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        Architectural Designs for Rustic Cottages, Picturesque Dwellings, Villas, etc.; with Appropriate Scenery, Plans and Descriptions. To which are Prefixed, Some Critical Observations on their Style and Character; and also of Castles, Abbies, and Ancient English Houses, Concluding with Practical Remarks on Building, and the Causes of Dry Rot

      London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1807. First edition. viii, 36 pp. letterpress + 33 sepia aquatint plates of domestic architecture. 1 vols. 4to. Later quarter grey morocco and marbled paper boards, red leather spine label. Beautiful, immaculate copy. The English Cottage in the "Antient Style" Lovely copy of the first book of this busy professional, illustrated with thirty-three exquisite sepia aquatints of his rural designs for villas, "Cabânes ornées", in the "antient English character," farm houses, servants' cottages, a "huntsman's house" which includes stables, dog kennel, etc., etc. "He designed a wide range of public buildings as well as housing, and in this he was representative of the increasingly complex nature of early nineteenth-century architecture ... " - ODNB.

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        Nouvelle methode pour la resolution des equations numeriques

      Paris: Courcier, 1807. Budan de Boislaurent, Ferdinand F. D. (fl. 1800-1853). Nouvelle methode pour la resolution des ?quations numeriques d'un degre quelconque. . . . 4to. [8] 86 [2, incl. errata]pp. Paris: Courcier, 1807. 268 x 206 mm. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Light soiling, a few edges frayed, but very good. 19th cent. stamp of Stonyhurst College on half-title. First Edition. Announces Budan's independent discovery of what is now known as the rule of Budan and Fourier, which gives necessary conditions for a polynomial equation to have n real roots between two given real numbers. "The need for such a rule as his was suggested to Budan by Lagrange's Traite de la resolution des equations numeriques (1767). . . . Budan's goal was to solve Lagrange's problem-between which real numbers do real roots lie?-purely by means of elementary arithmetic. Accordingly, the chief concern of Budan's Nouvelle m?thode was to give the reader a mechanical process for calculating the coefficients of the transformed equation in (x - p). He did not appeal to the theory of finite differences or to the calculus for these coefficients, preferring to give them 'by means of simple additions and subtractions.' . . . Budan's rule remains the most convenient for computation" (DSB).

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        The Director; a Weekly Literary Journal: containing I. Essays, on subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographiana. Account of rare and curious Books, and of the Book Sales in this country, from the close of the seventeenth century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures delivered weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the principal Pictures exhibited for sale, with the names of the purchasers

      London: Printed by William Savage: sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; J. Hatchard; and W. Miller, 1807. First edition, with half titles. 379, [1, errata], [4, subscribers]; 385, [1], [6, index] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt spine, small split in two joints, else fine. Dibdin wrote a good portion of this weekly which lasted only 24 numbers. The intent was "the circulation of such knowledge as may serve to shew the state of literature, science and the fine arts in the metropolis and other parts of the empire." The 4 page subscribers&#39; list includes Dr. Charles Burney, Sir Francis Baring, Humphry Davy, John Flaxman, Dr. Jenner, Sir Oswald Mosely, James Sowerby, Ely Stott, Edward Tooke and Benjamin West. "The philanthropist Thomas Bernard and Dibdin were associated together on this publication ? Dibdin said that he wrote two thirds of the magazine" (Windle and Pippin, pp. 21-22).

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        The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana. Newly translated from the Franch by Martin Smart. Embellished with one hundred copper-plates.

      London, Printed for Richard Philllips, 1807.. Kl.-8°, Ledereinband. The books are bound in fine signed full leather (marocco) bindings by W. Root & Son, titled and attractively decorated in gilt. Top edges gilded. The bindings have some signs of wear with some cracking to the hinges, most noticeable to volume one, some hinge wear to the other volumes though still in good general shape, there is some minor chips to the leather at spine ends, surface wear to the corner decoration to a couple of volumes else still an attractive looking set, internally some light foxing and browning to some page edges else contents generally nice and clean. Most of the plates are with tissue guided paper.

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        The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana. Newly translated from the Franch by Martin Smart. Embellished with one hundred copper-plates.,

      London, Printed for Richard Philllips, 1807 - The books are bound in fine signed full leather (marocco) bindings by W. Root & Son, titled and attractively decorated in gilt. Top edges gilded. The bindings have some signs of wear with some cracking to the hinges, most noticeable to volume one, some hinge wear to the other volumes though still in good general shape, there is some minor chips to the leather at spine ends, surface wear to the corner decoration to a couple of volumes else still an attractive looking set, internally some light foxing and browning to some page edges else contents generally nice and clean. Most of the plates are with tissue guided paper. Sprache: en Gewicht in Gramm: 1550

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        Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons

      London: Thomas Hodgkins, 1807. First edition, first issue, with the T. Davison imprint on the verso of p. 235 of Volume 1, and the earlier address of Hanway Street on the ads in Volume 2. 20 engraved plates after drawings by Mulready, including frontispieces; 3pp. of ads at rear of second volume. 2 vols. 12mo. Full crushed blue by Rivière, gilt fillet borders, spines in 6 compartments, richly gilt and lettered, gilt dentelles, blue marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Fine set. " ... made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author ... " Beautiful set of the classic which the Lambs set about writing at the suggestion and encouragement of of William Godwin, who hired Thomas Hodgkins to run The Juvenile Library on his behalf. The Lambs' prose adaptations (Charles did the tragedies, Mary the comedies) were written primarily for the benefit of girls, for, as they state in the Preface, "boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are, they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart, before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book..' The result was, according to the Cambridge History of English Literature, "the first book which, appealing to a general audience and to a rising generation, made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author ... "

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        System of operative surgery. 2 vols.

