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ASHTON (Charles)
Llyfryddiaeth Gymreig o 1801 I 1810.
First Edition, [iv],272pp., text in Welsh, from the library of Owen Morris, orig. buckram. Listing 834 items.
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BALLINGER (John) & JONES (James Ifano)
Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department. Cardiff Free Libraries.
Small 4to, one of 500 large paper copies, 559,[1]pp., from the library of Owen Morris, orig. buckram, spine slghtly frayed, uncut.
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MORRIS (Owen)
Publications of Evan Griffiths (Ieuan Ebblig) (1795-1873) Printed in Swansea Between 1828 and 1867. In the Collection of Owen Morris.
4to, 117pp., of typescript with the author's additions and corrections, from the library of Owen Morris, loose in envelope. Published in 1989 in 'The National Library of Wales Journal'.
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MORRIS (Owen)
The Learned Doctor Price and the Respublica Litteraria.
4to, 92pp., of typescript, with numerous additions added in the author's hand (either in the text or on inserted leaves), frontispiece and 1 plate, orig. cloth. As far as we can ascertain this has never been published.
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PARLOUR PRESS. [ENGLEHEART (Nathaniel Brown)]
Omnium Gatherum, Consisting Chiefly of a Selection of Odds and Ends from an Old Portfolio; and Comprising the Useful, the Amusing, and the Curious.
4to, 48ff. printed on one-side only (many of puzzles and diagrams), title within an ornamented border, orig. embossed decorated green cloth, re-backed with part of the orig. spine laid-down, all edges gilt, a nice copy. An extremely rare compilation of puzzles and oddities designed to occupy the mind during the 'blank hours of life'. Printed at the home of Nathaniel Brown Engleheart of Blackheath, on the little Parlour press, the author gives "An Apology in lieu of a Preface. Kind Reader! be not severely censorious. ? This little book has the production of the 'lighter' hours of a nearly 'worn out' mind that prays your lenience. ? It has been the result of endeavours to escape idleness, and to occupy those blank hours of life which in a greater or lesser degree assail all. In this respect its purpose has been fulfilled. ? It entertains no hope of 'Approval', it aspires only to 'Indulgence'.". The only other copy located is that of the British Library.
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PLOMER (Henry R.)
Wynkyn de Worde and his Contemporaries from the Death of Caxton to 1535. A Chapter in English Printing.
First Edition, 4to, 264pp., frontispiece, 13 illustrations, orig. cloth-backed boards. A detailed work including general historical information particularly pertinent to the book trade of the period. Includes Pynson, Lettou, Machlinia, and Notary as well as printers who did not become active until the 16th century. Contains descriptions and illustrations of type faces and of the books printed.
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REICHLING (Dietericus)
Appendices ad Hainii Copingeri Repertorivm Bibliographicvm...
First Edition, 7 parts, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.
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REICHLING (Dietericus)
Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorivm Bibliographicvm...
First Edition, 8 parts, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.
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HILLARY (Sir William)
A Letter to the Trustees of the Academic Fund, on the Expediency and Importance of Establishing a School of Navigation, as a Branch of the Projected College, in the Isle of Man.
First Edition, 15,[1]pp., disbound, margins a little chipped and fragile, water stain to lower outer corner. This modest proposal involves reclaiming land on the Isle of Man and establishing a college for children of the upper class, for a "religious, a moral, and a liberal education, in a salubrious climate, and removed from the more general scenes of dissipation...". But an offshoot of this private school was to be a sort of academy for Manxmen, who were born mariners, and whose contributions and expected benefits Hillary cites in detail. Cubbon, Literature of the Isle of Man, p.101, listed as "Not in Library"; Copac locates the British Library copy only.
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BOWLES (William Lisle)
Verses to John Howard, F.R.S. on his State of Prisons and Lazarettos.
First Edition, 4to, [iv], 17, [1]pp., without half-title, title and last leaf soiled, disbound, enclosed in custom-made folder. Johnson, Provincial Poetry. 124.
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BOWLES (William Lisle)
The Grave of Howard. A Poem.
