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Best.-Nr. BN370316Romanciers du XVIII siècle 1 Romanciers du XVIII siècle 1 Le Sage; Hamilton Antoine and Abbé Prévost unknown
Best.-Nr. 60063R Taylor Berwick 1773. 2 vols second edition rebound in full leather with gilt to spine vol 1 sl taller than 2 vol 1 frontispiece 212pp vol 2 219pp VG v sl rubbed boards text edges browned & sl foxingthroughout nice tidy copy R Taylor Berwick 1773 hardcover
1764Best.-Nr. 168496London: Printed for T. Osborne and others 1764. A new translation by the Author of Roderick Random . . . In four volumes. Pp. x260last blankiv220viii244 viii232 33 engraved plates including frontispiece Volume I head and tailpiece decorations and a few decorative initials; f'cap. 12mo in sixes; early mottled calf spines decorated in gilt between raised bands with gilt lettered contrasting red & green title and volume labels boards with gilt edges lightly worn heaviest at fore-corners joints starting spines chipped at extremities and slightly rubbed; marbled endpapers with signs of removal of bookseller's sticker from upper pastedowns early ownership inscription or signature on blank preliminary each volume and another earlier signature on verso of upper free endpaper Volume I hinges starting a few leaves faintly creased with a long vertical crease across most of pp. 85-6 in Volume I becoming a closed tear no text loss most plates lightly offset a couple of tiny edge chips or splits a few small marginal damp stains scattered light foxing and soiling; printed for T. Osborne London 1764. Fifth edition. ESTC N4250. First published in French between 1715 and 1735. The plates in this edition are not attributed. Smollett acknowledged the influence of Gil Blas upon his own work. Printed for T. Osborne, and others unknown
1830Best.-Nr. M3725Venice: G. Tasso 1830. Excellent. Size : 370x475 mm 14.5x18.75 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: ; Maps Africa Continent G. Tasso unknown
1747Best.-Nr. P1360Paris 1747. Excellent. Notes: The print depicts the important bridge on Neva in St.Petersburg built by the renowned French engineer Peronnet. The bridge allowed the safe passage of tall ships. Image Size : 240x605 mm 9.5x23.75 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 360x675 mm 14.125x26.5 Inches Coloring: Black & White Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Europe Russia; Architectural General; unknown
1832Best.-Nr. M2492Venice 1832. Very Good. Size : 378x630 mm 14.875x24.75 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps World unknown
1835Best.-Nr. M3164Venice 1835. Excellent. Size : 262x228 mm 10.31x8.98 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps South America Countries; unknown
1835Best.-Nr. M1534Venice: Tasso Girolamo 1835. Excellent. Size : 330x481 mm 13x18.875 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps Central America Mexico;; Maps United States South Texas; Maps United States West California Tasso, Girolamo unknown
1774Best.-Nr. 19307London: Printed for the Translator and sold by G. Kearsley No. 46 Fleet-Street. Very Good-. 1774. Hardback. This is a heavy item and may incur extra shipping charges. Please check. Thanks.; Vol I: Brown leather boards smooth; somewhat worn and scuffed; corners a little worn. Rebacked probably during the 19th century; raised bands on spine; faded titling on red leather panel at head of spine. Front joint slightly exposed but stitched binding otherwise very intact. Faded bookplate on front pastedown. Engraved frontispiece 10 plates 1 plate at p353 has been removed. Very occasional spotting but pp in the main are supple and clear. Owner's name at head of title page dd 1873 plus some pencil notes also on title page. Vol II: Brown leather boards smooth; somewhat worn and scuffed; corners a little worn. Backstrip very scuffed and rubbed but backstrip and boards very intact; binding tight. Raised bands on spine; faded titling on red leather panel at head of spine; other panelling between the bands is worn but traces of decoration remain. Faded bookplate on front pastedown. Engraved frontispiece 8 plates all present. Very occasional spotting but pp in the main are supple and clear. Owner's name at head of title page and p1 dd 1873 plus some pencil notes also on title page on verso of title page and p1. List of plates at end of Vol II.; 8vo 5 1/2" x 8"; 466470 pages . Printed for the Translator and sold by G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street hardcover