      Longman 1807-1809, London - Surgery Based on Anatomy Bell, Charles (1774-1842). A system of operative surgery, founded on the basis of anatomy. 8vo. xxxii, 448; xxiv, 385, [1], [6]pp. (adverts.). 21 full-page plates engraved after Bell's drawings by J. Stewart; 93 engraved text figures after Bell. London: Longman. . . , 1807-09. 2 vols. 230 x 140 mm. Tree calf, gilt spines, c. 1809, rubbed. Foxing & browning. Good set. Signature of Rob[er]t Crowe c. 1809 on titles.First Edition. Garrison-Morton 5583. The first English handbook of operative surgery founded on anatomy, and exceptionally rare in the original edition. Trained under his brother John, the founder of surgical anatomy, and already the author of a dissection manual (A System of Dissections, 1799-1801, G-M 402), Charles Bell was well placed to provide the first handbook of surgery based on anatomy. He published it at the same time that he was establishing himself in London, and it served as the foundation of his career as one of the greatest surgeons of the day. Bell's book is also notable for its over one hundred engravings based on his distinctive drawings. Zimmerman & Veith 410-13. Heirs of Hippocrates 782. Gordon-Taylor 7. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons

      London: Thomas Hodgkins, 1807. First edition, first issue, with the T. Davison imprint on the verso of p. 235 of Volume 1, and the earlier address of Hanway Street on the ads in Volume 2. 20 engraved plates after drawings by Mulready, including frontispieces; 3pp. of ads at rear of second volume. 2 vols. 12mo. Full crushed blue by Rivière, gilt fillet borders, spines in 6 compartments, richly gilt and lettered, gilt dentelles, blue marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Fine set. " ... made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author ... " Beautiful set of the classic which the Lambs set about writing at the suggestion and encouragement of of William Godwin, who hired Thomas Hodgkins to run The Juvenile Library on his behalf. The Lambs&#39; prose adaptations (Charles did the tragedies, Mary the comedies) were written primarily for the benefit of girls, for, as they state in the Preface, "boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers&#39; libraries at a much earlier age than girls are, they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart, before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book..&#39;&#11;&#11;The result was, according to the Cambridge History of English Literature, "the first book which, appealing to a general audience and to a rising generation, made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author ... "

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        ENSAYO SOBRE LAS VARIEDADES DE LA VID COMUN que vegetan en Andalucía, con un índice etimológico y tres listas de plantas en que se caracterizan varias especies nuevas, por Don Simon de Roxas Clemente y Rubio, Bibliotecario del Real Jardin Botánico de Madrid,.

      Madrid 1807 - Materia: Libro antiguo del siglo XIX sobre agricultura. Variedades de la Vid. Enología. Publicación: Madrid; En la Imprenta Villalpando, 1807. Primera edición. Descripción fisica: Cuarto menor (20,5 cm.) Portada, 1 hoja, XVIII páginas, 324 páginas, 2 láminas. Encuadernación plena piel pasta española de época con dorados y tejuelo en el lomo. Conservación: Muy buen estado, revisado completo. PPP1 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        The Life of George Morland. With Remarks on his Works

      London: Printed for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1807. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Charles Picart after portrait by J.R. Smith, engraved title page with vignette; viii, 239, [2] pp. LACKING the 3 plates called for on final leaf, but EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 4 lithographed plates after drawings by Morland, and 6 other inserted plates. 8vo. Full later dark brown calf, gilt-rolled border, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Spine label missing. Biographer's Copy This copy belonged to a subsequent Morland biographer, RALPH RICHARDSON, and is signed by him on the verso of the flyleaf, with the date "1890". Richardson was the author of GEORGE MORLAND, PAINTER, LONDON (1763-1804), and the extra engravings inserted in the rear are doubtless from his own collection. Several clippings affixed to rear endpapers, with Richardson's notes, and one autograph transcription by Richardson from The Farrington Diary, regarding Dawe. Nice association copy.

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        THE STRANGER IN AMERICA.

      London. 1807. - 22,499,[7]pp. plus engraved title, nine tinted plates, and a plan of Philadelphia. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt, t.e.g. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. A few leaves with some light, even toning, some offsetting from plates. Internally clean. Very good. Janson lived in America from 1793 to 1805 and did not like what he saw, or at least felt that the rise of Jeffersonian democracy was guided by the devil. Clark sums up the book well: "Janson draws a picture of unrelieved black, but one worthy of attention because of the length of his stay and the breadth of his interests. He covers an astonishing variety of subjects in a loose topical arrangement." "A petulant view of U.S. life" - Howes. In fact, the man's ill temper is quite amusing. He lived for some time in Rhode Island, where he failed in business, and travelled in the South, equally hating Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia, where he was defrauded in the Yazoo land scheme. The handsomely produced book contains nine tinted plates depicting six scenes in Philadelphia, one of Mount Vernon, and one each in Boston and New York. The view on the engraved titlepage is the earliest known published image of the White House. Little known is the fact that the appendix to the book contains, on pages 482- 489, what appears to be the first British printing of Thomas Jefferson's December 1806 message announcing the completion of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as other western explorations. This should seem to qualify it for inclusion in Wagner-Camp, though it is not listed in that bibliography. HOWES J59. CLARK II:99. SABIN 35770.

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        John Turnbull's Resa Omkring Jorden, aren 1800 till 1804

      Orebro: Nils Magnus Lindh, 1807. Two volumes, duodecimo, a fine uncut set in original printed grey tinted wrappers with paper labels. Scarce Swedish edition of Turnbull's early trading account of New South Wales, Tahiti and the Tuamotu Islands.John Turnbull first travelled to New South Wales as a supercargo aboard the Margaret with his trading partner Captain John Buyers. Arriving in January 1801, Turnbull stayed in the colony for some time before departing on a whaler to Norfolk Island. Further trading ventures through Tahiti, Hawaii and the Pacific (including a disastrous wrecking at the Tuamotus) proved no lasting success, and by December 1803 both Turnbull and Buyers had returned to Port Jackson.Turnbull's book was the first serious account of commerce and trade originating from New South Wales, and was influential in promoting Australia as a venue for commercial success. It was widely disseminated throughout Europe; with French, German and Swedish editions published in rapid succession.

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        Bound volume of proof wood engravings to Scripture Illustrated

      [London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807. Frontispiece and 80 woodcuts (2 per page), designed by W.M. Craig and cut by Bewick, C. and J. Nesbit, Branston, Austin, Clennell, Hole, Lee, et al. 8vo. Bound in contemporary full navy straight-grained morocco, covers tooled in gilt with outer roll borders and central ruled panel, flat spine gilt and divided in six compartments, a.e.g., light rubbing to covers, else fine. A handsome volume of proofs of 81 of the 94 wood engravings for Scripture Illustrated (London, 1807). Three of the cuts - nos. 48, 49 & 51 - were cut by Bewick. With an autograph note from a British Museum curator identifying the work for which these cuts were made.

