Displayed below are some selected recent viaLibri matches for books published in 1820

Travers, Benjamin
        A Synopsis of the Diseases of the Eye, and Their Treatment: To Which are Prefixed a Short Anatomical Description and a Sketch of the Physiology of That Organ
      London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1820. G : in Good condition. Cover worn with upper board becoming detached. Outer spine worn. Ex.-lib. with minimum marking. Contents including plates bright First Edition Brown board cover xix, 425pp :: Six hand coloured tissue guarded plates :: 240mm x 140mm (9" x 6") :: Includes the publisher's 8pp list of publications for January 1821

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FRASER, James Baillie (1783-1856)
        View of the Country from Urshalun Teeba
      London: Rodwell & Martin, 1 March 1820. Hand-coloured aquatint by Robert Havell & Son, after Fraser. 18 1/8 x 23 1/4inches. 21 x 30 inches. A fine example of a view taken during the first recorded journey by Europeans through the Himalayas. In 1815, following the end of the war with Nepal, Fraser and his brother William, a political agent, spent two months on a tour of the Himalayas. Their journey took the brothers along the river valleys of the Himalayas, with occasional sorties to higher latitudes and as far as the sources of both the Jumna and Ganges rivers.This view is from the spectacular Views in the Himala Mountains which contains twenty of Havell's masterly plates worked up from sketches made on the spot by Fraser. In style the plates are similar to, and very much a match for Henry Salt's and the Daniell brothers' large scale views published 10 and 20 years earlier. This was a deliberate strategy by the publishers who drew attention to the similarities in their advertisements which describe the work as being `In Elephant Folio, uniform with Daniell's Oriental Scenery, and Salt's Views in Abyssinia..' Cf. Abbey Travel II, 498

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MARKLIN, GABR.
        Catalogus disputationum in academiis Scandinaviæ et Finlandiæ Lidenianus continuatus.
      I-III. Uppsala, Reg. academiæ typographi, 1820. 8:o. (2),IV,262 + 179 + 102 s. + MARKLIN, GABR. Ad catalogum disputationum in academiis et gymnasiis Sveciæ Lidenianum. Supplementa addidit. Uppsala, Reg. academiæ typographi, 1820. 8:o. (2),117 s. Ngt nött med trevligt opappbd med brunmarmorerad rygg och trasig röd titeletikett. Gula stänkdekorerade pärmsidor. Ryggen blekt och med en ytlig längsgående spricka. Ouppskuren. Sporadiska smärre sotfläckar. En pappersförlust i nedre hörnet på s. 39 i del III.. Almquist Sveriges bibliografiska litteratur 1212-13. Den avslutande delen är ett supplement till Lidéns "Catalogus disputationum" 1778-80. Marklins första fortsättning på Lidéns avhandlingsbibliografi täcker tiden 1778-1819 och är fortfarande standardverket på sitt område. Gabriel Marklin (1777-1857) var entomolog och adjunkt vid Vetenskapssocieteten samt skicklig boksamlare. Han intresserade sig främst för naturvetenskaplig litteratur och svenska akademiska avhandlingar. Hans huvudsamling på det sistnämnda området uppgick till 23000 avhandlingar och den förvärvades av Kungliga biblioteket redan under hans livstid

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FOSCOLO Ugo
        RICCIARDA. Tragedia.
      John Murray 1820 In-8 p. (mm. 217x135), con la rarissima bross. orig. (brutti restauri), pp. (6),96; manca l?ultima c.b. Contraffazione torinese, non comune, dell'edizione originale di Londra. Cfr. Raccolta Acchiappati,98: "E' questa la terza ed ultima contraffazione di un'ediz. originale di Foscolo.. Usci' a Torino dai torchi della vedova Pomba e Figli nel mese di giugno 1820 e rappresenta una perfetta imitazione della londinese.. E' nondimeno facilmente identificabile.. a cominciare dal numero delle pagine (96) rispetto all'originale (102)" - Ottolini,285 - Calzavara Mazzolà,46, p. 43. Esemplare marginoso con barbe, ben conservato.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Malavasi]

Galt, John Esq. [1779-1839] & engraved by GRAVES, R. (after J. Irvine )
        Attractive engraved portrait, signed by John Galt
      NP, [1820]. No binding. Very Good. Laid in Signature. UNCOMMON SIGNATURE OF THE JOHN GALT, FOUNDER OF GUELPH, ONTARIO Attractive engraved portrait, signed by him at the foot, the engraving by R. Graves after J. Irvine shows him three-quarter length seated, 5 " x 4 " laid down , circa 1820Minor soiling other wise, very good condition., Galt came to London in 1803, and while on a commercial visit to the continent, 1809, travelled with Byron from Gibraltar to Malta, and visited Constantinople and Greece. His most famous story is 'Annals of the Parish', 1821. In 1824 and 1826 he visited Canada as secretary to a company for the purchase of crown land, and founded the town of Guelph, but was imprisoned for debt on his return. His 'Life of Byron' came out in 1830, his 'Autobiography' in 1833, and 'Literary Life' in 1834, for which William IV sent him £200. That year he suffered paralysis but continued his literary work.

      [Bookseller: Lord Durham Rare Books Inc. (IOBA)]

Harmon, Daniel Williams
        A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America, Between the 47th and 58th Degrees of North Latitude, Extending from Montreal Nearly to the Pacific Ocean
      Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Period full calf over boards, title "Harmon's Journal" stamped in gilt onto red spine label, 8vo (8-1/8 inches tall) pp. [xxiv], 432, portrait frontispiece. Binding well worn and rubbed, top of joints starting, eratta and folding map lacking (map provided in photocopy); p.o. name and date [1834] in ink and pencil erasure ffep, some pages noted with penciled page numbers at foot, leaf 39/40 with a piece missing at foot - not affecting text, first few pages are loosening and held by a thread, front and rear endpapers with one small hole each, dampstain and light soil within. Housed in a custom chemise and morroco backed slipcase. A good copy of this famous and poorly made publication. Harmon's fame is due mostly to this excellent journal of the fur trade, kept for almost two decades. "This account was edited by Daniel Haskell, and some of it probably written by him under Harmon's dictation." Streeter, 3692. The Preface is signed [in print only] by Haskell. Ref. Howes, H205; Wagner-Camp 17; Sabin, 30404; Peel, 71.

