Displayed below are some selected recent viaLibri matches for books published in 1798

        'Der Lackirer'.
      . altkolorierter Kupferstich v. Joh. Leitner n. A. Gabler b. Johann Peter Voigt, 1798, 13 x 8,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

Anonymous
        The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the Year 1792
      ONT>, 1798. ONT>, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A scarce complete set of The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the Year 1792. Part I contains The History of Europe, part II contains Chronicle, State PApers, Characters, Natural History, Useful Projects, Antiquities, Miscellaneous Essays, Poetry, Account of Books and General Contents to both Parts. In two volumes complete. The Annual Register, originally subtitled 'A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year ' is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, which records and analyses the years major events, developments and trends throughout the world. It was first written in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke, and has been produced continuously since that date. Condition: In publisher's paper covered bindings handwritten titles to spines. Externally, sound but with some wear to extremities, paper lifting in places withsome lossand marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Bright but with occasional slight foxing and handling marks, predominantly to textblock edge. Overall: GOOD.

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Anonym:
        Der treue Rathgeber in der Haus- und Landwirthschaft gesammelt und herausgegeben von einem Freunde derselben. (Angebunden): Anonym: Der Oekonomische Künstler, welcher Brantwein aus Getraide, aus Weinhefen, Obst und Kräutern; ingleichen Malz, Liqueurs, Aquavite, Eßige, Seife und Lichter zu verfertigen lehret, nebst einem Unterricht von andern nöthigen häußlichen Wissenschaften. Zweite ganz umgeänderte und vermehrte Auflage. (Angebunden): Weinlig, Christian Gottlob: Gründliche Anweisung zur Verfertigung der so genannten Branntweine oder Aquavite, und der feinen Liqueure, nebst einem Anhange, worin die Bereitung verschiedener ausländischen Chokolaten gelehret wird. Zweite verbesserte Auflage.
      I: Behrens, Frankfurt 1798. II: Paul Friedrich Vogel, Leipzig 1796. III: Königl. Realschul-Buchhandlung, Berlin 1796.. 3 Teile in einem Band. 16,6 x 10 cm. I: 4 Bl., 160 Seiten. II: 2 Bl., 124 Seiten. III: 68 Seiten. Ohne die Kupfertafel (fehlt!). Pappband der Zeit, angestaubt, gebräunt und fleckig, Kanten etwas berieben, Rücken unten mit Fehlstelle im Bezug und ohne Rückenschildchen. Innen teils etwas gebräunt und stockfleckig, Teile II und II mit einigen alten Farbstiftanstreichungen und Anmerkungen.. Teile I und III zum Zeitpunkt der Recherche über KVK nicht in deutschen Bibliotheken nachweisbar. Engelmann, Bibliotheca mechanico-technologica S. 207 (II). I und III nicht bei Engelmann.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Roland Gögler, Einzelunterne]

Fiorillo, Johann Dominik
        Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste seit ihrer Wiederauflebung bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, Bände 1, 2, 3/1, 4, 5 (= Geschichte der Künste und Wissenschaften seit der Wiederherstellung derselben bis an das Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Zweyte Abtheilung. Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste. I. Geschichte der Mahlerey).
      Göttingen, Johann Georg Rosenbusch, 1798 - 1808.. XX, 472, XIV, 946 S., 14 Bl., 310, XX, 470 S., 9 Bl. , VIII, 910 S., 1 Bl. Vorhanden sind die Bände,1, 2, 3/1, 4 und 5. Blau marmorierte Original-Pbde. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel auf schwarzem Rückenschild. Grundlagenwerk zur Geschichte der Malerei des Malers und Kunsthistorikers Johann Dominik Fiorillo (1848 - 1821), Fiorillo lehte von 1799 an Philosophie an der Göttinger Georg-August-Universität; er gilt als Begründer der Kunstgeschichte als wissenschaftlicher Disziplin in Deutschland. Das Werk enthält unter anderm Kapitel zur Geschichte der Malerei in Rom, in der Toscana, in den verschiedenen Regionen Italiens, in Frankreich, Spanien und Großbritannien. Die Bände 2, 4 und 5 mit ausführlichem Register.. Buchrücken partiell etwas berieben; wenige Seiten leicht gebräunt bzw. etwas fleckig. Sonst sehr gutes Exemplar dieses überaus seltenen Werkes zur Kunst- und Malereigeschichte. Weitere Fotos auf der Homepage des Antiquariats (bitte Art.-Nr. auf der Angebotsseite in das Suchfeld eingeben).

      [Bookseller: Das Konversations-Lexikon - Fachantiquar]

Fiorillo, J. D. :
        Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste von ihrer Wiederauflebung bis auf die neuesten Zeiten (5 Bände).
      Göttingen, Rosenbusch (Bd. I) und Röwer. 1798.. Halblederbände der Zeit, 21 x 13,5 cm,. (Geschichte der Künste und Wissenschaften II.). Einbände etwas berieben, innen etwas stockfleckig. Fiorillo (1748-1821) stammte aus Hamburg und war seit 1784 Kustos des Göttinger Kupferstichkabinetts, seit 1813 Professor für Philosophie.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat H. Carlsen]

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
        The Minister: A Tragedy in Five Acts
      Dublin - John Archer, 1798. Dublin - John Archer, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An English translation of Schillers third play, Kabale und Liebe (1784). Second Edition. Translated from the German by M. G. Lewis. 'Lest the present Translation should be mistaken for the former, I have thought it right to change the Names of both the Characters and of the Play itself; in every other respect I have endeavoured to keep strictly to the Original'. Condition: Disbound, retaining remnants of leather spine, but has been rebound in paper wraps. Externally sound. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned but generally clean withjust afew scattered spots. Overall: GOOD..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Ewald, J. von :
        Belehrungen über den Krieg, besonders über den kleinen Krieg (3 Bände),
      Schleswig, Röhß, 1798/1803.. durch Beispiele großer Helden und kluger und tapferer Männer. 2 Blatt, 514 Seiten, 1 Blatt; 4 Blatt, 448 Seiten; XVI, 530 Seiten, 1 Blatt, Lederbände der Zeit mit Goldprägung "Slesvigske Rytter Regiment Exerc.Skole", 17,5 x 10,5 cm,. Einbände leicht berieben, Stempel auf Vorsatz und Titel, innen sonst sauber.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat H. Carlsen]