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        Lettres sur les arts imitateurs en général, et sur la danse en particulier

      Léopold Colin, Paris 1807 - 2 volumes in-8. Collation : portrait, (4), XVI, 468 / (4), 520 pp. Demi-chagrin vert à long grain, dos ornés. (Reliure de l'époque). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Première édition du dernier ouvrage de Noverre. Il reprend ici une partie de ses "Lettres sur la danse" parues en 1760 et en ajoute plus d'une vingtaine qui exposent ses théories qui ont servies de bases à l'art chorégraphique du XIXe et du XXe siècle. Jean Georges Noverre (1727-1810) a été le grand réformateur du ballet classique au profit du ballet d'action. Les livres de Noverre sont "consultés par tous les écrivains anxieux de trouver des documents authentiques sur l'histoire de la danse. D'un autre côté, tous nos grands maîtres de ballets se sont inspirés des savants conseils que cet habile artiste a su leur prodiguer, en dévoilant la science théâtrale de la danse dans ses moindres détails comme dans ses plus grands effets". (G. Desrat, Dictionnaire de la danse p. 414.) Un portrait gravé en frontispice de l'auteur. Manques de papier sur les plats, sinon bon exemplaire relié par Dondey-Dupré avec son étiquette. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Jared Ingersoll writes to his colleague regarding legal cases

      Autograph letter signed "J. Ingersoll", by the Constitution signer, one page, 8" x 10", January 23, 1807, to his colleague Mr. Rawle regarding several legal cases and opinions. In part "...I believe under the Acts for raising Country rates & Levies, a personal tax other than on single men has been collected. I return your opinion. In Carson's case we have never prepared for the statements of the judge. How shall we manage the business? . . ." Darkly penned with fold separations professionally repaired.

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        Le Caveau Moderne, ou le Rocher de Cancalle, Chansonnier de Table

      Capelle et Renand, Paris 1807 - A mixed set, 11 volumes published 1807-1817. Volumes 2-10 in full acid calf, worn, spines dry and chipped, one board detached, others loose, volume 1 in later half vellum and volume 11 in original wraps, worn and chipped. A complete run of this annual of food and drink associated poetry and song. Volume 4 with a portrait of Marc-Antoine-Madeleine Désaugiers who wrote most of the songs laid down and each volume with an engraved frontispiece. Size: 12mo (duodecimo). 11-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Music. Inventory No: CAT000099. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Codex Napoleon

      Pauli und Comp. Koblenz 1807 - Zweite ausgabe des Codex Napoleon in der übersetzung von Lassaulx, Professor in Koblenz; ; Hlb Led der Zeit mit 5 Bünden und Titel auf Rot; berieben aber fest; roter Schnitt; Erste Seiten braunfleckig, Buchblock sehr frisch; 570 Seiten; enthält ein Faltblatt: "Concordance des calendriers républicains et grégoriens"; [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        A COLLECTION OF THE MOST FAVORITE COMIC SONGS, sung at the Theatres Royal and Public Meetings by Messrs Johnstone, Emery, Fawcett, Munden &c.

      London, published and sold by C. Wheatstone, no date, circa 1807.sung at the Theatres Royal and Public Meetings by Messrs Johnstone, Emery, Fawcett, Munden &c. circa 1807. 8vo, 210 x 145 mm, 8¼ x 5¾ inches, pages: Title page, 1 - 60, page 1 being Index, quarter modern calf, maroon label with gilt lettering between raised bands, old marbled boards. Pages lightly browned, small red ink mark in 1 inner margin, tiny hole in 1 page with loss of 1 letter, otherwise a good copy. A scarce collection of comic songs, only 1 copy of this edition located in the major U.K. libraries, (see Copac). Our collection consists of 29 songs for voice and piano, printed on 2 staves, with an index of titles. They are a very mixed bunch. At least 4 have an Irish flavour (Murphy Delany, Sprig of Shillelah, The Boys of Kilkenny, Paddy McShane's Seven Ages etc), some are patriotic (The Calender of British Victory, The Corsican Fairy - Napoleon), one is anti - semitic (The Doctrine of an Israelite - about a cheating pedlar), one is naval (Blue Peter at the Mast Head Flew). Some are comically amorous, one man sings of his mistress the bottle, another steals a nun away from the convent. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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        NATURALHISTORIA, HÄMTAD UR FUNKES OCH LIPPOLDS SKRIFTER I-II.

      Öfversättning. Första bandet. Med 174 illuminerade figurer efter Bertuch. - Andra bandet. Med 193 illuminerade figurer efter Bertuch. Tryckt i Örebro: Nils Magnus Lindh, 1807-12 (Titelsidorna anger 1809-10). ca 670 s + planscher. 27x22 cm. 16 häften inbundna i 1 volym. Handbundet i något nött halvskinnband med liten reva i ryggfoten och lättare bruksspår. Illustrerad i färg med 80 graverade och handkolorerade planscher. Genomgående något lager- och fuktfläckig, främst andra bandet. En del sidor är prydligt renoverade. Enstaka sidor och planscher med mindre revor.. Arbetet gavs ut i 16 häften och är bundna i den följd de kom ut. Däremot är pagineringen löpande inom de 8 grupperna: Däggdjur (216 s + 26 plr), Fåglar (96 s + 8 plr), Växter (76 s + 16 plr), Insekter (40 s + 5 plr), Fiskar (50 s + 10 plr), Mineral (20 s + 2 plr), Maskar (26 s + 4 plr), Amfibier (20 s + 4 plr) + Inledning till båda delarna

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        Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons

      1807. LAMB, Charles. Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons. 2 volumes. [4], 235; [4], 261 pp. with 3 pp. of advertisements at rear of second volume. Illustrated with 20 engraved plates after drawings by Mulready, including frontispieces. 12mo., 170 x 100 mm, bound in elaborate full blue morocco by Lortic with gilt vignettes of Puck gracing each corner on the front and back covers. London: Thomas Hodgkins, 1807. |~||~||~||~| First Edition of this important work, which was the first attempt to make Shakespeare accessible to a young audience. Mary Lamb, whose name was omitted from the earliest editions, was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies. This is the first issue, with the T. Davison imprint on the verso of p. 235 of Volume 1, and the earlier address of Hanway Street on the ads in Volume 2. Some scattered foxing, still a fine handsome set. PROVENANCE: With the bookplates of Robert Hoe and Robert J. Collier on front paste-down of both volumes.

