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GEOFFROY, (Etienne-Louis) (1725-1810)
        Histoire abrégée des insectes (qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris), dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'un supplément considérable. Volume 1 (de 2).
      Paris, Delalain, An 9. - 1800, - in-4to, 2 ff. + XXVIII, e.a. avec une liste des plus importantes publications sur les insectes + 556 p. + 1 tableau repl. + 10 planches de figures gravées coloriées à la main, tache d'eau dans le le coin supér. de plusieurs feuilles et planches, 3 cachets de bibliot. sur le titre, reliure en demi-veau blonde à coins, pièces de titre et tomaison au dos, qqs très lég. frottements. Quatrième édition, très augmentée. Les planches avec plusieurs figures très décoratives finement coloriées à la main, chacune représentant un insecte en entier et des figures anatomique: le cerf volant, le bouclier, l'hydrophile, le stencore, le bostriche, la coccinelle, le staphilin, le grillon, la cigale, et le scorpion aquatique. ?Cette histoire, très méthodique et très commode, est indispensable pour l'étude des insectes? (Quérard). Elle parut pour la première fois en 1762 (anonyme).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Nissen ZBI 1522; Horn-Sch. 7523; Monglond IV/1160; Quérard III/318 (cette édition mais éd.-libr. Delalain, et donne le titre des éd. précédentes: ". insectes de Paris").

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Mozart, W.A.
        [K 527] Dom Juan oder Der steinerne Gast. Eine Oper in vier Aufzügen von W.A. Mozart. In einem neuem, vermehrtem, und nach der Schroeterischen Bearbeitung des Textes, verbessertem Clavierauszuge von C.G. Neefe
      Bonn : Simrock, PN 42, [nach 1800]. - [2], 205 S. Quer-Fol. HLdr. d. Zt. Rückendeckel fehlt. Vorderdeckel beschabt. Innengelenk schwach. Preisangabe nicht gut leserlich, teilw. ausradiert (\"Fr:\"?). Sehr kleines Loch im Titelblatt, ohne Textverlust. Seite 1: Rollenbesetzung. // Piano-vocal score. [2], 205 pp. Obl. fol. Contemp. half-leather. Spine strip lacking. Price not readible (partly removed). Very sm. hole in title page, without loss of text. Page 1 cast list. Variant der 2. Ausgabe des Klavierauszugs, verso S. 205 ohne Verlagsverzeichnis. Die erste 2 Takten der Ouverture mit nur links (statt rechts UND LINKS) herunterhängenden Notenbalken. Texte in Deutsch/Italienisch. Hirsch IV, 130. RISM M/MM 4505.Versand D: 4,00 EUR early music, illustration, Oper, opera, alte Musik, illustration, Oper, Oper

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Collectif ; DRALET ; BORIE ; BONNAIRE ; DUPIN
        Recueil composite de 4 éditions originales de "Statistiques" départementales ] Plan détaillé de Topographie. Ouvrage qui a remporté le Prix, au jugement de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine, dans sa Séance publique du 20 Messidor an VIII, par le C. Dralet [ Avec : ] Statistique du Département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, par le Citoyen Borie, Préfet [ Avec : ] Mémoire sur la Statistique du Département des Hautes-Alpes, adressé au Ministre de l'Intérieur, par le Citoyen Bonnaire, Préfet du même Département, le Cinq Pluviôse An neuf [ Avec : ] Statistique du département des Deux-Sèvres par le Citoyen Dupin [Editions originales ]
      De l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard ; e l'Imprimerie des Sourds-Muets ; De l'Imprimerie de J. Allier ; 1800 - 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, [ Recueil composite avec Indication "I" en tomaison ] Plan détaillé de Topographie. Ouvrage qui a remporté le Prix, au jugement de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine, dans sa Séance publique du 20 Messidor an VIII, par le C. Dralet, De l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, Paris, An IX, 70 pp. [ Avec : ] Statistique du Département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, par le Citoyen Borie, Préfet, De l'Imprimerie des Sourds-Muets, Paris, An IX, 56 pp. [ Avec : ] Mémoire sur la Statistique du Département des Hautes-Alpes, adressé au Ministre de l'Intérieur, par le Citoyen Bonnaire, Préfet du même Département, le Cinq Pluviôse An neuf, De l'Imprimerie de J. Allier, Gap, An IX, 148 pp., 2 ff. n. ch. et grand tableau dépliant [ Avec : ] Statistique du département des Deux-Sèvres par le Citoyen Dupin, De l'Imprimerie des Sourds-Muets, Le Clère, Paris, An IX, 177 pp. et deux tableaux dépliants (dont lle tableau de situation des Hospices civil débroché et coupé en marge) Rare recueil composite réunissant 4 éditions originales de "Statistiques" départementales pour les départements de la Seine, d'Ile-et-Vilaine, des Hautes-Alpes et des Deux-Sèvres. Etat satisfaisant (reliure usagée avec deux coins coupés, un travail de vers marginal n'affectant pas le texte, une marge rognée - n'affectant pas le texte, le tableau dépliant des Deux-Sèvres est coup sur une pliure mais bien complet). Langue: Français [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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HervÃ¡s y Panduro, Lorenzo (1735-1809)
        CatÃ¡logo de las lenguas de las naciones conocidas, y numeracion, division, y clases de estas segun la diversidad de sus idiomas y dialectos. Su autor el abate Don Lorenzo HervÃ¡s, TeÃ³logo del EminentÃsimo SeÃ±or Cardenal Juan Francisco Albani, Decano del Sagrado Colegio ApostÃ³lico, y Canonista del EminentÃsimo SeÃ±or Cardenal Aurelio Reverella, Pro-datario del Santo Padre .
      Madrid: en la imprenta de la AdministraciÃ³n del Real Arbitrio de Benefi, 1800-1805 Madrid: en la imprenta de la AdministraciÃ³n del Real Arbitrio de Beneficiencia, aÃ±o 1800 [-1805]. Se hallarÃ¡ en la LibrerÃa de Ranz calle de la Cruz, 1800-1805. . Full leather (pasta espaÃ±ola). VG+. "4Âº, (208x144mm.).- Vol. I: 'Lenguas y naciones americanas' (1800); XVI, 396 p., 3 folded tables.; sign.: *-**4, A-Ccc4, Ddd2. Vol. II: 'Lenguas y naciones de las islas de los mares PacÃfico Ã© Indiano Austral y Oriental, y del Continente del Asia', (1801); 480 p., 2 folded tables; sign.: A-Ooo4. Vol. III: 'Lenguas y naciones europeas: pt. I, Naciones europeas advenedizas, y sus lenguas' (1802); 359 p.; sign.: A-Yy4. Vol. IV: 'Lenguas y naciones europeas: pt. II, Naciones europeas primitivas, sus lenguas matrices, y dialectos de Ã©stas' (1804); 343 p.; sign.: A-Vv4. Vol. V: 'ContinuaciÃ³n del tratado III, lenguas y naciones europeas: y de la parte II, naciones primitivas: sus lenguas matrices y dialectos de estas' (1804); 315 p.; sign.: A-Qq4, Rr2. Vol. VI: 'ContinuaciÃ³n del tratado III, lenguas y naciones europeas: y de la parte II, naciones primitivas: sus lenguas matrices, y dialectos de estas' (1805); 379 p. [1] plate, 1 folded table; sign. A-Aaa4, Bbb2.- // Contemporary binding in Spanish pasta (calf leather), spine with gilded decoration and spine labels. Slight rubbing to board edges; rubbing to headcap of Volume 1 and is missing in Volume 5; four corners of volumes 3 to 5 slightly split; back board of Volume 4 with cauterized tear; Volume 5 title page torn without loss. Beginning of darkening to paper. Even with all this, a superb copy..- // Prov.: No data.- // We will not try to comment on this marvel of rigor and scholarship (with respect to the knowledge available at the time), of this Jesuit who cannot but be defined as wise. Appreciated by bibliophiles, by some because of Volume I on the American languages, by others because of its claims about the Basque language -in Volume IV s homage and in the treatment that this language is given in Volume V-, and by all for such a remarkable effort of linguistic genealogy and comparative philology of all the languages of the world, and even more impressive, if this was possible, is that it is the work of just one person, and it was started, stopped, lost, rewritten, and finished within a few years in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Rigorously complete copy, of which it could be said is intact except for the mentioned flaws as a result of the characteristics of the poor paper used in printing and the address changes it has accumulated over time..- // Refs.: Aguilar PiÃ±al, 4, 3168; CCPB, 000067142-8; Medina, BHA, 5891; Palau, 114453; Pilling, 1755; Sabin, VIII, 31600."

