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Laire, Francois Xavier
Specimen historicum typographiae romanae xv. saeculi
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Brussels: Mnoaldini, 1778. (HISTORY OF PRINTING) First edition. 8vo. Title in red and black with engraved vignette, 1 folding plate. Contemporary half vellum and decorated paper boards. Lovely copy (one small paper flaw on p. 269) of a beautifully printed book. Bigmore & Wyman I 416; BRUNET III 774-75 . "Laire was one of the most learned bibliographers of France during the 18th century ... ..At one time he was librarian of Cardinal Brienne; subsequently he became librarian at the Ecole centrale de l'Yonne, where he remained to his death" (Bigmore & Wyman). Presentation copy, inscribed by the recipient, ' Ludov. Huber Zeloso', dated 1778 (the year of publication)
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Francois Xavier Laire
Specimen historicum Typographiae Romanae XV. Saeculi Opera Et Studio
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308 pages. 8vo, 19 1/2 x 13 cm. Title in red and black, engraved title vignette, head-pieces, including bibliographical footnotes and index. Early study of 15th century Roman typography. BIGMORE & WYMAN Vol. I, p.416. "A folding-plate contains specimens of the types of Sweynheym and Pannartz, two of the earliest Roman printers......Laire was one of the most learned bibliographers of France during the 18th century.....At one time he was librarian of Cardinal Brienne; subsequently he became librarian at the Ecole centrale de l'Yonne, where he remained to his death." BRUNET, Vol. III, p.774-775. Modest text soiling, minor damp wrinkling, generally a fresh, sound copy , small oval ownership stamp bottom margin of title page not affecting text. [Publisher: Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini]
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ROBERTSON, William [1721-1793].
L’Histoire De L’Amérique...Traduite de l’Anglois.
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2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., xx, 540; 2 p.l., 553, [2]approbation. with half-titles. 5 folding engraved maps & plates. woodcut ornaments & title vignettes. Uncut in original wrs. (light dampstain to inner margin of first leaves of Vol. I, front wrs. detached, spines chipped). Paris: Panckouke, 1778. One of two editions published by Panckouke in 1778, apparently the first complete editions of this translation by Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard. Bell R323. Sabin 71991. JCB 2509.
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PAPON (ABBE JEAN-PIERRE)
HISTOIRE GENERALE DE PROVENCE DEDIE A MONSIEUR FRERE DU ROI. TOME SECOND UNIQUEMENT.
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1778 CHEZ MOUTARD A PARIS, 1778. AVEC APPROBATION, ET PRIVILEGE DU ROI. PREFACE DE 15 PAGES + 630 PAGES + PUIS PREUVES DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA PROVENCE EN 100 PAGES. FORMAT 20 X 26. AVEC 7 PLANCHES HORS-TEXTE SUR LES MONNAIES DES COMTES DE PROVENCE, DE ROUERGUE, DE TOULOUSE, DE CHARLES 1er ET DES EVEQUES. TRANCHES ROUGES. COUVERTURE PLEIN CUIR A CINQ NERFS ET DOS DECORE. INTERIEUR ASSEZ BIEN CONSERVE AVEC QUELQUES ROUSSEURS. COUVERTURE USEE, COIFFES ET COINS ECORNES, MORS FENDU PRES DE LA COIFFE BASSE. BON ETAT GENERAL.
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PARMENTIER
Le parfait boulanger, ou Traite complet sur la fabrication & le commerce du pain.
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A Paris, de l'imprimerie Royale, 1778. In/8 reliure plein veau du temps, dos a nerfs a liserets dores et piece de titre bordeaux, 639 p. Usures sur la coiffe superieure et les coins, mors partiellement ouverts sur 2 cm ; tranches avec gribouillons. Pour remedier a la penurie de sucre de canne, Parmentier preconise l'emploi de sucres de raisins et d'autres vegetaux sucres. Il s'interesse a la conservation des farines, du vin et des produits laitiers. Il travaille aussi sur le mais, l'opium et l'ergot de seigle. Il conseil la conservation des viandes par le froid. Il travaille egalement sur l'amelioration de la technique des conserves alimentaires par ebullition decouverte par Nicolas Appert, en 1810. En 1772, en compagnie de Cadet de Vaux, il va tenter d'ameliorer la qualite du pain distribue dans les hopitaux et les prisons en imaginant une nouvelle methode de panification. Il sera du reste un des fondateurs d'une ecole de boulangerie. En 1793, il donne meme les techniques a employer. C'est ainsi, que grace a lui la premiere raffinerie de sucre de betterave mise en service par Delessert voit le jour en 1801. Vicaire col. 656., Bitting p.357. Oberle p. 458.
