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GALVÃO, Lourenço Anastasio Mexia.
Vida do famoso heróe Luiz de Loureiro, Commendador de S. Thomé de Penella, da Ordem de Christo, do Conselho do Senhor Rei D. João III, Governador e Capitão General das Praças de Santa Cruz de Cabo de Aguer, Çafim, Mazagão, Arzilla, e Tangere, Adail Mór deste Reino ….
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Lisbon, Na Officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1782. Printed on excellent quality, thick paper. Four large and very finely engraved initials. Three finely engraved headpieces (from the same plate), and one large finely engraved tailpiece. (4 ll.), 256, xiv pp., (1 l. errata). 4º, contemporary mottled sheep (rather worn at corners, head and foot of spine, front cover scraped), spine richly gilt with raised bands in six compartments (lettering piece gone, with some damage to second compartment from head; third compartment from head also damaged), covers with gilt borders, gilt floral tooling at each corner, and gilt Portuguese royal arms at center, covers with milled edges (considerable wear), marbled endleaves, all text block edges gilt and gauffered. Binding "tired" and worn; internally in fine to very fine condition. Overall a good to very good copy. FIRST EDITION. The author, a native of Tomar (1739-1796), wrote of a number of biographical works, the present one being his most important and most interesting. Luís de Loureiro was a notable Portuguese captain who fought in Morocco against the Moors for over 40 years. He appeared for the first time in Morocco in 1510, serving under Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde. He was at the seige of Safim in December of that year. In 1511 he was Adaíl of that North African city. In 1515 he took part in an expedition to Mamora, and in the following year was among the defenders of Arzila during a seige by the King of Fez. In 1534 he obtained his first captaincy. After a brief rest in Portugal, he returned to Morocco in 1537 as governor of Mazagão. D. João III decided to abandon some of the Portuguese forts in Morocco and concentrate his forces at Mazagão, where Luís de Loureiro remained until 1548. He died fighting near Tanger in 1553. The present work is a crucial source for the history of the Portuguese in Morocco during the first half of the sixteenth century. It contains transcriptions of a number of letters written from this theater of warfare to the Portuguese king. Innocêncio V, 194 (calling this the author's most important work): "Todos as obras d'este nosso biographo são pouco vulgares no mercado, talvez porque d'ellas se imprimissem oucos exemplares." Figaniere 1175. Avila Perez 4961. Sousa da Câmara 1932. On Luís de Loureiro, se @Grande enciclopédia, XV, 494-5. Porbase locates two copies, both in the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisboa (but with only 5 preliminary pp.). WorldCat cites the work twice, but does not provide any locations. Library of Congress Online Catalog cites the 1946 edition only. Hollis locates a copy in the Houghton Library. Not in Orbis. Melvyl cites the 1946 edition only, in a single copy at the NRLF.
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LALLEMENT
Histoire du retour et du règne de Napoléon en 1815 pendant les Cent-Jours, renfermant les proclamations, ordonnances, décrets, opinions et discours.
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- .émis et prononcés à cette époque. Reliure demi-toile grenat usagée. Guillaume Lallement (1782-1829), littérateur et journaliste. A la Restauration, ses opinions républicaines le forcèrent à se réfugier en Belgique. Ses attaques contre les Bourbon l'obligèrent à passer en Prusse d'où il ne tarda pas à être expulsé. il entra en France où il n'écrivit plus que dans des recueils littéraires (Larousse XIX°). L'imprimeur Moessard publie ici un extrait concernant les Cent-Jours tiré du "Choix de rapport, opinions et discours. depuis 1789 à ce jour" publié anonymenent par Guillaume Lallement chez Eymerie de 1818 à 1825 (Barbier I, 589). Publication rendue possible par la loi d'amnistie du 26 août 1830 qui effaçait toutes les peines prononcées pour des faits politiques. Inconnu de la plupart des bibliographes de l'Empire. Notice Bnf 40049306. (Hoefer XXIX, 14). (bm1) (rs) Paris, Imp. d' Ad. Moessard, 1832. In-8°, 502 pages.
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BARTOLI, S.P. / VIRGIL. -
Picturae antiquissimi Virgiliani codicis Bibliothecae Vaticanae a Petro Sancte Bartoli aere incisae accedunt ex insignioribus pinacothecia picturis aliae veteres gemmae et anaglypha.
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Rome, Apud Venantium Monaldini, 1782, - in-4to, With engraved frontispiece-Portrait and title-page, each within ornamental border and engraved by Carattoni + engraved dedication leaf and 124 excellent engravings, all accompagnied by a decorative engraved cartouche containing the illustration number, 18th century engraved armorial bookplate 'Lord Rendlesham' and one more recent one 'Robert Wayne Stilwell', Contemporary marbled boards backed with green morocco (a bit scratched on joints and sides), Tafelwerk mit Darstellungen aus Vatikanischen Codices, nach antiken Gemmen und Reliefs. Sauberes und breitbandiges Exemplar.Picturae antiquissimi Virgiliani 1782 This edition contains 124 engravings twice the number of the 1st. ed. of 1741 A beautifully executed illustrated book, printed on thick paper of high quality. It reproduces miniatures from two important ancient virgilian Mss. in the Vatican Library, the Vergilius Vaticanus (Vat. Lat. 3225) and the Codex Romanus (Vat. Lat. 3867). The first of these manuscrips was formerly in the posession of Pontano, Bembo and Fulvio Orsini before being deposited in the Vatican in 1602. An edition based on this manuscript was prepared by the librarian G. C. Bottari (1689-1775) and appeared in 1741, reproducing engravings of the miniatures by Pietro Sancto Bartoli and fragments of the text.This edition contains over twice as many engravings as the 1741 edition, besides engravings based on the two manuscripts mentioned earlier, it also contains illustrations taken from antique gems and sculptures. Most of the illustrations are unsigned, but artists of the others include Corvi, Lanci, Giusti and de Rossi, while the engravers include Benedetti, Giardoni, Carloni, Bombelli, Barbazza, Beheim, Morgalli and Baratti. In fine condition.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. Graesse 1304 (Ausgabe 1776); Brunet V, 1291. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Rousseau, Jean Jacques.
Bekenntnisse. 2 Teile in 1 Band. 2 Bl., 282 S.; 1 Bl., 172 S. Mit 2 Titelvignetten. Guter Halblederbd d. Z. mit RSchild und etwas RVergoldung.