      [Bookseller: Harropian Books, IOBA]

Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821
        The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. 1820. By the Authority of the Medical Societies and Colleges
      Boston, Printed by Wells & Lilly. For Charles Ewer, 1820. 272 p.; interleaved; 24 cm. First official U.S. pharmacopoeia. Lyman Spalding headed the Committee of Publication created by the General Medical Convention meeting in Washington, D.C., January 1820. Based mainly on the Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society (1808). Austin 1500; Garrison-Morton 1845; Norman 1691; Waller 1716; Shaw Shoemaker 2733. Bound in original boards with new leather spine; in slipcase. An early practitioner splashed some non-acidic substance affecting pages 163 / 176. Stock#OB783.

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Spalding, Lyman,1775-1821
        The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America:1820. By the Authority of the Medical Societies and Colleges
      Boston,Printed by Wells & Lilly for Charles Ewer,1820. 272 p.,22 cm. First American pharmacopoeia; prepared and published by the authority of a general medical convention held at Washington, January 1820. L. Spalding, chairman of the committee of publication. Cf. p. [3]. Main text in Latin & English on opposite pages. Variously called the American Pharmacopoeia, the National Pharmacopoeia, and the United States Pharmacopoeia. "Historical introduction", p. [5]-16. "Materia medica, or a catalogue of simple medicines, together with some prepared medicines", p. [27]-50; "Secondary list", p. [51]-57. Austin 1500. VG; bound in full contemporary tree calf, red leather spine label, spine lettered and stamped in gilt. Stock#NS0223. In slipcase.

      [Bookseller: The Owl at the Bridge]

Rees, Abraham
        Cyclopaedia of Arts, Sciences and Literature. 4 volume set
      London: Longman. Worn covers. Spines missing. Bindings generally tight. Pages generally clean and bright with occasional light foxing. Suitable for research restoration or breaking. 1820. Reprint. Leather cover. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9") :: 540 engraved plates. [152 missing] :: The full collation is as follows: 540 plates present. 152 missing: Vol I  (Agriculture - Algebra-Analysis-Anatomy-Architecture-Artillery-Astronomy (Fergusons eclipsareon and globes,Constellations, Davis's quadrant, Eltons quadrant, Newtons Quadrant;Mayers and Bordas Circle, Troughton reflecting circle; Mendozas circle, Ramsdens circle; Herschels Fort Fett reflecting Telescope) 187 present, 29 missing. Vol II (Basso Relievo - Bleaching-Block machinery- Roman Camp -Circumvallation-Castrametation- Cannon-Canteens-CAsting-Chemistry- Clouds-Compostion-Conics-Cotton Manufacture-Cycloid- Dialling (Scientific Dials) Docks in London-Drawing-Drawing Instruments-Electricity (Priestleys Battery)CondensersAbbe Nollet's Dr Watsons's Mr Wilsons; Mr Hawksnee's, Dr van Marum, Mr Beccaris, Mr Nairnes, Mr Cuthbertsons machines- Engines- Early English Engraving- Fortification- Furnaces- Bark beds and pits -Geography-Geometry - Gunnery - Heraldry-Horology (missing)): 160 present, 50 missing. Vol III (Hydraulics - Hydrostatics-Iron manufacture- Furnace- Lamps- Masonry- Mechanics- Military Manoeuvres-Mill Work-Miscellany- Monograms - Music - Naval Architecture - fold out diagrams): 166 present, 18 missing. Vol IV (Navigation-Organ-Painting-Papermill- Perspective- PLanetary Machines- Planing- Plated Manufacture - Pneumatics - Pottery - Press - Projection - Proportional compasses- Scenography- Sculpture-Shadow- Ships-Shorthand-Steam engines-Stereography-Stereotomy- Sugarmill-Surverying-Telegraph- Trigonometry -Waterwheels-Waterworks-Weaving-Wiremill-Woolen Manufacture-Worsted manufacture-Writing by Cipher-Cypher writing): 127 present, 54 missing .

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Salter, T. F.
        The Troller's Guide, A New And Complete Practical Treatise On The Art Of Trolling Or Fishing For Jack And Pike, Illustrated With Numerous Cuts Of Books, Baits, Tackle, : To which is added the best method of baiting an
      First Edition. Engraved frontispiece and numerous text engravings. Bound in half brown leather and marbled boards with a red leather spine label stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's leather bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Image on request. Book condition: Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket

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RICHTER, C.A., & A. LOUIS RICHTER:GF
        30 mahlerische An- und Aussichten von Dresden und den nächsten Umgebungen; aufgenommen, gezeichnet und radirt.
      2. verb. Aufl. Dresden: in den Arnoldischen Buchhandlung [1820]. Oblong-8vo. 17 pp. + 30 plates. Contp. yellow boards, loose. First 8 pages dampstained.. This copy belonged to the Danish artist Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, dated 4. August 1831 Dresden (on the titlepage)

      [Bookseller: Peter Grosell's Antikvariat]

Monteath, Robert
        Forester's guide; or a practical treatise on the training and pruning of forest trees; valuing and ascertaining the quantity of wood and bark produced by coppice woods. to which is added, a description of a newly-invented machine for measuring and valuing standing trees. With engravings
      Stirling: Printed at the Journal office by C. Munro & Co, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Later half calf and marbled boards, showing no splits or snags, just very slightly rubbed in places; contents firm, tight and clean with no pen-marks; also, not from a library and so no such stamps or labels; size: 185mm x 110mm; collation: pp. [7], vi-xxiv, [25]-212, and [2] folded leaves of plates. Scarce.

      [Bookseller: Prior Books]

WORDSWORTH, William
        THE MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
      Longman Hurst et. al London: Longman, Hurst et. al, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Splitting to one or two joints, a few hinges fragile, but all covers secure; text quite clean. Very Good or better. Four volumes bound in contemporary half black morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards. Complete with an engraved frontispiece in each volume and half-title pages in the second and third volumes. Includes some revised poems as well as a selection of new sonnets.

