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London,: G. Scott, 1779.. Quarto, with a portrait and a splendid series of 32 plates and maps, most of them folding or double-page; a large copy with good margins (a couple of plates just touched by binder at extreme edges nonetheless, as often); some occasional light browning but a very handsome copy in contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style preserving original spine label. First edition: a handsome copy of this classic account of experiences in New Guinea and the East Indies.Forrest was involved in the 1770 settlement of Balambangan, a colonising project based on recommendations by Alexander Dalrymple; from 1774 he was in the service of the East India Company, who wanted to extend their sources of trade in the direction of New Guinea. Along with two English officers and a crew of eighteen Malays Forrest pushed the exploration as far as Geelvink Bay in New Guinea. Here he gives the details of his 'journey of exploration from 1774-1776, on behalf of the East India Company, to western New Guinea (now the Indonesian province of West Papua). The Company traveled in search of spices beyond the Molucca Islands, which were then claimed by the Dutch. Forrest's travels took him from the north coast of Borneo, through the Moluccas, to New Guinea, and then to Mindanao, the southernmost island of the Philippines. His detailed observations lack the moral judgments found in so many other European accounts of the time...' (Cornell University, Treasures of the Asia Collections - online resource).The numerous maps and coastal profiles published here show the detailed observations that Forrest was making on this voyage 'of examination and inquiry rather than of discovery' (Hill). There is some discussion, in the Introduction and elsewhere, of the voyages of Schouten and Le Maire, Dampier and Tasman. A wonderfully purple dedication on the first of the topographical views is worth quoting in full: 'In Testimony of Esteem & Regard to Joseph Banks Esq; President of the Royal Society, Who thirsting after Knowledge, left the Enjoyment of Opulence and Ease, to sail round the World'.This fine copy of the book has the bookplate of George Leaton of Hoppyland Park (the location of a great 19th century adultery scandal). It later belonged to the Australian collector Sir Rupert Clarke and has his bookplate and ink ownership stamps.Hill, 623.
Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, Imprimeur et Libraire du Roi, 1779.. Volumes I and II only of 4, SIGNED BY L. R. WAGER. FIRST EDITIONS 1779 AND 1786, (Volumes III and IV not published until 1796), Volume II published in Geneva by Barde and Manget 1786. French text, 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7¾ inches, vignette to both title pages the first drawn by Carl Hachert, Volume I: folding map of the Lake of Geneva and the surrounding mountains, 8 folding plates, VI and VII on the same sheet, engraved headpiece of Geneva to page 1, another of an alpinist to the first page of Part II (355), pages: (4), 540, (1) - Directions to the Binder; Volume II: large folding map of the Alps nearest to Mont Blanc, engraved headpiece of mountains to page 1, 5 folding plates and 1 single plate, a table inserted between pages 576 and 577, and 588 and 589, pages: (4), xvi, (1)-641, (1-2) - including Directions to Binder. Bound in full speckled calf, gilt raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered black morocco labels to spine, missing on Volume II. Upper and lower hinges cracked on both volumes, covers holding firmly on the cords, small chips to head and tail of spines, volume label on Volume I badly chipped, minor marks and a couple of small scrapes to covers, corners very slightly worn, small armorial bookplate of Rowland Burdon on front pastedown, signature in ink of L. R. Wager on front endpaper, occasional small pale mark or sport to margins, otherwise contents clean, tiny closed tear to inner edge of folding map in Volume II, a couple of pages faintly browned, small piece missing from 2 lower corners (paper flaw, no loss of print), tiny closed tear to edge of 1 page of table in Volume II, small closed tear to lower corner of page 512 (Volume II) with old paper repair. A good complete copy of the first 2 volumes in the set of 4, the last 2 being published 10 years after Volume II. The book belonged also to L. R. WAGER, A MODERN GEOLOGIST WITH HIS INK SIGNATURE ON THE FIRST FREE ENDPAPER OF EACH VOLUME WITH THE DATE 1946. Lawrence Rickard Wager, commonly known as Bill Wager, (5 February 1904 &#150; 20 November 1965) was a British geologist, explorer and mountaineer, described as "one of the finest geological thinkers of his generation" and best remembered for his work on the Skaergaard intrusion in Greenland, and for his attempt on Mount Everest in 1933. (Wikipedia). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING. POSTAGE AT COST.
