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1820réf. 18041717London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Cruikshank Isaac Robert. Quarto size 212 pp. not matching pagination see below with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The writing although very much a parody contains many nuggets of truths which illuminate how little the world has changed in the about 200 years since the book's publication: "Money money alone though it has been unaccountably neglected by authors strangers perhaps to its very name and still more to its practical use and management. . .is the mainspring of all human action want wish and desire." The author goes on to state that it is the desire of "the Save-all Club" to keep "the Kind and Benevolent Reader" out of the grip of poverty through thrift. The "Rules of the Club" provide amusing proof of such virtue: Rule VI "The smallest superfluous expense is not only a reproach to a member but he may be fined by the Committee for the use of the poor"; and Rule IV "As a new coat never fails to attract animadversion in the Club the members are requested to avoid that singularity as much as possible. If it prove that the coat is only turned the owner shall dine that day GRATIS". Isaac Robert Cruikshank 1759-1856 was a popular English caricature artist and cartoonist and like his brother George is known for his pioneer work in the history of comics and comic strip cartoons. He collaborated often with George who is better known for his work with Charles Dickens. This edition was originally issued in boards and had pp. 39-42 87-110 and 163-178 omitted as is the case in this edition and all known editions and which is explained in a footnote appearing on p. xvi: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38 another after p. 86 and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author the suppression took place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is not disturbed it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." Additionally this copy has plate no. 11 bound as the frontis instead of being bound at p. 186. Each plate is marked "Designed and Etched by I. which appears as a "J" at this date in keeping with the Latin tradition R. Cruikshank" and bears the imprint "Published by Thomas Boys Ludgate Hill London Dec. 1 1819." ___DESCRIPTION: Custom bound by Bennett Book Studio NY with their binder's stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper in quarter blue morocco and marbled paper covered boards backstrip stamped in gilt top-edge gilt fore- and tail-edges uncut engraved title page with the coloured vignette of a three-pronged candlestick which is thrifty as one can burn a candle down to the base twelve aquatint plates including frontis; quarto size 10 1/8" by 6 5/8" pagination: i ii-xvi 1 2-38 43-86 111-162 179-240 pp. first edition. ___CONDITION: A near fine copy the marbled paper boards clean and unrubbed with only a few light stray marks the leather shelfback smooth with a few light spots of rubbing and the gilt bright straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and the volume is entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine light rubbing to the corners some of the plates have toned with corresponding offsetting to the opposite text pages one leaf pp. 221-222 with the fore-edge bottom corner torn loss of about an inch only in the ample margins with no loss of text; still overall a near fine copy. ___CITATION: Tooley no 165 this copy without the final advertisement leaf which "is however usually wanting". ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars] hardcover
1820réf. 18041717London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Cruikshank Isaac Robert. Quarto size 212 pp. not matching pagination see below with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The writing although very much a parody contains many nuggets of truths which illuminate how little the world has changed in the about 200 years since the book's publication: "Money money alone though it has been unaccountably neglected by authors strangers perhaps to its very name and still more to its practical use and management. . .is the mainspring of all human action want wish and desire." The author goes on to state that it is the desire of "the Save-all Club" to keep "the Kind and Benevolent Reader" out of the grip of poverty through thrift. The "Rules of the Club" provide amusing proof of such virtue: Rule VI "The smallest superfluous expense is not only a reproach to a member but he may be fined by the Committee for the use of the poor"; and Rule IV "As a new coat never fails to attract animadversion in the Club the members are requested to avoid that singularity as much as possible. If it prove that the coat is only turned the owner shall dine that day GRATIS". Isaac Robert Cruikshank 1759-1856 was a popular English caricature artist and cartoonist and like his brother George is known for his pioneer work in the history of comics