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La Haye & A Londres. chez Pierre Gosse & chez Jean Nourse. 1760. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 17cm, The First Edition, xvi,327p., complete with half-title, in contemporary quarter calf and patterned boards, gilt floral decorations and borders in the panels, leather label, gilt titles, original marbled endpapers, small faint stain on the bottom of the title page, in fine condition. (cgc) ~ T.P.L. 274. Lande 710. Sabin 62610. Dionne II-639. Not in Gagnon. Story p636. Pichon came to Canada from France in 1751 as secretary (until 1753) to the governor of Cape Breton. The book is composed in the form of letters written from Louisbourg from 1752, to its fall to the English in 1758. It is considered a reliable source concerning the French in Acadia during the 18th century, including clear descriptions of Ile Royal, Ile Saint Jean, Micmac and Malecite Indians, the French government at Louisbourg, military events and the causes of the war.

Worcester. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. May - 1802, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 17.5cm, first edition thus, viii,[13]-154,[2]p., publisher's ads., original boards rebacked in quarter brown crushed morocco, blind ruled raised bands, crimson morocco label, gilt titles, contemporary book plate, a fine copy, rare. (cgc).

London. Printed for Samuel Smith at the Sign of the Princes Arms,. 1690. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 16.5cm,the first edition, [xix,errata],217,[vii]p., [inc. 6p. table], plus[2],12 (of14)p. ("Catalogue of the Phisophical Books. Robert Boyle. 1690"., (includes printed title page for the catalogue of books), engraved frontis (weights and measure equipment with key),rebound full dark brown calf, blind ruled raised bands, blind stamped double borders in the panels, double crushed crimson morocco labels, fine copy thus. (cgc) The first tract in English on the determination of specific gravity, written by Boyle the year before his death. The principle of weighing bodies in the air and in water was known to Archimedes or probably earlier, but it was Robert Boyle who first directed the attention of hydrologists and chemists to the importance of specific gravity. This copy lacks the half-title, "Experiment and Observations relating to the Materia Medica, Tome I". Leaf at A2, which should follow the… Leer más

London. Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. 1824. Hardcover. 8vo, 21cm, second edition, in 3 volumes, iv,315 & 356,(2) & viii,lxxxix,302.[2] pp., ads., in contempoary half tan calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt centre and border decorations in the panels, double gilt leather labels, double rule borders on the boards, marbled boards, endpapers and edges, some wear on the edges, small chip on the top corner spine edge of volume two, hinges worn but holding, engraved bookplate, a very good sound set, very scarce. (cgc) Captured while carrying out a survey of Russian America and Kamchatka, Captain Golownin (1776-1831) writes of a his two years captivity by the Japanese on the Island of Hokkaido. An astute observer, he writes all aspects of Japanese culture and traditions. Published in Russia in 1816, the book was noted as shaping Russian views on Japan for a whole generation. This also has added "An Account of the Voyages of Messrs. Chwostoff and Dawidoff" involving the survey of Russian America. The… Leer más

London. Printed for J. Wright. 1799, 1799. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 20.6cm, the First English edition, 215p., complete with half title, rebound in quarter dark brown morocco, raised gilt ruled bands, gilt titles, marbled boards, fine copy (mt) First edition in English. - A narrative of exile to the French prison colony, Cayenne, in Guiana, that befell victims of the French Revolution; including some account of travel in that colony. Dealing with the events of Ramel, Pichegru, Barthlmy, Barb-Marbois and others, giving facts relative to the voyage, residence and escape. Sabin 67630. See Sabin 545 for 2nd edition under Aime, J.J.

Rome. Presse Tommaso Cuccioni. Nd. .[180?]. Hardcover. oblong12mo, 16x 22cm, being 102 engraved plates including engraved title page, in contemporary but later full brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt ruled borders on the boards, all edges gilt, a.e.g., issue without spine titles, some wear at the edges, slight brown stain on the top front text corner, images are good clean clear strike, a very good copy (TR) ~ A series of 102 copper engraved views of Rome and vicinity engraved by Tommasco Cuccioni and Achille Parboni.

