCISA SU RAME. BROSSURA ORIG. MUTA IN CARTA AZZURRINA, CUSTODIA CARTONATA PROTETTIVA. FIORITURE PER LA QUALITA' POVERA DELLA CARTA, MA BUON ES. (5827)
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Seconda edizione, completamente rifusa e di molto accresciuta rispetto alla prima del 1797, di cui riprende il rame allegorico collocato in antiporta; ambedue sono alquanto rare. Il saggio costituisce il contributo del grande giurista e costituzionalista all'elaborazione del nuovo Codice Penale del Regno d'Italia, dopo che Napoleone, in data 5 giugno 1805, aveva stabilito che il nuovo Regno d'Italia avesse un Codice suo proprio, sia pur coerente con quello francese. Venne pertanto nominata una commissione di lavoro che chiese il contributo del Romagnosi, dato alla luce nel 1807 sviluppando gli argomenti affrontati dieci anni prima. Intanto passavano gli anni, e del nuovo testo vennero presentate ben 6 redazioni, tra il 1806 ed il 1810. La redazione langui' soprattutto per le esitazioni del Capogabinetto del Ministero della Giustizia, Giuseppe Luosi (cui l'opera e' dedicata), finche' Napoleone spazientito decise l'adozione del Codice Penale francese, rendendo vani anche gli sforzi di un Romagnosi che tanto aveva lavorato per "umanizzarlo", soprattutto nel campo dei "diritti di difesa", del significato e della gradualita' delle pene, stabilendo precisi confini e regole al "diritto di punire". Cfr. Mistrali,Gian Domenico Romagnosi, pp. 59-60; e E. Sestan, Opere di Romagnosi Cattaneo e Ferrari, nelle note introduttive.
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SAINT HELENA.
Appropriation of Ordnance to the Defence of St. Helena.
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London: Printed by J. Gold, Shoe Lane, 1807. - First Edition, 12mo, iv, [5]-27, [1] pp., original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, a good copy. This book gives a detailed explanation of the defences that Colonel Patton, governor of St. Helena, took to improve the island from attack. The island has shear cliffs on all sides which rise from 400 to 1,000 feet, and are inaccessible to an enemy from the sea. Guns and Canons were placed at the top of these heights and were able to fire directly down on any debarking troops and command the approach by sea. He had the advantage of employing the invention of Colonel Shrapnell's exploding 'round case shot' with fuses to explode them over the enemy. These are the shells that soon earned the name shrapnel. "Every piece of ordnance intended for the defence of the interior of St. Helena, whether mounted upon garrison or field carriages. ought to depress as far as fifty degrees. and the landing places in many situations requires this depression." Patton devised traversing and horizontal platforms for garrison guns and field ordnance at strategic elevated positions on the cliffs. The perpendicular height of every maritime post from sea level was measured and a table formed for each of the stations, that gave in yards the distances which corresponded to the degrees and minutes of the angle of depression. Of these tables three were completed, one for Ladderhill, one for Rupert's Point, and one for Goat-pound Ridge. The advantages derived from the platforms mostly depended on high situations, and therefore were most exclusively appropriated to St. Helena. **** The notes for this book were written on board his Majesty's ship Sir Edward Hughes, on Patton's homeward journey to England. He hoped that "his suggestions might possibly be found of some advantage to the service of his sovereign. [and] for these purposes he brought models with him of the carriages and platforms which he had adopted at St. Helena." - Preface. Not in the NSTC; COPAC; OCLC or RLIN. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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BERTHIER Maréchal
L.A.S. au maréchal Soult.
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Königsberg, juillet, 1807, - in-folio, 1 pp., filigrane ; joint le bulletin analytique aux archives Soult. Sur le départ de Napoléon pour Dresde : "Je vous préviens ( ) que l'Empereur est parti aujourd'hui pour Dresde ; comme major général et comme ministre de la Guerre, Sa Majesté m'a laissé le commandement de l'Armée pour l'exécution des ordres qu'elle m'a donnés jusqu'au moment de mon départ pour le rejoindre à Paris ( ) Votre correspondance doit m'être adressée à Königsberg et ensuite à Dantzig." Tout au long de la Campagne de Prusse et de Pologne, le prince de Neuchatel avait manifesté une très grande habileté comme chef d'état-major général, suivant l'Empereur sur tous les principaux champs de bataille, Iéna, Auerstaedt, Eylau Friedland ainsi qu'à l'entrevue de Tilsitt. À son retour à Paris le 10 août 1807, Berthier fut nommé vice-connétable, titre qui lui donnait droit de séance au Conseil privé. Il fut alors remplacé par Clarke au ministère de la Guerre, ses fonctions de major-général qui l'obligeaient à donner des ordres à 10 armées répandues sur toute l'Europe, suffisant à absorber son activité.
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ELLMAURER (Joseph);
Le Monument de Joseph II. Ordonné par Sa Maj. Imp. et Royale François I. Erigé par François Zauner, Statuaire de la Cour et Directeur de l'Académie des Beaux Arts à Venise, expliqué par Joseph Ellmaurer, archiviste garde du cabinet d'estampes et bibliothécaire de ladite Académie.
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De l'Imprimerie de J.V. Degen 1807 In-folio broché de (4)-29 pp., couverture jaune imprimée. 500 Edition originale. Frontispice gravé par Merz d'après Zanauer. Rare description de la statue équestre de l'Empereur Joseph II érigée sur la Josefsplatz à Vienne en 1806, chef-d'oeuvre du sculpteur Franz Anton Zauner (1746-1822). ' En offrant ces feuilles au public, je n'ai d'autre but que de chercher à justifier la confiance dont Mr. le Directeur Zauner m'a honoré, en me chargeant de la description du monument sorti de son atelier. Il m'a paru que le meilleur moyen d'atteindre ce but, serait de prendre pour base de mon travail les idées que ce célèbre artiste a bien voulu me communiquer à cet égard. Les détails sur la marche qu'il a suivie dans cette entreprise difficile sont trop instructifs, leur objet est par lui-même trop intéressant, pour ne pas me flatter de prévenir le voeu du public, en ajoutant à cette description quelques notions sur les travaux relatifs à l'exécution du monument dont il s'agit. É Mouillure en coin sur le frontispice, premier plat taché. Manque à la B.N.
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Eisenschmied, Leonhard:
Leonhard Eisenschmieds, eines österreichischen Unterthans merkwürdige Land- und Seereisen durch Europa, Africa und Asien. Eine wahre Geschichte aus den letzten Jahren des achtzehenten Jahrhundertes. Mit einer getreuen Beschreibung verschiedener Länder, Insen, Völker, ihrer Sitten und Gebräuche. 2 Bände.
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. Grätz (Graz), Tanzer 1807. XII, 224; X, 205 Seiten mit 8 Kupfertafeln. Wie meist ohne die Vortitel. Pappbände der Zeit mit Rückenschilder (leicht berieben), leicht braunfleckig, im Bund mit Wurmlöchern. Erste Ausgabe! - Der Österreicher Eisenschmied (1771-1824) beschreibt hier seine abenteuerlichen Reisen im Mittelmeerraum - als Abenteurer, Soldat, Fischer und Wasserhändler zog er durch die griechische Inselwelt, Malta, Rhodos, Corfu sowie Tripoli, Algier, Tunis und Marokko. Unterwegs mit Seeräubern, Albanern und Venezianern, geriet er mehrmals in Gefangenschaft, wurde als Sklave der Algerier und Albaner gefangengenommen und wieder befreit. - Wurzbach IV, 16, Kainbacher 103..
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JANSON Charles William, Esq
The Stranger in America: Containing Observations Made During a Long Residence in That Country, on the Genius, Manners and customs of the People of the United States; With Biographical Particulars of Public Characters; Hints and Facets Relative to the Arts
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London: Published by James Cundee, Albion Press, 1807. First edition. Slight occasional browning, some pages browned due to quality of paper, else fine. Quarto. xxviii, 1-500, ii [p. 500 misnumbered 49] Illustrated with nine hand coloured full page engravings, one hand coloured in text engraving and engraved coloured title page, one full page engraved map, and numerous diagrams rebound in three quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, with raised bands, new marbled endpapers With the rare hand coloured plates The author, Charles William Janson, lived in America from 1793-1805 and travelled quite extensively. He did not approve of the democracy supported by Jefferson, or any of the southern states. Howes says "Janson draws a picture of unrelieved black, but one worthy of attention because of the length of his stay and the breadth of his interests. He covers an astonishing variety of subjects in a loose topical arrangement ..." [Howes J59, b. Clark II, 99. Sabin 35770].
