[Leipzig : Kanter 1767]. 3 parts in 1 vol, 4to, 18 leaves, 1 fold. plate, + 22 leaves, 1 fold. plate, + 32 leaves, 2 fold. plates, divisional title-pages only, later mottled brown paper wrappers. Lepton [W. Yorks.] : The Palmyra Press. 1957. First English Edition, limited to 250 copies. With collations. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley... 1762. First Edition. [Edinburgh? ; c. 1799]. Large 4to, title-page (1 leaf, verso blank) text pps 1-23, inscribed in ink on title “Mr. Thomson From the Author”, uncut, a little dust staining to some deckle edges, modern grey paper boards, printed paper label. London : Printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, 1732. 8vo, viii, 77. [3] pp, (ads), disbound. London : Printed for J.L. and are to be Sold by Richard Baldwin, near the Black Bull, in the Old Bailey. 1689. Small 4to, A-B4, C2, [2], 18 pp, disbound London : Printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1732. 8vo, 100 pp, disbound. London : For J. Debrett... 1804 Birmingham : ... By Pearson & Rollason... 1780. Two works bound in one volume, 4to, 6ff, 449, [1], lxii pp, 1f, and 4 eng. ports. + vi, 91 pp with numerous engravings in text, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, armorial bookplate of Howard-Vyse. A clean sound copy. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Edw. Jones 1688. Small 4to, A-B4, C2, 20pp, top corner missing from A4 affecting 2 words but not legibility), disbound. London : Printed for J. J. and sold by C. C. in Fleet-street, 1753. 8vo, [-]1, B-H4, I3, [2], 62 pp, disbound. London : Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. 1746. 8vo, 27, [1] pp, uncut, disbound London: James Ridgeway, Piccadilly. 1843. 8vo, 16pp, 2 woodcuts of horse-drawn ploughs on title-page, disbound London: Published by Henry Teesdale & Co., 302 High Holborn. May 1. 1830. Large folding map, (1160 x 1640mm), full original colouring, dissected and mounted on linen, edged in green cloth, a little light offsetting but generally very clean, contained in the original pull-off slipcase in tree calf, marbled edges, morocco spine label, somewhat rubbed. London : Printed for W. Owen, at Homer’s Head, in Fleet-street 1754-55. First Edition London ; Printed for Tho: Walkley, 1658. Cr. 8vo, A4, B-M8, (lacking A1 blank), [6], 175, [1] pp, a few marginal amendments in an early hand, on 3 pages at the end is added in manuscript “A List of all the Counties & Boroughs in Ireland wch make returns of Parliamt. men”, old calf-backed marbled boards, vellum corners, sound. Armorial bookplate of “David Rochfort” on front pastedown and his signature on title-page. 1776. Two original lithographs, 220x180 mm, contemporary hand colouring, some faint marginal foxing, displayed in gilt and wash-line mounts. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son... 1778. First Edition.
1. Die Kunst Saffianleder zu bereiten. 2. Die Kunst Das Leder auf Ungarische Art zu bereiten. 3. Die Kunst des Weissgerbers, welcher die Felle ohne Oel zurichtet.
Extracted from “Schauplatz der Kunste und Handwerke”, Berlin, Leipzig, etc 1762 -1805, which was a German translation of the “Description des Arts et Metiers” published by the Academie des sciences, Paris 1761-89. The original French titles are :- Maroquinier (Morocco-leather tanner), Hongroyeur (Hungarian-leather tanner), and Megissier (Leather tawer).
This German translation was issued over more than forty years by a variety of publishers in, successively, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Nurnberg, and again Berlin. It is very much rarer than the French original.
1 page, typed letter signed in blue ink “John Kennedy” on United States Senate headed note paper addressed to Mr. Getty, President of the Oil Refining Company, Gaeta, Latina, Italy and dated August 25 1960 recommending Mr. Gino Palladino of Gaeta Latina for a position of mechanic with the company,
A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850.
Royal 8vo, front. 96 pp, 18 half-tone plates, orig. cloth-backed paper boards, dust wrapper, numbered and signed by the author, mint condition.