[Passy. Jan. 4, 1779].. 2pp. plus integral blank. Octavo, on a folded quarto sheet. Burnt at top margin, with loss of several words in upper left corner of first page. Corner loss repaired with later paper. Washed and silked. Fair. Fragment of a letter written and signed by John Adams, in which he responds to a forged document published in one of Genet&#39;s newspapers. The false report was published in the AFFAIRES DE L&#39;ANGLETERRE ET DE L&#39;AMERIQUE, for Adams writes, "[The resolve] of Congress of the 10 October [that] you have inserted in your no. 62 is another forgery." Adams goes on to enumerate the reasons why the report is a patent falsehood: "1. Congress are not so much allarmed [sic]. They know the Ennemy [sic] have not the power, tho they very well know they have the will to do the mischief. 2. Congress would never recommend the building of such hutts [sic]. There are houses enough in the country to receive the inhabitants of the towns, even in case of such extremity. 3. Congress would never recommend the burning the houses of Tories. They would sooner banish or harry them and confiscate their houses to carry on the war." The spurious resolve stated that the British were planning to annihilate American towns; it directed Americans living in targeted areas to build huts at thirty miles distance, and if attacked, they were to destroy all Tory property. In the next issue of AFFAIRES, Genet offers an apology. It is likely had had taken his intelligence from an English newspaper that cited James Rivington&#39;s ROYAL GAZETTE, a notorious Loyalist journal published in New York City. Adams concludes by remarking: "[A simple glance is sufficient] to any man who knows [the country] and the Congress to perceive Marks of the Beast, in such ridiculous fictions. Yet they impose of British mobs, Minister and Members of Parliament." While Adams&#39;s usage of "impose of" is obscure here, he meant to infer that there was a concerted effort to broadcast false rumors among the British people regarding Congress&#39;s policy on the conduct of the war. To counteract these false reports, Adams himself became a mastermind of media intelligence in order to raise European sympathy and understanding of the American cause. He often had Genet publish accounts which profiled American valor and courage in the face of adversity.
[Boston: Edes & Gill], 1779.. Broadside, 18 x 13 1/2 inches. Printed in four columns. Some minor loss. Backed with heavier paper. Very good. Matted and framed. Proclamation made by the Massachusetts state congress concerning the economic impact of the Revolutionary War upon the currency, and noting France&#39;s alliance with the States. By 1779 the colonies were embroiled in a financial crisis. The Continental dollar was depreciating rapidly, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for the state and national governments to supply the army. The broadside blames not the dollar but the "artifices of men" for price-gouging and monopolizing goods. Likewise, the Congress indicates that more money is needed to defray the cost of the war: "Your governments being now established, and your ability to contend with your invaders ascertained, we have on the most mature deliberation judged it indispensably necessary to call upon you for forty five millions of dollars, in addition to the fifteen millions required by a resolution of Congress of the 2d of January last, to be paid to the Continental treasury before the 1st day of January next...." The text continues, announcing the alliance with France and exhorting the people to repulse their enemies and hold fast to the cause. On March 18, 1780 the Continental Congress passed a law withdrawing the older, inflation-ridden currency. The law called for each state to collect its share of outdated currency. Massachusetts&#39; share amounted to over five million pounds. ESTC locates only five copies, at the American Antiquarian Society, Boston Public Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Rosenbach Library, and Yale University. EVANS 16637. FORD 2191. CUSHING 1073. ESTC W34194.
Stuttgart,: Christoph Mantler,, 1779.. Small quarto, with 18 etched plates, the plates each tipped to the fore-edge of the appropriate facing page; in fine condition in the original marbled boards, crimson & green calf labels on the spine; a very attractive copy. First German edition of the Characteres Generum Plantarum (see catalogue number 79), detailing the Forsters' important Linnean classification of botanical discoveries made during Cook's second voyage. The Forsters, father and son, travelled as scientists on the second voyage, partly to fill Banks' unexpected absence. This German version - which contains eighteen plates although only seventeen are mentioned in the title - follows the original Latin publication which appeared as Characteres generum plantarum in London in 1776. It is one of the earliest sources for our knowledge of the plants of Australasia and Polynesia. Once again, the descriptions are by Anders Sparrman and the engravings are after drawings by Forster the younger.The Characteres was one of the earliest publications resulting from the second voyage; the rush to get the London edition into print should probably be seen in the light of the quarrel with the Admiralty over the Forsters' claims to publishing rights for the official account of the voyage. This pre-emptive scientific publication may well have been intended to show the strength of the Forster camp.Scientifically, the work may not be of major importance, but it is nonetheless one of the earliest sources for our knowledge of the plants of Australasia and Polynesia, has considerable significance for the history of the second voyage, and is one of a surprisingly small number of monuments to the scientific achievements of the three voyages.Beddie, 1386; Hunt, 649; Nissen, B645; O'Reilly-Reitman, 2471; Stafleu & Cowan, 1826.