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CARO, Annibal.
Opere.
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Milano, Società Tip. de' Classici Italiani, 1807-1812. 8 voll. in 8, ritr. inc., br. edit. Esempl. in barbe. L' opera comprende: Lettere (3 voll.) distribuite ne' loro vari argomenti colla Vita dell' autore scritta da A.F. Seghezzi - Delle Lettere scritte a nome del Card. Farnese (3 voll.) - Gli Amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe di Longo Sofista tradotti in italiano da A. C. con Supplemento tradotto da S. Ciampi e A. Verri e Due Orazioni di Gregorio Nazianzeno (1 vol.) - L' Eneide di Virgilio tradotta (1 vol.). -
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GILPIN, William.
Dialogues on Various Subjects. Published by his Trustees, for the Benefit of his School at Boldre.
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Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1807 - 6, 537, [1]p errata., with half title; 8vo. Traces of glue on half title & titlepage inner margins, final leaf sl. marked. Contemp. calf, gilt spine, red gilt label; head & tail of spine & joints neatly repaired, a little rubbed, sl. wear to board edges. FIRST EDITION. Together with more religious dialogues are those on Writing, Education, Advantages of a Town Life and a Country Life compared, Duelling, Defence of the Polite Arts, Husbandry, etc. Gilpin died in 1804.
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Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Robinia Viscosa
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Stipple engravings, printed in color and finished by Hand, Large paper edition, Paris, 1807-35 - These undeniably lovely engravings of fruit and flowers by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau are superb examples of the lauded eighteenth-century polymath’s work. Du Monceau lived a duel life as a French naval engineer and botanist, and published several books on both subjects. He was an instrumental member in the foundation of the "Académie de marine de Brest" in 1752. While he is remembered for his long and checkered career as an engineer, it is his contribution to botany and horticulture that has left a lasting impression in the world of botanical illustration. Du Monceau began his career as a botanist when he was requested by the Academy of Sciences to investigate a disease which was destroying the saffron plant in Gâtinais. As a result of his studies he discovered the cause in a parasitic fungus which attached itself to the roots. This achievement gained him admission to the French Academy of Sciences in 1728. For the next half century he would occupy himself with experiments in plant physiology. Similar to other botanical illustrators such as Georg Dionisis Ehret and Redoute, Du Monceau’s oeuvre was most likely created out of a desire to showcase new plant species with scientific accuracy. Their beauty is an unintended, though pleasant, consequence.
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NOUGARET
Histoire du donjon et du château de Vincennes, depuis leur origine jusqu'à l'époque de la Révolution ; Contenant des particularités intéressantes sur les Princes, les Rois, les Ministres et autres personnages qui ont habité Vincennes ; Et sur les prisonniers qui ont été enfermés, principalement pendant les règnes de Louis XIII, Louis XIV et Louis XV ; avec un précis historique des guerres civiles dans lesquelles figurèrent les principaux prisonniers du Donjon, depuis le règne de Charles V jusqu'à l'époque de la suppression de cette prison d'état. Par L. B.
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chez Brunot-Labbe 1807 3 vol. in-8 de (4)-245 pp. ; (4)-247-(1)-VIII-III-(1) pp. ; (4)-286-(2) pp., demi-basane havane marbrée à coins, dos lisse, pièce de titre en maroquin blond et de tomaison en maroquin vert (reliure de l'époque). 500 Edition originale. Cet ouvrage, revu par Alphonse de Beauchamp, donne d'intéressants détails sur la vie des prisonniers et sur la Terreur en province. 3 frontispices dessinés par Vallain et gravés par Bovinet. Ex-libris Eugen Ziegler. Leclère, 773. Bel exemplaire.
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THE MILITIA REGISTER. Agreeably to a Law Passed June the 22nd 1793. This Book has been Preserved for the Company of Cavalry Now Commanded by Captain John Conant to be Kept by the Clerk as an Orderly Book of Said Company
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Publisher: Not published - Date of Publication: 1807 - Binding: Hardcover - Edition: No edition - Condition: Good condition - Description: Quarto (4to) Signed 62 pages of (handwritten) manuscript text; kept between July 23, 1807 and May 4, 1830. Full leather binding with moderate rubbing to extremities, with hinges cracked and some pages loose. Spine is darkened from staining, with some curling and loss of leather. Sylvanus Dodge, father of Grenville Mellen Dodge (born April 13, 1831), served as clerk of the Company of Calvary, Massachusetts Militia, 1828-1830. Sergeant Dodge made the final entry in this register. Apparently, Sylvanus Dodge retained the register and it was kept in the family. At some time his son Grenville Mellen Dodge, probably as a youth, wrote (signed) his name in two pages of the register. G. M. Dodge is the son of Sylvanus and Julia Therese (Phillips) Dodge. U. S. Militia, Cavalry, Military. [Publisher: Not published]
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MEHEE DE LA TOUCHE
MEMOIRES particuliers extraits de la Correspondance d'un voyageur avec feu Mr Caron de Beaumarchais, sur la Pologne, la Lithuanie, la Russie Blanche, Pétersbourg, Moscow, la Crimée, etc., etc. Contenant des observations nouvelles sur la puissance militaire de la Russie, ses finances, ses moeurs et coutumes, etc., etc. Publiés par M. D.
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Galland Paris 1807 - 2 parties en un vol. in-8 de XII 210 pp. et 1 f.n.ch. 172 pp. 4 pp. (catalogue), demi veau raciné fin XIXème, dos lisse richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison. Edition originale (Cioranescu, 44174). Bel exemplaire. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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The Peacock "At Home:" A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball. Written by a Lady. And Illustrated with Elegant Engravings
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London: Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery..., 1807. 1808. . FIRST EDITION, second issue. Small 18mo (123 x 105 mms., pp. 16, 6 engraved plates (including frontispiece) with light colouring of plates, original printed wrappers, with date of 1808 in the lower margin of the wrapper, three Harris imprints advertized on rear wrapper; some browning and spotting in text, wrappers a little soiled, and spine slightly defective, but a good copy, preserved in a fold-over case of leather spine and marbled boards. Catherine Turner (1753 - c. 1816) married Michael Dorset on 2 June 1779; he died in 1805. Catherine was the sister of Charlotte Smith (1749 - 1806). This poem was first published with four illustrations by William Mulready; this second issue adds two new engravings. The Butterfly's Ball was written by William Roscoe. Moon, M.: J. Harris's Books, 215(3-4); Owen, C. T. Handlist, 353. Cf. Gumuchian, 2246.
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VERNES, M. F. de Geneve. (François)
Voyage épisodique et pittoresque aux Glaciers des Alpes, suivi de La Duchesse de la Vallière, tragédie en cinq Actes en Vers et Des aveugles de Franconville, comédie en un Acte en Prose.
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Paris, Gautier et Bretin, 1807, - in-8vo, frontispice gravé (Bessin sc.) + XII + 302 p. (voyage complet) ; X + 120 p. (de 144 - p. 73 à 96 de la 'Tragédie' non reliés), reliure d.-basane, dos richement orné or et avec pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, bel exemplaire. Première édition. L'ouvrage a été réédité en 1808. Un récit de voyage aux 'glacières' qui débute par un sévère réquisitoire contre les aubergistes de Savoie et qui décrit ensuite en deux parties Genève, Bonneville, Magland, Sallanches et les Glaciers du Mont-Blanc. Rare et recherché (Perret). L'ouvrage bien complet de ses 302 p. ( cf. Perret). Sont reliées à la suite 2 pièces de théâtre, qui n'ont rien à voir avec 'le voyages épisodique et pittoresque', dont il manque qqs pages dans la pagination séparée.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. Meckly 208; Perret 4442.
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Jonathan Swift
Voyages de Gulliver. 2
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Librairie Economique, Paris 1807 - Volume II only. Text in French. Title page reads: Voyages de Gulliver, Traduits de Swift, Par l'abbe des Fontaines. Seconde Partie. A Paris, A La Librairie Economique, rue de la Harpe, no 94, ancien college d'Harcourt. 1807. Includes two engravings: frontispiece of the flying island, and "Des Houyhnhnms." Deckle-edged paper. 251 pp. Bottom corner of front wrap is worn away; small wet stain on margin of interior engraving, not affecting illustration. Recyled printed paper serve as outside endpages in front and back. Back strip, including title label, shows some deterioration. For its age, book is in good condition overall. [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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Hippokrates.
Hippocratis Aphorismi, Cum locis parallelis Celsi, ad recentiorem pervulgatamque Editionem, accomodatis. Quibus accessit index locupletissimus.