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[Campbell, Thomas]:
A PHILOSOPHICAL SURVEY OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO JOHN WATKINSON, M.D
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Dublin: Printed for W. Whitestone [et al], 1778.. xvi,478pp. plus six plates (two folding) of buildings and artifacts. Octavo. Modern cloth, gilt label (attributing the work to Watkinson). Early ink name on title, old stamps of a defunct mercantile library, slight discoloration to extreme upper fore-corners of first few leaves, but a very good, crisp copy. First Dublin edition, previously published in London the year before. "There is not much philosophy in this book, which is supposed to record the tour of an Englishman in the south of Ireland, and gives a description of the chief towns. Sundry remarks on the trade of the country are thrown in, and Campbell advocates !a political and commercial union! with England. Boswell styles the !Survey! !a very entertaining book, which has, however, one fault - that it assumes the fictitious character of an Englishman.! In the !Survey! Johnson's epitaph on Goldsmith appeared for the first time in print" - DNB. BRADSHAW 5550 (London edition). T85072.
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[CAMPBELL (Thomas)]
A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a Series of Letters to John Watkinson
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Printed for W. Whitestone [and others], Dublin. 1778. First Irish Edition, xvi,478pp., early ownership inscription excised from head of title, also taking out the !A! from start of title, 6 engraved plates (2 folding), full cont. half, red morocco label to spine, lightly rubbed, a nice copy.
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DEAN FILLION [DOYEN DE LA FACULTE MEDECINE DE REIMS]
1778 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT WITH COVER LETTER "CATALOGUE DES ETUDIANTS ET DES GRADIES DE LA FACULTE DE MEDECINE EN L'UNIVERSITE DE REIMS" FRO THE COLLECTION OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS
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Reims, France, 1778. Very interesting educational history from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Reims. Ancient document is a catalogue of students and grades. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world," he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeeded. His collection ultimately grew to more than 100,000 books and at least 60,000 manuscripts. As a result of his extravagant purchases, Sir Thomas was permanently on the verge of bankruptcy and was constantly pursued by creditors. So many books arrived at his house that it was impossible to unpack his acquisitions much less keep pace with them. Visiting scholars, driven to distraction, would spend days hunting for an elusive text in the dusty heaps that filled every room. Because Sir Thomas has a morbid dread of fire, most of his collection was housed in coffinlike boxes that could be carted away quickly. Visitors to Middle Hill were struck too, by the presence of numerous logs, a ploy he used to lure beetles away from his books. As Sir Thomas relentlessly pursued his passion, the house itself began to crumble and its floors started to sag under the cast weight of hundreds of tons of paper. His neglect of Middle Hill was partly deliberate, however. Sir Thomas's chief enemy in life, James Halliwell, had married his daughter against his wishes. It appears that Halliwell was, in Sir Thomas' eyes, the worst kind of criminal, a book thief who had stolen valuable works from university libraries and even from his father-in-law. Having no sons, Sir Thomas was unable to prevent Halliwell from inheriting his estate. To ensure that his detested heir would never receive anything of value, Sir Thomas's solution was to allow Middle Hill to fall unto complete disrepair. He even went so far as to chop down and sell for lumber the centuries-old oak trees that lined the majestic mile-long drive to his home. In 1863 Sir Thomas decided to move - in order to accommodate his books. With the aid of 160 men, 103 wagonloads of books and papers drawn by 230 horses, the books were lumbered from Middle Hill top their new estate in nearby Cheltenham. It is said that for years afterwards the countryside was littered with the remains of carts that had collapsed under the sheer weight of the Phillipps collection. Sir Thomas continues to add to his library until his death in 1872. After Sir Thomas's death, his immediate family had no room for his collection. So vast was the library that although individual items and large sections were sold privately or through numerous auction sales, the Phillipps collection is still being sold more than a century after the death of its owner. In the course of its sales, many treasures have come to light. As late as 1964, part of the long-lost and unique medieval manuscript of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses appeared and was subsequently reunited with its other half at Magdalen College, Oxford. Once destined for destruction as worthless wastepaper, this and many other priceless works were saved by the single-minded obsession of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time.. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. 8vo - over 7!" - 9!" tall.
