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BUOMMATTEI (Benedetto).
Della Lingua Toscana.
Milano, dalla Societa Tipografica de’ Classici Italiani (being volumes
219-220 in the series),
1807
With an engraved portrait, pages xvi, 340: 614, (1), 2 vols, 8vo,
near contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt ruled and
lettered spines: a very good to nice set.
An important work, probably first printed Florence1643, which, along
with others, provided a valuable basis for many later Italian
philologists.
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€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
615
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[BURDETT (Sir Francis)].
Annals of Banks for Savings.
Containing an account of their rise and progress; reports and
essays on their national importance, their constitution; &c,
particulars of the earliest institutions; full instructions for their
formation, and every detail connected with their management
under the late act of parliament; together with reports and
communications from more than sixty institutions in Great
Britain and Ireland.
Printed by Luke Hansard … for J. M.
Richardson …,
1818
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, pages xii, 192, without an errata
slip sometimes found, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a nice copy
Burdett (1770-1844), acknowledged as the premier national figure of the
radical reform movement. This, his only published work, is a
remarkably uncommon one - practically all the copies on WorldCat are
copies of the Harvard copy.
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
616
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[BURKE (Edmund): -] KEPPEL (Augustus), Viscount.
The proceedings at large of the court-martial, on the trial of …
Augustus Keppel … Held on board his majesty’s ship the
Britannia, on Thursday, January 7th, 1779. And adjourned to
the house of the governor of Portsmouth, and held there till
Thursday, February 11th, when the admiral was honourably
acquitted. Taken in short hand, by W. Blanchard, for the
admiral and published by his permission. Printed for J Almon,
1779. Pages (2), 184, 10. [bound with:] BALTIMORE
(Frederick Calvert), Baron. The trial of Frederick Calvert, Esq;
Baron of Baltimore, in the Kingdom of Ireland, for a rape on
the body of Sarah Woodcock; and of Eliz. Griffinburg, and Ann
Harvey, otherwise Darby, as accessaries before the fact, for
procuring, aiding and abetting him in committing the said rape.
At the assizes held at Kingston … Surry, on Saturday, the 26th
of March, 1768. Before … Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe …
Published by permission of the judge. Taken in short-hand by
Joseph Gurney. 74-pages, wanting title-page. (London: Printed
for William Owen, in Fleet-Street; and Joseph Gurney, at No.
39, in Bread-Street), 1768 1779-68
Two works in 1 volume, folio, contemporary half calf over
marbled boards, with label, gilt: the binding rubbed and worn
and the upper board loose, otherwise in very good state.
Todd 30e, the first edition of the revised version of Keppel’s defence,
written by Edmund Burke and John Lee. The charge against Keppel
was effectively refuted, at the oratorial level, chiefly through the efforts of
Edmund Burke (Todd). When he fought against France in 1778 as
commander of the western squadron, Keppel believed that the 4th Earl
of Sandwich, who was then first lord of the Admiralty, would be glad to
see his defeat. Sir Hugh Palliser, a member of the Admiralty Board,
went to sea with Keppel in a subordinate command, and Keppel
believed that the indecisive outcome of his battle against the French
(July 27, 1778) off Ushant (a small island near Brittany), the first fleet
action of the American Revolution, was partly due to Palliser’s
deliberate disregard of his orders. Palliser in return pressed for a court-
martial of Keppel by the Admiralty on charges of misconduct and
neglect of duty. Recriminations in the press then led to the trial and
acquittal of Keppel for neglect of duty and of Palliser for
insubordination. The affair was one of the most notorious, and
unfortunate, episodes in 18C British naval history.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx.)
617
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BURKE (Edmund).
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on
American taxation, April 19, 1774. The fourth edition.
Printed
for J. Dodsley,
1782
Pages iv, 5 - 96, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a nice copy.
Todd 24f. Adams, The American Controversy, 75-16j. An uncommon
edition (not represented as being in any Irish library in ESTC) of this
famous speech.
(1)
BURKE (Edmund).
A representation to his majesty, moved
in the House of Commons, by … seconded by William
Windham, Esquire, on Monday, June 14, and negatived. With a
preface and notes. A new edition.
Printed for J. Debrett
1785.
Pages (4), 81, (3, adverts), with the half-title, 8vo, recent
wrapper: a very good copy.
Todd 46b. ESTC shows no Irish library with a copy of this edition. A
rebuttal to the ‘Speech from the Throne’ which opened Parliament in
1784. Burke contends for parliamentary supremacy in the regulation of
the East India Company
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BURKE (Edmund).
Speech of … on presenting to the
House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for
the better security of the independence of parliament, and the
oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments.
The fourth edition.
Printed for J. Dodsley,
1780. Pages (4), 95, (1,
blank), with the half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper: a very good-nice
copy.
Todd 33e. Adams, The American Controversy, 80-15e. The fourth
impression of the first authorised edition, revised and reimpressed
throughout. Inter alia the administration of the colonies in America
and the United States is discussed..
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BURKE (Edmund).
A third letter to a member of the
present parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide
directory of France.
Printed for F. and C. Rivington…,
1797.
SECOND EDITION, pages (4), vi, (2), 165, (1, blank), with the
half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: the half-title dusty,
contemporary signature ‘F. Vaugha[n] / Lincoln’s Inn’ on half-
title, some marginal notes in the same hand and some light
marginal pencil notes and markings in a later hand: a very good
copy.
Todd 71b. Edition statement from half-title. Surprisingly, ESTC locates
only seven copies - none in Irish libraries.
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BURKE (Edmund).
A speech of … at the Guildhall, in
Bristol, previous to the late election in that city, upon certain
points relative to his parliamentary conduct. The fifth edition.
Printed for J. Dodsley,
1782. Pages (4), 68, with the half-title, 8vo,
recent wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
“This setting introduces certain misprints …” - Todd 39e. “ Printed
from a different setting of type. There are a number of revisions. “-
Adams, The American Controversy, 80-15c.
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€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
618
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BURKE (Edmund).
The Works … collected in three
volumes.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Cross, W. Wilson …,
1792-
93
FIRST IRISH AND FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, pages (4), 61,
(1, blank), (6) - 580: (4), 655, (1, blank): (4), 602, (2, blank), 3
vols, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt ruled spines, with red and
green labels, gilt: light browning of endleaves: a strongly bound
and handsome set.
Todd 79h. As in Todd’s description, the second volume, printed by
William Porter, &c., is dated 1793.
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€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
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