and comic strip cartoons. He collaborated often with George who is better known for his work with Charles Dickens. This edition was originally issued in boards and had pp. 39-42 87-110 and 163-178 omitted as is the case in this edition and all known editions and which is explained in a footnote appearing on p. xvi: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38 another after p. 86 and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author the suppression took place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is not disturbed it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." Additionally this copy has plate no. 11 bound as the frontis instead of being bound at p. 186. Each plate is marked "Designed and Etched by I. which appears as a "J" at this date in keeping with the Latin tradition R. Cruikshank" and bears the imprint "Published by Thomas Boys Ludgate Hill London Dec. 1 1819." ___DESCRIPTION: Custom bound by Bennett Book Studio NY with their binder's stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper in quarter blue morocco and marbled paper covered boards backstrip stamped in gilt top-edge gilt fore- and tail-edges uncut engraved title page with the coloured vignette of a three-pronged candlestick which is thrifty as one can burn a candle down to the base twelve aquatint plates including frontis; quarto size 10 1/8" by 6 5/8" pagination: i ii-xvi 1 2-38 43-86 111-162 179-240 pp. first edition. ___CONDITION: A near fine copy the marbled paper boards clean and unrubbed with only a few light stray marks the leather shelfback smooth with a few light spots of rubbing and the gilt bright straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and the volume is entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine light rubbing to the corners some of the plates have toned with corresponding offsetting to the opposite text pages one leaf pp. 221-222 with the fore-edge bottom corner torn loss of about an inch only in the ample margins with no loss of text; still overall a near fine copy. ___CITATION: Tooley no 165 this copy without the final advertisement leaf which "is however usually wanting". ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars] hardcover books
1819réf. 67401London:: S. W. Fores Feb. 4th 1819. hand-colored etching. Remnants of adhesive at corners where formerly affixed; otherwise fine. Approx. 10 x 15 inches. BMC 13384. Depicting a burlesque Gretna Green marriage satirizing the marriage of Lord Erskine who is portrated in female clothing to his mistress. S. W. Fores, unknown
1821réf. 67411London:: J. Fairburn April 1821. Hand-colored etching. Several short marginal tears and light soiling to margins; otherwise fine. . Approx. 10 x 14 inches. To "sham Abraham" is to feign illness. Colonel Charles Parker faces Peter Sham-peter Shampoo over a duel involving Lady Frances Caroline Webster-Wedderburn; a newsboy hawks news of the duel in the background. J. Fairburn, unknown
1807réf. 17249London: Laurie & Whittle 1807. Very good overall. Scarce satirical etching showing weeping man leaning out of the stern window of a convict ship "The Bleeding Hearts" singing to two people in a row boat both of whom weep in sympathy. The rower possibly a caricature of an Aboriginal woman or an Irish woman or a man wears a cap and smokes a pipe while the passenger in three cornered hat with packets of mail beside him holds an envelope addressed "Sally Sly". At this time those convicted of transportation in England were transported to Botany Bay. Although it is not explicitly referred to it is highly likely to be the destination of "The Bleeding Hearts." Charles Incledon 1763 - 1826 was a singer from Cornwall known as the principal English tenor of the day and a popular ballad singer. He appeared at Covent Garden toured the United States and called himself the Wandering Melodist after retiring from opera. OCLC: 701837236 cites 1 copy at Yale and references a copy in the British Museum BM 10951. With the verses from the song in two columns below the illustration; "Tell her I'll love her till the clouds drop rain; Or while there's water in the Pathless main; . Tell her all this tell it o'er and o'er The anchor's weigh'd or I wou'd tell her more." The number 472 at the lower left corner; and the publication line: "Publish'd Octr. 20. 1807. by LAURIE & WHITTLE 53. Fleet Street London". 10 1/2 x 8 3/4". Slightly toned slt. marked left side. A corner replaced on the upper left affecting only the ruled border. Laurie & Whittle unknown
1794réf. 23985London: Printed for C. and J. Kearsley Fleet Street 1794. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf front joint weak else a very nice copy. Bookplate of John Humphrey Austen. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. The author states that the Revolution was on its way for many years and there should be no surprise that it came when it did. Roth Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica B20; CBEL III 1278 Printed for C. and J. Kearsley, Fleet Street unknown
1814réf. AQ23579London: Printed for John Murray 1814. In three volumes. xiii 3 308; 316; 4 320pp. Contemporary calf boards recently rebacked contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Boards heavily rubbed. Presentation copy inked inscription to verso of Vol. I title page: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution by the author'. With the ink-stamp of the institution beneath and to verso of both other titles. The first edition of Anglo-Jewish man of letters Isaac D'Israeli's 1766-1848 survey of notable historical literary squabbles a spiritual successor to his Calamities of Authors 1812 both in turn offshoots of his influential study of the characteristics of men of genius An Essay on the Literary Character 1795. . First edition. 8vo. Printed for John Murray hardcover
1838réf. 66651London: Edward Moxon Dover street 1838. First edition 8vo pp. 4 81 1 2 ads; largely unopened; self-wrappers stitched as issued; a little toned and with 2 or 3 very small chips; otherwise near fine. Bolton Corney 1784-1870 was an English army officer and part time critic. His Curiosities of Literature by I. D'Israeli illustrated Greenwich 1837 criticized Isaac D'Israeli who replied in this pamphlet The Illustrator Illustrated 1838 prompting Corney to bring out a second edition with Ideas on Controversy deduced from the practice of a Veteran; and adapted to the meanest capacity. Curiosities of Literature was D'Israeli's most famous work and contained numerous anecdotes and reminiscences about historical persons and events unusual books and the habits of book-collectors. The work was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century reaching an eleventh edition the last to be revised by the author in 1839. Edward Moxon, Dover street unknown
1794réf. 23985London: Printed for C. and J. Kearsley Fleet Street 1794. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf front joint weak else a very nice copy. Bookplate of John Humphrey Austen. First Edition with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. The author states that the Revolution was on its way for many years and there should be no surprise that it came when it did. Roth Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica B20; CBEL III 1278 Printed for C. and J. Kearsley, Fleet Street unknown books
1838réf. 66651London: Edward Moxon Dover street 1838. First edition 8vo pp. 4 81 1 2 ads; largely unopened; self-wrappers stitched as issued; a little toned and with 2 or 3 very small chips; otherwise near fine. Bolton Corney 1784-1870 was an English army officer and part time critic. His Curiosities of Literature by I. D'Israeli illustrated Greenwich 1837 criticized Isaac D'Israeli who replied in this pamphlet The Illustrator Illustrated 1838 prompting Corney to bring out a second edition with Ideas on Controversy deduced from the practice of a Veteran; and adapted to the meanest capacity. Curiosities of Literature was D'Israeli's most famous work and contained numerous anecdotes and reminiscences about historical persons and events unusual books and the habits of book-collectors. The work was very popular and sold widely in the 19th century reaching an eleventh edition the last to be revised by the author in 1839. Edward Moxon, Dover street unknown books
1832réf. 200244AB1832. No Place London Charles Knight & Co. No Year 1832. Circa 225 pages. Features thirty black and white portraits with many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with half-leather and buckram boards. Gilt lettering and blind design on spine with raised bands with gilt ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor foxing throughout. Some tissue guards loose. With marbled edges and marbled both endpapers and pastedowns. Name of previous owner written in blue ink on free front endpaper "Richard Allen" also featured within in pencil and dated '1832'. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard. Includes for example the following portraits and biographies: Dante / Davy / Kosciusko / Watt / Turenne / Boyle / Newton / Michael Angelo / Moliere / Corneille / Halley / Sully / Pascal / Erasmus / Cromwell / Titian / Lionardo Da Vinci / William III / Napoleon / Goethe / Schiller / Correggio / Raphael etc. This volume of 'Gallery of Portraits' appears to be a compendium of selected biographies taken from other 'Gallery of Portraits with Memoirs' volumes. It was a publication by Arthur Thomas Malkin and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge SDUK. The SDUK was founded in 1826 mainly at the instigation of Lord Brougham with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain formal teaching or who preferred self-education. A Whiggish London organisation that published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly expanding reading public it was wound up in 1848. Arthur Thomas Malkin 1803 1888 was an English writer alpinist and cricketer. Wikipedia hardcover
réf. 9154Sans lieu ni date (vers 1650). In 4° déreliée, 31 pp.