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Berlin, Johann Friedrich Unger, 1782. - Erste Ausgabe der wohl bedeutendsten Lebenserinnerungen des 18. Jahrhunderts, die maßgeblichen Einfluß auf die französische Romantik ausübten, besonders auf Chateaubriand und Hugo. Die beiden Bände wurden von Friederike Unger, der Frau des Verlegers, übersetzt. Im gleichen Jahr erschienen diese beiden Teile in Riga auch unter dem Titel "Geständnisse" in der Übersetzung von Karl Gottfried Schreiter. Zwei weitere Teile erschienen 1790, von Knigge übersetzt, die meist fehlen. Rousseau 1712-1778) hatte angeordnet, seine 'Bekenntnisse', in denen er "mit oft empörender Offenheit und Rücksichtslosikeit gegen sich und andre sein ganzes Leben der Welt darlegte" (Meyers Lex.), nicht vor der Jahrhundertwende zu veröffentlichen, wenn er und seine Feinde mit Sicherheit tot seien. Dieser erste Teil erschien jedoch, gleichzeitig mit den 'Träumereien eines einsamen Wanderers' schon 1782, also kaum vier Jahre nach seinem Tod. "Ursprünglich hatte Rousseau die Confessions als ein allgemeines Lehrbuch über den Menschen geplant. Die schonungslose Generalbeichte und Selbstanalyse sollte zu neuen Erkenntnissen über den menschlichen Charakter beitragen. 'Dies ist das einzige naturgetreue Abbild eines Menschen, das es gibt und das es je geben wird.' Während der Niederschrift wurde daraus jedoch ein Werk der Selbstverteidigung, ja der Selbstverherrlichung. Insofern unterscheiden sich diese Bekenntnisse grundlegend von denen Augustins, ohne die sie freilich nicht denkbar wären. Rousseau bekennt nicht demütig, sondern er klagt trotzig an; er sieht keine Schuld, sondern nur Mißleitung. Er stellt sich als sensiblen, gutherzigen, phantasie- und geistbegabten Menschen dar, den eine schlechte Welt fehlgeleitet und ins Elend gestoßen hat . Der erste Teil der Confessions (Buch 1-6) berichtet über die Zeit von der Geburt Rousseaus bis zur Ankunft in Paris (1741) und behandelt besonders ausführlich seine abenteuerlichen Lehr- und Wanderjahre als Graveur, Gelegenheitsarbeiter und Autodidakt" (KNLL). – Gelegentlich wenige Fleckchen, sonst frisches, breitrandiges Exemplar. – Fromm 22671. Borst 444 (ebenfalls nur diese beiden Teile).
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ANVILLE (J.-B. Bourguignon d');
Géographie Ancienne, abrégée.
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Barrois Paris 1782 - 3 vol. in-12 de 1 f.n.ch. XXIV 341 pp. 1 f.n.ch., 3 ff.n.ch. 379 pp. 1 f.n.ch. et 4 ff.n.ch. 348 pp. 2 ff.n.ch., veau raciné de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison. Bon exemplaire orné d'un frontispice gravé et de 10 cartes repliées. Ex-libris.
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Allgemeine Blumenlese der Deutschen (Hrsg. von Johann [Hans] Heinrich Füßli). 6 Bände. Mit 6 gestoch. Titelvignetten von Salomon Gessner. Einfache Pappbde um 1900 mit rotem Rückenschild.
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Zürich, Orell, Geßner, Füßli und Comp., 1782-1788. - Erste Ausgabe. Komplettes Exemplar einer der umfangreichsten Lyriksammlungen des 18. Jahrhunderts mit fast 2000 Seiten, in 15jähriger Arbeit von H. H. Füßli (1745-1832, Ratsherr in Zürich) nach den Erstdrucken zusammengestellt. Enthält: Der Heilige Gesang, Oden und Elegien, Lieder. Besonders reich ist die deutsche Anakreontik vertreten. Der 6. Band enthält überwiegend Sinngedichte und Epigramme. Mit Beiträgen von Campe, Claudius, Gleim, Goethe, Herder, Hölty, Karschin, E. v. Kleist, Klopstock, Lessing, Logau, Pfeffel, Weisse u. v. a. (fast halbseitige Namensliste bei Goedeke!). – Exlibris. Frisches Exemplar. Kein Nachweis im JAP seit 1950. – Goed. XII 38, 7 und IV 1, 961, 11. Leemann v. E. 442-447. Slg Kippenberg I 734.
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Giovanni Battista Guarini
Pastor Fido Tragi-Commedia Pastorale Del Cavaliere Giambastista Guarini Nella Stampeda di fr. amb Didot
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Gio. Cl Molini, Parigi 1782 - 349pp Handsome full calf leather binding with detail to spine and gilt fore edge. Nice copy of Guarini's famous work with decorative head and tail pieces. re is some minor wear to the extremities including some fading to the spine and edges of the boards and some pin prick worm holes to the edges of the boards, by the spine, and the spine itself. Internally the book is generally clean and bright apart from some occasional spots and the odd handling mark. The worm holes continue on the pages to the front and rear of the book, continuing for aprox 40 pages each end. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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C[hoderlos] de L[aclos]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses ou Lettres recueillies dans une societe et publiees pour l'instruction de quelques autres - Tome I - II -
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Neuchatal, Societe Typographique 1782 - .Auflage, viii, 357, 365 Seiten mit Titelvignetten, 8°, PPbd.d.Z., Einband etwas berieben, Rücken des zweiten Bandes mit Fehlstelle des Papierüberzuges und Block einmal geöffnet, etwas altersfleckig, insgesamt guter und sauberer Zustand, Frühe Ausgabe dieses klassischen Werkes der Weltliteratur, Gewicht: 780 g
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COXE W.
LETTRES DE M. WILLIAM COXE A M.-W. MELMOTH, SUR L'ETAT POLITIQUE, CIVIL ET NATUREL DE LA SUISSE. Traduites de l'Anglois et augmentees des observations faites dans le meme pays, par le traducteur. Nouvelle edition.
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A Paris, chez Belin, 1782. 2 volumes in-12 plein veau blond du temps dos a nerfs ornes de fleurons dores, pieces de titres et tomaisons brunes, tranches marbrees, (VIII+322+3ff de table),(347pp+1f). Malgre une reliure un peu frottee, coiffes superieures abimees, ors un peu effaces, l'ensemble est agreable, en etat correct, interieur propre, belle typographie, rousseurs infimes. Il s'agit de la 2° edition francaise traduite et annotee par Ramon De Carbonnieres. "La traduction libre de Ramon comporte d'importantes notes ajoutees par le traducteur qui enrichissent cet ouvrage consacre a la description des Alpes. Un des ouvrages de voyages en Suisse les plus classiques de la fin du XVIII° ", (Perret, 1159).
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PINTO, José Correia de Mello e Britto de Alvim.
Joanneida, ou a liberdade de Portugal defendida pelo Senhor Rey D. João I. Poema epico.
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Coimbra, Universidade, 1782. Woodcut initials and headpieces. xvi, 445, (1) pp. 8º, recent antiquecalf, spine gilt, double gilt fillet border on each cover. Light spotting to first few leaves, very minor marginal worming to first and last few leaves, otherwise crisp and clean. Uncut and partly unopened. Overall a fine copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION, rare, of Correia's only published poetical work. Written in 10 cantos, this ambitious epic poem is a Christian allegory in the style of Voltaire's @Henriade. The @Joanneida chronicles Portuguese history from the earliest times to the acclamation of D. João I in 1385, concluding with the Portuguese victory over Castilian forces at Aljubarrota which secured the Portuguese throne for D. João and ushered in a new royal dynasty. Correia was born in Coimbra, educated at its university and, after attempting a military career, retired to his @quinta outside Coimbra. He published several short works in his capacity as a member of the Academia Liturgica de Coimbra, and was a Correspondent of the Academia Real das Sciencias, Lisbon, until his expulsion for unknown reasons in 1798. Innocêncio IV, 297: noting the work's great rarity because few copies were sold. Monteverde 1843. Not in Ameal, Azevedo-Samodães, Avila-Perez or Palha. NUC: DLC, PU, MH.
