BREWSTER (Sir Francis)MareMagnum
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First Edition, folding table, stab-holes on inner blank margins, [16], 128 pp., disbound. Brewster was the author of "Essays in Trade and Navigation, in Five Parts" (1695). Only the first part, which included evidence of his opposition to the new Bank of England, was published. In 1702 he issued "New Essays on Trade", and the anonymous book "A Discourse Concerning Ireland and the Different Interests Thereof" (1698), relating to the woollen issue, has also been ascribed to him. He died at some point between March 1704 and February 1705. Kress, 2335; Goldsmith, 3857; Hanson, 130.
First edition, 47, [1]pp., ownership inscription on title "Philip Wolfe", disbound. Kress, 4296; Goldsmith, 7404.
First Edition, 32 pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine. A defence of the administration against the popular clamour against the Convention. Kress, 4437; Goldsmith, 7669; Hanson, 5292.
Second edition, 110pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine. Hanson, 4813n; Goldsmiths', 7306.
First Edition, half-title, signed on p.40 "R. J. Woollen Draper." [i.e. J. Mackenzie], [4], 48 pp., cont. blue paper wrappers, a nice copy. Pp. [41]-48 contain: "A List of the Cities and Towns in France*, wherein the Woollen Manufacture of all sorts are established, distinguishing each". A note at the foot of page [41] states "This List was printed by authority in the year 1760, from which time it has been annually increasing." Goldsmith, 13193.
First Edition, half-title, 71, [1] pp., disbound. Kress, 3599; Goldsmith, 6363; Hanson, 3454.
First Dublin Edition, ownership inscription of "Ph. Wolfe" on title, [2],70pp., disbound, uncut. The scarce Dublin edition. Goldsmith, 6502.
Pirated edition?, half-title, 31, [1]pp., disbound. Possibly a pirated edition printed at Dublin. An attack on Sir Robert Walpole's "Observations upon the Treaty between the crowns of Great Britain, France,....". Kress, 3381; Goldsmith, 6821.
First Edition, 31, [1] pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine. Hanson, 4575; Goldsmiths' 7129.
Third Edition, corrected, [3], 72 pp., pamphlet with a marbled paper spine.
First edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [8], cl, 363, [1]pp., blind stamp on title and following leaf, library bookplate on front paste-down, contemporary calf, rubbed and chipped, joints broken and just holding by the cords, faint white number visible on spine. "Improvement of British commerce formed the inspiration for Postlethwayt's final major works, Britain's Commercial Interests Explained and Improv'd and Great Britain's True System, both published in 1757. The former, though not a very innovative work, was especially strong on advocating expansion of the Union by including Ireland and encouraging agricultural improvement to cheapen the necessities of life, permitting lower wages and increased competitiveness in foreign markets. They were also designed to secure his own self-improvement through patronage, a strategy which was apparently unsuccessful. Together with the dictionary, these books contained the economic contributions for which Postlethwayt has been largely noted in the literature on the history of economic ideas." - Oxford DNB. Sabin, 64565.
2 Vols., large 8vo, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, price lists loosely inserted, 366 lots.
First Edition, stab holes in the inner blank margins, [2], 25, [1] pp., disbound. Kress, B352; Goldsmith, 12147.
Second Edition, half-title with faint water-mark on inner margin, [4], 85, [1], xxvii, [1] pp., disbound. Dundonald's chief contribution to late eighteenth century industrial chemistry was the production of soda from common salt, using a method that provided hints that led to the Le Blanc process. Goldsmith, 12855; Cole, Chemical Literature, 283.
First Edition, folding table at end, (with a clean tear and no loss of text) some waterstaining on lower part of six leaves, 26 pp., modern marbled wrappers. The folding table of forges gives "An Account of the Quantity of Iron they have annually made and do now make according to the best Information we could get. --- What Forges are in Scotland we have been capable of getting any Information." Also showing the past and present annual tonnage produced. With a note "N.B. The making of British Iron hath gradually decreased in proportion to the increase of the importation of Foreign". The decrease in the present year being 7,295 tons. Kress, 5531; Goldsmith, 9108; Hanson, 6055 (dated c1747?); The British Library suggests the date as [1736?]; Higgs 1181.
Third Edition, 35, [1] pp., modern marbled wrappers. Kress, 4538; Goldsmith, 7763.
First Edition, 241pp., orig. cloth, slightly faded. 878 directories described.
First Edition, 2 vols., folio, text in English French and German, 258 plates including some facsimiles (42 in colour), 300 figures in the text, orig. cloth, red morocco labels. Among the numerous aspects and personages dealt with are shop fronts, interiors, the bookseller, his assistants, the customer, the book-buyer, the book-thief, the auctioneer and the antiquarian bookseller.
[2], 192pp., limited to 500 copies, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth. 502 Items with collations and detailed descriptions.
4to, xxiii, [i], 502pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. Covers mechanics, astronomy, navigation, surveying, architecture and commerce, as well as pure mathematics. Each biography is followed by details of all the author's mathematical works, including many books and articles. 1,090 authors, over 8,000 books, illustrations and indexes. A scarce bibliography. A further part was planed but never issued.
[4], viii, 56pp., with half-title and tabel at end, upper blank corner of G3 torn away and repaired, later paper wrappers. Kress, B670.
[24]pp., drop-head title, text lightly browned. First published in Latin, 1742. Glass (1709-86), native of Tiverton, considered the greatest English authority after Sir William Watson on inoculation for the smallpox. Of the Innys catalogue ESTC (N15501) gives 5 locations in the British Isles and 3 in North America.
First edition, half-title, [4], 99, [1]pp., disbound, half-title detached. A former officer in the East India Company's armies and Commander in Chief of the Great Mogul's Forces, Major John Morrison, returned to Britain in 1772 styled as 'Commander in Chief of the Great Mogul's forces'. Morrison was regarded as a traitor by the East India Company but he did succeed in publishing a pamphlet entitled "The Advantage of an Alliance with the Great Mogul" in 1774. Positioning himself alongside advocates of direct Crown control over Indian territories, Morrison suggested that Shah Alam II would be willing to cede Bengal to George III. The emperor's rough treatment at the hands of the Company, especially the non-payment of tribute, was lambasted as 'a dishonourable blow to the law of nations'. A proper agreement between kings would restore 'the stability and dignity of regal government', and replace 'the fluctuating and unsteady resolve of a Company of private men'. Kress, S2527; Goldsmith, 11155; Higgs, 5981.
First Edition?, 4to, no half title, 39, [1] pp., disbound. ESTC T190063.