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Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicholas Sigisbert, 1751-1812
        Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France
      London: J. Debrett, 1800. Hardcover. Good. Translated from the French. portrait (of the author), folding map, 27 plates (numbered I-XXVI and XXVIII). xl, 730p. plus [12]p. index, [1]p. errata and [1]p. publisher's advertisements. Old (probably contemporary) leather which has been rebacked with worn portions of old backstrip mounted. 28cm. Binding has a worn appearance but is basically sound and solid. Moderate foxing and wear on plates and map. Many prefer this larger format single volume in English to the smaller format 1799 edition in 3 volumes. Sonnini devotes a couple of pages (at 162-164) to pederastic practics and a bit more space to female circumcision (at pages 263-265).

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[KOOPS, Matthias].
        Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to Describe Events and to Convey Ideas from the Earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. Printed on the First Useful Paper manufactured soley from Straw.
      91 pp. Small folio, orig. edition binding of straight-grained blue morocco (joints a little rubbed), spine stamped in blind. [London]: T. Burton, 1800. First edition, and a very fine copy in the original edition binding of blue straight-grained morocco, of this classic work on the search for new materials to manufacture paper. This copy has been signed by Koops at the bottom of the dedication leaf. At the same time as the first papermaking machines, invented in France, were being built in England, Koops was experimenting with the use of straw and wood for papermaking in Bermondsey. He succeeded in the first, large-scale, commercial production of paper made from straw and wood. Koops was given permission by the King to be the only distributor of paper made from alternative paper sources in the hope that he could help solve England's paper crisis; however, the times were not right for this early attempt at recycling and Koops went bankrupt. The book describes ancient equivalents of paper, methods that had been tried over the ages to find paper which would withstand the attack of insects, data on French exports of paper into England, and commentary on Koops' attempts to produce paper from sources other than rags. "Not much is known of Koops, but his work as a experimenter with new papermaking materials at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution is justly famous. He writes of the work of SchÃ¤ffer, Guettard, de Lisle, Seba, and Senger in the search for new materials, and spends much time discussing the use of conferva for papermaking fibers although emphasizing the availability of straw."-Schlosser, An Exhibition of Books on Papermaking, 21. Fine copy. The two preliminary and two terminal endpapers are also made from wood. With the signature in pencil of Sir Francis Freeling, secretary of the Post Office and an original member of the Roxburghe Club. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld (1754-1828), and the modern bookplate of A.R.A. Hobson. ❧ Hunter, The Literature of Papermaking, pp. 47-48. .

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Maxwell, John Irving
        The Spirit of Marine Law, Or, Compendium of the Statutes Relating...
      1800. A Scarce English Digest of Maritime Law Maxwell, John Irving. The Spirit of Marine Law, Or Compendium of the Statutes Relating to the Admiralty; Being a Concise but Perspicuous Abridgment of All the Acts Relative to Navigation. Alphabetically Arranged, And the Substance and References to the Several Clauses Placed in the Margin. London: Printed by Bunney and Gold, 1800. [iv], xvi, 562 pp. With a half-tile. Lacking initial blank leaf. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over patterned boards, gilt title and fillets to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, joints and hinges just starting at ends, partial crack in text block between half-title and title page, crack in text block between pp. 560 and 561. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, foxing to preliminaries and a few other places, internally clean. A nice copy of a rarer title. * First edition. This interesting digest was intended for naval officers, officers of merchant ships and businessmen engaged in maritime commerce. Subjects of Acts Noticed and Abridged in this work include: Articles of War, Courts Martial, Deserters, Impressing of Seamen, Insurance, Navigation and Plantations, Pirates, Prizes, Smugglers, Stranded Ships and Salvage, and the South Sea Company among others. Maxwell was also the author of A Pocket Dictionary of the Law of Bills of Exchange (1802) and the delightfully titled Hints for Protecting the Public Against the Extortion and Insolence of Hackney-Coachmen. A second edition was published in 1807. It was reissued the following year. All printings of this book are scarce. OCLC locates 8 copies of the 1800 issue in North American law libraries (Dalhousie, Harvard, Oregon State Law Library, Social Law, US Supreme Court, University of Virginia, University of Washington). English Short-Title Catalogue T27456.

