Works published in the 18th century, or presumed to have been published/created in this century.
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.
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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.....
Translation of a scatological work attributed, likely falsely, to Jonathan Swift. In a binding which is evidently contemporary, this is in fact a curious composite volume; everything after page 40 (sig. C4) is from a volume of Swift & Pope's Miscellanies, viz. chapters 9-16 of L'Art de Ramper en Poesie (pp. 170-244), and the complete L'Art du Mensonge Politique (pp. 245-280), with an 8-page catalog at the end. It seems clear that this is the form in which the volume was originally assembled and sold. The first work was translated into French by the Abbé P.-F. Guyot Desfontaines, and the.....
Late 18th-century work of comparative theology of Judaism and Hinduism, though produced with expectedly shoddy evidence about the two (really more than two) faiths.
Northumberland, Pennsylvania: Printed for the Author by A. Kennedy, 1799. xxvii, [1], 428, [8] advertisement pp. Octavo. ESTC W20057 (variant, with p. 359 correctly numbered); Evans 36160. Period half calf, morocco lettering piece. xxvii, [1], 428, [8] advertisement pp. Octavo. ESTC W20057 (variant, with p. 359 correctly numbered); Evans 36160.
French translation of A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, though it seems just the part on France.
Paris: B. Le Francq, 1786. 2 parts in 1. Each part with engraved frontispiece. Translated into French. Duodecimo. Nouvelle Édition. Later cloth-backed boards. 2 parts in 1. Each part with engraved frontispiece. Translated into French. Duodecimo.
Early publication of the important posthumous work by Condorcet (cf. PMM 246, first edition), appearing two years after the first edition. This issue is without a named publisher or place; this fact combined with the relatively cheap paper it is printed on suggests clandestine publication due to piracy or wanting to avoid the scrutiny of the French revolutionary government which Condorcet helped form, but under whose custody he ultimately perished.
[No Place]: [No Publisher], 1797. Portrait frontispiece of Condorcet. [iv], 294, [2] pp. Nouvelle Edition. Period half marbled calf over marbled boards, raised bands, lettering piece, patterned endpapers, Portrait frontispiece.....
Rare first edition of this late 18th-century German work on love.
Leipzig: Bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1798. 4 volumes (Part I: 351, [1] errata pp.; Part II: 421, [1] errata pp.; Part III, Section 1: 439, [2] errata pp.; Part III, Section 2: 358, [2] errata pp.). First three volumes with engraved frontispieces. VD18 11044497. First Edition/Erste Ausgabe. Original plain wrappers, manuscript spine labels, leaves carefully opened but untrimmed. 4 volumes (Part I: 351, [1] errata pp.; Part II: 421, [1] errata pp.; Part III, Section 1: 439, [2] errata pp.; Part III, Section 2: 358, [2] errata pp.). First three volumes with engraved frontispieces. VD18 11044497.
French translations of The Tatler, the English periodical. The content was largely originally written by Sir Richard Steele, with some contributions by Joseph Addison. Each volume with armorial bookplate.
Amsterdam: François Changuion, 1724-1725. 2 volumes. [viii], 460, [36 index]; [xii], 487, [15] pp. Translated from the English by A.D.L.C. [Armand Boisbeleau de la Chapelle]. Early calf, lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red. 2 volumes. [viii], 460, [36 index]; [xii], 487, [15] pp. Translated from the English by A.D.L.C. [Armand Boisbeleau de la Chapelle].
The first edition was issued two years prior, in Amsterdam, 1711. Modern note on the authorship and publication history penciled to front free endpaper.
Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1713. 198, [6] pp. 12mo. Second Edition. Later vellum. 198, [6] pp. 12mo.
Late 18th-century work on ship navigation. Signed on the page opposite title by the publisher, Racine (not the author), as a mark of authenticity.
Rouen: J. Racine, 1787. With 5 folding engraved plates at rear. xx, 246, [2] 28 pp. Octavo. First Edition. Period mottled calf, lettering piece. With 5 folding engraved plates at rear. xx, 246, [2] 28 pp. Octavo.
A Madrid, et se trouve a Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1779. xii, 358 pp. 12mo. Later 19th century marbled boards with red morocco lettering piece. xii, 358 pp. 12mo.
One of the major histories of the Quakers. Bookplates of: Rockford; Alfred Heacock Whittaker. Owner marks of John Moss of Manchester, 1759 to front free endpaper and title.
London: Printed and sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, 1725. [xii], 699, [1 blank], [12 index] pp. Note: lacks final advertisement leaves. Folio. The Second Edition, Corrected. Period speckled calf, morocco lettering piece. [xii], 699, [1 blank], [12 index] pp. Note: lacks final advertisement leaves. Folio.