J. Fletcher
        An Appeal to Matter of Fact and Common Senseor, A Rational Demonstration of Man's Corrupt and Lost Estate
      London - Whitfield7 by 4; 228pp., 1798. London - Whitfield7 by 4; 228pp., 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An appeal to the application of reason and importance of man's fallen condition by Wesley's favourite, John Fletcher. John Fletcher (1729-1785) was born in Switzerland, and studied classics in Geneva after a short career in the military. Arriving in England in 1750; he came to the attention of the Wesleys and converted to Protestantism in 1753,taking Holy Orders three years later. Fletcherhad a 'model' Anglican ministry in Madeley,whilstmaintaining his links to evangelicals (despite John Wesley's disappointment with his friend'sdecision not to establish himself as a dissenting minister). By 1761, the Wesleyans held Fletcher in such regard that they wooed him by positing him as a successor to John Wesley, until he prematurely predeceased the latter. In this volume, Fletcher appeals to his parishioners (to whom the volume is dedicated) to have regard for Paul's plea as to the importance of 'reason and revelation. ' He goes on to assert that Christanity is distinct from Deist religions because of 'the doctrine of man's corrupt and lost estate,' citing the harshness of nature and the pain and risk of childbirth as examples of divine retribution for as much. Condition: Recently rebound in very smart polished dark calf. Very minimal shelfwear. Internally, new endpapers (bookplate of Professor David Arthur Palin to frong pastedown). Very firmbly bound and generally bright and clean throuhout, though dusty with some light foxing and occasional damp stains. Overall: VERY GOOD..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

        'Der Büchsenschäfter'.
      . altkolorierter Kupferstich v. G. Vogel n. Stoeßel b. Johann Peter Voigt, 1798, 14 x 8,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

Distinguished Personages Vortigern and Rowena
        Passages Selected by Distinguished Personages Vortigern and Rowena
      London - J.Ridgway, 1798. London - J.Ridgway, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A humorous work of satire on the leading public characters of the day, portrayed in a series of passages professing to be quotations from Ireland's play. The work originally appeared in the Morning herald which Bate Dudley owned and ran. Vortigern and Rowena was originally touted as a newly discovered work by William Shakespeare when it first appeared in 1796. It was eventually revealed to be a Shakespeare hoax, the product of prominent forger William Henry Ireland. Its first and only performance was April 2nd, 1796, when it was ridiculed by the audience. Renowned for his comic operas,Bate Dudley famously wrote The Rival Candidates, The Woodman, and The Flitch of Bacon. Condition: In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed to spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages. Light spotting affecting first and last pages. Volume one only. Overall: VERY GOOD..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

        Chinesische Mauer ('Die große und bewunderns würdige Grenz Mauer im asiatischen Kaiserthum hina erbauet 200. Jahr vor Christi Geburth.').
      . Kupferstich b. Johann Gottfried Baumann, 1798, 18 x 26,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request). Sehr selten! - Unter der Ansicht Porträt von Johann dem Standhaften, Kurfürst zu Sachsen.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

[Quasi-War with France]:
        AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE, AND THE DEPENDENCIES THEREOF [caption title]
      [Philadelphia. 1798].. [Philadelphia. 1798].. [2]pp. on a single folio sheet. Docketed in ink on the verso. Three old horizontal folds. Neat separations at the edges of the folds, with no loss. 3-inch by 1-inch portion of lower left corner torn away, not affecting text. About very good. Rare congressional act, signed in type at the conclusion by President Adams, Vice-President Jefferson, and Speaker of the House Jonathan Dayton, suspending trade with France during the so- called "Quasi-War" of the late 1790s. The act was approved June 13, 1798. The Quasi- War was an undeclared conflict between the United States and France during the Adams administration in the late 1790s, manifested mostly in naval engagements between the two nations. The war was the outgrowth of deteriorating Franco-American relations, which had been weakened earlier in the decade by the "Genet Affair" and the "XYZ Affair," and it wreaked havoc on commerce between the two nations. One of the main weapons wielded by Adams was to ban American commerce from France and French dependencies, accomplished by this congressional act. The law commands that "no ship or vessel, owned, hired, or employed, wholly or in part, by any person resident within the United States, and which shall depart therefrom after the first day of July next, shall be allowed to proceed directly, or from any intermediate port or place, to any port or place within the territory of the French Republic, or the dependencies thereof, or to any place in the West-Indies, or elsewhere, under the acknowledged government of France, or shall be employed in any traffic or commerce with or for any person resident within the jurisdiction, or under the authority of the French Republic." The act goes on to bar French commerce and French ships from American ports, and spells out the steps that France must take to end the trade embargo, namely to refrain from the "aggressions, depredations, and hostilities" that they have undertaken against the United States. ESTC locates only a single copy, at the John Carter Brown Library; there is also a copy at the Library of Congress. Both ESTC and Evans give a collation of 2,2pp., yet this text is complete in the two pages on the single sheet found here, and it is docketed on the verso. It seems that Evans and ESTC are counting a blank conjugate leaf as part of the collation. EVANS 34710. ESTC W14826.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]

