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Daniel LESCALLIER
        Exposé des moyens de mettre en valeur et d'administrer la Guiane
      Second edition, rare, with large foldout map in fine.Binding half calf antique brown. Back smooth decorated with five florets and casters. part of title in red morocco. Lack tail. Friction. A blunt corner. A thin restoration low mage paper of the title page, same text on another sheet. Good copy. Chez Du Pont A Paris 1798 In-8 (12x20cm) xxiv, 237pp. relié

      [Bookseller: Librairie Le Feu Follet]

RAYNAL, Abbe [Guillaume Thomas]
        A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Revised, augmented, and published, in ten volumes, by the abbe Raynal. Newly translated from the French, by J. O. Justamond, F.R.S. With a new set of maps adapted to the work, and a copious index. In six volumes
      London: Printed for A. Strahan et al., 1798. Five volumes of six only, without volume five. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and seven engraved folding maps. Handsomely bound in contemporary marbled calf, black morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Rubbing to spines, slight chipping to lettering-pieces, corners bumped. Short tear to margin of H8 of Vol. II, small ink-spot to p.125, small spots of marking to text of p.8 of Vol. IV, slight mis-folding of plates, lightly foxed. From the library of Lord Exmouth, with his book-labels to all front pastedowns. A comprehensive critical examination of European colonialism in the East and West Indies by French Enlightenment writer, Guillaume Thomas Raynal (1713-1796). This compendious historical work discusses Spanish conquests in South America, the Portuguese conquest of Brazil, Russian expeditions in Kamchatka, the English and French colonies of North America, the search for the north-west passage, and trade in the Persian Gulf and Arabia. Despite prohibitions launched against it by the government, the work had a wide circulation with translations being done into a majority of European languages, with the first English edition appearing in 1776. Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833), British officer in the Royal Navy during the American Wars of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Promoted Rear-Admiral in 1804, Pellew took command of the East Indies Section, and of the Mediterranean Fleet during 1811-14/1815-16. He purchased the large Bitton House in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1813 - and it is presumably here that his large library was housed. ESTC T121714.. Second edition. 8vo.

      [Bookseller: Antiquates]

        Cupid?s Annual Charter; or St. Valentine?s Festival, in which all true lovers have free leave to declare their sentiments for each other, 1798
      Issac Cruikshank. Published byW. Perk21, St. Martin?s Lane, London, and printed by G. Smeeton, 139 St. Martin?s Lane, London, n.d., hand marked 1798.Hand colored frontispiece. Frontispiece designed by Isaac Cruikshank.24pp. Blue cover, archival tape repair. Geometric designed woodblock paper on board folio cover applied by previous owner. From the collection of Lillian N. Stone. Collection named "Her Valentines". Scarce. OCLC ?one.

      [Bookseller: Eclectibles]

        BERTRAND (Comtesse Françoise-Elisabeth née Fanny Dillon)]. Nuova Grammatica Francese Ad Uso Degl'Italiani, E Di Tutti Coloro Che Bramano Di Parlare E Di Scrivere Correttamente La Lingua Francese. Del Sig. Ab. Maurizio Trofimo Reyre.
      Wage, Fleis, Trieste 1798 - In-8 de VI-568-(1) pp., maroquin rouge à grain long, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin noir, frise dorée d'encadrement, sur chaque plat large pièce de dédicace en maroquin vert dans un filet doré surmontée d'une soupière à l'oiseau, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque). Bel exemplaire de présent offert à la comtesse Françoise-Elisabeth Bertrand qui porte sur le plat supérieur l'inscription en capitales dorées : A son Excellence Madame la Comtesse Bertrand née Dillon. Trieste le 9 Fevrier 1812 (suivi sur le second plat en caractères italiques dorés) Ses enfants, son Epoux font son bonheur suprême ; Avec eux de fils d'or sont tissus tous ses jours : Si ses charmes n'étaient ceux de la Vertu même, Qui ne la croirait pas la Mère des Amours ? Le général Henri-Gratien Bertrand Comte de l'Empire en 1808, épousa la même année la petite-cousine de l'Impératrice Joséphine, Fanny Dillon (1785-1836). « En avril 1811, Fanny accompagne son époux, nommé gouverneur général des Provinces Illyriennes. A Trieste, elle joue à la souveraine avec grâce et distinction, gaieté et esprit. Mais la roue tourne. En 1814, Fanny rejoint à l'Île d'Elbe le grand maréchal du Palais, son époux. Les Cent-Jours l'amènent à Paris, puis à Rochefort avec ses trois enfants et bientôt sur le Bellerophon. A l'annonce de l'exil à Sainte-Hélène, Fanny est saisie d'une violente crise de nerfs et tente de se jeter à la mer. Puis la conscience de son devoir lui fait accepter son sort, avec des pleurs et des regrets qui vont durer six ans. » (Jacques Macé, Dictionnaire historique de Sainte-Hélène). La grammaire française de Maurizio Trofimo Reyre imprimée en italien à Trieste, répondait en 1798 à la nécessité d'apprendre la langue du nouvel occupant français bientôt chassé, de retour en 1805, puis en 1809 où la ville fut intégrée aux Provinces illyriennes sous le gouvernement du Comte Bertrand. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: Bonnefoi Livres Anciens]

CASSINI, G. M.
        Le Coste Nord Ovest Dell' America e Nord Est Dell' Asia Delineate sulle ultime Osservazioni del Cap. Cook
      Rome: G. M. Cassini, 1798. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand color. Image measures 14" x 19.25". This unusual map of Alaska, Siberia and the Bering Strait by Giovanni Maria Cassini was published in 1798. The map notes the discoveries made by Captain Cook on his third voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted in detail. Several Capes, islands and bays are labeled. This map is among the first to accurately map the Alaskan coastlines and the Aleutian Islands, identified here as "Isole Alessiane" and individually identified by the indigenous names.<br><br>It was during this voyage, that Cook encountered an 'impenetrable wall of ice' in the Arctic as he searched for the Northwest Passage, thus putting to rest the hopes for the discovery of an Arctic Northwest Passage. He would eventually sail southward towards Hawaii, where he would meet his end.<br><br>A beautifully engraved title cartouche illustrates four native American Indians, including a woman feeding a baby. This map appeared in the 1798 edition of Cassini's "Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale". In good condition with minor wear along the original centerfold. Original plate mark is visible.<br><BR>Captain Cook (1728 -1779) was among the most famous and important explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain of his time, whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766, he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica, his discovery of many Polynesian islands, including the Hawaiian Islands, first European contact with east Australia, the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest. <br><br>Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745 - 1824) was a geographer, engraver and globe maker based in Rome, Italy. Best known for his globes, his maps stood out for their elaborate engravings, which he did himself, unlike most publishers of the time.

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        \"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. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Hessen

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        \"Ansicht von Oppenheim\". Prächtige Gesamtansicht mit außerordentlich reicher Personenstaffage.
       Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, 1798, 30 x 44 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 4. - Aus der frühen Ausgabe mit reicher aquarellierter Linieneinfassung. Eine der schönsten Ansichten von Oppenheim in feinem Altkolorit und in guter Erhaltung. - Gerahmt. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Rheinland-Pfalz - Saarland

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        \"Ansicht von Speyer\". Prächtige Gesamtansicht mit außerordentlich reicher Personenstaffage.
       Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, 1798, 28,5 x 23,5 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 1. - Ohne Rand. Unten im Bild handschriftlich bezeichnet \"E. Wayes 1799\" (wahrscheinlich Besitzvermerk). Eine der schönsten Ansichten von Speyer in feinem Altkolorit und in guter Erhaltung. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Rheinland-Pfalz - Saarland

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        OPPENHEIM., "Ansicht von Oppenheim". Prächtige Gesamtansicht mit außerordentlich reicher Personenstaffage.
      Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, 1798, 30 x 44 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 4. - Aus der frühen Ausgabe mit reicher aquarellierter Linieneinfassung. Eine der schönsten Ansichten von Oppenheim in feinem Altkolorit und in guter Erhaltung. - Gerahmt. Rheinland-Pfalz - Saarland

      [Bookseller: Buch- und Kunstantiquariat]

