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

        Würfelspiel Spiel jeu de l'oie ganzenspel board game Jahreszeiten Jahr year
      41 x 33,5 cm (Grafikschrank) "Spel van eer" original Kupferstich von 1798 bei de Jong (siehe Papaertoys S. 163) äusserst seltenes altes niederländisches Würfelspiel das Spiel besteht aus 12 Spielfeldern, von denen jedes eine Jahreszeit und eine Verhaltenseigenschaft darstellt Blatt-Format: 41 x 33,5 cm Platte ca. 36,2 x 26,2 cm rückseitig mit alter handschriftlicher Widmung sonst gut erhalten sehr selten! Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie!

      [Bookseller: steffen völkel]

Jacobo Bernardino Enrique de Saint Pierre
        PABLO Y VIRGINIA
      Madrid. 1798. Pasta española. Traducida al castellano por José Miguél Aléa. 250pag + 4h. 15x11. Ref-9.4 Biblioteca AD

      [Bookseller: Libreria Anticuaria Marc & Antiques]

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
        Los enamorados o Galatea y sus bodas (Historia pastoral comenzada por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Abreviada después y continuada y últimamente concluida por D. Cándido María Trigueros) 4 tomos en 2 vols. primera edicion
      Madrid, en la Imprenta Real, 1798. muy raro

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Eppler]

RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE (Rétif de La Bretonne, Nicolas-Edme)
        L'ANTI-JUSTINE OU LES DÉLICES DE L'AMOUR
      Nouvelle édition entièrement revue et corrigée, établie pour la première fois sur le texte original de 1798. Précédée d'une notice bibliographique par Helpey, bibliographe poitevin [Louis Perceau]. Ile Saint-Louis, De l'imprimerie de Monsieur Nicolas, s.d. [Paris, Maurice Duflou, 1929] 1 volume in-4 (24 x 16,5 cm) de 243 pages, 12 aquatintes libres en noir signées Le Loup. Reliure de l'époque demi-basane fauve à larges coins, dos orné, pièce de titre de cuir rouge au centre du dos, petites bande de cuir bleu en tête et en pied du dos, non rogné, couverture conservée (premier plat). Très bon état. Quelques frottements insignifiants à la reliure (petit manque de papier sur une coupe). Intérieur très frais. Exemplaire très décoratif. TIRAGE A 350 EXEMPLAIRES NUMÉROTÉS SUR PAPIER ALFAX. CELUI-CI, UN DES EXEMPLAIRES AVEC LES AQUATINTES EN NOIR. Les aquatintes signées Le Loup sont d'une étonnante beauté. Elles font de ce livre l'un des plus réussis de l'éditeur clandestin Maurice Duflou. L'illustrateur n'a pas été identifié par les bibliographes (bien que M. Dutel indique le nom de Jean-Adrien Mercier dans une notice pour cet ouvrage - Jean-Adrien Mercier plus connu pour ses illustrations pour livres d'enfants et ses dons d'affichiste, que pour ses illustrations érotiques), sa main sûre et très artiste dénote très certainement un grand nom de l'illustration des années 1930. Le livre se présente comme de la main de Jean-Pierre Linguet, avocat au Parlement, entreprenant de raconter sa vie, son initiation et ses souvenirs. Restif a cherché à être l'anti-Sade, comme il l'annonce dans la préface : « Personne n'a été plus indigné que moi des sales ouvrages de l'infâme Dsds [Sade] ; c'est-à-dire, de Justine, Aline, le Boudoir, la Théorie du Libertinage, que je lis dans ma prison. Ce scélérat ne présente les délices de l'amour, pour les hommes, qu'accompagnées de tourments, de la mort même, pour les femmes. Mon but est de faire un livre plus savoureux que les siens, et que les épouses pourront faire lire à leurs maris, pour en être mieux servies ; un livre où les sens parleront au c

      [Bookseller: Librairie L'amour qui bouquine]

        BONN. - Bad Godesberg., "Kloster Marienforst bey Godesberg unweit Bonn". Blick von einem Hügel auf das Kloster und ins Tal, im Vordergrund eine Familie bei der Rast und Bauern mit Schafen und Ziegen.
      Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, Artaria in Wien, 1798, 30 x 44 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 41. - Aus der berühmten Sammlung "Collection de cinquante Vues du Rhin". - Mit reicher aquarellierter Linieneinfassung. Etwas gebräunt. Gerahmt. Nordrhein-Westfalen

      [Bookseller: Buch- und Kunstantiquariat]

J. Ziegler L. Janscha
        Ansicht von Capelle und der Carthause bey Coblenz. Vue de Capelle & de la chartreuse pres de Coblenz. Nach der Natur gezeichnet L. Janscha. Gestochen von J. Ziegler. Handkolorierte und unter Glas gerahmte Original-Radierung mit Blick auf Karthause und Capellen bei Koblenz um 1798
      Original-Radierung von J. Ziegler in der Platte signiert nach einem Gemälde von L. Janscha, auf Karton mit dekorativ abgesetztem Plattenrand, Blick auf Karthause und Kapelle, im Vordergrund am Flussufer Wäsche waschende Frauen und Fischer mit Booten, Plattengröße 34,5 x 46 cm, unter Glas in teilvergoldeten Echtholzrahmen gerahmt, Rahmengröße 50 x 62 cm, kleiner Abplatzer (2 cm) am Holzrahmen oben links, Spur winziger Stockflecken links oben, ansonsten sauberes und sehr gut erhaltenes Blatt mit sehr geschmackvoller Koloratur in natürlichen Farben, seltenes Blatt aus "Malerische Ansichten des Rheinstromes von Speyer bis Düsseldorf", Wien 1798 großer und/oder schwerer Artikel mit zusätzlichen Kosten für Versand und Versicherung - heavy and/or oversized item with additional costs for shipping and insurance - please ask us before you order this article

      [Bookseller: historicArt Antiquariat & Kunsthandlung]

Wieland, Cristoph Martin (Hrsg.)
        Attisches Museum. 2. Band, Heft 1 - 3 in 2 Bänden
      Heinrich Geßner, Zürich, 1798. XXXII/144/174/180/163 Seiten mit einem vorgebundenen Einbandtitel, spätere Halbleinen-Einbände - Erstausgabe des 2. Bandes. Mit einer original Widmung auf Titelseite ,,Seinem Freunde J. Macdonald, der Herausgeber C.M. Wieland", vermutlich der napoleonische General Jacques Macdonald (1765 - 1840) -

      [Bookseller: Celler Versandantiquariat]