Frankfurt, Felßecker 1779 - 1781.. Bde. 1/2, 7/8, 9/10 und 11 (von 12) in 4 Bänden. Pappbde. d. Zt., Bd. 11 abweichend gebunden. Goed. IV 1, 845, 16; Diesch 1159; Kirchner 5784 (irrtümlich 7 Bande); Kaldewey, Hehres und Triviales III, 32 "(Komplett) so gut wie unauffindbar". - Leider nur 7 Bände der in 12 Bänden erschienenen großen Zeitschriftenpublikation Wekhrlins. Ähnlich wie später im `Grauen Ungeheur` und in den `Hyperboreischen Briefen` äußert sich Wekhrlin in politischen Artikeln, kritischen Essays, Glossen und Anekdoten zu Vorfällen im Staat, in der Kirche, Justiz, zu Verfassung, Unterricht usw. und stellt alles, was der aufgeklärten Weltanschauung zuwider läuft, an den Pranger. "Rechtsverletzungen, Tortur, Hexenverfolgung, Bestechung, Inquisition, Tyrannei und Fürstenwillkür werden mit leidenschaftlichen Beiträgen - meist von ihm selbst - gegeißelt. Die Beschäftigung mit seinen Publikationen bringt nicht nur kulturhistorische Einsichten, die man selten in solcher Vielfalt und Einprägsamkeit haben kann, sondern sie sind ... praktische Lehre und Anregung in Menge. Aus diesem Grund bietet Wekhrlin ein lohnendes Objekt fur literarische, kulturelle, menschlich-psychologische und nicht zuletzt publizistische Studien" (nach Fahler). Wekhrlin "lachte noch über die Welt und über den Zorn, mit dem sie seinen schonungslosen Witz aufnahm. Als ein Schweizer Kanton seine `Chronologen` wollte verbrennen lassen, schickte er seinen Schattenriss als Beitrag zu dieser Feierlichkeit" (Goedeke). In Band 8, S. 225 ff. findet sich eine kritische Besprechung von Knigges Buch: Ueber Jesuiten, Freymaurer und Rosenkreuzer. Der bisher von allen Bibliographen nach den - nachgelieferten - Titelblättern zitierte Erscheinungszeitraum bis 1781 muss auf 1783 korrigiert werden. So sind die "Briefe vom Rhein" in Band 10 vom März 1782 datiert, im selben Band findet sich ein "Almanach der Philosophie aufs Jahr 1783". - Etwas berieben. Bd. 11 mit gest. Exlibris der Bibliotheca Seckendorffiana.
(Samuel) Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets.
together in contemp. red morocco, spines gilt with musical trophies, g.e., slight rubbing to the head of a few spines, very attractive A justly celebrated work, incorporating the first publication of the best and most famous short literary biographies in English, now known as Johnson's Lives of the Poets. It is the second great work with which he is generally associated and his last major literary work. "This is the work which, of all Dr. Johnson's writings, will perhaps be read most generally, and with most pleasure. Philology and biography were his favourite pursuits, and those who lived most in intimacy with him, heard him upon all occasions, when there was a proper opportunity, take delight in expatiating upon the various merits of the English poets...." (Boswell) The Lives were pioneering works of biographical and literary criticism, the simplest in style and expression of all Johnson's literary labours, and they abound in anecdote.
Here they are accompanied by a set of the Works of the Poets, lacking the title-page to volume 56: offset from the portrait frontispiece of Lyttelton onto the fly-title shows that it was never present. J.D. Fleeman reckoned that many sets are imperfect in some degree, and cites Samuel Rogers' set of "55 volumes...with all faults", sold by Puttick & Simpson in 1868.
Milano 1779.2 voll. in 1. In-4. Legatura coeva in pergamena, titolo impr. in oro sul dorso. Vignetta sui frontespizi, 18 tavv. f.t., 5 ripieg., e 35 illus. n.t. (inclusi i ritratti del Cardinale Albani a cui l'opera è dedicata e quello di Winckelmann), il tutto inc. in rame. LXIV, 347 pp.; 355, (5) pp.; lievi ingialliture su pochi fogli del secondo volume, altrimenti esemplare molto buono su carta azzurrina. Prima edizione italiana di una pietra miliare nella storia dell'arte. L'opera del famoso archeologo «costituisce il punto di partenza per l'attuazione scientifica non soltanto della storia dell'arte antica, ma anche della storia dell'arte medievale e moderna» (Treccani). Borroni II, 21-26. First Italian edition of Winckelmann's masterpiece (first edn.: Dresden 1764). With 18 engr. plates (5 folding), and 35 engr. text illus. A few leaves toned in vol. II, otherwise a very good copy printed on light blue paper and bound in contemp. vellum, gilt title on spine.
JOMBERTEdito nel 1779 a Paris, in folio grande, legatura in piena pelle bazzana, dorso a nervi con fregi in oro, tassello al dorso con titoli in oro, marca al frontespizio, 137 incisioni di cui 21 a doppia pagina. Lavoro di grande interesse, che raffigura le rovine romane, opera che fornisce la prima rappresentazione accurata della realtà antica dell'architettura romana ed è l'inizio di quella lunga serie di disegni con misure, che rappresentano, una delle grandi tradizioni di architettura francese. Traviamo incisioni del Pantheon, Colosseo, Archi di trionfo di Tito, Settimio Severo, Costantino, le erme di Diocleziano e 116 tavole a piena pagina che mostrano parti di numerosi edifici. Bell'esemplare.
Macerata, Chiappini & Cortesi, 1779.In-folio. Cartonatura rustica coeva. Antiporta con ritratto, 2 illustrazioni n.t., e alcune graziosi capilettera, testatine e vignette inc. in rame. XII, 167, (1) pp.; piccolo restauro al frontespizio; esemplare fresco, intonso e marginoso. Edizione originale. Origini, memorie storiche e archeologia dell'antica città fondata dai Sabini. Ranghiasci 68. Platneriana 121. Manca a Lozzi e a Fossati Bellani.