Buffon, Sonnini
        HISTOIRE NATURELLE, GENERALE ET PARTICULIERE, par Lecrerc de Buffon. (127 volumi. Completo).
      Dufart VII-XIII (1798-1805), Paris - .nouvelle edition, accompagnée de notes et dans laquelle les supplémens sont insérés dans le premier texte, à la place qui leur convient. L'on y a ajouté l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes et des oiseaux découverts depuis la mort de Buffon, celle des reptiles, des poissons, des insectes et des vers; enfin, l'histoire des plantes, dont se grand naturaliste n'a pas eu le tems de s'occuper. Ouvrage formant un cours complet d'Histoire naturelle redigé par C.S. Sonnini. 127 volumi (12,5x20 cm) in bella legatura coeva in piena pelle marmorizzata, cornice dorata ai piatti, dorso liscio ornato e dorato con doppio tassello di titolo e tomagione. --Un volume con rilegatura rifatta a imitazione, alcune cuffie mancanti o altri segni d'uso e del tempo ai margini e agli angoli. Risguardie marmorizzate, testimoni. Set completo di questa famosa edizione, con 1113 tavole quasi tutte colorate a mano e carte geografiche, più circa 30 schemi di classificazione e tabelle. Qualche brunitura a macchia o fioriture, ma bell'insieme di questa monumentale riedizione e aggiornamento dell'opera di Buffon. L'opera è così divisa: Théorie de la terre, 3 tomes; Epoques de la Nature, 1 tome; Histoire des Minéraux, 12 tomes; Des Animaux, 1 tome; De l'Homme, 4 tomes; Quadrupèdes, 13 tomes; des Singes, 2 tomes;; des Oiseaux, 28 tomes; Crustacés et Insectes, 14 tomes; Mollusques, 6 tomes; Reptiles, 8 tomes; Plantes, 18 tomes; Poissons, 14 tomes; Tables analytiques, 3 tomes. Non tutte le tavole sono numerate, e a volte non sono in sequenza, ma corrispondono al testo.Oltre al testo "classico" di Buffon sono assai importanti le integrazioni sulla base delle nuove scoperte scientifiche. Rettili e anfibi sono opera del Dudin, con 100 tavole; i molluschi sono di Denis de Monfort, con 72 tavole; uccelli e pesci sono sviluppati dal Sonnini; gli insetti da Latrelle. In sostanza, i migliori studiosi degli anni a cavallo tra 7 e 8cento furono partecipi dell'opera, rara da trovare così completa e in belle condizioni esterne.

      [Bookseller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico]

WHITE (John);
        Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, à Botany-Bay, au port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789; par John White, Chirurgien en chef de l'établissement des Anglais, dans cette partie du globe; Ouvrage où l'on trouve de nouveaux sur le caractère et les usages des habitans du cap de Bonne-Espérance, de l'île Ténériffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle-Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'à présent, traduit de l'Anglais, avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les moeurs; Par Charles Pougens.
      Guillaume 1798 - In-8 de XII 206 pp. 1 f.n.ch. 256 pp. 2 ff.n.ch.(table), basane marbrée de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Deuxième édition française ornée de 2 planches gravées hors-texte (Sabin 103406 - Chadenat 5155 - Borba de Moraes pp. 940-941 - Hill I, p. 324 - Ferguson, 231). L'auteur était chirurgien en chef à bord d'un des bateaux de la flotte britannique qui transportait les condamnés en Australie. Ouvrage où l'on trouve de nouveaux détails sur le caractère et les usages des habitants du Cap de Bonne-Espérance, de l'ile Ténériffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'à présent. Traduit de l'anglais avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les m?urs, par Charles Pougens et enrichi de deux planches dessinées par Monnet et gravées par Clément. Bel exemplaire de cette importante relation de voyage sur l'Australie. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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MIDDLETON, John
        View of the Agriculture of Middlesex: with Observations on the Means of its Improvement, and Several Essays on Agriculture in General. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture...Accompanied by the Remarks of Several Respectable Gentlemen and Farmers
      Two hand-colored folding engraved maps & one folding printed table. xvii pp., 1 leaf of errata, 597 pp. 8vo, cont. speckled calf, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by B. Macmillan for G. Nicol et al., 1798. First edition and rather scarce. Middleton (1751-1833), land surveyor and agriculturalist, was a member of the London Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. The present work has long been considered to be the best of all of the Board of Agriculture's surveys of the English counties (see ODNB). Middleton was a prolific writer on rural matters and was inspired by a wish to improve the lot of his fellow countrymen. Fine copy.

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

FAUCHET Claude & CHAMFORT Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas de
        Collection complete des Tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française
      - De l'imprimerie de Pierre Didot l'Aîné, A Paris 1798 (An VI), Grd. in-Folio (32x48,5cm), (4) vj, 4, 8, 5-162p. et (2) 161-324p. et (2) 325-580p. et (4) 36, 27, 12, 9, 32, 9, 19, 11p. (4), 3 tomes en 4 volumes reliés. - Prima edizione di questa pubblicazione monumentale che originariamente apparso nel 1791-1796 in 112 consegne. Leganti completo marrone di pelle di pecora in marmo di tempo firmato Bradel, il figlio maggiore (etichetta all'interno della copertina). Dos liscio elegantemente decorato con gioielli e ruote. parti del titolo in marocchino rosso e numero del volume in marocco verde. fregio inquadratura sui piatti. Rotolare su turni. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale de cette monumentale publication qui parut primitivement de 1791 à 1796 en 112 livraisons. Belle impression sur Grand papier Velin, dont Didot s'était fait une spécialité. L'illustration, abondante et remarquable, se compose de 2 frontispices de Fragonard fils, 144 figures (20x25cm à la planche, et 22,5x32cm) des tableaux historiques de la Révolution Française par Jean-Louis Prieur, Jacques François Joseph Swebach Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, Abraham Girardet, Nicolas-Marie Ozanne, Fragonard et Jean Desaulx. Le troisième tome ou quatrième volume comprend un frontispice 'Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen", 9 figures et 66 planches contenant 66 portraits en médaillon à la manière noire, 66 bandeaux historiés et le texte gravé en italique. Bien complet de la planche des assignats rehaussés en couleurs et du tableau de la valeur des assignats. In fine, Feuillets de la publication en livraison, et document sur le Concordat, le Consulat et Bonaparte nommé Consul à vie. Il est important de noter qu'il a été joint à cet exemplaire le texte double des 40 premiers tableaux, le texte révolutionnaire, et le texte modifié. Reliures en pleine basane brune jaspée d'époque signées Bradel, fils aîné (étiquette sur le contreplat). Dos lisses élégamment ornés de fleurons et roulettes. Pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin vert. Frise d'encadrement sur les plats. Roulette sur les coupes. Estafilades sur les plats du tome I, une sur le plat supérieur du tome II. Dicrètes et fines restaurations à plusieurs coins, bordures (en reprenant habilement les roulettes), et comblements de certaines zones (plats des tomes II et III). Quelques rares rousseurs sur les serpentes. Toutes les serpentes sont présentes. Absence ou pas, seul le premier volume contient une page de titre après le faux-titre, les autres volumes n'ayant qu'un faux-titre ; en outre le dernier volume évoquant le consulat à vie de Bonaparte, il n'a pu être imprimé qu'en 1802. On notera quant aux faux-titres seulement présents, qu'il en est de même pour l'exemplaire présent à Oxford, celui de l'Université de Londres, et celui de l'université d'Edimbourg, idem pour l'exemplaire de la Royal Academy of Arts. Magnifique exemplaire relié par Bradel à grandes marges, d'une belle fraîcheur. "Une succession chronologique d'événements marquants de la Révolution française, présentés chacun par un texte et illustrés par une gravure. Ce recueil ayant été conçu dans la dynamique de l'actualité qu'il relate, avec un décalage plus ou moins long, constitue un exemple remarquable d'écriture et de représentation contemporaine de l'Histoire. Avec leurs contrefaçons hollandaise et allemande, les gravures des Tableaux historiques véhiculèrent ainsi en Europe, à retardement, mais avec une efficacité incontestable, sinon le souffle de la Révolution française, du moins une nouvelle image de la France au seuil du XIXe siècle" (Claudette Hould, Annie Jourdan, Rolf Reichardt et Stéphane Roy, Musée de la Révolution française, RMN, 2002). Outre les 144 événements marquants de la Révolution Française, présentés et racontés par Chamfort, Fauchet, Guinguéné et Pagès, le troisième tome présente 9 discours préliminaires aux tableaux historiques et 60 notices gravées des acteurs de la Révolution Française (on y trouve le Consul Bonaparte). Ces 9 discours préliminaires sont également des tableaux historiques et viennent en supplément. Les 66 personnages de la Révolution Française n'ont pas été choisis pour leurs bonnes ou mauvaises actions mais plutôt en fonction du rôle qu'ils ont joué dans l'histoire de la Révolution Française. Les Constitutions de 1791 et 1793, de l'an III, La Déclaration des droits de l'homme, sont intercalés entre les portraits. Cette majestueuse publication évoque celles que fit Louis XIV en son temps sur le château de Versailles ou sur ses campagnes militaires et qui étaient destinées à véhiculer la grandeur de la France, le but avoué était ici le même, essaimer les idées et l'extraordinaire aventure de la Révolution Française, non par un panégyrique, mais par une réprésentation imagée et strictement historique des événements. Enfin, il faut remarquer que la Révolution Française s'achève dans l'ouvrage par la nomination de Bonaparte en tant que Consul à vie (le voeu du peuple français pour le Consulat à vie), comme un aboutissement de tant d'événements, une des dernières gravures étant le coup d'état du 18 brumaire.

