Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1807. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 252 pp. frontis. illustrated title page plates; contemporary boards & leather backstrip now lacking the leather spine covering covers worn masonic book plate to the front paste down closed tear to one leaf of the age-toned text lacks the rear free endpaper light moisture stain to the bottom margin of the last few leaves else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Baltimore: Warner & Hanna hardcover
Newcastle: M. Brown 1787-8. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5". Not Stated. A collection of three devotional works bound in one by Salomon Gessner William Craig and John Bunyan illustrated with beautiful frontispieces. Three volumes in one.'The Death of Abel' is the second edition of this work published in 1788. However this does not appear to be a true second edition as the first English edition translated by Mrs. Collier was published in 1761 and as seen on ESTC there were many editions published between the first in 1761 and this edition in 1788. The work is however the second edition published by M. Brown in Newcastle who published their first edition of the work in 1787. ESTC citation number T201289. This is a scarce edition. Collated complete.'The Life of Jesus Christ' was published in 1788. This is a very scarce work with no records of it on ESTC or on Jisc. 'The Holy War' was published in 1787. ESTC citation number N17425. Text is continuous despite the pagination. Collated complete.'The Death of Abel' is illustrated with a frontispiece.'The Holy War' is illustrated with a frontispiece.'The Death of Abel' is a detailed description of the biblical story of the brothers Cain and Abel.'The Holy War' is a novel about the fictitious town 'Mansoul' a perfect town which sees its inhabitants rebelling and trying to overthrow their ruler. 'The Death of Abel' was originally written in German by Salomon Gessner and is translated here into English by Mrs. Collier. Gessner was a Swiss painter and poet.'The Life of Jesus Christ' was written by William Craig who was one of the ministers of Glasgow.'The Holy War' was written by John Bunyan who is best known for 'The Pilgrim's Progress'.Prior owner's ink inscription to the frontispiece of 'Death of Abel' 'See page 106'. Prior owner has obscured the line 'in five books' to the title page with ink the ink has offset onto the frontispiece and smudged. In a full calf binding. Externally the front board is detached but present and the rear joint is cracked. Rubbing to the boards and spine. Discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine heavier to the spine. A little bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the front joint with some lifting of leather. Two surface cracks to the spine to the head and tail. Rear hinge is strained. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with the odd spot and odd handling mark. Small closed tear to the tail of the frontispiece of 'The Death of Abel' not affecting image. Small puncture marks to the gutter of 'The Holy War'. Good Only M. Brown hardcover
Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market Street between Second and Third Streets 1787. Hardcover. Acceptable. Early Pennsylvania Imprint Bound in fine modern leather. 14 cm. 18mo. x 1 12-151 1 p. Early marginalia on end pages. Bristol B6497. Shipton et Mooney 45075. Evans 45075. Translation of Tod Abels. Early signatures of Alexander Gordon Eliza McComt. Alexander Carlile. Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street, between Second and Third Streets hardcover
T. Thompson false imprint 1770-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. 1770 'new translation' T. Thompson London 4 x 7 inches tall full period leather bound five raised bands to spine folding engraved frontispiece xvi 237 1 pp. No date but ESTC places the date at 1770 prior owner dates his ownership at 1774. While the title page lists the publisher as 'T. Thompson' this is a false imprint according to ESTC. Covers are quite rubbed bumped and edgeworn. Front hinge is tender but holds. Folding frontispiece engraving is creased and torn with minor loss to the lower margin rule only. 1774 Boston prior owner name to top of title page. A few pages especially front prelims with soiling or foxing. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce early edition of this influential classic. ESTC lists only two institutional copies worldwide - one at the British Library and the other at Duke University Library. Preserved in a Brodart rare book box made from archival-quality acid-free lignin-free 20-point light tan folder stock with a 3 percent calcium carbonate buffer securely held in place by Velcro buttons with title page reproduced on front cover of box and title on the spine of the box. An English translation of Solomon Gessner's 'Tod Abels' or 'The Death of Abel.' The translator is not named but this is believed to be an unauthorized 1770 London printing of a version of Mary Collyer's much-reprinted 1761 English translation. Reference: ESTC No. T94316. ~KKK~ Gessner 1730 - 1788 was a Swiss painter and poet. Collected editions of Gessner's works were repeatedly published 2 vols 1777-1778 finally 2 vols. 1841 both at Zurich. J.L.Lowes notes that Mary Collyer's translation of the original was as common as Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe': 'No book of foreign growth has ever become so popular.' He goes on to say that 'Byron read it when he was eight years old and denied with a little too much emphasis its influence on his play 'Cain.' The influence is equally clear for Samuel Taylor Coleridge he maintains: 'The Wandering Jew and Cain together took possession of the astral body of an ancient Mariner.' In Lowes J.L. 'The Road to Xanadu: A Study in the Ways of the Imagination' London: Picador 1978 pp. 234. T. Thompson [false imprint] hardcover
2 volumes each volume with 10 leaves of engraved illustrations by the author as well as head and tail piece illustrations marbled endpapers book plate in each volume. Text in French.<br /><br /> Chez L’Auteur hardcover books
Lipsiae: Jo. Fridrici Gleditschii B. Filium 1725. Very Good. Lipsiae: Jo. Friderici Gleiditschii B. Filium 1725. Edition Novissima. Thick quarto 25cm.; full contemporary parchment manuscript spine title all edges stained red; 43117pp. & 2138 columns & 104pp. a2 but a3 b-h4 A-7I4 a2 repeated collated complete; engraved portrait frontispiece title page printed in red and black. Upper cover fore-edge quite heavily discolored additional darkening along extremities first few leaves worn at extremities extensive later 1790 manuscript notes on front pastedown as well as discreet 20th century ownership rubberstamp; overall Very Good internally sound. <br /> <br /> Substantial work of biblical scholarship divided into five sections the latter three devoted to the grammar and rhetoric of biblical Hebrew. Reprinted in the lifetime of the German author Salomon Glass 1593-1656 the 18th century editions such as this one were published under the editorship of the German Lutheran theologian Johann Franz Buddeus 1666-1729. Jo. Fridrici Gleditschii B. Filium unknown
Wien: Heinrich Glanz 1937. Paper Back. Acceptable. covers have tears and missing small parts of paper pastings; good text; Hebrew inscription on pre title page and 'signed' note on facing page Heinrich Glanz unknown
Bookseller reference : 231660 ISBN : 2811093125 9782811093129
Donat 2018. 2018. Hardcover. Das annexionistische Deutschland Eine Sammlung von Dokumenten 1914-1918 <br/><br/>Das annexionistische Deutschland Eine Sammlung von Dokumenten 1914-1918 Salomon Grumbach Donat hardcover
Bookseller reference : BN120737 ISBN : 3943425347 9783943425345
Braga 1988. Original Wraps Gr 8vo. Goed. Dissertation. CXXXVII 1269 pp. genealogical table and 23 plates. Facsimile of the Portuguese manuscript with Portuguese transcription. Introduction and notes in Dutch. l Dissertatie aan de Universiteit van Nijmegen met stellingen. Facsimile of the Portuguese manuscript with Portuguese transcription. - paperback
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