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PAULINUS Gothus, LAURENTIO. Historiæ arctoæ libri tres, commemorantes: [...]. Strängnäs J. L.
        Barkenius, 1636. 4:o.
      (20),78,81-145,145-50,(1),1-30,32-414,414-15,(16,1 blank),1-168,(15) s. Titelsidan satt inom fint ramverk. Samtida solkigt pergamentbd med rygg och röd titeletikett i saffian prydligt förnyade i slutet av 1800-talet. Mörkblå snitt. En del anteckningar på insidan av främre pärmen och försättsbladet, som även har en liten reva. Sporadiska småfläckar och även en större fuktfläck i övre marginalen dyker upp på sina ställen. Pappersförlust i nedre yttre hörnet med vissa textförluster på s. 14-15 i den andra pagineringsföljden. I samma pagineringsföljd även en bläckfläck med litet hål i inre marginalen på s. 94-100. En reva i yttermarginalen och texten på s. 312-13 med smärre textförluster och ett par gamla lagade revor på s. 123-25 i den sista pagineringsföljden. Med Arvid Mårtensons namnteckning daterad 1962.. Collijn Sveriges bibliografi 1600-talet 694. Warmholtz Bibliotheca historica Sueo-Gothica 2511. Med hyllningsverser av Joannes M. Westhius. Sveriges rikshistoria framställd parallellt med världshistorien och författad av ärkebiskopen Laurentius Paulinus (1565-1646) som anlade det första tryckeriet i Strängnäs. Bring noterar att han återger och till och med broderar ut Johannes Magnus redan fantastiska fabler om Sveriges historia. Arbetet innehåller även en ganska utförlig geografisk beskrivning över Sverige och dess provinser. En passage om att Rigas borgare förberedde ett förräderi mot svenska kronan 1626 föranledde klagomål från Riga. Paulinus beordrades att trycka om arket, men något sådant omtryck är inte känt. Lindroth skriver att arbetet författades under Paulinus sista år som biskop i Strängnäs: "Den lägger inte många tum till hans växt, till typ och genomförande är den traditionell, nästan reaktionär. Efter ett entusiastiskt lovtal över historien som en ovärderlig läromästare i dygder och ädla gärningar börjar Laurentius - ungefär som en medeltida klosterbroder - med att teckna den kosmiska bakgrunden. Han låter svensk historia inledas med skapelsen, skildrar efter Genesis universums tillblivelse och kommer slutligen fram till paradiset, det första människoparet och syndafallet. Omsider följer syndafloden och Noak, med vars ättlingar vi redan står på den nationella svenska historiens tröskel. [...] Historia arctoa, så osjälvständig, gör även genom utströdda moraliska exempel ett intryck av pedagogisk mönsterlektion, och så var den också menad"

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DEPOT GENERAL de la MARINE
        Plan d'une partie du cours de la Riviere de Saigon depuis cette ville jusqu'a son embouchure. Plan du port de Candiu situe a la cote de Tsiompa.
      Depot General de Marine, Paris - This unusual circa 1800 sea chart by the Depot de la Marine depicts the Saigon River in modern day Vietnam. The map, divided into two sections, follows the course of the river from Saigon City (Ho Chi Minh City) south to the mouth of the Saigon River and Vung Tau. The port of Candiu is identified on the coast of Tsiompa. Tsiompa refers to the ancient Indochinese kingdom of Champa which existed between the 2nd and 17th century. Vountao (Vung Tao) is exceptionally detailed with beautifully rendered topography to the level of individual fields and plantations. Depth soundings are labeled though out the river and coastal features are noted. The Royal Palace of Saigon is also detailed.Vung Tau, originally known as Tam Thang, earned its name (which means 'anchorage') after European trading ships started frequenting the region during the 14th and 15th centuries. During the late 18th and early 19th century, Malay pirates made this a base. The French Indochinese government named it Cap Saint-Jacques (also noted here). The map is in good condition with minimal wear along the original centerfold. Minor offsetting and some spotting in the margins. Wide margins with original plate mark visible.Depot General de la Marine was a French hydrographic mapping organization similar to the United States Coast Survey or the British Admiralty. Some of the important cartographers associated with the Depot include Jacques Nicholas Bellin and Riobert Bonne. This is a wonderful example of the Depot's extensive work. Sea chart. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 19" x 27.5"