      [Bookseller: Librairie Le Feu Follet]

        REMAGEN., "Ansicht des Rathauses zu Remagen". Ansicht mit Brunnen und Fachwerkhaus.
      Altkol. Umrißradierung von Johann Ziegler nach Lorenz Janscha, 1798, 30 x 44 cm. Schmitt, Rhein-Beschreibungen 114, 33. - Aus der berühmten Sammlung "Collection de cinquante Vues du Rhin". Mit reicher aquarellierter Linieneinfassung. Am rechten Rand gering berieben, sonst gut erhalten und farbfrisch. Rheinland-Pfalz - Saarland

      [Bookseller: Buch- und Kunstantiquariat]

Prasse, de, Moritz:
        De Ellipseos Evoluta et Aequidistantibus earumque Constructione Scripsit et Orationem, die 12 sept. 1798 in audvitorio Philosophorum Professionis Philosophicae Extraordinariae adeundae caussa habebit Mauricius de Prasse
      Impressit Carolus Tauchnitz Lipsiae (Leipzig), 1798. Broschur, 14 Seiten Gr.-8°, Broschiert deutliche Gebrauchsspuren, Ecken und Kanten berieben, die Front stärker an den Rändern beschmutzt, am unteren Rand auf den ersten beiden Seiten ein Wasserrand Qrdner1 Versand D: 4,90 EUR

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Robertson, Wilhelm
        Geschichte von Amerika. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Johann Friedrich Schiller. Neue Ausgabe. 3 Bände.
      Leipzig, Weidmannische Buchhandlung, 1798 - 1801. Mit ganzseitigem Frontispiz (Porträt des Autors), vier großformatigen, mehrfach gefalteten, gestochenen Landkarten sowie einer gestochenen, mehrfach gefalteten Bildtafel (Mexicanische Bilderschriften) sowie mit ausführlichem Register im zweiten Band. Einschlägiges Werk zur Geschichte des amerikanischen Kontinents mit besonderem Augenmerk unter anderem auf die Entdeckungsgeschichte und die Eroberungshistorie Mittelamerikas. Buchrücken des ersten Bandes fachmännisch restauriert. Die Bände ansonsten in sehr gutem Zustand, auch innen frische, nahezu fleckenfreie Exemplare Karten vollständig vorhanden und sauber erhalten. Weitere Fotos auf der Homepage des Antiquariats (bitte Art.-Nr. auf der Angebotsseite in das Suchfeld eingeben).

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DIDEROT
        uvres complètes.
      1798 - Édition en partie originale des ?uvres complètes de Diderot, ?bien exécutée et beaucoup plus complète que l'édition en 15 volumes » de 1798. (Brunet). Paris, 1818-1819. DIDEROT, Denis. ?uvres complètes. Paris, A. Belin, 1818-1819. 7 tomes en 7 volumes in-8 de : I/ (1) f., xlv pp., (1) p.bl., 754 pp., 2 planches dépliantes ; II/ (2) ff., 736 pp., 1 planche dépliante ; III/ (2) ff., 799 pp. ; IV/ (2) ff., 755 pp. ; V/ (2) ff., 678 pp. ; VI/ (2) ff., 525 pp., (3) pp. ; VII/ (2) ff., 367 pp. Reliés en demi-cuir de Russie de l'époque, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin vert, tranches jaunes. Reliure de l'époque. 207 x 127 mm. Édition collective en partie originale des ?uvres de Diderot, ?bien exécutée et beaucoup plus complète que l'édition en 15 volumes.? (Brunet). Brunet, II, 700; Cioranescu, 23992; David Adams, Bibliographie des ?uvres de Denis Diderot, I, A8; Barbier, II, 13124; M. Escoffier, Le Mouvement romantique, n° 378. « L'édition Belin contient un septième volume, intitulé ?Supplément'. Il en existe trois versions, l'une datée de 1818, les deux autres de 1819. Malgré sa date, celle de 1819 semble avoir été la première à voir le jour. » (D. Adams.) / Enlarged edition of Diderot's Complete works, ?well executed and much more complete than the 15 volumes edition? of 1798 (Brunet). Paris, 1818-1819. DIDEROT, Denis. ?uvres complètes. Paris, A. Belin, 1818-1819. 7 parts in 7 8vo volumes [207 x 127 mm] of: I/ (1) l., xlv pp., (1) bl.p., 754 pp., 2 folding plates; II/ (2) ll., 736 pp., 1 folding plate; III/ (2) ll., 799 pp.; IV/ (2) ll., 755 pp.; V/ (2) ll., 678 pp.; VI/ (2) ll., 525 pp., (3) pp.; VII/ (2) ll., 367 pp. Bound in contemporary half-Russian leather, flat spines richly decorated, green morocco lettering pieces, yellow edges. Contemporary binding. Enlarged collective edition of Diderot's Works, ?well executed and much more complete than the edition in 15 volumes.? (Brunet). Brunet, II, 700; Cioranescu, 23992; David Adams, Bibliographie des ?uvres de Denis Diderot, I, A8; Barbier, II, 13124; M. Escoffier, Le Mouvement romantique, n° 378. ?The Belin edition contains a seventh volume, entitled ?Supplément'. There are three versions of it, one of them dated 1818, the other two 1819. Despite its date, the one of 1819 seems to be the first one that came out.? (D. Adams.) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Librairie Camille Sourget]

DELL, Claas (broker).
        ...Presenteert by openbare opveylinge aen de meest daer voor biedende te verkoopen, een extraordinary welbezeylt galjoot-schip, ... genaemt de Sint Sebastiaen. Amsterdam, Hendrik Harmensz. Boterenbrood, [1698]. Folded half-sheet (ca. 34.5 x 42.5 cm).
      Not in Knuttel; Maritiemdigitaal.nl; NCC. Unrecorded 17th-century poster announcing the auction of the galleon "Sint Sebastiaen", complete with anchors, ropes, sails, gunner's, helmsman's, cook's and boatswain's equipment and two small boats. The ship was auctioned on 27 October 1798 at the Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement by Johannes Kersteman.With a contemporary manuscript note by Gerrit Hiddes, who apparently inspected the ship on 14 February 1699 and was able to locate all items except for the sails that were stored at the broker's.Some minor spots and slightly frayed along the edges, otherwise in good condition.