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich.
        Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, ein Versuch den Müttern Anleitung zu geben, ihre Kinder selbst zu unterrichten, in Briefen [...].
      8. Mit gest. Titelportrait. 1 Bl., 390 S., Marmor. Ppbd. d. Zt. m. handschriftl. Rückenschild. Erstausgabe. - [...] 1798 eröffnete Pestalozzi zum zweitenmal ein Waisenhaus in Stans. Hier versammelte er achtzig Zöglinge, von denen er einige für den Lehrberuf an Elementarschulen ausbildete. Im Jahr darauf wurde er an die Volksschule Burgdorf berufen, wo er das obengenannte Buch schrieb. Der Titel ist irreführend, denn in den Briefen, die den Inhalt des Buches ausmachen, ist mehr von den Ergebnissen als von der Methode des Lehrens die Rede, und Gertrud selbst erscheint gar nicht. Trotzdem ist es eine erschöpfende Darlegung der pädagogischen Grundsätze Pestalozzis und legt besonderes Gewicht auf die drei Elementa': Lesen, Schreiben, Rechnen. Die wichtigste und zukunftsträchtigste seiner Ideen, auf die er in seiner Praxis wie in seiner Lehre größten Nachdruck legte, war die Erkenntnis, daß die wahre Erziehungsmethode in der Ausbildung eines Kindes und nicht, wie bei einem Hund, in der Abrichtung liege. Der Zögling müsse für wichtiger erachtet werden als der Erwachsene, und es käme darauf an, ihn zum ganzen Menschen' zu entwickeln (Carter/Muir, Bücher die die Welt verändern, S. 476f.). - Einband etw. berieben u. bestoßen. Bezug an den Kapitalen m. kl. Fehlstellen. Namenszug a. Vorsatz- u. Titelblatt. Durchg. etw. gebräunt u. stockfleckig. - Exemplar mit dem äußerst seltenen, erst nachträglich ausgelieferten Kupferstich-Titelportrait von H. Lips nach M. Diogg. - PMM 258 Borst 905 Goedecke XII, 62, 12 Israel 24 Wilpert/G. 13 Brieger 1879 Neufforge 414.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Wolfgang Friebes]

Wollstonecraft, Mary
        Posthumous Works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
      London: Printed for J. Johnson, and G. G. and J. Robinson 1798 - Four volumes bound in two volumes (complete), small 8vo., original full tree calf with morocco author/title and numeral (1 and 2) spine labels lettered in gilt; ornate gilt spine designs; minor chipping to author/title labels; slightly rubbed; bookplates; except for a recent numeral (1) label, this set is wholly unrestored. First edition, edited by Wollstonecraft's husband William Godwin, who also contributed a preface. The work includes, "The Wrongs of Women, or Maria; a Fragment: to which is added, the First Book of a Series of Lessons for Children" and "Letters and Miscellaneous Pieces." A magnificent set. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts]

BRAAM HOUCKGEEST, ANDREAS EVERARDUS VAN:
        An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, of the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney), Containing a Description of Several Parts of the Chinese Empire, unknown to Europeans . Two volumes. London, Printed for R. Phillips, 1798.
      1798 1798 - Pp. lii, 288; (ii), 324. With one folding engraved map (foxed, two small tears, one restored at rear). Without the advertising lvs. Contemporary tree calf, flat spines ruled in gilt and with red title labels, marbled edges, lightly rubbed. Old ownership signature on titles. Some minor browning in parts and/or spotting but overall a very pleasant copy.Scarce first English edition translated from the second French edition by M.L. Moreau de Saint-Méry. The original manuscript was written in Dutch, translated into French and first published at Philadelphia in 1797-8. Braam Houckgeest was a Dutch-American merchant who had served as supercargo of the Dutch East India Company in Canton and Macao. He accompanied the embassy to China in 1794-5 together with Isaac Titsingh and Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes. Of the three accounts treating the embassy, Braam Houckgeest's work is considered the most comprehensive and also the most interesting. (Löwendahl). His account contains a detailed and accurate description of several parts of China not previously visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2351. See Löwendahl 700. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)]

        HOCHHEIM/Main., "Ansicht von Kostheim und Hochheim von der Mündung des Mayns". Gesamtansicht über den Main, auf dem Fluß Segelschiff, im Vordergrund hübsche Personenstaffage.
      Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, 1798, 30 x 44 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 6. - Aus der frühen Ausgabe mit reicher aquarellierter Linieneinfassung. Eine der schönsten Ansichten von Hochheim in feinem Altkolorit und in guter Erhaltung. - Gerahmt. Hessen

      [Bookseller: Buch- und Kunstantiquariat]

Livius, Titus
        Titus Livius von Patavium. Römische Geschichte von Erbauung der Stadt an. Nach Drakenborchscher Ausgabe aus dem lateinischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Gottfried Große, 10 Bände.
      Wien und Prag, Fritz Haas, 1798 - 1799. Hauptwerk des römischen Historikers Titus Livius zur Geschichte Roms von den Anfängen bis zur (damaligen) Gegenwart (Tod des Drusus 9. V. Chr.). Von den ursprünglich vorhandenen 142 Büchern sind lediglich die Bücher 1 bis 10 sowie 21 bis 45 vollständig erhalten und in der vorliegenden Ausgabe abgedruckt von den restlichen Büchern liegen lediglich Auszüge bzw. Fragmente vor der 10 Band der Ausgabe enthält Inhaltsangaben dieser "verlorengegangenen Bücher", ferner ein Register im Anhang. Die Bände in sehr gutem Zustand, allenfalls partiell geringfügig berieben, ein Rückenschild mit kleiner Bereibungsstelle Titel- und Vortitelseiten partiell am Fuß etwas knapper und etwas ungerade beschnitten. Ansonsten auch innen bemerkenswert sauberes Exemplar Seiten frisch und nahezu fleckenfrei. Weitere Fotos auf der Homepage des Antiquariats (bitte Art.-Nr. auf der Angebotsseite in das Suchfeld eingeben).

      [Bookseller: Anton-Heinrich]

VOLNEY
        Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783, 84 et 85. 2 volumes.
      A Paris, chez Dugour et Durand 1798/99 - Troisième édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur, augmentée : 1° De la Notice de deux manuscrits Arabes inédits qui fournissent des détails nouveaux et curieux sur l'histoire, la population, les revenus, les impôts, les arts d'Égypte, ainsi que sur l'état militaire, l'administration, l'étiquette des Mamlouks Tcherkasses, et sur l'organisation régulière de la poste aux pigeons. 2° D'un tableau exact de tout le commerce du Levant, extrait des registres de la chambre de commerce de Marseille. 3° Des considérations sur la guerre des Russes et des Turcs, publiées en 1784. 4° De deux gravures nouvelles représentant les pyramides et le sphinx auxquelles sont jointes les planches de Palmyre, de Balbek, et trois cartes géographiques toutes refaites par rapport à la première édition. Troisième édition. A Paris, chez Dugour et Durand - An VII (1798/99) - 478 et 472 pages. 4 cartes et 4 planches repliées. Par : Voleny, Cassas, Delignon, Chamouin, Tardieu, Courbe, Giraud. (Complet & Contrôlé) Reliure cartonnée rouge de l'époque en très bon état. Dos lisse avec étiquette verte et tomaison dorée. Mouillures centrales sur une trentaine de feuillets du T2. Très bon état. Format in-8°(22x14). Constantin-François Chassebœuf de La Giraudais, comte Volney, dit Volney (1757-1820) est un philosophe et orientaliste français. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Livres et Collections]