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent, ABAA ]

PORTER David
        Giornale di una crociera fatta nell?Oceano Pacifico dal Capitano David Porter sulla fregata degli Stati Uniti l?Essex negli anni 1812, 1813 e 1814, in 3 voll.
      Giambattista Sonzogno 1820 prima ediz. ital., in 8° piccolo (cm 16,5x10), pp. xiii, 247, 1 b.; 275, 1 b.; 267, 1 b.; leg. coeva m/pelle con angoli, tit. in oro su tass. al ds. e fregi, tagli spruzz.; collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti... dopo quelli del celebre Cook e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana". "...Che contiene la descrizione delle isole del Capo-Verde, delle coste del Brasile, della Patagonia, del Perù, del Chili e delle isole Gallapagos; non che una relazione del gruppo delle isole Washington, delle maniere, costumi e foggie di quegli abitanti ec. ec.". Trad. dall'originale inglese di F. Contarini, con 11 tavv. in rame acquerellate, il ritratto dell'A. all'antip. del 1° vol., e 1 grande c. geogr. delle isole Washington ripiegata nel 2° vol. Lievi fior. Molto raro. 659/21

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CARR John
        Viaggio in Olanda e nel mezzodì della Germania sopra le due rive del Reno nella state dell'anno 1806, in 3 voll.
      Giambattista Sonzogno 1820 prima ediz. ital., in 8° piccolo (cm 16,5x10), pp. lxx, 221; 284, 1; 304, 1; leg. coeva m/pelle con angoli, tit. in oro su tass. al ds. e fregi, tagli spruzz.; collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti... dopo quelli del celebre Cook e non pubblicati fin ora in lingua italiana". Trad. di Andrea Zambelli, col ritratto dell'A. all'antip. del 1° vol. e 11 tavv. in rame acquerellate, che raffigurano le città più importanti. Lievi fior. e qc. piccola sbucc. alla leg. 654/21

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MANZONI Alessandro
        IL CONTE DI CARMAGNOLA. Tragedia.
      Tip. Vincenzo Ferrario 1820 In-16 gr. (mm. 199x133), mz. pelle coeva, fregi e tit. oro al dorso, 4 cc.nn., 142 pp.num., 1 c.b. Introdotta da una lunga Prefazione e da notizie storiche, l?opera è dedicata a Carlo Claudio Fauriel. Non comune "prima edizione" stampata da Vincenzo Ferrario. In questo esemplare, per segnalare l?errore a p. 63, è stata incollata (sulla seconda pagina preliminare) una strisciolina di carta con la dicitura: ?Pag. 63 lin. 1, leggasi: Del valor che si perde? (invece di ?che valor..?). Cfr. Parenti ?Rarità bibl. dell?800?,I, p. 173-177 che segnala anche le diverse varianti per la correzione dell?errore. Leggerm. smargin., altrimenti fresco esemplare su carta distinta, molto ben conservato.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Malavasi]

Lopez, Estanislao.
        Carta particular del gobernador de Santa fe al seor gobernador y capitan general de esta provincia. Seor Don Martin Rodriguez. Rosario y Noviembre 10 de 1820. Paisano y amigo de mi aprecio. A noche he llegado este de
      1 pp. 4to. 1 sheet (Broadside). First edition. Zinny: Bibliografa histrica p. 396, No. 248. Not in Fors. A remarkable document issued at a particularly critical moment in Argentine history, this letter concerns the formation of a federal government in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa F, and Entre Ros by the selection of representatives from each. Lopez announces that his representatives have been elected and calls for peace: "Let bloodshed and our disputes stop and let us have a stable reconciliation so that we can leave behind this state of anarchy." Lpez (1786-1839), Caudillo of Santa Fe from 1818 to 1838, was a supporter of Rosas and favored federalism. Martin Rodrguez was a major political leader. After Dorrego's defeat in 1820, he became Governor of Buenos Aires. and arranged the Bernegas Treaty (1820) that established a truce between the Mespotamian Provinces and Buenos Aires. Provenance: Antonio Santamarina (blind stamp).Scarce. OCLC shows a single copy: JCB. A very good copy, small blind stamp in lower margin, light foxing to fore edge.

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Carnot, (Lazare Nicolas) M(arguerite)
        Anweisung zur Vertheidigung der Festungen. Mit eilf in Kupfer gestochenen Plänen. Nach der dritten Auflage aus dem Französischen übersetzt von F. von Bressensdorf.
      25x20,5 cm. XXXII, 542 S., (2) S. Verbesserungen und Druckfehler, 11 gefaltete Tafeln. Roter Maroquin-Band mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel- und Verzierung, Deckelfiletierung, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung und Ganzgoldschnitt. Deutsche Übersetzung des erstmals 1810 erschienen Standardwerkes 'De la défense des places fortes' des französischen Offiziers, Mathematikers und Politikers Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823). - Rückenkanten schwach berieben. Gestochenes Exlibris auf Innendeckel. - Sehr frisches, praktisch fleckenloses Exemplar. [3 Warenabbildungen bei antiquariat.de]

      [Bookseller: Daniel Thierstein Buchantiquariat]

Ritgen, Ferdinand August
        Die Anzeigen der mechanischen Hülfen bei Entbindungen, nebst einiger, in neuerer Zeit empfohlenen geburtshülflichen Operationen und einer verbesserten Geburtszange.
      8°. XXIV, 470 S., 1 n.n. Bl. Verbesserungen. Mit einer gefalteten Kupfertafel. Pappband der Zeit mit rotem, goldgeprägtem Rückenschild. Hirsch-H. IV, 825. - Waller 8005. - Erste Ausgabe. - Ritgen (1787-1867) wurde nach seinem Studium in Giessen erster Direktor der Entbindungsanstalt. Förderte die Hebammenausbildung und schrieb mehrere Lehrbücher zur Geburtshilfe. Der Ritgen Handgriff oder Hinterdammgriff wurde von ihm im vorliegenden Werk erstmals beschrieben. - Papier leicht gebräunt. Titel gestempelt. Exlibris auf Innendeckel. Einband schwach beschabt. - Selten.

      [Bookseller: Daniel Thierstein Buchantiquariat]

Abercrombie, John
        Important and long Autograph letter signed to Thos. H. Burder, "My dearest Friend
      Edinburgh, 1820. Abercrombie, John (1780-1844). Autograph letter signed, dated Edinburgh, 20th November 1820, to Dr. Thomas H. Burder (1789-1843). 4pp., including integral address leaf. 251 x 202 mm. Creased where previously folded, light wear along a few folds, light soiling, but very good, preserving Abercrombie's wax seal. Excellent long letter congratulating Burder on the recovery of his health after a four-year illness. Abercrombie was the author of the classic "Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord" (1828; G-M 2285.2), as well as the extremely popular "Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers" (1830). Burder, Abercrombie's correspondent, was a London physician who "suffered from almost constant ill-health" (DNB); his article on "Headache," contributed to the "Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine," was based largely on his own experience.