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CONTI, Giovanni Battista, Hrsg. und Übersetzer (tätig um ...
Colección de poesías castellanas traducidas en verso toscano ... - Scelta di poesie castigliane tradotte in verso toscano ... Paralleltext in spanischer und italienischer Sprache.
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Bde. I-II (von IV). 8vo. [6] Bl., CCXXVII, 151 S., 1 Bl. Errata (drei Lagen verbunden); [6] Bl., X,357 S., 1 Bl. Errata. Rote Halblederbände d. Z., unbeschnitten (Rücken am Kopf hinterlegt). Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1782. Erstausgabe. Die beiden ersten von vier herausgegebenen Bänden. Parallelausgabe der Geschichte der spanischen Dichtung seit dem 12. Jh. Die beiden Bände enthalten als Textbeispiele Werke von Juan Boscán Almogáver (1487-1542) und Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536). Palau 56617. First edition of this edition in Spanish and Italian of the first two volumes published (of four). - 19th century red half morocco, spine gilt, untrimmed (back at head strenghtened).
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BARSANTI Pier Vincenzo
Della storia del padre Girolamo Savonarola da Ferrara domenicano della Congregazione di S. Marco di Firenze libri quattro ...
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Livorno, nella stamperia di Carlo Giorgi dal Real Palazzo, 1782, in-4, pp. XXIV, 345, (3, ultimo f.bianco), legatura in cartone rustico coevo, titolo ms. su tassello cartaceo al dorso. Bell' antiporta fig.inc.in rame con ritratto del Savonarola entro elaborata bordura. Prima edizione di quest'opera scritta dal Barsanti con il preciso intento di sostenere la riforma dei costumi in chiave giansenista intrapresa dalla repubblica fiorentina. La dedica a Pietro Leopoldo e la scelta del tema, per cui il Savonarola viene dipinto come la vittima delle persecuzioni della curia romana, palesano tale intento. Tuttavia l'opera rimase per anni la più accurata biografia sul frate, rivestendo una non secondaria importanza storiografica. Il Barsanti fiorì nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, fu professore di teologia e vestì l'abito domenicano. Ottimo esemplare con barbe di opera rara e curiosa. Melzi, III, 103.
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THOMAS WILSON CLEMENT CRUTTWELL
THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD THOMAS WILSON, AND THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD THOMAS WILSON, LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN
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Published by RICHARD CRUTTWELL in 1782. Two volumes bound as one. Appears to be a variant second edition with the Life as volume I ppxxviii, 472, and the Works as volume II pp(6), 492. Tall size, full suede leather, worn and with corners bumped, raised bands on spine but no apparent titling. Some worming at front edge of spine. Simple blind box stamping. stain on front with remainds of postage stamp adhering. Inscription inside front cover. Very light foxing throughout as to be expected for a volume of this age. Engraved frontispiece of Thomas Wilson, son of Bishop Wilson, with publisher spelt Crutwell under. Dedication to this Wilson, list of subscribers etc, appendix to the life followed b Delivered from the UK in 2-7 days. [Publisher: RICHARD CRUTTWELL]
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Her Grace The Duchess of Devonshire And Viscountess Duncannon.
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Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by W. Dickinson. London Published Novr. 20th: 1782 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 New Bond Street. Stipple and etching in sanguine, 430 x 320mm. 17 x 12½". Two aristocratic women posing in a classically inspired landscape. They are Henrietta Frances, Countess of Bessborough (1761 - 1821), an amateur etcher; and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born Lady Georgiana Spencer, (1757 - 1806). Georgiana was a celebrated beauty and a socialite who gathered around her a large circle of literary and political figures; a salon. She was also an active political campaigner in an age when women's suffrage was still over a century away. After Angelica Kauffman (1741 - 1807).
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BLAKEY, [William].
OBSERVATIONS TRES IMPORTANTES POUR LES PERES ET MERES, et pour les personnes qu'on des familles a soigner. Divisees en trois parties. A Lausanne, chez Jean Mourer.
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1782.. et pour les personnes qu'on des familles a soigner. Divisees en trois parties. A Lausanne, chez Jean Mourer. 8vo, pp. 120; some light marginal staining (more prominent in the latter part of the work), with some minor foxing and soiling, small worm trail affecting upper margins of last couple of leaves (not touching text); some neat contemporary marginal annotations in ink; uncut in modern wrappers with facsimile of title-page on upper cover. Not in Grulee; see Blake p. 49; not on OCLC; KVK locates a copy at the Royal Library of Denmark and Switzerland, with a 1781 Liege imprint on ABES.. Apparently the fifth edition (though we have been unable to trace the first) of this scarce French edition based upon the principle works of the physician William Blakey (b. 1712). Divided into three parts, the first discusses the care and hygiene of new-born infants, focusing upon diet and clothing. Section two provides 'Instructions pour connoitre les descentes ou ruptures, & leurs effets dangereux, ainsi que pour s'en defendre, les traiter & les guerir', with the final part highlighting the treatment of some the common conditions affecting later life, notably gout and digestive afflictions due to the excesses of too much food and drink.Presumably English, though described here as being a member of the 'College Royal de Chirurgie a Paris', Blakey first published his short treatise 'Instructions pour prevenir et guerir les descentes ou hernies' in 1760, with the English edition 'Observations concerning ruptures' appearing in 1764. KVK cites a 1781 Liege edition of the present work. Of his paediatric work, the first cited edition on both OCLC and ESTC is the 1792 fifth edition of 'Essay on the manner of preserving children and grown persons from ruptures. In four parts. I. on the manner of bringing up children. II. How to know ruptures. III. Examples of divers cures, among others that of the gout, by no means than those of pleasant and easy regimen. IV. Reflexions and remarks on our knowledge of the animal structure'. A note on OCLC states that earlier editions of this were published under the title 'Method for bringing up children ... and necessary observations for fathers and mothers', but we have been unable to trace any.
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DE VILLEN].
Lettre de M. de *** à Madame de*** sur les Sourciers.
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Sans lieu ni date (1782). - in-8. 16pp. Broché, couverture ancienne. EDITION ORIGINALE de ce rare mémoire sur les "sourciers" et en particulier sur Barthélémy Bléton, célèbre découvreur de sources né à Rouvente (Dauphiné) vers 1740. ** Manque à Caillet. [Attributes: First Edition]
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[DE VILLEN].
Lettre de M. de *** à Madame de*** sur les Sourciers.
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Sans lieu ni date (1782). in-8. 16pp. Broché, couverture ancienne. EDITION ORIGINALE de ce rare mémoire sur les "sourciers" et en particulier sur Barthélémy Bléton, célèbre découvreur de sources né à Rouvente (Dauphiné) vers 1740. ** Manque à Caillet.
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Moulidars T. de
Grande Encyclopédie Méthodique, Universelle, Illustrée des Jeux et des Divertissements de l'Esprit et du Corps. Jeux anciens et nouveaux, de calcul, d'adresse et d'hasard, jeux de salon, de prèau, de cour, de jardin et des champs, amusement de l'enfance.
