DAIGNAN, GuillaumeLivre Rare Book
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1786réf. 129236à Paris, chez l’Auteur, M. DCC. LXXXVI 1786 2 volumes. In-8 20 x 12,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane marbré, dos lisses ornés de petis fers encadrés de roulettes dorées, pièces de titre maroquin grenat, plats encadrés d’un triple filet doré, XXIII-389-386 pp., 5 tableaux repliés, tables des matières. Ex-libris de la bibliothèque du marquis de Brosse-Montendre. Reliures épidermées, coins émoussés, intérieur frais.
1821réf. 5560Massachusetts 1821. Beautifully hand-colored manuscript on one sheet with all text to recto. Measuring 245 x 215mm. Retaining its bright colors; with chipping and loss to all edges not affecting images or text. A unique tribute by a mother to her late daughter. The bright colors and floral arrangements of the present piece suggest that it was originally intended to document joyful family milestones. Titled "Register" its first section declares that it is of "the Family of Adolphus Draper who was born August & Married Belinda Axtell Sept. 18th 1816 who was born July 9th 1797." Below this is added less happy news however. "Sacred to the memory of Rebeckah Draper only child of Adolphus & Belinda Draper who was born Oct. 5th 1817 & departed this life August 26th 1821." In contrast to the piece's visual vibrancy Belinda adds a final verse to the piece's foot: "Rebeckah tho thou art in heaven and we on earth May this one hope delight us That thou will hail our second birth When death shall unite us. Where worlds no more can sever Parents & child forever." A unique and tragic piece of maternal history available for further research into family genealogy child mortality rates and causes of death the symbolic significance of illustrated flowers and maternal mourning practices of the period. unknown books
1739FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT, MONUMENTAL, AND BEAUTIFULLY-PRODUCED HISTORY OF LONDON. viii, [7], 800, [14] pp plus folding frontispiece engraved view of London and 24 additional full-page engravings and etchings (three folding). COMPLETE. Laid in is the rarely-encountered folio broadside "An Account of the Number of Persons Dying at the Several Ages Undermentioned for Ten Years Past", printed in 1738 or 1739 (from which we learn, for example, that of 1000 children born alive, only 495 survived to age 9). In addition to the beautiful full-page plates, this volume is illustrated with numerous smaller engravings (depicting the gates of London, including the infamous Newgate Prison), over 100 woodcuts of the arms of the various guilds, and assorted typographical ornaments. Includes a lengthy account of the history of London, a description of all of the Churches (with hundreds of epitaphs, of notable and unknown people, given in full); a description of the politics, the commerce, the schools, the inns, the courts, the hospitals, the arts, the ale-houses, the alms-houses.... A complete listing of the streets. An extensive description of Westminster and nearby areas of Middlesex. Fully indexed. PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, WITH LARGE MARGINS. Large folio. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND in recent quarter vellum and marbled boards. A few short, closed tears to the folding plates (no pieces missing), and some spots of foxing, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An extremely good copy of a rare and important book.
