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1762réf. WRCAM46155Paris 1762. Two volumes. 62; 61 leaves each with a mounted plate. Images vary in size either 11 x 16 inches or 8 x 12 inches. Oblong folio. 19th-century gilt cloth rebacked in red morocco. Corners repaired. Wear and soiling to boards. Internally clean colors bright and fresh. Very good. Two large albums containing 123 brightly colored VUES D'OPTIQUE depicting scenes from Paris Rome London and many other locations in Europe. Lettering is typically printed at the top and bottom of the plate primarily in French with the letters at the top reading backwards. The letters above the text were deliberately reversed since these prints were designed for viewing in optical machines with a magnifying glass and a reflective mirror which gave the viewer an illusion of depth and reversed the image. The views are mostly of France including many scenes from Versailles and the ports of the realm. There are likewise a significant number of views of important landmarks around Rome. Other views depict notable locations in the Netherlands Denmark Germany Spain Poland and London. A handful of the plates show more unusual locales such as Mexico City Siberia St. Petersburg Peking Cayenne and French Guiana. Altogether an impressive collection of these handsome engravings. hardcover books
1766réf. E0550A 41 B-2K8 2L2. 10 476 12 pages with five folding engraved plates several signed by R. Bennett folding map by D'Anville. Octavo 8" x 5 1/4" bound in modern sheep spine banded title gilt on black leather label edges in blue. ESTC t153068. Pine-Coffin752.2 var. imprint. Borroni 3182.Cox I 136. D'Ancona 672 First edition as a reissue of the edition "printed for S. Hooper; H. Webley; W. Nicol; and S. Bladon" 1766 with a cancel title page and an additional dedication to David Garrick. John Northall 1723-1759 army officer and travel writer "entered the service as a gentleman cadet in the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1741 and was promoted to lieutenant fireworker on 1 April 1742. He served under Thomas Pattison with the Royal Artillery in Flanders in 1742 and was promoted second lieutenant on 1 April 1744. He was at the battle of Fontenoy on 11 May 1745 and became first lieutenant on 3 October 1745 captain-lieutenant on 24 March 1752 and captain on 1 October 1755. In February 1752 he went to Minorca and thence to Livorno. He was recorded in Capua on 1 April 1752. Instead of making the usual tour of Italy he visited the principal cities of Tuscany and after a cursory visit to Rome went to Naples. Then after a more lengthened stay in Rome he went to Loreto Bologna Venice Mantua Parma Modena and returned to Livorno whence he sailed for Genoa. From Genoa he went by sea to Villafranca and on by land to Marseilles. He died in 1759. An account of his Italian tour was published posthumously in July 1766 Travels through Italy; Containing New and Curious Observations on that Country but the work has been criticized as following closely J. G. Keysler's Travels 1740; Eng. trans. 1756." Oxford DNB Condition: Binding lightly rubbed vertical creases on title label; new endpapers title page re-inserted with repairs along inner margin holograph ink signature on title page crossed through and pencil year beneath roman numerals; occasional small tears and spots of minor paper loss mostly in the margins; ink stamp of "Scott County Public Library" on dedication leaf and page twenty-five some smudges and soiling rust stain on B3 few pages misprinted or mis-bound at an angle; nonetheless in overall very good condition. Printed for S Hooper hardcover books
1796réf. 001121Rome: Presso I Lazzarini 1796. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xii 502 pp. Full and rich history of Ariccia and surrounding towns on the outskirts of Rome to the Southeast of the City by Castel Gandolfo the Papal Summer Residence. Ariccia is one of the most ancient cities in Italy dating to at least the ninth century B.C. This history concentrates mostly on the seventeenth and eighteenth century when it was ruled by the powerful Savelli Chigi family which produced one pope Alexander VII and built a grand residence in the town that has been used many a time as a movie set such as in Visconti's "Il Gattopardo" "The Leopard". While it is over two millenia since the town yielded to Rome's preeminence as a city Ariccia continued to be the next most important city in Lazio for long stretches of history owing to its propitious location on the Via Appia the first way station on the road between Rome and Naples and its pleasant salubrious climate in contrast to malalial Rome made it a favored resort for the powerful of Rome in prior centuries. This copy of the history a model of municipal histories in its day is very good. There is some light and occasional foxing yet little that could be considered disconcerting. The exception would be the four places where a prior owner presses leaves which left a residue and in one instance may have created a tiny wormhole type of hole. However the small amount of loss has no effect on readability where it occurred. The vellum has an attractive mottled almost tiger striped design. Book is tight. Occasional light pencil notes a word or two in each case affecting a handful of pages. Still a very good copy. Presso I Lazzarini hardcover books