First Edition, 4to, [ii],11,[1]pp., without half-title, title slightly foxed, lower blank margin of page 3/4 partially torn away, disbound, enclosed in custom-made folder. Johnson, Provincial Poetry. 120.
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PRINTING.
Magasins Sp?ciaux pour la Librairie, la Papeterie l'Imprimerie la Fonderie, la Gravure et les Autres Industries qui s'y Rattachent; Avenue de Saxe, No. 42, et rue P?rignon, No. 4. Agr??s par le sous-comptoir du Commerce et de l'Industrie.
14,[2]pp., orig. printed wrappers, small piece of blank margin of lower wrapper torn away. No other copy located.
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LITHOGRAPHY. [RAUCOURT DE CHARLEVILLE (Antoine)]
A Manual of Lithography, Clearly Explaining the Whole Art, and the accidents that may happen in Printing, with different methods of avoiding them. To which is added, (now for the first time printed) selections from the work of M. Br?geaut; forming a sequel to the manual, and bringing down the improvements in the art of the present time. Translated from the French, by C. Hullmandel.
Third Edition, corrected, xix,117,[3]pp., 2 fold-out lithographed plates, the first containing twelve figures of tools and implements, the second nine figures of printing presses and parts, both plates are lightly water-marked affecting the image, & with 1" marginal tear to vertical fold of each, final leaf includes publisher's advertisements for two additional titles by Hullmandel; front & back endpapers soiled, with early owner's signature (L. Stilson) & date on front pastedown, final two blank leaves bit stained, half calf with early marbled paper over boards, red leather label (3x2") with gilt border & title, "A Manual of Lithography", & the name "L. Stilson" added to front board; spine worn & rubbed with 1-1/4" piece missing at head & small label with black "C" at foot; 3" split in front joint; corners, edges & joints worn, paper boards chipped, edges of cover label chipped. Hullmandel's best know work and most influential publication is his book 'The art of drawing on stone' which was first published in 1824. But in terms of establishing lithography in Britain, his translation from the French of this treatise by Raucourt de Charleville was probably just as important. This third and final edition contains some important new additions. Colonel Antoine Raucourt was chief engineer at the Ecole des Ponts et Chauss?es in Paris and ran its in-plant lithographic press. His book was originally published in Toulon in 1819. Hullmandel thought highly of Raucourt's treatise and wrote in the preface: "The books which have hitherto been published on lithography are very imperfect, and are much more adapted to persons who already understand the art than those who wish to learn it... I have repeatedly wished for a guide to explain the new accidents which occur every instant, and which... appear each time so new and intricate, that the beginner is consequently tempted to give up all hopes of ever succeeding. I am consequently better enabled to appreciate the value of this excellent treatise on lithography, and hesitate not an instant to pronounce it the best work which has ever been published on the art." Bigmore & Wyman II, p.240; Twyman, pp.110-14.
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ERASMUS.
Bibliotheca Erasmiana. R?pertoire des Oeuvres d'?rasme. 1re S?rie: Liste Sommaire et Provisoie des Diverses ?ditions de ses Oeuvres. 2e S?rie: Auteurs Publi?s, Traduits ou Annot?s par Erasme. Liste Sommaire et Provisoire. 3e S?rie: Sources. Biographies d'Erasme et ?crits le Concernant; Ouvrages qui Contiennent des Notes d'Erasme, des Extraits de ses Oeuvres, etc.
3 parts in 2, 186; 68; 65pp., orig. cloth.
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HANSON (Laurence)
Government and the Press 1695-1763.
First Edition, 4to, x,149,[1]pp., frontis., orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. A scholarly monograph describing the relationship between government and the newspaper press.
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BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF PRINTING. CAVE (Thomas)
John Baskerville: The Printer 1706-1775, His Ancestry. A Retrospect.
4to, orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.84.
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BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF PRINTING. CAVE (Thomas)
John Baskerville: The Printer 1706-1775, His Ancestry. A Retrospect.
4to, orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.84.