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Parisiis / Paris, Apud Crochard, via Scholae Medicae, No. 8, 1807.. 16° (10.1 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm). 2 Bll., III, 367 SS. Ldr. d.Zt. (etwas berieben) mit rotem Rückenschild, etwas vergold. Rückendekor u. vergold. Deckelbordüren, Kanten- u. Innenkantenvergold., alls. Goldschnitt (dieser etwas verblasst), hübsche Vorsätze in grau-blauem Steinmarmor. Gelegentlich min. (stock-) fleckig. Leichte Alters- u. Dislokations-, wenig eigentliche Gebrauchsspuren. Gesamthaft weitestgehend sauberes, recht gutes und attraktives Exemplar.. Antike.Sehr seltene, hübsche und typographisch bemerkenswert sorgfältig gemachte Ausgabe der 'Aphorismoi' in lateinischer Übersetzung. - Zu den besonders wichtigen Schriften des Hippokrates zählt Karl Sudhoff (Kurzes Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin 1922) auch die "Aphorismi, die berühmten Lehrsätze [..]; nur Buch (particula) 1-3 zu beachten; die übrigen Bücher sind sicher unecht. Die Aphorismen behandeln die verschiedensten Gegenstände der Heilkunde, Buch 1 die Ausleerungen, sowohl die spontanen wie die künstlich erzielten, und die dabei zweckmässigste Diät; Buch 2 ist wesentlich symptomatologisch und bespricht die Erscheinungen im Schlaf, Ernährung, Bewegung ohne bestimmte Ordnung; Buch 3 ist vorwiegend ätiologisch und behandelt den Einfluss der Jahreszeiten auf die Gestaltung der epidemischen und interkurrenten Krankheiten." (op. cit. p. 65; unter medizinhistorischen Aspekten ausführlich und aktualisiert s. R. Toellner, Illustrierte Geschichte der Medizin, 1, 1986, pp. 293-349). - "Wann und wie sich ein 'Corpus Hippocraticum' überhaupt zu bilden begann, lässt sich schwer sagen. [..] Allen Hypothesen fehlt der sichere Grund, aber Hans Diller hat in seiner Mainzer Akademierede (1959) mit guten Gründen als die wahrscheinlichste unter ihnen bezeichnet, dass die Masse der hippokratischen Schriften in der Tat aus einer Bibliothek stammt, die ein Arbeitsinstrument der koischen Schule war. Dass Verschiedenes im Laufe der Zeit anwuchs, ist wohl zu verstehen. Das stärkste Argument Dillers besteht in dem Hinweis auf die aphoristischen Anweisungen, die in dem 'Corpus' enthalten sind. Diese Sammlungen, deren berühmteste die hippokratischen Aphorismen sind, wurden in der Zeit vom ausgehenden 5. bis in die zweite Hälfte des 4. Jahrhunderts geschaffen. Sie zeigen so deutliche und ausgiebige Berührungen mit Lehrschriften des 'Corpus', dass mehrere von diesen bereits damals in einem engeren Zusammenhange zu denken sind. Für dessen Erklärung liegt aber die Annahme einer Fachbibliothek in Kos ohne Zweifel am nächsten." (A. Leski, Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. 2. Aufl. 1963, p. 532).
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Butler, Charles
Horae Biblicae; Being A Connected Series Of Notes On The Text And Literary History of the Bibles, or Sacred Books of the Jews and Christians; and on the Bibles or Books Accounted Sacred by the Mahometans, Hindus, Parsees Chinese and Scandinavians 2 Vols
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Printed for J White By T Bensley, London 1807 - Hardcovers in good condition. Leather spine and corners, 5 raised bands, marbled boards. Corners worn through, wear along hinges and spine ends. Vol 2 has some additional wear spots on the spine. Binding is tight, hinges solid. Text block crisp and clean. Bookplate of John F Dillon in both volumes. 2 volume set complete, both 1807; Vol I 4th edition 284 pp, Vol II 2nd edition 313 pp. Presentable set. Vol I pictured. Multi volume set; No extra shipping charge if mailed Media rate within the USA. Check with me on shipping rate for Priority mail or shipping outside the USA. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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POCHINI, Antonio - Giovanni
Volgarizzamento della ode alcaica premessa alla traduzione di Pindaro dell'abate Giovanni Costa
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nè t. 1807-08, S.l. [Padova] - 4to; Leg. in cartonato remondiniano a motivi geometrici; pp XI; testo latino e italiano a fronte. Edizione originale. Opera stampata in onore del nuovo vescovo di Padova, in occasione del suo ingresso nel 1807. L'abate G. Costa aveva pubblicato la sua versione delle poesie di Pindaro in tre volumi, e l'aveva dedicata a Mons. Francesco Dondi Dall'Orologio con un'ode in latino. Ricorda Giannantonio Moschini, nella sua Letteratura veneziana (Tomo IV, p. 21): "L'ab, Costa dedicò questo suo lavoro travaglioso con una Safica Ode al Cav. monsig. Dondi dall'Orologio. Ora nelI'incontro che questi fece il solenne ingresso, la sì stampò pur a parte con una versione in quarta rima del giovane Antonio Pochini Padovano". Il nome dell'A. si ricava da p.III. Ottimo stato di conservazione.
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JUNOT, Andoche, duc
Lettre autographe signée, adressée à Talleyrand. Paris, le 15 janvier 1807. 3 pages in-4.
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1807 Monseigneur, Je n'ai reçu que le 10 de ce mois la lettre aimable et pleine de bontés que vous m'avez écrite de Berlin en date du 1er Octobre. Je ne conçois pas comment elle a pu éprouver ce retard, mais elle ne m'en a pas moins été sensible; dans un moment aussi cruel s'il n'est pas possible d'être consolé, il est doux du moins de voir des personnes que l'on aime prendre part à ses peines, et vous savez monseigneur que depuis longtemps j'ai fait gloire de vous avouer un sincère attachement. Depuis votre départ nous avons eu l'honneur d'aller plusieurs fois à la Muette et nous avons été assez heureux pour recevoir chez nous la princesse de Benevent, qui nous a traités avec une bonté parfaite, j'aime à vous en témoigner toute ma reconnaissance. Je suis bien inquiet sur l'accident de ce brave Rapp, j'espère cependant qu'il sera assez heureux pour s'en tirer. Le prince Murat n'écrit pas, ce qui tourmente la princesse. Il me semble bien peu raisonnable qu'on la laisse sans nouvelles positives et qu'elle n'apprenne l'état de la santé du prince que par les journaux. Nous autres badauds de Paris qui ne voyons pas plus loin que notre nez nous vous attendons incessamment d'abord parce que nous vous désirons, et puis parce que l'argent (qui est commun à Paris) ne circule pas, on ne fait pas la moindre dépense et si les sénateurs et les législateurs ne dépensaient pas de temps en temps la course d'un fiacre pour aller faire visite à l'archi-chancelier on ne verrait point d'argent en circulation. Nous avions besoin du dernier bulletin pour nous tranquilliser, vous savez que n'aimons pas attendre mais nous avons repris notre calme ordinaire et moyennant un Te Deum que nous chanterons très incessamment nous serons très contents et nous dirons que nous avons fait une belle fête pour célébrer les victoires de la Grande Armée. Je prie votre seigneurie de vouloir bien me conserver son amitié et croire au sincère attachement et au respect de son très humble et très obéissant serviteur, Junot P.S. Je vous prie de me rappeler au souvenir de Maret et Berthier. Le dernier m'a oublié pour la forêt de Marly mais je ne l'en aime pas moins.
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STAèL-HOLSTEIN (Germaine Necker,
Corinne ou l'Italie.
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à la Librairie Stéréotipe, chez H. Nicolle 1807 2 vol. in-8 de (4)-425-(3) pp. ; (4)-511-(3) pp., cartonnage, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin prune (relié à la fin du XIXe). 1200 Deuxième édition publiée l'année de l'originale. Lonchamp, L'oeuvre imprimé de Madame Germaine de Stael, 59 ; Schazmann (4), Carteret (II, 341) et Escoffier (169) la mentionnent à tort comme édition originale. Quelques rousseurs mais très bon exemplaire.
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Jourdain, M. De B.
Melange Historiques, Satiriques et Anecdotiques 3 Vols.