1776réf. 19647London: J. Bew 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp xvi 352 with frontis portrait of Edward Prince of Wales. Bound in contemporary full calf with gilt spine and rules decorative stamped border on both boards marbled endpapers and edges. Light toning to title page and frontispiece very faint dampstain to top margin of approximately 60 pages one page with handwritten note appears 19th century regarding an error in the text. J. Bew hardcover books
1777réf. 71649La Haye. Haag 1777. 8vo. Samtidige marmorerte kartonasjebind med tittelfelter i skinn. 4 xxiv 351 1 ; 4 408 s. Chez C. Plaat et Comp Fransk. Med gravert våpenexlibris C. F. Weidemann samt lite navnestempel på tittelbladet. unknown
1775réf. 45627J Dodsley 1775. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good hardback. Light edgewear pages gently tanned but still crisp. Free endpaper and half title has slight area of grubbiness along shelf edge. 4to half calf with marbled boards red leather title label and gilt lettering. Blind and gilt decoration to spine. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. J Dodsley hardcover
1796réf. 001121Rome: Presso I Lazzarini 1796. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xii 502 pp. Full and rich history of Ariccia and surrounding towns on the outskirts of Rome to the Southeast of the City by Castel Gandolfo the Papal Summer Residence. Ariccia is one of the most ancient cities in Italy dating to at least the ninth century B.C. This history concentrates mostly on the seventeenth and eighteenth century when it was ruled by the powerful Savelli Chigi family which produced one pope Alexander VII and built a grand residence in the town that has been used many a time as a movie set such as in Visconti's "Il Gattopardo" "The Leopard". While it is over two millenia since the town yielded to Rome's preeminence as a city Ariccia continued to be the next most important city in Lazio for long stretches of history owing to its propitious location on the Via Appia the first way station on the road between Rome and Naples and its pleasant salubrious climate in contrast to malalial Rome made it a favored resort for the powerful of Rome in prior centuries. This copy of the history a model of municipal histories in its day is very good. There is some light and occasional foxing yet little that could be considered disconcerting. The exception would be the four places where a prior owner presses leaves which left a residue and in one instance may have created a tiny wormhole type of hole. However the small amount of loss has no effect on readability where it occurred. The vellum has an attractive mottled almost tiger striped design. Book is tight. Occasional light pencil notes a word or two in each case affecting a handful of pages. Still a very good copy. Presso I Lazzarini hardcover
1702réf. 001476Leeuwarden Netherlands: Karst Tjallings 1702. Paperback. Very Good -. 7 1 p.: 19 cm. Signatures: A4 4to. Woodcut title vignette. Not in Knuttell or Worldcat. A response to "Aanmerkingen op de Memorie van den Fransche Resident Barre Aan de . . . Staaten Generaal . . . den 31. Maart 1702" Gravenhage: Meyndert Uitwerf 1702 Knuttel 14755. Contents: Extract Uit het Register der Resolution van de . . . Staaten Generâl der Vereenig de Nederlanden. Sabbathi den 8 April 1702 -- Extract Uit de Aanspraak van de Heer Mourlag Ambassadeur van de Koning van Vrankrijk Hendrik de IV . . . 26. Augustus 1593 -- Als meede een Extract uit de Memorien van den heer de Sully. An extremely scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good- Condition: title page stained; lightly creased and soiled; stitching is gone with slight tears at the stitching holes; otherwise a solid copy of a very scarce item. Karst Tjallings paperback
1710réf. 001487Netherlands 1710. Paperback. Good. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 4to. Possibly disbound from a larger volume. No publication information. Not in Worldcat or STCN; not in Knuttel. Intended as a continuation of J.M.G.V. Bouckart's satirical poem "Koning Lodewyk in de Griekse A tot Delft op het Eyndigen der Campangje 1702" 1702 Knuttel 14818. In this poem the speakers are Louis XIV the spirit of Abbe Porto-Carero and Lucifer. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking stitching; outer two leaves separating; old dampstaining throughout. paperback