William Lewis
        Hymnau Newyddion (Presumed)
      Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) - Evan Rees (Presumed), 1798. Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) - Evan Rees (Presumed), 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A presumed copy of this Welsh hymnodist's work containing over 55 hymns. This copy lacks the front through to p2. The final page reads 'Diwedd y Rhan Gyntaf', meaning 'End of the First Part'. In Welsh. The eighteenth-century hymnodist William Lewis lived at Abermawr, Llangloffan, Pembrokeshire, where his brother was minister of the Baptist church. Lewis was a weaver by trade, by wrote many hymns, the most celebrated being 'Cof am y Cyfiawn Iesu'. Condition: Disbound, with the spine reinforced with paper. The textblock is generally firmly bound. The pages have age-toning, with intermittent spots and marks. There is discolouration (possiblyfrom fireor waterdamage) to the outer margin of p3, not affecting the text. The pages have some edge-wear, including chipping and small closed tears. With two marginal copperplate ink signatures top7. A scarce item. Overall: FAIR..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Anon
        Robert the Deuyll A Metrical Romance from an Ancient Illuminated Manuscript
      London -I Herbert, 1798. London -I Herbert, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. This is a scarce lyrical retelling of themedieval legend of Robert the Devil's son, told in verse. Mythology describes Robert as the devil's son, for his mother, despairing of heaven's aid in order to obtain a son, addressed herself to the devil. Beautifully Illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece,depicting Robert through his fictionallife. The oldest known account of this legend is a Latin prose narrative by a Dominican friar, Etienne de Bourbon, created in1250, where which Robert ends his life as a pious hermit. In England the story is treated as metrical romancewhere insteadhe marries the emperor's daughter, whose love he has won in his humble disguise, and succeeds to the throne. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedownstating Anchor Tutissima Virtus which translates as Let the power of the Surest. Condition: Bound in a half calf binding with paper covered boards, and original spine lable. Externally, a trifle rubbed with front board detached. Rear joint weak and may detach in the post. Internally, binding is tender with detached pages but all present. Bright plates with occasional spotting to pages. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

William Robertson
        The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
      London - T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. London - T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A history of Charles V by Scottish historian William Robertson. Complete in four volumes. Ninth edition. With a frontispiece to each volume, plus a number of further engravings illustrating the text. William Robertson (19 September 1721 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. The thirty years during which he presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history. Condition: In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, slightly worn and rubbed with cracking to five of the eight joints. Institutional markings to spines. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean but the odd spot,institutional labels to each front pastedown and ink stamps to the half titles. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper of three volumes. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Jacques Mallet du Pan
        Mercure Britannique; ou Notices Historiques et Critiques sur les Affaires du Tems
      London - De l'Imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, 1798. London - De l'Imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A highly sought after French periodical from renowned French journalist and the 'spokesman' for the emigrants of the French Revolution, Jacques Mallet du Pan. Written in French. Volume one of the original five containing the original eight numbers. On the outbreak of the French Revolution Jacques Mallet du Pan sided with the Royalists, and was sent on a mission (1791-1792) by Louis XVI to Frankfort to try and secure the sympathy and intervention of the German princes. From Germany he travelled to Switzerland and from Switzerland to Brussels in the Royalist interest. He published a number of anti-revolutionary pamphlets, and a violent attack on Bonaparte and the Directory resulted in his being exiled in 1797 to Berne. In 1798 he came to London, where he founded the Mercure Britannique. Condition: In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed, with wear to the extremities and spines. Front board is held by the cords only, with the rear joint starting. Internally, firmly bound and bright, although with instances of light foxing throughout. Overall: GOOD ONLY..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Alien and Sedition Acts]:
        AN ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO, AND TO AMEND THE ACT, INTITULED, "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN UNIFORM RULE OF NATURALIZATION; AND TO REPEAL THE ACT HERETOFORE PASSED ON THAT SUBJECT." [caption title].
      [Philadelphia. 1798]. - [2]pp. on a folio sheet. Docketed on the verso. Very good. Rare printing of a law that was part of the highly controversial "Alien and Sedition Acts" passed during the administration of John Adams. The first American naturalization act was passed in 1790, and held that a free white person could be a candidate for citizenship provided they have lived within the United States for two years, being a resident of one state for at least one year. In 1795 Congress passed a law increasing the residency requirement from two to five years. The present law, passed during heightened tensions with France during the so-called "Quasi-War," increases the residency period from five to fourteen years, and also requires all aliens to register with the federal government. The law also proscribes citizenship for any native of a nation or state with which the United States is at war. This law was not repealed until 1802, during Jefferson's first term as president, when the residency requirement reverted back to five years. ESTC locates only two copies of this contentious law, at the American Antiquarian Society, and the University of Virginia; OCLC adds a copy at Central Connecticut State University, and Evans at the John Carter Brown Library. EVANS 34700. ESTC W14669. OCLC 11420339.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]

Lord Visc. Bolingbroke
        Letters and Correspondence Public and Private during the time he was Secretary of State to Queen Anne; with state papers, explanatory notes and a translation of the foreign letters - 4 volumes
      G G and J Robinson - London 1798 - Half leather of the time, bindings firm and in general good condition but spine heads are rubbed with small worn spots and vol. 2 has a ten cm cut at spine side; Red leather title bands to each spine and green volume band. ex libris of A. de Ferry in each volume ingraved by Devambez Paris; XIV, errata page, 510, 628, 611, 646; light foxing on first and last pages of each volume but otherwise very good condition inside with no usage sign; [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Magnus]

BAYEN, Pierre
        Opuscules chimiques.
      Paris, Dugour 1798 - 2 volumes in-8 [193 x 116 mm]. Collation : (4), LXXIV, 395 pp., 2 tableaux dépl. / (4), 468 pp. Basane marbrée, dos orné, filets dorés d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches marbrées. (Reliure de l'époque.) Première édition des oeuvres de Pierre Bayen (1725-1798), publiées par son neveu P. Malatret et Antoine Augustin Parmentier; la plupart de ces textes n'avaient été publiés que dans des revues. Le premier mémoire, concerne les Pyrénées : "Analyse des eaux de Bagnères de Luchon". Il occupe plus de 200 pages. Un autre est un "Examen du marbre de Campan." (Hautes-Pyrénées); une longue note cite les travaux de Palassou et d'Arcet. Contient aussi : Eloge de Pierre Bayen par Parmentier. Expériences faites en 1774 sur quelques précipités de mercure dans la vue de découvrir leur nature. Lettre sur la manière de préparer le mercure fulminant. Analyse du sirop mercuriel de Belet. Des analogies des produits de l'esprit de nitre. Analyse d'une mine de fer spathique connue en Allemagne sous le nom d'acier. Examen des pierres figurées de Florence, de quelques marbres antiques, des marbres d'Autun. Examen de la serpentine. Examen de quelques pierres vitrescibles. Procédé du sel d'oseille. Lettre sur le pechstein. Recherches chimiques sur l'étain. Duveen 54 : "It is interesting to see how near Bayen came to discovering oxygen before Priestley and how he failed." DSB 1, 529 : "His observations led him to doubt the phlogisticon theory." Coins usés, un accroc en queue d'un volume. // You can browse all my books on latude.net

