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An Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Magdalen Charity. To which are added...

An Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Magdalen Charity. To which are added the Rev. Mr. Dodd's Sermons, Preached before the President, Vice-Presidents, and Gov ernors, Etc. His Sermon preached before His Royal Highness the Duke of York, &c. And The Advice to the Magdalens; With the Hymns, Prayers, Rul es, and List of Subscribers

by DODD, William], 1729-77

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London. Published by W.Faden for the Charity. 1763. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 21.2cm, Second Edition, [iv], 251,[1]p., hand-colour frontis, List of Governors & Contributors, contemporary full calf boards, rebacked, gilt decorated borders on the boards, original marbled endpapers, red leather label, very good to fine sound copy, very rare. (cgc) The book forms a singular contribution to the history of Prostitution in London." The last page is a statement of the accounts of the charity to March, 1763. ABPC - only 1 listing, for the 1st edition, 1761. A&E, no records. WorldCat, only 1 listing for this issue. On the 10th of August in 1758 in London's Goodman's Fields the Magdalen Charity, avowedly dedicated to the reform and rehabilation of penitent prostitutes, began its formal operation. Up to this time an organized secular charity for such a purpose was unprecedented in England. The chief motive for this novel venture was declared to be compassion for fallen women. Robert Dingley, was the prime… Read More
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The American Shooter's Manual, comprising Such Plain and Simple Rules, as are necessary to...

The American Shooter's Manual, comprising Such Plain and Simple Rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a Full Knowledge of all that relates to the Dog, and the Correct Use of the Gun; also a description of the Game of This Country, By a Gentleman of Philadelphia County

by KESTER, Jesse K.]

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Philadelphia. Carey, Lea, & Carey. 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 18cm, first edition, second issue, xii,(13)249,(1),(3)pp., ads., with 3 engraved plates, in contemporary half calf, raised bands, black leather label, marbled boards, heraldic bookplate, in book box, brown cloth, maroon leather label, lined in marble paper, some slight edge wear, otherwise fine condition. (cgc) Howes K108. "The first American sporting book" (Howes). All former early sporting books were British imports. With illustrations by American artist Francis Kearney (1758-1837). The second issue with corrected spelling of "ribbon" on page 235. The author describes game birds and waterfowl in the Delaware Valley that surrounds Philadelphia.
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The Antiquities of Nations, more particularlyof the Celtae or Gauls: containing a Great Variety...

The Antiquities of Nations, more particularlyof the Celtae or Gauls: containing a Great Variety of Historical,Chronological, and Etymological Discoveries, many of them Unknown bothto the Greeks and Romans. To which is prefixed, A sketch of the Life ofthe Author

by PEZRON, Paul

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London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. [1809]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 16.2cm, 2nd edition, xxviii,372p., complete with half title, in19th century half dark brown calf, double gilt ruled raised bands, crushblack morocco label, gilt titles, marbled boards, boards bit worn orfaded, some slight edge wear else very good to fine copy. An Englishtranslation of the original French first edition "Antiquite De La Nationet De La Langue Des Celtes". (1703), first translation to English in1709. The best known work of Paul-Yves Pezron, a 17th Century priest fromBrittany. A study of the connection between the Celtic origins of theBretons and the Welsh with tables of Greek, Latin and German words "takenfrom the "Celtick or Gaul-ish Language." Antiquities of Nations was avery popular book in the 18th century and even into the early 19th asevidenced by this edition published in the early 1800's but now bothfirst and second editions are very rare.
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Arabic Proverbs or the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Illustrated from Their Proverbial Sayings Current at Cairo, Translated and Explained

by BURCKHARDT, John Lewis

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London. John Murray. 1830. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 27cm, the First Edition, [viii],232p., in half crushed dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt decorations and borders in the panels, gilt titles, marbled boards, fine. (cgc) The rarest of Burckhardt's works, this was written during his last year of life which he spent in Cairo. Fortunately he was able to send back all of his journals to England before his death of dysentery in Cairo. He had been waiting there for a caravan of West African pilgrims to take him into the Sahara. Contains 782 Arabic proverbs, published in the original Arabic with English translations and (sometimes extensive) explanations of their meaning. He took some from a collection assembled by the Egyptian scholar Shered ad-Din Ibn Assad, adding others as he heard them quoted in general society or in the bzr . Several Scriptural sayings and maxims of ancient sages will be found here naturalized among Arabs; as well as some Proverbs which have generally been supposed of… Read More
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Architecture Pratique, De M. Bullet, Architecte du Roi, & de l'Academie Royale...
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Architecture Pratique, De M. Bullet, Architecte du Roi, & de l'Academie Royale d'Architecture.Avec une Explication de trente-six Articles de la Coutume de Paris, sur le Titre des Servitudes & Rapports qui concernent les Batimens. Par M. Seguin, Entrepeneur de Batimen

by BULLET, [Pierre]