[DEGLI ABATI OLIVIERI GIORDANI Annibale].
MEMORIE PER LA STORIA DELLA CHIESA PESARESE nel secolo XIII.
Volume in-quarto oblungo (395x258 mm), legatura in mezza pelle del XIX con piatti e tagli marmorizzati, frontespizio allegorico inciso, tavola di dedica a Guglielmo Pallotta, indice e 80 vedute della città finemente incise in rame, tutte firmate dal Cassini. Restauro al verso del frontespizio, leggere ossidazioni sui primi fogli per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione. Presso Venanzio Monaldini Mercante di Libri in Roma, 1779. Giovanni Maria Cassini, Chierico Regolare Somasco fu geografo e cartografo, ma anche intagliatore di architetture e prospettive - uno dei migliori discepoli di Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Cassini fu uno degli ultimi sferografi italiani del Settecento ed i suoi globi ebbero una notevole diffusione, come pure il Nuovo Atlante Geografico. Bella raccolta di vedute di Roma, rara da reperire completa. Bibliografia: Thieme-Becker VI, 130; Cicognara 3657. Borroni 8155-1; Rossetti, Roma, 1680. Rome: Venanzio Monaldini, 1779. First Edition with the dedication to M. Pallotta. Illustrated profusely with a very finely engraved frontispiece, table with flourishes, and with 80 very finely engraved and beautiful views of Rome. Oblong quarto (mm. 394 x 258), bound in XIX century half morocco with paper of colours, the plates complete as issued. A beautiful example, very clean and with the plates bright, strong and very vivid. RARE COMPLETE FIRST EDITION OF THESE IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF ROMAN VIEWS. "Cassini (1745 ca. - 1824), was a member of the Somaschi order of clerics. He studied with Piranesi before becoming a painter and engraver for the papal publishing house, the Calcografia Camerale. His extensive oeuvre includes architectural and antique views, including a famous suite of 80 views of Rome, book illustrations (notably for Passeri's study of ancient gems), maps, and gores or the terrestrial and celestial globes."
La predicazione. Traduzione dal francese LEG. CON Il mondo come va'. Visione di Babouc scritta da lui medesimo D. M. D. V.
CANONES, ET DECRETA SACROSANCTI OECUMENICI ET GENERALIS CONCILII TRIDENTINI SUB PAULO III, IULIO III, PIO IV, PONTIFICIBUS MAX.
, Antverpiae, Ex Architypographia Plantiniana, 1779.** 1779 Relié de l' époque, plein - maroquin brun, dos à nerfs plats (5), dos orné de fil. doré et un pièce de titre doré sur maroquin rouge, coins emousses, plats frotte, dos endommagé, 23x29cm, ( LX) 420pp ( LXXIV), estampe bibliothèque.
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779. First Edition. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1: , 368,  p.; , 344,  p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 (-3C4) pi2 B-2Y4 (4to). Dark brown cloth spine and corners (20th-century?) with printed paper spine label; marbled paper (19th-century?) over boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Errata on terminal page of each volume, following index. Occasional notations in a 19th-century? hand in the margins, sometimes with corrections in the text; an extensive commentary written in the margin of the section on marriage ceremonies among the Romans. In Very Good Condition: boards are moderately rubbed with loss of marbled paper at edges; old archival repair of tear along gutter of final 3 leaves of vol. 1 and first leaf of vol. 2 (not touching text), and of tear from fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 51-52, without loss of text; upper margin of v. 2 pp. 119-142 darkened; similar at head of gutter on v. 2 pp. 221-243; old stain on v. 2 p. 317 (text remains legible); old dampstain along upper edge and fore-edge of v. 2 pp. 337-344; tear from upper edge of last leaf of v. 2 index and following blank leaf, with old tape repair (no loss of text); otherwise only very occasional soiling in margins and minimal foxing.
Moroni Marco, eredi 1779 4° [cm. 29 x 21]; 4 tomi con 4 front.; pp XVI + 477 + 3 n.n.; 404; 392 + 68 + 2 n.n.; 518. Leg. coeva in cartoncino ricoperto di carta decorata scolorita e danneggiata soprattutto nei dorsi; scollato quello del primo tomo. Capilettera e finalini decorati. Macchie d'acqua nel margine esterno. A fogli chiusi i primi tre tomi. Sulla guardia anteriore del primo tomo ex libris del parroco Giovanni Archetti.