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        A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening

      1807. MCDONALD, Alexander. A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: Comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art; Whether in the Raising of the Various Esculent Vegetables, or in the Forcing and Managing of different Sorts of Fruits and Plants, and that of Laying Out, Ornamenting, and Planting, Gardens and Pleasure Grounds. Two volumes. Two volumes. Unpaginated: iv, [452]; [ii], [532] pp. Illustrated with 74 engraved plates of which 61 are hand-coloured, all from the original drawings by Sydenham Edwards. 4to., 270 x 210 mm, bound in contemporary full red straight-grained morocco, deluxe gilt spine and ruling, a.e.g. London: George Kearsley, 1807. |~||~||~||~||~| A beautifully illustrated work McDonald's Complete Dictionary has always been coveted due to the fine hand-coloured illustrations by Sydenham Edwards. The decorative plates depicting flowers, contain a large number of American origin. McDonald was actually a pseudonym for R. W. Dickson. Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), one of the most famous of English botanical artists, was trained by William Curtis and became principal artist for the 'Botanical Magazine' until he resigned to found the 'Botanical Register'. His botanical output, especially the work done for the Botanical Magazine is considered among the best scientific illustrations of the day. A few insignificant internal stains, binding bumped at corners and chaffed at extremities. Nissen, BBI 479 (73 plates). Great Flower Books, 66. De Belder 102 (72 plates). Blunt 193.

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        Oriental Field Sports being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger . and other undomesticated animals .

      Edward Orme, London 1807 - (17 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches). Additional title produced in eight colours using stencils, letterpress title (verso blank), 1p. dedication to the King (verso blank), pp. [i]-ii preface, pp.1-146 text, pp.147-150 index, 1p. list of plates (verso blank). 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Mercke (37), J. Hamble (2) and Vivares (1), all from drawings by Howitt after designs by Williamson. (Minor creasing). Contemporary red morocco, covers elaborately panelled in gilt and blind, spine with semi-raised bands in six compartments, lettered in the second compartment, the other with a repeat overall decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers Provenance: Earl of Bradford, Weston Park (armorial bookplate) First edition, early issue of "the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt) and one of the greatest English colour-plate books: this example in a remarkable contemporary English red morocco binding. Williamson served in a British regiment in Bengal and was an avid sportsman while there. After being recalled to England, "Williamson's knowledge of wild life and Oriental sports had come to the notice of the Orme family" (Rohatgi & Parlett). The Orme's contracted with celebrated painter Samuel Howitt to prepare finished watercolours based on Williamson's original sketches during his time in India, and published the work, originally in 20 parts, between 1805 and 1807. The result was "the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence" (Schwerdt). The work, however, is not merely a sporting book. As Williamson writes in the Preface, the work "is offered to the public as depicting the Manners, Customs, Scenery, and Costume of a territory now intimately blended with the British Empire, and of such importance to its welfare, as to annex a certain degree of consequence to every publication, that either exhibits, or professes to impart, a knowledge of whatever may hitherto have been concealed, or that remains unfolded to our view." The plates, engraved by H. Merke or J. and Vivares Hamble, display the best of early 19th century colour aquatint. Howitt and Williamson's images are vivid depictions of both the chase and the Indian scenery. Of particular note are the four plates treating elephants, described by Williamson as possessing "the energy of the horse, the sagacity of the dog, and a large portion of the monkey's cunning." The eleven plates devoted to the tiger are each riveting. The work was published to great acclaim. An 1807 issue of The Monthly Review declared: "Much entertainment for the eye, and much information for the mind will be found in this very splendid volume." The Review continues by lamenting the high cost of the work: "Twenty guineas may be a trifle in Nabob's pocket: but Nabobs are not numerous in England; and we should suppose that the sale of such a work as this cannot be very widely diffused." This no doubt contributed to the work's present-day rarity. This copy is an early issue, with pre-publication watermarks and Tooley's first state of plate XXXI (with the plate captioned "Hunting Jackalls"). The early issues of the work, generally subscriber's copies, are bound from the original parts and contain "the finest impressions of the plates" (Tooley). Subsequent editions, i.e. the second edition of 1808 and the quarto edition of 1819, are considered by Tooley as "inferior." Abbey Travel II, 427; India Observed 93; Mellon, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 88; Nissen ZBI 4416; Rohatgi & Parlett, pp. 252-254; Schwerdt II, 297; Tooley 508. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et Camées, de la Galerie de Florence, et du Palais Pitti, Dessinés par Wicar, Peintre, et gravés sous la direction de Masquelier, Graveur.... Tome Quatrieme

      Paris, France: Chez l. J. Masquelier, 1807. Ce n'est pas une édition bilingue. Texte en français uniquement, pas en anglais. C'est Volume IV d'une édition en quatre volumes. Certes, à partir d'une édition limitée de luxe mais le nombre n'est pas indiqué dans le présent volume. Reliure en cuir pleine avec une décoration élaborée en doré. Text in French only. This is Volume IV of a four-volume edition. Certainly from a de luxe limited edition but the number not stated in this volume. Printed in France by l'Imprimerie de Gillé. The original issue of this work (1789-92) consisted of 48 parts, each comprising four leaves of plates i.e 192. Chestnut full-leather binding, pebbled, with crisp gilt-stamped design to the front board and with crisp, gilt-stamped lettering and design to the spine. Reverse side of boards also in full leather, pebbled, of two colors, chestnut and deep green, and with elaborate gilt stamping, including inside dentelles. Elaborately hubbed spine, with title and place of publication. Gently bumped spine head, with minor chip [1/16 inch] at top edge. Spine tail gently bumped and rubbed. Lower corners lightly abraded, minor. Upper corners fairly sharp. Light chestnut brown moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. 20.5 x 13.5 inches. With unnumbered pages of text and plates. With 56 full pages of text commentary opposite 56 full pages of plates, as called for in the index [Tableau de 48 livraisons de la Galerie de Florence]. The original edition of Volume IV had 12 leaves of plates for a total of 48 full pages of plates. However, the 1807 edition was supplemented by two addition leaves [livraisons] for a total of 8 additional full page plates. Some plate pages illustrate two plates [the second usually a rendering in bas-relief], other plate pages illustrate one plate. All plates with tissue guards, most in pristine condition. Due to the presence of the tissue guards virtually no off-setting has occurred. Occasional foxing to the pages/plates, especially at the rear preliminaries. Else an exceptionally clean copy, and quite tight. No remainder marks. Very gently read. With a lovely ex libris bookplate from the library of Julio B. Samarcelli [1903-1988], a Los Angeles based artist. The bookplate in a distinctive art deco style and with a design reminiscent of the work of the artist Rockwell Kent. The bookplate is neatly affixed to the title page and does not obscure any of the lettering of that page. This is an absolutely gorgeous volume. A Very Good Plus copy.. First French Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Various. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Limited Edition.