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich u.a. (Hg.)
        Das Helvetisches Volksblatt Nr. 1(8. September 1798)-19(28. Februar 1799) - alles was erschienen.
      8, 234 S., Broschur der Zeit m. handschriftlichem Titelschild, Stockfleckig u. einzelne S. etwas angeschmutzt - trotzdem gutes Exemplar. Sehr selten. - Als halbamtl. Organ der helvet. Regierung erschien das H. in insgesamt 19 undatierten Nummern - erstmals am 8.9.1798 - während rund fünf Monaten. Das Blatt mit einer Auflage von maximal 5'200 Exemplaren wurde in der National-Buchdruckerei Gruner & Gessner in Luzern gedruckt. Das vom helvet. Kulturminister Philipp Albert Stapfer initiierte Zeitungsprojekt bezweckte die Popularisierung der unitar. Politik im Sinne von "Volksaufklärung" und "Nationalerziehung". Pfarrer und Lehrer wurden aufgefordert, die Zeitung öffentlich vorzulesen. In den ersten sechs Wochen amtierte Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi als Redaktor. Infolge der unkrit. Propaganda und des belehrenden Tons erreichte das Volksblatt bei der breiten Bevölkerung kaum die gewünschte Akzeptanz. Am 28.2.1799 wurde sein Einstellen mit der Begründung beschlossen, dass hier einige Gelehrte in einem zu hohen Ton mit dem Volk sprächen. (Christoph Guggenbühl).

      [Bookseller: antiquariat peter petrej]

Berlin und Potsdam.-
        Adreß-Kalender der Königlich Preußischen Haupt- und Residenz-Städte Berlin und Potsdam
      besonders der daselbst befindlichen hohen und niederen Collegien, Instanzen und Expeditionen, auf das Jahr 1798. Etwas schräggelesen, mit den üblichen Altersspuren, sonst in gutem und frischem Zustand. Mit Genehmigung der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. - Siehe Foto. MwSt 7% Wenn Sie weitere Bilder wünschen, schreiben Sie uns eine Email, wir schicken Ihnen dann die gewünschten Motive zu.

      [Bookseller: BerlinAntiquariat]

Inarco Celenio
        HAMLET, TRAGEDIA DE GUILLERMO SHAKESPEARE, 1TRADUCCION Y EDICION ESPAÑOLA
      Madrid. 1798. 25h(prologo e vida de Shakespeare)+379Pág. Pasta española. 21x15. 1Edición y 1Traduccion Española de la Grandíssima Obra de Shakespeare. la firma de Inarco Celenio en la Gran Obra es un seudónimo del Gran Dramaturgo Leandro Fernández de Moratín que tras su estancia en Inglaterra y su llegada a España confiesa haber traducido la famosa Obra. Extremadamente raríssima y difícil en comercio. N de ref. de la librería 8.7 Biblioteca B.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Anticuaria Marc & Antiques]

GILARDONE, Christian Heinrich].
        Epes Kittisch.Noch ä Beitraagk zu Israels Verkehr u. Geist. Vunn kaam vunn unsere Leut. Vumm Verf. vunn: Ae Kalle unn aach kaan Kalle ...
      kl.-8. 174 (2) S. HLn. d. Zt. Mit mont. vord. OU. Stellenw. stockfl. EA Christian Heinrich Gilardone (1798-1874), Neffe des Malers Friedrich Müller, war ein deutscher Dichter aus der Pfalz, der neben dem Hochdeutschen auch in jiddisch-lotegorisch, der Eigensprache der pfälzischen Juden bzw. Händler schrieb und reimte. Der Pfälzer Dichter gehört zu den ganz wenigen, die in Westeuropa auch der jiddischen Literatur zugerechnet werden. Heute kann man diese Sprache nur noch bruchstückhaft verstehen, damals sprach Gilardone jedoch in der Pfalz einen großen Leserkreis damit an und selbst vielen Nicht-Juden war der Dialekt zumindest verständlich.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Burgverlag]

Spiteri, Stephen C.
        Fortresses of the Cross. Hospitaller Military Architecture (1136-1798)
      674 Seiten mit schwarzweißen und farbigen Abbildungen 8, 18 - 23,5 cm, gebunden, mit Schutzumschlag, dieser etwas angestoßen, Buch selbst aber in gutem Zustand [bound, with dust jacket, dj slightly shopworn, book itselt in good condition] BR4F2 Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt Ihrer Bestellung bei.

      [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Karl Heinz Schmitz]

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 Honoré 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.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Patzer & Trenkle]

AA.VV.
        Nuovo Testamento del Signor Nostro Gesú Cristo secondo la volgata tradotto in Lingua Italiana e con Annotazioni, Illustrato
      nella Stamperia Reale, 1798. Brossura buono Italiano VI. Tomi nuova ed. riveduta, corretta e accresciuta MDCCXCVIII del Tomi I.-II. e MDCCXCIX dei Tomi III.--VI. dell'opera. L'opera si compone di 6 brossure in-8° mute in carta di recupero tinta in rosso porpora. Stato buono (usura della copertina - copertina e pagine brunite - pagine con qualche fioritura). Tomo I. (MDCCXCVIII), pp. 312 - Tomo II. (MDCCXCVIII), pp. 428 - Tomo III. (MDCCXCIX), pp. 420 - Tomo IV. (MDCCXCIX), pp. 352 - Tomo V. (MDCCXCIX), pp. 304 - Tomo VI. (MDCCXCIX), pp. 336.

      [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico De Carlo]

CABANIS, Pierre Jean Georges;
        Du degré de certitude de la Médecine.
      Firmin Didot An VI, 1798, Paris - In-8 (197 x 124 mm) de VI et 144 pp.ch.; demi-basane blonde, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Wellcome II, 283 ; Blake 73 ; DSB, III, 1 ; cf. Waller 84 (ne répertorie que la seconde édition). Édition originale. Cabanis fut à la fois médecin et philosophe, ami de Diderot, Franklin, d'Holbach et Condorcet. Cet ouvrage "contains a defense of medical empirism enriched by a history of medical practice through the centuries" (DSB). On trouve relié en tête : DU MEME. Observations sur les affections catarrhales en général. Paris, Crapat, Caille et Ravier, 1807. In-8 de 2 ff.n.ch., 106 pp.ch. Edition originale. Soit deux ouvrages en un volume. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: CLAVREUIL]

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
        Traité de Mécanique Céleste
      - Folding engraved plate in Vol. IV. Five vols. Large 4to, cont. polished mottled calf (joints & a few corners carefully repaired), spines nicely gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: J.B.M. Duprat & others, An VII [1798 First edition and a complete set with all the supplements. In this monumental and fundamental astronomical work, Laplace - the "Newton of France" - codified and developed the theories and achievements of Newton, Euler, d'Alembert, and Lagrange. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect?Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth - a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve?He also investigated the theory of the tides and calculated from them the mass of the moon."-Printing & the Mind of Man 252. A very nice set. Our set has the first state, with the earlier dates, of the titles of Vols. I and II, all the half-titles, and all the supplements. ? Dibner, Heralds of Science, 14. D.S.B., XV, pp. 273-403. En Français dans le Texte 201. Horblit 63. Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 197-98. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc.]