      [Bookseller: Hugues de Latude]

Speyer. -- Reden gehalten bei der Pflanzung des Freiheits-Baumes in der Gemeinde Speyer
        den 1. Germ(inal) im Jahre 6. der Franken-Republik. "Speier, gedrukt bei F. Kranzbühler, Kantonsbuchdrucker", (1798). Mit Titelvignette u. 7 Kopf- u. Schlußstücken in Holzschnitt. 39 S. Marmorpapierumschlag d. Zt.; abgegriffen u. angestaubt, Umschlag am Rücken aufgeplatzt.
      . . Äußerst selten. - Enthält die vier bei der Aufrichtung des Freiheitsbaums gehaltenen Reden. Anlass für den feierlichen Akt war der Anschluss Speyers an die Französische Republik. Mit dem "1. Germinal" (21. März) 1798 endete Speyers mehrhundertjährige Geschichte als Freie Reichsstadt. Mit der Aufrichtung des Freiheitsbaums huldigte die Bürgerschaft der neuen Herrschaft. Dies spiegelt sich auch in den Reden wider. Sie stammen von Simon Honore Sevin, "Chef du 1er Bat(aillon) de la 44eme Brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne", Joseph Lievre (Secretaire der Einnahme der National-Domainen) und den Pfarrern der evang.-lutherischen sowie der reformierten Gemeinde Speyers. Die Rede Sevins wurde in französischer Sprache gehalten. - Von dem Ereignis gibt es eine detailreiche Darstellung (Radierung), die der Speyerer Jakobiner Johannes Ruland angefertigt hat (Radierung im Historischen Museum der Pfalz, Speyer; abgedruckt in Ausstellungskatalog "Deutsche Jakobiner. Mainzer Republik und Cisrhenanen 1792-1798", Mainz 1981, Bd. 3, S. 39). - Papier leicht gebräunt u. etwas "lappig", Titel u. letztes Blatt auch gering stockfleckig u. etw. angestaubt. ** Bestellungen bis 14 Uhr versenden wir am selben Tag. - Schweizer Postkonto vorhanden. **

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Patzer & Trenkle]

Riegler, Franz Xaver Paul
        Anleitung zum Gesange, und dem Klaviere und Orgel zu spielen... 1798
      . HLDr.der Zeit, Quer.-8°, 510 S. Exemplar wo Titel u. fehlende Seiten mit urspruenglichen, handschriftlichen Umschriften ersetz sind. Es handelt sich um Titelblatt, 5 Blaetter der Vorrede, S. 97 - 104, 189 - 196, 285 - 292, 373 - 400, 457 - 464 - diese Seiten sind in Umschrift. Einband gering berieben u. abgegriffen. Seiten leicht altersgebraunt. Ansonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar. * Our books are stored in our warehouse, not in the shop. Please notify beforehand, if you want to visit us and see a specific book. Unser ZVAB-Bücher-Bestand befindet sich in unserem Lager am Stadtrand Prags, nicht in unserem Geschäft. Bitte, teilen Sie uns vorher mit wenn Sie uns besuchen möchten und bestimmtes Buch auswählen wollten *.

      [Bookseller: Antikvariát Valentinská]

Anonymous
        Moral Amusement;
      Bath - S. Hazard for Vernor and Hood, 1798. Bath - S. Hazard for Vernor and Hood, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An amusing collection of anecdotes for young people. With two copperplate inscriptions to front blank. Previous owner's label to verso of front free endpaper. With a publisher's catalogue to rear page. Condition: In a calf binding. Externally, sound with slight shelfwear and cracking to front joint. Internally, frontispiece missing. Internally, generally firmly bound. Bright with scattered foxing. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

( CASTERA, Jean-Henri de ).:
        THE LIFE OF CATHARINE II. Empress of Russia. An Enlarged Translation from the French [by William Tooke]
      London, printed for T. N. Longman; and J. Debrett, 1798.. London, printed for T. N. Longman; and J. Debrett, 1798.. FIRST EDITION 1798, 3 volumes, complete set, 8vo, approsimately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved frontispiece in Volume I with 2 portraits, another in Volume II with 5 portraits, large folding engraved map of the Russian Empire, pages: x, 472; viii, 452; xi, (1), 522, half-titles missing, bound in late 19th century half calf over cloth sides, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered red morocco label, speckled edges. Bindings rubbed, spines darkened with 1 or 2 tiny scrapes, tiny crack to top of upper hinge on Volume II, armorial bookplate on pastedowns, neat name at top of title pages, a couple of pale fox spots to folding map, very occasional slight margin foxing, small pale blue stain on 1 text page, no loss of legibility. A very good clean tight set. William Tooke (1744–1820) was appointed chaplain to the English merchants at St. Petersburg in 1774. There he made the acquaintance of many members of the Russian nobility and episcopate, and also of the numerous men of letters and scientists of all nationalities whom Catherine II summoned to her court. He became a member of the imperial academy of sciences at St. Petersburg and of the free economical society of St. Petersburg. In 1780–1783 he had published his translation from the German "Russia, or a compleat Historical Account of all the Nations which compose that Empire". In 1792 he returned to England and worked on his translation of Castera's Life of Catherine II making numerous copious additions. More than half the work consisted of Tooke's supplements. Later he published 2 further works on the history of the Russian Empire. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

      [Bookseller: Roger Middleton]

Roworth, C; Fawcett, William; Tyndale, W
        THREE MILITARY TRACTS (THE ART OF DEFENCE ON FOOT WITH THE BROAD SWORD AND SABRE...; REGULATIONS FOR THE EXERCISE OF RIFLEMEN AND LIGHT INFANTRY, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR CONDUCT IN THE FIELD; A TREATISE ON MILITARY EQUITATION)
      London, 1798. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of three rare original military texts, bound into one volume.1. "The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sabre, Uniting the Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon", the Second Edition, 1798, by C. Roworth, of the Royal Westminster Volunteers. 108pp; 8 plates (5 folding). 2. "Regulations for the Exercise of Riflemen and Light Infantry, and Instructions for Their Conduct in the Field", a translation by Sir William Fawcett of the original work by Baron Francis von Rottenburg, printed for the War-Office by T. Egerton, London, 1798. iv, 70pp plus 8 plates. 3. "A Treatise on Military Equitation" by W. Tyndale, printed for the author in London, 1797. xiv, 80pp; 5 plates, all folding. These tracts are in unusually fine condition, bound in full calf over boards. The leather binding is worn around the edges and the hinges show signs of use but are secure. There is some staining of the endpapers, but the contents are in excellent condition. Digital photographs of specific features can be provided upon request..