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Chevre et Chanson, Paris 1807 - I: xvi, 447: II: 478 III: 480 pages. Brown spotted leather with gilt deco on spine and two leather labels on each volume. Gilt margin around covers with a medallion on each. Marbled end-papers and page edges. Bit of edge-wear and vol. III has a worn spot top of front cover. Still, a handsome set. Tight and clean. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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OEHLENSCHLAGER, (Adam Gottlob,
NORDISKE DIGTE
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Kiobenhavn: Andreas Seidelin, 1807.. First edition. Octavo, 17.2 cm, hardcover, contemporary (original?) marbled boards and leather spine, spine label. [4], (xxxviii), (426) pp. Joints rubbed; chips to head of spine; boards rubbed, worn at outer corners; some foxing to text, mainly ear ly and late; a VG clean copy otherwise, tight in the binding. Adam Oehlenschlager, poet and dramatist, was the leading figure of the Romantic movement in Denmark. His DIGTE (1803) was a landmark in Danish poetry and he became an major influence for later Danish writers. With the publication of this book (NORDIC POEMS in English), "he turned Nordic mythology and legend into a living source of inspiration for literature and cultural life and breathed new life into Danish drama" - Johan de Mylius . He visited Goethe in Weimar and Madame de Stael in Paris while abroad in 1805-09. Oehlenschlager has been known as the national poet of Denmark, and was in 1829 named Scandinavian poet laureate..
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Baron Steuben
STEUBEN'S REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY A FRONTISPIECE, EXHIBITING THE MANUAL EXERCISE, AND EIGHT OTHER COPPERPLATES, EXPLANATORY OF THE MOVEMENTS OF A COMPANY, REGIMENT, OR BATTALION.
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Hardback book. 4 by 7 inches. 81 pages. Full leather covers. Leather is scuffed, front exterior hinge is spit, edgewear, especially to corners and spine tips. Top spine is damaged. Previous owner's name inked on FEP and title page. Preliminary pages are offset by the leather cover. Text is generally age-darkened. Occasional chip, spot through text. Frontis map has been awkwardly re-folded - has two closed tears and some extra creases. All eight plates are present at rear. All have moderate foxing, re-fold creases. An important book on the new American Army. #900213 [Publisher: Boston: William Pelham.]
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Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes,
An act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [with] Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von. Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States.
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Lancaster (PA) John R. Mathews 1807 12mo (17.2 cm, 6.75"). 64, 5-85 (lacking prelim. ff., pp. 1-4 &81/82), [1 (blank)] pp. (lacking plts.). Developing state and private militia companies proved to be a troublesome issue for Pennsylvania well into the 18th century, largely because of Quaker influence; the first Militia Act was not passed until 1755, and the first document in this 1807 volume implies that the system was still in flux, at least to some degree. The militia regulations passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1807, here in a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, imprint of the same year, update and in some particulars supercede the Act of 1802; they are here bound as issued with Baron von Steuben's classic military treatise printed in the same year by the same publisher. Commonly referred to as the "Blue Book" (for the color of its original wrappers), the Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops was written by Von Steuben, the first Inspector General of the United States Army, based on his experience training Washington's troops at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. First printed in 1779, it remains in use, in modified form, even today-and its combination here with another contemporary document of obvious importance for soldiers and officers, with a Pennsylvania provenance and in an original binding, provides a very pleasing artifact of military history Provenance: Among several early ownership inscriptions on the front pastedown and title-page is one reading "John Ebling Captain." Several different John Eblings, most hailing from Berks County, PA, are recorded as having served in Pennsylvania companies. Act: Shaw & Shoemaker 13330/13331 (second listing giving this pagination but not identifying second work). Regulations: Shaw & Shoemaker 13649. Both: Sabin 91457. Contemporary mottled sheep, showing expectable damage from acid binding treatment, wear, and a few pin-type wormholes. Early inked ownership inscriptions as described above, one dated 1828. Many corners dog-eared; pages gently age-toned with some darker spotting. Second work with plates, preliminary leaves, title-page, and pp. 81/82 lacking; some leaves loosening. With faults but still fascinating.
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CHAPONE, MRS. [HESTER]
The Posthumous Works of Mrs. Chapone. Containing Her Correspondence with Mr. Richardson; A Series of Letters to Mrs. Carter, and Some Fugitive Pieces, Never Before Published.
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London: Printed for John Murray and A. Constable, 1807. First edition NCBEL II, 1598. 2 vols in 1, contemporary marbled paper boards recently rebacked in quarter calf period style, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. Bound without the half-titles. ¶ An important edition of Mrs. Chapone's works, which publishes for the first time some of her earliest writings including her interesting letters to her friend Samuel Richardson: “It was her widely circulated letters to Richardson (written in 1750–51) concerning a woman's right to exercise her judgment and consult her emotions in refusing an arranged marriage, which made [Chapone] something of a cause célèbre in her youth. The letters, published posthumously argue passionately, but in the abstract, for romantic love and companionate marriage. [She] treats with high seriousness the contradiction in acknowledging women's rationality and abstract equality while denying them moral agency, but deals with the problem by maintaining a complaisant if teasing voice—she cajoles her obstinate opponent” - DNB online. Chapone uses Richardson's character Clarissa as an example throughout her letters. Binding a little tight; some light foxing; contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down; modern bookplate on the front free endpaper; very good copy.
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William. YOUNG
THE SPIRIT OF ATHENS, BEING A POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIO
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YOUNG, William. THE SPIRIT OF ATHENS, BEING A POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HISTORY OF THAT REPUBLIC. London: J. Robson, 1777. 8vo. Contemporary full-calf. xv, 296 pages. First edition. This political and philosophical history of the Athenian Republic was written Young when he was twenty-eight. It brought him considerable fame and went through three editions. Young went on to become a member of Parliament, owne plantation in the Dominican Republic and was appointed governor of Tobago in 1807. Armorial bookplate. Contemporary ink inscription on title page. Fron hinge professionally strengthened. A very good, handsome copy. [Publisher: Publisher]
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MacGowan, John
Internal Conference: or, Dialogues With Devils
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Halifax, [Nova Scotia]: Printed at the Office of J. & J. Nicholson, 1807 - Macgowan (1726-1780) was a Baptist minister in London whose Calvinist preaching won a considerable following in North America.Ò [He] É was probably more effective with his pen than in the pulpit, certainly if the number of titles authored and the frequency of their reprinting be any criteria. He had a considerable following in America as well as in Britain, and his works were translated into Welsh and Gaelic. His publications, some of them published under the pseudonym the Shaver or Pasquin Shaveblock, included most significantly The Arians and Socinians Monitor (1761), Priestcraft Defended (1768), and Dialogues of Devils (1772). His style could be ironic and caustic, even menacing and censorious, effecting a dogmatism, that not all shared, in passing sentence on the doctrinal deviance of others beyond the scope of that allocated to humankind, who must always be ignorant of belated reformation and repentance. In his devotional writings he was criticized for being too fanciful ÉÓ Ñ ODNB 8vo. . Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Spine defective and disintegrating, text dampstained. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Garibaldi, Giuseppe