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Paris. Chez Didot. 1788. Hardcover. thick 12mo, 19.5cm, xl,700p., engraved frontis plate & 16 engraved plates, (inc 7 folding), numerous text figures, index, complete with half title, in contemporary full mottled calf, real raised bands, gilt panel borders and decorations, gilt titles, marbled endpapers, worn at th edges, a very good still sound copy (n13). - A classic manual of architecture by French architect Pierre Bullet (1639-1716), whose principal works were the Hotel Crozat (1702) and Evereux (1707) on the Place Vendome. "Architecture Pratique" was first published in 1691. This edition has a hand-written note by a former owner "cette Edition de 1788, commentee par Seguin, est plus estimee que les precideuter.
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A Concise Treatise on the most Effectual Method of Destroying Heath, and Turning the Soil into...

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Edinburgh. Printed by Oliver & Co. 1802, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 22cm, the First Edition, xxvii,228,[3]p., folding table, errata, list of subcribers, text vignette illustrations, in the original boards, marbled boards, colour printed paper label, hinges broken, spine chipped and worn, label is fine, uncut and unopened, rare (sgc) Of much more interest than the title would imply as pp101-228 comprise "Catalogue of flowers and flower-roots that gentlemen can be supplied with, by sending their orders to the author
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Discours de la Methode, pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verite dans les Sciences....
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Discours de la Methode, pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verite dans les Sciences. Plus, La Dioptrique et les Meteores, Qui sont des effais de cette Methode. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigee. En deux tomes

by DESCARTES, Rene

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Paris. Chez Pierre Huet, (vol.1.), & La Compagnie des Librairies. (Vol.2.). 1724. Soft cover. 16mo, (in 8's), 16.6cm, in 2 volumes, 470 & [8],479pp., with 26 folding plates (complete), in full contemporary calf, real raised bands, full gilt spine panel decorations, both title labels wanting, volume labels present, spines chipped at the top and bottom edges, worn at the edges, both volumes have some slight damp staining along the top text edge, five of the plates are a bit tatty on the leading edge with text loss due to being over folded, a very good attractive antique set ~ This edition is uncommon. Volume I also includes "Abrege' de la Musique." Volume II is sub titled "Plus la Dioptrique, les Meteores, la Mechanique, & la Musique; qui sont des essais de cette Methode. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee & augmentee des Remarques du P. Poisson, P.D.L." An interesting pre French Revolution edition of the great French philosophers most popular writings: "Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy
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The Dreamland Express

by MILLAR, H.R. (Written and Illustrated by)

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London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927, 1927. Hardcover. oblong4to, 22x 27cm, 94,[2]p., colour illustrated title page & 14 full page colour plates (including 1 double page), 5 b.& w. plates, 3 text illus from photos., 36 text illustrations, colour plate laid down on the upper cover, quarter tan linen backed paper over boards, upper hinge cracked, shaken, some wear on the board edges, overall the binding is dust worn, on somewhat fragile paper the colour illustrations in particular are striking, for this book a very good copy ().
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

by NIELSEN, Kay

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London. Hodder & Stoughton. (Engraved and Printed by Henry Stone & Son, Ltd., Banbury). [1914], 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 28cm, The First edition, 206p., blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. With 25 tipped in colour plates on extra stock paper mounted under captioned tissue guards, illustrated title page and 34 line drawings and chapter heading devices, decorated black and gold pictorial endpapers, in the original dark blue cloth, gilt decorated, illustrated and spine titles, with gilt panel decorations and block titles on the upper cover designed by Nielsen, slightest rub to head, tail, spine edges and corners, very faint browning to endpapers. Occasional very slight pale foxing to margins, Plates and guards perfect, expertly restored, a fine copy (cgc) One of the most sought after books from the era of great illustrated books.
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Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, and ElectroMagnetism. (Library of Usefu l Knowledge)

Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, and ElectroMagnetism. (Library of Usefu l Knowledge)

by ROGET, P.M.

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London. Robert Baldwin. [1831]. Hardcover. 22cm, vii, 64,32,96,99,(1),16pp., text figures, printed in double columns, index, in the original grey cloth, expertly restored, partial remaining ori ginal paper label replace and most of the original spine replaced, a fine copy thus. (sgc) A series of treatises delivered in 1827, 1828 and 1831 by one of t he founders of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Peter Mar k Roget (1779-1869). Notably early material on the subjects considering Far aday discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831. Roget is best remembered for his "Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases" known commonly as "Roget' s Thesaurus
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An Elementary Compendium of Physiology; For the Use of Students. Translated from the French, with...
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An Elementary Compendium of Physiology; For the Use of Students. Translated from the French, with Copious Notes and Illustrations, by E. Milligan, M.D.