      [Bookseller: Old Authors Bookshop]

William Collins
        The Poetical Works of William Collins
      London- E. Harding, 1798. London- E. Harding, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An attractively bound little volume of the poetry of William Collins. Collins was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow. A posthumous publication prefixed with a biography by Samuel Johnson. Illustrated with some lovely engravings throughout. Condition: In a handsome half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, generally smart although with some wear evident to the extremities and spine. Hinges are cracked. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just some light spotting to endpapers and handling marks to the title page. Overall: VERY GOOD..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

Malton, James
        An Essay On British Cottage Architecture: Being An Attempt to perpetuate on Principle, that peculiar mode of Building, which was originally the effect of Chance
      London: Hookham and Carpenter, 1798. London: Hookham and Carpenter, 1798. First Edition. Folio (36 x 30 cm). Later gray card boards, cloth spine strip; halftitle, title page, 1, [2-27] pp. and twenty-one leaves of plates featuring sepia aquatint engravings, with original tissue guards. Front hinge broken; foxing and light dust-soiling to edges; a few tissue guards creased or detached (but present); light soil to a few pages. An important architectural treatise by the Irish draughtsman, architect, and designer James Malton, which signals the coming of the Romantic era in architecture, marked by its return to traditional and nativist forms and away from neo-classical design and Palladianism; it is also an early forerunner of the modern phenomenon of preservationism. Malton, known for his technically stunning depictions of Georgian-era Dublin, lays out a program for wealthy Britons that eschews the growing decadence of the elites and the newly-affluent colonial merchants in favor of a more traditional and economical form of the cottage. Malton argues against innovation in architecture, and especially against “mongrelism”, or the importation of motifs and designs from abroad. The majority of the work consists of Malton’s descriptions of his original designs and his plans for cottage architecture as a stately form. Malton attends to an entire array of structural and aesthetic details, making this work an important text for architects in the succeeding decades. This copy features bookplates of Counts Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev (1751-1809) and Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev (1848-1918). Both were important patrons of the arts and collectors who maintained an active interest in architecture. Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev planned the final phase of the palace complex at Ostankino; Sergei Dmitrievich was instrumental in the building of the War of 1812 Museum.

      [Bookseller: Rossica Berlin Rare Books]

s.a.
        Raccolta degli ordini e provvidenze emanate dalle autorità costituite
      Dalla Stamperia del Cittadino Soffietti, Torino 1798 - TOMO 1: Volumi 1-5: 1798, anno 7 Repubblicano e primo della Libertà Piemontese (nel primo volume atto di rinuncia del re Carlo Emanuele).TOMO 2:Volumi 6-10: 1799, anno 7 Repubblicano e primo della Libertà Piemontese. TOMO 3:Volumi 11-15: 1799, anno 7 Repubblicano e primo della Libertà Piemontese (il vol. 12 comprende le Deliberazioni del Direttorio esecutivo della Repubblica Francese che nomina Musset Commissario del Governo Francese in Piemonte e la divisione del Piemonte in quattro dipartimenti (Eridano, Sesia, Stura, Tanaro) ) Numero di tavole: 12 pp.640; 575; 583 altezza 19 larghezza 12 Quindici volumi rilegati in tre tomi, con rilegatura coeva in mezza pergamena con angoli, titolo calligrafico su tassello cartaceo al dorso, fregi colorati ai tagli; pergamena brunita dal tempo, piatti macchiati; piccola mancanza all'angolo inferiore sinistro del piatto anteriore del secondo volume che si estende anche alla cuffia inferiore. Ex-libris calligrafico al contropiatto anteriore. Fogli conservati con brunitura del tempo e sporadiche fioriture.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Di Mano in Mano]

        'Der Bierbräuer'.
      . altkolorierter Kupferstich v. G. Vogel n. A. Gabler (Gäbler) b. Johann Peter Voigt, 1798, 13,5 x 8,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

        'Der Apotheker'.
      . altkolorierter Kupferstich b. Johann Peter Voigt, 1798, 13,5 x 8,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

        'Die Bley- und Schieferweiss-Fabrick'.
      . 2 altkolorierte Kupferstiche v. G. Vogel n. A. Gabler b. Johann Peter Voigt, 1798, je 14 x 8,5 (Bilder zum Artikel auf meiner Homepage, oder bei Anfrage - pictures on my homepage or after request). Zeigt zwei altkolorierte Kupferstiche zum Bleiweißfabrikanten.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Norbert Haas]

La Perouse, Jean Francois Galaup de
        A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. Published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and Edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, Brigadier General in the Corps of Engineers, Director of Fortifications, Ex-constituent, and Member of Several Literary Societies at Paris. In Three Volumes.
      Printed for J. Johnson, London 1798 - x, 532pp; x, 498pp; viii, 446, 60pp. Contemporary half calf decorated in blind on the sides, lettered in gold and decorated in blind on the spines. With forty-one engraved plates (of forty-two), many foldout. The plate on page 176 of volume 2 was apparently not bound in this set. Three of the plates are bound out of order. Binders' tickets of E. Paul., Southampton. With the bookplates of Christopher Dain of Southampton on the front pastedown endpapers. Rubbing to covers, some wear to extremities, spines uniformly toned, light foxing to some of the plates. A very good set, internally extremely clean. Sabin 38963. ; Octavo [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Lyrical Ballad Bookstore ABAA/ILAB]