4to. pp. 23 (inc. 1/2-title), modern grey paper bds.
“His productions as poet laureate met with much unfriendly comment, to which he replied in ‘A Charge to the Poets’...[D.N.B.]
A Chemical Analysis of Three Species of Whinstone, and Two of Lava... From the Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
An offprint of a paper read before the Society on 3. December 1798.
“Whinstone” is a term used in the quarrying industry to describe any hard dark-coloured rock. Examples include the igneous rocks basalt and dolerite as well as the sedimentary rock chert. It is common in the Pentland Hills.
The author, a well-known controvertialist, is here refuting William Whiston’s pamphlet on the same subject.
Convention. I.5. Eng. Hist. An assembly of the Houses of Parliament, without the summons of the Sovereign; as that of 1660 which restored Charles II, and that of 1688 which declared the throne abdicated by James II. - Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. The author is favourable to the Prince of Orange.
Reference: Wing D 1588
The author, a well-known controvertialist, is here refuting William Whiston’s pamphlet on the same subject.
A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Receiv’d Notion of Nature; Made in an Essay, Address’d to a Friend. By R.B. Fellow of the Royal Society.
A History of the College of Arms, and the lives of all the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants, from the reign of Richard III... until the Present Time.
bound with -
--------- Two Dissertations upon the Mint and Coins of the Episcopal-Palatines of Durham... by Mark Noble, Gent.
A LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, To the Right Honourable The Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Household, Concerning his Sitting in the late Ecclesiastical Commission.
Reference: Wing S5033 ESTC R24609
Hervey, described in DNB as an ‘eccentric pamphleteer’, in 1737 eloped with Elizabeth, second wife of his godfather, Thomas Hanmer. When she died in 1741 he published the present “Letter to Sir Thomas Hanmer”, notorious as a thoroughly scurrilous piece of work full of indescreet accusations. The experience of publication proved infectious and for the rest of his life he continued to publish on the theme of injustices suffered, either at the hands of his family or the courts.
In Horace Walpole's opinion Hervey's pamphleteering style ‘beats everything for madness, horrid indecency, and folly, and yet has some charming and striking passages’.
A notorious case in which Winnington (he lived at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire), a promising politician of an exceedingly strong constitution, was excessively purged and bled by his doctor while treating a feverish cold and died of the cure!
The author, a soldier and journalist was employed by the Anti-Corn Law League after Rochard Cobden read his articles signed ‘One who has whistled at the plough’ and was ‘struck by the graphic force’ of his writing. For a full account of his life see the DNB.
Reference: Goldsmiths’ Library Cat. 33194
A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster Divided into Hundreds and Parishes from an accurate Survey made in the Years 1828 and 1829.
A fine map of the county in a scale of 3/4 inch to 1 mile, engraved by J. Bayley.
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All The Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as well of the various Machines, Instruments, Tools.... Uses of Natural Productions, whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals... Together with The Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns.... with above Three Hundred Copper-Plates... engraved by Mr. Jefferys... Vol. 1 (2,3,4)
4 vols thick 8vo, Vol.1 Frontis, xvi, 830 pp, plates 1-66, Vol.2. title page, pp 831-1842, plates 67-150, Vol.3. title page, pp. 1843-2646, plates 151-225 Vol 4. title page pp.2647-3538, plates 226-302, cont. calf, 2-line fillet borders in gilt, recently stoutly rebacked, morocco labels, new fly-leaves, frontispiece in vol.1 supplied in facsimile, some off-set from leather turn-ins on first and last pages, a sound copy with all 302 copper engraved plates. Book label in gothic type of “F.H.T. Steatfeild” on each front paste-down.
First published in 1628 as A most exact catalogue of the nobilitie of England, Scotland and Ireland, the present edition has the added interest of lists of those ennobled by Oliver Cromwell, as well as those by Charles I from 4th January 1641 till he fled Oxford on 27 April 1646.
Reference: Wing W465 ESTC R212683
4to, pp. [iv], 76, leaf C4 apparently a cancel, modern grey paper wrappers.
The author’s first published work is addressed to George Romney. It marks the beginning of a long, intimate and fruitful friendship between the two.
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