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. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Freiheitskämpfer (1807-1882). 17 tls. e. Briefe mit e. U. ("J. Garibaldi"). Salto (Uruguay), 1845 und 1846. Zusammen 19½ SS. auf 22 Bll. Folio und 4°. Mit einer Beilage (s. u.). - Inhaltsreiche Korrespondenz aus Garibaldis Jahren in Südamerika. Der große italienische Freiheitskämpfer hatte 1834 an einem Aufstand in Piemont teilgenommen. Als dieser gescheitert und Garibaldi zum Tode verurteilt worden war, war ihm die Flucht nach Südamerika gelungen. Dort beteiligte er sich an Unruhen in Brasilien und in Uruguay, wo er die Flotte in den Krieg gegen Argentinien führte. Die vorliegenden Briefe sind allesamt an John Elliott Bingham (1785-1863), den Kapitän der HMS Acorn, gerichtet und umfassen aktuelle Lageberichte von Garibaldis "Nacional Squadron" in Salto über u. a. Waffen- und Lebensmittellieferungen, die Lage der Streitkräfte, notwendige Unterstützung, Truppentransporte u. v. m. "Since I had last the pleasure we have received news of importance and as I am sure you will be anxious to know every thing in our favour I have the pleasure of as[s]uring[g] you that Urquisa has been obliged to retire from Corrientes. Yesterday we have had two of his men passed over to us from Entre Rios and they have informed us, that Urquisa with his army of five thousand and odd men marched up into the province of Corrientes as far as a place called Tranquera de Loreto, and from this place he has c[o]untermarched and two days ago was in the Puntas de Unqueri, he has maid [!] this c[o]untermarch with the greatest presipitation [!] having a great number of horses in his way besides some other of the best that the Correntinos took from them in Mocoreta [...]" (a. d. Br. v. 10. März 1846). - 1848 sollte Garibaldi schließlich nach Europa zurückkehren, um am italienischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg gegen Österreich teilzunehmen, der ihn zum Nationalhelden werden ließ. - Beiliegend 85 meist ebenfalls an J. E. Bingham gerichtete Briefe (tls. in Spanisch und tls. in Englisch) von u. a. Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (1792-1857), der von 1835 bis 1838 der 2. Präsident Uruguays gewesen war, sowie von anderen spanischen und englischen Offizieren wie Javier Gomensoro, Victoriano Camacho und Vicente Vina. Salto, Guabillu, Yaguari, Montevideo, Mercedes u. a., 1846 und 1846. Zusammen 96½ SS. auf 100 Bll. Meist Folio und 4°. - Weiters beiliegend vier Listen mit Namen von britischen Staatsangehörigen auf u. a. der Isla de Bisquino und in Mercedes sowie eine "Lista de los Franceses" (zusammen 5¾ SS. auf 6 Bll. Folio). - Alles zusammen in einer zeitgenössischen, wohl von Bingham selbst beschrifteten Mappe. - Die meisten (vor allem die überformatigen) Schreiben sowie der Umschlag mit starken Gebrauchsspuren und angestaubt; Garibaldis Briefe in mehrheitlich gutem Zustand; alle Briefe am linken Rand alt auf Trägerpapier aufgezogen und mit diesem eingeheftet.. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Freiheitskämpfer (1807-1882). 17 tls. e. Briefe mit e. U. ("J. Garibaldi"). Salto (Uruguay), 1845 und 1846. Zusammen 19½ SS. auf 22 Bll. Folio und 4°. Mit einer Beilage (s. u.). - Inhaltsreiche Korrespondenz aus Garibaldis Jahren in Südamerika. Der große italienische Freiheitskämpfer hatte 1834 an einem Aufstand in Piemont teilgenommen. Als dieser gescheitert und Garibaldi zum Tode verurteilt worden war, war ihm die Flucht nach Südamerika gelungen. Dort beteiligte er sich an Unruhen in Brasilien und in Uruguay, wo er die Flotte in den Krieg gegen Argentinien führte. Die vorliegenden Briefe sind allesamt an John Elliott Bingham (1785-1863), den Kapitän der HMS Acorn, gerichtet und umfassen aktuelle Lageberichte von Garibaldis "Nacional Squadron" in Salto über u. a. Waffen- und Lebensmittellieferungen, die Lage der Streitkräfte, notwendige Unterstützung, Truppentransporte u. v. m. "Since I had last the pleasure we have received news of importance and as I am sure you will be anxious to know every thing in our favour I have the pleasure of as[s]uring[g] you that Urquisa has been obliged to retire from Corrientes. Yesterday we have had two of his men passed over to us from Entre Rios and they have informed us, that Urquisa with his army of five thousand and odd men marched up into the province of Corrientes as far as a place called Tranquera de Loreto, and from this place he has c[o]untermarched and two days ago was in the Puntas de Unqueri, he has maid [!] this c[o]untermarch with the greatest presipitation [!] having a great number of horses in his way besides some other of the best that the Correntinos took from them in Mocoreta [...]" (a. d. Br. v. 10. März 1846). - 1848 sollte Garibaldi schließlich nach Europa zurückkehren, um am italienischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg gegen Österreich teilzunehmen, der ihn zum Nationalhelden werden ließ. - Beiliegend 85 meist ebenfalls an J. E. Bingham gerichtete Briefe (tls. in Spanisch und tls. in Englisch) von u. a. Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (1792-1857), der von 1835 bis 1838 der 2. Präsident Uruguays gewesen war, sowie von anderen spanischen und englischen Offizieren wie Javier Gomensoro, Victoriano Camacho und Vicente Vina. Salto, Guabillu, Yaguari, Montevideo, Mercedes u. a., 1846 und 1846. Zusammen 96½ SS. auf 100 Bll. Meist Folio und 4°. - Weiters beiliegend vier Listen mit Namen von britischen Staatsangehörigen auf u. a. der Isla de Bisquino und in Mercedes sowie eine "Lista de los Franceses" (zusammen 5¾ SS. auf 6 Bll. Folio). - Alles zusammen in einer zeitgenössischen, wohl von Bingham selbst beschrifteten Mappe. - Die meisten (vor allem die überformatigen) Schreiben sowie der Umschlag mit starken Gebrauchsspuren und angestaubt; Garibaldis Briefe in mehrheitlich gutem Zustand; alle Briefe am linken Rand alt auf Trägerpapier aufgezogen und mit diesem eingeheftet.
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BACH, Johann August,
Historia iurisprudentiae Romanae quatuor libris comprehensa.
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Leipzig, Im Verlag von Salomon Link (Sumtibus Salomonis Linkii), 1807. - Novis observationibus auxit Aug. Cornelius STOCKMANN. Editio sexta prioribus longe emendatior. Oktav. XX, 752 S. Zeitgenössischer Pappband mit Kiebitzpapierüberzug und grünem Buchschnitt. Einer der wenigen, die als Fachfremde unter den Juristen hohe Anerkennung erlangten, war der Philologe an der Universität Leipzig Johann August BACH (1721-1758), der schliesslich doch an der juristischen Fakultät 1750 promovierte. Im gleichen Jahr ao. Professor und trat seine Professur für Rechtsaltertümer an der Universität Leipzig im Jahre 1752 an. Sein Hauptwerk über die Geschichte des Römischen Rechts edierte Bach erstmals 1754 und wurde schließlich letztmalig 1822 in der siebenten Auflage ediert. Das Werk galt als das beste seiner Zeit dieser Art. Bach verarbeitete in seinem Werk auch einen Abschnitt über die byzantinische Rechtsentwicklung. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Chaptal (Jean-Antoine)
Chimie appliquée aux arts.
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Imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Deterville 1807 - 4 volumes in-12 demi-basane, dos à nerfs, fleurons, filets, roulettes et monogramme dorés, LXXIX- 302- VIII- 544- VIII- 534- VIII- 554 pp. 12 planches hors-texte (X ; I ; I). Dos passé, charnières fendillées et fragiles, coiffes usées. Rousseurs éparses. Edition originale de ce livre novateur. La somme des idées et des recherches du chimiste Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832) en matière d’applications de la science à la production. Il sera à l’origine des premières fabriques de produits chimiques en France. L’homme politique - il fut ministre de l’intérieur - institura les Chambres de commerce et les premières écoles d’art et métiers. [Attributes: First Edition]
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MacDONALD, Duncan.
The New London Family Cook: Or, The Town and Country Housekeeper's Guide.
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London, Albion Press. c. 1807. - Second Edition. 8vo., pp. 634 + 10 plates. Finely bound in traditional style, recent full speckled calf, black label, gilt. Light age wear. Small dark mark to edge, occasional foxing, light creasing for a couple of years. Very Good indeed. Contains Directions for Marketing; preparing soups; pastry and confectionary; Directions for carving; Family recipes; Directions for servants; etc. Oxford, p. 129. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Füssli Heinrich
Saemmtliche Werke Erstes und zweytes nebst einem Versuche seiner Biographie
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in der Kunsthandlung von Füssli und Compagnie Zürich 1807, 1809 - 2 Papiermappen 55x35 cm mit 5/4 Doppelbg Text und je 8 Umrissradierungen (in Heft 1 ohne Bezeichnungen, in Heft 2 bez. mit F. Hegi Sc und H. Lips, sc. (Ränder der handgeschöpften Büttenpapiere einger. wenig Stockfl. Texte mit kräftiger Schattierung gedruckt). Weinglass, Prints and Engravings By and After Henry Fuseli. A. Catalogue Raisonné, 1994, Nos 275-283 sowie 13A, 70A, 71A, 73E, 74A, Folge von Umrissradierungen nach den bedeutendsten Gemälden Füsslis (1741-1825), des «wild Swiss». Das Unternehmen, Füsslis Gemälde in Flaxmanscher Umrissmanier zu stechen, wurde von Füsslis Cousin, dem Zürcher Kunsthändler Heinrich Füssli (1751-1829) betrieben. Der erklärende Text zu den Tafeln stammt von J. J. Horner. Das Unternehmen wurde ein Misserfolg, mehr als die beiden vorliegenden Hefte sind nicht erschienen. Dies ist die einzig representative Graphikfolge nach Gemälden des grössten Zürcher Malers, das in seiner Heimatstadt unternommen wurde. In der originalen Lieferweise, vollständig unbeschnitten. So von allergrösster Seltenheit (Weinglass nennt immer nur einen Handvoll Exemplare, meist in Schweizer Sammlungen). Gewicht 1000 g [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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BUCHANAN (Francis);
A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerce ; the Religion, Manners, and Customs ; the History Natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the Rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the honourable East India Company in the late and former wars, from Tippoo Sultaun. By Francis Buchanan, M.D. fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries of London...