Hunnius, Franz Wilhelm Christian:
        Der Arzt für Schauspieler und Sänger
      Weimar, im Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798.. Weimar, im Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798.. 8 Bll., 184 S. Umschlag d. Zt., Vorderdeckel mit kl. Etikett der "Med. Leih-Bibliothek zu Altenberg". Hirsch-H. III, 318. - Franz Wilhelm Christian Hunnius (1765-1807) war praktizierender Arzt zu Weimar; seinem Bruder Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann (1762-1835), "Schauspieler und Sänger am Weimarischen Hoftheater", wird das Werk in der gedruckten Zueignung gewidmet. - Wohl die erste eigenständige Abhandlung, die auf spezifische Berufskrankheiten der Bühnenkünstler eingeht. Hunnius wartn u. a. vor dem "Empfindungsspiel", zu häufige Auftritte und der draus resultierenden Überanstrengung des "Gedächtnisses und der Sprach-Organe", unpassender Bühnenkleidung, zu reichlichen Alkoholgenuss (!) u. a. Auch gibt er Ratschläge zur Behandlung von Stimmproblemen und erstellt diätetische Regeln für Sänger. Die letzten Kapitel beschäftigen sich mit "Ruhm und Rollensucht, als wichtige Ursachen zu Krankheiten der Schauspieler", folgende eine eindringliche Warnung vor der Verwendung von Kindern auf der Bühne und den für sie für sie daraus resultierenden schädlichen Folgen. Abschließend hält Hunnius eine Exkurs über das Schminken der Schauspieler und weist u. a. auf den Quecksilber- und Bleigehalt der verwendeten Cremes hin. - Titel mit Stempel der Altenburger Bibliothek und zeitgen. Namenszug Dr. Winckler. - Unbeschnittenes, recht breitrandiges Exemplar. Der einfache Umschlag am Rücken etwas lädiert.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Turszynski]

Homann Erben
        Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus Mappis Homannianis
      Nürnberg ca. 1798. Prachtvoller Atlas der gesamten Welt mit 36 Karten von den Kontinenten, Welt und Europäischen Ländern, Einband in Leder, fol., altkoloriert, Kupferstich, 53 x 33. Zustand: Gebrauchsspuren

      [Bookseller: Antique Sommer & Sapunaru KG]

BOILEAU DESPREAUX, NICOLAS:
        Oeuvres.
      . Avec neuf figures, dessinees et gravees par les meilleurs artistes. Paris: L'Imprimerie de Crapelet 1798. Med et kobberstukket portraet af forf. samt 8 kobbertavler. 4to. 18 + X + 535 s. Indb. med helt guldsnit i smukt samt. helskind med forgyldt ryg og rödt skindtitelfelt. Bindet restaureret.<br>With engraved portrait of the author and 8 plates. Nice contp. leather, a.e.g., spine gilt. Binding restored..

      [Bookseller: Peter Grosell, Antiquarian Bookseller]

Schubert, Friedrich Theodor
        Theoretische Astronomie.. Erster Theil: Sphärische Astronomie. Zweyter Theil: Theoretische Astronomie. Dritter Theil: Physische Astronomie. (3 Teile in einem Bd.).
      St. Petersburg / Riga, Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften/ Joh. Fr. Hartknoch, 1798. 4°, XIV, 184 S.; 1 Bl., VIII, 367 S.; 1 Bl., VI, 338 S. Mit 8 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. , HLdr. d. Zeit über 6 Bünden m. Rückenschild., Deckel berieben, fleckig, Ecken etwas gestaucht, Namenszug a. Vors., innen sauber - gutes Exemplar. Preis in CHF: 1320. Poggendorff II, 850. Erste deutsche Ausgabe seines Hauptwerkes. Friedrich Theodor von Schubert (1758-1825) wurde 1789 zum wirklichen Mitglied der St. Petersburger Akademie der Wissenschaften berufen und übernahm 1803 die Leitung der akademischen Sternwarte, deren Einrichtung er deutlich verbesserte. Seine Schriften legen Zeugnis ab von seinen umfassenden Kenntnissen und seinem scharfen Verstand. "Er verstand es, wie nur wenige Gelehrte, die Resultate der Wissenschaft auch den nicht fachmännisch Gebildeten in entsprechender Weise mitzutheilen, und zwar tat er dies in vortrefflicher Form" (ADB 32, 628).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Peter Petrej]

ANONYMOUS
        Description of the Chase
      London: Published by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, Feb. 1, 1798. Mezzotint. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some glue residue on the verso of the sheet. Faint vertical creases in sheet. Image size: 9 ¼ x 13 7/8 inches. 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches. 10 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches. A bold hunting scene of a gentleman recounting the details of the hunt. This early hunting scene follows the tradition of James Seymour by presenting a small format sporting picture in a bold decisive style. The artist and engraver are not recorded on the plate, which was typical of works published at the period by Haines & Son. Haines & Son were prolific publishers and printsellers who catered to the decorative print market, they often republished earlier plates, which they acquired from other publishers, such as Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer. This image, which is listed as plate 5, is most likely the fifth plate in a set of six prints.

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books]

(Danican, Auguste):
        Cassandra oder einige Betrachtungen über die französische Revolution und die gegenwärtige Lage von Europa. July 1798. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Kilmary
      Cairo und ist zu finden in Malta, Corfu, Zante, Cephalonien und zu Paris bei Baboeuf`s sel. Erben und Consorten. Cour de Luxembo. Cairo und ist zu finden in Malta, Corfu, Zante, Cephalonien und zu Paris bei Baboeuf`s sel. Erben und Consorten. Cour de Luxembourg (d. i. Wien, Degen, 1798 oder 1799).. Mit gest. Frontispiz. VI, 195 S., 2 Bll. Hübscher roter HLdr. im Stil d. Zt. Weller I, 179; Fromm II, 6426. - Es erschienen zwei deutsche Ausgaben; die andere hat nicht die Bezeichnung "July 1798" auf dem Titel. - "Der Emigrant Danican (1763-1848) versuchte mit der Cassandra", im Interesse Österreichs die Rastadter Verhandlungen zu stören. Das Buch zeigt eine erstaunliche Informiertheit über die revolutionären Bestrebungen in Europa" (Braecklein, Aufklärung, 346). - Das Frontispiz zeigt einen "Jakobiner vor einem Denkmal der französischen Republik, auf dem die Namen führender Konventsmitglieder festgehalten sind. Der Hinweis auf die Herrschaft Robespierres, auf den Beginn der Terreur, sowie die Totenschädel im Sockel des Denkmals stellen einen Zusammenhang zwischen der revolutionären Gewalt nach innen und außen her. Die propagandistische Absicht dieses Blattes war, den Krieg des republikanischen Frankreich mit den Koalitionsmächten als logische Konsequenz einer innenpolitischen Gewaltherrschaft erscheinen zu lassen" (Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit. 200 Jahre Französische Revolution in Deutschland. Ausstellungs-Katalog. Nürnberg 1989, S. 447, Nr. 345). - Unbeschnitten. Tls. braunfleckig.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Turszynski]