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Lafontaine, August (Hrsg).:
        Leben eines armen Landpredigers, herausgegeben von August Lafontaine. Band 1 und 2 komplett. (= Familiengeschichten 7, 8).
      Berlin: Johann Daniel Sander 1800; 1801. - Frontispiz, Titel, 457, (1); Frontispiz, Titel, (2), 448 Seiten. Frakturdruck. Mit je einem gestochenen Frontispiz und einer gestochenen Titelvignette. Goedeke V, 478f; Killy VII, 110f; Kosch IX, 802f; NDB XIII, 406ff; WG 32. - August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine (1758-1831), der auch unter den Pseudonymen Miltenberg oder Gustav Freier wirkte, erhielt die Grundlagen seiner Bildung und Weltanschauung vor allem aus dem heilen Elternhaus mit Nähe zur aufklärerischen Tradition der Freimaurerei, stand sein Vater doch in freundschaftlichem Kontakt mit Ebert, Gaertner, Zacharias und Lessing. Nach dem Studium der Theologie in Helmstedt und seiner Tätigkeit als Feldprediger in Halle widmete er sich in den folgenden Jahren mit großem Engagement der Schriftstellerei. Goedeke kommentiert Lafontaines Schaffensdrang zynisch: "Schöpfer des weinerlichen Familienromans; seine Werke rührten ihn selbst zum Weinen. So fruchtbar war er, daß er vergaß, was er geschrieben hatte, und seine Erfindungen, die sich in engen Kreisen drehten, mehrfach zum zweiten Male erfand." Tatsächlich gehörte Lafontaine zu den fruchtbarsten und beliebtesten Autoren seiner Zeit, was sich in der begeisterten und treuen Leserschaft seiner über 150 Romane und Erzählungen zeigte. - Einbände tadellos. Schnitte leicht angestaubt und gebräunt, Papier gleichmäßig leicht gebräunt mit schwachem, unscheinbarem Wasserfleck auf einigen Seiten des ersten Bandes. Außergewöhnlich dekoratives und sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar der Erstausgabe. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1490 Kl. 8° (15,5 x 10,5 cm). Sehr dekorative marmorierte Halblederbände der Zeit mit je zwei farbigen goldgeprägten Titelschildern und reicher klassizistischer Goldprägung auf dem Rücken sowie Marmorpapierbezügen auf den Deckeln. [Hardcover / fest gebunden]. 2 Bände (= so vollständig). Erstausgabe. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Robertson, William.
        Sammlung verschiedener Arten Gewächs- und Treibehäuser, um Ananasse und Fruchtbäume zu ziehen, und zarte ausländische Pflanzen zu erhalten. Zum Gebrauch für Liebhaber der Botanik und Gärtnerei. Nach dem Englischen bearbeitet von Johann Gottfried Grohmann.
      Leipzig Baumgärtner () 1800 - (27 x 44 cm). (4) 18 S. Mit 24 Tafeln in Aquatinta. Blaue Original-Broschur mit gestochenem gelbem Titelschild auf dem Vorderdeckel, unbeschnitten. Erste deutsche Ausgabe des ersten deutschsprachigen Werkes über den Bau von Gewächshäusern. Der Verfasser dieses sehr seltenen Prachtwerkes will damit nicht nur die Grundsätze für den Bau derselben darlegen, sondern auch in das Entwerfen der entsprechenden Zeichnungen einführen. "Nothing else appears to be known about him" (Colvin, Dict. of British Architects). Die hübschen Tafeln zeigen Ansichten, Grundrisse und Querschnitte verschiedener Gewächshäuser und Orangerien. Die letzte Tafel mit dem Grundriss eines Küchengartens. - Textblätter leicht gebräunt und minimal braunfleckig. Tafeln auf besserem Papier und sauber. Einband sorgfältig restauriert. Rücken erneuert. Insgesamt schönes und gut erhaltenes Exemplar. - Dochnahl 133 [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Shakespeare, William
        Shakspeare's Hamlet, übersetzt von August Wilhelm Schlegel.
      Unger, Berlin 1800 - VIII, 238 S. Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Leder-Rückenschildchen und goldgeprägtem Rücken im Stil der Romantik. Einzelausgabe und Separatdruck aus der 1797-1830 erschienenen Schlegel-Tieckschen 9bändigen Übersetzung der Dramatischen Werke, der um Schlegels "Vorerinnerung" (S. III-VIII) sowie die Auslassungen und veränderten Lesarten bei der Aufführung S. 237/238 ergänzt wurde. Die Stehkanten berieben und die Ecken etwas bestoßen, insgesamt handelt es sich jedoch um ein ungewöhnlich gut erhaltenes Exemplar im sehr dekorativen, zeitgenössischen Einband mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Erste Ausgabe. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Eytelwein, Johann Albert:
        Praktische Anweisung zur Bauart der Faschinenwerke und der dazu gehörigen Anlagen an Flüssen und Strömen, nebst einer Anleitung zur Veranschlagung dieser Baue.
      Berlin, in Kommission bei Friedrich Maurer, 1800. 1. Auflage4°, X, 128 Seiten mit Frontispiz in Aquatinta und 7 (davon 6 gefalteten) Kupfern und einer beiliegenden farbigen Handzeichnung der Zeit, betitelter OPbd. - Einband leicht best., schöner Zustand - 1800. Als amtlicher Zivilingenieur, Architekt und Wasserbauer im Dienste Preußens wurde Eytelwein neben dem Brückenbauer Johann Friedrich Dietlein (1782-1837) zum Pionier einer neuen Bautechnik. Als Landesbaudirektor war er auch für Grenzvermessungen und die Definition Maßeinheiten sowie als Fachbuchautor tätig. z394 Versand D: 6,00 EUR Handwerk, Wasserbau, Staudämme, Dämme, Damm

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        Bande d'Orgères]. Pièces de la procédure criminelle tenue contre les accusés dans l'affaire d'Orgères.
      chez Durand et Labalte 1800-1801, A Chartres - 6 vol. petit in-folio et 1 vol. in-4, demi-basane caramel, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés (relié vers 1860). Très important document, tant sur le plan juridique que sociologique, car ce procès est resté « la plus importante cause criminelle des tribunaux français ». Ce document est un incomparable témoignage sur la véritable société qu'était cette bande de brigands à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Il est également passionnant pour l'histoire judiciaire de notre pays. La bande d'Orgères était une troupe de quelques 400 à 500 brigands, dont les refuges étaient les bois du Loiret et d'Eure-et-Loir. Les origines de ce groupe remontent vers 1750 ou 1760, dans les forêts du Loiret, où des hommes et des femmes errants et sans abris s'y fixèrent, s'organisèrent en troupes et se dotèrent de chefs. De nombreux crimes furent commis dans ces forêts, certains brigands furent arrêtés et jugés, mais d'autres membres partirent investir la forêt de Dourdan, avec à leur tête Renard d'Ouarville. Ce dernier fut arrêté avec quelques complices, mais Fleur d'Epine, un brigand issu de Renard, rallia des hommes qui n'avaient pas été arrêtés et en recruta d'autres. Bientôt, la bande fut composée de 400 à 500 mendiants, dont Beau-François, qui fut désigné premier-lieutenant. La troupe formait alors une véritable société avec un chef, des sous-chefs, un curé pour la célébration des mariages, etc. Leur tactique de vol était de se présenter dans les fermes et châteaux vêtus de costumes militaires et de prétendre être à la recherche d'armes ou de déserteurs. Elle était aussi aidée par des associés, appelés des Francs. Les Francs de campagne cherchaient les lieux à attaquer, les Francs de maison aidaient pour cacher les brigands. L'écoulement de la marchandise s'effectuait par le biais de revendeurs peu scrupuleux à Orléans, Paris, Chartres et Pithiviers. En 1792, Fleur d'Epine et quelques brigands sont arrêtés et enfermés à Versailles (ils font partis du massacre des prisons de Versailles en septembre 1792). Beau-François devînt chef et nomma Rouge d'Auneau comme premier lieutenant. Ils commettaient des crimes odieux, assassinats et viols. Une de leur spécialité était de brûler les pieds de leurs victimes pour les faire parler, en voici un exemple : "ils saisissent la femme Boutet et l'accablent de coups avec une telle inhumanité qu'elle est inondée de sang ; ils la traînent à la cheminée, où l'un d'eux venait d'allumer quelques gerbes de paille, lui présentent les pieds au feu et lui en tiennent un dans la flamme jusqu'à ce qu'elle ait dit en quels endroits était l'argent." D'où leur surnom des Chauffeurs d'Orgères. Le gouvernement décida qu'il fallait à tout prix arrêter ces exactions. Le commissaire de Chartres fut aidé en cela par Vasseur, maréchal des logis de gendarmerie qui avait déjà mis fin aux agissements d'une autre bande dans la forêt de Senonches. Il connaissait donc bien les bandes et leur langage, leur code et leurs habitudes. Il eut les pleins pouvoirs sur cette affaire et fut épaulé par les administrations d'Eure-et-Loir et Loiret. Le 10 pluviose an VI (30 janvier 1798), deux bandits furent arrêtés dont Borgne-de-Jouy, l'un des plus anciens membres de la troupe. Il finit par faire des aveux, dénonça 200 personnes et énuméra presque tous les crimes. Des moyens encore plus importants furent mis en place pour la capture des bandits. Rouge d'Auneau fut arrêté. Le Beau-François fut alerté que les gendarmes recherchaient la troupe, il décida de frapper une dernière fois et de manière spectaculaire car il envisagea d'assassiner tous les habitants du château de Faronville. Pour cela, il fit appelle à une centaine de brigands et leur fixa rendez-vous au bois de Méreville. Mais Vasseur, par le biais de Borgne-de-Jouy, eut connaissance de ce lieu et captura la bande. Toute la bande fut enfermée dans les différentes prisons de Chartres où des épidémies de dyssentrie apparurent. Le Beau-François parvint à s'échapper dans la nuit du 17 messidor an VII. Apr [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        The Constitutions of the Sixteen States which Compose the Confederated Republic of America, According to the Latest Amendments. To which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence; Articles of Confederation; and the Constitution of the United States, with All the Amendments
      Newburgh: Printed by David Denniston for Self & H Craig, 1800. First Thus. Very good in contemporary full calf binding, recently rebacked using original backstrip. Pages slightly brittle and browned but remarkably well-preserved and legible. Title page missing a small portion from the top edge; a tear to the front free endpaper has been mended with tape.. 12mo. 10.5 x 17.5 cm. 288 pp. With state constitutions of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Vermont, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Charter of Rhode Island. Scarce Newburgh imprint.