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SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph Aigan
Essai sur differentes especes d'air, qu'on designe sous le nom d'air fixe fixe, pour servir de suite & de supplement aux elemens de Physique du meme auteur
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Paris: P. Fr. Gueffier. 1778. Contemporary calf backed speckled boards (rubbed and worn) 8vo . FIRST EDITION. "This important treatise in which are described the preparation, properties, and chemical reactions of several gases, including carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, and ammonia. There are numerous references to the earlier experiments of Boyle, Hales, Helmont, Magellan, Nooth, et al. The author repeatedly extols the great work of Priestley and also speaks highly of Black, Chaussier, Fontana, Gerardin, Lavoisier, Meyer, Venel, Volta, and others. In 1776 Sigaud assisted Macquer in experiments showing that water is produced when hydrogen burns in air. Pages 227-284 describe these experiments, which greatly helped Cavendish, Lavoisier, and Monge in their later investigations on the composition of water" (Neville Collection, II, p. 475) [4] leaves, XVI, 400 pp. With 5 folding engraved plates. Pages 25/26 with neat marginal repair. ! Duveen 550; Neu 3840; Cole 1213; Partington, pp. 105-6; Bolton 833; Ferchl 503; Blake 418; D.S.B. XII, p. 427
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ALVAREZ, FRANCISCO
Noticia del establecimiento y poblacion de las colonias inglesas en laAmerica septentrional; religion, orden de gobierno, leyes y costumbres desus naturales y habitantes; calidades de su clima, terreno, frutos,plantas y animales; y estado de su industria, artes, comercio y navegacion
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Antonio Fernandez Madrid 1778 First edition, small 4to, pp. 196; a very nice copy in contemporary cat's- paw calf, gilt lettering direct on gilt-decorated spine. "A Spanish view of the English possessions in North America, noting the productions of each and their value to the mother country" (JFB Catalogue). James Ford Bell A-163; Palau 9295; Howes A-192; Sabin 975.
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[DROIT] - SERRES (Claude)
LES INSTITUTIONS DU DROIT FRANCAIS.
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Paris, Chez la veuve cavelier,& Fils, Libraires, rue S.Jacques, au Lys d'Or., 1778; in-4, 654 pp., plein veau , coiffe du haut restauree. Suivant l'ordre de celles de justinien, accommodees a la Jurisprudence moderne, & aux nouvelles Ordonnances. ENRICHIES D'UN GRAND NOMBRE D'ARRESTS du Parlement de Toulouse. Troisieme edition, revue et corrigee. Suivant l'ordre de celles de justinien, accommodees a la Jurisprudence moderne, & aux nouvelles Ordonnances. ENRICHIES D'UN GRAND NOMBRE D'ARRESTS du Parlement de Toulouse. Troisieme edition, revue et corrigee.
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Griffith, Richard).
Der Koran oder Leben und Meynungen des Tria Juncta in uno, M. N. A. oder Meisters keiner Künste. Ein hinterlassenes Werk von dem Verfasser des Tristram Shandy. 3 Teile in 1. 7 Bl., 248 S. Neuer Pappbd mit Rückenschild und Filetenvergoldung.
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Hamburg, Herold, 1778. - Erste deutsche Ausgabe. "Schwerlich von Lawrence Sterne . Rar!". Der Hinweis auf Sterne sollte den Verkauf fördern, denn Sterne war zu dieser Zeit ungemein populär. Aus dem Inhalt: Ueber den Mord, eine Digreßion über den Witz, schriftstellerische Bescheidenheit, Freymüthigkeit, der Lapsus Linguae, Doktor Swift, der Accoucheur, Säugen, der weibliche Konfuzius, der thörichte Liebhaber usw. – Titel mit gelöschtem Stempel, etwas stockfleckig. – Hayn/G. III 606.
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ROSEN DE ROSENSTEIN, Nils.
TRAITÉ DES MALADIES DES ENFANS.