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A la Librairie Illustrée, 17842, Paris, - In-8°, pp. XV, 796, legatura editoriale t. tela verde con al piatto anteriore titolo in oro e piccola illustrazione egualmente in oro raffigurante due racchette da badminton ed un volano. 750 incisioni xilografiche intercalate n.t. In barbe, con sparse fioriture e con la legatura leggermente sbiadita, ma in buono stato. Enciclopedia illustrata di fine Ottocento dei giochi e dei passatempi: scacchi, dama, dama giapponese, solitari, giochi d'azzardo, domino, trictrac, biliado, badminton, bocce, croquet, tennis da prato, tiro con la balestra e con l'arco, lancio del boomernang, tiro con la fionda, aquiloni, mongolfiere, palla avvelenata, biglie, giochi di società, punizioni e penitenze legate ai giochi, giochi enigmistici (acrostici, anagrammi, sciarade, cronogrammi, logogrifi, parole incrociate, rebus, ecc.), giochi e diporti matematici, quadrati magici, rompicapi e indovinelli, esperimenti scientifici divertenti, ombre cinesi, lanterna magica, fantasmagoria, giochi di carte di ogni tipo, ecc. Molte centinaia sono i giochi descritti e numerosi sono quelli rari o caduti in disuso. "Il existe bien différents traités, relatifs à des jeux particuliers, mais depuis l'Encyclopédie méthodique de Panckoucke et Agasse, publiée en 1782, il n'a pas été donné d'ouvrage général entièrement neuf; en sorte que ceux qui ont paru depuis cette époque, serviles imitations de cette Encyclopédie méthodique, semblent tous avoir été copiés les uns sur les autres. Notre nouvelle Encyclopédie méthodique comprenant tous les jeux nouveaux, dont on ne trouve les règles nulle part ailleurs, et embrassant, de plus, tous les jeux anciens, avec les modifications qui y ont été introduites, vient donc de combler une lacune regrettable et ne peut manquer d'être accueillie favorablement" (dalla prefazione). Indice alfabetico dei giochi in fine. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Collection des moralistes anciens. – (Naigeon, Jacques André; Hrsg.). Discours préliminaire pour servir d'introduction a la morale de Séneque. – Morale de Seneque, extraite de ses œuvres. 3 Bände. 149 S., 1 w. Bl.; 2 Bl., 176 S., 1 w. Bl.; 2 Bl., 184 S., 1 w. Bl. 12°. Hübsche marmor. Lederbde d. Z. (berieben, ein Kapital beschabt, Rücken verblichen) mit Rückenschild, Rücken- und Deckelfileten. Goldschnitt. Marmorpapier-Vorsätze.
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Paris, Didot & De Bure, 1782-1783. - Vollständige Seneca-Ausgabe dieser 'Collection', die von 1782-1795 erschien und zum Schluss 18 Bände umfasste. – Teils stockfleckig – Brunet III 1883.
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SAINT-MARTIN, Claude.
Tableau naturel des rapports qui existent entre Dieu, l'Homme et l'Univers. Première [-seconde] partie. 2 Teile in 1 Bd.
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A Edimbourg [Lyon], 1782. - 8°. 4 nn.Bll. (Vortitel, Titel, Avis des éditeurs und Fautes à corriger), 276 S.; 2 nn. Bll. (Vortitel,Titel), 244 SS., 1 Bl. (Table - Premiere Partie -Seconde Partie). Moderner Pappbd. mit handgeschr. Rückenschild (etwas angestaubt, Rücken verblasst). Einer von drei oder vier Drucken oder Druckvarianten mit gleichlautendem Titel und Datum des zweiten theosophischen Werks des 'Philosophe inconnu', der der mystischen, als "Martinimus" bekannt gewordenen, Strömung ihren Namen gab. Im "Tableau naturel" bedient sich der Freimaurer und Philosoph verschiedener Mystifikationen, stellt aber die grossenteils von Martinez de Pasqually abgeleiteten Gedanken hier klarer dar als in seinem 1775 erschienenen Erstlingswerk (Des erreurs et de la vérité). Eine deutsche Übersetzung wurde 1783/85 in Reval, bzw. Leipzig als: "Über das natürliche Verhältnis zwischen Gott, dem Menschen und der Welt" in zwei Bänden aufgelegt. - Stellenweise etwas gebräunt, insgesamt sauberes Exemplar. - Caillet 9784; Wolfstieg 22053; vgl. Wehr, Sain-Martin. Der 'Unbekannte Philosoph' (1995). Lang: fr
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DE SAINT-MARTIN Louis Claude )
Tableau naturel des Rapports qui existent entre Dieu, l'Homme et l'Univers. Premiere et Seconde Partie.
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Edimbourg (ma Lione) s.e. 1782 - 2 voll. in 8 legati in uno 276; 244 + (1b) + (2) + (1b).Due etichette ai rispettivi fr. con indicazioni manoscritte coeve. Gora all'occhietto e alle prime 2 cc.M. pl. con nervie tit. in oroal d. Ed. originale. L'A. (1743-1803), filosofo illuminista francese, proponeva una lettura dei testi cristiani alla luce del neoplatonismo e delle scienze occulte rigettando la Scolastica. Nell'opera sono indagati i rapporti tra umano e divino attraverso l'alchimia e la simbologia degli elementi di cui compaiono simboli nel testo.
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[Necker]. Collection Complette de tous les Ouvrages pour et contre M. Necker. Avec des notes critiques, politiques et secretes. Le tout par ordre chronologique ; enrichi du Portrait de M. Necker, & d'une belle Gravure representant la Princesse de Pa, avec Madame Necker.
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Utrecht 1782 3 tomes en 1 vol. in-12 de (4)-112-88 pp. ; (2)-171 pp. ; (2)-132 pp., basane mouchetee, dos orne a nerfs, piece de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'epoque). Deuxieme edition. L'edition originale fut publiee l'annee precedente. Recueil de brochures pour et contre Necker publiees une premiere fois separement en 1780-1781. ' L'immense succes de Necker ne pouvait manquer de provoquer une reaction violente. Cette reaction se traduisit, au sein du pays, des son premier ministere, par une eclosion de libelles, contenant les plus violentes attaques contre l'homme et contre le ministere. La plupart d'entre ces libelles sont anonymes ou signes de noms peu connus, quelques-uns cependant inspires, dit-on, par de hauts personnages E (Stourm). Tome I : Lettre de M. Turgot a M. Necker ; Sur l'Administration de M. Necker, par un citoyen francais (par J.M. Augeard) ; Suite des Observations du Citoyen ; Reponse a la Lettre de M. Turgot a M. Necker ; La Liegeoise, ou lettre a M. Necker, Directeur general des Finances ; Seconde suite des Observations du Citoyen. Tome II : Compte rendu au Roi par M. Necker, avec les Cartes & les Tableaux ; Lettre d'un Ami a M. Necker ; Les Comments ; Troisieme Suite des Observations du Citoyen, appellee vulgairement les Pourquoi, ou la Reponse Verte, suivie du Compte rendu au Roi, par M. l'Abbe Terray, & de son Etat des revenus du Roi, pour l'annee 1775 ; La Gazette Angloise. Tome III : Conversation de Madame la Princesse de Pa, avec Madame Necker ; Memoire presente au Roi sur les Administrations Provinciales ; Lettre d'un bon Francois ; Lettre de M. de Caraccioli a M. d'Alembert ; Observations modestes d'un Citoyen, en faveur des Operations de Finance de M. Necker ; Lettre de M. le Marquis de Vilette ; Requete au Roi, sur la Retraite de M. Necker, par un ancien Resident a la Cour de France ; Lettre de M. Necker au Roi. Etiquette de bibliotheque ' Ex Bibliotheca minoris seminarii aeduensis ad usum professorum E. Dos restaure. Stourm, p.127 ; Einaudi, 1178 ; Kress, B 452.