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        Corinne ou l'Italie

      Second edition published the same year as the original. Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, flat spine decorated with friezes and gilded typographical reasons dotted with small traces of rubbing, rubbed the head a cap, flat cardboard dusky pink with small spots of discoloration, reinforced corners, shaded marginally guards without gravity , contemporary binding. Lib. stéréotipe chez H. Nicolle Paris 1807 13x20cm 2 volumes reliés

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        Recherches sur la nature et les lois de l'imagination

      First Edition. Bound in half calf over caramel, flat spine richly decorated with gold threads and cold, cold typograhiques reasons, marbled edges, slightly later binding. Two pale foxing without gravity affecting the first 15 pages of the first volume, and pages 13-63 of the second volume, otherwise nice condition inside. Copy elegantly established. J.J. Paschoud Genève 1807 12,5x20,5cm 2 volumes reliés

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        Goldau und seine Gegend, wie sie war und was sie geworden, in Zeichnungen und Beschreibungen zur Unterstützung der übriggebliebenen Leidenden ...

      . Zürich, Orell Füssli 1807. 8°. XII, 390 S. mit 1 gest. Tafel (Das ehemalige Goldau) und 1 gef. kolorierte Karte. Marmoriertes Halbleinen des 19. Jh. mit goldgepr. Rückenschildchen. Erste Ausgabe. Leicht stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar. -CHF 1450.00.

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        Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et CamÃ©es, de la Galerie de Florence, et du Palais Pitti, DessinÃ©s par Wicar, Peintre, et gravÃ©s sous la direction de Masquelier, Graveur.... Tome Quatrieme

      Paris, France: Chez l. J. Masquelier, 1807. Ce n'est pas une Ã©dition bilingue. Texte en franÃ§ais uniquement, pas en anglais. C'est Volume IV d'une Ã©dition en quatre volumes. Certes, Ã  partir d'une Ã©dition limitÃ©e de luxe mais le nombre n'est pas indiquÃ© dans le prÃ©sent volume. Reliure en cuir pleine avec une dÃ©coration Ã©laborÃ©e en dorÃ©. Text in French only. This is Volume IV of a four-volume edition. Certainly from a de luxe limited edition but the number not stated in this volume. Printed in France by l'Imprimerie de GillÃ©. The original issue of this work (1789-92) consisted of 48 parts, each comprising four leaves of plates i.e 192. Chestnut full-leather binding, pebbled, with crisp gilt-stamped design to the front board and with crisp, gilt-stamped lettering and design to the spine. Reverse side of boards also in full leather, pebbled, of two colors, chestnut and deep green, and with elaborate gilt stamping, including inside dentelles. Elaborately hubbed spine, with title and place of publication. Gently bumped spine head, with minor chip [1/16 inch] at top edge. Spine tail gently bumped and rubbed. Lower corners lightly abraded, minor. Upper corners fairly sharp. Light chestnut brown moirÃ© endpapers. All edges gilt. 20.5 x 13.5 inches. With unnumbered pages of text and plates. With 56 full pages of text commentary opposite 56 full pages of plates, as called for in the index [Tableau de 48 livraisons de la Galerie de Florence]. The original edition of Volume IV had 12 leaves of plates for a total of 48 full pages of plates. However, the 1807 edition was supplemented by two addition leaves [livraisons] for a total of 8 additional full page plates. Some plate pages illustrate two plates [the second usually a rendering in bas-relief], other plate pages illustrate one plate. All plates with tissue guards, most in pristine condition. Due to the presence of the tissue guards virtually no off-setting has occurred. Occasional foxing to the pages/plates, especially at the rear preliminaries. Else an exceptionally clean copy, and quite tight. No remainder marks. Very gently read. With a lovely ex libris bookplate from the library of Julio B. Samarcelli [1903-1988], a Los Angeles based artist. The bookplate in a distinctive art deco style and with a design reminiscent of the work of the artist Rockwell Kent. The bookplate is neatly affixed to the title page and does not obscure any of the lettering of that page. This is an absolutely gorgeous volume. A Very Good Plus copy.. First French Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Various. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Limited Edition.

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        Tafereel der stad Haarlem,.

      en derzelver geschiedenis van de vroegste tijden af tot op den Tegenwoordigen toe.4 vols., Haarlem, by A.Loosjes Pz.1807-1808. 437+394+543+404 pp. Wih 4 engr Titlep. 1 map, 10 eng. plts.and a engr.array.

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        A rare early-19th century peepshow depicting the Battle of Eylau (where France acquired its taste for horse meat)

      A peepshow, housed in its original box (8.75" x 6.5" x .5") bearing six hand-colored engraved panels. Entitled NAPOLEON and the battle at Eylau fought the 9th February, 1807 / NAPOLEON, et la battaille à Eylau donnée le 9 Février 1807 printed upon a pair of French tricolor flags which flank a small 1.25" x .75" window at the center which, when the top of the box is extended fully (about 28"), reveals a beautifully rendered three-dimensional battle scene. Napoleon appears on horseback (at left) in the third panel from the top. Although the outer box bears a good deal of wear including soiling and toning, the interior is as remarkably clean and bright as they day it was manufactured. The Battle of Eylau was an enormous but inconclusive battle that took place between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Russians in East Prussia. The two day battle involved over 150,000 soldiers and resulted in approximately 20,000-40,000 casualties between the two sides. Although the French won possession of the field at the end of the day, they had failed to destroy the Russian army. Riding over the fields the next morning, Marshal Ney remarked, "Quei massacre! Et sans Résultat" ("What a massacre! And without result!"). Incidentally, it was at the Battle of Eylau where the French acquired a taste for horse meat. Napoleon's surgeon-in-chief at the battle, Baron Dominique-Jean Larry, recommended dead battlefield horses to feed starving soldiers in the field.

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        St.Pauli - Promenade d'amusement entre Hambourg et Altona. Original-Federzeichnung mit Sepia eines unbekannten Künstlers. Vorzeichnung zu der im Altona im Verlag von Louis Rudolphe erschienenen Aquatintaradierung.

      1807.. 18,5 x 30,0 cm. Zeigt die Reeperbahn in der Vorstadt St.Pauli mit belebter Staffage, im Hintergrund die Hamburger Hauptkirchen. Die Radierung ist u.a. abgebildet in: "Heckscher, J. - Peter Suhrs "Panorama einer Reise von Hamburg nach Altona und zurück". [SW - Ansicht, Ansichten, Hamburgensien, Hamburgensie].