      [Bookseller: Jeremy Norman's Historyofscience.com ]

Rees, Abraham
        Cyclopaedia of Arts, Sciences and Literature. 4 volume set
      London: Longman, 1820.. Reprint. Leather cover. Worn covers. Spines missing. Bindings generally tight. Pages generally clean and bright with occasional light foxing. Suitable for research restoration or breaking. 540 engraved plates. [152 missing] :: 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9") :: The full collation is as follows: 540 plates present. 152 missing: Vol I ?(Agriculture - Algebra-Analysis-Anatomy-Architecture-Artillery-Astronomy (Fergusons eclipsareon and globes,Constellations, Davis's quadrant, Eltons quadrant, Newtons Quadrant;Mayers and Bordas Circle, Troughton reflecting circle; Mendozas circle, Ramsdens circle; Herschels Fort Fett reflecting Telescope) 187 present, 29 missing. Vol II (Basso Relievo - Bleaching-Block machinery- Roman Camp -Circumvallation-Castrametation- Cannon-Canteens-CAsting-Chemistry- Clouds-Compostion-Conics-Cotton Manufacture-Cycloid- Dialling (Scientific Dials) Docks in London-Drawing-Drawing Instruments-Electricity (Priestleys Battery)CondensersAbbe Nollet's Dr Watsons's Mr Wilsons; Mr Hawksnee's, Dr van Marum, Mr Beccaris, Mr Nairnes, Mr Cuthbertsons machines- Engines- Early English Engraving- Fortification- Furnaces- Bark beds and pits -Geography-Geometry - Gunnery - Heraldry-Horology (missing)): 160 present, 50 missing. Vol III (Hydraulics - Hydrostatics-Iron manufacture- Furnace- Lamps- Masonry- Mechanics- Military Manoeuvres-Mill Work-Miscellany- Monograms - Music - Naval Architecture - fold out diagrams): 166 present, 18 missing. Vol IV (Navigation-Organ-Painting-Papermill- Perspective- PLanetary Machines- Planing- Plated Manufacture - Pneumatics - Pottery - Press - Projection - Proportional compasses- Scenography- Sculpture-Shadow- Ships-Shorthand-Steam engines-Stereography-Stereotomy- Sugarmill-Surverying-Telegraph- Trigonometry -Waterwheels-Waterworks-Weaving-Wiremill-Woolen Manufacture-Worsted manufacture-Writing by Cipher-Cypher writing): 127 present, 54 missing

      [Bookseller: Barter Books]

United States
        The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America
      Wells & Lilly Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1820. 8vo. 272pp. 18th cent. tree sheep, rebacked. Some foxing and browning as is common in American books of this period. First edition. Garrison-Morton 1845. The first official pharmacopeia of the United States owed its existence largely to the efforts of the American physician Lyman Spalding, who began campaigning for a national pharmacopeia in 1815. Spalding's efforts finally bore fruit in a national convention that met in 1820 and adopted a pharmacopeia based mainly on the Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society (1808).

      [Bookseller: Jeremy Norman's Historyofscience.com ]

(WALLMARK, PEHR ADAM)
        Swenska språkets skönheter i vers och prosa, eller swensk anthologi, innehållande walda stycken i alla slag af witterhet, indelade och ordnade efter de särskilta slagen, och hemtade ur wåra äldre och yngre författare; i afsigt att bidraga till en närmare bekantskap med wår sköna litteratur, men i synnerhet till deklamations-konstens utbildande i wåra underwisningswerk och sällskaps-kretsar.
      I. Poetiska stycken. I-III. Sthlm, Ecksteinska boktryckeriet, 1820-28. 12:o. XXXVII,(1),462 + XVII,(1),516 + XIII,(1),560 s. Tre bra ngt nötta marmorerade hfrbd med upphöjda bind och guldornerad och blindpressad ryggdekor samt ljusbruna titeletiketter. Stänkta snitt. Ryggarna obetydligt blekta och med några småfläckar. Inlagan med enstaka småfläckar. Litet brännhål i marginalen på s. 157 i del I, lång reva i s. 347 i del II, smärre fläckar på s. 9 och 16 i del III. Stort, fint ex. med P. A. Sjögrens exlibris och ur Gunnar Brusewitz bibliotek.. Andra delen med oregelbunden paginering. En planerad fortsättning med prosastycken utkom aldrig. Wallmarks antologi, tryckt på hans eget tryckeri, har försvaret av den gustavianska och sengustavianska diktningen som ett av sina huvudsyften, men svensk litteratur från Stiernhielm och Dalin till Tegnér och Stagnelius är givetvis också representerad. Arbetet är systematiskt indelat efter genre och ämne, vilket gör att antologin inte är användbar för att få exempel ur en författares produktion och delvis har även dikter splittrats upp i delar för att passa in i systemet, som är indelat på en sådan detaljnivå som t.ex. "regnbågen", "wexter och djur i Lappland" och "snöbollskastning"

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BENNETT, William James (1784-1844) after J. ISABEY
        Monsr. J. Isabey's Exhibition Rooms, 61 Pall Mall / Salle d'Exhibition de J. Isabey, a Londres
      Published by J. Isabey, June, 1820. Colour-printed aquatint. Printed on wove Whatman paper watermarked 1820. In excellent condition. Image size: 7 ¼ x 9 7/8 inches. 8 ¼ x 10 7/8 inches. 13 x 18 ¾ inches. A fascinating view of J. Isabey's picture gallery in Pall Mall, London, by the celebrated American engraver William James Bennett. William James Bennett was born in England, and received his artistic training at the celebrated Royal Academy. He garnered a reputation as an accomplished watercolourist and exhibited many fine landscapes at the Academy's annual exhibitions. Bennett was one of the principle members of the Society of Painters in Watercolours and helped establish watercolour as a prominent medium in England. He displayed an exceptional talent at aquatint and during his career produced many fine prints for some the most lavish English plate books. He emigrated to the United States in 1826, and is best known for his views of American cities, including the Hudson Valley Region, Niagara Falls, and numerous port cities such as New York, Charleston, and Buffalo. Bennett's series of views of American Cities set a standard, and established a compositional formula, for topographical art in America. His views remain the most memorable and beautiful examples of the genre, and they exerted a lasting influence on generations of American artists. This beautiful image of Mr. Isabey's exhibition rooms in Pall Mall is not listed separately amongst Bennett's work, but according to DeSilva and Deak, he completed a number of aquatints in 1820, which are not recorded. It is possible that this picturesque interior scene is one of the images, which was not immediately attributed to Bennett. This charming work closely resembles images published by the leading English printseller Rudolph Ackermann, in particular an image depicting his gallery "The Repository of Arts". As in the Ackermann image, connoisseurs are shown enjoying the exhibition rooms in Isabey's gallery. Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) was a French artist and what might be called "artistic entrepreneur". He managed to become Marie Antoinette's artist in residence for miniatures. Later, he designed Napoleon and Josephines and drawings in London of his own work and others. The exhibition should have been more successful than it was, but it coincided with George IV's divorce, during which most British aristocrats fled to their country estates. Deak, William James Bennett p. 3-26; DeSilva, William James Bennett: Painter and Engraver, p. 39-42

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books]

        HARRISON'S AMUSING PICTURE AND POETRY BOOK, Containing seventy engravings. Price Sixpence.
      36 pages, including title. A total of 71 wood-engravings, including the vignette on the title. Original printed yellow wrappers with duplicate cut of St. Pauls Cathedral on upper cover, and a duplicate cut of Westminster Abbey on the lower. Wrappers worn at spine and corners and a little dust-soiled; little shaken with some splitting at heel of pages; else a very good copy of an extremely scarce title. Harrison was renowned for his imaginative use of attractive woodblocks, many of which were quite clearly originally used for other titles. He also issued this title in enlarged form, with 48 pages, illustrated with approximately 100 engravings.