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London Printed for T. Cadelle and W. Davies 1807 3 vol. in-4 de XIII-(3)-424 pp. ; (4)-556 pp. ; IV-479-(1)-XXXI-(33), index, demi-veau havane mouchetée à petits coins, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en veau havane (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : Carte repliée de l'Inde en couleurs (50 x 40 cm), 2 portraits dont le frontispice, 12 planches numérotées I-XII dont une en couleurs. Tome II : 9 planches numérotées XIII-XIX. Tome III : 15 planches numérotées XXII-XXXVII, 5 tableaux repliés. Edition originale de ce tableau de l'Inde lors de l'annexion anglaise. Nommé en 1797 gouverneur général des Indes, le marquis Wellesley arriva à Calcutta à l'époque même où Bonaparte débarquait en Egypte. Cette expédition menaçait indirectement les possessions anglaises de l'Inde ; aussi lord Wellesley résolut-il d'agir avec promptitude pour combattre l'influence française et assit la domination britannique sur l'Inde du Sud. Les provinces de Mysore, Canara et Malabar nouvellement conquises, il confia à son compatriote Francis Buchanan (1762-1829) chirurgien dans la marine, membre de sociétés savantes et spécialiste de l'Inde leur description la plus précise. L'ouvrage publié à son retour en Angleterre en 1807 sous l'égide de la Compagnie de l'Inde, offre, après plusieurs années d'investigation une des premieres descriptions complètes de l'Indoustan : agriculture, arts, commerce, lois, coutumes, religions, histoires naturelle et civile, monuments etc. Très bel exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de Charles de Constant Rebecque avec son ex-libris. Cousin de Benjamin Constant, Charles de Constant Rebecque (1762-1835) dit « le Chinois » à cause de ses Voyages en Extrême-Orient entre 1779 et 1789, devint après une longue carrière de négociant, député au Conseil représentatif de Genève ; il avait du reste épousé à Londres la fille du banquier genevois Jacques Achard. Brunet I, 1370 ; inconnu de Cordier, Bibliotheca Indosinica.
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ORME, EDWARD (PUBLISHER) AND ALEXANDER
THE COSTUME OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY, FROM A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS MADE ON THE SPOT, AND NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KINNAIRD CONTAINING A PORTRAIT OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS. J. HAYES FOR ORME, LONDON, 1807.
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Folio (37 x 26 cm). Stipple-engraved portrait by Godby after Jean Pichon, printed in colours and finished by hand, title-page, dedication, 8 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards; portrait cropped (33.5 x 23.5 cm) and mounted; waterstain, some spotting and soiling. Modern light brown calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt. First issue (second in 1814) of this fine collection of Russian military costumes, coloured by hand. Colas suggests that the plates could be by Alexander Orlovskiy on stylistic grounds. The plates are as follows: 1. The Body Guard. 2. Foot Guards. 3. Chasseur Guards. 4. Guard at Night. 5. Infantry. 6. A Sailor. 7. A Soldier of the Police. 8. A Cossack. Colas 735; Lipperheide 1347.
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REGLAS Y LEYES QUE SE HAN DE OBSERVAR EN EL JUEGO DEL MEDIATOR, con algunas instrucciones faciles para que qualquiera pueda aprenderlo por sí mismo, y tambien las del juego Español llamado Hombre, y de todos los demas que de éste se han formado comparados con el Mediator, que es uno de ellos: por un aficionado.
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Imp. Fuentenebro y compañía. Madrid, 1807. - 15 cm. 190 pág. [Sigue:] REGLAS Y LEYES QUE SE HAN DE OBSERVAR EN LOS JUEGOS DEL REVESINO, MALILLA Y CIENTOS, en continuacion a la coleccion general de todos los juegos permitidos, por un aficionado autor del Juego del Mediator. Id., id. 152 pág. Dos obras encuadernadas en pasta española, tejuelo. * El juego del Mediator tomó dicho nombre hacia 1600 (se jugaba con 4 personas). En el siglo XVII, también se conocía como triunfos Hispánicos, y figura con frecuencia en las novelas picarescas de comienzos del XVII y es mentado como uno de los juegos más usados "en la buena sociedad". Hacia 1650, una forma de 3 llamada Renegado en España, se expandía por Europa bajo el nombre del "Hombre". El Mediador es la variante de 4, venida de Francia hacia 1760, que volvió a dar vida a la familia del Hombre en España. La edición original del primer tratado es de 1789 (Palau 256133). Hacia 1800 sufrió otro cambio de nombre al Tresillo que lo distinguia del Quadrillo o Quintillo. Palau 256138 y 256139. - Juegos de cartas, naipes. Juegos de azar, naipes Libros antiguos anteriores a 1830 [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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STEVENSON, John [s46 *° Music
A Selection of Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore. Vol. [1 and 2, being numbers 1-4].
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London and Dublin: J. Power and W. Power, p/nos 50, 51 [1807, 1810]. * - 4 vols in two. Folio. 102, 109pp. Half calf, very worn, repaired with cloth, very worn, all boards detached, backstrips worn away. Internally fine, in desperate need of complete rebinding. Title vignettes with decorative foliage bordering, and full page engravings. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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SALVO, Carlo, Marquis de.
Travels in the Year 1806 from Italy to England...Containing the Particulars of the Liberation of Mrs. Spencer Smith.
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Portrait frontispiece of de Salvo, lx and 296 pp. 12mo, full calf, expertly rebacked many years ago. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. One of several London editions, no priority established. The Dedication is signed by W. Fraser who stated that he translated the narrative from a manuscript of the Marquis de Salvo. Mrs. Constance Spencer Smith was one of the daughters of Baron Herbert (for many years Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople) who was the wife of Spencer Smith, English Minister at Stuttgard, and sister-in-law of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. Mrs. Smith, while staying in Venice with her sister, the Countess Attems, on account of her health was arrested in 1806 by the order of Napoleon, who planned, it was said, on sending her as a state prisoner to Valenciennes. The Marquis de Salvo, a young Sicilian was a friend of the Countess Attems, and a profound admirer of her sister. He determined to rescue her from the French police. This is the account of his successful venture. Set against the turbulent and ever-changing times of the Napoleonic Wars. Byron, a few years after this narrative was written had a brief affair with Mrs. Smith. TRAVEL NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Bryan Edwards
The History, Civil And Commercial, Of The British Colonies In The West Indies...Fourth Edition, With Considerable Additions, Illustrated with Plates
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100% Guaranteed. Serving Book Lovers Since 1980. London: John Stockdale. 1807. Three volume set! 5.5x8.25". Brownish red cloth covers with gold lettering on spine. Pages: v1 - 576, v2 - 616, v3 - 477. Includes frontis in volume 1 only. Ex-library: labels on spines, pocket and date stamp page on rear end papers, interior, top and bottom edges stamped. Covers slightly soiled, Text pages fairly clean. [Publisher: John Stockdale]
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HOPE, Thomas
Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, executed from designs by Thomas Hope.
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T. Bensley London, 1807. Folio, half title, engraved title and 59 full page engravings, early owner's inscription dated 1868, some scattered foxing and a little dusted at the margins; otherwise a fresh copy in recent paper boards, retaining engraved large section of descriptive wrapper pasted to front board. A very good copy of the first edition of one of the first major works to document the Regency style, and an important sourcebook for many nineteenth-century painters: William Michael Rossetti's copy.Thomas Hope (1769-1830), the Regency collector, writer and decorator, was from a family of influential merchant bankers known. Supported by enormous private wealth, his family was renowned for their estate at Groenendaal Park, the extensive public gardens of which were opened to the public by Hope's father. Hope himself was interested in the arts from a very young age, and his taste encouraged during his Grand Tour of Europe, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. He bought his London home in Duchess Street in 1799 and early decided to make it a showpiece for his new design aesthetic. The attractive perspective and plan engravings here actually illustrate the furniture and interiors of the house. The interiors, which depict not only classical styles but also the modern taste for Egypt, India, and Moorish Spain, were intended to influence public taste. One of the plates depicts Hope's famous Regency Egyptian Revival style armchairs: the actual chairs have been since 1984 been a centrepiece for the collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.This copy has an early ownership inscription by William Michael Rossetti, the English writer and critic. Rossetti, the brother of Dante Gabriel and Christina Georgina, was one of the seven founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, and became the movement's unofficial organizer and bibliographer. It is interesting to note that Dante Gabriel Rossetti was known to have drawn widely from Hope, underlining just how this was a core work for the Pre-Raphaelites (see Frances van Keuren, 'Thomas Hope's costume of the Ancients and the painters George Cooke and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Magazine Antiques, July 2008, online). It is known that Dante Gabriel Rossetti had the work in an 1841 reprint, and that he borrowed a copy of the original edition from Algernon Charles Swinburne (who complained how about how long Rossetti was in returning it).