Eberlin, Philipp:
        Neue Kronik der Kais. Kön. V. Oestr. Stadt Konstanz am Bodensee. Konstanz, Lüdolf 1798. zweyte vermehrte Auflage Kl. 8°, 286, 60 Seiten. Originaler Pappeinband. 1 Kupferstich, Johann Huß im Fegefeuer, im Hintergrund der Hafen von Konstanz. sehr selten, nur wenige Exemplare in dt. Bibliotheken. Zustand: durchweg stärkere Gebrauchsspuren.
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      [Bookseller: Antiquariat an der Universität München]

        Rostock
      . Wir geschworne Alterleute und sämtliche Meister des löbl. Handwercks derer Maurer... Handwerkskundschaft der Maurer mit Gesamtansicht der Stadt (10 x 39 cm) in Kupferstich v. Petermann. 8. Jänner 1798, 37,5 x 48 cm (Blattgr.) - wir garantieren für die Echtheit. Einblattdruck, selten

      [Bookseller: Kunsthandlung Johannes Müller]

BRUCE John 1745-1826. ESSEX Earl of. BURLEIGH Lord. WILLOUGHBY Lord. BURROUGH Lord. NORTH Lord. RALEIGH Sir Walter etc.V
        When France threatened invasions of Britain or Ireland.. WITH. When Spain, by its armada, projected the invasion and conquest of England. WITH Opinions on the Alarm of an Invasion from Spain
      London: State Papers Office, 1798 3 titles in 1 vol, State Papers. In contemporary full calf, decorative gilt edge tooling, corners and edges rubbed, joints week. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling and titles, edges bumped and worn, joints worn. Internally, gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Opinions delivered by the Earl of Essex, .... Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir George Carew, on the Alarm, of an Invasion from Spain, in the year 1596, and The measures proper to be taken on that occasion, [3], (iv-lx), printed by A Strahan. Report on the Arrangements which have been adopted, in former periods, when France threatened Invasions of Britain or Ireland, to frustrate the Designs of the Enemy, by attacks on his Foreign Possession&#39;s etc, [3], (iv) only, [1] with fac. address and date, 2-83 pp with fac. name & addressee, [1], [4], [2], (iii-cxx) Appendix. Report on the Arrangements which were made, for the Internal Defense of these Kingdoms, when Spain, by its Armada, projected the Invasion and Conquest of England; etc, [4], [1] fac. address by hand, 2-97 pp, fac of address, 1 map (of Thames 1588, folding), [1], [13], [1], [1], (ii-cccxxviii), 2 charts (folding). Fascinating and Very Rare.. Listed by WorldCat. Bruce, historian who in 1796 produced a historical review of the balance of power in Europe. In 1798 his report on defence guided measures to meet the French threat. Bruce was to write a similar report on the requirements of the circumstances created by the uneasy peace of Amiens in 1801. A report published in 1799 dealt with the Anglo-Scottish union, as a precedent for the projected Irish union. See ODNB.

      [Bookseller: Madoc Books]

POMMEREUL, Francois Rene Jean de.
        Buonaparte's Feldzüge in Italien. Aus dem Französischen des Bu rgers P** [d.i. Pommereul, Francois Rene Jean de] General-Officers der französischen Armee [von Julius FREY].
      Leipzig, Karl Willhelm Küchler 1798.. 8°. Gest. Titel m. Vignette, IV, 458 S. Mit Front. (Reiterbild Napoleons gest. v. [Johann August] Roßmäßler nach Carle Vernet), 1 Tafel (Portr. v. [Andre] Massena gest. v. W. Böhm) u. 1 mehrf. gef. Karte (gest. Endner) in Kupferstich. Halblederbd. d. Zeit auf 4 falschen Bünden m. Titel (auf mont. Papierschild) sowie kl. Fileten in Goldpräg. auf Rücken, Deckelbezügen aus Kleisterpapier und umseitigem Rotschnitt. Einband an den Kanten z. Tl. berieben, Namenszug v. alter Hd. auf Titel, im Text papierbedingt gebräunt u. tlw. wasserrandig.. Fromm II, 4420; Kircheisen I, 2904. Zweite deutsche Übersetzung nach der 1797 erschienenen, französischen Originalausgabe 'Campagne du General Buonaparte en Italie, pendant les annees IVe et Ve de la Republique francaise'. Bericht über Napoleons Feldzug in Italien (1796/1797) verfasst durch den französischen General u. Historiker Francois Rene Jean de Pommereul (1745-1823).

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Löcker]