Pulteney, Richard
        Geschichte Der Botanik
      Leipzig: Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1798. Geschichte der Botanik bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, mit besondrer Rücksicht auf England. Für Kenner und Dilettanten. Aus dem englischen und mit Anmerkungen versetzt von Karl Gottlob Kühn. Leipzig 1798. 2 volumes bound in one. 566 pages. Paper covered boards (edges rubbed, corners bumped. Some loss to top andbotom of spine). Text very clean and tight.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

      [Bookseller: Calendula Horticultural Books]

MERARD DE SAINT-JUST (Simon-Pierre);
        Imitation en vers français des Odes d'Anacréon suivi de Dialogue en vers pour célébrer nos victoires et la paix suivi d'un divertissement en musique et danses.
      Paris 1798 In-8 de XVIII-72 pp., demi-vélin vert, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (Petitot). Edition originale tirée à 36 exemplaires, portant la signature autographe de l'auteur au verso du titre. On trouve à la suite un Dialogue en vers pour célébrer nos victoires et la paix, suivi d'un divertissement en musique et danse. Simon-Pierre Mérard de Saint-Just (1749-1812), maître d'hôtel du comte de Provence, quitte sa charge en 1782 ; riche, il fait tirer certains de ses ouvrages à très peu d'exemplaires, pour l'intérêt des bibliophiles. Il écrivait en vers et en prose sur des sujets mondains, avec facilité, fantaisie, agrément, mais sans ce qui assure un succès durable. Quérard, VI, 52. Ex-libris « Edith Hélène Le Bas ».

      [Bookseller: Bonnefoi Livres Anciens]

L. M. B Armateur ] PRUDHOMME Louis-Marie
        Voyage à la Guiane et a Cayenne, Fait en 1789 et années suivantes
      1798Paris, Chez l'éditeur, an VI - 1798. in-8 relié pleine basane, dos lisse. 1 feuillet blanc, faux-titre, titre, gravure en frontispice, IX + 400 pages. 1 carte dépliante aquarellée hors-texte dressée et gravée sur cuivre par Dalencour. Sous-titre : Contenant une description géographique de ces contrées, l'Histoire de leur Découverte ; les Possessions et Etablissements des Français, des Hollandais, des Espagnols et des Portugais dans cet immense pays. Le climat, les productions de la terre, les animaux, les noms des rivières, celui des différentes nations sauvages, leurs coutumes et le commerce le plus avantageux qu'on peut y faire. Les Particularités les plus remarquables de l'Onéroque et du fleuve des Amazones. Des Observations, 1°. Pour entrer dans le Port de Cayenne et y bien mouiller ; 2°. Pour en sortir en évitant tous les dangers ; 3°. Les Distances et les Routes des principaux Lieux de la Guiane, les Vents qui règnent sur les Côtes. Suivi d'un vocabulaire Français et Galibi des Noms, Verbes et Adjectifs les plus usités dans notre Langue, comparée a celle des Indiens de la Guiane, pour se faire entendre relativement aux objets les plus nécessaires aux besoin de la vie. Exemplaire bien complet des 3 planches hors texte dessinées et gravées sur cuivre par N. Ransonnette. La reliure est abîmée : Dos frotté avec manques en coiffe en queue et à la pièce de titre. Intérieur très frais. Édition originale peu courante.

      [Bookseller: Librairie Gil - Artgil SARL]

LA PEROUSE, Jean François de Galaup de
        A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788..
      London: J. Johnson, 1798. Bindings rebacked, some light staining but good.. Three volumes, octavo, with 42 engraved plates and maps; contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, double labels; bookplates. First English edition (it now seems) of the official account of the tragic French voyage. The disappearance of the entire La Pérouse expedition overshadows what was in reality a great Pacific voyage; the French navigator arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788, just hours after Governor Phillip had arrived with the First Fleet.La Pérouse's habit of forwarding records whenever opportunity offered ensured their survival. The first portion was forwarded by sea from Macao; the second (Macao to Kamchatka) went overland with De Lesseps, and the final despatches by courtesy of Governor Phillip from Botany Bay. After they left Botany Bay, the expedition disappeared - and no trace of them was found for forty years.Various versions and abridgments of the narrative came out in London in 1798 as English publishers scrambled to be the first into print. Forbes has demonstrated that the traditional idea that Stockdale's edition in two volumes was the earliest English version is probably wrong and that this Johnson edition was most likely the first of several to appear (see note to Hawaiian National Bibliography, 287). The set has the early booklabel of William Younger, and the bookplates of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, with their faint stamps on title-pages, subsequently having belonged to Rodney Davidson (sale 7 March 2005, lot 97), with bookplates.

      [Bookseller: Hordern House Rare Books]

L. M. B Armateur ] PRUDHOMME Louis-Marie
        Voyage à la Guiane et a Cayenne, Fait en 1789 et années suivantes
      - Paris, Chez l'éditeur, an VI - 1798. in-8 relié pleine basane, dos lisse. 1 feuillet blanc, faux-titre, titre, gravure en frontispice, IX + 400 pages. 1 carte dépliante aquarellée hors-texte dressée et gravée sur cuivre par Dalencour. Sous-titre : Contenant une description géographique de ces contrées, l'Histoire de leur Découverte ; les Possessions et Etablissements des Français, des Hollandais, des Espagnols et des Portugais dans cet immense pays. Le climat, les productions de la terre, les animaux, les noms des rivières, celui des différentes nations sauvages, leurs coutumes et le commerce le plus avantageux qu'on peut y faire. Les Particularités les plus remarquables de l'Onéroque et du fleuve des Amazones. Des Observations, 1°. Pour entrer dans le Port de Cayenne et y bien mouiller ; 2°. Pour en sortir en évitant tous les dangers ; 3°. Les Distances et les Routes des principaux Lieux de la Guiane, les Vents qui règnent sur les Côtes. Suivi d'un vocabulaire Français et Galibi des Noms, Verbes et Adjectifs les plus usités dans notre Langue, comparée a celle des Indiens de la Guiane, pour se faire entendre relativement aux objets les plus nécessaires aux besoin de la vie. Exemplaire bien complet des 3 planches hors texte dessinées et gravées sur cuivre par N. Ransonnette. La reliure est abîmée : Dos frotté avec manques en coiffe en queue et à la pièce de titre. Intérieur très frais. Édition originale peu courante. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: LIBRAIRIE GIL-ARTGIL SARL]