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ARCHIMEDE.
OEuvres d'Archimede, traduites litteralement, avec un commentaire, par F. Peyrard Suivies d'un Memoire du Traducteur, sur un nouveau Miroir Ardent, et d'un autre Memoire de M. Delambre, sur l'Arithmetique des Grecs
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Paris, Francois Buisson, 1807.. in-4. Portrait. XLVIII. 601pp. 1 table et 2planches depliantes. Plein veau, dos lisse orne, plats ornes d'un filet dore d'encadrement et d'un riche decor a froid, embleme dore au centre, tranches dorees (Reliure romantique). Premiere edition francaise des oeuvres d'Archimede. La traduction est due au mathematicien Francois Peyrard qui lui ajouta un memoire et des notes. Le volume comporte egalement un memoire du mathematicien Delambre. Superbe exemplaire, tres finement relie vers 1840. Il porte sur le premier plat l'ex-praemio dore du "Lycee Imperial de Charlemagne".
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Wallmoden, Ludwig Gf., Militär
2 eigenh. Briefe mit U.
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O. O. u. D. - Zusammen 2 SS. 8vo. Ein Br. mit eh. Adresse. An den Mediziner Rudolf Rt. von Vivenot (1807-1884): „Mein lieber Vivenot ich komme erst Dienstag Abends vorbei und wünschte sehr, Sie noch einmal [.] zu sehen [.]" (dat. „Sonntag Mittag"; mit eh. Adresse und kl. Ausr. auf Bl. 2 durch Siegelbruch). - „Indem ich mich nach Ihrer Gesundheit erkundige, ist meine etwas durch Augen Trübheit gestört, ich bitte Sie daher mir mitzutheilen wen nach Ihrer Ansicht und Erfahrung ich consultiren sollte [.]" (undat.; am linken unteren Blattrand von fremder Hand in Bleistift vermerkt „geschrieben den 29. X. 59 im 91sten Jahre seines Alters"). - Wallmoden zeichnete sich in den Feldzügen von 1796 bis 1801 sowie 1809 in der Schlacht bei Wagram aus, wurde 1810 zum Feldmarschall-Leutnant befördert und ließ sich 1812 beurlauben, um als Befehlshaber der Russisch-deutschen Legion gegen Frankreich zu kämpfen. Nach der Rückkehr in österreichische Dienste erhielt er den Oberbefehl über die in Neapel stationierten Truppen, besetzte Sizilien und wurde General der Kavallerie und Militärkommandant von Mailand. 1848 nahm er seinen Abschied. - Rudolf Rt. von Vivenot gründete 1848 den „Konstitutionell-monarchistischen Verein"; als sich die angestrebte Gründung einer patriotischen Partei nicht verwirklichen ließ, zog er sich jedoch aus der aktiven Politik zurück. Seit 1868 Mitglied der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, wurde er 1872 Vorsitzender des Komitees zur Gründung des Sophienspitals in Wien; daneben war Vivenot Direktor des Unterstützungsvereins für Witwen und Waisen des medizinischen Doktor-Collegiums. - In altem Sammlungsumschlag. [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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BUCHANAN (Francis);
A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of Agriculture, Arts, and Commerce ; the Religion, Manners, and Customs ; the History Natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the Rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the honourable East India Company in the late and former wars, from Tippoo Sultaun. By Francis Buchanan, M.D. fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta ; and in the medical service of the honourable Company on the Bengal Establishment. Published under the Authority and Patronage of the Honourable the Directors of the East India Company. Illustrated by a map and numerous other engravings.
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Printed for T. Cadelle and W. Davies 1807 3 vol. in-4 de XIII-(3)-424 pp. ; (4)-556 pp. ; IV-479-(1)-XXXI-(33), index, demi-veau havane mouchetée à petits coins, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en veau havane (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : Carte repliée de l'Inde en couleurs (50 x 40 cm), 2 portraits dont le frontispice, 12 planches numérotées I-XII dont une en couleurs. Tome II : 9 planches numérotées XIII-XIX. Tome III : 15 planches numérotées XXII-XXXVII, 5 tableaux repliés. 4000 Edition originale de ce tableau de l'Inde lors de l'annexion anglaise. Nommé en 1797 gouverneur général des Indes, le marquis Wellesley arriva à Calcutta à l'époque même où Bonaparte débarquait en Egypte. Cette expédition menaçait indirectement les possessions anglaises de l'Inde ; aussi lord Wellesley résolut-il d'agir avec promptitude pour combattre l'influence française et assit la domination britannique sur l'Inde du Sud. Les provinces de Mysore, Canara et Malabar nouvellement conquises, il confia à son compatriote Francis Buchanan (1762-1829) chirurgien dans la marine, membre de sociétés savantes et spécialiste de l'Inde leur description la plus précise. L'ouvrage publié à son retour en Angleterre en 1807 sous l'égide de la Compagnie de l'Inde, offre, après plusieurs années d'investigation une des premieres descriptions complètes de l'Indoustan : agriculture, arts, commerce, lois, coutumes, religions, histoires naturelle et civile, monuments etc. Très bel exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque de Charles de Constant Rebecque avec son ex-libris. Cousin de Benjamin Constant, Charles de Constant Rebecque (1762-1835) dit ' le Chinois É à cause de ses Voyages en Extrême-Orient entre 1779 et 1789, devint après une longue carrière de négociant, député au Conseil représentatif de Genève ; il avait du reste épousé à Londres la fille du banquier genevois Jacques Achard. Brunet I, 1370 ; inconnu de Cordier, Bibliotheca Indosinica.
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Mechain, [Pierre Francois Andre] /
Base du systeme metrique decimal, ou mesure de l'arc du Meridien compris entre les paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, executee en 1792 et annees suivantes. Tome second [von 3 Bdn.].
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Paris, Baudouin, imprimeur de l'Institut National, Juillet 1807. - 4°. XXIV,844 S., 11 mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafeln mit zahlr. Abb., meist von Instrumenten. Ppbd. d.Zt. mit gedr. O.-Rschild; Ecken u. Kanten teils stärker berieben (am Rschild mit Textverlust), ob. Rückenkante völlig abgenutzt. Gelenke ca. 4-6 cm geplatzt u. provisorisch geklebt. Unaufgeschnittenes, fleckenfreies Expl., nur ein paar überstehende Tafelränder mit nachgedunkelten Staubspuren. Bd.2 des 3bändigen gemeinsamen Hauptwerkes der beiden Pariser Astronomen (1744-1804 bzw. 1749-1822); Bd.1 war schon 1806 erschienen, der Schlußband folgte wegen der in Spanien entstandenen Probleme und des frühen Todes Mechains erst 1810. Vorliegend Tausende von geodätischen, mehr noch astronom. Ergebnissen, meist in Tabellen zu der großen Gradmessung von Dünkirchen bis Barcelona. 1750g
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GRANT ( Sir John Peter )
Some observations on the constitution and forms of proceeding of the court of session in Scotland ; with remarks on the bill now depending in the House of Lords for its reform
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Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, Portugal-Street, Lincoln's Inn, 1807. FIRST EDITION, pages vi, 135, with half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper : a very good copy. His first published work. Grant (1774!1848), chief justice of Calcutta, succeeded to the entailed estate of Rothiemurchus, on the death of his uncle, Patrick Grant, called the !White Laird,! in 1790. He studied law first at Edinburgh then at Lincoln's Inn. He sat in the parliament of 1812 for Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and in the two subsequent parliaments for Tavistock. In 1827 he went to India as puisne judge, first at Bombay then at Calcutta, where he was afterwards chief justice. He died at sea on his passage home. Ambitious and energetic, a man of the ancien regime and its Old Corruption, Grant was unreliable, evasive, and sometimes dishonest. The Times described him as !wayward, extravagant and, though not without shining parts, impracticable and unsuccessful in life! Blackwood's Magazine claimed he was !one of those brilliant men who are not born to succeed! (DNB).