London:: Printed for W. Flexney, Holborn,. 1779.. 16mo: [A]^4 B - Q^8 R^2. O2, O4 & R2 cancels. O2 & O4 cancels switched, such that the O gathering sequence now O1, O4, O3, O2, O5 - O8. 7-3/16" x 4-5/8". 2nd edition, revised and corrected. OCLC records only 2 institutional holdings. , vii, 243,  pp. Errata, p. 244.. Period bindings of full light brown spotted calf with elaborate gilt decorated spine; dentelles & marbled paper eps. Pale yellow edge stain.. Light binding wear. Prior owner bookplate/signature. Overal, an. attractive Very Good Plus copy.. Shepherd was a "Church of England clergyman and theological writer, ... who matriculated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 1 December 1749 at the age of seventeen. ... After considering a military career he took orders in the Church of England and eventually was appointed chaplain to Thomas Thurlow, bishop of Lincoln and later of Durham; Thurlow&#39;s nomination gained Shepherd the archdeaconry of Bedford in July 1783. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1781, and in 1788 he was Bampton lecturer at Oxford. In 1792 he was instituted to the rectory of Wetherden and Helmingham in Suffolk by Lord Chancellor Thurlow, brother of the bishop, and he held these preferments until his death.
Shepherd published a wide selection of writings, including poetry and drama, although he came to concentrate on theology. His poetry was not unsuccessful: his Ode to Love (1755?) was reprinted in 1760 and The Nuptials (1761) went into three editions. Most of his poetic and dramatic pieces were included in the two-volume Miscellanies (1775). Several of Shepherd&#39;s theological works went into two or more editions, including his response to Soame Jenyns in The Review of a Free Enquiry (1759), The Requisition of Subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles (1771), and Reflections on the Doctrine of Materialism (1779), addressed to Joseph Priestley. Shepherd published regularly throughout his life; his last piece was No False Alarm, or, A Sequel to Religious Union (1808). He died at the parsonage at Wetherden on 3 January 1809." [ODNB]. Shepherd&#39;s works are now uncommon in the trade. This 2 volume work is offered with 2 other Shepherd titles, TavBooks ID #37011 & 37013. The price is for all 4 volumes.
nella Stamperia di S. Tommaso d?Aquino 1779 Ricerche sperimentali sopra le cause de? cambiamenti dè colori nelli corpi opachi, e colorati; con una prefazione istorica relativa alle parti di Filosofia in essa esaminate, ed alle diverse Arti, e Manifatture da quella dipendenti. In Bologna, nella Stamperia di S. Tommaso d?Aquino, 1779. Unito: idem. Lettera al Conte Morton che contiene esperimenti, ed osservazioni sopra la convenienza fra le gravità specifiche di diversi Metalli, ed i loro colori quando sono uniti al vetro, come pure quelli dell?altre loro preparazioni. Questa lettera venne pubblicata nelle Transazioni filosofiche nell?anno 1765. È aggiunta all?opera precedente per la connessione fra i soggetti: in una si tratta della scomposizione e nell?altra della densità dei colori. Due opere in un volume in 8vo; pp.138 e 1n.n. Cart. coevo. Brunit. e fior. Ampi margini. Delaval iniziò la sua ricerca partendo dalle conclusioni sui colori di Isacco Newton. Prima edizione italiana. Poggendorf I, 540 per l?edizione inglese; Cicognara, 107.
Printed by R. Marchbank for the Company of Booksellers Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, for the Company of Booksellers. 1779. First. First edition, with the price printed at the foot of the title page: "[Price, Sixpence Halfpenny.]" Octavo. 47, pp. Disbound and stitched. Light toning, very good. A scarce pamphlet by William Eden (Baron Auckland) addressed to Frederick Howard (Earl of Carlisle). A scarce variant edition not in Adams. OCLC locates only 4 holdings. ESTC T136252. .
1779. Capmany y de Montpalau, Antonio de [1742-1813], Editor. Memorias Historicas Sobre la Marina Comercio y Artes de la Antigua Ciudad de Barcelona. Publicadas por Disposicion y a Expensas de la Real Junta y Consulado de Comercio de la Misma Ciudad. Madrid: En la Imprenta de D. Antonio de Sancha, 1779-1791. Four volumes in five books. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary tree sheep, lettering pieces and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities, moderate scuffing to boards, small early private-library location labels to spines, owner bookplates to half-titles, chip to head of spine of Volume V, a few partial cracks to text block. Handsome copperplate vignettes to title page and first page of main text of each volume, copperplate decorated initials. Some toning to endleaves, interiors otherwise fresh. * Only edition. This is a collection of documents from the municipal archives of Barcelona relating to the city&#39;s commercial history. Most relate to maritime affairs and are legal in nature, such as the laws enacted by Ferdinand and Isabella for the promotion of trade and navigation. The notably handsome vignettes in this set represent maritime activity and the grandeur of the Spanish Crown. Goldsmiths&#39;-Kress Library of Economic Literature 11777.
Description de l'Arabie, d'après les Observations et Recherches faites dans le Pays Même.
DISSERTATION SUR LES STATUES APPARTENANTES A LA FABLE DE NIOBE.