Ziegler, Johann (sculp.) und Lorenz Janscha (Zeichn.):
        Rolandseck [Drachenfels] und Nonnenwerth.
      Artaria u. Comp. in Wien 1798 - Aquarellierte Umrißradierung aus: 1798 "Fünfzig malerische Ansichten des Rheinstroms von Speyer bis Düsseldorf", Blatt 31. 1 Bl. unter Passepartout und einfach versilbertem verglasten Holzrahmen. 39 x 50 cm auf Honigpapier mit schönem Prägerand Unten links die Nennung des Zeichners der Vorlage Lorenz Janscha (*1749-1812), unten rechts die Drucksignatur des Stechers Johann Ziegler (* 1750- 1812). Unten Mitte die Adresse des Wiener Verlages Artaria und Comp. ***** Janscha bereiste 1792 das Rheintal, so gehören seine Motive noch zur heilen Welt vor 1794. Der abgebildete kolorierte Stich zeigt eine friedliche Landschaft und zufriedene Menschen. Vor den Burgruinen von Rolandseck und vom Drachenfels lehnen sich an die Hügel die Fachwerkhäuser von Rolandseck. Drüben lugt hinter Baumwipfeln das Kloster Nonnenwerth hervor. Dazwischen fließt der Rheinstrom, auf dem Schiffer ihr Lastschiff ohne Segel ruhig zu Tal treiben lassen. Den Vordergrund beleben Menschen des einfachen Volkes, keine Kavaliere mit Degen und keine Damen mit gepuderten Perücken. Eine zwei räderige Karre kommt auf uns zu, ein Ruderboot legt an der Insel an, eine Frau mit dem Säugling auf dem Arm plaudert mit dem Nachbarn, während ein Mädchen Wasser zum Hause emporträgt. - Alltagsleben an einem schönen Sommertag l Das anmutige Bild gehört zu einem Gesamtwerk, das gerade in den vergangenen Jahren große Beachtung fand. Dafür einige Beispiele: J. J. Hässlin schreibt: "Als Laurenz Janscha, kaiserlicher Rat und Lehrer für Landschaftsmalerei an der Wiener Akademie, 1798 seine feinen Rheinansichten herausgab, war das Unwetter der französischen Revolutionstruppen über das schöne Land hinweggebraust; aber auf diesen stattlichen, zart getönten Blättern lebt das alles noch, mit Karossen und Turnüre, mit idyllischen Gruppen von Landleuten, eine tänzelnde Allemande nach der stürmischen Oberfahrt in das Jahrhundert der napoleonischen Kriege." (Dr. Werner Jüttner, Malerisches Rheinland, Jugenheim 1961) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 499

      [Bookseller: REDIVIVUS Buchhandlung & Antiquariat]

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
        Traité de Mécanique Céleste
      Folding engraved plate in Vol. IV. Five vols. Large 4to, cont. polished mottled calf (joints & a few corners carefully repaired), spines nicely gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: J.B.M. Duprat & others, An VII [1798 First edition and a complete set with all the supplements. In this monumental and fundamental astronomical work, Laplace - the "Newton of France" - codified and developed the theories and achievements of Newton, Euler, d'Alembert, and Lagrange. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect…Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth - a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve…He also investigated the theory of the tides and calculated from them the mass of the moon."-Printing & the Mind of Man 252. A very nice set. Our set has the first state, with the earlier dates, of the titles of Vols. I and II, all the half-titles, and all the supplements. ? Dibner, Heralds of Science, 14. D.S.B., XV, pp. 273-403. En Français dans le Texte 201. Horblit 63. Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 197-98.

      [Bookseller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.]

C F Mercier
        Le Jardin D'Amour
      - Paris - Chez Les Marchands de Nouveautes 1798 - C F Mercier's translation ofL Tansillo's famous work. With a charming frontispiece ofthegrape harvest of Nole in 1550. A malegrapepicker is surrounded by three women. Signed by Mercier. Prior to this translation of Tansillo's work there was a translation by Grainville. This is the first edition of Claude-Francois-Xavier Mercier. It is an authorised first editionby this text due to Mercier's signature on the edition page/ the verso of the title page. This work is in theFrench of Mercier. Published to the title pagein the yearVI of the French republiccalendar or the French Revolutionary Calendar. The Gregorian publication year of this work is 1798. The VendangeurisLuigi Tansillo's most famous work. Upon its publication in 1534 thework was condemned by Rome due to its portrayal oflicentious women. The poem recalls a period of drinking and debauchery traditionalduring the time of thegrape harvest. Luigi Tansillo was a poet of the Renaissance era from the province of Potenza in Basillicata. The translator, Claude-Francois-Xavier Mercier was a French writer and editor known for his satiricaland licentious books. Condition: In a half morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with some minor rubbing to the joints and to the extremities, harder to extremities. Printed information on the title to the verso of front endpaper, partially removed. Inscriptionto therecto offrontispieceleaf, stating that Grainville had translated this poem intoFrench recently. Prior owner's ex libris stamp to title page, 'Ex Libris, J Visser, Rotterdam'. Faint,faded ink notations to title page with theGregorian date of 1798 and also Ex Libris signature. Inscription to the'Explication de La Gravure' page also. The translator's signature is to the same page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with the odd spot throughout. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books PBFA]

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
        Traité de Mécanique Céleste
      Folding engraved plate in Vol. IV. Five vols. in three. Large 4to, a prize binding of mid-19th cent. calf (joints & a few corners carefully repaired, some foxing), arms in gilt of Trinity College, Cambridge on upper & lower covers, double gilt fillet round sides, spines nicely gilt, another version of the arms stamped in gilt in bottom compartment of each volume, modern but wonderfully sympathetic red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: J.B.M. Duprat & others, An VII [1798]-1825. First edition and a complete set with all the supplements. In this monumental and fundamental astronomical work, Laplace - the "Newton of France" - codified and developed the theories and achievements of Newton, Euler, d'Alembert, and Lagrange. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect…Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth - a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve…He also investigated the theory of the tides and calculated from them the mass of the moon."-Printing & the Mind of Man 252. A very good set. Prize bookplate of Trinity College, Cambridge ("The Rev. Edward Yeats' Prize") presented to C. Niven, January 1867. Later signature of R.V. Jones on front endpapers. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica with bookplate (this copy was at the binder in Paris for fourteen years). Our set has the first state, with the earlier dates, of the titles of Vols. I and II, and all the supplements. As is occasionally the case, the half-title of Vol. II is lacking. ? Dibner, Heralds of Science, 14. D.S.B., XV, pp. 273-403. En Français dans le Texte 201. Horblit 63. Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 197-98.

      [Bookseller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.]