      [Bookseller: ASHER Rare Books (Since 1830)]

GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques
        Les Fastes du Peuple Français.
      1798 - Rare recueil d'aquatintes consacré aux faits d'armes des citoyens français sous le Consulat entièrement rehaussé de couleurs à la main à l'époque. [Paris, s.n., 1798-1801].In-4 composé d'un frontispice gravé, de 15 planches numérotées (sur 16) et de (9) ff. de texte explicatif (sur 16). Relié en plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs finement orné, double file doré sur les coupes, large roulette intérieure dorée à motif végétal accompagnée de filets dorés, non-rogné. Reliure de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle signée Riviere & Son. 251 x 191 mm. / Rare collection of aquatints dedicated to the feats of arms of the French citizens under the Consulate entirely contemporary heightened by hand with colors. [Paris, n.n., 1798-1801].4to [251 x 191 mm] composed of an engraved frontispiece, 15 numbered plates (out of 16) and of (9) ll. of explanatory text (out of 16). Bound in full red morocco, triple gilt fillet on the covers, spine ribbed finely decorated, large inner gilt border made of a vegetal pattern and gilt fillets, untrimmed. Bound during the second half of the 19th century, signed by Riviere & Son. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Helen Maria Williams a
        A Tour in Switzerland, Vol. 1
      G. G. &amp; J. Robinson, 1798. Hardcover. Good. 1798. 354 pages. No dust jacket. Volume 1 only. Marbled green boards half bound in green leather with gilt lettering. Small tape shadows to endpapers and pastedowns. Mild tanning and use marking to pages. Text remains clear throughout. Minor edge wear and use marking to boards and spine. Binding remains firm.

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LA PEROUSE, (JEAN-FRANCOIS de GALAUP).
        Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde, publié conformément au Décrets du 22 Avril 1791, et rédigé par M.L.A. Milet-Mureau. 4 Vols. + Atlas.
      Paris, Plassin, 1798. 8vo. a. folio. (44 x 30) cm. Textvolumes bound in 4 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. Tome-label on volume one eroded. Stamp on title-pages. (4),LXVIII,368;(4),414;316,(120 = Tables);(4),328 pp. A few scattered brownspots. Atlasvolume bound in matching hcalf. Spine gilt and rubbed. Lower compartment of spine with wear and tear. Engraved portrai of Pérouse as frontispiece. Engraved pictorial titlepage with cupids and naviogational instruments (dessinée par Moreau le Jeune) and 69 engraved maps, plans and plates of which 32 are large folded engraved maps. Mild foxing to some parts of some maps, occasionally mild dampstains to some plates, marginal browning and some spotting. One map with a repair to folding. Second edition of the textvolumes (the first appeared the year before, 1797) and first edition of plates. (69 plates to the first, 70 to the second)."In 1785, Jean-Francois de Galaup, Comte de la Perouse, began preparations for an extensive sea voyage. His aim was to explore the Pacific regions of North and South America, Asia and Australasia. The sponsor of the expedition was the French king, Louis XVI, who was inspired by Captain James Cook's Pacific voyages. Louis ordered the French expedition to show the world that France could also dominate in ocean exploration. The expedition consisted of two ships - La Boussole and L'Astrolabe. They carried a total of 225 crew, officers and scientists. The ships left France in August 1785 and sailed south around Cape Horn. The voyage was expected to last four years. During the voyage, La Perouse sent back regular reports to France. The expedition mapped coastlines and explored uncharted areas of ocean. The expedition's scientists also spent time onshore at various ports, observing the habits and customs of local people and collecting natural history specimens. The expedition's progess until September 1787 was published by the French government as Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde [La Perouse's voyage around the world]. It was reprinted many times and translated into several languages. In 1791, when La Perouse had not returned to France or made any contact by dispatch, the French government sent out a search party. It was commanded by Rear Admiral Joseph Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux and consisted of two ships, Recherche and Esperance.... The complete disappearance of La Perouse caught the imagination of the European public. Songs, stories and plays were written about the possible fate of the expedition, including a popular play called, Perouse, or, The desolate island..... It was not until 1964 that the wreck of La Boussole was finally discovered on Vanikoro's reefs. At last the fate of La Perouse and his crew was known. The expedition is commemorated in the name of a Sydney suburb on the shores of Botany Bay - La Perouse." (State Library of New South Wales, Website).Sabin, 38960.

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FORSTER, George.
        A Journey from Bengal to England through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea.
      London: R. Faulder,, 1798. 2 volumes bound as 1, quarto (270 × 211 mm). Contemporary calf, tan double labels, low broad bands with a gilt palmette roll, single fillet gilt panel to the boards, gilt edge-roll, all edges gilt, brown silk page-marker still intact. Double folding strip map of "the Route of Mr. Forster from Loldong to Petersburg". Bound with both half-titles. A little rubbed at the extremities, some minor scuffing on the boards, spine slightly dry and darkened, front joint just started at the head, endpapers lightly foxed, the folding map a little more heavily so, light browning of the text-block with the occasional spot of foxing, overall a very good copy. First edition thus. The first volume was published in Calcutta in 1790, the year before Forster's death, the whole being published for the first time as here. Forster, (c.1752?1791), was an officer of the HEIC on the Madras establishment, and between 1782 and 1784 undertook "a remarkable overland journey from Calcutta to Europe, travelling through Jammu to Kashmir, Kabul, Herat, Persia, across the Caspian Sea, and thence to Russia. This journey traced back, to a large extent, the route of Alexander in his pursuit of Bessus. It also took Forster through districts of considerable commercial and political interest to the British. Adopting various disguises on his route ? he travelled in the company of local merchants. This clandestine mode of travel, through regions completely unfamiliar to contemporary Europeans, made it impossible for him to use any instruments to survey his route, although he was later described as an acute observer with a good knowledge of the languages of central Asia" (ODNB). In Russia he had "sailed up the Volga to Russia, and then proceeded to St. Petersburg" (Cross), his travels there occupying just under a hundred pages of volume II. On his return to England he was encouraged by Henry Dundas to to write a general study of the political state of India, and "in 1785 he published Sketches of the Mythology and Customs of the Hindoos, a work which attracted considerable attention" (ODNB). On his return to India he was employed by Cornwallis to negotiate the conclusion of defensive alliance against Tipu Sultan with Mudhoji Bhonsla and the Nizam Shah, reaching Nagpur in July 1788. He died there in 1790 as resident to the court of Raja Raghoji Bhonsla. The completion of the present work was attained "from papers found in his possession", and on publication quickly obtained a high reputation, being "valued by contemporaries for its contribution to the geographical knowledge of central Asia". It was swiftly translated into French by the prominent orientalist Louis-Mathieu Langlès, being published in 1802 as Voyage du Bengale à Pétersbourg. A very pretty copy of an important text.

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Hedwig, Joanne:
        Theoria generationis et fructificationis plantarum cryptogamicarum linnaei. Text in latein.
      Leipzig, Verlag Breitkopf & Härtel, 1798. XII + 268 + Tab. A + 42 Tafeln mit handcolorierten Abbildungen nach Zeichnungen des Verfassers., 4°. neutraler Pappeinband der Zeit., Einband berieben, etwas angeschmutzt und beschabt. Buchrücken oberhalb mit kleiner Fehlstelle. Papier altersbeding etwas gilb und teils leicht stockfleckig. Zum Teil unaufgeeschnittenes Exemplar. Insgesamt gutes und seltenes Exemplar. Versand D: 5,00 EUR Mooskunde, Moos, Bryologie, Seemos

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Lütgendorf, Karl Friedrich August, Freiherr von]
        Die Unentschlossenheit einer Mutter, oder die zwey Neffen. Ein Schauspiel in einem Aufzug vom Verfasser von: Trennung aus Stolz
      Joseph Lentner, Munich 1798 - First (and only?) edition. 48 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The Indecision of a Mother. Rare one-act play by Karl von Lütgendorf, author of Trennung aus Stolz (1794). "The Indecision of a Mother": the noble lady, fifteen years a widow, has a terrible secret. When she gave birth to a son, another woman had a boy at the same time; the two babies were mixed up and she was unable to tell which was hers. She paid the woman a thousand gulden in cash and a valuable diamond necklace, swore her to secrecy, and raised the boys as twins. Her loathsome brother-in-law discovered the secret in a deathbed confession ? Holzmann/Bohatta VII, 10495. Not in OCLC Contemporary violet wrappers, somewhat faded, with two small tickets on front cover. RARE