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Trad. Le Febvre de Villebrune. Libr. Pierre-Guillaume Cavelier. París, 1778. 20 cm. XII-582 pág., 1 h. Enc. en plena piel, nervios, lomera cuajada, cortes jaspeados. * Nils Rosen von Rosenstein (1706-1773), fue quien estableció las bases de la pediatría como especialidad, y éste es uno de los primeros libros modernos dedicados a su enseñanza. Incluye instrucciones sobre cómo alimentar artificialmente los niños con leche de vaca diluida y advertencias sobre la higiene. Pediatría Libros antiguos anteriores a 1830 francés
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LA FONTAINE[E.A.]
Recueil des meilleurs contes en vers. 4 tomes.
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Londres(Paris,Cazin),1778. In-16. Portr.,xxiv,274, viii,298,248,250p.,116 vignettes dans le texte,fleurons. Veau de l'epoque (dos des tomes I & III habilement repares). I-II. Contes et nouvelles en vers par M.de la Fontaine. III. ...par Voltaire, Vergier, Senece, Perrault, Moncrief & Ducerceau. IV. ...par Grecourt, Autereau, Saint-Lambert, Chamfort, Piron, Dorat, La Monnoye & Francois de Neufchateau. Ex-libris aux armes de la famille Huijssen van Kattendijke.
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Weiskern Friedrich Wilhelm
Topographie von Niederösterreich, in welcher alle Städte. Märkte, Dörfer, Klöster, Schlößer, Herrschaften, Landgüter, Edelsitze, Freyhöfe, nahmhafter Oerter u. d. g. angezeiget werden, die in diesem Erzherzogthume wirklich angetroffen werden, oder sich ehmals darinn befunden haben. - 1.Band: A-M - 2.Band: N-Z -
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Wien, Johann Georg Weingand, resp.: Kurzböck 1778/1770 - .Auflage, 6 Bl., 428; 1 Bl., 327 Seiten Mit 1 gest. Portr. (J. Mansfeld fec.). u. einigen Holzschn.-Vignetten, 8°, PPbd., Einband berieben und etwas verschmutzt, etwas fingerfleckig, ansonst guter und sauberer Zustand, , Gewicht: 750 g
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MARIA II DA GLORIA
(1819-1853, Queen of Portugal 1826-1828 and 1834-1853) Fine Manuscript letter in Portuguese with translation, signed !The Queen!,
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to Emmanuele Paolo Polidori, (1778-1847), Cardinal from 1834 (published 1835), beginning with her titles !Dona Maria, By the Grace of God, Queen of Portugal and of the Algarves, of the Nearer and Further Sea, in Africa Lady of Guinea, and of the Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India etc.!, thanking him for his wishes !on the joyful occasion of the Birth of Christ Our Lord!, assuring him of her favour !on all occasions that may arise of showing you the special place which your merit holds in my estimation ... May Our Lord keep your Person in His Holy care!, 1 side folio, address and embossed wafer seal on conjugate leaf of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry with the Royal Arms, Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, 2nd March 1842, Dona Maria was born when the Royal family were in Brazil and spent her early years there. She was proclaimed Queen in 1826 but on her arrival at Gibraltar in 1828 found that her uncle had been proclaimed King as Miguel I, and much of her reign was marked by civil war. She married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert!s cousin.#11;Cardinal Polidori was Prefect of the Congregation of the Council, whose task was to interpret the decrees of the Council of Trent, receive reports from Bishops on their dioceses, and consider the revision of provincial councils.
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Wienerisches Diarium. Nro. 1 vom 3. Januar 1778 bis Nro. 104 vom 30. Dezember 1778. 2 Bände.
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Wien, van Ghelen'sche Erben, 1778. - Gr. 8°. Pbde.d.Zt. Annähernd vollständiger Jahrgang der ältesten Wiener Zeitung (gegründet 1703), lediglich zu Beginn des 2.bandes (Nro. 55) fehlt offenbar das erste Blatt. Mit allen Anhängen, amtlichen Veröffentlichungen, Prospekten, Versteigerungsankündigungen usw. ist die Wiener Zeitung (so der offizielle Name seit 1780) heutzutage eine Fundgrube. Durchgehend gleichmäßig gebräunt, Einbände berieben und bestoßen, Kapitale mit Einrissen, ein Deckel bei Band 2 erneuert.