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Rousseau, J(ean)-J(acques):
Collection complete des oeuvres. 15 Bände, davon XIII-XV als Supplement T. I-III. -- 15 vols., dont vols. XIII-XV comme supplement t.I-III
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A Geneve [ohne Verlag] 1782. -- (sans indication de l'editeur). - 4°. Mit 10 S. gestoch. Musik in T. VIII u. 14 gestoch. Falttafeln Musik in T. IX. Braune gemusterte, uniforme Lederbde. d.Zt. auf 5 Bünden, mit je 2 farb. Rschild. (rot bzw. schwarz) mit goldgepr. Rtiteln, reicher Rvergold. (Fileten nebst Blüten u. Blättern in den Rfeldern), Stehkantenvergold. sowie marmor. Buntpapiervorsätzen; Ecken u. Kanten min. berieben, Vdeckel von T. IX an 2-3 Stellen berieben (nur die äußerste Lederschicht incl. Muster betroffen), ebda. kl. Lederdefekt von 0,5 x 3 cm am Rückenfuß. - Außen u. innen sauberes, schön gebundenes Expl. Eine bibliogr. wenig bekannte Variante der (sämtlich posthumen) Genfer Quartausgaben, hier mit dem einheitlichen Erscheinungsjahr 1782, jedoch mit dem Vorwort des Hrsgs. Du Peyrou von 1779, ohne Illustrationen, aber mit den umfangreichen Musikbeilagen. Nach dem Expl. der Bibl. de Neuchatel beschrieben von Dufour II, 68,1 als mit 15 Bdn. "en grand papier" (wie bei uns!) incl. 3 Suppl. zunächst komplett; erst 1789 (!) erschien mit T. XVI u. XVII ein 2. u. letztes Suppl., "mais en papier ordinaire (in-4° plus petit)". - Weitere bibliogr. Einzelheiten vgl. bei Ebert II,19468; Brunet IV,1422; Senelier 1.896, mit meist abweichenden Jahreszahlen (einige Fotok. beiliegend). --- In -4, avec 10 p. de musique gravee en vol. VIII et 14 planches depliantes de musique gravee en vol. IX. Plein veau marbre de l'epoque, dos a cinq nerfs avec deux pieces de titre (un en rouge, un en noir avec les titres dores) et les compartiments richement fleuronnes, les bords dores et les gardes de papier marmorees. / Petit manque de cuir (0,5x3cm) du vol. IX, qqs. epidermures minimales: tres bon exemplaire, bien relie a l'epoque. - Une variante moins connue des editions in -4 de Geneve (toutes a titre posthume) avec la date de 1782, mais avec la preface de Du Peyrou de 1779, sans illustrations, mais avec les vastes planches de musique. D'apres l'exemplaire de la bibliotheque de Neuchatel, detaille par Dufour II,68.1, tout d'abord complet avec 15 vols. en grand papier incl. 3 suppl. avec les t. XVI et XVII., "mais en papier ordinaire (in -4 plus petit)." - Autres details bibl. chez Ebert II, 19468; Brunet IV, 1422; Senelier 1.896, souvent avec des annees differentes. 8800g [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Baudouin de Guémadeuc Armand Henri
L'Espion Dévalisé.
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s.n.t.,, Londres [ma probabilmente Neuchâteli], 1782 - In-8° (220x140mm), pp. VII, (1) di errata, 240, brossura originale azzurra. Fregio ornamentale al titolo. In barbe, ottimamente conservato. Edizione originale di questo romanzo satirico impresso anonimamente, già attribuito a Mirabeau, ma dovuto in realtà al Baudouin de Guémadeuc (Colmar, 1737-Parigi, 1817), che la compose nel corso di un suo periodo trascorso in carcere. L'opera contiene numerosi spunti economici e demografici e, nelle ultime pagine (pp. 219-240) contiene un "petit Éloge de Turgot" con alcune osservazioni sulla libertà economica e con una critica al lusso. L'INED, parlando di "Utopie Économique" a proposito del capitolo XIII, discorre di esso come di una "curieuse anticipation économique et démographique: les hommes sont devenus capables de fabriquer artificiellement leur pain, leur vin et autres ressources alimentaires indispensables. La première conséquence serait une multiplication de l'espèce humaine à volonté. De bonnes lois seraient indispensables pour assurer à chacun l'usage de sa liberté et la conservation de sa propriété, tandis que la Société pourrait se perfectionner.". Alle pp. 113-114 p contenuto un curioso brano sulla tauromachia. Incerto il luogo di stampa il volume, da alcuni ritenuto essere Parigi, da altri Neuchâtel. II Baudouin de Guémadeuc occupò l'incarico di Maître des requêtes, da cui dovette dimettersi in seguito ad una denuncia subita da parte dei suoi colleghi presso il guardasigilli Hue de Miromesnil per un presunto furto di argenteria. L'accusa valse al Baudouin una prigionia di oltre un anno prima a Vincennes e poi a Tanlay, prigionia nel corso della quale si dedicò soprattutto allo studio dell'astronomia e delle scienze. Barbier, II, 178: "On attribue ordinairement cet ouvrage au comte de Mirabeau; mais M. Baudouin m'a avoué qu'il en était le seul auteur". Cioranescu, 10218. Gay, III, 217: Ouvrage anecdotique et très satirique. du réellement à Baudouin, qui fut enfermé à la Bastille". INED, 299. Weller, Druckorte, II, 216; Hayn / Got., VII, 402. Levot, I, 853. Drujon, Livres à clefs, I, 331. Analecta, Biblion, II, 464-470. Manca a Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi, Negley, Hartig, Soboul, Valette, Versins. [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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MALFILATRE, Jacques Louis Clinchamp de
Narcisse dans l’ isle de Venus. Poëme en quatre Chantae. (Legato con: Le luxe, Poeme en six chants.)
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A1258, Entrambi Paris, 1258 - Ballard, (Belin), Due volumi legati assieme in pelle coeva, lievi mende, 8°(cm.19,5), pagg. X-112; 204. Alla prima opera splendido frontespizio inciso da E. De Ghendt e 4 deliziose tavole a soggetto galante con figure di Gabriel Saint-Aubin incise in rame fuori testo. da Massard. Prima edizione postuma impressa dalla vedova Durand. (cfr. Sander, Cohen de Ricci). Il volume è legato con un poema in 6i canti di simile argomento: Le Luxe, poeme en six chants. (Paris, Belin, 1782).
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Basedow, Johann Bernhard / Chodowiecki, Daniel. - (Wolke, Christian Heinrich:)
Beschreibung der zum Elementarwerk gehörigen und von Daniel Chodowiecki (bis auf 18) gezeichneten hundert Kupfertafeln, enthaltend die Methoden durch welche der Jugend auf eine leichte und angenehme Weise Kenntnisse der Sachen und Sprachen zugleich können mitgeteilt werden. [Bd.1, von 2 Bdn.:] Erste 53 Tafeln.