DANIELL Thomas and William
        View in the Fort of Tritchinopoly
      1798 - DANIELL, Thomas and William. View in the Fort of Tritchinopoly. [London]: Published as the Act directs by Thos. Daniell, December, 1798. Color-printed aquatint with hand-finishing on wove paper; plate size 25-1/2 by 19 inches. Matted and framed, entire item measures 34 by 28 inches. $4200.A lovely view from within the fortress at Trichinopoly, from Thomas and William Daniell's celebrated book Oriental Scenery, a color-printed aquatint finished by hand.The Daniells' Oriental Scenery is considered one of the finest illustrated works on India. Thomas Daniell and his nephew William spent nine years in India making studies, sketches and drawings of the scenery, architecture, and antiquities that graced the countryside. They then devoted a further 13 years to publishing their remarkably accurate aquatints. In Britain, the impact was explosive. A cult of Indian architecture, landscaping and interior decoration arose, with the Royal Pavilion at Brighton as its centerpiece. The Daniells gave the English public their first accurate look at the exotic sub-continent. Their great achievement still lies in their ability to blend the picturesque with the real, resulting in images that capture the European taste for the sublime landscape, while still remaining faithful to their subjects. The Daniells brought the romance of the English landscape to the antiquities of India and provided England with an accurate vision of this wondrous country."Thomas Daniell devoted four aquatints to Trichinopoly, since the rock and fort had become a popular symbol of British military prowess in India. Muhammad Ali, whose claim as Nawab of the Carnatic the British favored, was besieged there by the French". The young Captain Robert Clive carried out a daring diversion". and then in 1752 raised the siege of Trichinopoly in collaboration with Major Stringer Lawrence". At the top of the rock is small mandapam or pavilion up to which the Daniells climbed and obtained a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside" (Archer, Early Views of India, 111). Of this plate, Thomas Daniell wrote, "The numerous flights of steps, and different buildings to be passed through, both open and enclosed, in ascending the rock, give an awful and grand effect to its approach. The buildings higher up are the Choultries attached to the temple, where devout persons resort after performing their religious duties." Consisting of 144 views, published in six parts, the work was issued in seven stages: three sets of 24 plates titled Oriental Scenery with title dates of 1795, 1797, and 1801 (this plate was published in the second part); 12 plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1799; 24 plates titled Hindoo Excavations dated 1803; 24 plates titled Views in Hindoostan dated 1807; and 12 further plates of Antiquities of India published without a title page in 1808. All plates were engraved by the Daniells and all are taken from their drawings save the 24 plates of Hindoo Excavations, which are after drawings by James Wales. See Abbey, Travel 420 (plate no. 47). Near-fine condition, a lovely Daniell plate beautifully framed.

      [Bookseller: Bauman Rare Books]

(AUCTION CATALOGUE: BOZÉRIAN, Jean Claude)
        Notice des Livres précieux du Citoyen Bozérian, la pluspart reliés par lui, ou brochés et en feuilles
      dont la Vente se fera le 21 pluviose an 6 (9 Février 1798 v. st.) et jours suivants… iv, 50 pp. 8vo, attractive antique mottled half-calf & grey boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Didot le jeune, Bozérian, & Lejeune, 1798. The very rare first sale of Bozérian's books. Many of the books offered here were bound by Bozérian during his leisure time for his own library. Culot states that Bozérian was obliged to sell these books in order to raise funds to purchase a workshop. Bozérian (1762-1840), called the Elder to distinguish him from his younger brother François (active 1805-1820), was one of the foremost and innovative binders of his time who also successfully engaged in bookselling and publishing. Over the years, he sold books at auction four times: 1798, 1807, 1811 (in order to retire in comfort) and 1834. There was a fifth, posthumous, sale in 1846. 513 lots and priced throughout in a contemporary hand. Fine copy. Without the 4-page schedule of sale at end. ? Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, col. 424-"le catalogue est imprimé avec les beaux caractères de Didot. La vente produisit 26,000 francs." Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830, 378. Horne, p. 696-"curious, both on account of the selection of the editions described, as well as the beautiful execution of the bindings." Peignot, p. 84. Pollard & Ehrman, no. 301.

      [Bookseller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.]

ROYALIST ALMANAC -
        Etrennes des bons Français pour l'année Mille sept cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit
      "Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Fidele-Prospere" [but London], 1798. 12mo (151 x 85 mm). 155, [1 bl.] pp. Engraved frontispiece, woodcut Bourbon arms on title, title and calendar within type-ornament border. Contemporary green morocco gilt, sides panelled and with the gold-stamped Bourbon arms (i.e., arms of Louis XVIII) at center, salmon pink endpapers, gilt edges (small gouge to front joint). A small pen-and-ink drawing of a gentleman in profile inserted. Bookplate of Carlo de Poortere.***Sixteen years before the Bourbon Restoration, in the middle of the Revolutionary Wars, this almanac was published to encourage supporters of a return of the Monarchy in the person of the Comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (known in certain circles as Désiré), heir to the French throne after the execution of his brother Louis XVI in 1793 and the death of his young nephew Louis XVII in prison two years later. In 1798 the wandering royal exile was in Latvia, having been deported from Verona under pressure from the Directoire, the governing body of France. The title-page signals the work's agenda on multiple fronts, from the Bourbon coat-of-arms to the motto "Aimer son Roi, c'est aimer sa Patrie." Following the calendar (strictly Gregorian), a list of Kings of France, and a genealogy of Louis XVIII, the text (pp. 38-155) consists of dozens of short poems, songs, verse fables, acrostics, epigrams, invocations, and short jokes based on word-play, ranging from nostalgic paeans to the old regime to bitingly satirical parodies of the Revolution and its proponents. They may be the work of a single writer. The first poem is emblematic of the collection, opening nostagically, before moving to more somber imagery, and uses italics to highlight the ugly vocabulary of the Revolution: " Dans le vieux régime on avoit / de voyager pleine licence / et sans passe-port on pouvoit / faire vingt fois son tour-de-France / lorsque chez soi l'on demeuroit / personne n'avoit souciance / Combien de temps on y restoit / et de vous point on n'exigeoit / certificat de résidence /... La guillotine encore étoit / chez Lucifer, dont la vengeance / ce maudit présent nous a fait ..../ Le terrorisme point n'avoit / imaginé la diligence / pour l'autre monde... De tems en tems à la potence / quelque vaurien l'on condamnoit; / mais le Juge, alors, prononçoit / avec justice la sentence / et jamais on ne mitroilloit, / ne fusilloit ni ne noyoit / homme, femme, vieillesse, enfance, / enfin le genre humain complet..." Other poems grimly celebrate the death of Robespierre, deride Revolutionary publications and personnages, or promise a return of the monarchy. The unsigned engraved frontispiece (new to this edition) contains an excerpt from Louis XVIII's manifesto of March 10 1797, inscribed by a sad putto, in a pastoral setting. The citation weaves together several passages which urge a return to Religion [and the monarchy], but promote forgiveness rather than vengeance.Along with four other titles, this edition was proscribed in a public pronouncement, dated from Bourg, March 9, 1798 (16 Ventose, l'an VI of the Republican calendar), and circulated in a 2-page printed flyer (a digitized copy of the Lyon Municipal Library copy is available online). The proscription describes this very 1798 edition, including the frontispiece. Citizens are asked to turn in any booksellers or pedlars (colporteurs) caught offering this atrocious work, a large number of copies of which had been seized, along with the four other books, on the Swiss stagecoach in Geneva. Like all clandestine texts, this daring challenge to the Revolutionary regime probably circulated in multiple editions, which are not easy to distinguish without comparison of the physical copies. At least three editions under this title appeared in 1797, without place of publication but with the same fictitious imprint as this 1798 edition. Grand-Carteret describes two of these editions (held by the BnF) as 24mo, one, marked "Second edition," with a portrait of Louis XVIII. A copy in Troyes (format not stated) is identified as a "Third edition." Leber's copy of a 1797 edition (also with the portrait) is in a larger format, described as 18mo in the Rouen library's online catalogue. The contents of the present edition differ from the cited 1797 editions, and seem to include more poems and satirical pieces. It was almost certainly printed in London. The typeface appears English, the parentheses marks around the pagination were a characteristic of English printing, and the type-ornament border used for the title and calendar pages is identical to one used by Baskerville, who was widely copied in England (reproduced by Updike, Printing Types, vol. 2, pl. 274). One of the 1797 editions (see below) was also ascribed to London, by J.M.C. Leber (whose collection is now at the Rouen Municipal Library), who noted accurately, in his catalogue description, that it was "uncommon to find political books of this period, bound with the arms of the exiled king..." (his copy of the 1797 edition was bound similarly to ours). Copies of the 1797 edition(s) are held by Stanford and Princeton. Of this edition (or a different edition dated 1798) I locate one other copy, at the University of Augsburg. Not in Barbier. Cf. (describing 1797 editions): Tourneux, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de Paris pendant la Revolution II:11766; Grand-Carteret 1255; Jean-Michel-Constant Leber, Catalogue des livres imprimés, manuscrits, estampes...(1839), vol. 2, no. 4991, transcribed verbatim in the Rouen Municipal Library online catalogue.