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Johann August) (Starck
Apologie des Ordens der Frey-Mäurer. Von dem Bruder **** Mitgliede der ** schottischen Loge zu D*. Neue ganz umgearbeitete, und einzige authentische Ausgabe. Philadelphia, im Jahre 3382, d. i. 1778.
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Mit gest. Frontispiz von J. W. Meil. 4 Bll., 246 S. Pappband d. Zt. Wolfstieg 23670; Dorn, Meil 316. - Johann August Starck, protestantischer Theologe und orientalischer Linguist (1741-1816), "ein hervorragend kluger Kopf", gruendete ein Klerikat der Tempelherren und hat nach Wolfstieg "das Konglomerat von Freimaurerei, Templerei, Magie, Alchimie, und Theosophie, das er vorgefunden hat, zu einem so prachtvollen klerikalen System zusammengeleimt, dass es jedem Jesuiten Ehre machen koennte und geeignet war, wirkliche Freimaurerei in ihr gerades Gegenteil zu verkehren" (zitiert nach Lennhoff-Posner S. 1501). - Titel verso mit unbezeichnetem Logen(?)stempel. Gering berieben. [Publisher: Berlin, Stahlbaum]
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Smith, Adam
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Second Edition.
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London, printed for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell, in the Strand, 1778. - (8), 510; (8), 589, (1) SS. 4°. Zeitgenössische Ganzldr.bde.mit roten Rückenschildchen. Goldsmith 11663; Grolier 100; Kress B 154; PMM 221. Zweite Auflage des zuerst 1776 erschienenen Klassikers der Nationalökonomie, in nur 500 Exemplaren gedruckt und seltener als die erste Ausgabe. Es ist auch neben der Erstausgabe die einzige weitere Auflage in 4°. - "Die Geschichte der Nationalökonomie bis zum Ende des 19.Jahrhunderts besteht aus zwei Abschnitten: der merkantilistischen Phase, die weniger auf einer Doktrin beruht als auf einem System der Praxis, das sich aus den sozialen Verhältnissen ergab, und der zweiten Phase, welche die Lehre sich entwickeln sah, daß der Einzelmensch das Recht habe, in der Ausübung seiner wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit nicht behindert zu werden. Man kann zwar nicht sagen, Smith habe diese Lehre erfunden - die Physiokraten hatten bereits darauf hingewiesen und Turgot im besonderen hatte eine durchgearbeitete Studie des gesellschaftlichen Wohlstandes entworfen -, doch ist sein Werk die erste wirkliche Ausführung dieser Theorie. Er beginnt mit dem Gedanken, daß die Arbeit die Quelle ist, aus der das Volk das bezieht, was es braucht. Die Verbesserung der Arbeitsteilung ist das Maß der Produktivität, und in ihr wurzelt der Hang des Menschen zum Tauschhandel: 'Arbeit ist das wirkliche Maß des Tauschwerts aller Waren. sie ist ihr wirklicher Preis; das Geld ist nur ihr nomineller Preis'. die drei wesentlichen Elemente der Arbeit und so auch des Preises sind Lohn, Unternehmergewinn und Grundrente, und diese drei schaffen auch die Einkommen. Vom Wirken der Wirtschaft wendet sich Smith ihrem Ergebnis zu, dem 'Stock' oder Warenbestand, der alles umfaßt, was der Mensch entweder für seinen Eigengebrauch oder um des Ertrags willen besitzt, den es ihm bringt. 'Der Wohlstand der Nationen' schließt mit einer Geschichte der Wirtschaftsentwickklung, einem scharfen Angriff auf das Merkantilsystem und einigen prophetischen Überlegungen über die Grenzen der Wirtschaftskontrolle. Während die Erforschung der politischen Aspekte der Menschenrechte zwei Jahrhunderte in Anspruch genommen hatte, bestand Smiths Leistung darin, daß er die Untersuchung der wirtschaftlichen Aspekte in einem einzigen Werk bis zum gleichen Punkte vortrieb. Sein 'Wohlstand der Nationen' stellt kein System dar, aber als vorläufige Analyse ist das Werk völlig überzeugend. Die Sicherheit seiner Kritik und sein Verständnis der menschlichen Natur haben es zum ersten und zum bedeutendsten unter den klassischen Werken der modernen Volkswirtschaftslehre gemacht" (PMM). Dieses Exemplar ist vollständig mit dem Vortitelblatt zum zweiten Teil. Vorsätze, Vortitel und Titelblätter mit altem Vorbesitzerstempel einer institutionellen Bibliothek. Rücken wohl schon vor langer Zeit erneuert und mit je zwei roten Rückenschildchen, Ecken und Kanten wenig bestoßen oder berieben. Durchgehend gleichmäßig, aber sehr schwach gebräunt und mit breiten weissen Rändern. Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Exemplar eines der wichtigsten Bücher der Neuzeit. - Full English description upon request. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Shaw, G. (Editor)
A View in the Island of Jamaica - Original Coloured Print - of Fort William Estate with part of Roaring River belonging to William Beckford Esq., near Savannah la Marr.