Imprimerie de François Mouecke 1779 In-folio (mm. 470x355), p. pergam. coeva, pp. 24, vignetta al frontesp., due belle grandi iniz. figur. e una testata, disegnate da Campiglia e inc. in rame. L'opera, dedicata a Pietro Leopoldo Granduca di Toscana, è illustrata da 19 pregevoli tavv. inc. in rame (una più volte ripieg.), di cui: 16 raffigurano singolarmente il celebre gruppo di statue del mito di Niobe esistenti nella Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze e 3 tavv. rappresentano i personaggi del mito in bassorilievo; le tavv. sono disegnate da Michele Maestri e finemente incise dal fiorentino Ferdinando Gregori. "Prima edizione" apparsa nello stesso anno in italiano e in francese. Cfr. Brunet,II,1156: "dissertation justement estimée" - Cicognara,3505. Risguardi e frontesp. con alone, 2 cc. con macchia al marg. bianco sup., lievi fiorit. al margine di alc. tavv. ma complessivam. esempl. ben conservato, su carta forte.
Neuchatel: Samuel Fauche, 1779. First edition. Saussure, Horace Bénédict de (1740-99). Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve. Vols. I-II (of 4) only. 4to. , xxxvi, 540, ; , xiv, 641, pp. 14 engraved plates. Neuchatel: Samuel Fauche, 1779 [Vol. I]; Geneva: Barde, Manget, 1786 [Vol. II]. 250 x 192 mm. 19th century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards, green vellum corners, a little worn, extreme tip of lower corner of Vol. II front cover broken off. Very good copy.First Edition of the first two volumes of de Saussure's Voyages dans les Alpes, containing his account of the natural history of Geneva and its environs along with the record of his explorations in the area of Mont Blanc (the third and fourth volumes were not published until 1796, a decade after the appearance of Vol. II). De Saussure has been called the father of alpinism; between 1774 and 1787 he performed extensive geological investigations of the Alpine region, which he saw as holding the key to a true theory of the earth. "As Saussure originally conceived of the structure of the Alps, the primitive and central chain of the mountains consists of vertical strata, while the marginal or secondary mountains adjacent to the primitive mountains consist of steeply inclined beds. These progressively approach the horizontal as they reach the margins of the chain . . . After some thirteen years of accurate observations and thinking, and particularly after having studied the St. Gotthard area, Saussure concluded that the dislocation, distortion, and even overturning of the alpine rocks had been caused by processes of horizontal compression, as well as by uplifting by internal explosions. He thus came close to an accurate understanding of the structure of the Alps" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography).
Ier Vue des ruines du Pont d'Auguste sur la Nera a Narni / IIer Vue des ruines du Pont d'Auguste sur la Nera a Narni.
Naples, Chez L'Auteur Graveur du Roi avec du Privil?ge de S. M., fine XVIII secolo. Due incisioni in rame all'acquaforte, cm 43 x 57, 5 ca. (alla lastra). Sui dipinti di Ja. Ph. Hachert, che dipinse le vedute nel 1779 (come si evince da quando riportato in bs. a sn., in lastra). Belle vedute delle rovine del Ponte d'Augusto sul fiume Nera a Narni, animate con figure di pastori e animali in primo piano, sullo sfondo il paesaggio. Edizioni originali stampate su carta del '700. Piccole abrasioni sparse sull'inciso di entrambe le vedute; carta leggermente abrasa e una piccola gualcitura al margine inferiore destro della seconda veduta, dentro la lastra ma fuori dalla parte incisa.
Heroicæ fidei gynæceum, eller bibliska tros-hjeltinnor, så gamla, som nya testamentets.
Atthonem Bracalium Pistorii: Atthonem Bracalium. 1779. First edition, 8vo, pp. , 49; title-page vignette, head- and tail- pieces, and 3 engraved folding plate; a fine copy in somewhat later decorative paper covered boards and sprinkled edges. Cari here presents a detailed description of the construction and operation of a pneumatic pump he designed and built. He describes the various uses of his pump in a series of six experiments performed before his students at the University of Pisa. The experiments are illustrated in the first folding plate, Cari's new pump in the remaining two. In the text, Cari also discusses the work of Boyle, Hauksbee, and s'Gravesande.
(18) 311 S., (2) Taf.; (14) (313)-568 (8) 70 S., (2) Taf.; (10) 246; (20) 270; (18) 580; (16) 358; (8) 208; (1), 424 (richtig 224) (12) S. (1), 424 (richtig 224) (12) S., 8 in 4 Bdn., HLdr., berieben, tls. Kap. bestoßen · Humpert 801. - Das erste Titelblatt des ersten Bandes mit einer größeren Fehlstelle, die folgenden Seiten mit Einrissen, das erste Titelblatt des zweiten und dritten Bandes fehlt, das erste Titelblatt des vierten Bandes mit großer Fehlstelle und Brandspur, die jeweiligen zweiten Titelblätter sind vollständig vorhanden.
Memoire sur l'acier, dans lequel on traite des differentes qualites de ce metal, de la forge, du bon emploi et de la trempe... a paris, veuve desaint . nyon, 1779.
Account of a Comet.London: J. Nichols, 1781. First edition.