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Leipzig, Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1782. - XXXX,336 S. Mit gr. gestoch. Titelvignette von Rosmaesler. Schlichter Ppbd. d.Zt., stark berieben bzw. beschabt, das hellbraune Bezugspapier mit einigen Defekten, bes. am Rücken; Ecken u. Kanten abgenutzt. - Stellenw. etwas stock- bzw. braunfl., auf nur wenigen Bl. stärker, über größere Strecken jedoch sauber. Der Autor nennt sich namentlich erst unter der gedruckten Widmung "Den Directoren des Schulwesens, den Eltern kentnisdürftiger Kinder, den Lerern in Schulen und Familien und allen Freunden der schulnotleidenden Jugend" . - W. (1741-1825) war als philanthropischer Pädagoge Mitarbeiter u. Nachfolger Basedows in Dessau. Hier die 1.Hälfte der Bildbeschreibungen zu dessen "Elementarwerk für die Jugend" (1774). Vgl. ADB XLIV,134 ff.: Wegehaupt I,2326. 250g
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1782 newspaper GEORGE WASHINGTON s DENTIST 1st illustrated AD
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Continental Journal, Boston, MASSACHUSETTS 1782 - COMPLETE ORIGINAL American Revolutionary War newspaper, the Continental Journal (Boston, MA) dated June 27, 1782. Inside page essay that refers to the recent defeat of British General Cornwallis by American General George Washington. This battle ended the American Revolution for all practical purposes. There is also news of the negotiations going on over the ending of the Revolutionary war and the recognition of the Independence of the United States by Great Britain. There is also a back page, 6" x 4" ILLUSTRATED AD placed by a Revolutionary War era American dentist, ISAAC GREENWOOD, the father of the FIRST AMERICAN BORN DENTIST, John Greenwood who was the dentist for GEORGE WASHINGTON. This is the FIRST and earliest illustrated dental ad in a US newspaper !! Great newspaper to frame and hang in a present day dental office. The Siege of Yorktown or Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis’s army (the second major surrender of the war) prompted the British government to eventually negotiate an end to the conflict. Dr. John Greenwood (1760-1819) was George Washington's personal dentist, often called the Father of Modern Dentistry, was responsible for designing Washington's famous dentures, which were not wood but carved from hippopotamus tusk. He invented the first known "dental foot engine" in 1790. He was the son of Isaac Greenwood, the first native-born American dentist. Good-Very Good condition. There are two light brown stains on the newspaper. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it.
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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von:
REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES. PART I [all published].
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Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [?] 1782 - 138,[6]pp. plus eight folding plates. Contemporary calf. Binding rubbed and worn. Rear hinge separating along bottom half of joint. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on titlepage and rear pastedown. Light foxing and tanning. Most of plate one lacking; plate two significantly torn along fold, but intact; last section of plate seven lacking, about two inches; small tear to plate eight along fold. Still, a relatively good copy in a contemporary binding. A comparatively nice copy of this important military manual, which was written expressly for the use of American troops during the Revolutionary War and first published in 1779. The German-born Steuben, well-trained in the highly disciplined military system developed under Frederick the Great, served as inspector general of the Continental Army. In this capacity he wrote his REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES on orders from the Continental Congress. First published in 1779, the work became the standard text for the Continental Army and the United States Army into the early 19th century. Fifty editions, abridgements, extracts, and adaptations were printed before 1800. Steuben's contribution to American independence can not be underestimated. "He was unrivaled among the citizens of the new nation as an expert on military affairs. His introduction of European military concepts to the Continental army marks the beginning of a truly professional military tradition in the United States" - ANB. This edition was published three years after the first edition, and is one of two editions printed in Hartford circa 1782 by Hudson and Goodwin. While most references cite this imprint as having a date of 1782, the American Antiquarian Society asserts a publication date of 1787 based on an advertisement in the Connecticut Courant in March of that year. A good copy, in a contemporary binding, of an early printing of the first military manual devised for the Continental Army, a foundation work for American military history and the Revolutionary War. SHIPTON & MOONEY 44279. EVANS 20780. BRISTOL B5608. TRUMBULL, CONNECTICUT 2638. HOWES S951 "aa". SABIN 91398. OCLC 5111172, 208322463.
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JOHNSON ( Samuel ) - [ Cook ( Wm. ) ]
The Beauties of Johnson : consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous
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Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Price, Whitestone, Walker (and eight others), 1782 - FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp xv, (1, blank), (7), (1, blank), 262, (2, blank), with the pre-liminary leaf blank but for "A1", the half-title signed A2 and the blank leaf M12 at end but without the portrait Fleeman mentions but ESTC does not, 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt : some very light browning of text, otherwise a very good copy. First Dublin edition, with the preface dated "Nov. 1781", in which Cook discusses his arrangement of these maxims after the manner of La Rochefoucault. All early editions are uncommon; it was popular and read to pieces. The Dublin printing is very uncommon, represented in ESTC by six copies in Ireland and UK and only three (McMaster, North Carolina and Yale) in the US. Fleeman 81.11B(Part I)/3. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]
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HOLMES, Robert.
Autograph Letter Signed Robert Holmes, about the dispatch of copies of his Discourses [Bampton Lectures].
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1 page 8 x 6½ inches, one old repair, remains of guard. - New College, Oxford, 3 July 1782. Robert Holmes (1748-1805), biblical scholar. I will be obliged to you, to send one copy stitched, to mr Blamires not far from you, in the Strand, with this direction upon the cover in which you pack up the parcel, To the Reverend Mr Wray, Darley, near Bakewell, Derbyshire - carriage paid. In 1782 Holmes was chosen to be Bampton lecturer, and during the same year published his eight lectures On the Prophecies and Testimony of John the Baptist, and the parallel Prophecies of Jesus Christ.
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Germain, George Sackville (1716-1785)
Correspondance du Lord G. Germain avec les Generaux Clinton, Cornwallis & les Amiraux dans la station de l'Amerique, avec plusieurs lettres interceptees du General Washington, du Marquis de la Fayette & de M. de Barras, chef d'Escadre
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Chez La Nouvelle Societe Typographique, Berne (Switzerland) 1782 - xvi, 304 pp. Two folding plates: 1. "Etat des differens corps sous le commandement du comte Cornwallis portant date janvier 1781 & septembre 1781 avec leurs pertes & augmentations." 2. "Etat de l'armee en Virginie le 18 octobre 1781". This collection of secret letters was translated into French and published by order of the British Parliament seeking to clarify who was responsible for the debacles of Saratoga and Yorktown. Two early signatures in sepia ink: "de Thyard" and another which is illegible. An early ink-stamped monogram, "MS", on title page. Bound in speckled calf, spine ruled in gilt with gilt-tooled compartments; red label, gilt-lettered title. All edges red. 2 ½ cm. worm hole to lower front cover; 1 ¼ cm. hole to top back cover through leather, and four small scratches. Top and bottom spine missing ¼ centimeter, edges rubbed. Joints and hinges solid, text clean and unmarked.