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John Boydell, London 1778 - An original coloured print "of Fort William Estate with part of Roaring River belonging to William Beckford Esq., near Savannah la Marr" Main title "A View in the Island of Jamaica". Good general scene, river in foreground, natives crossing simple bridge, slave huts and plantation buildings clearly shown, owners house on hill overlooking. This is one of a series of six published March 25th 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. Labelled "No.3" . "Drawn on the Spot and painted by George Robertson". "Engraved by Thomas Vivares". Size 22" x 16" (56 x 41 cms).Printed Area 20 3/4 x 15". Very rare original coloured copper plate print of a Jamaican Plantation. Paper somewhat browned and the unframed rolled print a little brittle. Old rather crude tape repairs to edges and script clipped at bottom of plate with incursion into lower edge of "March 25th 1778" but still easily legible. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Milton, John; Thomas Newton (Editor And Annotator)
Paradise Lost. a Poem, in Twelve Books (Two Volumes Complete | Full Leather Binding)
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Printed for W. Strahan et al, 1778. Good Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FALL SALE! ! ! Prices have already been reduced by 50%. Buy Now, Save Now! ! ! 2 volumes complete. Eighth edition. Full leather bindings with gilt tooled spines and red leather insert. Two copper plate portrait engravings in volume one. Many engraved plates and devices. Large type-set. Ink owner's inscription on fly page of vol. one. Spines started, corners bumped and shelf wear. Interiors very good. Spine decoration with losses. Overall in GOOD condition Photos available upon request.
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BERTRAND, Louis
Développement nouveau de la partie élémentaire des mathématiques: prise dans toute son étendue
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Aux dépens de l'auteur; se vend chez I. Bardin, Geneva 1778 - Modern boards (small tear in spine of one volume) 4to . FIRST EDITION of this massive introductory mathematical text. Although Poggendorf notes only 1774 edition this appears to be either a misprint or a ghost since we have not been able to fine any copy earlier than the present one. Bertrand (1731-1812), a Swiss mathematician and geologist, was a disciple of Euler with whom he studied for many years. He became professor of mathematics at the Academy of Geneva, succeeding Jallabert and Trembley. He wrote a number of works on mathematics with the present being one of his largest 2 volumes. [4], XXXII, 676 pp.: [2], 646 pp. With 19 Engraved plates. Added table after page 138 in vol. II and errata leaf to both volumes after prelims of vol. I. Uncut and partly unopened set. Engraved vignette on both title-pages; fine set. §Southeran 374; Poggendorff I, 171; Cantor, Geschichte der Mathematik IV, 332 (long description); Wolff, Biographien I, 416. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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ROBERTSON, William [1721-1793].
L’Histoire De L’Amérique.Traduite de l’Anglois.
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Paris: Panckouke, 1778. - 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., xx, 540; 2 p.l., 553, [2]approbation. with half-titles. 5 folding engraved maps & plates. woodcut ornaments & title vignettes. Uncut in original wrs. (light dampstain to inner margin of first leaves of Vol. I, front wrs. detached, spines chipped). One of two editions published by Panckouke in 1778, apparently the first complete editions of this translation by Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard. Bell R323. Sabin 71991. JCB 2509.
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ROBERTSON (William)
Histoire de l'Amérique.
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- Paris, Panckouke, 1778, 4 tomes en 4 vol. de (2) ff., 400 pp. ; (1) f., 653 pp. ; (1) f., 586 pp. ; (1) f., 433 pp., (6) pp. n. ch., 1 pl. grande dépl. figirant une table chronologique des mexicains, 2 grandes cartes dépl., rel. d'ép. plein veau brun marbré, dos à nerfs ornésde fers dorés, pièces de titre de mar. rouge, une coiffe lég. usée sinon bel ex. Ex. libris manuscrit du Chevalier Louis de Couessin du Quenet. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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LAMARCK Jean-Baptiste chevalier de.