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HORNBY (Thomas)
Dissertation on Lime, and its use and abuse in Agriculture, embracing a view of its chemical effects, illustrated by collateral remarks and observations.
First edition, 27, [1]pp., presentation inscription from the author at head of title-page (slightly cropped), text lightly age toned, disbound. The rare first edition by the York surgeon who was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. "I have been unable to find a copy of the first edition... the second edition of which was printed by J. Harding, 8vo, London 1814, a third edition being issued by the same printer in 1821... dismissed as "not likely to have added much to the knowledge of the subject". Perhaps that was not the object. It may only have been to advise a limited public of what he thought. Hornby was a friend of Dr. Hunter, and he had a very real appreciation of the value of the developing science of chemistry to the farmer."?Fussell. No first edition recorded on Copac; OCLC locates the National Agricultural Library (America) & Institute of Social Studies (The Netherlands) copies only. Fussell, p.105-6; Perkins, 821 & 822 (second and third editions only); Goldsmiths'-Kress, 20909 (second edition).
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LUCIUS [pseud.]
Letter to a Great Man. By Lucius.
First Edition, 16pp., with half-title, short tear to blank margins of fore-edge, some minor soiling, later plain paper wrappers. Posing as praise, this work is a thinly-veiled attack on the honesty and morals of a high public servant who has supposedly enriched himself at public expense. ESTC tentatively gives Dublin as place on publication; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10680.
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HADFIELD (James)
The Pearl of Great Price, Which Is the duty of every good christian to seek / for and tho' they be forty or fifty years / before they find it yet when once / found it will repay with / everlasting comforts.
12mo, 8pp., woodcut title-vignette, 3 further woodcuts within the text, a couple of light ink spots, stitched as issued, uncut. An extremely rare provincial poem by James Hadfield, described on the title-page as a schoolmaster. A search of Copac finds that a J. Crome of Sheffield was printing from 1791 to 1825. No other copy located.
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JONES (George W.)
Some Books from the Library of George W. Jones Formerly at Monkbarns, Northwood.
Folio, [x],111,[3]pp., printed in Linotype Estienne with Civilite headings, Cockerell marbled paper boards, title label to spine, uncut. "This [library] was designed to be a guide and inspiration to a working printer and to illustrate the history of printing and all its adjuncts: types, pages, margins, woodcut and other decoration. The great names of Gutenberg, Fust and Schoeffer, Zel, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Wendolin of Speier, Jenson, Crantz, Gering and Friburger, and Caxton appear, and there are a number of examples of the fine borders and initials produced by the Zainers at Augsburg and Ulm and by Ratdolt at Venice."?Preface. Rogerson, 26.
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LITHOGRAPHY. BR?GEAUT (R. L.)
Manuel Complet Th?orique et Pratique du Dessinateur et de l'Imprimeur Lithographe. Seconde ?dition revue, corrig?e, augment?e et orn?e de douze lithographies.
Second edition, revised, 12mo, xxxvi,176pp., 12 illustrs., (6 of which are on 2 folding leaves), the folding leaves creased and waterstained, some light spotting and staining, bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky, new marbled endpapers, recent full calf. The second revised edition which was published in the same year as the first. It provides a good overall account of the art of lithography up this date and illustrates the apparatus involved along with examples of techniques. Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 264.
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BACKHOUSE (Edward)
Miscellaneous Pieces.
[26]pp., stitched as issued. Edward Backhouse was born in Darlington on 8 May 1808, but lived for most of his life in Sunderland, where he was a partner, but not an active one, in the family colliery and banking businesses. He was a member of the Society of Friends and devoted himself to philanthropic and religious causes. A good amateur printer and painter, he was also interested in natural history, and illustrated several works written by his second cousin James. Backhouse married Katherine Mounsey in 1855. The couple had no children. He died in Hastings, where he had gone for his health, on May 22, 1879. The work Backhouse carried out on church history was published posthumously. The first 11 pages consist of "Abstract of the English Reigns, from the Conquest", this having its own title-page. This is then followed by several pieces of verse by family members.
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GRAY (George J.)
