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ANONYMOUS. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, On an Original Plan Comprising the Twofold Advantage of a Philosophical and an Alphabetical Arrangement . . . Part I. PArt II and Part IV. 3 volumes, lacking Part III
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London:: Rest Fenner,, 1818.. First edition.. Hardcover. 4to. (11.5 x 9 inches). Part I contains 'General Introduction [to the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana]; or, Preliminary treatise on method [by] Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pp.43 [as stated in british Library catalogue]. The pagination of the Parts is continuous. For example, after p.43 of the General Introduction, there begins Part I The Second Division, Mechanics', which is paginated 1-112, where it ends mid-sentence. Part II contains Mechanics pp.113-60 [where it concludes and continues as Hydrodynamics] pp.161-192, where it also ends mid-sentence. This continues pagination is used in all 3 Parts on offer, but LACKING Part III means that the reader is unable to connect Part II with Part IV. Original printed paper-covered boards, marked, scuffed, wear and some loss (mainly to spines), but bindings remain sound. 12 plates in each volume [all with odd numeration]. Plates correct as called for in Part I, including Map of Africa, and Part IV, including Map of North America. Part II LACKS List of Plates, but there are 12 plates, as per other Parts. The maps of North America and Africa are particularly interesting, with so much unexplored or otherwise incomplete in comparison to later maps. Part I: General Introduction, Mechanics, Historical and Biographical Division, Miscellaneous and Alphabetical Division [to Ada]. Part II: Grammar, Mechanics, Biography, alphabet (to St Albans). Part IV: Grammar, Pneumatics [complete, pp.297-392], Biography, Dictionary [begins Amenanus and includes America complete, ending with Amiss - incomplete, continued in Part V]. Many pages unopened. Some lightly toned and a trifle occasional rusting. A few pages a little torn. Early or original owner's name and address in ink to 2 front pastedowns and 1 front free endpaper (Wm Gibbons / Fletching / Sussex). A Very Good group. Very heavy books, requiring possibly prohibitive amounts of extra postage overseas. The photograph shown here depicts the book in stock. We are members of the P.B.F.A. Enquiries welcome; click on a link to contact direct.
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Mariner, William].
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, of the South Pacific Ocean. With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary [2 vols].
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John Murray., London 1818 - , , Title continues "of Their Language. Compiled and arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands, by John Martin, M.C." 8vo. Volume I: lvi, 444pp. Volume II: 344pp, [168pp]. Second edition, with additions. Frontis and foldout map to volume I. Nicely rebound in dark green quarter-leather and cloth boards. "Mariner set sail in 1805 on a voyage to South America and the South Seas with two purposes - whaling and attacking Spanish shipping. The crew of the 'Port au Prince' mutinied in the Tonga Islands, but were murdered by natives. Young Mariner was fortunate in being taken prisoner and adopted as the King's son; he lived on the islands for four years. His work contains a very interesting account of contemporary life in Tonga, of the customs of the inhabitants and their inter-island wars, and also examples of Tongan songs and music. Dr. Martin befriended the young British sailor and recorded this account of his experiences"
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Chafin (William)
ANECDOTES RESPECTING CRANBOURN CHASE. With A Very Concise Account Of It; Together with The Rural Amusements it Afforded Our Ancestors in the Days of Yore. Written in September 1816.
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London: Printed by and for J. Nicholls and First edition. London: Printed by C.H. Reynell and Published by J. Carpenter and Son 1818 - 56pp, text and frontis and title slightly spotty, untrimmed in recent half calf, raised bands, marbled boards. First edition. London: Printed by and for J. Nicholls. 1818. Bound with. Haydon (B.R) NEW CHURCHES; Considered with Respect to the Opportunities they Offer for The Encouragement of Painting. 22pp. London: Printed by C.H. Reynell and Published by J. Carpenter and Son, 1818. 2 volumes bound in one, early full calf with a later spine, heraldic arms in gilt on both boards, gilt lines, slightly rubbed to edges of boards. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e- mail for a FREE copy, they include WEST COUNTRY - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) - --- [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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BESSEL, Friedrich Wilhelm.
Fundamenta astronomiae pro anno MDCCLV deducta ex observationibus viri incomparabilis James Bradley in specula astronomica Grenovicensi per annos 1750-1762 institutis.