[Paris: Published by M. Delafosse, 1779]. Hand-coloured engraving. Tipped onto larger sheet of fine laid paper. Very good condtion. 11 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. 13 3/4 x 21 1/8 inches. A beautifully coloured print picturing one of the picturesque garden follies in the Parc Monceau, from Carmontelle's "Jardin de Monceau," a collection of plates depicting the innovative features and design of this famous Parisian park. Designed by Carmontelle for the Duc de Chartres (the future Duc d'Orléans) and erected between 1773 and 1778, the Parc Monceau was one of the first landscaped parks to be constructed in Paris. It was designed in the Anglo-Chinese style, which originated in England and reached the height of its popularity in France during the late eighteenth century. This style was characterized by immaculately manicured foliage and lawns and the particularly by the use of conventions such as fabriques or folies, small ornamental edifices replicating exotic structures like Graeco-Roman temples, Oriental pavilions, Turkish tents, and Egyptian pyramids, which were used to visually enhance the garden, elicit emotion, and evoke lyrical associations with foreign places and ancient cultures. Essentially self-taught, Louis de Carmontelle was an extremely versatile draughtsman, painter and engraver, whose rare engravings are highly prized today. His first entrée into fashionable French society was as a mathematics tutor to the children of the French nobility, and he later became a popular figure at the royal court, where he entertained courtiers and eminent visitors with his "proverbs" (witty observational verses), his novel "transparencies" (a precursor of the magic lantern in which panoramic views were projected through illuminated transparent paper), and the copious portraits he spontaneously executed upon request. In 1763, he was employed to tutor and entertain the son of the Duc d'Orléans, who several years later entrusted him with the design of the Parc Monceau, one of Carmontelle's greatest artistic achievements. Cf. Benezit, Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Vol. 3, p. 254-5.
La Dominique situÈe entre la Martinique et la Guadeloupe.
Unterrich für die Officiers , die sich zu Feld=Ingenieurs bilden, oder doch den Feldzügen mit Nutzen beywohnen wollen, durch beyspiele aus dem letzten Kriege erläutert, und mit nöthigen Plans versehen. Dritte Auflage.
Printed for W. Flexney Holborn London:: Printed for W. Flexney, Holborn,. 1779.. 16mo: [A]^4 B - Q^8 R^2. O2, O4 & R2 cancels. O2 & O4 cancels switched, such that the O gathering sequence now O1, O4, O3, O2, O5 - O8. 7-3/16" x 4-5/8". 2nd edition, revised and corrected. OCLC records only 2 institutional holdings. , vii, 243,  pp. Errata, p. 244.. Period bindings of full light brown spotted calf with elaborate gilt decorated spine; dentelles & marbled paper eps. Pale yellow edge stain.. Light binding wear. Prior owner bookplate/signature. Overal, an. attractive Very Good Plus copy.. Shepherd was a "Church of England clergyman and theological writer, ... who matriculated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 1 December 1749 at the age of seventeen. ... After considering a military career he took orders in the Church of England and eventually was appointed chaplain to Thomas Thurlow, bishop of Lincoln and later of Durham; Thurlow's nomination gained Shepherd the archdeaconry of Bedford in July 1783. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1781, and in 1788 he was Bampton lecturer at Oxford. In 1792 he was instituted to the rectory of Wetherden and Helmingham in Suffolk by Lord Chancellor Thurlow, brother of the bishop, and he held these preferments until his death.
Shepherd published a wide selection of writings, including poetry and drama, although he came to concentrate on theology. His poetry was not unsuccessful: his Ode to Love (1755?) was reprinted in 1760 and The Nuptials (1761) went into three editions. Most of his poetic and dramatic pieces were included in the two-volume Miscellanies (1775). Several of Shepherd's theological works went into two or more editions, including his response to Soame Jenyns in The Review of a Free Enquiry (1759), The Requisition of Subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles (1771), and Reflections on the Doctrine of Materialism (1779), addressed to Joseph Priestley. Shepherd published regularly throughout his life; his last piece was No False Alarm, or, A Sequel to Religious Union (1808). He died at the parsonage at Wetherden on 3 January 1809." [ODNB]. Shepherd's works are now uncommon in the trade. This 2 volume work is offered with 2 other Shepherd titles, TavBooks ID #37011 & 37013. The price is for all 4 volumes.
LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY, -- .
Traité des Couleurs Matérielles, et de la maniere de colorer, relativement aux différens arts et métiers.
12mo, pp. xii, 342, (4). Contemporary mottled sheep, flat spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, red edges, marbled endpapers. Bookplate carelessly removed from front endpaper, and a small hole in the leather on the upper cover, otherwise a nice copy.
Descrizione delle architetture, pitture e scolture di vicenza con alcune osservazioni... in vicenza, per francesco vendramini mosca, 1779.
Due volumi legati in uno di cm. 19, pp. xxiv, 144 (2); 135 (3). Antiporta del primo volume incisa (Dall'Acqua), frontespizi con belle vignette centrali e 10 tavole ripiegate. Il tutto finemente inciso in rame su tavole fuori testo. Solida legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle, dorso liscio con fregi a secco, titoli e decorazioni in oro. Esemplare fresco ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. Celebre guida artistica della città di Vicenza munita di un'esauriente apparato iconografico ad illustrare i principali monumenti. Cfr. Rumor e Melzi I, 286.
