Top-level category for all books published before 1801, following the Library of Congress Subject Heading subdivision "Early Works to 1800" and the practice of noting "pre-1801 imprints" in their and others' collections. Further subdivisions for exact century below this one.
London: Printed for T. Cooper, No date. [4], 10 , [1 advertisement] pp. Includes half-title page. Folio. First Edition. Bound in 20th-century boards, with fragments of an older spine label laid down. [4], 10 , [1 advertisement] pp. Includes half-title page. Folio.
Attractively illustrated Bensley printing of the classic poem.
London: Printed by T. Bensley; for F.J. du Roveray Great St. Helens; and sold by J. and A. Arch Gracechurch-Street; and J. Wright Piccadilly, 1798. Illustrated with engraved plates, two of which by Stothard and one by Fuseli. xxx, 79 pp. Octavo. Period red straight-grain morocco decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with engraved plates, two of which by Stothard and one by Fuseli. xxx, 79 pp. Octavo.
**NOT FOR SALE** Platina's Lives of the Popes (Liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum) in a mid-16th century Italian edition. An important humanist text, heavily influenced by Platina's experiences in and out of papal favor in Rome. Period or early annotations throughout, often trimmed by a later binder.
Venetia [i.e. Venice]: Michele Tramezzino, 1563. [20], 374, [2 blank], [12] leaves. Translated into Italian. Quarto. Later parchment, spine title lettered in ink. [20], 374, [2 blank], [12] leaves. Translated into Italian. Quarto.
Important document of the Bangorian Controversy, instigated by Benjamin Hoadly (then Bishop of Bangor and chaplain to the King), which revolved around the issue of whether the Church had jurisdiction over temporal matters. The dual theological-political threat that Hoadly's sermon and his work "Preservative against the Principles and Practices of Non-Jurors" posed was, essentially, going too far in opposition to the non-juror issue at hand by arguing that the church should not exercise temporal authority, including by excommunication from the sacraments. Somewhat ironically because of this, Hoadly found himself in the favor of George I, who found himself aligning aligning with.....
![Item #435 Messbüchlein: In welchem die heilige Mess sambtden für nembsten gehaimnusse[n] und...](https://tristannavarro.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/435.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781741583)
Small-format German missal. Date and place from preface. Rare.
[München/Munich]: Bey Peter König zu finden, [1620]. Illustrated with 32 engravings, nearly full-page but integral with letterpress text leaves, including engraved title page. [xii], 394 pp. 24mo. Early calf, some gilt decoration, color-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 32 engravings, nearly full-page but integral with letterpress text leaves, including engraved title page. [xii], 394 pp. 24mo.
French translation of minor Greek poets, with facing Greek and French text; the latter part of the work is anonymous and entirely in French.
Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1688. 2 parts in 1. [xvi], 134, [16]; [10], 96 pp. Translated with notes by Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne, Baron Longepierre. Small octavo. Suivant la Copie de Paris. Period calf, spine decorated in gilt, lettering piece. 2 parts in 1. [xvi], 134, [16]; [10], 96 pp. Translated with notes by Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne, Baron Longepierre. Small octavo.
German religious instructional text, printed in Germantown, Pennsylvania by Peter Leibert and Michael Billmeyer, one of their first publications. Leibert & Billmeyer, who opened up shop in Germantown in 1784, were in some ways the successors to Christopher Saur, having acquired much of his stock following the liquidation of Saur's firm.
Germantown: Leibert und Billmeyer, 1784. 118 pp. 24mo. Period sheep-backed boards. 118 pp. 24mo.
Early English law text, with the Pardon. Several minor early annotations.
London: Robert Barker, 1610. [168] pp. Folio: a⁴ (b)⁴ A-H⁶ 2A-2B⁶ 2C-2F⁴. ESTC S121603; STC (2nd ed.) 9506. Untrimmed, quires stab-stitched and secured with (likely modern) string. [168] pp. Folio: a⁴ (b)⁴ A-H⁶ 2A-2B⁶ 2C-2F⁴. ESTC S121603; STC (2nd ed.) 9506.