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Friedrich Nicolovius, Königsberg 1818 - A fine copy of this work which "constitutes a milestone in the history of astronomical observations, for until then positions of stars could not be given with comparable accuracy: through Bessel’s work, Bradley’s observations were made to mark the beginning of modern astrometry" (Walter Fricke in DSB). Norman 226; Honeyman 311."In 1807 Olbers encouraged [Bessel] to do a reduction of Bradley’s observations of the positions of 3,222 stars, which had been made from 1750 to 1762 at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This task led to one of his greatest achievements . "Bessel recognized that Bradley’s observations gave a system of very accurate star positions for the epoch 1755 and that this could be utilized in two ways. First, a reference system for the measurement of positions of stars and planets was required. Second, the study of star motions necessitated the determination of accurate positions for the earliest possible epoch. Tobias Mayer had determined fundamental star positions from his own observations around the middle of the eighteenth century, but Bradley was never able to reduce his own numerous observations. "The observations of star positions had to be freed of instrumental errors, insofar as these could be determined from the measurements themselves, and of errors caused by the earth’s atmosphere (refraction). The apparent star positions at the time of a particular observation (observation epoch) had to be reduced to a common point in time (mean epoch) so that they would be freed of the effects of the motion of the earth and of the site of observation. For this a knowledge of the precession the nutation, and the aberration was necessary. Bessel determined the latitude of Greenwich for the mean epoch 1755 and the obliquity of the ecliptic, as well as the constants of precession, nutation, and aberration. To determine precession from proper motions, Bessel used both Bradley’s and Piazzi’s observations . "The positions of Bradley’s stars valid for 1755 were published by Bessel as ‘Fundamenta astronomiae pro anno 1755’ (1818). This work also gives the proper motions of the stars, as derived from these observations of Bradley, of Piazzi, and of Bessel himself. It constitutes a milestone in the history of astronomical observations, for until then positions of stars could not be given with comparable accuracy: through Bessel’s work, Bradley’s observations were made to mark the beginning of modern astrometry. During this investigation Bessel became an admirer of the art of observation as practiced by Bradley; and because Bradley could not evaluate his own observations, Bessel followed and also taught the principle that immediately after an observation, the reduction had to be done by the observer himself. Further, he realized that the accurate determination of the motions of the planets and the stars required continuous observations of their positions until such motions could be used to predict ‘the positions of the stars for all times with sufficient accuracy’." (DSB) Houzeau & Lancaster 10117. Slim folio: 330x190 mm. Fine contemporary red moiré boards with gilt-lettered spine. Pp. [12] [1] 3-325 [1:errata]. Internally clean, rare in such good condition. [Attributes: First Edition]
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GONNELIEU Jérôme de (de la compagnie de Jésus) [Horace VERNET Illustrateur]
L'IMITATION DE JESUS-CHRIST,. Par le R. P. De Gonnelieu, de la compagnie de Jésus (traducteur)
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- un volume, reliure (signée par P. DUPLANIL) plein maroquin rouge grand in-octavo (binding signed full morocco by P. DUPLANIL in-8) (15,6 x 24,4 cm), doslong (spine without raised band), décoration or (gilt decoration) à filets, entrelacs et rinceaux or (gilt lines), fers spéciaux (special blocking stamps), titre frappé or (gilt title), plats décorés d'un quintuple filet doré + 2 roulettes "Empire" en encadrement d'une bande de "feuillage" à froid (cover with five gilt lines and two fillets "empire"), roulettes or sur les coupes (gilt fillets on the cuts) ) et grappes et feuilles de vigne "or" sur les chasses ( decoration on the turn-ins), toutes tranches lisses dorées (all edges gilt), marque-page en tissu (bookmark in tissue), pages de garde en papier peignés (endpapers with white painting paper), Edition ornée d'un frontispice et de 4 gravures hors-texte gravés sur bois en noir (engraving wood) par Horace VERNET, ex-libris à l'encre brune sur la page de titre rayé, 582 Pages, 1818 Paris : F. Janet Editeur, Nouvelle édition ornée de figures d'après les dessins d'Horace Vernet.SUPERBE RELIURE EMPIRE.en parfait état (very good condition). [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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PRADT DUFOUR Dominique Fr'ed'eric, baron de
Les quatre concordats, suivis de consid'erations sur le gouvernement de l'Eglise en g'en'eral, et sur l'Eglise de France en particulier, depuis 1515; par M. de Pradt, ancien Archev'eque de Malines / Suite des quatre concordats; par M. De Pradt, ancien archev^eque de Malines
