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War of the Spanish Succession
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF GALWAY'S CONDUCT IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
London 1711. 888pp. Dbd. Some toning. Very good. An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament. ESTC T18844. GOLDSMITH 4973. unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM53956
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War of the Austrian Succession
Carta escrita ao Muito Egregio partido austriaco de Portugal dedicado ao Invicto Martyr Sa� Joa� Nepomuceno Pela circumstancia do evidente milagre que a favor do Exercito Austriaco obrou na ponte do rio Moldau a sua Veneravel estatua cuja estampa se mostra collocada sobre a mesma Dedicatoria. Por hum anonymo Que movido do grande gosto com que entre elle v� celebradas tantas victorias pertende ser novo Alumno de ta� feliz e illustre Consistorio pedindo-lhe primeiro huma resolu�a� sobre algumas particularidades do seu genio
Lisbon: Na Nova Officina Sylviana 1745. Wrappers. An account of the legend telling how the bronze statue of St. John Nepomucene patron saint of Bohemia miraculously turned its back on the invaders when Frederick the Great of Prussias forces entered Prague in August 1744. The fine vignette of the saint was engraved by Guilherme Francisco Lourenço Debrie. Soares História da Gravura Artística em Portugal I 713. WorldCat lists 2 copies only. Na Nova Officina Sylviana
Bookseller reference : 1511
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WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION.
Europa Libera:
London: Printed and sold by John Nutt 1703. Planting colonies in the Spanish Americas Small quarto 205 x 162 mm. Disbound pamphlet with remnants of original spine the pages numbered in an 18th-century hand 589-654 from its original place in the sammelband volume. Lightly browned and foxed top two cords mostly gone but bottom two holding light worming at foot not affecting text tiny hole affecting one letter to pp. 25/26. A very good copy without chipping or repairs. First edition preceding the second edition of that year with an added postscript. Published in the third year of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714 the anonymous author proposes that in return for the support of Britain and the Netherlands for the claim of the Emperor of Austria to the Spanish crown Spain's territories in America should be ceded to the two mercantile powers. They propose a confederation which will share the treasure from the Spanish mines keeping it out of the hands of a single monarch and in so doing preserve the balance of power in Europe. They moreover support extending the war to the Spanish West-Indies at that stage untouched by the conflict and offer proposals to plant colonies there. They respond to critics who would argue that such attempts at joint control of the American mines and territories would engender war between Britain and the Netherlands as trade brings peace and also reject the arguments that American wealth flowing into the mercantile nations would weaken the nation as was believed to be the case in Spain. The polemic nonetheless offers a stark realpolitik view of world politics and of the war treating as irrelevant the moral questions of stripping the territories of their nominal ally Habsburg Spain rather than the official war aims of taking French territories and stemming the growth of Bourbon power. A scarce treatise with ESTC locating six copies for this issue and a further two copies of the second edition Library Hub and Worldcat adding several more yet still absent from many prominent institutional collections and untraced in auction records. Alden 703153; European Americana 703/53; ESTC T193661; Kress S2261. Not in Sabin. London: Printed, and sold by John Nutt, unknown
Bookseller reference : 139168
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WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.
Resposta a huma carta que certo cavalheiro escreveu a hum seu afeiÂoado Austriaco querendo saber se o Principe Carlos havia repassado o Rheno. Por hum anonimo.
Lisbon Na Offic. de Luiz Joze Correa Lemos 1744. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4¡ unbound. Woodcut vignette with face of a cherub on title page. Uncut and partly unopened. A few small light stains to title page. Overall in good to very good condition. 14 pp. 1 blank l. FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this skilled exercise in rhetoric signed Lisbon September 27 1744. The author begins with a discussion of valor the definition of success what it is to have virtue and divine Providence p. 4. This sets the stage for what the anonymous author will develop on the determination of a just war and the atrocities suffered by the French. In the introductory pages the author draws erudite references to mythology with quotations in Latin from Ovid Livy Polybius and Tacitus pp. 4-7 expressing metaphorical allusions to the current situation of the War of the Austrian Succession more specifically of FranceÕs disadvantages. The author uses the word Ã’cowardÓ or Ã’cowardlyÓ throughout with relation to the virtues of the Queen of Hungary Maria Theresa. This sentiment ultimately defines the authorÕs opinion of the queen but is concealed in erudition and intricate syntax. The author cleverly uses anaphora when describing the Hungarian troops Ã’correm os Hungaros porque ao valor anda unida a celeridade correm ardendo nos seus nobres peitos o marcial espirito de que sao dotados. Correm desprezando os perigos da vida para conservarem sem susto que p—de infundir-lhes alma. Correm a alentar o clarim da fama para que nem introduzam os inimigos intercadencias nos seus brados. Correm a fazer se retirem os contrarios a golpes dos seus alfanges; assim como aos rayos do Sol se ret”ram cobardes as sombrasÓ pp. 6-7. Virulent criticism of the Hungarian kingdom begins most clearly when the author questions whether its subjects are engaged in a just war. The author does not believe it was necessary for the Queen of Hungary to begin a war in Alsace. Ã’Meu Senhor o Deus dos exercitos pertendeu estorvar a Guerra no sentir de Tertuliano quando disse ao Apostolo S. Pedro que emba”nhasse a sua espada. Querendo que os Catholicos sem causa gravissima nunca acendÂssem o fogo da guerraÉ. Veja V. Senhoria se tem a Serenissima Rainha motivos para fazer a Guerra na FranÂa sendo huma potencia que quando lhe julgavamos frias as cinzas vaporizam as m‡ximas hum Vesuvio de incendiosÓ pp. 8-9. The author recalls how much the French have suffered in Germany their armies commanded by MarÂŽchal Belle-Isle and the losses the French suffered in Bohemia and Austria p. 9. The descriptions of the losses become more gruesome with accounts of the number of French forces killed and taken prisoner since 1742. In the final pages pp. 10-14 the author tells of Prince CharlesÕ approach to the Rhine and the standoff with the French pp. 10-12. The conclusion ultimately shows the authorÕs ironic tone toward the situation of Prince Charles passing the Rhine and entering Alsace. For example the author leaves it up to Mars to decide if the glory was greater for the PrinceÕs troops to have arrived in Alsace or to have passed the Rhine p. 13 and he continues Ã’Esta a verdade de hum sucesso que immortaliza dos AustrÂ’acos a fama. Estas as ventagens com quem andam cobardes as competenciasÓ p. 13. Charles Alexandre duc de Lorraine 1712-1780 was one of the principal military commanders during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was defeated by Frederick the Great at the Battle of Chotusitz in 1742 and the Battle of Hohenfriedberg later in 1745. In the same year he married Maria Theresa of Austria's sister. He was later named governor of the Austrian Netherlands and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. The War of the Austrian Succession began in 1740 with the death of Emperor Charles VI. It included several small conflicts: the War of Jenkins' Ear which began in 1739 King George's War in North America 1744-1748 and two Silesian wars finally ending in 1748 with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which mostly returned territories to the status quo ante. Not located in InnocÂncio or Fonseca Pseud—nimos. Not located in Coimbra Miscel‰neas. Porbase locates four copies all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal there is a link to a photo of the title page of one presumably the best with significant worming. Not located in Copac. KVK 51 databases searched locates only the copies cited by Porbase. Lisbon, Na Offic. de Luiz Joze Correa Lemos, 1744. unknown
Bookseller reference : 42368
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War of the Spanish Succession
THE CASE OF THE OFFICERS OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL HAMILTON'S LATE REGIMENT OF FOOT SUBJECTS OF GREAT-BRITAIN BROKE IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATES GENERAL OF THE UNITED PROVINCES caption title
London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A petition to Parliament by the officers of Lieutenant General George Hamilton's Regiment of Foot seeking pay due for services abroad in the War of Spanish Succession. Lord George Douglas-Hamilton 1666-1737 was a Scottish Williamite officer during the Glorious Revolution who later married William III's mistress Elizabeth Villiers became a confidant of William was created Earl of Orkney in 1696 was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1714 and in 1736 was the first British general promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession Hamilton led the First Regiment of Foot the Royal Scots to the Netherlands where the regiment fought for the remainder of the war. Despite their long service and the high position of Hamilton the officers suggest in the present petition that having been so long overseas they had been forgotten by the British government and charge that they had not received their pay even after frequent petitions. The document is an early example of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records four copies two at the British Library one at Oxford and one at the National Library of Scotland. unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM39768
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War of the Spanish Succession
THE CASE OF THE WARRANT OFFICERS caption title
London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare political leaflet petitioning Parliament for relief of warrant officers who had fought in the recent War of the Spanish Succession. In March 1715 the House of Commons ordered that a list of all the regimental and warrant officers be drawn up but by the time this document was printed numerous warrant officers had not been entered into the list and rumors had begun to circulate that they would therefore not be receiving expected compensation for their service. "Besides the Nature of several of the Warrant Officers Posts was such as they could not be put on a Regimental List viz. Directors of Hospitals Commissaries Officers who have lost their Limbs and many other Officers whose particular Hardships Pretensions and Disappointments are more at large set forth and specify'd in their several Warrants. So that their Condition is very deplorable." This is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists only two copies at Oxford and the University of Missouri. HANSON 2212. unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM39783
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War of the Spanish Succession
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF GALWAY'S CONDUCT IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
London 1711. 888pp. Dbd. Some toning. Very good. An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament. ESTC T18844. GOLDSMITH 4973. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM53956
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War of the Spanish Succession
THE CASE OF THE OFFICERS OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL HAMILTON'S LATE REGIMENT OF FOOT SUBJECTS OF GREAT-BRITAIN BROKE IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATES GENERAL OF THE UNITED PROVINCES caption title
London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A petition to Parliament by the officers of Lieut. Gen. George Hamilton's Regiment of Foot seeking pay due for services abroad in the War of Spanish Succession. Lord George Douglas-Hamilton 1666-1737 was a Scottish Williamite officer during the Glorious Revolution who later married William III's mistress Elizabeth Villiers became a confidant of William was created Earl of Orkney in 1696 was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1714 and in 1736 was the first British general promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession Hamilton led the First Regiment of Foot the Royal Scots to the Netherlands where the regiment fought for the remainder of the war. Despite their long service and the high position of Hamilton the officers suggest in the present petition that having been so long overseas they had been forgotten by the British government and charge that they had not received their pay even after frequent petitions. The document is an early example of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records four copies two at the British Library one at Oxford and one at the National Library of Scotland. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM39768
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War of the Spanish Succession
THE CASE OF THE WARRANT OFFICERS caption title
London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare political leaflet petitioning Parliament for relief of warrant officers who had fought in the recent War of the Spanish Succession. In March 1715 the House of Commons ordered that a list of all the regimental and warrant officers be drawn up but by the time this document was printed numerous warrant officers had not been entered into the list and rumors had begun to circulate that they would therefore not be receiving expected compensation for their service. "Besides the Nature of several of the Warrant Officers Posts was such as they could not be put on a Regimental List viz. Directors of Hospitals Commissaries Officers who have lost their Limbs and many other Officers whose particular Hardships Pretensions and Disappointments are more at large set forth and specify'd in their several Warrants. So that their Condition is very deplorable." This is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists only two copies at Oxford and the University of Missouri. HANSON 2212. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM39783
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WECKBACH, Th
Die Bindungswirkung von Erbteilungsverboten.
Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 1987. 154 S. OKart.
Bookseller reference : 3350149
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WESENER, Gunter
Geschichte des Erbrechtes in Österreich seit der Rezeption.
Graz, Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1957. 211 S. OKart.
Bookseller reference : 629641
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Which? Books Staff
Which? Guide to Giving and Inheriting
some creasing down the spine
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YANS (Maurice)
L’ÉQUITÉ ET LE DROIT LIÉGEOIS DU MOYEN ÂGE, Étude historique des successions, Préface de Maurice Wille, Les Institutions privées liégeoises
demi-vélin ivoire, tit. doré sur pc. de maroquin brun, rel. au chiffre « J. G. G. », couv. cons., (qq. lég. traces d’utilisation, des soulignures au crayon de couleur), bon état « l’ouvrage se borne à l’étude du droit successoral, ce que le titre principal ne permettrait pas de comprendre s ’il n’était accompagné d’un sous-titre limitatif. (…) Cet ouvrage, en résumé, est une étude importante de l’ancien droit successoral liégeois. On ne chicanera pas l’auteur sur ses références à un ouvrage non encore publié sur les sources du droit liégeois; c’est un inconvénient dont il n’est sans doute pas responsable. (…). L’ouvrage sera utile à tous les historiens du droit et des institutions, et il faut en complimenter son auteur. » (Gabriel Lepointe, Revue du Nord, n° 117/1948, p. 69-71).
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YANS (Maurice)
L’ÉQUITÉ ET LE DROIT LIÉGEOIS DU MOYEN ÂGE, Étude historique des successions, Préface de Maurice Wille, Les Institutions privées liégeoises
, Liège, L.Gothier 1946, in-8, demi-vélin ivoire, tit. doré sur pc. de maroquin brun, rel. au chiffre «J.G.G.», couv. cons., (qq.lég. traces d’utilisation, des soulignures au crayon de couleur), bon état, 194p.
Bookseller reference : 50925
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Young, James A.; Budy, Jerry
Endless Tracks in the Woods
308 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photographs of early logging equipment. "In terms of plant succession, the imprint of the shoes of tracklaying tractors in the woods are truly endless tracks in the woods. This book is written for those who wish to appreciate the woodlands of North America and to more fully participate in the management of such areas by acquiring additional historical perspective on how our current woodland landscapes have evolved." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Steam Tractors; Best and Holt Steam Wheel Tractors; Lombard Log Hauler; Logging with Big Wheels; Holt Tractor Company; C.L. Best Tractor Company; Cletrac; The Remainder of the Cast - Tracklaying manufacturers Besides Best and Holt 1920; War, Labor, Strife and Productivity; Caterpillar Tractor Company; The Competition - Allis Chalmers and International Harvester; Auxilliary Equipment for the Transportation of logs with Tracklaying Tractors; Stand Damage - The First Crisis in Logging with Tracklaying Tractors; Bulldozers; Scrapers; Motor Trucks for Hauling Logs; Tracked Loaders. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Some bumping to two corners. Excellent copy of this work which is guaranteed to thrill the souls of early logging buffs. Book
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Zachariae, Dr. H. A
Das Successionsrecht im Gesammthause Braunschweig-Lüneburg und der ausschließlich Anspruch Hannovers auf das zur Erledigung kommende Herzogthum Braunschweig.?
Leipzig 1862, (Hahn). OBrosch. XVI, 251 S. 8°. Unbeschnitten. Broschur mit Läsuren. Name v. alter Hd. a. Vorderdeckel. Name a. Titel. Stellenw. etw. stockfl.
Bookseller reference : 8263
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ZEMEN, H
Die gesetzliche Erbfolge nach der Familienrechtsform.
Wien, Manz, 1981. 239 S. OKart.
Bookseller reference : 3141201
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