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BURKE, Edmund
Six Pamphlets... Catholicism
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1782. (BURKE, Edmund, LA MARCHE, Jean Francois de, et al. Six Pamphlets). [POTTS, Thomas]. An Inquiry into the Moral and Political Tendency of the Religion Called Roman Catholic. London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson! and R. Faulder, 1790. BOUND WITH: [LA MARCHE, Jean Francois de]. Lettre de M. L'Eveque de Leon aux Ecclesiastiques Francois Refugies en Angleterre. Londres: J.P. Cochlan, 1793. BOUND WITH: Anonymous. An Address to the President of the Protestant Association! On the State and Behavior of English Catholics. London: Printed for R. Faulder, 1782. BOUND WITH: Anonymous. Reflections on the Oaths Which Are Tendered to the Subject in this Country. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1787. BOUND WITH: BURKE, Edmund. A Letter! To Sir Hercules Langrishe, Bart. MrP. On the Subject of Roman Catholics in Ireland, And the Propriety of Admitting Them to the Elective Franchise. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792. BOUND WITH: (NAPPER TANDY, James, et al.). Tracts on Catholic Affairs. Viz. Presbyterio Catholicon &c!. Dublin / London: Richard White / John Stockdale, 1792. Octavo, contemporary half brown calf, burgundy morocco spine label, marbled boards: pp. (5), 2-163, (1); (2), 3-20; (3), 2-72; (3), 2-47, (1); (3), 4-88; (3), ii-xxvii, (2), 2-191. $2200. First edition, a scarce collection of major essays (1782-1793) on Catholic emancipation in a period of revolution, featuring Burke's powerful essay declaring Catholic exclusion from constitutional rights "a serious evil" and over ten additional writings, including the influential works of Irish leaders such as Napper Tandy and Wolf Tone, scarce in contemporary marbled boards. In the late 1780s the governments of Ireland and England "steadily regained confidence following the end of the American war! [but] after the collapse of the ancien regime in France, nothing would ever be the same! The controversy over the new French regime provided the central dividing issue in Irish politics" (McBride, Scripture Politics, 165-7). With Britain entering a long war with France, "the American Revolution, and especially the Declaration of Independence, had made an impact upon Ireland! [as] Irish leaders began to acquire popular support for their attempts to widen the sphere of toleration" (O'Gorman, Edmund Burke, 82). This major contemporary collection of influential writings on religious freedom and, specifically, on the rights of Roman Catholics, contains a seminal essay by Edmund Burke, essays by Thomas Potts and Jean Francois de La Marche, several anonymous writings, and a key series of Tracts that speak to progress signaled by the Parliament's Quebec and Catholic Relief Acts of 1774 and 1778, and the Catholic Relief Act of 1829. Burke's Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe offers one of his finest writings in its argument for the enfranchisement of Roman Catholics. He firmly states that their exclusion from constitutional rights "seems to me a serious evil! This way of proscribing men by whole nations! I can never believe to be politic or expedient, much less necessary for the existence of any state or church in the world" (19, 37). Interestingly, just as "Burke was preaching with unrivalled power the danger of tampering with the framework of the existing British Constitution, he argued that the Constitution of Ireland could not but be better strengthened by introducing gradually and carefully a Catholic element of property and education into political life" (Lercky, 135). As his biographer Cruise O'Brien notes, Burke "did more than anyone else to secure legislative redress for the benefit of Irishmen." Burke's essay is aided here by an especially scarce assemblage of Tracts that includes writings by James Napper Tandy, colorful leader of the United Irishmen, together with Theobold Wolf Tone's 1791 Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, which "made many converts to the Catholic cause (McBride, 169). This scarce collection of largely first editions features the first London edition, first printing, of Burke's Letter, the preferred edition with Burke's corrections of errors in the Dublin edition printed several weeks earlier. Lettre (1793) with title-page vignette displaying the badge of the Order of the Garter. Address to the President (1782) and Tracts (1792) without half titles. Goldsmith I:15432. ESTC T90019, T123892, N29418, T037951, T210850. Armorial bookplate. Contemporary marginalia. Text fresh with light foxing, mainly to preliminaries, slight edge-wear and rubbing to contemporary marbled boards, contemporary calf expertly restored. An extremely good copy of this historic collection.
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NICOLAI (Friedrich)
Versuch uber die Beschuldigungen welche dem Tempelherrenorden gemacht worden und uber dessen Geheimniss; Nebst einem Anhange uber das Entstehen der Freymaurergesellschaft.
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Berlin, und Stettin, 1782, pet. in 8 , de 2ff.-II-215pp., ill. d'un beau frontispice grave repesentant pentacles et baphomet, cart. papier creme epoque, dos leg. defraichi, sinon non exemplaire. (ex-libris 19e Fr. C. E. Fd. de Nostitz) Edition originale rare de cet ouvrage majeur sur les Templiers et les origines de la maconnerie. C'est Nicolai le premier qui a mis en circulation le mot de "Bafomet" et parle d'une doctrine secrete des Templiers. Il fait aussi remonter la Franc-maconnerie moderne a une societe de Rose-Croix creee en Angleterre vers 1630 par R. Fludd, laquelle sous l'influence des evenements politiques, se serait transformee peu a peu. L'ouvrage contient de nombreux renseignements sur Ashmole, Andrae et surtout Wilkins (beau frere de Cromwell). Une seconde edition augmentee en 2 volumes a paru la meme annee. Certaines bibliographies confondent allegrement les deux tirages. Seule cette 1ere edition en 1 volume a ete traduite en francais. ¦ Wolfstieg n 5138 - Kloss IX.811 - Dessubre n 771 - Schneider DFB n 5564.
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JONES, Sir William [1746-1794].
An Inquiry Into The Legal Mode Of Suppressing Riots. With A Constitutional Plan Of Future Defence. Published in July 1780.To which is now added A Speech on the Nomination of Candidates to represent the County of Middlesex, 9th Sept. 1780, &c.
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London: Printed for C.Dilly, 1782. - 8vo. pp. 75. with half-title. disbound. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. An argument against martial law and in favour of the ?Posse Comitatus? or group of citizens recruited by the county sheriff to deal with civil unrest. The appended Speech includes some discussion of the war with America, to which Jones was vehemently opposed: ".The war with our colonies.began with injustice, was pursued with malignity, and must end, if it be long protracted, in destruction: the principles on which it was begun, and by which it has been feebly but insolently vindicated, are no less irrational in themselves than repugnant to the first elements of our constitution; and the bringing of those principles into fashion has been the most envenomed fruit of this miserable contest.". (pp. 50-51) Not in Adams or Sabin.
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M. Tullii
Ciceronis
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Patavii 1782 - capa dura; formato 11, 05x18, 05cm; 387 paginas; paginas amareladas pelo tempo; algumas paginas comidas por cupim; em bom estado de conservação. Literatura Estrangeira 352 gr.
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The EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, and London Review.