      [Bookseller: David Miles]

Watson, Elkanah
        HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND EXISTING CONDITION OF THE WESTERN CANALS in the State of New York, from September 1788, to the Completion of the Middle Section of the Grand Canal, in 1819, together with the Rise, Progress, and existing State
      published by D. Steele; Packard & Van Benthuysen Printers Albany, NY: published by D. Steele; Packard & Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1820. [ii], [i]- iv, [5]-104, [iv], [111]-210, followed by [ii] of contents (index). Original full calf binding with moderate wear and rubbing to extremities, attractively rebacked in full leather with new spine label. Illustrated by a frontisportrait of the author, two illustrated title pages, two maps (one folding), three engraved facsimiles of official documents, and one engraved plate. Previous owner's name on title page. Moderate to heavy foxing scattered throughout text. Textblock separating after the first few pages of text, with minor old tape repair to inner hinges. A few pages with small tears near the hinge/gutter here. Title continues "...of Modern Agricultural Societies, on the Berkshire System, from 1807, to the establishment of the Board of Agriculture in the State of New-York, January 10, 1820.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. Octavo (8vo).

      [Bookseller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) ]

(Göta kanal / Götha Canal-Bolaget)
        PROTOCOLL, HÅLLIT VID GÖTHA CANAL=BOLAGS ORDINARIE SAMMANKOMST I LINKÖPING 1820-1830
      Linköping, Petre och Abrahamsson 1820-30, 39 + 25 + 16 + 71 + 92 + 35 + (1)+14 + 14 + 60+9+(4+3utvikbara tabeller) + 8 + 103+(3)1 utvikbar tabell + 66s. Nött enkelt samtida klotryggsband med handskriven pappersryggtitel, marmorerade pärmöverdrag, stänkfärgade snitt; nötta ytterfalsar, pärmkanter och pärmöverdrag, 1 sida med kantreva, enstaka lagerfläckar, några få enstaka förstrykningar, rättelser mm för hand i blyerts och bläck, 1. arket löst i bindningen. I stort är inlagan hel ren och fin, bandet enkelt och nött.. Ordinarie sammankomsterna i Linköping 1 sept 1820, 27 sept 1822, 21 april 1823, 13 sept 1824, 17 aug 1826, 15 sept 1826, 8 okt 1827, 8 okt 1827, 17-20 okt 1828, (extra sammankomsterna i Stockholm 15 juli, 1 okt, 16 dec, 22 dec 1829, 21 jan, 28 jan, 23 mars, 26 mars 1830), 3 sept 1830, samt berättelse om revisionen vid Götha Canal för år 1828. Summa 10 ordinarie och 8 extra sammankomster samt en revisionsberättelse

      [Bookseller: Antikvariatet i Norrköping]

Webber, John
        The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtchatka
      London:. 1788-92 & 1809 (1820).. An illustration of transport in Kamtchatka, Russia, showing the sledge dogs hooked up to the sledge, and their master on skis. It is offered here in two versions; a Lifetime issue & the Boydell issue. The extremely rare life time edition was self-published by Webber, and Sir Maurice Holmes states in his "Captain James Cook RN FRS, A Bibliographical Excursion" (1952) that the original drawings were "etched and coloured by himself". It is a soft ground etching tinted in brown and grey wash by Webber himself.J. Webber R.A. fecit. London Pubd. July 1, 1789 by J. Webber No. 312 Oxford Street. NB not mentioned in Cooks last Voyage. Penciled in the top right margin "Pl. 10" and "1 July 1789" lower right margin, in a period hand, possibly Webber's. Impression mark 450 x 325 mm with large margins, in excellent condition with one small smudge in lower right margin. Paper watermarked "J Whatman". Joppien & Smith 3.340A. Signed on the verso "A.W.F.Fuller 2 Augt 1951."Captain Fuller was a noted English collector of ethnographica and visual material from the Pacific. (with)the Boydell edition of the print, London. Pubd. April 1, 1809 (1820) by Boydell & Compy. No. 90 Cheapside. NB not mentioned in Cook's Last Voyage. Colored aquatint, on paper watermarked J. Whatman 1820, as is the accompanying letterpress. Joppien & Smith 3.340b. Excellent condition.

      [Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints ]

(MÖRNER, HJALMAR)
        Il carnevale di Roma.
      Rom, F. Bourlié, 1820. Tvär-folio. (4) s. & 20 grav. plr. Ngt nött grönt samtida hfrbd med guldornerad rygg och stänkta snitt. Ryggskinnet hårt nött upp- och nedtill. Pärmhörnen stukade och det mesta av skinnet bortnött. Genomgående ngt småfläckig och lite solkig.. Hjalmar Mörner (1794-1837) reste 1816-29 runt i Europa för att studera konst. Han stannade länge i Rom som skulptören Byströms gäst och vän. Här gjorde han den fina och detaljrika skildringen av Roms karneval, vars tecknade förlaga Byström fick och hade uppsatt som en fris vid taket i sitt hem. Även planscherna är tänkta att ses som en sammanhängande svit och börjar vid Piazza del Popolo och slutar vid nuvarande Piazza Venezia. Några få exemplar handkolorerades av konstnären

      [Bookseller: Mats Rehnström]

        Nouveau Jeu de l'oie renouvellé des Grecs
      Paris, chez Hocquart successeur de M. Basset, Rue St. Jacques, 1820 circa Raro gioco dell'oca inciso in rame, percorso di 63 caselle, impreziosito da vivace coloritura coeva, mm.390x480 la parte incisa + marg. bianchi di circa 2 cm. Spledido, molto ben tenuto.