Rome. Domenico Antonio Ercole in Parione. 1698. Hardcover. 4to. 26cm, xxviii,495,(1)pp., engraved frontis plate & title vignette and 41 engraved plates (3 folding), engraved head & tail piece decorations, index, in quarter polished brown calf backed marbled boards, gilt ruled raised bands, blind stamped decorations in the panels, crushed green morocco label, early bookplate, marble endpapers but lacking front free endpaper, near fine (dc1). ~ Text in Italian. "Historic Observations of some Ancient Medals to his Serene Highness Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany." An iconic study of Imperial coins and medals of the Roman Empire based on the collection of Cardinal Gasparo di Carpegna. Antiquary, Filippo Buonarroti (1661 1733), a great grand nephew of Michelangelo, had served as the Cardinal's secretary, conservator and librarian in Rome from 1684 1699 and was a prominent Florentine antiquary and politician. The thirty eight medal plates were engraved by Francescus Andreoni; the title page, frontispiece… Leer más

Worcester. Printed at Worcester, by Isaiah Thomas. 1788. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20cm, First Edition, [1],389p., index, titles and headers in black letter, in the original full sheep, crimson morocco label, gilt titles, raised real bands, blind ruled borders on the boards, all edges rubbed and worn, foxed, sound, very good copy (ds1) ~ This book is significant as a first edition of a work printed by Isaiah Thomas, and as the first printing of the first collection of Massachusetts statutes, which covers Massachusetts legislation up to the year of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. It contains Massachusetts laws regulating everything from the organization of the legislature to the militia to highways. It was intentionally printed in a size and at a price that would enable significant distribution.

Stockholm. Imprimerie d'Eckstein. 1839. Hardcover. 22cm, 2nd edition, 650p., incontemporary half crushed crimson roan, red pebbled cloth boards, wide gilt decorated raised bands, giltspine titles & decorations in the panels, a fine copy. (cgc) A series of military orders, proclamations andbulletins issued by Karl IV as Crown Prince of Sweden in its war against France. In 1813, he helped defeatNapoleon in the Leipzig Campaign of 1813.

London. Printed for Francis Clay. 1728. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo, 19.5cm, the first edition, [x],xx,274p., 1 folding copper engraved plate, title printed in red and black, appendix, index, in full contemporary paneled calf boards, re-backed, black ruled raised bands, boards expertly restored at the edges, crushed crimson morocco label, a fine copy (snds) - An inscription of the former owner on front fly reads "Batty Langley, Shraf Saw Mills, Sheffield, 1889". A descendant of the author, perhaps? Fussell p27. Kress S1696. "Langley, Batty (bap. 1696, d. 1751), writer on architecture, was baptized at the parish church of Twickenham, Middlesex, on 14 September 1696, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Langley. Having been trained in his father's profession as a gardener, he moved into surveying and landscape gardening and was one of the earliest popularizers of the new irregular style advocated by Stephen Switzer in his Ichnographia Rustica (1718). Langley published a few designs for irregular gardens in… Leer más

Paris. Chez L'Auteur. 1824, 1824. Hardcover. 4to. 26x 20cm, iv,27,[96]p., (descriptive text for each plates, some are 2p.) engraved portrait and 90 plates printed in colour, colour high lights retouched by hand, in full deiced green calf, raised bands, red leather label, blind decorations in the panels and on the bands, gilt ruled borders on the boards, marbled endpapers, some early and late foxing, spine slightly sunned else very good to fine attractive bound copy (snds) - Nissen 990. The book is generally described as large octavo but this is obviously the Large Paper edition small quarter at 26cm. Nissen records only the 8vo edition. The portrait is of Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau.

London. Printed by T.W. for R. Best. 1649. F. Hardcover. 24mo, 14x 8cm, the first edition, v,192,61p., trimmed, early full calf boards rebacked, raised gilt ruled bands, leather label, gilt titles, private library stamp and bookplates on the front endpapers, pages 75 to circa 122 wormed upper gutter text margin, very good to fine,(cgc). Wing T1952.

London,Printed by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1847. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo, 18.5cm,the First Edition, vii,358p., folding frontis map with some expertrepairs at the folds, including the half title with the colophon onthe verso, rebound in contemporary style half tan calf, full giltornate decorations in the panels, green leather label gilt, darkblue cloth boards, text slight toned, a fine copy attractivelybound.(cgc) A narrative and intelligent description by a Scot whotravelled extensively in the area, including politics, towns andcities, agriculture, natural history, indigenous peoples, businssopportunities, geology, volcanoes, etc. This contains the firstmap of the Republic of Central America and one of the few everpublished since the republic broke up shortly after into theseparate nations that exist today. Sabin 21317. Parker, Travels inCentral America. Markman 49: 'General description of CentralAmerica at mid-nineteenth century. Also has a description ofAntigua, Guatemala and… Leer más

London. Printed for P. Elmsley. 1775. Hardcover. 12mo. 18.5cm, a new edition, vi,231,[1]p., one page table (explaining the differences between French and English weights), in contemporary quarter tree calf, gilt rules for bands, bound without label, marbled boards, edges worn but a very good to fine copy (cgc) An English translation of this work by the French surgeon, Goulard, who invented "Goulard's extract" and "Goulard's cerate" for the treatment of inflammations, contusions, burns, gout, rheumatism, cancer, etc. Waller 5653.