Joseph Andrews och hans wän Abrahams Adams händelser, författade af herr Fjelding.
Öfwersättning. I-II. Sthlm, Wennberg och compagnie, 1779. 12:o. (4),288 s. & 5 grav. plr + (4),292,(4) s. & 7 grav. plr. Nött samtida hfrbd med upphöjda bind, sparsamt guldornerad rygg och brun titeletikett. Pärmhörnen stukade och skinnet på det främre nedre hörnet bortnött. Ryggen ytligt sprucken och boken ngt snedläst. Genomgående småfläckig. Fläck i nedre marginalen på s. 3-4. En liten reva i yttermarginalen på planschen vid s. 217, dock utanför plåtkanten. Del II med fuktfläckar i yttermarginalen på s. 207-10 och i texten på s. 217-18. Med Sture Munkes exlibris.. Sista opaginerade sidorna i del II med bokreklam från förläggaren J. C. Holmberg. Första svenska översättningen av "Joseph Andrews"
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williamsâ€¦[et al.], 1779 First separate edition, preceding the London separate edition by two years. This pirated Dublin edition had a slightly different title from the London edition. It also has additional material by Thomas Gray, "A Long Story" and "Ode to Music." The Lives of the English Poets originally appeared as part of the sixty-eight volume set, lives and Works of the English Poets, 1779-81. Contemporary calf. Gilt floral-decorated spines with burgundy and brown morocco labels. Three volumes, octavo. Volume I expertly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down, some neat repairs to other hinges. Old ink signatures, some light worming at bottom corner of Volume 3, not affecting text, some light soiling at fore-edge. A very good, attractive set. In marbled board open-end slipcase.
Carta geografica della Toscana ricavata dal vero nella proposizione di 1 a 200.000.
Incisione su rame mm. 1165x574. Si tratta dei soli primi 8 fogli montati su tela riguardanti la parte ovest del Granducato di Toscana. Nella parte nord sono indicate le quote in piedi francesi a sud troviamo inserite le piantine delle città Firenze, Pisa, Siena, Livorno e suoi sobborghi, Pistoia, Arezzo, Prato. Purtroppo solo la parte orientale della carta ma interessante per l'arcipelago toscano e nella parte interna fino al territorio pistoiese e all'Isola del Giglio. Una delle più scenografiche carte della Toscana, massima opera del Padre Scolopio Giovanni Inghirami (Volterra, 1779-Firenze, 1851).
Frankfurt, Felßecker 1779 - 1781.. Bde. 1/2, 7/8, 9/10 und 11 (von 12) in 4 Bänden. Pappbde. d. Zt., Bd. 11 abweichend gebunden.
O.O. (Berlin), 1779.. 2 Tle. in 1 Band. Mit gestoch. Titelvignette. 2 Bll., 242 S.; 2 Bl., 236 S. Lederband d. Zt. mit Rückenverg.
Suite du recueil de planches sur le sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques... a livourne, 1779.
In-folio (cm. 41), pp. (4) xxii. Con bella antiporta allegorica e 244 tavole fuori testo incise in rame (50 circa delle quali ripiegate e queste ultime contate per due). Leg. coeva in piena pelle, dorso a nervi con titoli e fregi in oro. Tracce d'uso alla legatura ed una gora con indebolimento della carta all'angolo basso destro del volume (che interessa il margine e non tocca la parte incisa).
Stamperia Reale (Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1779). Octavo. xii, 296pp. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poetess crowned with a laurel wreath, eleven beautifully-engraved vignettes and twelve culs-de-lamp.This elegantly-printed volume was published in commemoration of the coronation of poet Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez with laurels on the Capitol in Rome in 1778, after enduring a three-day test of her poetic skill. She was crowned in the same ceremony that had honored Petrarch and the improvisatore Perfetti before her. Fernandez was widely renowned for her skill at poetic improvisation, and was named a member of the prestigious literary Academy of Arcadia in Rome. Upon joining the Academy, she adopted the name Corilla Olimpica. The text describes the events and includes a collection of sonnets, odes, and other poetic verses in tribute to "Corilla." Bound in stiff wrappers covered with blue, pink, and yellow marbled paper, with the title inscribed in ink on the spine. Covers show some wear to extremities, some loss to head and tail of spine, else fine.
Catalogus musei Caesarei Vindobonensis numorum veterum: distributus in partes II quarum prior monetam urbium, populorum, regum, altera Romanorum complectitur.
Sumptibus Joannis Pauli Kraus, Vienna. 1779.. First Edition, folio, 2 vols., in one, [xxxvi],292,+6 leaves of engraved plates; [iv],562,pp.,+2 leaves of engraved plates, first three leaves a little creased, some light browning, nineteenth-century half calf, slightly rubbed and peeling.Joseph Eckhel (1737-98) was a celebrated Austrian numismatist who is considered one of the founding figures of modern classical numismatics and their classification.

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