      [Bookseller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc.]

[Williamson, Charles]
        DESCRIPTION OF THE GENESEE COUNTRY, ITS RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE POPULATION AND IMPROVEMENTS: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A GENTLEMAN TO HIS FRIEND
      Albany: Printed by Loring Andrews & Co., 1798. 37pp. plus two folding maps. Folding frontis. Square quarto. Original front speckled wrapper bound into paneled green morocco (Club Bindery, 1908), gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, a.e.g. Spine faded to brown, joints worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Washed, maps silked. Very good. In a morocco slipcase. The Beverly Chew copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown, later given as a gift to the New Jersey Historical Society. The rare first edition of this promotional pamphlet for the Pulteney Estate in western New York, issued by the promoters of the region, the English Associates. Written in the form of five letters, it describes the history of the area and its potential for development. The folding frontispiece depicts Fort Oswego on the shore of Lake Ontario, and the two maps show Ontario and Steuben counties, and the location of the Genesee lands in relation to the Atlantic coast. A subsequent printing appeared in 1799, and Howes records three more printings in 1804. These guide books were utilized by prospective settlers and were often discarded after they arrived at their new homes. HOWES W493, "b." VAIL 1182. EVANS 35033. SABIN 104441. JCB 2:3951.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]

GODWIN, William
        Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence of Morals and Happiness
      London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798. Third Edition Corrected. Final version of Godwin's radical philosophical treatise on political freedom and free will, first published in 1793 in response to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man and the ongoing events of the French Revolution. The work was an immediate success, appearing in numerous periodicals and pirated editions, making Godwin "one of the most dangerous enemies of established society" (Peter H. Marshall, William Godwin (1984), p. 121). ESTC N6482; PMM 243. Two volumes; octavos (21.5cm.); contemporary straight-grained morocco, rebacked at a later date (ca. 19th century) in tan calf, black gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; lvi,436;ix,[1],554pp. Boards a bit rubbed along extremities, some clean peeling to upper cover leather of Vol. I, spine leather slightly cracked but not dried, interior has extensive interesting and educated 20th-century pencil annotations throughout else interior near fine, albeit lacking half titles. Very Good or better overall. Contemporary institutional manuscript ownership signature of a "Literary Library" to both pastedowns, additional contemporary ownership signature (illegible) to title pages.

      [Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books]

Garrard George; Ward William
        The Holderness Cow Londra: 9 Aprile 1798
      LONDRA 9 APRILE 1798. Acquatinta di mm 607 x 454 su carta di cellulosa molto pesante, in perfetta coloritura d'epoca. In basso nel cartiglio "To the right Hon.ble Lord Somerville President of the Board of Agriculture. This Plate of a Holderness Cow is respectfull dedicated by His Lordship Obliged humble Servt. George Garrand" e subito sotto "She was bred at Kenninthorp near Malton Yorkshire by M.r J. Taylor , & bought at two years old by his Brother Mr T. Taylor of Low Grounds. Great Marlow Bucks who kept her for sometime as a Milch Cow - She was killed at Xthmas 1797 when she was Seven Years Old & weighid 19 Score 12 1/2tt p. quarter". William Ward (1762-1826) fu uno dei più dotati incisori inglesi; assieme al fratello James, di cui incise i dipinti, diedero vita alla più notevole produzione artistica di ambito "agricolo" di tutto il Regno Unito.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Emiliana]

Smith, Charles; [American Civil War]; [The Trent Affair]
        Sounds from the Cave in Central Park
      n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Ephemera. Very Good. Broadside; 300x239mm; an 11 stanza poem, plus the moral, printed (recto only) in two columns within a decorative border; mounted to plain paper over cardboard. N.d., likely early 20th century. Flattened crease down the middle, from folding; a few small closed tears along the edges; a few small specks of soiling. A poem about an encounter with a British lion in New York's Central Park, referencing the American Revolutionary War -- specifically, the Trent Affair. Captain Charles Wilkes is mentioned by name, as are Mason, Slidell, and others, plus other well-known events (such as Bunker Hill). Wilkes (1798-1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and commanded the ship in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War (1861?1865), where he attacked a Royal Mail Ship, almost leading to war between the U.S. and the UK. The moral of the poem is "If you wish to live in PEACE, always be prepared for War; for a small matter kindleth a great fire! Large enough to set the world ablaze!" Very scarce, none found on OCLC, nor in the holdings of the NY Historical Society.