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Vincent, William.
        Voyage de Néarque, des Bouches des l Indus jusqu à l Euphrate, ou Journal de l Expédition de la Flotte d Alexandre. Rédigé sur le Journal original de Néarque conservé par Arrien à l aide des éclaircissemens puisés dans les écrits et relations des Auteurs, Géographes, ou Voyageurs, tant anciens que modernes; et contenant l Histoire de la première navigation que des Européens aient tentée dans la Mer des Indes. Traduit de l Anglois de William Vincent, par J. B. L. J. Billecocq.
      Paris, Imprimerie de la République, An VIII (1799 / 1800). - 4°. Mit gest. Front., 1 astronom. Kupfertafel u. 6 gef. Kupferkarten. 2 Bll., XX, 661 SS. Interims-Pp. mit ORsch. (fleckig, beschabt u. bestoßen, angestaubt, die breiten Ränder tls. rissig u. lappig, Kanten u. Ecken lädiert). Brunet V, 1253. Graesse VII, 325. Ebert 23609.- Seltene erste französische Quartausgabe.- Gleichzeitig erschien noch eine dreibändige Oktavausgabe. Die englische Originalausgabe "The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates" erschien in London 1797. Nearchus aus Amphipolis war der Admiral Alexanders des Großen auf dessen Perserfeldzug. In Indien wurde er Kommandant der neugebauten Flotte, die den bis dahin wenig bekannten Seeweg vom Indus zum Euphrat erkunden sollte. Von Pattala an der Indus-Mündung stach die Flotte in See, segelte westwärts entlang der Küste Gedrosiens und landete in der Nähe der Straße von Hormuz, um mit dem Landheer, das parallel durch die gedrosische Wüste zog, zusammen zu treffen. Kurz darauf segelte man entlang der Ostküste des Persischen Golfs, den Tigris hinauf und ließ die Anker vor Susa fallen. Für die erfolgreiche Expedition wurde er später von Alexander ausgezeichnet und zum Admiral für die Expedition nach Arabien bestimmt. Alexanders Tod verhinderte die Ausführung dieser Pläne.- Innendeckel mit Bibl.-Schildchen, Titel mit Bibl.-Stempel. Oberkante stärker angestaubt, Papier gebräunt, stellenweise stockfleckig. Reisen, Geographie, Landeskunde

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Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
        The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David [Plus] HYMNS, Set forth in the General Convention, 1808; In Addition To Those In The Book of Common Prayer.
      I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews - Boston 1800 - SCARCE - 4 5/8" x 6 7/8", [384],70,[24], complete. Full dark brown calf with simple five gilt lines as faux raised bands on spine. Corner tips rubbed with boards barely exposed. Light handling wear with hinges solid and no trace of a crack. Front cover has a previous owner's name written on one half of an old red trimmed fish glue label which is easily removable. Binding is straight, square and secure with hinges supple. Interior variously toned but unmarked with very small random foxing which is rarely moderate. Front end paper missing section of lower front corner. Title page missing lower front corner tip up to decorative frame around text. Two pages with tears inward from fore edge, one with corner completely separated; both with pages carefully sewn back together with fine cotton(?) thread. (See image of one.) Some corner tips with folds. SCARCE ***** NOT EX-LIBRARY [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Marchand, Etienne, and Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu
        VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, PENDANT LES ANNEES 1790, 1791, ET 1792, PAR ETIENNE MARCHAND, PRECEDE D'UNE INTRODUCTION HISTORIQUE; AUQEL ON A JOINT DES RECHERCHES SUR LES TERRES AUSTRALES DE DRAKE, ET UN EXAMEN CRITIQUE DU VOYAGE DE ROGGEWEEN
      Paris, 1800. Quarto. 19th-century morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled. Hinges and spine extremities slightly worn, corners reinforced wtih cloth, minor edge wear. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Occasional light foxing to margins and maps. Very good. An account of the second French circumnavigation and the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Etienne Marchand, commander of the voyage, had learned of the lucrative potential for the fur trade in that region from British captain Portlock. He sailed via Cape Horn, stopped at the Marquesas, and traded along the Northwest Coast in the summer of 1791. He provides detailed descriptions of Norfolk Sound and Sitka, followed by a particularly detailed account of the Queen Charlotte Islands, and further explorations as far as the southern end of Vancouver Island. "A very important and authoritative work for the history of the Northwest Coast" - Lada-Mocarski. From North America Marchand sailed to Hawaii and then to Macao, where he failed to sell his valuable cargo of furs. He then returned to France, where the Revolutionary government confiscated his cargo. The voyage was a loss for its investors. Marchand died in 1793 and Count Fleurieu, himself an experienced Pacific explorer, took over the editing and publication of the material from the voyage, as well as adding an authoritative history of Pacific exploration and discoveries along the American coast. Considerable text is also devoted to natural history exploration en route. The detailed maps are of Alaska and the Northwest Coast, the Marquesas, and Hawaii. An important work, seldom found in the preferred large paper format. HILL, pp.105-6. STREETER SALE 3496. LADA-MOCARSKI 54. HOWES F195, "b." EBERSTADT NORTHWEST COAST 111. WICKERSHAM 6622. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST I:212. SABIN 24751.