1683réf. AQ28263London: s.n. 1683. 27pp 1. Later gilt-ruled sprinkled half-calf marbled paper boards contrasting black calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Title page shaved at foot without loss leaf A4 shaved at foot with loss of catchword scattered spotting. The sole edition of a detailed account of the 'gross abuses' meted out to Quakers in Newgate Gaol Bristol by Isaac Dennis his Wife and Servants and the Cruelty they acted toward these poor Men in the west-house'. Quaker persecution in Bristol as with elsewhere in England continued in the decades after the Restoration with legislation such as the Conventicle Act designed to supress nonconformist worship and reimpose Anglican uniformity. But the election of the high Tory John Knight d. 1718 as Sheriff in September 1681 led to a significant increase in the number of Quakers imprisoned there. The persecution that the Friends received in gaol which are fully evidenced and witnessed in this tract included denying visits the confiscation of worked goods brutal treatment and graphic threats of death and violence. Rare; ESTC locates copies at just four libraries in the British Isles BL Bristol Central Society of Friends and TCD and seven further elsewhere Folger Harvard Huntington Haverford Lib. Co. Philadelphia Swarthmore and Yale. ESTC R11635 Wing N179. First edition. Quarto. [s.n.] hardcover
1795réf. 39807London: Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majesty of the People at the Cock and Swine 1795. Modern plain wrappers and stitching. 54pp. Light browning Very Good. The publisher Daniel Eaton was a persistent challenger of British efforts to curtail speech critical of the Crown and government. He had been arrested and acquitted for publishing Paine's 'Rights of Man" and then for publishing a comparison of the King of England to a Game Cock. This pamphlet's thesis is that "Britain is on the brink of ruin. . . Corruption and distress walking hand in hand through the country; and war eternally compleating the triumvirate of despotism. . . That government is near its end when having once depended upon the free temper of the people they endeavor to reign by their own extent of power." The author writes "on the extravagance of the present reign" and its corrupting effects. He predicts "commercial bankruptcy! a national famine! and an unavoidable Revolution!" OCLC 221410570 4- Columbia Baylor two in England as of January 2024. Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majesty of the People, at the Cock and Swine unknown
1795réf. 39807London: Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majesty of the People at the Cock and Swine 1795. Modern plain wrappers and stitching. 54pp. Light browning Very Good. The publisher Daniel Eaton was a persistent challenger of British efforts to curtail speech critical of the Crown and government. He had been arrested and acquitted for publishing Paine's 'Rights of Man" and then for publishing a comparison of the King of England to a Game Cock. This pamphlet's thesis is that "Britain is on the brink of ruin. . . Corruption and distress walking hand in hand through the country; and war eternally compleating the triumvirate of despotism. . . That government is near its end when having once depended upon the free temper of the people they endeavor to reign by their own extent of power." The author writes "on the extravagance of the present reign" and its corrupting effects. He predicts "commercial bankruptcy! a national famine! and an unavoidable Revolution!" OCLC 221410570 4- Columbia Baylor two in England as of January 2024. Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majesty of the People, at the Cock and Swine unknown books
1844réf. 66208Concord: Hill & Moore November 9 1844. New Hampshire Democrats Celebrate Polk's Victory An ebullient "Extra" issue of the staunchly Democratic New Hampshire Patriot & Daily Gazette celebrating the not-quite-confirmed victory of James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential election. Published by lifelong Democratic partisan and former New Hampshire governor Isaac Hill the New Hampshire Patriot was a long-running political newspaper in that stronghold of Northern Democracy and this illustrated extra issue printed on Saturday November 9 displays the extent to which the editors and indeed the people of Concord rejoiced at the news. The main headline "New York Speaks!!!" refers to the pivotal flip of New York state from Whig to Democrat a fact which when combined with the expected news of a comfortable victory in Virginia more or less clinched the victory for Polk despite the results being out on several other states. While the optimistic figures in this article report a whopping majority for Polk in reality the Democrats won New York by a narrow margin of just one percent. A short article following this news offhandedly reports on a fatal local celebration noting that "A most shocking casualty occurred in Concord last evening while the democrats were celebrating the triumph of Polk and Dallas in New York by the firing of cannon. Mr. John L. Haynes of this town one of the officers of the Columbian Artillery had his left arm almost entirely blown off his right arm dreadfully shattered and his face shockingly burned in the act of ramming down a cartridge. The discharge took place in consequence of the vent not being stopped in the excitement and hurry of the firing." At the top of the central column a small cartoon depicts a man with an oversized steak knife and glass of wine declaring "That roast beef fetch it on!-and them 'two dollars a day!'" referencing William Henry Harrison's 1840 campaign slogan of "Harrison two dollars a day and roast beef." The remainder of the text reports the election results by county in New Hampshire which voted for Polk by a margin of nearly nineteen percent including votes for the ballot issues "On amending Constitution" and "On abolishing capital punishment." An entertaining and ephemeral piece printed at the culmination of a pivotal election. Old folds. Light tanning a few small chips and tears at edges. Very good. BRIGHAM p.444. unknown