London: Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honorable House of Commons, 1647. 46, [2] pp. NOTE: first two pages wanting (i.e., the initial order-to-print leaf). Quarto. ESTC R12041; Wing E1541. Disbound, partially detached. 46, [2] pp. NOTE: first two pages wanting (i.e., the initial order-to-print leaf). Quarto. ESTC R12041; Wing E1541.
Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler, 1661. 118, [2] pp. Some records call for a plate, there are none present. Small folio: A-P⁴. ESTC R30550; Wing S1271. Disbound. 118, [2] pp. Some records call for a plate, there are none present. Small folio: A-P⁴. ESTC R30550; Wing S1271.
Contemporary collection of speeches, writings, and statements about the ongoing events of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Notes in an early hand on a blank page bound in after the final leaf; numerous blank pages bound after the text, likely to bulk up the volume. Bookplate of Ernest E. Baker, F.S.A.; blind stamp of William Kirk Stewart on later endpapers.
London: Printed, and are to be sold by Rich. Janeway, 1688. [2], 34 pp. Quarto. ESTC R12180; Wing F1686. Later half red calf and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. [2], 34 pp. Quarto. ESTC R12180; Wing F1686.
Italian set from the late eighteenth century on the life and letters of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Lugano: [Agnelli], 1797-1799. 6 volumes. Illustrated with four total folding engraved maps (in volumes 3-6), and five engraved portrait frontispieces (in all but volume 4). viii, 248, folding typographic genealogical table; iv, 299; iv, 240; iv, 239; iv, 251; iv, lxxx, 272 pp. Period quarter mottled calf, lettering pieces, speckled boards, all edges speckled red. 6 volumes. Illustrated with four total folding engraved maps (in volumes 3-6), and five engraved portrait frontispieces (in all but volume 4). viii, 248, folding typographic genealogical..... Collection of detailed prints illustrating fables on fine paper. Giorgio Fossati (1706-1778) was an architect and printmaker whose training shows here in his exceptional rendering of both realistic animals and detailed representations of baroque architecture. Rarely found complete.
Venezia [i.e. Venice]: Carlo Pecora, 1744. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text. Period calf. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text.![Item #224 [Canon Law] Corpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis Illustratum: Gregorii XIII. Pont....](https://tristannavarro.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/224_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782015160)
Early 17th century collection of canon law published in early 17th-century Lyon. **EXTRA SHIPPING MAY BE REQUIRED**
Lugduni [i.e. Lyon]: 1613-1614. Four works bound in one. Contents: Corpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis Illustratum: Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. Jussu Editum. [34], 318 leaves (1272 columns); Decretales D. Gregorii Papae XI. [10], 189 leaves (754 columns); Liber Sextus Decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VII. Suae Integritati una cum Clementinis et Extravagantibus, Restitutus. [6], 102 leaves (406 columns); Institut. Juris Canonici, Quibus Jus Pontificium Singulari Methodo Libris IV Comprehenditur a Joan. Paulo Lancelotto Perusino. [4], 40 leaves (158 columns), [41] leaves. Period blindstamped pigskin, modern morocco lettering.....
First Edition
A la Haye [i.e. The Hague]: Henri van Bulderen, 1698. Added engraved title-page. Illustrated with 19 engraved plates, 17 of which folding; one engraving in text; an initial map facing page 1 is on different paper and may not be the map issued with the volume [perhaps a later impression? It appears to be engraved, but the pattern of toning does not match the other plates or letterpress leaves]. [viii], 422, [38] pp. Duodecimo: *⁴ A-R¹² S¹⁰ T-V⁸. First Edition. Period calf, gilt spine. Added engraved title-page. Illustrated with 19 engraved plates, 17 of which folding; one engraving.....
London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley... and J. Murray, 1793. vii, [1], 83, [1] pp. Octavo. ESTC T109208. First Edition. Later half sheep and marbled boards. vii, [1], 83, [1] pp. Octavo. ESTC T109208.
Notable 17th century survey of London history, though largely borrowed from John Stow. Bookplate of Thomas Wilkinson, Scots House. While lacking the important double-page etched panorama of London by Wenceslaus Hollar, the text is otherwise complete, the irregular pagination being as issued.