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ABREU, Sebastiao d'.
        Vida, e virtudes do Admiravel Padre Joam Cardim da Companhia de Jesu Portuguez natural de Vianna de Alentejo. Évora, University Press, 1659. 4to. With engraved frontispiece portrait of the Jesuit João Cardim. Contemporary goatskin parchment, red sprinkled edges.
      De Backer & Sommervogel I, col. 26; cf. Howgego, to 1800, C39; Lach & Van Kley, p. 348, 378. First edition of a biography of the Portuguese Jesuit João Cardim, written by Sebastien d'Abreu (1594-1674), also paying attention to his two uncles who were missionaries in the Far East and Brazil. His uncle Antonio Francesco Cardim (1596-1659), travelled for a few years as a missionary in China, Japan and other areas in the Far East. He was the Jesuit superior in Macau when the shogun of Japan forbade all voyages from Macau to Japan. "Cardim ... sent to Lisbon a report that was printed in 1643 of the execution at Nagasaki in 1640 of four Portuguese emissaries sent to Japan from Macau.Translations of this account quickly appeared in French, Italian and Dutch. ... In 1645 he published at Rome his Relatione of Japan in which he also deals at length with the missions in Macao, Tongking, Cochin-China, Hainan, Cambodia, and Siam, placed within the Jesuit Province of Japan where he had worked from 1623-1638" (Lach & Van Kley). The other uncle, Fernão Cardim (d. 1625), was an influential Jesuit in Brazil, one of the first who went to the mission posts there. He became director of a college in Rio de Janeiro and was made "provincial" of the local area.Lacking final endpaper and the bookblock partly detached from the binding. Some of the red paint from the sprinkled edges is found in the margins of the title-page and the engraved portrait and a few leaves are slightly browned. Otherwise still in very good condition.

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        Thirteen original drawings for The Canterbury Tales
      1800. Stothard, Thomas. 12mo. 15ff. One page of handwritten text followed by thirteen pen-and-ink drawings by the English book illustrator Thomas Stothard. According to the text, these drawings were "sketched" by Stothard "from old wood engravings meant to illustrate the characters of Chaucer." Stothard was a prolific illustrator, who has been credited with over five thousand contributions, including Robinson Crusoe (1790); Young's Night Thoughts (1802), and an edition of Burns's Poems (1802). It is likely this work was a study for a watercolor painting showing all the Canterbury pilgrims that he executed for the engraver Robert Cromek in 1806. This commission caused a rift between Stothard and William Blake, who had been friendly. Blake and Cromek had already scuffled over the illustrations to Robert Blair's The Grave, and as Blake was preparing to engrave his own illustration to the Canterbury Tales, Cromek suggested the idea to Stothard, whose resulting work became more popular than Blake's. The handwriting in the front of this volume may indeed be Cromek's, as his initials can be made out below; this hypothesis is further strengthened by the presence of the signature of Cromek's son, Thomas Harley Cromek. A fascinating work with considerable artistic intrigue, bound in contemporary full vellum, decorated in gilt.

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DEPOT GENERAL de la MARINE
        Plan d'une partie du cours de la Riviere de Saigon depuis cette ville jusqu'a son embouchure. Plan du port de Candiu situe a la cote de Tsiompa.
      Paris: Depot General de Marine. unbound. Sea chart. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 19" x 27.5 This unusual circa 1800 sea chart by the Depot de la Marine depicts the Saigon River in modern day Vietnam. The map, divided into two sections, follows the course of the river from Saigon City (Ho Chi Minh City) south to the mouth of the Saigon River and Vung Tau. The port of Candiu is identified on the coast of Tsiompa. Tsiompa refers to the ancient Indochinese kingdom of Champa which existed between the 2nd and 17th century. Vountao (Vung Tao) is exceptionally detailed with beautifully rendered topography to the level of individual fields and plantations. Depth soundings are labeled though out the river and coastal features are noted. The Royal Palace of Saigon is also detailed.<br><br>Vung Tau, originally known as Tam Thang, earned its name (which means 'anchorage') after European trading ships started frequenting the region during the 14th and 15th centuries. During the late 18th and early 19th century, Malay pirates made this a base. The French Indochinese government named it Cap Saint-Jacques (also noted here). The map is in good condition with minimal wear along the original centerfold. Minor offsetting and some spotting in the margins. Wide margins with original plate mark visible.<br><br>Depot General de la Marine was a French hydrographic mapping organization similar to the United States Coast Survey or the British Admiralty. Some of the important cartographers associated with the Depot include Jacques Nicholas Bellin and Riobert Bonne. This is a wonderful example of the Depot's extensive work.

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        Gott ist die reinste Liebe. Geistliches Christkatholisches Lesebuch um 1800 (von) I.F.R. Manuskript.
      1800, 1800 - in-8°, 2 weisse Bl. + 231 S. (handgeschr.) + 7 kolor. Kupfertafeln (eingeklebt) + 2 n.n. Bl., durchgehend etwas fleckig, Original-Lederband, leicht beschädigt, Restenvon Rücken- und Plattenvergoldung, Goldschnitt. Beautiful manuscript, fine example of popular religious art with tipped-in orig. 18th. C. handcoloured engraving .Das Werk stellt eine sehr sorgfältig gearbeitete Handschrift dar. Es ist mit brauner Tinte geschrieben, wichtige Stellen sind darüberhinaus durch die Farben hellbraun, grün und rot hervorgehoben. Die zahlreichen erbaulichen Gebete und Litaneien, geschrieben in einer sehr schönen, regelmässigen deutschen Kursivschrift des frühen 19. Jhd., sind ein prächtiges Beispiel volkstümlicher religiöser Kunst. Texte, Titel und zahlreiche Titelüberschriften in schöner kalligraphischer Gestaltung, teils in rot, grün, blau oder braun, oft reich in farben und Gold verziert, alle Textblätter mit Umrahmung in 4-facher Linie. Die Kupfertafeln sind ebenfalls koloriert und wurden durch Johann Balzer (aus Prag) gestochen.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Thieme-B. I/430 (Balzer). [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator | WIGSTEAD, Henry |
        Remarks on A Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797
      1800. first edition. With Twenty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Including Ten by Thomas RowlandsonPossibly a Large-Paper CopyROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. WIGSTEAD, Henry. Remarks on A Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797. By Henry Wigstead. With Plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt & c. (Aquatinted by I. Hill). London: Published by W. Wigstead, 1800. Possibly a Large-Paper Copy. Octavo (9 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 238 x 147 mm.). Engraved title-page, verso blank, introduction 3 pages, verso blank, 69, [1, blank] pp. Twenty-two hand colored aquatint plates by Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt and others. Bound without the half-title, letterpress title, errata-slip and adverts.Bound ca. 1920 by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full red straight grain morocco. Covers with triple gilt rules and gilt 'thistle' corner ornaments, spine with five raised bands, decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board-edges and turn-ins, marbled end-papers, all edges rough gilt. Some light offsetting from the plates to the text, still a very fine copy housed in a red cloth slip-case. Ten of the plates are signed by Rowlandson. Abbey's copy had the first Rowlandson plate without title - in our copy this plate is entitled "Ragland". Of particular amusement is Henry Wigstead's drawing of "A Welsh Landlady" which appears opposite page 40.Possibly a large-paper colored copy (Abbey's copy was uncolored and measured 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches). The Bobins copy is also bound without the letterpress title, errata-slip and adverts.This title invariably appears with the plates not colored. "The romantic and picturesque scenery of North and South Wales, having within these few years been considered highly noticeable and attractive, I was induced to visit this Principality with my friend Mr. Rowlandson, whose abilities as an artist need no eulogium from me. We left London in August 1797, highly expectant of gratification: nor were our fullest hopes in the least frustrated. At the time of our excursion, I had no idea of submitting to the public any of our minutes or sketches; but as several of the subjects amongst our scenery have become topics of admiration, as well to the artist as cursory traveller, I have in the following sheets endeavoured to give a faint idea of their beauties; accompanied by some short remarks on the road, merely intended as a sort of Vade Mecum to stimulate the readers to further and more important inquiries; and in order, if possible, that they may, by being apprized of many inconveniences we experienced, be enabled to avoid them." (Introduction).Wigstead was an English Magistrate amateur painter & caricaturist. He was a close personal friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whom he accompanied on sketching trips to the Isle of Wight (1784), Brighton (1789) and Wales (1787) which resulted in subsequent publications for which Rowlandson provided the illustrations. Abbey, Scenery, 516; Grego, Rowlandson the Caricaturist, II, pp. 19-21.