Flore francoise ou description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, Disposee selon une nouvelle methode d'analyse, & a laquelle on a joint la citation des vertus les moins equivoques, & de leur utilite dans les Arts.
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A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, 1778.. Trois volumes in-8, plein veau fauve de l'epoque, trois filets sur les plats, dos a nerfs orne a l'abeille doree, pieces de titre rouge et tomaisons vertes, tranches marbrees, 8 planches depliantes gravees sur cuivre. Le tableau manque. (Une coiffe arasee, un mors fendille. Quelques frottements.) BON EXEMPLAIRE.. GOOD.
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The Spectator..Volume the Seventh...No.474.Wednesday,Sep.3,1712 to No.555,Saturday,Dec.6
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London: Private Published for J.Coote,No14 Red-Lion.Street Clerkenwell By Virtue of a Lte Decision in the House of Peers, 1778. Full tooled ribbed leather boards the titles in faded gilding on a red patch to the spine.Boards edges are decorated with now faded gilding.Corners are mildly bumped and the firm binding will last another couple of hundred years or so.Both hinges are crack ing just a tad. and there is some mild foxing which does not interfere with the text in any way.The previous careful owner an Wm,Hale..A.Gray of Quebec has passed ("Descended from")the book down to his grandson James Gray. is written in a fine hand in India Ink on the title page.. First Thus. Full Leather. Very Good/None Given. Illus. by Frontis a B/W Engraving. . 2 7/8" By 5 1/4" Tall..
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Tommaso d'Aquino Thomas Aquinas THOMAS, Aquinus
1778 SUMMA TOTIUS THEOLOGIAE THOMAE AQUINATIS COMPLETE 7 VOLS
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Franciscum ex Nicolao Pezzana, Venetiis 1778 - Encuadernación en pergamino rigido en buen estado con perdidas en tejuelos de lomos y tapas algo sucias pero firmes y sin roturas. Interior muy correcto y limpio sin apenas oxido. Con bello retrato en el primero volumen Entre 600 y 700 pag. por tomo. medidas 155 x 90 mm Metafísica, ontología, antropología, teología racional, psicología racional, epistemología, ética. Santo Tomás (c. 1225-1274) creó uno de los sistemas filosóficos más completos en la historia del pensamiento occidental; al modo de una catedral gótica, con su arquitectura elegante y racional, espigada hacia el cielo, cada concepto está en el lugar que le corresponde, encaja perfectamente con los demás, los soporta, y en su interrelación da lugar a un modelo del mundo pocas veces igualado por otra filosofía. Claro seguidor de Aristóteles, Santo Tomás logra de un modo sorprendente hacerlo compatible con la doctrina cristiana, razón que sin duda explica el éxito que pronto tuvo en toda la cultura cristiana medieval y moderna. No es menor mérito de Santo Tomás el equilibrio que parece lograr entre la razón y su ejercicio y la fe y su práctica; los dos ámbitos le interesaron, aunque, sin duda, el motor de su extraordinario esfuerzo filosófico fue la experiencia religiosa que siempre le acompañó. Por su relevancia e influencias en la historia de la filosofía y, más aún, por mostrarnos una posibilidad del pensamiento (acercarse a lo sagrado y absoluto), Santo Tomás es un filósofo imprescindible para todo aquél que se atreva a pensar con radicalidad la vida humana y el mundo. [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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PENNANT Thomas
A Tour In Wales 1770
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Henry Hughes N 2 Volumes, Vol 1 - 1778 & Vol 2 - 1783. In full brown contemporary calf binding, Spine worn, title in gilt, covers worn with the edges and corners bumped, joints cracked. Internally small ink name & small bookseller label to both fep's, light browning to edges of feps, small hole to margins of page 263/4 of Vol 1, faint browning to tp and first and last couple of pages at edges. Volume 1, 455 pp + errata + 8 page index. It is missing a 1 page advert present in some copies but not this. Volume 2, 487 pp + 8 page index. A nice clean and crisp copy. Good
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BILLARDON DE SAUVIGNY (Edme Louis)].