Horatio Walpole
        The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of OrfordIn Five Volumes
      London - G. G. and J. Robinson; and J. Edwards, 1798. London - G. G. and J. Robinson; and J. Edwards, 1798 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. The complete set of The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, illustrated with vignette titles and delightfully engraved plates. First edition. Four further volumes were added to the set: volume six in 1818, volumes seven and eight in 1822 and volume ninein 1825. Though this is the complete five volumes originally published. Volume one: Fugitive Pieces; Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with Lists of their Works. Withone-hundred and seventy-fourengraved plates. Volume two: Castle of Otranto; An account of the Giants lately Discovered; Historic doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III, with supplement; A Reply to the Observations of Dr. Millesl; Aedes Walpolianoe; or, A Description of the Pictures at Houghton Hall; A Sermon on Painting; Nature will Prevail: A Moral Entertainment; Thoughts on Tragedy; Thoughts on Comedy; Detection of a late Forgery, called Testament Politique du Chevalier Robert Walpole; The Life of Mr. Thomas Baker; Account of my Conduct Relative to the Places I Hold Under Government; Letters to and from Ministers; Description of Strawberry Hill; On Modern Gardening; On the late Dismission of a General Officer. With thirty-seven engraved plates. Volume three: Anecdotes of painting. Withone-hundred and threeengraved plates, six of which have been tipped in. Volume four: Catalogue of Engravers; Miscellaneous Verses; Prologues and Epilogues; Epigrams. Withfifteen engraved plates, four of which have been tipped in. Volume five: Correspondence. With eleven engraved plates. Collated complete with the original one-hundred and sixty-sixty plates, plus an extra one-hundred and seventy-four bound in. Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. Hewrote theGothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Along with the novel, his literary reputation rests on his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, and cousin of Admiral Lord Nelson. Condition: Three volumes are in their original mottled calf bindings, with two volumes that have been rebacked in cloth. Externally, all volumes are a trifle rubbed with some wear to the extremities and original spines. Loss to two spine labels, and lacking one to volume five. Front board to volume four is detached, with its rear joint being tender. Repairs to both hinges of volume two. Both hinges are tender to volume five. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound and bright, though with the oddinstances of scattered foxing. Intermittent light marginal tide marks to volume one, five,and three. Armorial bookplate and neat copperplate inscription to the front pastedown of volume two,four. Evidence of past worming throughout volume two. Overall: GOOD.

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

(WOMEN, BEHAVIORAL ADVICE FOR). GISBORNE, THOMAS
        AN ENQUIRY INTO THE DUTIES OF THE FEMALE SEX
      London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Third Edition, corrected . Hardcover. 216 x 133 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). viii, 448 pp. Third Edition, corrected. FINE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, covers bordered with gilt Greek key and elegant floral roll (as well as two blind rolls), central gilt panel with cusped corners, flat spine divided into compartments by plain and decorative gilt rules, patera centerpiece in each compartment, gilt titling and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. ESTC T-32744 Spine evenly sunned to a light pink, front board with minor abrasions, a hint of rubbing to joints and extremities, but the decorative original binding solid, lustrous, and with only minor wear. A VERY FINE, QUITE POSSIBLY UNREAD COPY INTERNALLY--especially clean, bright, and fresh. The publication in 1792 of Mary Wollstonecraft&#39;s "Vindication of the Rights of Women" prompted a number of advice books for young women, in which the more traditional understanding of the female role in society was expounded. Gisborne&#39;s "Enquiry" was one of the most popular. As expected, the work spends a good deal of time exploring the proper education for females and especially the female&#39;s duties as a part of matrimonial life. At the same time, it also contains chapters on a great many other subjects, including "the mode of introducing young women into general society," female conversation and letter writing, dress, a female&#39;s "propensity to imitation," entertainments and amusements (including masquerades, Sunday concerts, dancing, gaming, and cards, all of these being discussed primarily as dangers rather than recommended diversions), duties during parenthood and during one&#39;s declining years, and "the peculiar features by which the character of the female mind is naturally discriminated from that of the other sex." Gisborne (1758-1846) spent most of his adult life as curate of the church in the rural village of Barton-under-Needwood, where he authored a number of books with an obvious moral thrust. While the contents are certainly of interest as a reflection of the state of womanhood in England at the close of the 18th century, this particular copy is especially desirable because of its lovely contemporary decorative morocco binding.

      [Bookseller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Mediev]

O'KEEFFE, ADELAIDE [1776-1865]:
        Llewellin: a Tale.
      . In three volumes. London: Printed and published by G. Cawthorn, British Library, no. 132, Strand; sold also by Messrs. Richardson, Royal-Exchange; and J. Wright, Piccadilly., 1798-1799. IX + [1] + 334 + [2]; [1] + 423; [1] + 428 pp. Nice clean copy bound in contemporary paperbindings with handwritten paperlabels on spine. Bookplate on inner frontcover. * Written 1796 to the eight-month-old Princess Charlotte but for unknown reasons first published three years later. <br>'O'Keeffe, who would eventually author nine collections of children's poems, four novels, and a retelling of the Bible, was the first writer to adapt dramatic forms along with the precepts of late eighteenth-century rational education (such as an emphasis on active learning and moral development) to children's poetry. The author demonstrates her pioneering work in two poetry genres: the children's dramatic monologue and the novel-in-verse.' [The Lion and the Unicorn April 2009].<br><br>.

      [Bookseller: Peter Grosell, Antiquarian Bookseller]

SCHELLENBERG, [Johann Rudolf] (1740-1806).
        [Recueil De XXIV Differens Costumes De La Ville Et Du Canton De Basle. Choisis dans divers etats de la societe sur la fin du XVII siecle. Graves d'apres les dessins de J. R. Huber].
      Basel, Publie par Chretien de Mechel 1798.. 4°. 17 [von 20] kol. Tafeln, gest. von J.R.Schellenberg nach J.R. Huber. Lose in moderner Leinenkassette.,. 17 (von 20) Tafeln mit radierten Frauen- und Herrentrachten von J. R. Schellenberg. - Es fehlen 3 Tafeln (Nr. 5, 19 und 20) sowie Titelblatt. - Jede Tafel etwas stockfleckig, jedoch in schönem, starken Kolorit. Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden.

      [Bookseller: Buch + Kunst + hommagerie Sabine Koitka]

Maddock, Jakob
        Anleitung für Blumenfreunde oder Abhandlung von der Kultur der vorzüglichsten Blumen. Nebst einem Anhange über Boden und Düngung. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von August Wilhelm Manteuffel
      Berlin, Himburg, 1798. 2 Blätter, 166 Seiten, 6 (1 faks.) altkolor. Kupfertaf. Pappband der Zeit, Rotschnitt 8°. - Dochnahl S. 99 (nur andere Ausgaben). - Sehr seltenes botanisches Werk, der preußischen Königin gewidmet. - Behandelt Hyacinthen, Tulpen, Anemonen, Nelken, Primeln etc. mit entsprechenden Abbildungen in leuchtendem Originalkolorit, die letzte Tafel (Nr. 6) durch Faksimile ergänzt. - Sauberes Exemplar, die Tafeln mit gelöschten kleinen Stempeln.

      [Bookseller: Buch & Kunst Antiquariat Flotow GmbH]