The Earlier Cambridge Stationers & Bookbinders and the First Cambridge Printer.
First edition, 4to, xvi,81,[1]pp., 29 plates (of which 25 are of bindings and stamps and rolls), orig. printed wrappers, upper wrapper detached, spine chipped. Illustrations include examples of Godfrey's and Sperincks's bindings, rolls and stamps used by Siberch (the first Cambridge Printer) and by Godfrey. From the library of the bookbinding historian, Frank Broomhead.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. BARLOW (T.D.)
The Medieval World Picture & Albert D?rer's Melancholia.
4to, x,[ii],22,[2]pp., frontis., 3 plates, title printed in red and black, orig. buckram, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. Presented by Sir Thomas Barlow. Barker, 213.
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[DONIOL (Henri)]
Les Vitrines de l'Imprimerie Nationale a l'Exposition Universelle de 1889.
Royal 8vo, 32pp., title vignette, some light browning, orig. paper wrappers.
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POLLARD (A.W.) & REDGRAVE (G. R.) Compilers.
A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Revised and Enlarged, begun by W. W. Jackson & F. S. Ferguson Completed by Katharine F. Pantzer.
Second Edition, 2 vols., 4to, liv,620pp., xii,494pp., orig. cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. The "STC" is one of the milestones in the retrospective bibliography of English books.
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BOARDMAN (The Rev. C.) Compiler.
A Catalogue of Books Printed either in Gothic Letter or before the Year 1551, Forming Part of the Library of Stonyhurst College.
First edition, vi,53pp., from the library of Professor Birrell, orig. cloth, gilt.
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CHRISTIE (Richard Copley)
The Old Church and School Libraries of Lancashire.
First edition, xvi,216pp., from the library of Professor Birrell, frontis., orig. cloth, head of spine slightly torn. Gives a history of each library and details of books with particular interest.
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MAITLAND (Rev. S. R.)
A List of some of the Early Printed Books in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. [Sold with:] An Index of English Books, Printed before the year MDC., as are now in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth.
First edition, 2 vols., xxii,,[2],464; xii,120pp., main work in cont. red morocco, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, uncut, supplement in orig. cloth. Provenance: A. N. L. Munby, bookplate; Phil Shirley, bookplate; Professor Birrell.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. THOMAS (Henry)
Short-Title Catalogue of Spanish, Spanish-American and Portuguese Books Printed Before 1601 in the British Museum.
xvi,169pp., from the library of Professor Birrell, orig. cloth, d.w.
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LITHOGRAPHY. [GRIMSTON (Charlotte)]
The History of Gorhambury.
First edition, 4to, [2],90pp., lithographed throughout wove paper watermarked "Whatman 1820", inscribed "E. H. Grimston from his affectionate aunt Harriot Grimston Oct 13th 1840", Edward H. Grimston was the second son of the author, and Harriot her sister-in-law, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author on india-proof paper, title within decorative border, 9 lithographed plates and plans, one etched plate, 11 lithographed armorials in the margins, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco,upper joint split. "Probably the earliest [British] topographical book with its text lithographed... the most striking feature of the book is the discrepancy between the assurance of the writing of the main text and the naivety of the drawings..."?Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, pp. 179-180. Twyman suggests that Charlotte Grimston (wife of the first earl of Verulam who owned Gorhambury) was responsible for the views and plans, but employed a professional lithographic writer for the text. Martin, Privately Printed Books, pp.342-43.
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GOWAN (Al)
T.J. Lyons. A Biography and Critical Essay.
First Edition, one coloured keepsake tipped-in, 150 illustrs., including photos and one-line type specimens, orig. cloth. A tribute to an American phenomenon: T.J. Lyons of Boston, who printed in one small shop at the same location for sixty-two years, using nineteenth-century typefaces almost exclusively.
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CLARKE (H.G.)
Baxter Colour Prints. Their History and Methods of Production; and other Interesting Matter Relating to Operators of Processes akin to his Methods Together with Baxter & Le Blond Auction Records for 1917-18.