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A Paris : chez F. Bechet, libraire-editeur, Quai des Augustins, n^0 57; et a Bruxelles : chez Lecharlier, libraire, 1818 ([Parigi] : De l'imprimerie de J.-L. Chanson, rue des Grands-Augustins, n^0 10) / A Paris : chez B'echet ain'e, libraire-'editeur 1818 - 1820 - Il nome completo dell'autore `e Dominique-Georges-Fr'ed'eric de Riom de Prolhiac de Fourt, baron de Pradt; nato ad Allanche-in Auvergne, morto a Paris nel 1837, `e stato un diplomatico ed uno storico delle Relazioni internazionali. In qualit`a di religioso e, ancor pi`u, di esperto dei complessi rapporti tra istituzioni civili e la Chiesa, esamina con sapienza tutte queste questioni e, naturalmente, in particolare, ci`o che riguarda la Francia. Dello stesso autore sono disponibili: A) M'emoires historiques sur la r'evolution d'Espagne . B) Histoire de l'ambassade dans le grand duch'e de Varsovie en 1812 . C) Les quatre concordats, suivis de consid'erations sur le gouvernement de l'Eglise en g'en'eral, et sur l'Eglise de France en particulier, depuis 1515 . D) Petit cat'echisme a l'usage des Francais, sur les affaires de leur pays . / De l'affaire de la loi des 'elections . / Proc`es complet de m. de Pradt . E) L' Europe apr`es le Congr`es d'Aix-la-Chapelle, faisant suite au Congr`es de Vienne . F) L' Europe et l'Am'erique, depuis le congr`es d'Aix-la-Chapelle . G) De la Gr`ece dans ses rapports avec l'Europe . H) L' Europe et l'Am'erique en 1821 . I) Examen du plan pr'esent'e aux Cort`es pour la reconnaissance de l'ind'ependance de l'Amerique espagnole . L) R'ecit historique sur la restauration de la royaut'e en France, le 31 mars 1814 . M) Parall`ele de la puissance anglaise et russe relativement a l'Europe, suivi d'un Apercu sur la Gr`ece . N) Vrai syst`eme de l'Europe relativement a l'Am'erique et a la Gr`ece . O) M'elanges sur l'ordre constitutionnel . P) Pi`eces relatives a Saint-Domingue et a l'Am'erique . - Bruniture e fioriture. Tome premier: XXXII, 460pp, 1cnn. Tome second: VII, 1pb, 523pp, 1pnn. Tome troisi'eme: VI, 1pnn, 1pb, 448pp. Suite: 2ccnn, 162pp, 71pp (Pi`eces justificatives), 1pb 4 volumi 1482 complessive pp. cm. 20,2 x 13 Buono, con fioriture e bruniture ed ordinarie tracce d'uso e del tempo Cartone marmorizzato con pelle agli angoli e al dorso, su cui insistono fregi e titolo inquadrato, tutti dorati. Segnalibro in tessuto e varie tracce d'uso e del tempo [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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EDDY, John H (1784-1817)
The State of New York, with part of the Adjacent States
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Engraved in Philadelphia: Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., and printed in New York: Samuel Maverick, 1818. Fine engraved wall map backed on cartographic linen (38 4/8 x 43 6/8 inches) in 32 sections, the title beneath a fine vignette top left, and with hand-colour in outline and in part, trimmed with green silk, original marbled paper self covers on verso (some browning). First edition, and an attractive and detailed map showing the entire state of New York, but also substantial portions of Canada and the Great lakes in the north, Pennsylvania in the south and Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut in the east. “A comparison of this map with the Lay map of 1812 shows quite an increase in settlement, especially in the region on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario” (Streeter). Although Eddy died at a relatively young age he left behind, in addition to this beautiful map of New York, a "Map of the Western Part of the State of New-York Showing the Route of the Proposed Canal from Lake Erie to Hudson's River" (1811) which he compiled at the request of the Canal Commissioners. This was followed by a map of the environs of New York City, after which he was commissioned by Governor DeWitt Clinton create a map showing means of communication between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic via Lake Erie and the Hudson River, and a of the Niagara River. Walter W. Ristow, 1994 "The Short Life of John H. Eddy, an American 'Geographer.'" in The Map Collector (published in England?) Number 67, pages 21-23; Streeter 902. Catalogued by Kate Hunter at Arader Galleries .
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Lappe, Karl.
Mitgabe nach Rügen. Den Reisenden zur Begleitung und Erinnerung.
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Greifswald. In der Königl. Regierungs-Buchhandlung.1818.. EA. 18x11 cm. IV, 204 S., 1 Bl. Halblederband mit Lederecken und marmor. Deckeln. Leder, Kanten und Deckel berieben, Ecken berieben und bestoßen. Zwei Bibliotheksrückenschilder auf die Deckel übergreifend oben und unten. Gesprenkelter Seitenschnitt rundum. Innen sind die ersten und letzten drei bis vier Seiten stärker gilbfleckig ansonsten innen vereinzelt. Die überwiegenden Seiten sind sauber. Mehrere Bibliotheksstempel jeweils im Innendeckel, den Vorsätzen und der Titelseite. Handschr. Bleistifteinträge, meist aber Textunterstreichungen im Buch.. Aus der Vorrede: Ich gebe nach Rügen, was der Reisende dort zu haben und zu lesen wünschen wird. (...) Wie bekannt auch Kosegartens Schriften seyn mögen, so konnt ich doch nicht voraussetzen, daß der Reisende sie in der Tasche haben werde, und mußte mich auch zu Auszügen aus ihnen entschließen, um so mehr, da dieser Dichter Rügen nicht bloß zuerst, sondern auch zumeist und bis jetzt ohne Nebenbuhler besungen und verherrlicht hat. Des Herausgebers eigene Rügische Gedichte, wenn auch schon hie und da gedruckt, waren doch minder bekannt, und durften um so weniger fehlen. Möge man sie nur nicht allzu reichlich gespendet finden. (...) Arndt, wiewohl geborner Rügianer, hat seiner vaterländischen Insel nichts weiter gewidmet, als einen Abschied, welcher im Anhange folgt... Karl Lappe, wohl der begabteste unter den lyrischen Dichtern Pommerns, wurde geb. den 24. April 1773 zu Wusterhufen, einem Kirchdorfe zwischen Greifswald und Wolgast, als längster Sohn des Predigers daselbst und starb den 28. October 1843 zu Stralsund. Nachdem er in Wolgast unter Kosegarten's Leitung, der wol zunächst die in ihm schlummernde Liebe zur Poesie geweckt und sein dichterisches Talent genährt, für die gelehrten Studien herangebildet war, bezog er im 17. Lebensjahre die Universität Greifswald, woselbst ihn eine innige Jugendfreundschaft mit seinem später so gefeierten Landsmanne Ernst Moritz Arndt verband. (Quelle: Häckermann, Adolf, "Lappe, Karl", in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 17 (1883), S. 704-706 [Onlinefassung];)
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LEGRAND J. G. & LANDON C. P.
Description de Paris et ses Edifices (2 vol.)