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Heinz Tessin]
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        OPUSCOLI D'ENTOMOLOGIA, DI FISICA E D'AGRICOLTURA. 1807-1809.

      nella Stamperia del "Giornale Italico" di Carlo Dova, Milano - Opera in cinque volumi, dedicata al Consigliere di Stato Pietro Moscati. Disponibili solo i primi quattro volumi. Cm.25x20,3. Pg.CXX,424; XVI,582; XVI,(452); (8),X,528. Legature cartonate, con titoli e filetti in oro ai dorsi e piatti marmorizzati. Vistose abrasioni alle cerniere ed ai margini di taglio. Spellature ai piatti. Tagli in giallo. Ottima e fresca l'impressione tipografica, con cartigli decorativi. Il 1° volume contiene "i tre primi opuscoli della seta dei ragni, comparata con quella dei bachi da seta", il 2° volume "il quarto opuscolo intorno al serico degli Antichi", il 3° volume "il complemento del quarto opuscolo intorno al serico degli Antichi", il 4°volume contiene "la storia della "daphnia pulce", osservazioni intorno a due nuovi insetti, la conservazione delle uova fresche, e prolungazione della vita degli ovipari, e de' vivipari, e la descrizione compiuta del thè del Paraguay". Il primo volume contiene 11 nitide incisioni fuori testo, in vario formato, raffiguranti vari tipi di ragni; il quarto volume ne comprende cinque di vario soggetto. Raymondo De Termeyer fu un monaco gesuita che si dedicò, principalmente in Paraguay, ad importantissimi studi di entomologia, bachicoltura, zoologia e agraria. Dopo lo scioglimento dell'Ordine si trasferì in Italia ove divenne Socio della già Reale Società Agraria di Torino. 5500 gr.

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        Nordiske Digte. Orig. udg.

      Kbhvn. 1807. Med kobberstukket titelblad. XXXIV + 425 s. Indbundet ubeskåret med de originale trykte for- og bagomslag i smukt pastichebind i hlvldr. Bindet sign. Anker Kyster 1942 [Henrik Park].. Det trykte omslag ses uhyre sjældent

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        The Satires of Juvenal: translated and illustrated by Francis Hodgson.

      Payne and Mackinlay London 1807 - Large 4to. (31 x 25 cm), xxxix, 572 pp., scattered light foxing. Contemporary green straight grained morocco gilt, gilt panels to boards, floral tooling to gilt lettered spine, gilt raised bands, all edges gilt, elaborate fore-edge painting, front free endpaper detached but present, housed in green marbled slipcase. Provenance: Henry Drury (bookplate to first blank). The fore-edge painting represents the Bridge of Sighs of St John's College in Cambridge built in 1831 and named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Rime

      Milan - The Italian Company of Classic Typography, 1807 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A complete set of Chiabrera's RhymesComplete in 3 volumesBound in quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt letteringNameplate belonging to Charles J. Bewlay of Carleton Hall to the front pastedown. Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 1638) was an Italian poet, sometimes called the Italian Pindar. As amaker of odes in all their elaborate pomp of strophe and antistrophe, master of new and complex rhythms, coiner of ambitious words and composite epithets, employer of audacious transpositions and inversions, and the inventor of a new system of poetic diction it is not surprising that Chiabrera should have been compared with Ronsard. Both were destined to suffer eclipse as great and sudden as had been their glory. Ronsard was succeeded by Malherbe and by French literature, properly so-called; Chiabrera was the last of the great Italians, and after him literature languished till the second renaissance under Manzoni. Chiabrera, however, was a man of merit, apart from that of the mere innovator. Setting aside his epics and dramas (one of the latter received the honours of translation at the hands of Nicolas Chrtien, a sort of scenic du Bartas), much of his work remains yet readable and pleasant. His grand Pindarics are dull, it is true, but some of his Canzonette, like the anacreontics of Ronsard, are exceedingly elegant and graceful. His autobiographical sketch is also extremely interesting. The simple old poet, with his adoration of Greek (when a thing pleased him greatly he was wont to talk of it as Greek Verse), his delight in journeys and sight-seeing, his dislike for literary talk save with intimates and equals, his vanities and vengeances, his pride in the memory of favours bestowed on him by popes and princes, his infinita maraviglia over Virgil's versification and metaphor, his fondness for masculine rhymes and blank verse, his quiet Christianity, is a figure deserving perhaps of more study than is likely to be bestowed on that new world of art which it was his glory to fancy his own, by discovery and by conquest. Condition: The binding are firm. There is some significantwear to the extremities including loss to the spine panels of Volumes 2 and 3, and the spine panel of Volume 1 is present but detached. There is also some bumping and rubbing. Internally the pages are bright and clean with only the odd spot, and some mild spotting to the first and last couple ofpages. Overall the condition of the books is good only due to the bindings..

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        Richmond Hill;

      sp;- London - Printed by W. Bulmer for the author, 1807 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. An uncommon first edition of Maurice's descriptive poem, withtwo fold-out plates showing engravings of views of Richmond Hill and Palace. Still in the delicate publishers original paper boards. The son of a schoolmaster, Thomas Maurice (17541824)was educated at the Wesleyan seminary at Bristol before entering University College, Oxford in 1774, aged 19 (B. A. 1778, M. A. 1808); he was chaplain to the 87th regiment (about 1784), Vicar of Wormleighton, Warwickshire (17981824) and Cudham, Kent (180424). Maurice was a noted oriental scholar and historian, and assistant-keeper ofmanuscripts at the British Museum (1798-24). With a list of subscribers and an informative preface by the author, written in his apartments at the British Museum, where he later died. With attractive institutional bookplate to front pastedown of St Augustine's Abbey library, Ramsgate. Condition: In paper-covered boards. Externally, worn. Both boards are detached and backstrip is missing from spine. Institutional markings to front board. Internally, binding loosening in places. First few pages are detached but present. One of the two plates is attached by one thread only which may break in the post, despite careful packing. Small closed tear to rear free endpaper. Generally bright and clean with very slight water damage to gutter of last few pages, not affecting text. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

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        A COLLECTION OF THE MOST FAVORITE COMIC SONGS, sung at the Theatres Royal and Public Meetings by Messrs Johnstone, Emery, Fawcett, Munden &c

      London, published and sold by C. Wheatstone, no date, circa 1807.. sung at the Theatres Royal and Public Meetings by Messrs Johnstone, Emery, Fawcett, Munden &c. circa 1807. 8vo, 210 x 145 mm, 8¼ x 5¾ inches, pages: Title page, 1-60, page 1 being Index, quarter modern calf, maroon label with gilt lettering between raised bands, old marbled boards. Pages lightly browned, small red ink mark in 1 inner margin, tiny hole in 1 page with loss of 1 letter, otherwise a good copy. A scarce collection of comic songs, only 1 copy of this edition located in the major U.K. libraries, (see Copac). Our collection consists of 29 songs for voice and piano, printed on 2 staves, with an index of titles. They are a very mixed bunch. At least 4 have an Irish flavour (Murphy Delany, Sprig of Shillelah, The Boys of Kilkenny, Paddy McShane's Seven Ages etc), some are patriotic (The Calender of British Victory, The Corsican Fairy - Napoleon), one is anti-semitic (The Doctrine of an Israelite - about a cheating pedlar), one is naval (Blue Peter at the Mast Head Flew). Some are comically amorous, one man sings of his mistress the bottle, another steals a nun away from the convent. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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        BRIEF REMARKS ON THE CHARACTER AND COMPOSITION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY, AND A SKETCH OF THE CAMPAIGNS IN POLAND IN THE YEARS 1806 AND 1807.