1794réf. 006316Edinburgh: James Robertson 1794. Good. Carefully corrected and many sentences added which owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the witnesses are omitted in the London copy. The public may therefore by assured that this is the genuine edition." 195 1 p. engraved frontispiece portrait; 20 cm. 8vo. Disbound; housed in new brown clamshell box with gilt-tooled spine label. Sold in London by D.I. Eaton J. Jordan W. Ramsey and J. Marsom. Publisher's advertisement for records of the trials of Muir Palmer and Skirving on one page following text. ESTC T122114. Maurice Margarot 1745-1815 was one of the founders of the London Corresponding Society which sought parliamentary reform in England. In 1793 he was arrested and charged with sedition. He was convicted and transported to New South Wales in May 1794. After his return to England in 1810 he testified regarding corruption in New South Wales. In Good Condition: disbound; first blank leaf and frontispiece portrait and last several leaves are partially detached; last 3 leaves have closed tear from the gutter; light soiling; a few pencilled marginal notations. Clamshell box is in Fine Condition. James Robertson unknown
1703réf. I9FCT8EEMGS1Amsterdam 1703. Cornelis Danckerts II Engraved chart 47.5 x 57 cm printed on a single sheet of paper 51.5 x 61 cm partly hand-coloured including several coats of arms with an added title in German engraved just above the image. Engraved chart listing several facts of different European countries compiled by Caspar Specht ca. 1654-1710. For Portugal for example it mentions its six provinces acreage and income that it has 3 dioceses 13 bishops 3 universities 5 dukes 30 counts 7 margraves and that the present king is Peter II d. 1706. Similar notes are given for each country including Spain Denmark England Switzerland Sweden France Russia Prussia and even the Ottoman Empire. Also included are several coats of arms of major European orders of knighthood and of some leading royal and noble families.Margins thumbed and with a few small tears title damaged with partial loss of text otherwise in good condition. CARTOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY EUROPE HISTORY Charts & Maps Genealogy Heraldry & Flags ZZ 003 TITELS GEBRUIKT VOOR 2022 unknown
1730réf. 17253Haarlem 1730. Small 8vo 16 x 10 cm. Bernardus Cleynhens Half textured red cloth ca. 1860 sewn on 2 tapes chemical-marbled sides in brown and blue. With 25 double-page engraved maps 2 overview maps the second serving as a key to the 23 numbered detail maps and an engraved plate with 8 scales all hand-coloured partly in outline. The 2 overview maps slightly wider than the others have a flap folded in at each side. Further with 1 rococo woodcut tailpiece 1 woodcut decorated initial and a fleuron on the title-page. 40 23 1 blank pp. plus maps and plate of scales. A surprisingly rare pocket atlas illustrating the theatre of the "tegenwoordigen" present war probably meaning the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748 but possibly the Seven Years' War 1756-1763. The title-page notes that it is suited for officers travellers and lovers of geography to carry in a pocket. The text in Dutch gives a geographic description only of "Duytsland" Germany including Austria Bohemia and a few other areas whereas the maps also cover the Low Countries the English Channel northwest France and to the east as far as Warsaw Krakow and Belgrade. The 23 detail maps were designed so that they could be assembled with the key map to make a single wall map whose cartographic image would measure 53 x 90 cm.With a contemporary owner's bookplate embossed stamp and library labels. With the text leaves somewhat browned not affecting the maps or the plate with scales and the first 2 leaves slightly worn but generally in good condition. A rare pocket atlas from the War of the Spanish Succession.l Koeman I Cle 1; STCN 2 copies; WorldCat 2 copies. CARTOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY EUROPE LOW COUNTRIES MILITARY HISTORY Atlases & Globes Austria Belgium Central Europe Charts & Maps France Germany Military History 18th Century Netherlands Poland & Baltic hardcover
1750réf. I9FCCFH840MWAmsterdam: Reinier and Joshua Ottens 1750. Engraved chart 47.5 x 57 cm printed on a single sheet of paper 51.5 x 64 cm coloured by hand including several coats of arms. Engraved chart listing several facts of different European countries compiled by Caspar Specht ca. 1654-1710. For Portugal for example it mentions its six provinces acreage and income that it has 3 dioceses 13 bishops 3 universities 5 dukes 30 counts 7 margraves and that the present king is Peter II d. 1706. Similar notes are given for each country including Spain Denmark England Switzerland Sweden France Russia Prussia and even the Ottoman Empire. Also included are several coats of arms of major European orders of knighthood and of some leading royal and noble families.Left and right margins slightly folded otherwise in very good condition. Reinier and Joshua Ottens, unknown
1773réf. 797741773. unknown