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D'ENTRECASTEAUX, A.-R.-J. de Bruni
Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoyé à la Recherche de La Pérouse...
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Paris, 1807- 1808 Two volumes, quarto, with 32 folding engraved plates in volume I, with Atlas, imperial folio, containing 39 charts and maps (29 double folding); a remarkably fine, uncut copy bound in later, French, red straight-grained morocco-backed boards, blue marbled sides with vellum tips, small stamp on text titles: "Service des Vaisseaux de l'Empereur". A remarkably handsome set of this famous voyage account, completely uncut on thick paper and substantially larger in all dimensions than copies normally seen.
This is the official commander's account of the search for La Pérouse, published posthumously eight years after Labillardière's narrative of the same expedition. The twelve magnificent maps of Western Australia and Tasmania in the Atlas record much of these coasts accurately for the first time and are among the most significant ever made. Of prime importance to Tasmania, it was D'Entrecasteaux's explorations of 1792 and 1793 which focused attention on the Derwent River area (now Hobart) as a suitable place for settlement.
This is a very scarce voyage account, of great relevance to Australia and the Pacific; the Atlas volume is in its correct first edition form, with the charts all present in their original issues. Copies are sometimes found with later issues.
Davidson, 'A Book Collector's Notes', pp. 104-5; Ferguson, 443, 461; Hill, 467; McLaren, 49-50; Sabin, 22671-2; Wantrup, 64a-64b.
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KIRCHNER, Anton.
Geschichte der Stadt Frankfurt am Main. 2 Bde. Dazu: (FEYERLEIN, F. S.). Ansichten, Nachträge und Berichtigungen zu A. Kirchners Geschichte der Stadt Frankfurt am Mayn. 2 Bde.
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Frankfurt und Leipzig, Jäger und Eichenberg, 1807-1810.. 4 in 4 Bänden. 8°. Etw. spät. Halbleder mit leichter Rückenvergoldung, 2 Bde. mit neuen Rückenschildern, (etwas berieben).. Sauer 55-58; Demandt I, 772. - I: Erste Ausgabe. - Geschichte der Stadt Frankfurt bis zum Jahr 1612. - "...die erste wissenschaftlich gearbeitete Geschichte von Frankfurt, denn alle früheren Darstellungen derselben sind so verfaßt, daß sie chronikartig geschrieben und der eigentlichen Kritik ermangelnd, nur die rein äußerliche Aufeinanderfolge der Begebenheiten darlegen" (Kriegk, Frankfurter Bürgerzwiste, a.d. Vorwort). - II: Seltene, anonym erschienene Kritik gegen Kirchners Geschichte der Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Mit dem Nebentitel: Vertraute Briefe über die Kirchner'sche Geschichte von Frankfurt am Mayn, von Einem Halbwisser. - Teils etwas stockfleckig, Namensstempel auf Vorsatz.
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Wienholt, Arnolt:
Dr.Arnold hinterlassene ärztliche Miszellen. Herausgegeben von Dr. Johann Chrisitan Friedrich Scherf.
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Bremen, bey Johann Heinrich Müller, 1807, Kl.8°, (4), 306 pp., Pappband der Zeit. Arnoldt Wienholt, "zu Bremen, geboren daselbst 18.August 1749, studirte dort und in Göttingen, wo er 1772 zum Dr. med. promovirt wurde mit der Dissertation "De inflammationibus ocultis viscerum hypochondriacorum in febrius biliosoputridis. Er wurde 1777 zum Stadtphysicus ernannt, war ein sehr thätiger Arzt und machte sich durch seine Sorge für ein physikal. Institut, das spätere Museum verdient, war aus innigster Ueberzeugung ein grosser Verehrer des thierischen Magnetismus, über den er Folgendes schrieb: "Beyträge zu den Erfahrungen über den thier. Magnetismus" (Hamburg 1787; 2.Aufl. 1787) - "Geschichte einer vermittels des thier, Magnetismus geheilten Taubheit" (Neues Nannöv. Magazin, 1797) - " Heilkraft des thier. Magnetismus nach eigenen Beobachtungen" (2 Thle., Lemgo 1802-03). Mit Heineke und Meier hatte er verfasst und herausgegeben: "Pharmacopoea in usum officinarum reip. Bremensis conscripta" (Bremen 1792) u.s.w. Er starb am 1.Sept. 1704, geschätzt von seinen Collegen, der liebenswürdigste Mann, der teuerste Freund und Helfer in jeder Noth, ein tüchtiger Gelehrter, glücklicher Arzt, der durch seine wissenschaftliche Bearbeitung des thierischen Magnetismus dessen Einfluss auf Physiuologie und Psychologie klargelegt hat." Gurlt, Hirsch VI, p.267Rotermund, Bremer Gelehrte II, p.254; Biogr. méd. VII, p.101; J.Wichelhausen in: Bremische Aerzte, p.161
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The Plays of William Shakespeare. Volume the Fourth.
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Peter Wynne and Son, London 1807 - Printed by T. Davidson for Peter Wynne & Son, 45, and Robert Scholey, 46, Paternoster-Row. "Accurately printed from the text of Mr. Steevens's last edition". Illustrated with engravings. Green cloth with printed paper spine labels. Cover shows overall wear and needs rebinding. Interior is clean. An exceptionally scarce printing. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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SEWARD (Anna, 1742-1809).
Autograph Letter Signed ('A. Seward')
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- to the Revd. Robert Fellowes, telling him that 'on the 1st. of this month I sent Mr. Crabbe's volume with an accompanying letter to you, by a Capt. Bullstrode.' She hopes that he received it. In a postscript, she seeks to forestall a possible, if unlikely, misunderstanding: 'You saw my young Cousin's marriage in the papers. Since I was so many years exclusively Miss Seward of Lichfield I am afraid that the omission of the Bride's christian name, Susanna, shou'd occasion some ridiculous mistakes. She has lived chiefly with me during the last 3 years.' 2 pages 8vo. autograph address-leaf ('Revd. Robt. Fellowes, No 17 Featherstone Buildings, Gray's Inn, London'), paper loss at corners where seal removed, Lichfield, November 10, [n.y., 1807 postmark], note in ink in an unidentified hand at end, reading: 'Miss Seward's handwriting, given me by Mr. Fellowes, July 14, 1812.' Anna Seward: 'the Swan of Lichfield'; poet, critic, & correspondent (her Letters publ. in 6 vols., 1811); in Lichfield, where she spent her entire adult life, she was at the centre of an important local literary circle; she supplied Boswell with much information about Dr. Johnson, Lichfield's most famous son (her grandfather had been Johnson's headmaster at Lichfield Grammar School); but, while admiring Johnson's literary ability, she objected to his perceived despotism & misanthropy, & her reservations about his character eventually led to an acrimonious public falling-out with Boswell. Robert Fellowes (1770-1847): philanthropist, who edited the Critical Review, 1804-11.
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Base du systeme metrique decimal, ou mesure de l'arc du Meridien compris entre les paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, executee en 1792 et annees suivantes. Tome second [von 3 Bdn.].
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Paris, Baudouin, imprimeur de l'Institut National, Juillet 1807. - 4°. XXIV,844 S., 11 mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafeln mit zahlr. Abb., meist von Instrumenten. Ppbd. d.Zt. mit gedr. O.-Rschild; Ecken u. Kanten teils stärker berieben (am Rschild mit Textverlust), ob. Rückenkante völlig abgenutzt. Gelenke ca. 4-6 cm geplatzt u. provisorisch geklebt. Unaufgeschnittenes, fleckenfreies Expl., nur ein paar überstehende Tafelränder mit nachgedunkelten Staubspuren. Bd.2 des 3bändigen gemeinsamen Hauptwerkes der beiden Pariser Astronomen (1744-1804 bzw. 1749-1822); Bd.1 war schon 1806 erschienen, der Schlußband folgte wegen der in Spanien entstandenen Probleme und des frühen Todes Mechains erst 1810. Vorliegend Tausende von geodätischen, mehr noch astronom. Ergebnissen, meist in Tabellen zu der großen Gradmessung von Dünkirchen bis Barcelona. 1750g
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Löhr, J. A. C.:
Kleinigkeiten für unsre Kinder.
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F. A. Leo, Leipzig 1807 - Leipzig, F. A. Leo, o.J. [1807]. VI + 294 + 4 n.n. S. OPp. der Zeit. EA. Mit 10 zum größtenteil kolorierten Kupfern. vgl. Wegehaupt I, 1302. - Gbrsp., tlw. leicht stockfleckig, Ebd. berieben. - Selten. Deutsch [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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