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Chez Treuttel & Wurtz, Paris 1818 - In-8, rel., viii,386pp. & 248pp. Deuxième édition. "Ouvrage enrichi de 120 planches, gravées et ombrées en taille-douce, avec un plan exact de Paris et de ses embellissements". Cet exemplaire comporte 116 planches dont le plan dépliant de Paris en frontispice et semble complet, bien que le titre indique 120 planches. Reliure cartonnage bradel d'époque (?), pièces de titres, lég. frottée. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Johnson, Samuel
A Dictionary of the English Language...With Numerous Corrections, and With the Addition of Several Thousand Words...By the Rev. H.J. Todd
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London: printed for Longman, Rees [et al. ], 1818. First edition, first issue, of the first revision of Johnson's Dictionary, 5 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait after Reynolds, text in double column; full contemporary tree calf rebacked, old spines laid down, new red and green morocco labels; early owners' signatures and annotations on endpapers; a good, firm, useable set, with the half-titles. The first (5 volume) issue is far scarcer than the 4-volume issue of the same year. In it, volume 5, beginning with the letter T, contains the addition of a drop title at the top of leaf B1. B1 here corresponds to 6L3 in the 4-volume issue. In the 4-volume issue the pagination is continuous through the end of the fourth volume, but is paginated separately. Leaf 6L3 is signed "Vol. IV 6L3-Vol. V. B." On the title-pp. of the 5-volume version is the statement "In Five Volumes, " as opposed to "In Four Volumes" in the 4-volume issue. "Todd made some additions to Johnson's grammar and history of language, extended Johnson's word-list with obsolete and local terms and with derivatives and compounds, improved etymologies, added quotations where they were lacking and corrected some of those which had been given, but left the famous definitions pretty much unchanged" (Sledd & Kolb, p. 154). Courtney & Smith, p. 59 (4 volumes); Fleeman 55.4D/20a; Vancil, p. 126 (4 and 5 volumes).
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BISMARCK,F.W.v.,
Anonym), Vorlesungen über die Taktik der Reuterey (Anhang): Elemente der Bewegungskunst eines Reuter - Regiments. 2 Tle. (in 1). Mit 23 tls. mehrf. gef. oder tls. doppelbalttgr. lithogr. Plänen. Karlsruhe, Müller, 1819. Kl.-8°. 294, 52 S. Lithogr. ill. Opbd. über beide Deckel.
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- * Holzm.-Boh. IV, 11016; vgl. Mennessier de la Lance I, 124. - Der Verfasser, der dem westfälischen Ast der Schönhauser Linie des Geschlechts Bismarck angehörte, wurde 1818 auf Grund seiner Bewährung als Führer großer Reiterverbände mit der Reorganisation der württembergischen Reiterei betraut. (vgl. NDB II, 267). - Die Tafeln sind Inkunabeln der Lithographie und stellen die schematischen Kavallerieformationen dar. - StaT. Einbd. etw. gebräunt.
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Brown, Thomas, the younger, One of the Fancy [pseud. Thomas Moore, Esq. 1779-1852]
INTERCEPTED LETTERS; or, the Twopenny Post-Bag, to which are added Trifles Reprinted, Sixteenth Edition with a new preface and several additional poems [and] The FUDGE FAMILY in Paris, Ninth Edition, Edited by Thomas Brown, the younger [and] TOM CRIB'S MEMORIAL to Congress with a Preface, Notes and Appendix By One of the Fancy, Third Edition
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London: Printed for J. Carpenter and Son/Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, 1818, 1819. Stated 16th, 9th, 3rd edition. Full brown calf with decorative gilt stamping on both boards and spine, gilt lyre emblems, brown eps, aeg. 16mo (17cm). pp. xxiv, 119, viii, 168 (Notes), xxxi, 88. Very Good+. Lightly rubbed joints and edges, bookplate of Clark Prescott Bissett [1875-1932] on front pastedown. Clever bound triplet or nonce volume of Thomas Moore pseudonymns and satire a la post-bag, Bourbon and boxing via Bissett's brown binding. Dr. Bissett was an authority on the life of Abraham Lincoln, history of Italy and Mussolini and Fascismo, past Dean of The University of Washington and Professor of Law..
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Tweede Vervolg. Prentverbeeldingen van een Zevental Handwerken met Toepasselijke Bijschriften
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Johannes Noman early 19th century, Z. Boemel (=Zaltbommel - 9.5 x 8 cm. Modern paper wrapper. Very good. Edges repaired. 16 pages. 7 Wood bock prints on each left page and accomanying text in ryme to the right. Dutch text. 1. The Dance master; 2. The Button maker; 3. The Mirror maker; 4. The Quil maker; 5. The wooden shoe maker; 6. The Match maker & 7. The Grave digger. The last page states that if this third (?) booklet is to the pleasing of the reader, the author will think of a 4th booklet to give away the next year. A similar booklet on Dutch companies, dating from 1818 and from the same printer is in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague from the Landwehr Collection. From the Winsinghhof library of the Winsingh family. Winsinghhof, now a protected monument in Roden, The Netherlands, bears the date 1672 above the doorway. The Winsinghs were merchants from the 17th through to the early 20th century. In the 17th & 18th century supplies were bought from the Dutch East India Company and sold at Winsinghhof. The library, of which some books date back to the 16th century remained in the attic of Winsinghhof until the decendants (the Assies family) rescued them in 1960 before selling Winsinghhof to the village Roden. A truely remarkable provenance.
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VIRGÍLIO, [Virgílio P. Maro] 70-19 a.C. / LEITÃO, António José de Lima, 1787-1856 (Trad.)
Monumento à elevação da colónia do Brazil a reino e ao estabelecimento do Trìplice Império Luso. As obras de Pùblio Virgilio Maro, traduzidas em verso portuguez, e annotadas por António José de Lima Leitão.
