ROWLANDSON’S CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES OF THE LOWER ORDERS, INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO THE NEW PICTURE OF LONDON. by ROWLANDSON, THOMAS - 1820

Few scratches on hinge, slight discoloration of cover, mild age-browning of pages, Very little foxing. Five raised bands on spine, title, author and date gilt stamped in compartments. Aspin's classic, highly specific, detailed, interesting and actually quite readable accounts of naval and military campaigns and encounters with France, Spain, Native Americans, the new United States of America during the American Revolution, wars in India, as well as conflicts with Holland, Cuba, Napoleon, the storming of Algiers and the freeing of Christian slaves, etc.. Many coloured (aquatint) plates. 3 Page edges gilded. 784 pages. A rare and handsomely bound little book in Very Good condition.

Controversial manuscript on the expulsion of Jesuits from South America
["Ministro di Stato" (= Bernardo Tanucci (1698-1783)?].
Notizie Anecdote.
Italy (Naples?), 1759.
4°, 8 pp. Manuscript in black ink in a notarial hand on 18th century paper.
Ruthlessly anti-Jesuit manuscript, possibly by Bernardo Tanucci: prime minister of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The text summarizes the events involving the Jesuits in the years 1755-1759, from the controversy over the Paraguayan Missions to the trials for the assassination of Joseph I of Portugal. This autograph is not signed but clues to the identity of the author can be found in a rare 1759 published analysis of the contents of this manuscript, titled Sposizione letteral delle notizie anecdote giustificative della condotta de' MM. RR. PP. Gesuiti nel Paraguai, e nel Portogallo per aggiungere al loro manoscritto di Napoli (Barcelona [= Naples?], Antonio Michele Cervellò). In the second edition of this work (1760, same publisher), editor Alfonso Nicolini… Read More

1690 Samuel Pepys 1ed State of Royal NAVY of England Glorious Revolution SHIPS

Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician who is best-known for his diary. His diary was a daily journal account of his life, kept for nearly ten years. It is an important and thoroughly detailed account of Pepys's life as well as major British events and life in London from the second half of the 1600s.

Interestingly, only one work of Pepys was published during his lifetime. His 'State of the Royal Navy of England' was published in 1690 and covers the state of the Royal Navy leading up to the Glorious Revolution and his demands for change. Notable topics include:
· the naval interactions with commerce ships
· the costs of new ships in the navy
· methods of acquiring new ship hands
· how to ready ships
· and much more!

Pforzheimer says of this work:
"Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys' life which… Read More

Funeral Orations.
Full Leather
Opens and closes easily, however there is a hingery kind of problem that will likely develop *over time* with continuose use, deffinitely handle with care.
Delicate and ancient.280 years oldNew EditionMarbled pages are discolored and have age marks / stains.
Boards are leather with gold gilt titling to the spine with 5 raised bands and gold gilt detailing.
Gorgeous book inscribed by the previous owner.

1775 ROYAL ARMS 1ed Louis XVI of France Sacred Coronation Illustrated Pichon

Louis XVI, King of France was the final French monarch, crowned in June of 1775. Author Thomas Pichon commemorated the event with an impressive, beautiful book filled with French history, biographical sketches of notable French kings, and illustrated scenes of the coronation. These 32 engravings provide an excellent portrayal of costumes and architecture that were common amongst French courts in the 18th-century.

This book is known to be highly valuable and desirable! It was printed and distributed to a SELECT few with the royal arms of Louis XVI embossed into the leather.

Item number: #24425
Price: $2500

PICHON, Thomas Jean

Sacre et couronnement de Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre, dans l'Église a Rheims, le 11. juin 1775 : précédé de Recherches sur le sacre des rois de France, depuis Clovis jusqu'a Louis XV ; et suivi d'un Journal historique de ce qui s'est passé à cette auguste cérémonie

A… Read More

Few scratches on hinge, slight discoloration of cover, mild age-browning of pages, Very little foxing. Five raised bands on spine, title, author and date gilt stamped in compartments. Aspin's classic, highly specific, detailed, interesting and actually quite readable accounts of naval and military campaigns and encounters with France, Spain, Native Americans, the new United States of America during the American Revolution, wars in India, as well as conflicts with Holland, Cuba, Napoleon, the storming of Algiers and the freeing of Christian slaves, etc.. Many coloured (aquatint) plates. 3 Page edges gilded. 784 pages. A rare and handsomely bound little book in Very Good condition.

1690 Samuel Pepys 1ed State of Royal NAVY of England Glorious Revolution SHIPS

Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician who is best-known for his diary. His diary was a daily journal account of his life, kept for nearly ten years. It is an important and thoroughly detailed account of Pepys's life as well as major British events and life in London from the second half of the 1600s.

Interestingly, only one work of Pepys was published during his lifetime. His 'State of the Royal Navy of England' was published in 1690 and covers the state of the Royal Navy leading up to the Glorious Revolution and his demands for change. Notable topics include:
· the naval interactions with commerce ships
· the costs of new ships in the navy
· methods of acquiring new ship hands
· how to ready ships
· and much more!

Pforzheimer says of this work:
"Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys' life which… Read More

Funeral Orations.
Full Leather
Opens and closes easily, however there is a hingery kind of problem that will likely develop *over time* with continuose use, deffinitely handle with care.
Delicate and ancient.280 years oldNew EditionMarbled pages are discolored and have age marks / stains.
Boards are leather with gold gilt titling to the spine with 5 raised bands and gold gilt detailing.
Gorgeous book inscribed by the previous owner.

1775 ROYAL ARMS 1ed Louis XVI of France Sacred Coronation Illustrated Pichon

Louis XVI, King of France was the final French monarch, crowned in June of 1775. Author Thomas Pichon commemorated the event with an impressive, beautiful book filled with French history, biographical sketches of notable French kings, and illustrated scenes of the coronation. These 32 engravings provide an excellent portrayal of costumes and architecture that were common amongst French courts in the 18th-century.

This book is known to be highly valuable and desirable! It was printed and distributed to a SELECT few with the royal arms of Louis XVI embossed into the leather.

Item number: #24425
Price: $2500

PICHON, Thomas Jean

Sacre et couronnement de Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre, dans l'Église a Rheims, le 11. juin 1775 : précédé de Recherches sur le sacre des rois de France, depuis Clovis jusqu'a Louis XV ; et suivi d'un Journal historique de ce qui s'est passé à cette auguste cérémonie

A… Read More

1741 FAMOUS Colmenar Annals of SPAIN & Portugal CUBA Haiti MAPS Barcelona 4in2
Juan Alvarez de Colmenar's "Annals of Spain and Portugal" is a rare 18th-century history of the Iberian Peninsula and the political and military struggles between Portugal and Spain. Colmenar describes the current state of affairs, the influences of Spain and Portugal on the rest of Europe, and a chronological history beginning in the earliest tribes and Roman occupation. This work also served as a travel guide to 18th-century travelers in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Burgos, Toledo, Seville, and many other cities.
This impressive 1741 edition is profusely illustrated with more than 160 engravings, plus 3 large folding maps. The maps display a city view of Barcelona, a map of Haiti and the Island of Hispaniola, and view of Cuba and the West Indies.
Item number: #24401
Price: $3500
COLMENAR, Juan Alvarez de
Annales d'Espagne et de Portugal, contenant tout ce qui s'est passé de plus important dans ces deux royaumes & dans les… Read More