L'Innocence du Premier Age en France, ou Histoire amoureuse de Pierre le Long et de Blanche Bazu; suivi de la Rose ou La Fête de Salency.
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Paris, Ruault, 1778. - In-8 de 276 pp., illustré de deux gravures dont celle de la fête de la Rose par J.-B. Greuze, datée 1768 et gravée par Moreau le Jeune. Joli veau porphyre, triple filet doré sur les plats, dos plat orné, tranches dorées (petite épidermure au 2ème plat, 2 coins émoussés). On trouve en début d'ouvrage un intéressant Essai sur les progrès de la langue française de 26 pages. On attribue à St-Médard (456-545) l'institution de la fête de la Rose. Il avait imaginé de donner à la plus vertueuse fille de sa terre de Salency, 25 livres et une couronne ou chapeau de rose. Pour être nommée "Rosière", il faut avoir une conduite irréprochable et que les parents jusqu'à la 4ème générations soient irrépréhensibles. On voyait au dessus de l'autel de la chapelle St-Médard de Salency un tableau où ce prélat est représenté en habits pontificaux et mettant une couronne de rose sur la tête de sa soeur. Le marquis Antoine, de Varesne, avait fondé un prix annuel de cent pistoles pour la fête de la rose à Salency, pour trois jeunes filles des paroisses de la seigneurie, à savoir: Varesnes, Canny, Pontoise, Morlincourt, Baboeuf, Appilly et Mondescourt. Cohen 148. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Church of Ireland
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1778
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Printed By the Executors of David Hay, Assignee of the Late Boulter Grierson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Dublin 1778 - Unpag. Subtitle, "And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." Front cover is detached. Rear cover is attached to spine with a newer, thin reddish strip of leather which wraps half-way around the spine. This repair is cracked along the rear spine hinge. Half of the original spine, with five raised bands, is exposed. Covers and spine are very aged, scraped, rubbed, worn, cracked and chipped along extremities. Corners are bumped and frayed to the boards. This volume is protected by a fairly new, gray cloth-over-boards, tri-fold wrapper. This wrapper is a little worn along the exterior hinges and, occasionally, cracked along the interior hinges, but otherwise in very good condition. In addition, there is an outer, custom-fit case of black leather over heavy boards. This case has five raised bands and bright gilt, blind-stamped lettering on the spine. Cover and spine of case are aged, worn and rubbed, particularly along extremities. The edges of the top cover are cracked and split for approximately 3" to 4". The overall condition of this sturdy case is good. Interior is aged and foxed, but clean and tight. The rear fep is entitled "An Alphabetical Table Shewing Where to find each Psalm by its Beginning." This page has two closed tears. One is approx. 1" long and the other, near the top of the page, is approximately 3" long. This fep is also stuck to the rear paste-down approximately 1 1/2" in from the hinge. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Jonathan Carver
Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
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8vo. pp. 4 p.l., [20], xvi, [17]-543, [1] directions to binder, 2 engraved folding maps & 4 engraved plates. 19th century gilt stamped full calf with raised bands at spine. Carver's book was an immediate success when first published in 1778, and a second London edition followed the next year; over thirty editions and versions have been published since in several languages. A very important book in the history of the exploration of the American West as Carver was the first English-speaking explorer to venture west of the upper Mississippi River. He anticipated the idea of a contintental divide as he was the first to mention a large mountain range to the south (presumably the Rocky Mountains) that blocks the westward passage and serves as a continental divide. Further, the name 'Oregon' appears in print here for the first time, both in the text, and on one of the maps. "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution...[and] stimulated curios [Publisher: Printed for the author and sold by J. Walter at Charing-cross and S. Crowder in Pater-noster Row.]
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Le Jugement De Paris. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original, qui est au Cabinet de M. le Comte de Cuypers et de Rymenam, a Brusselles.
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R. Brookshaw fecit, 1778. Mezzotint printed in sanguine, sheet 305 x 390mm. 12 x 15¼". Paris was the son of Priam, king of Troy, and appears in a number of Greek legends. He awards the Apple of Discord to the goddess Aphrodite, choosing her as winner in a contest of beauty also involving Hera and Athena. By Richard Brookshaw (1736 - c. 1804), mezzotinter and draughtsman. He worked in London, Paris (from 1773), Brussels and Amsterdam (1779).
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