      London, printed by C. Roworth, and sold by T. Egerton, 1810.FIRST EDITION, 1810. 4to, 280 x 210 mm, 11 x 8¼ inches, 7 battle plans (1 folding) and 1 large folding map, all partly hand coloured, pages: xxix, (1) errata, 1 - 276, no half - title, bound in full contemporary calf, decorative gilt border to covers, rebacked at some time with gilt bands and rules, original gilt lettered morocco label laid on, marbled endpapers and edges. Covers slightly marked and rubbed, edges and corners worn, boards showing at tips, label slightly chipped, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, slight offsetting from first battle plan on to final page of text, contents otherwise clean and bright, small closed tear to edge of folding map, neatly repaired with no loss, binding tight and firm. A very good clean copy. Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777 ? 1849) was a British general and politician who served in Egypt, Prussia, and was attached to the Imperial Russian Army as British liaison officer. He sat as the Liberal MP for Southwark from 1818 to 1831. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon and later as the Governor of Gibraltar from 1842 until his death in 1849. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. POSTAGE AT COST.

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        A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening : Comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art ; wether in the raising of the various esculent Vegetables, or in the Forcing and Managing of different Sorts of Fruits and Plants, and that of Laying out

      London, Printed for George Kearsley, by R. Taylor and Co, 1807. 4to. Upaginert. 61 håndkolorerte plansjer med hageblomster. 13 ukolorerte plansjer med bygninger, redskaper m.m. Fine samt. helskinnbd. med 5 opphøyde bind. Tittelfelter i rødt og grønt. Rik ryggdekor i gull. Bordyre i gull på for- og bakperm. Helt gullsnitt.. Fine contemporary full calf with 5 raised bands. Leather title-labels in red and green. Spine richly gilt. Gilt floral border on covers. All edges gilt. 61 hand-coloured plates of flowers. 13 uncoloured plates of buildings, tools etc

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        Voyage à la Conchinchine, par les Îles de Madère, de Teneriffe, et du Cap Verd, le Brésil et l'Île de Java, contenant des Renseignements nouveaux et authentiques sur l'état naturel et civil de ces divers pays : accompagné de la relation officielle d'un Voyage au Pays des Boushouanas à l'intérieur de l'Afrique australe. Traduit de l'Anglais avec des notes et additions par Malte-Brun. Avec un Atlas de 18 planches gravées en taille-douce par Tardieu.

      Paris, Buisson, 1807. 1807 - 2 vol. in-8° (210 x 130 mm.) c. c. et 1 atlas in-4° (270 x 214 mm.) complet des 18 cartes et planches dont 2 coloriées. Cartonnages d&#146;époque, pièces de titre et tomaison de basane verte et 1 atlas relié plein veau marbré d&#146;époque, dos lisse orné. (Défauts d&#146;usage aux reliures). Edition originale peu commune de la traduction française. Sir John Barrow (1764-1849) voyageur et administrateur anglais, accompagna lord Macartney en Chine et au Cap. Nommé secrétaire général de l'Amirauté, il seconda les expéditions scientifiques de Ross et de Franklin, et devint Président de la Société géographique de Londres. On lui doit aussi des biographies d'Anson et de Drake. Le présent ouvrage donne la relation de son voyage : Madeire, les Iles Canaries, Rio-de-Janeiro (avec une description de la ville et du Brésil), escale à l&#146;Ile Tristan da Cunha, puis contournement du Cap de Bonne Espérance, Batavia sur l&#146;Ile de Java. Barrow dédie son ouvrage à son compagnon de voyage Sir George Staunton. Les informations détaillées sur la Cochinchine sont tirées du mémoire manuscrit d&#146;un officier de marine français : le Capitaine Barissy ; c&#146;est le premier livre illustré sur le Vietnam sud, en particulier sur la région de Da Nang et Hué, avec une remarquable description de la province et de ses habitants (Dampier l&#146;avait précédé de plus d&#146;un siècle lors de sa circumnavigation, mais sa visite n&#146;avait touché que la partie entourant le golfe du Tonkin). S&#146;y trouve aussi en addition la relation, d&#146;après le manuscrit original du hollandais Pieter Jan Truter, d&#146;une expédition du Cap vers l&#146;intérieur de l&#146;Afrique du Sud dans le territoire du Bechuanaland. L&#146;iconographie est constituée de 18 planches d&#146;ethnographie, botanique, vues (dont 2 en couleur) et de cartes des lieux visités. 2 text vol. 8vo and 1 atlas vol. 4to. 18 maps and plates (2 handcoloured). Contemporary cardbords. Scarce first french edition of this work by Sir John Barrow (1764-1849), a relation of his travel with Lord McCartney in China and in South Africa. Fine copy of this nicely illustrated work. Chadenat 1543; Cordier 2390.

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        Memoirs of John Lord De Joinville. 2 Volumes in 1.

      Henderson (Hafod Press), Nr. Aberystwyth. 1807 - viii,426 + viii,328 pp, 3 maps-2 folding, 3 plates-1 folding, vignettes. '.Grand Seneschal of Champagne, written by himself; containing a history of part of the life of Louis IX. To which are added, the notes & dissertations of M. du Cange on the above together with the dissertations of M. Le Baron De La Bastie on the life of St.Louis, M. L'Evesque de la Ravaliere and M. Falconet on the Assassins of Syria; from the 'Memoires de l'Academie de Belles Lettres et Inscriptions de France.' Light wear to leather, crack to front hinge, bookplate of J.R.H.O'Regan (author) to front marbled ep, some foxing to plates/maps but nothing drastic, text block very clean. Will incur additional postage-please request before ordering-4kg Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES, DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES.