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London, Fielding, 1782-1825 - Containing the Literature, History, and Politics,Arts, Manners and Amusements of the Age. Ed. by The PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Vol. 1 - 85 (lacking v.4, 56, 57). 82 octavo volumes, bound in contemporary half leather, many volumes rebacked (in leather, and in good and strong bindings. It comprises H.Walpole s Letters about Chatterton, articles on the Rowley controversy, Contributions by Isaac Reed the Shakespeare scholar, Wordsworth s earliest poems appeared in these columns, reviews of Byron s Corsair, Coleridge s Christabel, and Keats´Poems were first reviewed. Many original prose works were also published, and a special section of THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE was an important monthly review of the stage for over forty years. Also in the quarrel with Quarterly Review in the later volumes European Magazine has been in the center of literary discussion. E.M. did maintain the high level of quality throughout the more than four decades of its eistence. With engraved frontispieces and hundreds of engraved illustrations, maps, etc., which are practically all present. The volumes are clean, and printed on handmade paper. Ex Libris the British War Office Library. An almost complete set like this is uncommon. EXPORTS ARE SENT POST FREE, surface mail. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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MIRABEAU (Comte de).
Des lettres de Cachet et des prisons d'État.
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Hambourg, s.n, 1782. - Deux volume in-8 de XIV, 1 faux titre, 366 pages., 1 f. d'errata & 237 pages. Ouvrage posthume, composé en 1778. Percalinegris perle bradel moderne, pièce de titre noire. Rare exemplaire provenant de la Bibliothèque du Roi de Hanovre Ernest-Auguste, duc de Cumberland, ex-libris au tampon rouge au dos du titre.Edition originale. Le second volume est rare car il aurait été détruit par les autorités prussiennes, suite à la requète du gouvernement français. Ouvrage écrit au donjon de Vincennes par Gabriel Honoré Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, entre 1777 et 1780. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Nuix y de Perpiñá, Juan de (1740-1783)
Reflexiones imparciales sobre la humanidad de los Españoles en las Indias, contra los pretendidos filósofos y políticos. Para ilustrar las historias de MM Raynal y Robertson
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Joachin Ibarra, Madrid 1782 - lii+315 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Translated with notes by Pedro Varela y Ulloa. First Spanish edition. A text that engaged the well-studied debates about the natural history of the Americas and Spain’s colonial history. In 1780, in Venice, Juan Nuix published Riflessioni imparziali supra l'umanita degli spagnuoli nell' Indie contro i pretersi filosofi e politici. Nuix, a Catalan living in Italy since the expulsion of the Jesuits, wrote the book to defend Spanish colonialism and historiography against the attacks of Robertson and Raynal. It sailed by the censors in the Council of the Indies, and two separate translations appeared in succession, one in 1782, edited by a member of the Royal Council, Pedro Varela y Ulloa, and another in 1783, by Joseph Nuix, Juan's brother. The Spanish edition sponsored by the crown opened with an essay by Varela y Ulloa, in which he first offered a searing Critique of traditional forms of colonialism, not unlike that put forth by Raynal. After describing military campaigns in foreign lands, from Alexander the Great to Genghis Kahn, as butcheries, Varela y Ulloa went on to claim that the Spanish colonialism was unique. The crimes attributed to Spain in the Indies had been committed by private individuals, who did not represent the nation as a whole, and who had acted as they did while surrounded by hungry cannibals. Moreover, compared with the atrocities committed by other European colonial powers, the actions of the Spaniards looked like misdemeanors. Varela y Ulloa's effort to portray Spanish colonialism as unique benign captured the essence of Nuix's thesis well. Nuix's defense of the record of Spanish colonialism opened with passages that sought to bolster his credibility by stressing that he was a Catalan, and that Catalans had not really participated in the Spanish colonization of the Indies, so that he could not be accused of being partisan. He then articulated a five-pronged defense of Castilian colonial behavior in America, seeking to demonstrate the unreliability of the sources used by Robertson and Raynal, and of their interpretations. Nuix First set out to prove that charges of Spanish cruelty to Amerindians were exaggerations, originally put into circulation by writers such as Las Casas, whose reports on the destruction of the Indies were at the root of most foreign criticisms of Spain. According to Nuix, Las Casas was of Flemish origin, which explained why he had sought to undermine Spain. Las Casas also often contradicted himself, Nuix argued no impartial jury could trust such "an inept" witness. Foreign historians who had echoed Las Casas's allegations were not credible either, not Robertson, whose moderation had prompted him to dismiss Las Casas. Robertson had selected and reinterpreted the testimony of Spanish witnesses when recounting various colonial massacres. Instead of quoting them, moreover, Robertson had manipulated the testimony of witnesses to depict the Amerindians as passive victims of Spanish cruelty. History was not a matter of interpretation, however, but of faithfully presenting the testimony of witnesses, and in that respect, Robertson lacked credibility. In order to prove that Spaniards in America had not behaved like greedy barbarians, Nuix argued that the alleged depopulation caused by the Conquest was the product of factors outside human control. The infantile susceptibility of the natives to disease, for example, was why epidemics had wiped them out. The barrenness of the Americas and the idleness of the originally small number of natives had moved the conquerors to create economies based on mining and large estates. Such economies along with the foreign monopoly on colonial trade, not Spanish cruelty and greed, Nuix contended, were responsible for having slowed both markets and population growth. Condition: All extremities rubbed, corners bumped some old signatures to title and occasionally in margins el [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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DU HAMEL DU MONCEAU
Traite des arbres fruitiers, contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture, &c.
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A Paris, chez Desaint, 1782. 3 volumes in/8 en plein veau marbre du temps, dos lisse a caissons dores et pieces de titre rouges, roulette doree sur les plats - tome 1 : 29 planches, 320 p. - tome 2 : 84 planches, 338 p. - tome 3 : 62 planches, 260 p. Defauts a la reliure : coiffes usees sur les tome s1 et 3 , mors abimes et partiellement ouvert t.3. ; coins uses. Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, ne en 1700 mort en 1782, physicien, botaniste, chimiste, agronome, inspecteur general de la marine, et ecrivain scientifique. Duhamel du Monceau fut l'un des auteurs les plus prolixes, des plus competents, veritable esprit encyclopetique. Si l'on met a part les dix-sept volumes qu'il donna a la collection de l'Academie des sciences a partir de 1761, il publia les ouvrages les plus importants de l'agronomie francaise, le Traite de la culture des terres (1756), adaptation de Jethro Tull, et les .lements d'agriculture (1756), fruits de ses experiences personnelles. Il avait fait de son domaine de Denainvilliers, dans le Gatinais, une veritable station d'agriculture experimentale. Ses fonctions a la marine firent de lui un specialiste des bois et son Traite des arbres (1755) en apporte la preuve . 3 books 8vo in full contemporary marbled calf, flat spine with red labels & gils fleuron, glt fillets on boards - vol. 1 : 29 plates, 320 p. - vol. 2 : 84 plates, 338 p. - vol.3 : 62 plates, 260 p.
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BOCCHERINI, Luigi 1743-1805
Sei Quartetti [Subtitle]: per Due Violini Viola e Violoncello... Opera XXXIII. [Set of parts]
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Vienne:: Artaria [PN 34] ,. [ca. 1782].. Folio. Sewn. 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 4-29; [1] (title), 4-24; 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 4-23; [1] (title), 4-25 pp. Engraved. With occasional fingering in pencil. #11;#11;Some minor browning, foxing and soiling; title to first violin part with some minor tears and fading; minor staining to viola part; several manuscript annotations to title. . Rare. First Edition. Gerard 201-206. BUC p. 117. Lesure p. 56. RISM B3138 (one copy only recorded in the U.S.).
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