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Paulus, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob.
        Philologisch-kritischer und historischer Kommentar über die drey ersten Evangelien, in welchem der griechische Text, nach einer Recognition der Varianten, Interpunctionen und Abschnitte, durch Einleitungen, Inhaltsanzeigen und ununterbrochene Scholien als Grundlage der Geschichte des Urchristentums synoptisch und chronologisch bearbeitet ist,5 Bd (Teile I-IV und Zusatzband)
      Lübeck, Johann Friedrich Bohn 1800 - Erste Ausgabe; vollständig; 1800/1801/1802/1804/1808; der 5.Band (Zusätze) wurde in Lübeck von Niemand und Compagnie gedruckt; Halb Leder Einbände der Zeit mit Titel und Goldverzierung, an der Rücken Oberfläche berieben, auch an den Kanten, Deckel verstaubt, marmorierte Vorsätze und Schnitte; Bibliothek Aufkleber an Rücken und Vorsätze; Name aus alter Hand auf Vorsätze; kleiner Stempel auf Titelseiten; die Einbände sind fest; Innen alle 5 Bd in gutem Zustand, leicht vergilbt, einige Braunflecken auf ersten und letzten Seiten; . XXVII, 745; 802; 946; VI, 585; 650; 1-3). HLdr d. Zt m. goldgeprägten je 2 Rückenschildern. Gutes Ex. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Tropical birds, antique prints - Audebert and Viellot.
      "Le Barbu Oranvert"' en "Le Guepier Buloch"'.Etsen uit "Oiseaux dorés ou à reflets métalliques"', 1e deel; "Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops."' Vervaardigd door Jean Baptiste Audebert en Louis Jean Pierre Viellot uitgegeven te Parijs bij Desray, 1800-1802. Afm.: (lijsten) 56 x 44 cm.Alleen kleurrijke vogels met een sierlijke vorm werden in het boek opgenomen. De vogelportretten zijn in prachtige kleuren gedrukt, met een door Audebert uitgevonden drukproces. Per afbeelding waren meerdere koperen platen voor het drukproces nodig. Audebert benadrukte in zijn omschrijving dat de kleuren niet nadien met de hand waren aangebracht.Louis Bouquet assisteerde met het inkleuren van de platen, en Langlois bij het drukken.Audebert overleed voordat hij in staat was zijn grootse werk af te maken, slechts de kolibries zijn door hem zelf op de plaat gezet. De overige vogels zijn door Viellot op basis van Audebert"s tekeningen en notities op de koperen plaat aangebracht.De folio editie werd in 32 leveringen uitgegeven, voor 30 francs per stuk.Prijs: â‚¬ 685,- (per stuk, incl. lijst).

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RIDLEY, William (after)
        James Edward Smith M.D., F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society; The Pursuit of the Ship containing the Linnean Collection by order of the King of Sweden
      London: Published for Dr. Thornton, 25 March, 1800. Slight toning, very good condition.. Stipple engraved oval portrait of James Edward Smith above line engraved view of 'The Pursuit of the ship containing the Linnean Collection by order of the King of Spain', on the one sheet 480 x 350 mm., mounted. Fine portrait of Sir James Edward Smith, founder of the Linnean Society and author of the first botany of Australian plants. Smith (1759-1828) was one of the earliest proponents of Linneaus in England, and the vignette at the bottom of this portrait shows one of the famous events of Smith's youth, when he purchased the Linneaus collection of books, manuscripts and specimens for 1000 guineas and spirited it away to London where it arrived in 1784. In his later biography Smith stated that Gustav III of Sweden, who had been absent in France, 'vainly sent a belated vessel to the Sound to intercept the ship which carried them', but despite being perpetuated here, the story is likely apocryphal (DNB). In London Smith founded the Linnean Society, becoming its first president, and in the early 1790s was not only the author of the Botany of New Holland but worked on the publication of First Fleet surgeon John White's Journal of 1790.The charming portrait itself is after a pastel by John Russell. A copy of this portrait is believed to have hung in the picture collection of Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from 1826 onwards, testament to prior to his arriving in Australia he had been secretary of the Linnean Society of London until 1825.The portrait was prepared for Robert Thornton's monumental Temple of Flora which began printing in 1799 and was completed by 1807. Thornton hoped the work would surpass the Germans in scholarship and the French in artistry, publishing a work which not included botanical plates but also five portraits of famous botanists, of which this is one. The portraits do seem to have also been available separately, which might explain the particularly large margins of this sheet.