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BACON-TACON (Pierre Jean Jacques).
        Recherches sur les Origines Celtiques, principalement sur celles du Bugey considéré comme berceau du Delta Celtique.
      A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné, se trouve chez Carteret, et à Bourg, chez Dufour et Josseran, 1798. - 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8. frontispice. 2ff. 572pp. 1 planche dépliante hors-texte. + 479pp. 8 planches hors-texte. Demi-veau, dos lisses ornés (Reliure postérieure). Edition Originale de cet ouvrage curieux de l'archéologue Bacon-Tacon (1738-1817), qui "eut une vie fort agitée et pleine d'actes peu honorables" selon Larousse. C'est une tentative pour démontrer l'origine celtique du Bugey, région natale de l'auteur située à la frontière de la Suisse et qu'il considérait comme "le berceau du Delta Celtique". On y trouve notamment d'intéressantes recherches linguistiques sur l'origine et la signification des noms celtes. "L'auteur a enrichi son ouvrage d'une multitude de recherches onomastiques, puisées dans la science de la signification des noms celtes imposés de temps immémorial aux lieux, montagnes, fleuves, habitations et familles encore subsistantes, de différentes contrées du globe" (Journal Général de la Littérature de France). Exemplaire du diplomate Alfred Marey-Monge (1814-1846), avec sa signature sur le faux-titre de chaque volume. Petit-fils du célèbre mathématicien Gaspard Monge et frère du général qui gouverna l'Algérie, Marey-Monge fut nommé consul de France à Mogador (Maroc) et il périt, à l'âge de 32 ans, au large des côtes marocaines dans le naufrage du Papin, un vapeur reliant Cadiz au Sénégal. 10 planches hors-texte gravées incluant une planche dépliante et un frontispice. Très bon exemplaire, bien complet des pages 81 à 108 qui manquent à certains exemplaires. Brunet, 23168. Journal Général de la Littérature de France, I, p.324. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal (1750 - 1803)
        Pensées Libres Sur Les Prêtres
      Première Edition, Edition Originale Marmorierter Hartkarton Sehr gut Text Französisch. Lan I. de la Raison et VI. De la République Francaise (1798). Schöner marmorierter Hartkarton mit Goldprägung auf Buchrücken, minimale Läsuren am Kapital und Kapitalband, solide und dekorativ, 216 Seiten, klar gedruckter Text auf büttenartigem Papier, kaum Stockflecken, insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. --- Sylvain Maréchal (eigentlich Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal 15. August 1750 in Paris 18. Januar 1803 in Montrouge) war ein französischer Dichter, Philosoph und Schöpfer des Maréchal-Kalenders. Er gilt als Vordenker des Anarchismus. --- Relié en carton marbré, dos avec titre en lettres dorées, très peu de rousseurs, état très satisfaisant. --- Pierre Sylvain Maréchal, né à Paris le 15 août 1750 et mort le 18 janvier 1803, est un écrivain, poète et pamphlétaire français. Militant politique, il fut le compagnon de Gracchus Babeuf, précurseur du communisme. --- 11,5 x 19 Cm. 0,25 Kg. +++ Stichwörter: Anarchismus Französische Revolution Antiklerikalismus Kommunismus Etre Suprême Philosophie Pamphlet Anarchisme Anticléricalisme

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Shaw, Rev. Stebbing.
        The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire. Complete Set of 2 Volumes (all published). With an original Plan of Wolverhampton, A large map of Staffordshire, Engravings of Boscobel House, The Pedigree of Turton, Etchings of Kings Bromley, Pipe Ridware House, Lichfield, Site of Blythbury Priory, Mavesyn Ridware, Cathedral of Lichfield, View of Freeford, etc. etc. Volume I - Containing the Ancient and Modern History of Thirty Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow, arranged Geographically, with an Appendix of the most curious Charters &c. Illustrated with sixty-two copper plates and a copious Index / Volume II - Part1 (all published) - Containing the Prefatory Introduction, commencing with a Series of Original Letters from Plot's time to the present General and Natural History &c. Ancient and Modern History of the remaining Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow and the Whole of Seisdon, arranged Geographically with an Appendix of curious Charters and other additions and Corrections &c. Illustra
      Large-Folio. Volume I: Folded Map of Staffordshire by W.Faden, Portrait of Rev. Shaw (detached), XXIV, (2), 125, XXXVIII, 434, 38 pages / Volume II, Part I: A Plan of Wolverhampton, XXXII, 290, 20 pages. With a double-page plan, a large, folded county map (coloured), 82 engraved plates, numerous vignettes within the text and 3 folded pedigree - tables. Modern Hardcover. Exceptionally restored. This work is difficult to handle if not in a sturdy binding ! Original Edition in professionally rebound halfleather with gilt lettering on spine and extra-strong boards, suited for this heavy set. This masterpiece of underestimated english local history is of great interest because of its fold out maps and numerous large folio etchings. Includes the two Fronticpiece-Maps: "The County of Staffordshire from the Improved Map in six sheets by W.Yates - published by W.Faden, Charing Cross, 1798" and " A Plan of Wolverhampton, surveyed in MDCCL by Isaac Taylor and engraved by Thomas Jefferys" /

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Knox, William] / [McNally, Leonard] / [Warner William Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore].
        Extra Official State Papers. Addressed to The Right Hon. Lord Rawdon and the Other Members of the Two House of Parliament, Associated for the Preservation of the Constitution and Promoting the Prosperity of the British Empire. By a Late Under Secretary of State [William Knox].
      Volume One (of two) in two parts. 8. 49, [1], 14, [2], 174 [2] pages plus Errata-leaf. Original Hardcover. Contemporary Irish calf with edges stained green. Neatly rebacked. Gilt ornaments on spine with beautiful original spinelabel. In overall excellent condition. This thoughtful work on Irish politics and history was written by an Irish-born government official, and subsequently owned by two significant figures in Irish history, both of whom have left their mark on it. The first was the spy and co-founder of the United Irishmen, Leonard Macnally who has signed and annotated the text, followed by Warner William Westenra second Baron Rossmore who has left his notes and jottings on the Act of Union. SABIN 38181] The title page bears the ownership signature of Leonard Macnally who signs himself 'Leo: MacNally' with the name of the anonymous author '[William] Knox' written in his hand below. Macnally, a barrister and playwright, is now remembered as a notorious spy for the British government, exploiting his status as a co-founder of the United Irishmen to betray friends and republican clients such as Wolfe Tone even as he purported to defend them in the court cases that followed the rebellion of 1798. In addition to his ownership signature MacNally has lightly annotated Knox's Appendix which contains a 'Paper delivered to Lord Frederick Campbell, when appointed Secretary to Ireland, 1767' in which the author addresses the 'tyranny' of aristocratic government in Ireland, lamenting the 'wretched... ancient condition of Ireland... in respect to property' ownership. MacNally's interest seems to lie in Knox's reading of the history of Irish land tenure with five inked annotations setting out the legal justification for Knox's historical analysis, frequently by reference to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. The bookplate of the Barons Rossmore appears on the front pastedown, almost certainly Warner William Westenra (1765-1842) the second Baron who was briefly a member of the Irish Parliament before losing his seat in the Act of Union, returning to spearhead a campaign to reform the representative peerage in Ireland, finally serving as Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan. On the penultimate blank endpaper, Westenra wrestles with the implications of Union with the UK, apparently writing before the act: 'The question now before the public is shall we have an Union?... Shall the people of Ireland consent to an Union of Legislature... The voice of thousands cry out no - that is the voice of thousands exclaim - let material pride trample upon national interest.' Alluding to one of the perennial features of Irish history, Rossmore acknowledges: 'Literary men of genius will go to England', but resignedly continues, 'Is that not the case now - Sheridan &c' [Description: Christian White