First Edition, square 8vo, frontis., 1 plate, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, d.w. An absolute necessity to the collector, student and dealer of Baxter colour prints.
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MITCHELL (George)
A Catalogue of the Library of George Mitchell Esquire.
First Edition, orig. quarter morocco, rubbed, lacks head and tail of spine, uncut.
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MITCHELL (George)
A Catalogue of the Library of George Mitchell Esquire.
First Edition, new cloth.
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MANZI (Pitro)
La Tipografia Napoletana Nel '500 Annali Di Sigismondo Mayr Giovanni A. Del Caneto Antonio De Frizis Giovanni Pasquet De Sallo (1503-1535).
First edition, 4to, 290pp., orig. printed wrappers bound in, half vellum, morocco title label to spine.
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GOLDSCHMIDT (E.P.)
The First Cambridge Press in its European Setting.
First edition, large 8vo, x, 100pp., frontis., 11 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Gives important information on John Siberch and the first printing of the Cambridge Press.
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MASSON (Sir Irvine)
The Mainz Psalters and Canon Missae 1457-1459.
First Edition, folio, viii, 72pp.,, ex-library, 6 folding plates, 8 tables on 6 folding leaves, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut.
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SHAW (Graham)
Printing in Calcutta to 1800: a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta.
First edition, xi, 249pp., 7 plates, orig. cloth. 420 items described.
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BRITISH LIBRARY JOURNAL.
27 issues of this biannually journal. Vol. 1 (1 & 2); Vol. 2 (1 & 2); Vol. 3 (1 & 2); Vol. 4 (1 & 2); Vol. 5 (2); Vol. 6 (1 & 2); Vol. 7 (2); Vol. 8 (2); Vol. 9 (2); Vol. 13 (1 & 2); Vol. 14 (2); Vol. 15 (1); Vol. 16 (1); Vol. 17 (1); Vol. 19 (1 & 2); Vol. 20 (1 & 2); Vol. 21 (1 & 2); Vol. 22 (1).
27 issues, small 4to, illustrs., orig. wrappers. Full of scholarly articles relating to books and manuscripts.
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BOWEN (Karen Lee)
Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.
xxxi, 301pp., 156 plates, orig. cloth. An in-depth examination of Plantin's large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. Contains inter alia many additions and corrections's to Voet's The Plantin Press.
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LEWIS (C.T. Courtney)
George Baxter (Colour Printer) His Life and Work. A Manual for Collectors.
First edition, xviii, 276pp., frontis., 30 plates, orig. cloth, re-cased, uncut. This describes baxter's life and career, explains his importance in colour printing, and the complication of the licences granted by him. There are hints to collectors and chapters on the catalogues of the various kinds of Baxter prints.
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ARCHER (Rev. S.)
The Sunday Collectors & Epistles, Arranged in the Form of Question and Answer, for the use of Sunday Schools.
First edition, [124]pp., unpaginated, from the library of John Davies Enys with his bookplate to front paste-down, cont. sheep, rubbed, covers holding by cords, library number to foot of spine. "... for the use of my own Sunday School, as a profitable change of employment in the course of Sunday instruction. But as two hundred may be printed with almost as much ease as ten, and at a trifling increase of expense, I allowed the above number to be taken off; and they are now offered to the Teachers of Schools at the price of printing."
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PRINTED ON A PRIVATE PRESS. SIMMS (Fred.)
Dictionary of Religions and Religious Sects. Compiled and Printed by Fred. Simms.
First edition, small 8vo, [6], 100, [2], 10pp., supplement, Worcester Library copy with a few stamps, orig. printed wrappers. "Having frequently inquired at the booksellers for Dictionary of Religious sects, and always receiving the same reply, namely, that no such book, (in the form I required) was published, I thought I would try and compile one myself... When the printing had proceeded about half way, I found it necessary to add the Supplement for the purpose of including several sects whose names had since come under my notice." (Preface). Copac locating 3 copies (Cambridge, Oxford and National Library of Scotland).
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LEWIS (C.T. Courtney)
The Story of Picture Printing in England During the Nineteenth Century or Forty Years of Wood and Stone.