1757Best.-Nr. 78830Libraeries affocies 1757. hardcover. Aceptable. Paris 1757. Libraires affociés.Cartoné lomo piel deteriorado cubiertas deslucidas.Un grabado. Tres primeras páginas y dos últimas con manchas que no afectan al texto. Contiene bonit0 ex-libris. 372 pp. 16x12. En francés. Libraeries affocies hardcover
1825Best.-Nr. 58650Metz Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale. 1825. Folio. 34 x 205 cm. Uncut in original blue blank wrappers. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Spine-ends strenghtened with tape. 283 pp. Throughout printed in lithographed handwriting. On good paper. Clean and fine. Klaus Jordan 2172. unknown
1825Best.-Nr. 58710Metz Lithographie de l'Ecole Royale. 1825. Folio. 34 x 205 cm. Uncut in original blue blank wrappers. Original printed titlelabel on spine. Spine-ends strenghtened with tape. 283 pp. Throughout printed in lithographed handwriting. On good paper. Clean and fine. Klaus Jordan 2172. unknown
1771Best.-Nr. 2581DB1771. Nouvelle édition 4 Bände. Paris Compagnie des Libraires 1771. Mit 30 Kupfertafeln. Lederbände der Zeit mit Rückensch. und Rückenvergoldung. Ex Libris von Marie-Louise und Werner Weber. Mit handschriftlichem Eintrag von Werner Weber "N'est-ce pas en act il n'y a pas de hasards" - "Non est pas d'excuses". - Vorsätze und Titelblätter zum Teil fleckig. Gebrauchsspuren. unknown
1808Best.-Nr. 55974Paris Didot L'Ainé 1808 1805-06. Folio. 54 x 39 cm. Contemp. hcalf. Wear to spine. Spine-ends repaired. Corners bumped.Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. 2 pp. recto: Atlas historique.- verso: Index listing 32 Engraved frontispiece: Les Fastes Napoléens de 1796 a 1808 with a small handcoloured map dated 1808. With 34 double-page uncut sheets ca. 53 x 72 cm. of which 16 are in letterpress text handcoloured 18 sheets are maps surrounded by text all handcoloured. Internally clean and fine in original colouring. Map-sheets dated 1805-06. The frontispiece having a dampstain. Comprising maps from America Africa Asia Russia etc.etc. - See Phillips124-29 various editions. unknown
1836Best.-Nr. 19850Paris Lefevre 1836. Cont. full calf. Blindtooled borders on covers. Top of spine a little worn. Engraved portrait on title. A little brownspotted. unknown
1850Best.-Nr. 19835Paris Garnier Freres N.d. ca. 1850. 2 cont. red hcalf richly gilt backs. All edges gilt. Covers a little bumped. XLV454458 pp. Engraved portrait and 5 engraved plates. unknown
1840Best.-Nr. 25600Paris Ernest Bourdin 1840. Royal 8vo. Bound w. both lithographed and printed t-p. in a very nice cont. full mottled calf. Boards made like frames w. gilt decoratins in corners and gilt lines making a large centre of the calf framed this piece of the calf is a bit lighter brown than the rest of the boards. Back richly gilt. Bdg. w. traces of use. Hinges cracked at top. Somewhat brownspotted. Lithographed t-p. loose. Richly illustr. w. frontispiece and numerous woodcuts in text by Johannot. First edition with the illustrations of Johannot. hardcover
1804Best.-Nr. LTH8-B-23Burdeos: Pedro Beaume 1804. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4". None. An uncommon Spanish translation of famous French picaresque novel Gil Blas. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Complete in Four Volumes. Four Volumes bound as Two. In Spanish. With the armorial nameplate of Samuel Edward Cook on the front pastedowns. With a Graham of Alnwick bookbinder's label to the front pastedown of Volume I. COPAC suggests that this work was translated by Jose Francisco de Isla. Gil Blas is considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. Gil Blas is related to Lesage's play Turcaret. In both works Lesage uses witty valets in the service of thieving masters women of questionable morals cuckolded yet happy husbands gourmands ridiculous poets false savants and dangerously ignorant doctors to make his point. José Francisco de Isla 1703 1781 was a Spanish Jesuit celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Cervantes. Samuel Edward Widdrington formerly Cook 1787 - 1856 was an English writer on Spain. Having served in the Royal Navy he lived for some years in Spain. He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1854. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. There is some wear to the extremities including some rubbing. The front hinge of volume 1 is just starting but still firm. The front inner hinge of volume 1 is strained. The bindings are tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally clean and bright with slight foxing and marks to the first few pages. There are marginal discoloured tidemarks to the first 17 leaves of volume 2 including loss to the half title and title page that do not affect the text. Good Only Pedro Beaume hardcover
1819Best.-Nr. 23561London: J. Mawman 1819. Three volumes; octavo 22cm.; full contemporary mottled calf black gilt spine labels Vol. III recently rebacked in the same style all edges speckled brown later 19th-century endpapers; frontispieces to each volume that of Vol. II hand-colored; additionally 43 plates throughout including 15 hand-colored added plates from the McLean edition published six months later. Leather a bit dried and extremities rubbed some shallow loss of leather at spine ends of first two volumes Vol. II shows some soiling to four leaves else a Very Good and sound set housed in a recent cloth clam-shell box. J. Mawman unknown
Best.-Nr. 23013Hardback. Very Good. W. Lowndes London. 1785. Black and White copper-plate illustrations. Very Good- front inner hinge reinforced by tape; covers covered by floral canvas. hardcover
1885Best.-Nr. 259048Lisboa: David Corazzi Editor 1885. Ediçao Monumental. Illustrated with 30 Chromolithographic full-page plates and 466 text drawings. 2 vols. Folio. Full calf all edges gauffered in gilt green suede doublures spines sunned else fine. Bookplate of Nelson A. Rockefeller. Repairs at p. 55 of text of Volume I. Ediçao Monumental. Illustrated with 30 Chromolithographic full-page plates and 466 text drawings. 2 vols. Folio. David Corazzi, Editor unknown
1836Best.-Nr. 43718London: Willoughby & Co. 22 Warwick Lane & 26 Smithfield 1836. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half black polished calf gilt spine marbled edges. Bookseller's ticket: Andrew C. Glover Bookseller Truro. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Willoughby & Co., 22, Warwick Lane, & 26, Smithfield unknown
1807Best.-Nr. 223537London: Printed for Richard Phillips No. 6 Bridge-street Blackfriars. Printed by T. Gillet. Wild-court. 1807. Embellished with One Hundred Copper-Plates by Warner and Tomlinson without plate oat Vol. III p. 322 as in all copies examined. 4 vols. 12m. Bound in full polished mottled calf red leather title labels edges yellow by Root & Co. Fine. Embellished with One Hundred Copper-Plates by Warner and Tomlinson without plate oat Vol. III p. 322 as in all copies examined. 4 vols. 12m. Printed for Richard Phillips No. 6, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. [Printed by T. Gillet. Wild-court.] unknown
1749Best.-Nr. 25274Londres: Jean Nourse 1749. First English edition. 32 engraved plates 8 in each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt spines red leather labels. Heads of two volumes slightly nicked spines and joints a little rubbed else very good. First English edition. 32 engraved plates 8 in each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Scarce first printing in England of the French text appearing in the same year as the Smollett translation. NUC gives four locations only. Jean Nourse unknown
1810Best.-Nr. 003422Leominster MA: Isaiah thomas Jr 1810 This an early American printing by the son Of Isaiah Thomas early New England printer.Front gutter is cracked early inscription on front end papers. This book is 148 pp. is bound with quarter leather over decorated boards. Scarce if not rare early Massachusetts imprint. Isaiah thomas Jr hardcover