1748réf. 1253E035London: W. Russel 1748. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. viii 283 5 Index. Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20.5 cm. Full speckled calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands and red morocco title label. Double gilt fillet ruled compartments to spine and border to boards. Wear to ends of spine. Cracking to joints but securely bound. Crease to front free endpaper. A few occasional spots of foxing text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with the five plates one full page two double page and two foldouts. The scarce first edition a two volume second edition was issued in 1750. Includes observations on Herculaneum and Mount Vesuvius two of the plates are views of Vesuvius. ESTC: T122509. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20.5 cm. W. Russel hardcover
1752réf. 1254E022London: S. Birt etc 1752. 3rd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo 4 256. Good. 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Volume I only of the two volume set. Contemporary full speckled calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands and chipped title label. Wear to spine with loss to ends. Wear to corners of boards. Joints cracked but both boards securely attached. Inscription to front pastedown endpaper dated 1810. Good solid binding clean text throughout. Fold-out world map frontis with creasing. Two full page plates: Travelling Laplanders; The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Two fold-out plates at the end of the text illustrating the dress of various nations and races including Chinese Mogul Tartar Hottentot Negroe Virginia Indian Florida Indian etc. The second of the foldouts is missing the right-hand third of the engraving. Rear free endpaper has been removed. The enlarged third edition the last to be published within Fransham's lifetime. This volume covers Europe with chapters on Russia Sweden Lapland Denmark Poland Germany Holland Switzerland Italy France Spain Portugal England Scotland and Ireland. This edition is particularly scarce. Not in the British Library. ESTC lists only four copies Brighton Warsaw Stanford and Berkeley. WorldCat also locates a copy at New York and a single volume at Madrid. ESTC: T217912. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £15.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. S. Birt etc hardcover
1795réf. 1253E125London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1795. 6th Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xi 1 460; xi 1 460. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 21.5 cm. Complete two volume set. Contemporary full speckled calf leather bindings. Spines with red morocco title label green morocco volume label and gilt decoration. Gilt hashed board edges. Slight cracking to front joint of Volume II but both volumes are solidly bound. Some staining to boards of Volume I. A little light foxing to the text. One page in Volume II is creased and miscut to the lower corner. One of Moore's popular series of anecdotes from the Grand Tour he undertook with the Duke of Hamilton during the 1770s. A handsome example. We have a similarly bound edition of 'Society and Manners in France Switzerland and Germany'. ESTC: T89485. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £30.00; Rest of World £30.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 21.5 cm. A. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1793réf. 1253E126London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1793. 8th Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. viii xvi 420; xii 420. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 21.5 cm. Complete two volume set. Contemporary full speckled calf leather bindings. Spines with red morocco title label green morocco volume label and gilt decoration. Gilt hashed board edges. Excellent solid bindings very clean text throughout. One of Moore's popular series of anecdotes from the Grand Tour he undertook with the Duke of Hamilton during the 1770s. This edition includes an additional four page advertisement commenting on the revolution in France. A handsome example. We have a similarly bound edition of 'Society and Manners in Italy'. ESTC: T144202. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £30.00; Rest of World £30.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 21.5 cm. A. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1704réf. 1206T041London: Tho. Newborough 1704. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo 8 416 22. Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20 cm. The expanded second English language edition of Johannes Schefferus' 'Lapponia'.First published in Latin in 1673. A folio first English language edition followed in 1674. Full speckled calf leather binding. Rebacked with original spine laid over corners of boards restored. Spine with five raised bands red morocco title label gilt ornament to compartments. A few small marks and light stains to text but overall a nice clean example. Creasing and a small tear to upper corner of final leaf. Lacking the plate at page 340 modern reproduction is loosely inserted otherwise complete with the fold-out frontis title fold-out map fold-out illustration of a drum at page 134 & plate at page 144 plus several illustrations within the text. A good solid example. ESTC: T146952. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches 13 x 20 cm. Tho. Newborough hardcover