First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 60 plates (some coloured), orig. buckram, t.e.g. a nice copy. An excellent account of the colour printers of the nineteenth century and processes, containing much information not to be found elsewhere.
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HINDLEY (Charles)
The History of the Catnach Press, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London.
8vo, xlii, 308pp., frontis., numerous coloured illustrs., orig. buckram, printed paper label on spine and upper cover, uncut. Jemmy Catnach, the printer, son of John Catnach, printer in Northumberland, and who founded the press, justly earned the distinction of being one of the great pioneers in the cause of promoting cheap literature.
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PARDIES (Ignace Gaston)
Elemens de Geometrie ou par une Methode Courte & ais?e l'on peut apprendre ce qu'il faut scavoir d'Euclide, d'Archimede, d'Apollonius, & les plus belles Inventions des ancien & des nouveaux Geometres. Paris, Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy, rue S. Jacques aux Cicognes,1678. Third Edition, 12mo, woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in the text, [24], 163, [5] pp. Bound with:- PARDIES (Ignace Gaston) Deux Machines propres a faire Les Quadrans avec Tres-grande facilit?. D?crites & expliqu?es..... Paris, Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy, rue S. Jacques aux Cicognes, 1776. Second Edition, 12mo, 7 folding engraved plates, [10], 58, [4] pp. Bound with:- PARDIES (Ignace Gaston) La Statique ou la Science des Forces Mouvantes.
Second Edition, 12mo, 2 folding plates, numerous illustrations in the text, some light dampstaining on the lower outer corners of a few leaves towards the end, [24], 239, [1] pp., modern calf, morocco label, raised bands on spine, a very nice copy. "A Jesuit, Pardies deserves a place in the history of physics for having intervened in the debate on the ideas of Newton and Huygens at certain decisive moments. His work, which is not extensive, is characteristic of a traditional period..... Although Pardies did not have the time to devote the full measure of his abilities to science, he was undoubtedly one of those vigorous intellects that science always needs.... His notions, as bold as they were n?ive, purported to demonstrate the spirituality of the soul by virtue of its capacity to understand the infinite through the 'clear and distinct ideas' of certain geometric arguments." - DSB.
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[CROMPTON (Richard)]
L'authoritie et jurisdiction des courts de la Maiestie de la Roygne: Nouelment collect & compose, per R. Crompton de milieu Temple Esquire. Apprentice del Ley. Si sueris Iudex
First English Edition, 4to in 8's, woodcut ornament on title, Black Letter, a few early ink annotations, small hole in M7 affecting 2 letters of one word, wide margins, [4], 232 leaves, recased in original vellum, title in ink on spine, a good copy. This is Crompton's chief work and the first English law book devoted exclusively to the Royal courts, L'authoritie is a guide to all the courts then in existence, from the court functions of Parliament to the smallest local and special courts. Additionally, it contains a number of circuit reports of criminal cases not printed elsewhere. It is also the first book printed by Charles Yetsweirt, who had received a Royal commission to be printer of law books. STC, 6050; Sweet and Maxwell, p. 259 (8); Beale, T328.
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[LANGLOIS (Fran?ois, Fancan Canon St. Honore)]
The Favovrites Chronicle.
First Edition in English, small 4to, typographical device on title, title recto [A], verso blank, [2], 41, [1] pp., modern half calf, a good copy. "The political satire against the Duc des Luynes, according to Barbier, was the cause of the author's imprisonment in the Bastille where he died. The bibliography of the early French editions, as in the case of the more celebrated Menippean satire, does not appear to have been studied so that it would be difficult to say with just what celerity it was translated and published in English. However, the fact that it was translated is not necessarily an indication of the concern of Jacobean England with the internal affairs of France. Although this translation may have been in part intended as a commentary upon Buckingham and other 'favourites' of the King's Council, it was probably published principally because of its intrinsic wit and vigor." - Pforzheimer Library. S.T.C. 15203; Hazlitt 11, 123; Huntington C.L., 511; Pforzheimer, 578.
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