      [Bookseller: Libreria Commissionaria Sansoni Licosa S]

DUNCAN (P.):
        Authentic and interesting Accounts of the most Popular Shipwrecks, that have Occurred from Ancient Date to the Present Time.
      only edition, 447, [1]pp. modern quarter calf, marbled boards old style, a very good copy, Plymouth: Printed for the author, n.d. [c.1820]. Apparently extremely rare: not in BLC. DN in NUC. An extensive text printed in close double columns recording a large number of wrecks and losses from all parts of the world, including separate chapters on the following: the American Ship, Hercules; the Russian Ship, St. Peter; the Comet Steam Boat; The French East India Company's Vessel, The Prince; the East Indianman, the Fattysalam; the Luxborough; the Cumberland Packet; the Tartarus; the Agatha; the Pembroke; the Litchfield; the Hindostan Store Ship; the Schooner Little Patty; HMS Anson; Astrea Frigate; H.M.'s Schooner Felix; Queen, East Indiaman; Sparrow-Hawk; HMS the Repulse; HMS The Venerable; Yatch Ingebord; East Indima, Kent; West Indiaman Charles Baring; Cornelia; HMS Queen Caroline; Brig Tyrrel; Brig Admiral Troubridge; the Providence; the San Juan Principe; the Anaeas; the Blanche; Glasgow Packet; Dromedary Store Ship; HMS Danae; HMS Nassau; Doris; Nabby; HMS Porpoise and Cato; Hartwell East Indiaman; Bangalore; the Bounty; the Peggy - &c., &c. &c.

      [Bookseller: Jeffrey Stern Antiquarian Bookseller]

LAHDE, G.L.:
        En Strandkone / Eine Strandfrau.
      Orig. håndkoloreret kobberstik forestiilende en fiskerkone siddende på en skammel med en kruv med fisk stående foran sig. Kbhvn. ca. 1820. 22 x 17 cm.. Fra Klædedragter i Kjøbenhavn

      [Bookseller: Peter Grosell's Antikvariat]

Durrie, George Henry (1820-1863)
        View of East Rock, New Haven
      Ct.: George Henry Durrie A WONDERFUL VIEW OF EAST ROCK BY ACCLAIMED ARTIST GEORGE DURRIE Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 1/4" x 25 1/4" Frame size: 28 1/4" x 33 1/2" George Henry Durrie was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1820. Along with his older brother John, he studied sporadically from 1839 to 1841 with the portrait painter Nathaniel Jocelyn. Between 1840 to 1842 he became an itinerant painter in Connecticut and New Jersey, expanding his repetoire to include still life, genre and Shakespearean scenes. He finally settled in New Haven, Connecticut where he spent the remainder of his life. Durrie produced roughly 300 paintings, of which the earliest were portraits; by the mid-1840s he had begun to paint landscape and rural genre scenes of New England and these are considered to be his finest achievement. His landscapes are characterized by the use of pale though cheerful colors and by the repeated use of certain motifs: an isolated farmhouse, a road placed diagonally leading the eye into the composition, and a hill in the distance. By the late 1850s Durrie's reputation had started to grow, and he was exhibiting at prestigious institutions, such as the National Academy of Design. In 1861 Currier & Ives helped popularize his work by publishing hand-colored lithographs of two of his winter landscapes, New England Winter Scene and the Farmyard in Winter. Two more were published in 1863 and a further six after his death that same year. This captivating painting of East Rock is a quintessential Durrie work. The sophisticated simplicity of the composition is enlivened by the delicate nuances of green color that punctuate the various landscape elements, while the diminuative figure in the foreground only serves to emphasize the large scale of the towering Rock. The hill, rising some four hundred feet and is easily visible from many parts of New Haven as well as from surrounding towns thus making it a prominent landmark of the area. Thus, it is fitting that East Rock should be so gloriously rendered by one of New Haven's most prominent and well-respected nineteenth-century artists.. Book.

      [Bookseller: Arader Galleries]

Scoresby, William:
        AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS WITH A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY (in 2 Volumes) Volume 1: The Arctic; Volume 2: The Whale-Fishery.
      Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co.,1820.. 1st Edition; 2 Volumes,Vol I: 551pp, 82pp appendix, folding frontispiece, maps/charts (2 folding). Vol II: 558pp, 1 folding map,3 tables 2 folding, 22 plates, (4 folding). Ex Libri; Library leather bindings, library numbers to front pastedowns - both volumes are disbound. VOLUME I LACKS TITLE PAGE whilst VOLUME II LACKS FRONTISPIECE, The folding map is at the end of the plates, (The plates start at plate II but I believe the map was located originally as plate I), even though the collation of the plate numbers seems to suggest a plate is missing, looking at the David & Charles reprint ALL the plates are present). Foxing to both volumes. The majority of the text is clean and tight. Both volumes require rebinding "Nineteenth century classic on whaling, geography and natural history of northern waters." Appendices include meteorological tables; a chronological list of voyages from 861-1819; list of plants found in Spitsbergen; Acts of Parliament regarding whaling; dimensions of whaling ships; etc. Good.

      [Bookseller: Polar Books]

[LESTER, Elizabeth] | [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross] |
        Tales of the Imagination
      1820. first edition. By The Actual "Obscure But Remarkable Author"[LESTER, Elizabeth B. ]. [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of The Bachelor and the Married Man, The Physioignomist, and Hesitation…In Three Volumes. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (6 13/16 x 4 in; 173 x 103 mm). [4. blank], [2], 227, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 261, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 252, [4, blank] pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt ruled bands. Gilt lettered compartments. Marbled edges. Bookplates of the Loyal Alyth Public Library to the front paste down endpaper to each volumes as well that library's inked stamp to first few leaves. Small, later 19th century blank library label to the upper compartment of each volume dulled with age to a near match with aged darkened spines. A very good set of a difficult to find title.Volume I: Genius. Volumes II & III: Enthusiasm.This book was, up until quite recently, attributed to Mrs. Ross, the "obscure but remarkable author " (Feminist Companion to Literature in English, pp 922-23) of thirteen anonymously written, respected novels of the Romantic Movement. which produced "an influential generation of women writers, including M. Wollstonecraft, D. Wordsworth, M. Shelley and the Bronte sisters (Oxford Companion to English Literature, p. 843). Recent research, however, has firmly established that six of these thirteen novels, each possessing a "confident-seeming literary style, and broad evangelical emphasis" (Garside) were, in fact, written by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lester, of whom, alas, little is known.An extremely rare book with only eight copies located in OCLC and KVK, no auction records, and scarce in the marketplace.Garside, Raven and Schöwerling 1820: 45. Wolff 5974 (sub Ross). Garside, Mrs. Ross and Elizabeth B. Lester: New Atributions, Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text 2 (June 1998).