      [Bookseller: Sanctuary Books]

(Gallo, Conte)
        Cariche del Piemonte e Paesi uniti colla serie cronologica delle persone che le hanno occupate ed altre notizie di nuda istoria dal fine del secolo decimo sino al dicembre 1798 con qualche aggiunta anche del tempo posteriore. Tomo I (e II)
      (Piemonte) - (Gallo, Conte). Torino, a spese di Onorato Desideri, 1798. Cariche del Piemonte e Paesi uniti colla serie cronologica delle persone che le hanno occupate ed altre notizie di nuda istoria dal fine del secolo decimo sino al dicembre 1798 con qualche aggiunta anche del tempo posteriore. Tomo I (e II). 2 volumi in - 8°, br., cop. orig. muta con tasselli (dorsi logori). (4), viv, 762, 22, 10 pp.; 710, 50, 17, (3) pp. Soltanto i primi due volumi (di tre), di questa rara ed interessante opera storica molto dettagliata. Melzi, Opere anonime, I, p. 175. Lozzi, 3605 (in nota: >. Manca alla Bibl. Platneriana. Uff. Mob. 3

      [Bookseller: Brighenti libri esauriti e rari]

Jean Francois Galaup de La Perouse
        Voyage de la Perouse autour du Monde, publie conformement au Decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige par M.L. A. Milet- Mureau
      Paris: de l¿ Imprimerie de la Republique, Paris 1798 - Voyage de la Perouse autour du Monde, publie conformement au Decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige par M.L. A. Milet- Mureau Jean Francois Galaup de La Perouse Classic Pacific Exploration in Contemporary Binding Paris: de l¿ Imprimerie de la Republique, 1798. First Octavo Edition. Five- Volumes Together. Text is Octavo (8 inches in height by 5.25 inches in width) Vol. 1: 368, Vol. 2: 414, Vol. 3: 316 plus tables and voyage log, Vol. 4: 328 pgs including index. Atlas is 17.25 inches in height by 12 inches in width. Atlas contains 69 copper-engraved plates comprising of 30 folding maps including the world chart, 3 folding costal views and 36 full page plates. Text volumes in their contemporary bindings with no previous owner bookplate or writing. Text not only provides details and account of the expedition but important scientific information and first hand observations on native people throughout the Pacific region. The beautiful atlas with its finely engraved maps, charts and plates includes detailed charts of many coastlines and ports, the first representation of the crested quail, and several maps and plates of Monterey, San Diego and the Sandwich Islands. The atlas is in the original boards with all 4 ties intact. It has been professionally re-spined to match the original text volumes. The charge of the expedition (which took place between 1785 to 1788) was to examine areas and regions that have not been explored by Captain Cook. Also to seek the elusive inter-oceanic passage, make scientific observations, communicate with native peoples and examine their products. Obtain reliable information about the fur trade and extent of Spanish settlements in California. They visited Easter Island, Hawaii, Macao, Formosa, the Aleutian Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Australia. La Perouse sent dispatches back to France from Kamchatka and Botany Bay. His two ships set sail from Botany Bay in 1788 and were never heard from again. (Hill) Zamorano 80-36 $19,500 [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Kotzebue, August von, Dramatiker und Schriftsteller (1761-1819).
        Eigenh. Albumblatt mit U. Wien, 10. IV. 1798.
      1798. 1 S. Qu.-8vo. Mit Herderzitat: "Wie der Schatten früh am Morgen / Ist die Freundschafft mit dem Bösen, / Stund' auf Stunde nimmt sie ab; / Aber Freundschaft mit dem Guten / Wächset wie der Abend Schatten, / Bis des Lebens Sonne sinkt. [...] Zum wohlwollenden Andenken empfiehlt sich / Kotzebue." - Dem Morgenschatten nicht unähnlich sollte auch Kotzebues Freundschaft zu Wien und seinen Hofschauspielern von Stund' auf Stunde abnehmen: Noch vor Ende des Jahres am Personal seines Hauses gescheitert, legte er seine Direktion "krankheitshalber" nieder. Allerdings sicherte er sich ein lebenslanges Jahresgehalt von 1000 fl. und wurde vom Kaiser zum Hofdichter ohne Verpflichtung zurm Aufenthalt in Wien ernannt. - Im Rand gering angestaubt bzw. fingerfleckig, sonst wohlerhalten. Am Unterrand alte Signaturvermerke in Bleistift. Hübsches Widmungsblatt, einem Album amicorum entnommen.

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VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798)
        Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World. Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham
      G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards., London 1798 - VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798) Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World. Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham "Of All Modern Exploring Voyages to the Pacific those of Cook, La Perouse and Vancouver were the Most Important" (Howes) "Vancouver, who had served on Cook's third voyage, was made commander of an expedition whose express purpose was to reclaim wherever possible British rights to the Northwest Coast of America. Vancouver sailed to the Pacific via Australia, where he discovered and charted King George Sound and Cape Hood, passed Van Deiman's Land, and visited New Zealand, Hawaii and the Northwest Coast. During the course of three seasons, he surveyed Alaska and the Northwest Coast, investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, and circumnavigated Vancouver Island. He visited San Francisco, Monterey, and other Spanish settlements in Alta California ' (Graff ). "His voyage is important not only for the magnificent charts and splendid views that accompanied it, but also for the valuable and extensive amount of information that it provided on the Spanish settlements, the Indian tribes, and the physical features of the countries that he visited. It is one of the 'classics' of late eighteenth-century geographical literature" (Howell). London Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. First Edition. Three Quarto volumes, lacking folio atlas. Eighteen engraved plates, one of which is a map in the text. Typical uniform toning with some offsetting from boldly struck plates. Complete with half-titles. Text volumes rebound in full tree calf leather binding. Boards lined in double rule and ornamentation. Interior edge and border edge highly decorated in gilt. Spines display 5 raised bands and 6 panels. Exquisite decorative gilt tooling to spine. Decorated red leather title labels and green leather volume labels to spine. Beautiful green marbled end-papers. Fine contemporary binding in style by Richard Smart, Old English Bindery, Vancouver, British Columbia. No Previous owner's bookplate. Plates and text very clean with some very light toning. An excellent set without atlas. Cowan, p. 655. Graff 4456. Hill I, p. 303. Howes V23. Sabin 98443. HBS 64761. Zamorano 80: Number 77 Beautiful Rebound Classic of Northwest Exploration $14,500 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Condillac
        La science des calculs édition originale posthume
      Paris Houel An VI 1798. In 8. 1 feuillet blanc 2 feuillet (faux titre, titre) 487 pages. Demi reliure de l'époque , coins velin. Modeste mais en état, amorce de fissure au premier mors. Intérieur frais et grand de marges. Ce livre forme le XXIIIe volume des oeuvres complêtes et c'est la première parution de cet ouvrage.

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Rush, Benjamin
        Medical Inquiries and Observations. Volume V. Containing an Account of the Yellow Fever, . and Observations upon the Nature and Cure of the Gout and Hydrophobia
      Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia 1798 - xii, 236pp. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Some foxing and marks. Modern rebinding with new eps Brown hardback quarter-leather cover with marbled boards [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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