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VIRGIL
        P. Virgilii Maronis Opera.
      London: by M. Brown at the expense of G. and G. Ginger [and 11 others],, 1798. Interepretatione et notis. Illustravit Carolus Ruaeus, Soc. Jesu. Jussu christianissimi Regis, ad usum serenissimi Delphini. Juxta editionem novissimam parisiensem. Huic editioni accessit index accuratissimus, antè editi longè locupletior. Octavo (210 x 122 mm). Bound for presentation in contemporary straight-grain red morocco, Greek-key, floral and vine-leaf rolls gilt to spine forming compartments, elaborate fleur-de-lys and crossed-arrow centrepieces and simple floral cornerpieces gilt, black morocco label, gilt border comprising interwoven feathered and dotted roll-tools to covers, decorate gilt-rolls to board-edges and turn-ins, edges dyed yellow, dark blue coated endpapers. Engraved folding map, "Aenae Trojani navigatio". Index separately paginated. Later book label of J. L. Weir to front pastedown. Spine slightly dry, mild darkening to morocco, light rubbing to corners of boards, superficial score to front, a couple of small markings to rear, a few trivial spots to contents, short neat split to one of the map folds. A lovely copy. Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton's copy, presented to him while a pupil in his third year at Glasgow Grammar School, with his prize plate dated 1801 to the front pastedown. Hamilton (1788-1856) entered the school at the age of nine, and began taking Greek and Latin classes at the University of Glasgow in 1800, aged twelve. He was elected professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh in 1836, and "was best-known as the originator of 'the philosophy of the conditioned', a philosophical perspective that combined, or in the eyes of critics inevitably failed to combine, the insights of Thomas Reid with those of Immanuel Kant" (ODNB). His library of 10,000 volumes, purchased after his death for presentation to the University of Glasgow. The so-called Delphin edition of Virgil was the work of French Jesuit scholar Charles de la Rue (1643-1725). First published in 1675, it "did perhaps more than any other single edition has done to advance the study of Virgil" (Lonsdale and Lee, eds., The Globe Edition of the Works of Virgil, p. 7), and was used by Dryden in his translation of the Aeneid. This copy is a particularly handsome example of Regency-era bookbinding, work that Hamilton would have doubtless appreciated, himself being a skilled amateur binder.

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Anonymus [Tone, Theobald Wolfe / Samuel McTier / Thomas Russell / William Sinclair, Henry Joy McCracken, Samuel Neilson, Henry Haslett, Gilbert McIlveen, William Simms, Robert Simms, Thomas McCabe and Thomas Pearce / Society of United Irishmen].
        Society of United Irishmen of Dublin. Established November IX. MDCCXCI./ "Let the Nation Stand". [Being the printed Founding Manifesto of this revolutionary organization these are the Declaration, resolutions, addresses, circulars, letters and transactions of the Society].
      First Edition. Duodecimo. (8), 207 pages (pages 205/206 have been replaced by a mimeographed page and bound with the volume - ask for detailed photographs). Hardcover / Full leather of the early 20th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce publication ! No copy available on the worldwide market at the time of cataloging. The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform. However, it evolved into a revolutionary republican organisation, inspired by the American Revolution and allied with Revolutionary France. It launched the Irish Rebellion of 1798 with the objective of ending British monarchical rule over Ireland and founding a sovereign, independent Irish republic. During the 1780s, a few liberal members of the ruling Protestant Ascendancy, organised as the Irish Patriot Party led by Henry Grattan, campaigned for: reform of the Irish parliament a lessening of British interference in Ireland's affairs and expanding the rights and voting franchise for Catholics and Presbyterians. Backing them up was the Irish Volunteers movement, which had widespread Protestant support. Whilst they had limited success such as the establishment of Grattan's Parliament and the repeal of some of the discriminatory Penal Laws, they fell short of many of their aims. When the parliamentary reform movement collapsed in 1784, it left radicals without a political cause. By the mid-1780s, radicalism in Ireland was taking a new, bolder form, typified by the letters penned by William Drennan which were published in the Belfast Newsletter and in pamphlets. In them he hit out at leaders of the Volunteers such as Grattan and Charlemont for their conservatism and restraint, and at the political establishment for preventing the reform of the Irish parliament. Most notably was his appeal for all Anglicans, Dissenters, and Roman Catholics to unite together as one indifferent association, however he accepted that this would only appeal to the minority within each denomination. Inspiring and increasing the radicalisation of Irish reformists was the French Revolution which had started in 1789, and had so far remained largely bloodless, with the French king forced to concede effective power to a National Assembly. Also in 1789 the Whig party was founded in Ireland and soon it became an alliance of radicals, reform-minded parliamentarians, and dissident representatives of the governing class. By 1791 this alliance however was already fracturing, and several rival Whig clubs were set up by people such as Napper Tandy in Dublin and Belfast. Another grouping was a "shadowy" organisation of eleven people headed by Samuel Neilson, that sought to move the recently revived Volunteer movement in as far a radical direction as possible. The enthusiasm for the French Revolution saw great Irish interest in Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man released in May 1791, which defended it and saw around 20,000 cheap copies printed for digest in Ireland. A couple of months later the Belfast Volunteer company gathered to celebrate the second anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. It was intended that a new radical society was to be announced during the celebrations which William Drennan, who was to give a declaration, asked to add in resolutions. Drennan refused due to the short notice of the request and suggested that a Theobald Wolfe Tone be asked. Tone's reformist radicalism had advanced beyond that of the Whigs, and he proposed three resolutions for the new society, which he named the Society of United Irishmen. The first resolution was for the denouncing of the continuing interference of the British establishment in Irish affairs. The second was for the full reform of the Irish parliament and its representation. The last resolution called for a union of religious faiths in Ireland to "abolish the differences that had long divided Irishmen" and sought to give Catholics political rights. This last proposal however was quietly dropped by the Belfast Volunteers to ensure unanimity for the proposals amongst the people. This seemed to delay the launch of the new society and by August 1791, Tone in response to the rebuff of his third resolution, published the popular and robust An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, which argued why they should be included in attempts at reform. That October, Tone was invited to a debate on the creation of a new society by a group of people including Neilson. Here he found that his resolutions were now found a few months later to be "too tame". A new set of resolutions were drafted and agreed to on 14 October, which the Belfast branch of the Society of United Irishmen adopted on 18 October, and the Dublin branch on 9 November. The main problem they identified for Ireland was the issue of national sovereignty: We have no national government we are ruled by Englishmen, and thus servants of Englishmen, whose object is the interest of another country, whose instrument is corruption whose strength is the weakness of Ireland. All attendees at the first meeting of the Belfast branch were Protestant. Two (Theobald Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell) were Anglicans and the rest Presbyterian most of whom were involved in the linen trade in Belfast. Along with Tone and Russell, the men involved were: William Sinclair, Henry Joy McCracken, Samuel Neilson, Henry Haslett, Gilbert McIlveen, William Simms, Robert Simms, Thomas McCabe and Thomas Pearce. After forming, the Society named chandler Samuel McTier as its first President.As 1791 drew to a close there were references to other lesser branches of the United Irishmen in a number of places such as: Armagh, Clonmel, Limerick, and Lisburn, yet Belfast and Dublin retained their primacy. The popularity of the society continued to grow throughout Ulster especially amongst the Presbyterians. In 1795 the United Irishmen linked up with the Defenders, a Catholic agrarian secret society. The movement quickly developed a strategy of spreading its ideals by means of pamphlets, leaflets, newspapers, ballads, "catechisms" and travelling emissaries. Whilst the Belfast Newsletter was a liberal newspaper, the society sought for the publication of a more radical one in Belfast, resulting in the Northern Star. It was especially successful, both commercially and politically and had a wide readership until its suppression in 1797. The spread of the society was watched with growing alarm by the authorities and it was banned in 1793 following the declaration of war by France. (Wikipedia)

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Missiessy, Edouard Burges.
        Installation des Vaisseaux.
      Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An VI. (1798). x. 4to. xii, 403, (1) pp. b/w folding plates. Complete specifications and instructions for building, equipping and sailing a 74 gun frigate, written at the direction of the Minister of the Marine to get the French Navy up to snuff. Interestingly it also contains more than 200 pages of highly specific manning instructions, - quarter and station bills - for sailing and fighting a vessel of this class. Polak 1322 calls for 9 plates; there are 8 folding plates here, numbered 1-8. OCLC, which also calls for 9 plates, locates only 2 copies. Apparently lacking lacking one plate, though Lefkowicz cites a copy with eight plates. Light water stain on lower edges of pages, but still a very nice copy, with eight folding engraved plates. Bound in original full calf with gilt spine decorations. All edges gilt.

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LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
        Traité de Mécanique Céleste
      1798. Folding engraved plate in Vol. IV. Five vols. Large 4to (281 x 200 mm.), cont. polished calf, sides panelled in blind & gilt, spines decorated in blind & gilt, a.e.g.. Paris: J.B.M. Duprat & others, An VII [1798]-1825-1827.First edition, a magnificent set on large and fine paper, complete set with all the supplements. This is the only large and fine paper set I have ever seen on the market.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 magnificent set, preserved in two boxes. Our set has the first state of the titles of Vols. I and II and all the supplements (the supplement in Vol. V, issued in 1827, is on regular paper).❧ 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. Sparrow, Milestones of Science, 125.