      [Bookseller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. ]

Malthus, T[homas] R[obert]
        Principles of Political Economy, Considered with a View to their Practical Application
      London: John Murray 1820 London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. 8vo (219 x 132 mm.). vi, 601 pp. Bound in later half cloth and marbled boards, paper label. Very good. Goldsmith 22767; Lowndes, 1459; Kress C577 . First edition of this important classic of economic theory. "There can be no doubt that [Malthus'] importance for economists today rests mainly on his Principles of Political Economy. It was because of this latter work that J. M. Keynes (1933) reinstated Malthus as a major figure in modern economic thought" (New Palgrave). "One of the founders of modern economics," Malthus was credited by Keynes with framing the theory "that a lack of effective demand can cause economic crises" (PMM 251). "In his Principles of Political Economy, Malthus was proposing investment in public works and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB IX:70)

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller ]

Thersner, Ulric
        Utsigter af Östergöthland / Vues d´Ostrogothie.
      Stockholm. Deelen. 1820-1826. Oblong folio (44 x 58 cm.) Main title + sub title + contents + (72 pp) + anmälan (announcement) of 1820 + anmälan (announcement) of 1826 + 36 plates in aquatint + letter from an angry young lord? pointing to factual errors in the text. Original green pasteboard portfolio. Wrapper with title pasted to the front board. Text and plates almost entierly uncut (A few leaves might have been slightly trimmed). 8 of the 9 cahiers bound in. Cahier 9 loosely laid in with its original wrapper preserved. Some staining and wear to the portfolio. Creased and stained announcement of 1820 and first guard paper. The first 20 leaves with a large waterstain in the top margin. The three last leaves with waterstain in the bottom margin. Many text leaves and plates with some foxing, in the margins. A few text leaves with minor foxing in to the text area. The interior is detached from the portfolio.. Title, text and plate titles are in French and Swedish. The plates shows country estates - in the province of Östergötland in the south of Sweden - in their natural setting. Lakes, forests, people, cows, horses, dogs and picturesque vistas are shown. This is the second, free standing, part of a monumental topographical work "Fordna och närvarande Sverige" (Ancient and present Sweden) which was published 1817-1867 in 12 volumes containing 367 plates all together. The first two parts were executed entierly in aquatint. Besides "Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna" of 1715, this is the most ambitious topographical work ever published in Sweden. This copy contains the main title to the entire work as well as the sub title to this part. It is very rare to find an almost uncut copy in an original portfolio such as this

      [Bookseller: Hammarlunds Antikvariat]

(NETTELBLADT, FREDRIK)
        Engelbrekt Engelbrektson.
      Tragedi i fem akter. Svenskt original. Sthlm, F. B. Nestius, 1820. 8:o. (6),66 s. Fint halvpergamentbd från slutet av 1800-talet med sparsamt guldornerad rygg, guldpräglad titeltext på främre pärm och rött övre snitt (Hedberg). Pärmarna lätt bågnade. Bra inlaga som på sina ställen är snävt skuren i yttermarginalen och med bokstavsförluster på s. 60. En gammal lagning i nedre marginalen på s. 53. Från Ericsberg.. Klemming Sveriges dramatiska litteratur s. 215. "Ytterst sällsynt" då en nedgörande recension i "Journalen" fick författaren att bränna upplagan. Utspelar sig i huvudsak på Örebro slott

      [Bookseller: Mats Rehnström]

        THE PICTURE BOOK; or, Tom Thumb's Alphabet. Embellished with 24 Wood Cuts. One adapted to each Letter
      12pp. including self-wrappers. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy.'D was a drunkard, and red face.'Richard Burdekin's chapbooks are rarely found. We can locate only one copy of this edition, held by the Bodleian Library.

      [Bookseller: David Miles]

JAMESON, Robert.
        A System of Mineralogy, in which minerals are arranged according to the natural history method. Third edition, enlarged and improved.
      3 volumes, 8vo, 3 leaves, pp. cxxxvi, 405; pp. xvi, 632; pp. xvi, 596, and 12 folding engraved plates. Half-titles. Some foxing. Original boards (neatly rebacked), uncut, corners a little worn. Old library label on front pastedowns, and several scattered blind stamps.

      [Bookseller: Nigel Phillips]

MARKLIN, GABR.
        Catalogus disputationum in academiis Scandinaviæ et Finlandiæ Lidenianus continuatus.
      I-III. Uppsala, Reg. academiæ typographi, 1820. 8:o. (2),IV,262 + 179 + 102 s. + MARKLIN, GABR. Catalogus disputationum in academiis Scandinaviæ et Finlandiæ Lidenianus continuatus. Supplementa addidit. Uppsala, Reg. academiæ typographi, 1820. 8:o. (2),117 s. Häftad i samtida lätt nött gråpappomslag. Ryggen ngt lagerfläckig och med liten pappersförlust överst. Fin oskuren inlaga, med en liten reva i yttre marginalen på s. 151 i del II. Med John Magnus Lindbergs exlibris.. Almquist 1212-13. Marklins fortsättning av Lidéns avhandlingsbibliografi täcker tiden 1778-1819 och är fortfarande standardverket på sitt område

      [Bookseller: Mats Rehnström]

Webber, John
        View in Macao including the residence of Camoens when he wrote his Lusiad
      John WebberLondon:: John Webber,. 1788-92 & 1809 (1820).. The extremely rare life time edition was self-published by Webber and Sir Maurice Holmes states in his "Captain James Cook RN FRS, A Bibliographical Excursion" (1952) that the original drawings were "etched and coloured by himself". Soft ground etching tinted in brown and grey wash; Holmes suggests colored by Webber himself.J. Webber fecit. 1788. London Pubd. Augt. 1, 1788 by J. Webber No. 312 Oxford Street. Vide Cook's Last Voyage Vol. 3 Chap. XI . "1 Augt. 1788' penciled in the lower right margin, "Pl. 12." in the top right, likely by Webber himself. Impression mark 17 1/2 x 12 13/16"; 445 x 325 mm, with margins. With some light toning at edges o/w very good condition. Paper watermarked "Whatman" but without a date. Joppien & Smith 3.372B.a.[with]the Boydell issue, London. Pubd. April 1, 1809 by Boydell & Compy. No. 90 Cheapside. Vide Cook's Last Voyage Vol. 3 Chap. XI.Impression mark 450 x 323 mm with margins, 500 x 365 mm. Plate 12 engraved in the top left corner. Colored aquatint. With light foxing in the margins and some offsetting from the accompanying text page, which is drawn from the published account of the voyage. No watermark on the print, but the letterpress is watermarked C. Wilmott 1819. Joppien & Smith 3.372B.b.Webber was engaged as the official artist for Cook's third voyage, during which Cook discovered Hawaii & Alaska.Webber was more fully trained than any of the artists of the previous voyages, and he and Cook worked closely together to illuminate "the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts, by enabling us to preserve, and to bring home, such drawings of the most memorable scenes of our transactions, as could only be expected by a professed and skilled artist." (J. Cook & J. King, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, London 1784, Vol I, p.5). Because he was there with Cook in the field, his paintings "constituted a new visual source for the study of history..." (Smith, Bernard, Art as Information. Sydney, 1978). Cook's ships were the first Western contact with the natives of Nootka Sound and the furs they traded with them were sold at a vast profit in Macao in the following year, 1779.Soon American and English ships were making annual trips to the Northwest Coast in search of "Sea Beaver" pelts. Only 16 views were published in the book - the two views of Macao indicate its significance in the East.