1844réf. 66208Concord: Hill & Moore November 9 1844. New Hampshire Democrats Celebrate Polk's Victory An ebullient "Extra" issue of the staunchly Democratic New Hampshire Patriot & Daily Gazette celebrating the not-quite-confirmed victory of James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential election. Published by lifelong Democratic partisan and former New Hampshire governor Isaac Hill the New Hampshire Patriot was a long-running political newspaper in that stronghold of Northern Democracy and this illustrated extra issue printed on Saturday November 9 displays the extent to which the editors and indeed the people of Concord rejoiced at the news. The main headline "New York Speaks!!!" refers to the pivotal flip of New York state from Whig to Democrat a fact which when combined with the expected news of a comfortable victory in Virginia more or less clinched the victory for Polk despite the results being out on several other states. While the optimistic figures in this article report a whopping majority for Polk in reality the Democrats won New York by a narrow margin of just one percent. A short article following this news offhandedly reports on a fatal local celebration noting that "A most shocking casualty occurred in Concord last evening while the democrats were celebrating the triumph of Polk and Dallas in New York by the firing of cannon. Mr. John L. Haynes of this town one of the officers of the Columbian Artillery had his left arm almost entirely blown off his right arm dreadfully shattered and his face shockingly burned in the act of ramming down a cartridge. The discharge took place in consequence of the vent not being stopped in the excitement and hurry of the firing." At the top of the central column a small cartoon depicts a man with an oversized steak knife and glass of wine declaring "That roast beef fetch it on!-and them 'two dollars a day!'" referencing William Henry Harrison's 1840 campaign slogan of "Harrison two dollars a day and roast beef." The remainder of the text reports the election results by county in New Hampshire which voted for Polk by a margin of nearly nineteen percent including votes for the ballot issues "On amending Constitution" and "On abolishing capital punishment." An entertaining and ephemeral piece printed at the culmination of a pivotal election. Old folds. Light tanning a few small chips and tears at edges. Very good. BRIGHAM p.444. unknown books
1697réf. 020472Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents clean with dark impressions of the plates. Bindings solid with light wear and short splits along the joints with covers firm. Near Fine. Two small quarto 6-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in full mottled calf leather with marbled endpapers and gilt-lettered contrasting morocco spine labels: x 243 1; 220 4 pages. Text in French translation by Issac de Benserade who was commissioned by Louis XIV to make this translation for the education of his son Louis -- Le Grand Dauphin of France. Illustrated with title vignettes and 226 half-page engravings by Francois Chauveau and Sebastien Le Clerc; lacking the frontispiece. The plates are copies mostly reversed and unsigned of the original etchings by Chauveau and Leclerc; they were first published in 1679 Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang. Philip Hofer in BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION refers to the illustrations as prefigurements of the "grace and elegance of the best French rococo" page 14. Bookplate of Mr. Edward F. Starbuck on the front pastedown of each volume with ink presentation on the bookplates. Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1697réf. 020472Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents clean with dark impressions of the plates. Bindings solid with light wear and short splits along the joints with covers firm. Near Fine. Two small quarto 6-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in full mottled calf leather with marbled endpapers and gilt-lettered contrasting morocco spine labels: x 243 1; 220 4 pages. Text in French translation by Issac de Benserade who was commissioned by Louis XIV to make this translation for the education of his son Louis -- Le Grand Dauphin of France. Illustrated with title vignettes and 226 half-page engravings by Francois Chauveau and Sebastien Le Clerc; lacking the frontispiece. The plates are copies mostly reversed and unsigned of the original etchings by Chauveau and Leclerc; they were first published in 1679 Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang. Philip Hofer in BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION refers to the illustrations as prefigurements of the "grace and elegance of the best French rococo" page 14. Bookplate of Mr. Edward F. Starbuck on the front pastedown of each volume with ink presentation on the bookplates. Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1808réf. 6230London: Samuel Bagster 1808. First Bagster edition. Octavo 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. iv vi vii-512 pp. Hand-colored frontispiece and nineteen engraved plates and two sheets of music. Ten of the plates are engraved by Audinet eight after Wale two after Samuel; two music plate; two plates of fishing tackle and flies. There are seventeen fine engravings of fish and two large woodcuts in the text. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of fifty-five engraved plates of which ten are hand-colored. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full green crushed levant morocco over beveled boards covers with elaborate gilt frames spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt decorated board edges wide gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Front doublure of brown morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Isaac Walton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Set into the rear doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Charles Cotton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Both miniatures measure 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm. Green watered silk end-leaves. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down spine very slightly sunned otherwise a fine example housed in its original felt-lined green cloth clamshell case spine lettered in gilt. Walton's famous pastoral work on fishing The Compleat Angler is combined here with additions by Robert Venables and Charles Cotton on the art of fly fishing in particular. Walton the son of innkeepers moved to London to become an ironmonger but would spend the last forty years of his life collecting information and writing on fishing. The book was first published in 1653 but re-released in numerous editions both due to its popularity and Walton's propensity to revise and contribute more chapters to it. It has stayed in print since it was first published and is noted for its well observed descriptions of English country life. "The Compleat Angler has something in common with 'Lady Chatterley's Lover:' while many know the title few have actually read it. Yet it's the most frequently reprinted book in the English language after the Bible" The Guardian. George Bayntun 1873-1940 was the founder of Bayntun Bindery 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821 the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie 1849-1940. As the style grew in popularity other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style." Coigney 18. Samuel Bagster unknown
1808réf. 6230London: Samuel Bagster 1808. First Bagster edition. Octavo 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. iv vi vii-512 pp. Hand-colored frontispiece and nineteen engraved plates and two sheets of music. Ten of the plates are engraved by Audinet eight after Wale two after Samuel; two music plate; two plates of fishing tackle and flies. There are seventeen fine engravings of fish and two large woodcuts in the text. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of fifty-five engraved plates of which ten are hand-colored. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full green crushed levant morocco over beveled boards covers with elaborate gilt frames spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt decorated board edges wide gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Front doublure of brown morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Isaac Walton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Set into the rear doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Charles Cotton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Both miniatures measure 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm. Green watered silk end-leaves. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down spine very slightly sunned otherwise a fine example housed in its original felt-lined green cloth clamshell case spine lettered in gilt. Walton's famous pastoral work on fishing The Compleat Angler is combined here with additions by Robert Venables and Charles Cotton on the art of fly fishing in particular. Walton the son of innkeepers moved to London to become an ironmonger but would spend the last forty years of his life collecting information and writing on fishing. The book was first published in 1653 but re-released in numerous editions both due to its popularity and Walton's propensity to revise and contribute more chapters to it. It has stayed in print since it was first published and is noted for its well observed descriptions of English country life. "The Compleat Angler has something in common with 'Lady Chatterley's Lover:' while many know the title few have actually read it. Yet it's the most frequently reprinted book in the English language after the Bible" The Guardian. George Bayntun 1873-1940 was the founder of Bayntun Bindery 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821 the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie 1849-1940. As the style grew in popularity other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style." Coigney 18. Samuel Bagster unknown books