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Typographia Real, Rio de Janeiro 1818 - 3 vols. In-8vo. (195 mm) de (2)-XVII-221-(1) ; 235 -[1] ; 239-[1] pp. Encadernações coevas inteiras de carneira com rótulos e ferros a ouro na lombada. Bom exemplar apresentando alguma acidez do papel. Tomo I. Contendo as Bucólicas, e as Geórgicas; Tomo II. Contendo os seis primeiros cantos da Eneida; Tomo III. Contendo os seis últimos cantos da Eneida. O primeiro volume foi publicado em 1818 e os dois seguintes em 1819. - SILVA, Inocêncio Francisco da, Dicionário Bibliográfico Português, Vol. I : Imprensa Nacional, Lisboa, 1858-1958, p. 171 e Vol. VIII, p. 204. - CAMARGO, Ana Maria de Almeida e MORAES, Rubens Borba de. (1993). Bibliografia da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro, Vol. I : Kosmos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 1993, n.ºs. 615; 668; 669
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Bewick.) Aesop.
The Fables of Æsop, and others, with Designs on Wood by Thamas Bewick.
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Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818 - FIRST EDITION of Bewick’s Aesop, a Royal Paper copy, with his thumb-mark receipt tipped in before the title (but sometime folded and with an offset of an oval portrait at the top), occasional minor spotting, pp. xxiv, 376, large 8vo, original boards, rebacked, short split a foot of upper joint, corners slightly worn, good Bewick was not happy with the printing of the blocks, and blamed the pressmen, but Tattersfield argues that the likely culprit was the weather. June 1818, when the book was printed, was unusually hot and this would have had a deleterious effect both on the paper, which needed to be dampish, and the ink. The thumb-mark receipt is no part of the book’s make-up, but is nice to have. (Tattersfield TB 1.35) [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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SMEDLEY, FRANK E.
Autograph letter signed, 4pp, "Friday" n.d. To an unidentified publisher or editor.
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- Autograph letter signed ("FE Smedley"), 4pp, 16mo, illegible place, "Friday" n.d. To an unidentified publisher or editor, in part: "I am by no means surprised at your rejecting the Ballads, in your place I shd have done the same thing -- I think the idea of the 'Egyptology' a good one & shall welcome the paper gladly. . . . Dun & sun are legitimate enough (tho' if it be a natural sun (son) that doesn't seem so sure) but exactly, to my ear, not tuneful, moreover sun struck me as a forced epithet. . . . My ballad has gone with other good intentions to pave Hades, & my new Tale fills my hands to overflowing. . . ." Remains of (yellowed) cellophane mounting tape; folds; minor toning and wear; but good overall. Francis Edward Smedley (1818-1864); English novelist.
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J. C. Loudon [John Claudius Loudon] (1783-1843), Scottish...
Autograph Letter Signed ('J. C. Loudon') from the Scottish botanist John Claudius Loudon to the bookseller 'Mr. Jones', of the firm Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, Finsbury Square, London.
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Bayswater House; 28 May 1818. 2pp., 4to. On a bifolium, with the main text on the recto of the first page, and the postscript with the address on the verso of the second. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Tipped-in onto leaf removed from an autograph album. The book he enquired after on the previous day was 'any spanish work translated into french or English Interlineally for a beginner in that language'. He has seen German and Italian books 'so translated', and will be grateful if Jones can suggest a Spanish one. He is sending 'Dr: Spikers shoes', and will 'send a letter in a day or too, say on Monday next, when I shall surely have got an answer from Taylor as to my book. Qy. if he does not take it, wd. it be worth while shewing it to your people?' Loudon's 'Remarks on the Construction of Hothouses' had been published 'Printed for J. Taylor by Richard and Arthur Taylor' the previous year. There is no record of any work by Loudon published by Lackingtons.
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Salvatore Viganò - Piazza
La Vestale. Gran ballo tragico inventato e posto sulle scene del R. teato alla Scala dal sig. Salvatore Viganò ridotto per cembalo solo dedicato a madamigella Eleonora de Seyfert
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Milano Ricordi 1818 In-4º oblungo; pp. (2), 47, (1) frontespizio e pagine di musica sono incisi. Senza legatura; piccoli fori di tarlo passanti. Numero di lastra 469, 470, 471 ecc. Arranged for piano by P. Piazza F. Bonazzi, G. Moro. Performed at La Scala, the spring of 1818. Arranged by S. Viganò from music written by Weigl, Lichthenthal, Beethoven, Mozart, Kinsky, Spontini and Rossini. Salvatore Viganò (Napoli 1769- 1821 Milano) è stato ballerino, coreografo e compositore; nominato Maitre de ballet prima a Vienna, dove collaborò con Beethoven, e poi alla Scala; è considerato il padre del coreodramma.
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CUVIER, Frederic (1773-1838).
Histoire Naturelle Des Mammifres, Avec Les figures Originales.d'aprs Des Animaux Vivians.