by MAGENDIE, Francois

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Edinburgh. Printed for John Carfrae, Medical Booksellers. 1823, 1823. Hardcover. 8vo, 20.5cm, xxxiv,445,[xvii]p., tables & errata page, folding table, notes, in contemporary half calf, red morocco label, gilt titles, marbled boards, endpapers foxed and some other occasional light foxing, , worn at the edges, some wear on the boards, a very good copy (sgc). ~ An English edition of the "Precis elementaire de physiologie" first published in Paris in 1816. Francois Magendie (1783-1855), French physiologist, was noted as one of the founders of modern experimental physiology. Notorious for his experiments on animals, he did however revolutionize the physiological knowledge particularly that of the heart, digestion and nervous system.
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Fiammetta del Boccaccio /together with / Ameto del Boccacio

Fiammetta del Boccaccio /together with / Ameto del Boccacio

by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni, (1313-1375)

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Florence. Philippo di Giunta. 1517& 1521. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 15cm, 1st issue of the 5th edition, foliated pagination(110/94pp.), head & tail decoration in volume two, in lather full brown calf, real raised bands, faded gilt spine decorations in the panels,hinges expertly restored, without title page as issued with imprints on the final leaf, a fine copy. (cgc) Adams B-2125. Gamba 100. Each volume is complete including the two original uncorrected leaves in "Ameto". The first issue has Boccacio for Boccaccio on title of volume two and the variant reading on f.2, line 21. The gilt decorations date the bindings to 18th or 19th centuries.
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The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller. Bound with: Little Annie's Dream from her Floral...

The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller. Bound with: "Little Annie's Dream" from her "Floral Fables". By Louisa May Allcott

by CHILDRENS]. [PARDON, George Frederick )

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London. James Blackwood. [1858]. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 17.5x 12.5cm, 192 & (-146)-176pp., title-page vignette, 8 engraved sepia plates, numerous full page & text engraved illustrations, in the original elaborately gilt decorated brown cloth (including five travel vignette illus.), repeated in blind on the bottom board, similarly gilt decorated spine, gilt block titles on the spine and upper cover, all edges gilt, early owner's inscription (1860) on front free endpaper, expertly restored, a fine bright clean copy, rare. (cgc) A sequel to Pardon's "The Little Traveller." Intended for children, the author relates travels in the Baltic & up the Rhine, climbing Mont Blanc, and trips to Egypt, China & Persia. Very attractively bound with floral decoration and travel vignettes. The sepia plates are by W. Dickes. Bound in at the end with Louisa May Alcott's "Little Annie's Dream" from her "Floral Fables". Osborne 2:810.
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the people called Quakers in Ireland from the Year 1653 to...

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Dublin. Printed by I. Jackson. 1751, 1751. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. trimmed, 20x 15cm, the first edition, 484,[viiii]p., index, rebound in quarter brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, crushed crimson morocco label, marbled boards, fine (cgc) Bradshaw 1623. - An important source on the Quakers which includes, as well, much on the Irish society, local history and genealogy.
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The History of the Royal Perth Golfing Society. A Century of Golf in Scotland. With a selection...

The History of the Royal Perth Golfing Society. A Century of Golf in Scotland. With a selection of the Golfing Verses (hitherto unpublished) by the late Neil Fergusson Blair, of Balthayock (1842). Compiled at the request of the Council of the Society

by MILLER, T.D.

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Perth. The Munro Press. 1935, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. tall8vo, 25cm, first edition, 80p., with 17 plates, illustrations and portraits, original blue cloth, gilt titles and crest on the upper cover, some slight wear on the spine and edges, wanting the front blank free fly else a very good to fine copy (cgc).
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Hydrologia Chymica: or, the Chymical Anatomyof the Scarbrough, And other Spaws in York-Shire....
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London. W.G. for Richard Chiswel. 1669. 12mo. 17cm, thefirst edition, xx,374pp., blank leaf at end, 2 engraved plates, smallholes in title, and minor stains on a few leaves, trimmed, but a verygood to fine copy, in contemporary full calf, lacking front endpapers,bookplate of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale. (cgc) Wing s3833. Duveen.Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica, 552. Has a great deal of interest tothe chemist as it discusses hermetic medicine minerals and metals andtheir properties, etc. Simpson was an admirer of "Paracelsus". He wasthe first to recognize the presence of sulphur', or hydrogen sulphide,in Harrogate water. Simpson mixed sulphur and nitre and was convincedthat mineral waters, hot springs, volcanoes, earthquakes, meteor and eventhe occasional luminosity of the sea were all due to a mixture of thesesbodies with water or vapour. - Cf. Osler 4265 for the reply to this bookby Robert Wittie "Pyrologia Mimica., 1669.
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In Memoriam. A Selection from the Letters of the Late John AshtonNicholls. Edited By His Mother