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Johann Friedrich Mayr (1752-1809)
        Vue de Ludwigsburg. Lavierte Federzeichnung in Braunton, signiert und datiert
      1798 - Thieme/Becker 24, 484. - Fein gezeichnete Gesamtansicht von Ludwigsburg und seinem Schloss, im Vordergrund auf einer bewaldeten Anhöhe Bauern vor Getreidefeldern. - Der breite Unterrand mit Legende und Signatur, sonst an der Einfassungslinie knapp beschnitten, im Himmel kleine Stelle alt restauriert

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A Society of Ladies. -
        The Lady?s Monthly Museum; or, Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction. Being an assemblage of whatever can tend to please the fancy, interest the mind, or exalt the caracter of the british fair. July 1798 - June 1807. Vol 3-14 and 16, 1-2 New Series. (missing July 1805 - December 1805. Vol 15). 15 vol.
      London, Vernor, Hood 1798 - -1807. 8°. 15 Bde. Mit 13 gest. Titelblatt, 90 radierten Tafeln (meist Portraits), 142 (davon 3 gefaltete doppelblattgrosse) kolorierte Kostümtafeln. Marmoriertes Leder d.Zt. mit je 2 goldgepr. Rückenschildchen und reicher Rückenvergoldung. Die Bände 1-14 und 16 durchnummeriert, davon die Bände der New Serie 1806-1807 als Band 1 und 2 bezeichnet. Teils gering berieben. Titelblätter teils gebräunt. Einige Portraittafeln etwas stockfleckig. Es fehlt Band 15, July 1805-December 1805. Schönes und sehr dekoratives Exemplar. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Fatzer ILAB]

1848 - Wirth, Johann Georg August
        Ein Wort an die deutsche Nation.
      21 x 13 cm. 15 Seiten. Flugschrift mit Rückenheftstreifen. *ADB XLIII, 531 vgl. Friedlaender 76. - Erste Ausgabe, sehr selten. Die letzte Schrift von Johann Wirth zu seinen Lebzeiten, quasi sein Vermächtnis an Deutschland und dessen politische Zukunft. Die Schrift datiert den 27. März, also gerade 4 Monate vor seinem frühen Tod. (Ein Jahr später erschien posthum noch ein nachfolgendes "Letztes Wort an die deutsche Nation"). - Johann Wirth (1798-1848) war Jurist und einer der führenden politischen Kämpfer dür die Demokratie in Deutschland. Er hielt auf dem Hambacher Fest "eine von begeisterter Freiheits- und Vaterlandsliebe durchdrungene Rede", wurde infolge seines Auftretens verhaftet und im legendären Assisenprozeß freigesprochen aber vone inem anderen Gericht wegen Beleidigung zu einer zweijährigen Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt. 1836 floh er vor weiterer Verfolgung ins Exil nach Frankreich und in die Schweiz, kehrte 1847 nach Deutschland zurück und wurde 1848 in die deutsche Nationalversammlung gewählt, starb jedoch bereits am 26. Juli 1848. - Etwas gebräunt, Titel leicht angestaubt und mit handschriftlichem Namenseintrag einer Schloßbibliothek des Hauses Wittelsbach.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Bernd Braun]

Pütter, Johann Stephan.
        Selbstbiographie, zur dankbaren Jubelfeier seiner 50jährigen Professorsstelle zu Göttingen. 2 Bände in 1. 22 Bl., 884 S. Pappbd d. Z. (berieben, Rücken mit Fehlstellen).
      Göttingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1798. - Seltene erste Ausgabe der Autobiographie des großen Göttinger Juristen und Staatsrechtlers (1725-1807). "Auch dieses Buch teilt mit den übrigen Werken des Verfassers die musterhafte Ordnung und Übersichtlichkeit und birgt einen überaus reichen Stoff nicht nur für die Geschichte des Autors selbst, sondern auch für die der Zeit nach verschiedenen Richtungen hin" (ADB). Neben aller Pedanterie &#150; man lese nur das Kapitel über Pütters Brautschau und Verlobung! &#150; neben der Aufzählung aller gelesenen und geschriebenen Bücher sowie gelehrter Bekanntschaften, werden auch kulturgeschichtlich interessante Einzelheiten mitgeteilt (wie z. B. vor der möglichen Belagerung Göttingens 1760-61 Vorräte aus dem 30jährigen Krieg im Rathaus gefunden werden), Reisefährnisse seiner Zeit, über den Büchernachdruck mit konkreten, am "eigenen Leib" erlebten Beispielen, Begegnung mit heute berühmten Persönlichkeiten u. v. a. Hübsche und sehr anschauliche Züge bringt auch die Erzählung vom Zusammentreffen Pütters mit Friedrich d. Gr. in Gotha. "Eines der weitesten Gelehrtenleben des 18. Jahrhunderts tut sich vor dem Leser auf, ein großes Stück Bildungsgeschichte, denn Pütter hat Gelehrte und Künstler, Staatsmänner und Fürsten seines Jahrhunderts gekannt, wie etwa . Freiherr von Münchhausen und Goethe . Sehr charakteristisch ist es, daß er sich in einem glücklichen Zeitalter leben fühlt, im Gegensatz zu Moser . In Halle und Marburg studiert er bei den juristischen Größen seiner Zeit, vor allem aber bei Wolff . Ehe er in Marburg Lizentiat wird, sieht er das Lager der pragmatischen Armee bei Aschaffenburg und schildert lebendig die Situation. Wie Moser erlebt er auch die Krönung Karls VII. in Frankfurt 1743" (Beyer-Fröhlich). Dieser erste Teil in 2 Bänden enthält die "chronologische Selbstbiographie". Ein zweiter, "synchronistischer" Teil ist nicht erschienen. &#150; Titel leicht gebräunt, sonst gut. &#150; ADB XXVI 760. Ermann/Horn I 1006. Klaiber S. 76 f. Beyer-Fröhlich S. 193 ff. MNE II 136.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Wolfgang Braecklein]

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Blake, William (engraver)
        Essays on Physiognomy. Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the supervision of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter
      London: Printed for John Murray, 1798. First Edition in English. Three quarto volumes in five (339 x 272mm). Bound by J. Bohn in a close-to-contemporary diced Russian calf binding. Some of the joints reinforced and now all volumes holding well. Complete as to the text (and with all five half-titles), but with only 168 of the 173 full-page engraved plates by William Blake, Bartolozzi, Thomas Holloway and others. With the three engraved vignettes engraved by Blake {Volume I, pages 127, 206 and 225) as well as a full-page plate engraved by Blake after Rubens (V.I opposite page 159). A Very Good set overall with light to moderate foxing near the plates, most text leaves are generally in excellent shape. Lavater (1741-1801) "was the last and most influential of the descriptive physiognomists, a class of pseudo-scientists who attempted to ascertain character on the basis of physical features…Von der Physiognomik [1772], an unillustrated twovolume book, was Lavater's first work on the subject; this was later expanded, with the help of Goethe, into the four-volume Physiognomische Fragmente (1775-1778), and further perfected in a French translation, Essais sur la physiognomie…supervised by Lavater himself. Lavater's physiognomy differed from those of his predecessors in that he paid special attention to the structure of the head, particularly the forehead-a form of psychological indexing that exerted some influence on the development of phrenology and brain localization theories in the early nineteenth century. Lavater's work also influenced artists of the period, both in the overall creation of portraits, and in the use of his physiognomical theories to construct individual faces in historical paintings" (Norman Library).Lavater's work on physiognomy was extremely popular, and, by 1810, sixteen German, twenty English, fifteen French, two American, two Russian, one Dutch, and one Italian version had appeared. Among the portraits included are those of Descartes, Locke, Milton, Newton, Vesalius, Voltaire, and George Washington. Garrison and Morton. Norman Library. Osler 3178.