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WILLICH, Dr A F M
        Lectures on Diet and Regimen: being a Systematic Inquiry into the most Rational means of preserving Health and prolonging Life. Together with Physiological and Chemical Explanations, calculated chiefly for the use of Families, in order to banish the prevailing Abuses and Prejudices in Medicine.
      London: Printed by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800., 1800. Third Edition, revised and enlarged, of this early work on health consciousness, healthy lifestyle and general well-being through advices on personal cleanliness, exercises and rest, food, drink and spices, etc. 8vo.; pp. 674 including Index, (2) Printers' catalogue. Dark brown diced calf boards, corners worn, recent respine with gilt titles and gilt; marbled end papers; speckled edges. Very light and very occasional spotting. An attractive copy.

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Schiller, Friedrich von.
        Gedichte.
      Lpz., Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1800-1803. 2 Tle. in 2 Bdn. 18 x 11 cm. Titel, 2 Bl., 335 S.; Titel, 4 Bl., 358 S. Mit gestoch. Frontispiz von W. Böhm nach H. Meyer. HLdr. d. Zt. mit Rvergoldung. bzw. mod. HLdr. Rvergoldung. WG 35; Goedeke V, 154, 2 und 155, 3; Brieger 2081; Marcuse 174 und 250; Borst 874. - Erste von Schiller selbst besorgte Ausgabe. - Das Frontispiz im 1. Teil zeigt eine Illustration zum \"Handschuh\". In der \"Vorerinnerung\" zum 2. Teil schreibt Schiller: \"Vielleicht hätte bei Sammlung dieser Gedichte eine strengere Auswahl getroffen werden sollen. Die wilden Produkte eines jugendlichen Dilettantism, die unsichern Versuche einer anfangenden Kunst und eines mit sich selbst noch nicht einigen Geschmacks finden sich hier mit solchen zusammengestellt, die das Werk einer reiferen Einsicht sind\". - Einbände berieben und bestoßen. Innen gut erhalten. Der moderne Einband gekonnt optisch an den Einband der Zeit angepasst. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Literatur

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Retana, Wenceslao Emilio.
        Aparato bibliográfico de la historia general de Filipinas deducido de la colección que posee en Barcelona la Compañia General de Tabacos de dichas islas.
      Manila: P.B. Ayuda Small folio. 3 vols. I: [3] ff., xcvii, [1 (blank) pp., [1] f., 463, [1(blank) pp. II: [3] ff., pp. 465–1064. III: [3] ff., 1065–1800, [2] ff. Includes facsims.. 1964 An essential bibliography of books printed in the Philippines and in Europe about the islands, based on the library of the Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas. This is a photolithographic facsimile of the first edition (Madrid, Imprenta de la sucesora de M. Minuesa de los Ríos, 1906). Publisher's maroon faux reptile, corners bumped, and one volume with a crescent of chipping to base of spine. Staining on endpapers from cello tape; all edges of closed volumes soot-stained but not margins or text. Uncut and mostly unopened. A handsome set of a significant resource.

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RIDLEY, William (after).
        James Edward Smith M.D., F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society; The Pursuit of the Ship containing the Linnean Collection by order of the King of Sweden.
      London: Published for Dr. Thornton, 25 March, 1800. Stipple engraved oval portrait of James Edward Smith above line engraved view of 'The Pursuit of the ship containing the Linnean Collection by order of the King of Spain', on the one sheet 480 x 350 mm., mounted. Fine portrait of Sir James Edward Smith, founder of the Linnean Society and author of the first botany of Australian plants. Smith (1759-1828) was one of the earliest proponents of Linneaus in England, and the vignette at the bottom of this portrait shows one of the famous events of Smith's youth, when he purchased the Linneaus collection of books, manuscripts and specimens for 1000 guineas and spirited it away to London where it arrived in 1784. In his later biography Smith stated that Gustav III of Sweden, who had been absent in France, 'vainly sent a belated vessel to the Sound to intercept the ship which carried them', but despite being perpetuated here, the story is likely apocryphal (DNB). In London Smith founded the Linnean Society, becoming its first president, and in the early 1790s was not only the author of the Botany of New Holland but worked on the publication of First Fleet surgeon John White's Journal of 1790.The charming portrait itself is after a pastel by John Russell. A copy of this portrait is believed to have hung in the picture collection of Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from 1826 onwards, testament to prior to his arriving in Australia he had been secretary of the Linnean Society of London until 1825.The portrait was prepared for Robert Thornton's monumental Temple of Flora which began printing in 1799 and was completed by 1807. Thornton hoped the work would surpass the Germans in scholarship and the French in artistry, publishing a work which not included botanical plates but also five portraits of famous botanists, of which this is one. The portraits do seem to have also been available separately, which might explain the particularly large margins of this sheet. Slight toning, very good condition.

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Robinsonaden - Defoe, Daniel.
        La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoë. Traduction Revue et corrigée sur la belle Edition donnée par Stockdale en 1790, augmentée de la vie de l'Auteur, qui n'avoit pas encore paru (par Griffet Labaume, avec une préface de par l'abbé de Montlino). Edition ornée de 19 gravures par Delignon, d'après les dessins originaux de Stothart, d'une Carte Géographique, et accompagnée d'un vocabulaire de Marine.
      H. Verdière, Paris 1800 - 3 Bde. Paris, H. Verdière, (1800). Gr.-8°. CVIII, 276 S., 526 S., 340 S. Mit 19 Tafeln und 1 gefalt. Karte. Breitrandiges unbeschnittenes Exemplar. Interims-Br. der Zeit mit Rückenschild (dieses berieben). (1 Titelblatt und 1 Tafel mit kleinem Wasserrand). - Sonst absolut sauberes Exemplar der Vorzugsausgabe mit den 19 Tafeln auf Vélin, gestochen von Delvaux, Dupreel und Delignon nach Stothart und J.B. Duviviez, davon 1 als Portrait-Frontispiz. In den Interimseinbänden.- Graesse II, 350. - Ullrich, Robinson und Robinsonaden (1898), S. 37, Nr. 22 (Ausgabe mit Verlagsname von Pancoucke [1799] und mit nur 16 Kupfern), vgl. dazu Henry-J. Reynaud, Notes supplémentaires sur les livres à gravures du 18e siècle (1955), Kol. 187-188 (« car l'édition a été réalisée successivement par C.-J. Pancoucke (la Veuve Pancoucke), avec l'annonce de 19 gravures; par C.-L.-F. Pancoucke 15 gravures), puis par Verdière (Duvivier). On voit souvent l'ouvrage avec 16 figures seulement, dont 1 portrait ») ; Cohen/de Ricci 406 (L'édition est fort belle. Existe aussi sur grand papier vélin, figures avant la lettre »). Interims-Br. der Zeit mit Rückenschild (dieses berieben).

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