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Paris: A. Belin (vols.I-VI); A. Blaise (vol.VII), - 7 volumes. Folio (20 x 13 inches). Half-titles, 8-page "Avis aux Souscripteurs" bound-in at front of volume one. 342 fine hand-colored lithographic plates by J.C. Werner, A. Velin Bregeaut & Cie., Delaport, Langlum and C. de Lasteyrie, after J.C. Werner, de Waily, Huet, Marchyal and Saulnier, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with two additional smaller format plates (from the 4to issue) by and after Werner (some light spotting and browning). Contemporary French red half morocco gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). The first serious attempt to provide an extensive classified description of mammals. First edition, bound from the original 72 parts between 1818 and 1824, when there was a hiatus until 1830, with parts 61 to 72 published between then and 1842. The final part appeared in October 1842. The animals were drawn from life, mainly at the zoo in the Jardin des Plantes. The majority of the descriptions were by Cuvier, with Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire editing the work and providing occasional articles (indicated by his initials at the end of each article). According to the inserted "Avis." the two final parts were edited and seen through the press by Cuvier's son. A quarto edition was started in 1826, but ceased publication (with the 13th part) in July 1833. The work constitutes the first serious attempt to provide an extensive classified description of mammals: "L'ouvrage que nous publions tait depuis long-temps reconnu necessaire, et demand par les naturalistes. L'existence d'un tres-grand nombre d'espces de Mammifres ne reposait que sur des notes imparfaites, ou sur de simples phrases caractristiques, et la plupart des figures qu'on pouvait citer l'appui des autres taient in correctes. Nos dessins representant chaque animal dans une attitude simple, et toujours de profil. et nous aurons soin de donner une figure de face toutes les fois qu'il sera necessaire de voir ainsi les animaux pour les mieux juger." (Avertissement vol.I, p.[I]). The work is normally listed as complete with 431 plates (in accordance with the "Table Generale et Methodique" at the rear of the final volume), however the present copy corresponds to both Brunet and the Avis. note from the final editor of the work, who both call for 432 plates. Brunet II 1535; BM (NH) II, p.656; Nissen ZBI 1525; cf. Wood p.354.
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ROZIER DUHAMEL DUMONCEAU DE LA BRETONNERIE LAFOSSE )
La maison rustique ou cours complet d'agriculture et domestique d'après Rozier Duhamel Dumonceau de le Bretonnerie Lafosse.
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Lécrivain 1818 - - Lécrivain, Paris _1818, 13x20,5cm, 2 volumes reliés. - Nouvelle édition en grande partie originale car refondue et considérablement augmentée. Reliures en pleine basane marbrée, dos lisses ornés de motifs typographiques dorés ainsi que de caissons dorés richement agrémentés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, pièces de tomaison de maroquin vert, roulettes dorées sur les coiffes, mors très légèrement fendus en pieds, filets dorés sur les coupes, coins légèrement émoussés, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, tranches jaspées, reliures de l'époque. Ouvrage illustré de 8 planches dépliantes gravées ainsi que de 2 frontispices. Le frontispice du premier volume est manquant à notre exemplaire. Quelques petites rousseurs, une légère déchirure sans aucune atteinte au texte en pied des pages 289-290 du premier volume. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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HALL, Basil.
ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA,AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND. With an Appendix, Containing Charts, And Various Hydrographical & Scientific Notices.
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BRITAIN'S FIRST ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF COREANS & OKINAWANS London 1818, Murray. 3/4 leather over marbled boards, neatly rebacked, 222p., appendix, glossary, 8 aquatint hand-colored plates, 1 b.w. engraving, 6 fold-out maps, 1 b.w. engraving, 6 fold-out maps and charts. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTAION COPY SUBTITLE: cont.: And a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language by H.J. Clifford. Appendix contains charts, table of observ- ations, meteorological journal, abstract of the Lyra's Voya- ge, geological memorandum, &c. With glossary & vocabulary of English & Loo-Choo words, alphabetically arranged with notes & references to the sentences in the second part. [NOTE: The Philadelphia 1818 edition is without most of the above, but of course contains the original account.] Attractive copy, with particularly good impression of the plates. The work is a journey of exploration along the coast of Korea and the Yellow Seas, about which virtually no information existed at that time. Conducted in the sloops "Alceste" & "Lyra." The most reliable and accurate account of the islands of Corea & Greaat Loo-Choo to date. Following the embassy to China under Lord Amherst in the Alceste, it was decided that the vessel under Hall should proceed with the sloop Lyra, which had accompanied the embassy, to the coast of Corea to take part in a voyage to examine the coasts of the little known island group, of which it produced the first detailed & acc- urate hydrographic information. Hall's work represents the most important primary accounts of exploration and discovery in the Far East. The FIRST EDITION was the London 1818, iss- ued in a small folio, 21 x 28 cm. ALWAYS RARE ! * BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Cordier JAPONICA 469. Abbey: Travel 558. Hill p.134. Alt Japan. Cat. 614. * Color scans can be sent by e-mail.Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2010 Rare Oriental Book Co.
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ABBOT (Alexander)
The Dundee Directory for 1818. Containing, Lists of Namesâ€"Public Bodies, Charitable Institutionsâ€"Public Offices, Shipping, &c. &c. &c.
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Printed by A. Colville and Co. Dundee 1818 - 12mo, 191,[1]pp., orig. boards, rubbed, hinge and printed paper label a little chipped, but overall in nice original state. Rare, Copac locates the British Library copy only. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Brockhaus
Conversations Lexicon oder encyclopädisches Handwörterbuch für gebildete Stände. In zehn Bänden. (ALLE 10 Bände komplett inklusive Supplementband!) Vierte ( 4. ) Original Auflage . Altenburg und Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1817.