      [Bookseller: Whitmore Rare Books]

Staël-Holstein, Anne, French author and philosopher (1766-1817).
        Autograph letter.
      No place or date, [c. 1798]. - 8vo. 2/3 page in-8. With address. To Adrien de Lezay Marnésia, an intimate friend of her, inviting him to dine with her.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]

        SCHWÄBISCH-HALL., "Schwaebisch Hall von der Mitternacht Seite anzusehen". Gesamtansicht von einer Anhöhe, im Mittelgrund die Gradierwerke.
      Altkolorierte Umrißradierung "Nach der Natur gezeichnet und gestochen von August Bayer im Industrie Comtoir, Hailbronn, um 1798, 24 x 36 cm. 'Schefold 7272. - Im unteren Rand mit Wappen und Widmung: "Denen hochgebietenden und hochweisen Herren Staedtmeister und Rath dieser freien Reichsstadt". - Mit schmalem Rändchen, rechts restaurierter Einriss, im Himmel etwas fleckig. Gerahmt. - Noch gutes und dekoratives Exemplar dieser extrem seltenen Ansicht. Baden-Württemberg

      [Bookseller: Buch- und Kunstantiquariat]

ANONYME ( SALABERRY, Charles Marie D'Irrumberry, Comte De )
        Voyage à CONSTANTINOPLE, en Italie, et aux Iles de l'archipel, par l'Allemagne et la Hongrie.
      Maradan, Paris 1798 - In-8 ( 210x130 mm ) demi veau havane marbré, dos lisse orné de filets pleins et perlés dorés, fleurons dorés entre les filets, guirlande dorée en queue, titre doré sur pièce de maroquin rouge, plats recouverts d'un papier bleu.331 pages.Recueil des 60 Lettres du Voyage. Voyage. Ancien

      [Bookseller: Librairie FAUGUET]

Bertuch, F. J.
        Bilderbuch für Kinder enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien, Trachten und allerhand andern unterrichtenden Gegenständen aus dem Reiche der Natur, der Künste und Wissenschaften
      alle nach den besten Originalen gewählt, gestochen, und mit einer kurzen wissenschaftlichen, und den Verstandes-Kräften eines Kindes angemessenen Erklärung begleitet. Dritter (3.) Band. Mit 100 (nicht kolorierten) Kupfertafeln und den zugehörigen Erklärungen in deutsch und französisch, Weimar, im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798, Titelblatt, 100 Tafeln mit jeweils einem Blatt Erklärung auf der Vorderseite in deutsch, auf der Rückseite in französisch und 4 Blätter Inhaltsverzeichnis, 23x19, späterer Halblederband mit Rückentitel, französischer Titel und die Weltkugel stellenweise unterlegt, die ersten Seiten (bis Nr. 6) fleckig, die 1. Erklärungsseite fehlt, danach nur stellenweise etwas fleckig/stockfleckig, geringe Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Ingrid Degutsch]

Schiller, Friedrich:
        Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799. Herausgegeben von Schiller.
      in der J.G. Cottaischen Buchhandlung., Tübingen 1798 - Tübingen, in der J.G. Cottaischen Buchhandlung. (1798). Klein-8°. 8 Bl., 247 S., 1 S. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz von Guttenberg nach H. Meyer. Gelbe illustrierte gelbe Originalbroschur nach H. Meyer in späterem Pappschuber. Goedeke V,207,5. - Marcuse 166. - Kippenberg 555. - Borst 845. - Mit Erstdrucken von Schiller, Goethe, Hölderlin, Matthisson, Sophie Merau, A.W. Schlegel, Tieck u.a. - Rücken mit 2 Fehlstellen. Titel und Kalendarium etwas fleckig und gebräunt. - Unbeschnittenes und ungeöffnetes Exemplar in der schönen Originalbroschur. Sprache: Deutsch

      [Bookseller: Daniel Thierstein]

MEYNSCHEN MUSIKHANDLUNG.
        LORD ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON / MUSIC SCORE / NAPOLEONIC WARS: LIED BE&#159;M SIEGE DES ADMIRAL NELSON AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN. FÜRS CLAVIER ODER PIANOFORTE.
      Hamburg [ or 1799] 1798 - 4º (22 x 28.5 cm / 8.5 x 11 inches): copper engraving on a single folded sheet to form 2 ff. (Excellent, strong engraving impression with wide blank margins, old clean binding holes along fold, neat 19th Century manuscript auction number in pen to lower right corner of blank margin of title). Exceptionally rare &#150; 1 of only 2 known examples &#150; a song sheet with a hymn celebrating Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson&#146;s victory at the Battle of Abukir (1798), printed by the Meyn Brothers in Hamburg.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Dasa Pahor]

Röder, P. L. H.
        Geographisches Statistisch-Topographisches Lexikon von Schwaben oder vollständige alphabetische Beschreibung aller im ganzen Schwäbischen Kreis liegenden Städte, Klöster, Schlösser, Dörfer, Flecken, Höfe, Berge, Thäler, Flüsse, Seen, merkwürdiger Gegenden u.s.w. mit genauer Anzeige von deren Ursprung, ehemaligen und jezigen Besizern, Lage, Regimentsverfassung, Anzahl und Nahrung der Einwohner, Manufakturen, Fabriken, Viehstand, merkwürdigen Gebäuden, neuen Anstalten, vornehmsten Merkwürdigkeiten u.s.w. 2 Bde. in 1.
      3 nn. Bll., VIII S., 988 Sp., 1 Bl. 4 Bll., 1270 Sp. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz. Halblederband der Zeit Erstausgabe. Holzm.-Boh. III, 1798. Engelmann S. 906. - Rücken berieben. Teils braunfleckig.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Müller & Gräff e.K.]

Kerner, Justinus.
        Nachricht von dem Vorkommen des Besessenseyns eines dämonisch-magnetischen Leidens und seiner schon im Alterthum bekannten Heilung durch magisch-magnetisches Einwirken, in einem Sendschreiben an den Herrn Obermedicinalrath Dr. Schelling in Stuttgart.
      1 Bl., 70 S. Marmor. Pappband der Zeit Borst 1798. Erstausgabe. Seltene Schrift aus der Reihe der "spiritistischen" Schriften Kerners. "Offener Brief" Kerners an Schelling mir Erläuterungen zur "Heilung durch magisch-magnetisches Einwirken" anhand von 9 Fallbeispielen. "Durch diese Zuschrift und ihre Vermittlung wünschte ich, daß dieses Leiden und seine mögliche Heilungsweise, die bisher nur irrationellen Aerzten anheimfiel, auch endlich von rationellen Aerzten wenigstens erkannt und beachtet würde.. (Kerner). - Stempel auf Titelrückseite.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Müller & Gräff e.K.]

L.G. Froebe
        Air varié pour violoncelle avec accompagnement d'une viole
      Sehr seltene Erstausgabe der "Air varié pour violoncelle avec accompagnement d'une viole", komponiert von L.G. Froebe. Diese Ausgabe aus dem 18. Jhd. findet Erwähnung im Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Es gibt 3 weitere bekannte erhaltene Exemplare Im Archiv von Breitkopf & Härtel und bei der Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Günther Uecker und beim Mailänder Konservatorium. Diese Ausgabe deshalb auch im italienischen Verbundkatalog ICCU nachgewiesen: Livello bibliografico Monografia Tipo documento Musica a stampa Autore principale Froebe, L. G. Titolo Air varié pour violoncelle avec accompagnement d'une viole / composé par L. G. Froebe Presentazione [parties] Pubblicazione Leipsic : Breitkopf et Härtel, 1798 circa Descrizione fisica 2 parti (3,1 p.) 33 cm. Titolo uniforme Arie. Violoncello,Viola. do maggiore Froebe, L. G. [dati della composizione:] [forma:] aria [org. sint.:] 2str [org. analit.:] vlc,vla [tonal.:] do maggiore [data:] 1798c Numeri [RISM] F2035 [n. lastra musica a stampa] 0000000039 Nomi [Compositore] Froebe, L. G. [Editore] Breitkopf & Härtel Luogo normalizzato Lipsia Lingua di pubblicazione FRANCESE Paese di pubblicazione GERMANIA, REPUBBLICA DEMOCRATICA Codice identificativo ITICCUMUS&#65533158044 Die Noten wurden von einer Papierrestauratorin restauriert.

      [Bookseller: laseyn]