1838réf. 42121Philadelphia: Printed by Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1838. Hardback. 1st Edition. Gorgeous Period-style gilt-tooled leather. 8vo. Vol. 1: "Part one - Prayers for the Whole Year" siddur. VII 216 216 pages. Vol. 2: "Part 2 - Prayers for Rosh Hashana". 120 121 page 121 page. Vol. 3: "Part 3 - Prayers for Yom Kippur". 4 245 246 1 3 pages. Vol. 4: "Part 4 - Prayers for the Festival of Succot". 175 176 1 pages. Vol. 5: "Part 5 - Prayers for Pesach and for Shavuot". 182 182 pages. Vol. 6 - Prayers for Fast Days". 4 184 186 4 12 pages. Hebrew and English on facing pages parallel pagination. Goldman 36; Singerman 630. The First Complete Machzor Jewish Prayer Book Set for the full year printed in America a stunning complete set. Isaac Leeser 1806-1868 was a central leader of American Jewry in the mid-19th Century the stalwart defender of Orthodoxy against the rise of the Reform movement. He was the head of the Jewish community of Philadelphia and acted as a cantor philosopher publisher and author of many sermons and essays. He was key in the founding Jewish institutions and publications central to the building of Judaism in America including the original Jewish Publication Society the Jewish Sunday School movement and many key translations of Hebrew texts into English. As such he was the first Jew to translate the Hebrew Bible into English publishing The Five Books of Moses in 1845 followed by the full Twenty-Four Books of the Old Testament in 1853. His other major translation is that offered here the first Machzor Prayer Book set for the full year published in America in 1837-1838.Publication in this case was a complex project. Leeser based his new translation on an earlier London edition improving upon both the English translation and the original Hebrew which are presented in facing pages. Once the translation was ready for publication he ordered new Hebrew types from Europe but could not find printers who were familiar with Hebrew–so he taught two Christian printers Hebrew in order to prepare them for the printing. In spite of the difficulties involved all six volumes of the machzor set were published in a total of only 13 months. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences in both America and the British Empire and therefore included prayers on behalf of a monarch British and a republican government America. The work also includes a fascinating two-page list of subscribers spanning the Eastern US as well as Jamaica at the end of Vol. VI. The same volume here includes interesting margin notes in pen from a period Rabbi or service leader. With an original run of only 500 sets complete sets of the first edition such as this are very rare. A set sold at Christies in 2006 for $60000. SUBJECTS: Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Passover -- Judaism -- Sephardic rite -- Fasts and feasts -- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Paque -- Liturgie -- Textes. Judai¨sme -- Rite sefardi -- Liturgie -- Textes. Fetes religieuses -- Seder -- Passover -- OCLC: 18532819. All pages professionally washed before rebinding the quality paper very clean and bright with beautiful marbled endpapers. Stunning matching blue leather binding with raised bands and gilt tooling in custom slipcase. Very Good Condition. Rarely found as a complete set. Gorgeous and important. KH-1-1. Philadelphia: Printed by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell unknown
1851réf. 28907AB1851. London and other places of print Harper Collins / William Mackenzie / John Van Voorst and others 1851-1999. Octavo. More than 3000 pages with many illustrations for the Beginner as well as the Advanced Angler. Original Hardcover and Softcover publications often with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Many of the publications with some signs of wear but overall and especially the collector's items in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The historical publications are true gems for the collector and this collection would be the perfect foundation for a meaningful Fly-Fishing-Library. This collection is the perfect gift for the Fly-Fisher. Please ask for a full list with details and photographs of the books included in this collection. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express. paperback
1784réf. FF2537London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . 1784. 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii 317 23 pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine all edges gilt two clasps black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner clasps missing the movable element pages trimmed closely with occasional loss but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge Surrey. Painted circa 1948-60 by Samuel E. Stevens. PROVENANCE: Pre-fore-edge: Mary Strand 1790 – Mary S. Partridge 1792; After fore-edge: Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster 1887- Lancaster collected fore-edge paintings. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . ., 1784. hardcover
1784réf. FF2537London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . 1784. 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii 317 23 pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine all edges gilt two clasps black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner clasps missing the movable element pages trimmed closely with occasional loss but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge Surrey. Painted circa 1948-60 by Samuel E. Stevens. PROVENANCE: Pre-fore-edge: Mary Strand 1790 – Mary S. Partridge 1792; After fore-edge: Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster 1887- Lancaster collected fore-edge paintings. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . ., 1784. hardcover books