1792réf. 1206T039London: J. Debrett 1792. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xxiv 336 22. Very Good. 5.25 x 8.75 inches 13.5 x 22 cm. First English language edition. Translated with considerable additions from the third Russian edition Obozrenie Rossiiskoi Imperii 1790. Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands red morocco title label gilt ornament to each compartment. Good solid binding a little light foxing text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with the fold-out map and large fold-out plate of arms and uniforms of the different governments of the Russian Empire both with old paper repairs to reverse. Errata to final page. Lacking the half-title. One of the first geographical descriptions of Russia. Includes modern day Estonia and Latvia as the Riga Governorate. ESTC: T188833 & T203474. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8.75 inches 13.5 x 22 cm. J. Debrett hardcover
1753réf. 1196A011Haya Haia/Geneva Palmyra: A Spese Di Errigo-Alberto Gosse E Comp / All' Insegna Della Verita 1753-1755. Hardback. Printed pages: 4to xxxii 524 viii 573 viii 564 xii 560 xii 303 1 blank 84 46 index. Very Good Minus. 8 x 10 inches 20 x 25.5 cm. Complete four volume set plus uniformly bound first edition of the posthumous works volume. Contemporary vellum bindings with some splits to edges staining to spine of volume V. Musty smell some light foxing. Stain to upper corner of early leaves in volume III. Portrait frontis and one further plate in volume I. Italian language. An early printing of Giannone's landmark history of the Kingdom of Naples. A scarce complete set. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a very heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate - a postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Please contact us for an accurate postage cost for your location. Size: 8 x 10 inches 20 x 25.5 cm. A Spese Di Errigo-Alberto Gosse E Comp / All' Insegna Della Verita hardcover
1788réf. 345440London: Printed for the Benefit of A Charitable Institution at Bath and sold by J. Robson and W. Clarke 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. This is a particularly and peculiarly lovely copy of the First and only edition ever publisher but of this influential and much cited work. Handsomely rebound probably by the master printer Pat Bruno in 2000 but incorporating the original covers in the form of marbled paper and then newly rebacked with the publication date 1788 stamped to spine. A short squat octavo form. Five raised bands to spine ornate fleurs-de-lis in the compartments made thereby. It is a complicated pagination: ii 192 3 4-100 and then with two folding maps engraved in splendid condition. The one at frontis is entitled "A Map of the Country in the city of Amsterdam." The second is titled "A Map of a Part of the United States" A very solid little tome with some scuffing to tips but not much and the newly added gilt ruling is quite handsome. New endpapers added and the paper is also quite bright and healthy. Thomas Bowdler 1754-1825 writes here about the Dutch-Prussia War. It was well received by both the reading public and the intelligentsia.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Printed for the Benefit of A Charitable Institution at Bath and sold by J. Robson and W. Clarke hardcover
1751réf. 84282Sherborne: Printed for R. Goadby and Sold By W. Owen 1751. 2nd Ed . Full-Leather. Good reading copy/No Jacket as issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Top board detached. spine has small loss; boards rubbed and worn at corners; Text block and contents sound. 388p. Printed for R. Goadby and Sold By W. Owen hardcover
1768réf. 84324Edinburgh: J. Bruce Printed for the Editor 1768. First Thus . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket as issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original by Pons Augustin Alletz. ESTC T114424. Covers rubbed; prelims dampstained and marked but still very readable; front free flyleaf removed; binding and contents sound; occasional marking and dampstaining throughout readability of text not affected. xvi 4 568p. J. Bruce Printed for the Editor hardcover
1798réf. 271099A Hambourg : Se vend chez P.F. Fauche & Co. & se trouve a Londres chez Deboffe 1798. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy lacking the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 6 62 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Europe — Politics and government — 1791-1797. History — Great Britain — Hanoverian. A? Hambourg : Se vend chez P.F. Fauche & Co., & se trouve a? Londres chez Deboffe paperback