      [Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints ]

TIBBS, Thomas
        The Experimental Farmer: being strictures on various branches of husbandry and agriculture, drawn from a long series of practice in different parts of Great-Britain; containing Observations on planting and Preserving Young Trees, with an approved method of thinning them, to become timber. Likewise, Plans for Laying-out Land, on a five and four field system. Also, a new method to bring the most barren land into cultivation, for meadows and sheep walks: and a variety of other useful information in every branch of this art, absolutely necessary for every person, from the opulent farmer, to the proprietors of small pieces of land
      London: printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [N.d., but publisher's advertisements dated September 1820]. 8vo. (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches). Half- title, 1p. errata, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated September 1820. Occasional wood-engraved decorations. Original boards, rebacked. First edition, second issue, of this charming work, full of fascinating practical information on land management at the turn of the 19th century This appears to be a second, remainder issue of the first edition: the dedication is dated 1806, the text has occasional watermark dates of 1804, but the title is a cancel issued by Sherwood, Neely & Jones who are also responsible for the publisher's catalogue at the end which is dated 1820. The first issue was dated 1806 and published by T. Ostell. No copies of the present issue are listed as having sold at auction in the past thirty years, and only one example of the 1807 issue. "Although this Work may not be written in fine stile and polished language ... it will be found to be clear and comprehensive ... suited as well to the understanding of the refined Gentleman as to that of the industrious farmer' (introduction, p.ix). The work is largely made up from many short entries under numerous sub-headings, and reads like a note-book of observations and calculations: a charmingly straight-forward work which nevertheless imparts a great deal of practical knowledge. For example, in the section on planting trees, Tibbs extols the financial benefits of growing trees for timber and in an innovative way combines the purely financial calculations of the costs and profits of planting an acre of land with practical instructions on how to plant and manage the plantation for the period needed to see a good profit (42 years).According to the introduction, Thomas Tibbs received his initial training in agriculture from his grandfather at Fidden Farm in Wiltshire, from there he moved to the Chiltern Hundreds where he farmed on his own land. He subsequently worked for Charles Hill, J. Sainsbury, and King George III's Flemish Farm before becoming Land Steward to Lord Grenville (the dedicatee) at Burnham in Buckinghamshire: this wide practical experience allowing him to write with authority on the numerous subjects he covers in this work. Cf. Kress 19367 (1807 issue)

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books ]

Berkeley, George
        The Works of George Berkeley, D.D. Late Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland. To which is added, An Account of his Life; and Several of his Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c…
      London: Printed by J.F. Dove…for Richard Priestley, 1820 First octavo edition of the collected works of Berkeley, first published in quarto in 1784. See Keynes, Bibliography of George Berkeley, p. 262. Both the quarto and the octavo collected works are uncommon on the market. Contemporary diced calf. Double-ruled gilt fillets on covers, gilt decorated spine with brown morocco labels, marbled edges and endpapers. . Three volumes, octavo. . Volume II contains diagrams and an engraved folding plate of Tabula Lusoria. Volume III contains a large engraved folding plate of "The City of Bermuda Metropolis of the Summer Islands. Some corners lightly bumped, light foxing, old ink signature in each volume. A very good, attractive set.

      [Bookseller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/I]

McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) Commissioner of Indian affairs who recommended removal of the Cherokee and other major Southern tribes west of the Mississippi. McKenney also complied and published, together with James Hall, History of the Indians Tribes
        Scarce A.L.S., 4to, 2pp on one sheet, hand written â??Office Indian Tradeâ?, May 22, 1820
      Scarce Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas L. McKenney, as Superintendent of Indian Trade to Henry Thompson concerning trade matters. He writes in part: â??â?¦ I direct that if 25 Cents cannot be got for the shaved skins, that 24 cents be taken, round, that is, with no deduction for damage, - and to be weighed to the purchaser in their present condition; - for the grey in hair 15 cents, and for the Red 20 cents taking for the reason you assigned, another endorser. Credit ninety days. I am not prepared to give in hair 15 cents, and for the Red 20 cents taking for the reason you assigned, another endorser. Credit ninety days. I am not prepared to give directions for the disposition of the article coming in the Brig Hale â?? further than to authorize you, on their arrival to report to me their conditionâ?¦ the Box of Books, when it arrives, you will have the goodness to ship to this place by Packet. It is not important that they should be hurried on faster than the regular packet-routes will bring them. The change in the Agency at New Orleans will not affect your agency in Baltimore. So far, I am gratified with your promptness, and the activity you carry into he trust which is reposed in youâ?¦â? Signed, â??Thomas L. McKenneyâ?.

      [Bookseller: David Schulson Autographs ]

Anonymous
        Original 19th Century Watercolor of French Tradesman: Marchand de Paniers
      British Isles: c. 1820. Fine condition A scarce and charming original early nineteenth century watercolor painting on wove paper. (7 x 7.25 inches, 177 x 186 mm.) The painting has been tipped onto ecru wove album paper of the period, as was the custom, yet the watercolors remain vibrant and rich. Although the origin of this lovely painting is unknown, a refined and experienced hand clearly created this detailed and elegant composition. The details are fine; both the tones and shading display the painter's astute understanding of composition and perspective. The artist no doubt was an armchair or "parlor" watercolorist, likely an aristocratic gentlewoman or man who sought inspiration from the vast array of published volumes, complete with engraved plates, of the trades, and costumes of then exotic regions of the globe, thus the inspiration seems apparent.  Archivally framed in double Ivory French matting with 1" neo-classical gilt moulding, glazed with Conservation Glass. Sized to 17 1/2 x 20 inches. 

      [Bookseller: Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books, ABAA]