      Philadelphia. 1804-1807. - Five volumes and separate atlas volume of 22pp. and ten maps (most double- page). Text volumes: Portrait. Thick octavo. Full contemporary calf, spines gilt. Two hinges cracked; some light wear to spines and corners, foot of volume five chipped. Light foxing. Atlas: Quarto. Modern half morocco and cloth. Light foxing. Overall, a good plus set. First issue of the text with the first edition quarto atlas. The classic biography of Washington. "After the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington" - Jared Sparks. Later American editions omitted the history of the colonies, which is the subject of the first volume. The atlas volume contains ten maps relating to the Revolution and 22pp. of subscriber's names. HOWES M317 "aa". SABIN 44788. LARNED 1561.

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        THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES, DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES. [with:] THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. MAPS AND SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES.

      Philadelphia. 1805-1807. - Five text volumes and separate atlas volume of 22pp. of subscribers and ten maps (most double-page). Text volumes: Modern half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Early ownership signature on each titlepage, and early owner's ink stamp on few leaves. Moderate foxing. Quarto atlas: Matching marbled boards. Scattered foxing, persistent staining. A very good set in attractive bindings done to style of the period. The classic biography of Washington, here with the first issue quarto atlas and the second issue of the text. "After the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington" - Jared Sparks. Later American editions omitted the history of the colonies, which is the subject of the first volume. The atlas contains ten maps relating to the Revolution and twenty-two pages of subscribers' names. HOWES M317, "aa." SABIN 44788. LARNED 1561.

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        THE STRANGER IN AMERICA: CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A LONG RESIDENCE IN THAT COUNTRY, ON THE GENIUS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

      London. 1807. - 22,499,[1]pp. plus engraved titlepage, nine colored plates, one plan, and 6pp. of advertisements. Quarto. Contemporary drab boards; rebacked, preserving portion of the original spine, corners renewed. Boards somewhat soiled and worn. Minor foxing and toning to text. Very good. The rare issue of this important work with the plates colored; almost all copies have the plates in sepia only. Janson lived in America from 1793 to 1805, beginning in Rhode Island (where he failed in business) before travelling in the American South, especially Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, where he was defrauded in the Yazoo land scheme. He did not like what he saw, or at least felt that the rise of Jeffersonian democracy was guided by the devil. Clark sums up the book well: "Janson draws a picture of unrelieved black, but one worthy of attention because of the length of his stay and the breadth of his interests. He covers an astonishing variety of subjects in a loose topical arrangement." "A petulant view of U.S. life" - Howes. The handsomely produced book contains nine colored plates depicting six scenes in Philadelphia, one of Mount Vernon, and one each in Boston and New York. The view on the engraved titlepage is the earliest known published image of the White House and the Mt. Vernon plate one of the earliest of Washington's home. Copies with the plates fully colored are rare; it almost always is found with sepia plates. The appendix to the book contains, on pages 482-489, what appears to be the first British printing of Thomas Jefferson's December, 1806 message announcing the completion of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as other western explorations. This is unnoticed by bibliographers and should seem to qualify it for inclusion in Wagner-Camp, though it is not listed there. HOWES J59, "b." CLARK II:99. SABIN 35770. ABBEY 648.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]
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        Disertacion sobre dos Zodiacos recien descubiertos en Egipto, leida en junta extraordinaria de la Academia de Religion Catolica el dia 5 de julio de 1802. Traducida de italiano en castellano por Don Luis Testa, presbitero, secretario de la Legacia de Roma.

      Madrid, en la Imprenta Real, 1807. - in-8. (1f.blanc). 3ff. 58pp. 1 planche gravée hors-texte. (1f.blanc). Plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, armoiries royales au centre du plat supérieur, filet doré d'encadrement, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque, petits trous de vers au dos). Première et unique traduction en espagnol de cette dissertation relative à la découverte de deux zodiaques en Egypte lors de la campagne de Napoléon. Leur datation suscita une vive polémique parmi les astronomes de l'époque (Lalande, Burckhardt, etc.) parce qu'elle semblait remettre en question la chronologie biblique. L'abbé Testa (1746-1825), soutenu par l'archéologue Visconti, devint le chef de file des défenseurs de la Bible et data les zodiaques du IIIe siècle avant J-C. L'ouvrage est illustré d'une planche gravée représentant des chapiteaux des temples de Dendérah et de Henné. Précieux exemplaire aux armes du roi d'Espagne Carlos IV (1788-1808). Palau, 331020. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Librería Comellas]
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        Preuves de l'efficacité de la vaccine, suvies d'une réponse aux objections formées contre la vaccination, contenant l'histoire de cette découverte, etc. Traduction littérale de l'anglais par (Joseph) Duffour.

      Chomei,, Paris, 1807 - Paris, Chomei, 1807. 8°. 2 n.n. Bl., XL S., 6 S., 2 S., 214 S. Mit 2 gestochenen Farbkupfern. Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung. Mit dem zusätzlichen Vermerk auf dem Titel "(a l'Usage des Familles)". - Hirsch V, 671. - Waller 9568. - Erste französische Ausgabe der 1802 erstmals in Englisch erschienenen Schrift zur Propagierung der Kuhpockenimpfung, die Edward Jenner 1798 erstmals beschrieb. Mit einer längeren Einführung des Uebersetzers zur Geschichte der Impfung und der Situation in Frankreich durch Duffour (s. Hirsch II, 230). Sprache: Französisch Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Daniel Thierstein]
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        Systematisches Handbuch der Geburtshülfe für Geburtshelfer, Aerzte und Wundärzte. Nach neuen Ansichten bearbeitet. Mit einem Kupfer

      Leipzig Bei T. E. Hienrichs 1807,. 420 S., 8°, Pbd. der Zeit mit dunklem Rückenschildchen, dieses mit goldener Beschriftung, unten ein papiermärkchen mit handschriftl. Nummer aus der Zeit, marmorierte, schwere Buchdeckel. Rücken oben etwas berieben, Goldfarbe kräftig. Am Schmutzblatt innen mit Tinte eine kleine Nummer. Mit alter Tinte Besitzvermerk unten. Diese Tinte hat einen bräunlichen Fleck rund um den Namenszug gebildet. VI + 420 + X Seiten. Auf den ersten 4 Blättern ein ganz kleiner Papierverlust (1 cm) im oberen Eck. Innen fleckenlos, keine Stockflecken, mit dem angegebenen, faltbaren Kupferblatt (2 Geburtszangen). Dr. Jörg war praktischer Arzt, Geburtshelfer und Privatdozent zu Leipzig. Ein höchst selten angebotenen Buch in einem wirklich erstaunlich gutem Zustand.

      [Bookseller: Buchhandlung W. Neugebauer GmbH]
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