London: Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1657. Etched portrait frontispiece by Abraham Bosse after Claude Melan (later state with added coat of arms); LACKS map. [10], 124, 301-407, [9] pp. Small folio. ESTC R13420; Wing H3091. First Edition. Period paneled calf. Etched portrait frontispiece by Abraham Bosse after Claude Melan (later.....
Berlin & Amsterdam: [No publisher], 1763. 2 parts in 1. 4 engraved plates (one before each Season). Octavo. Early mottled calf, lettering pieces, patterned endpapers, all edges stained red. 2 parts in 1. 4 engraved plates (one before each Season). Octavo.
French translation of Thomson's Seasons. One of the engravings was printed over text (page 183), but appears it should have been printed on the verso of that leaf, which remains blank.
Paris: Pissot & Nylon, 1779. Engraved title page and 8 full-page engravings. [xvi], 332, [4] pp. Translated from the English into French by Marie Jeanne Chatillon Bontems. Octavo. Early half mottled calf, spine decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers. Engraved title page and 8 full-page engravings. [xvi], 332, [4] pp. Translated from the English into French by Marie Jeanne Chatillon Bontems. Octavo.
Reprinting of a popular late-18th century satirical work, likely with false imprint. Half-title page for the "Bibliotheque Amusante".
A Londres [i.e. Paris?]: [No Publisher], 1782. 2 parts in 1. [4], 223 pp. Period calf, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. 2 parts in 1. [4], 223 pp.
Provenance: armorial bookplate of the Right Honorable Lord Fraser of Lovat; front free endpaper dated October 21, 1773 and later manuscript note from about 1928.
Printed for D. Midwinter, B. Motte and C. Bathurst: 1737. Engraved portrait frontispiece of George II. Octavo. The Thirty-third Edition of the South Part, called England; and the Twelfth of the North Part, called Scotland. Bound in period calf. Engraved portrait frontispiece of George II. Octavo.
Collects questions and answers from The Athenian Mercury, which featured the what is considered the world's first "advice column". Readers could write in questions and receive answers, in print, from the so-called Athenian Society of Experts. Questions range from religious (what is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 11:10?), to economic (should pawnbrokers be considered extortioners?), to medical (how can heavy readers best preserve their eyesight?). Period signature of John Wood on title page.
London: Printed, for Andrew Bell, 1703. [8], 530, [20] pp. Includes one page of publisher's advertisements. Octavo. First Edition. Bound in period paneled calf. [8], 530, [20].....
First two volumes of this account of John Ker's dealings, especially notable for his analysis of French holdings in early 18th-century America. Published by Henry Curll. While the second volume does not include the map, there is a facsimile laid in.
London: 1726. 2 volumes. LACKS the map. xi, [1 ad.], iv, 180 [4]; [2], vii, [1], 184, [6], 16 advertisement pp. Octavo. References: Howes K101a; Sabin 37600; ESTC T110732 (vol. 1); ESTC T111124 (vol. 2). First Edition. Period calf. 2 volumes. LACKS the map. xi, [1 ad.], iv, 180 [4]; [2], vii, [1], 184, [6], 16 advertisement pp. Octavo. References: Howes K101a; Sabin 37600;.....
Later edition, but this one is nicely illustrated. Bookplate of Percival F. Hinton; inscription of Elizabeth Manners, July 3rd, 1805 to front free endpaper, and her name inked to title.
London: Printed by T. Rickaby, for E. and S. Harding, 1794. 73 pp. Illustrated throughout with head- and tailpieces by Stothard. Period sheep. 73 pp. Illustrated throughout with head- and tailpieces by Stothard.
New edition of what had become the standard book on business accounting in the English-speaking world, first published in 1738 and being issued in eight editions overall. The present Third Edition introduces new material on British trade with the American colonies, e.g. exports to the colonies on page 232 and trade with Maryland and Virginia on pages 233-255. Other topics include numismatics, Africa and the East Indies Trading Co., and details of specific products imported and exported from each nation and colony. Owner ink inscription on final leaf of book: "John Barkers book 1807". Names "Lysander Stevens" penciled to front.....