In Memoriam. A Selection from the Letters of the Late John AshtonNicholls. Edited By His Mother

by NICHOLLS, John Ashton]

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[Manchester]. Printed for Private Circulation. 1862. Hardcover. 8vo, 22cm, [ii],418p.,in the original elaborated blind decorated brown cloth, neatly rebacked on-laid brown buchram spine andfront board edges, new endpapers, with new paper label, a fine copy thus, rare. (cgc) Howes N-141."Observations on an extensive tour, including Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, etc.". Amicus 1 copy.NOT in/on ABE; TPL; Catndx; ABPC; A&E; Sabin; Waterston; Streeter; Eberstadt; Siebert; Decker;Brinley; Smith; Lande; Peel. No references or located. cf. Lande 677 another book by: J.F. Nicholls - TheRemarkable Life, Adventures and Discoveries of Sebastina Cabot, of Bristol, London. Sampson , Low.1869. 190p., in Sabin 55185. Letters from America include pp113-418. Places are, New York, 1857 -Toronto, Canada West, 1857 - Niagara, Buffalo , Madison City, Wisconsin, Oct1857 - On board the steamer"Milwakee" - St. Paul's - Bell's Tavern, October 14th - Cincinnati , Steubenville - Boston, Nov. 8th -Philadelphia - Baltimore… Read More
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L'Exemple de la France avis a la Grande Bretagne. Second Edition
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L'Exemple de la France avis a la Grande Bretagne. Second Edition

by YOUNG, Arthur

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Quebec. Imprime par Hean Neilson. 1794. 8vo. 20cm, in contemporary full sheep, bands, no titles, with the following defects: wanting pp16-40 - pages 41-44 paper defected with text loss, wanting pp139-146 from the appendix, (bound with: De L'Influence de la Forme des Governemens sur Les Nations. Brussels. 1817. 114p.,), very good condition, very rare (cgc) - Tremaine 919. (Tremaine copy 16.3x 10cm) locates 4 copies, Lande S2330. Gagnon II-2286. Valch 1110. Dionne I-36. No auction or other recent records located. Not in Sabin; Not in Amtmann STC, Written by a well known English agriculturist and author of Travels during the years 1787-89, etc, in France. It is a work for landed gentry and husbandmen on the hazards implicit in an economy tolerant of republican principals. It includes a plan for the organization of national militia and is said to have been heartily approved by the English Whig administration, also by Edmund Burke'. It was published in at least four editions, and an abridgement, in… Read More
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Les Discours De L'Estat De Paix et De Guerre, De Messire Nicolas Machiauelli, Secreataire &...
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Les Discours De L'Estat De Paix et De Guerre, De Messire Nicolas Machiauelli, Secreataire & Citoyen Froentin, sur la premiere decade de Tite Liue, traduict d'Italien en Francoys

by Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527 - - [Alternate Names: Macchiavelli, Niccolo] (1469-1527)

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A Paris. Printed by E. Groulleau pour Iean Longis & Nober6t le Mangnyer. 1559. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, in8's, 16.5cm, [xxiv],279,[1]p., printer's vignette on the title page and author's portrait vignette on final colophon leaf, decorated initial letters, in 18th century full mottled calf, floral gilt decorated spine panels, crushed dark crimson label, marbled endpapers, edges stained red, name crossed out in ink on the bottom title margin, a fine clean sound copy of the first French edition and the first foreign translation of any language, only one copy (this one) located in the auctions records, very rare. (cgc). No copies of this edition listed on WorldCat. Title translation: The Speeches of the State of Peace and War, Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Italian:[nikko'l? mmakja'v?lli]; 3 May 1469 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period.[1][2] He has often been called the father of modern political science.[3]… Read More
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Les Robaiyat. Traduits du Persan par FranzToussaint. Illustrations de Gnia Minache
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Les Robaiyat. Traduits du Persan par FranzToussaint. Illustrations de Gnia Minache

by KHAYYAM, Omar

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Paris. Marcel Lubineau,diteur. 1957. Soft cover. 4to, 28cm, 151,(5),p., with 17 colour plates 1illustration & 2 text illustrations, "en gravure sur bois", limited to550 copies, this being #184, original plain stiff wraps with colourillustrations on the upper cover, bound in full dark green fine grainmorocco, three wide raised bands, gilt titles and decoration on thespine, inner leather outside panels on the boards including the hinges,modern antique style marbled endpapers and second double endpapers ingood decorated heavier stock paper, not signed, with former QuebecPremier Barrette's illus'd. bookplate "Ex Libris, Antonio Barrette",rare, mint. (cgc). While this binding is not signed, most of AntonioBarrette's library were in bindings including some by the renownbook-binder Jacques Blanchet.
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