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Deutschland 1817 und 1818 - Kartoniert Derart völlig komplett eine Rarität ersten Ranges! Sämtliche 10 Lexika-Bände ( je ca. 900 S. ) UND der Supplement Band von 1818 mit 1157 S. -dieser mit interessanter Provenienz, Innendeckel ovales orig. Etikett "Friedrich Günther Fürst zu Schwarzburg Rudolstadt". Alte orig. Einbände, unberührter orig. Zustand, braun marmorierte Kartoneinbände mit Rückengold-Titel und Zierprägungen. 3seitige hellgrüne Buchschnitte (Supplementband ähnliche Rückengoldprägung, jedoch andersfarbige Deckel, diese aber auch einwandfrei original und aus der Zeit). Wohl nicht wiederkehrende Gelegenheit, dieses wichtige, fast 200 Jahre alte Lexikon in dieser Komplettheit zu erwerben (es grenzt nach 2 Jahrhunderten in der Tat an ein kleines Wunder, wenn noch sämtliche 11 Bände original beieinander sind!). REGAL schwarz Einbände teils berieben, bei 2 Bänden Rückenfalze angerissen, Texte sauber/gut, insgesamt altersüblich guter Zustand! [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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Carus, Carl Gustav
Gesammelte Schriften., 11 Bände. Mit einer Einleitung herausgegeben von Olaf Breidbach.
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Olms Verlag, Leipzig und Dresden bis 1931. Nachdruck: Hildesheim 2010. 1818 - CXVI/2772 S. HISTORIA SCIENTIARUM Band 01. Lehrbuch der Zootomie. Teilband 1. Mit stäter Hinsicht auf Physiologie ausgearbeitet. Mit einer Einleitung herausgegeben von Olaf Breidbach. LXVI/324 S., Leipzig 1818. ISBN 978-3-487-13867-1 Band 02. Lehrbuch der Zootomie. Teilband 2. Mit stäter Hinsicht auf Physiologie ausgearbeitet und durch 20 Kupfertafeln erläutert. 468 S., Leipzig 1818. ISBN 978-3-487-13868-8 Band 03. Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie und Physiologie. VIII/306 S., Dresden 1828. ISBN 978-3-487-13930-2 Band 04. Neun Briefe über Landschaftsmalerei, geschrieben in den Jahren 1815-1824. Zuvor ein Brief von [Johann Wolfgang v.] Goethe als Einleitung. IX/208 S., Leipzig 1831. ISBN 978-3-487-13931-9 Band 05. Lebenserinnerungen und Denkwürdigkeiten. 1. Theil. XVI/325 S., Leipzig 1865. ISBN 978-3-487-13932-6 Band 06. Lebenserinnerungen und Denkwürdigkeiten. 2. Theil. 421 S., Leipzig 1865. ISBN 978-3-487-13933-3 Band 07. Lebenserinnerungen und Denkwürdigkeiten. 3. Theil. 305 S., Leipzig 1866. ISBN 978-3-487-13934-0 Band 08. Lebenserinnerungen und Denkwürdigkeiten. 4. Theil und 5. Theil, letzterer herausgegeben von Rudolph Zaunick. XIX/417 S., Leipzig 1866 und 1931. ISBN 978-3-487-13935-7 Band 09. Physis. Zur Geschichte des leiblichen Lebens. Herausgegeben von Olaf Breidbach. VIII/496 S., Stuttgart 1851. ISBN 978-3-487-14365-1. Band 10. Zwölf Briefe über das Erdenleben. Herausgegeben von Olaf Breidbach. VIII/298 S., Stuttgart 1841. ISBN 978-3-487-14391-0. Band 11. Grundzüge einer neuen wissenschaftlich begründeten Cranioscopie. Herausgegeben von Olaf Breidbach. Stuttgart 1841. Beigebunden: Symbolik der menschlichen Gestalt. Leipzig 1853. Zus. XXII/458 Seiten und 3 Faltkarten. ISBN 978-3-487-14409-2. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Manuale di giurisprudenza civile e commerciale, ossia repertorio di decisioni scelte dalla Gran Corte civile degli Abruzzi
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Tipografia Rietelliana, Aquila 1818 - Raccolte e disposte per ordine alfabetico; con autorizzazione ANNO 1817 - A cura di Vincenzo Catalani - in 16° - pp.1 cb, XV, 227, 1; 248,1, 1 cb - Cartonata - 2 Tomi in un vol - Vignetta al frontespizio e numerosi eleganti finalini xilografici - Legatura mediocre, con abrasioni e piccole mancanze al dorso; macchie ad alcune pagine che non pregiudicano il testo. Discreto stato. - Interessantissimo manuale-repertorio di decisioni della Gran Corte degli Abruzzi che abbraccia oltre 80 argomenti di diritto civile e commerciale e numerosi casi d'interesse locale abruzzese. Raro - Libro usato L'Antica Libreria offre uno sconto del 10% su tutto il catalogo per un periodo limitato. Il prezzo originario del libro era 250,00 euro.
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Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. and F. Cuvier
Histoire naturelle des mammiferes, avec les figures originales, coloriees, dessinees d'apres des animaux vivans. Ours - Bears - Bären.
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. Paris, A. Belin, 1818-1842. Large Folio (approximately 53 x 35 cm). Ten plates with explanatory text leaves. Not bound, as issued.* A magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) and Frederic Cuvier (1769-1832) were the leading authorities in Mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century, and the "Histoire naturelle des mammiferes" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. From this work, these are the bears (Ursidae). Included are the following species: l'ours polaire (U. maritimus); ours noir d'Amerique (U. americanus); ours des cordillieres (U. ornatus); le jongleur (U. labiatus or U. longirostris); the same "tres vieux (very old)"; ours des Asturies (U. arctos from Spain); ours brun des alpes et de Norwege (U arctos (adult brown bear from the Alps, and a three months old young from Norway); ours de malais (U. malayanus); and ours de Thibet (U. thibetanus). Not included is the ours de siberie. All as issued, without stamps, annotations or other markings. All text leaves, and all plates uncut, untrimmed, resulting in very big margins. Due to these large margins some edges a bit frayed or with minor tears. A few text pages spotted, all the plates either with minimal spotting or clean. In all a set in a very good condition. Brunet II, p. 1,536; Nissen ZBI, 1525; Wood, p. 354..
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GROSIER Abbé
DE LA CHINE, OU DESCRIPTION GENERALE DE CET EMPIRE, REDIGEE D'APRES LES MEMOIRES DE LA MISSION DE PE-KIN, 5 TOMES (INCOMPLET)
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Chez Pillet - Chez Arthus Bertrand, Paris 1818 - RO40202920: 130 + 402 pages pour le tome I, 552 pages pour le tome II, 512 pages pour le tome IV, 468 pages pour le tome V, et 475 pages pour le tome VI. Tome III manquant. Tome I illustré d'une carte en noir et blanc sur grande planche dépliable. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque en pages de titre. 1er plat du tome i abîmé. Dos du tome IV refait (consolidé) avec une trace de colle. 3e édition revue et considérablement augmentée, Par l'Abbé Grosier. Ouvrage qui contient la description topographique des quinze provinces de la Chine, celle de la Tartarie, des îles et des divers Etats tributaires qui en dependent. le nombre de ses villes. le tableau de sa population. les trois règnes de son histoire naturelle, rassemblés et donnés pour la première fois avec quelque étendue. et l'exposé de toutes les connoissances acquises et parvenues jusqu'ici en Europe sur le gouvernement, la religion, les lois, les moeurs, les usages, les sciences et les arts des Chinois. In-8 Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 951-Chine [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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Francesco Guicciardini
Delle Istorie D'Italia. In eight volumes
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Firenze - Niccolo Conti 1818 - A 19th century publication of Guicciardini's magnum opus. In Italian. Illustrated bookplates of Hugh Trevor-Roper, Chiefswood Melrose, to front pastedowns. Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper (15 January 1914 27 January 2003) was an English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He was made a life peer in 1979 on the advice of Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, choosing the title Baron Dacre of Glanton. His most successful book emerged from his assignment as a British intelligence officer in 1945 to discover what happened in the last days of Hitler's bunker. From his interviews with a range of witnesses and study of surviving documents he demonstrated to the satisfaction of most analysts that Hitler was dead and had not escaped from Berlin. For Trevor-Roper, the major themes of early modern Europe were those of intellectual vitality, religious quarrels and of divergence between Protestant and Catholic states, the latter being outpaced by the former economically, politically and constitutionally. With a portrait frontispiece of Guicciardini to volume I. Complete in twenty books bound into eight volumes. Francesco Guicciardini (6 March 1483 22 May 1540) was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccol Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance. In his masterpiece, The History of Italy, Guicciardini paved the way for a new style in historiography, with his use of government sources to support arguments and the realistic analysis of the people and events of his time. Guicciardini is best known as the author of the Storia d'Italia (History of Italy), which provides a detailed account of politics in the Italian Peninsula between 1490 and 1534. Written during the last years of his life, this work contains the historian's observations collected over his entire lifetime and was a work intended for posterity. His many personal encounters with powerful Italian rulers serves to explain his perspective as a historian. Condition: In deocorative full calf bindings. Volume I only has been rebacked with original boards and reinforced hinges. Externally rubbed, with wear to heads and tails of spine and slight loss. Three joints starting, five cracked, and five boards held delicately by cords only. Internally firmly bound. Bright but with light scattered foxing, a few small tidemarks to the gutters. Overall: GOOD ONLY [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Shelley, Percy B.
Laon and Cythna
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by B. McMillan, for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, and C. and J. Ollier London 1818 First Edition or, TheRevolution of The Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century. In the Stanza of Spenser. 8vo. [223 x 142 x 22 mm]. [iii]-xxxii, 270, [2] mm. Bound c.1900 in brown goatskin, the covers tooled in gilt with a fillet border enclosing an all over design of stylised flower-heads linked by stems and interspersed with drops. The spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second and fourth and dated at the foot,the others with a flower-head, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt double fillet, the turn-ins with gilt fillets and small stylised flower-heads, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt, the others uncut. (Joints a little rubbed and spine slightly darkened). Slightly browned throughout, but a very good copy, with the dedication and errata leaves and untrimmed edges. There is an old bookseller's typed description which concludes "So fine a copy as this, in uncut state, is almost never seen". This is the second state of the first edition, without the fly-title with the quotation from Pindar. It is said that only 12 copies of the first state were issued, for presentation. This second state is in itself quite rare as shortly before the intended publication of 750 copies in January 1818, Ollier became concerned about possible incestuous, blasphemous and treasonable material within the poem. Shelley reluctantly revised the relevant passages and it subsequently appeared with numerous cancel leaves, including the title, as The Revolt of Islam. Blairhame leather label of Mr and Mrs J. Insley Blair.
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