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tenths. He attracted severe criticism in the Gentleman’s Magazine for
failing to acknowledge Ecton in his own preface and on the title-page
(ODNB).
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
766
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EDEN (Sir Frederick Morton).
Observations on Friendly
Societies, for the maintenance of the industrious classes, during
sickness, infirmity, old age, and other exigencies.
Printed for J.
White and J. Wright,
1801
FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 30, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good to nice copy
A decidedly uncommon work (BL only in COPAC) by the noted English
writer on poverty, pioneering social investigator, first lord of the board of
trade and plantations (1776), founder of the National Bank of Ireland
(1783), postmaster-general (1798) president of the board of trade
(1806), describing the working of friendly societies in the 1790s,
criticising as well as providing an account of the benefits of such
societies.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
767
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EDER (Georg).
Oeconomia Bibliorum, siue partitionum
theologicarum libri quinque... (: Partitiones catechismi
catholici...).
Coloniae Agrippinae, apud Geruuinum Calenium, &
heredes Iohannis Quentelii,
1568
FIRST EDITION, oval woodcut of Christ on both titles, large
oval device on the otherwise blank leaf ooo4 (repeated on verso
of second title-page and on verso of final leaf), pp (32), 714, (1):
(6), 119, (1),2 parts in 1 volume, folio, contemporary roll-tooled
calf over wooden boards, wanting clasps, old, (?)near
contemporary, repairs and rebacking, with four raised bands,
some light browning in places, but still a nice, crisp and
attractive copy.
Adams E. 66 (TH only): NUC adds three. BLC has only the editions of
1571 and 1572: there was a further one in 1582. A major work by this
prolific German author (1524-86), remembered for arranging the
Catechism for the use of schools.
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
768
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EDGEWORTH (Maria).
Harry and Lucy concluded;
being the last part of Early Lessons.
Printed for R. Hunter … and
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy,
1825
FIRST EDITION, pp xviii,287: (2), 340: (2), 319: (2), 336,
without the half-titles, 4 vols, 12mo, contemporary half calf,
fully gilt spines, with contrasting labels, gilt: some light foxing
and two leaves in volume one misbound but complete, but still
an attractivce copy.
Sadleir 769. Wolff 1990.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
[WARD (Robert Plumer)].
Pictures
of the World at home and abroad; by the author of “Tremaine”,
“De Vere”, “Human Life”, &c. In three volumes.
Henry Colburn,
1839. FIRST EDITION, pages xii, 389, (1, blank): (4), 330: (4),
331, (1, adverts), with the three half-titles but without the advert
leaves at the end of the second and third volumes, 3 vols, 8vo,
neat contemporary half morocco, gilt ruled and lettered spines:
an attractive copy.
Sadleir 3300. Wolff 7030. Ward (1765-1846), MP, writer on
international affairs, author, in late life, of ‘society’ or ‘silver-fork’
novels. This present one is uncommon and rarely appears for sale. Each
volume is separately sub-titled - Vol. 1 Sterling.. Vol. 2 Penruddock. Vol
3 The Enthusiasts. The last is designed to reveal the horrors of ‘ultra-
radicalism’, an anti-revolutionary blast set in Germany.
(5)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
769
.
EDINBURGH INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The United
Industrial School of Edinburgh; a sketch of its origin, progress,
and practical influence.
Edinburgh: A. & C. Black,
1851
With 2 litho plates, pp (2, blank), (2, half-title), 43, (3, blank),
8vo, original pink printed wrappers: light foxing in places, some
wear to spine, but still very good in original state.
The striking lithographed plates of children at work illustrate
“carpenters & turners” and “Shoe Makers”.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
770
.
EDKINS (Joshua),
ed.
A Collection of Poems, mostly
original, by several hands.
Dublin: Printed for the Editor, by M.
Graisberry,
1789-90
FIRST EDITION, with engraved vignette titles and 4 engraved
vignette illustrs, pp xxxiii, (1), 328: xi, (1), 364, with half-titles
and the 15-page subscriber list,2 vols, 8vo, contemp-orary calf,
gilt ruled spines, with double lettering-pieces, bindings almost
but not quite a perfect match: a little wear to headbands and one
joint weak, but still a very good copy.
The only printing of by far the best anthology of contemporary verse.
The volume number is stated only on the half-titles. A third and
concluding volume was published in 1801. Includes contributions by
Swift, Goldsmith, Burke, Anne Letitia Barbould, C. J. Fox, William
Hayley, John Wolcot and R. B. Sheridan.
(2)
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
771
.
ÉGUILLON (Gilbert).
Exposé d’un nouveau système de
sonnerie, ou les leviers oscillants et les sommiers articulés de
l’Abbé Éguillon.
Clermont-Ferrand: Ferdinand Thibaud,
1870
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, with 3 text illustrations, 32-pages,
roy 8vo, original printed paper wrappers: the wrappers loose and
a little frayed, but a very good copy.
With four-line inscription by Éguillon on upper wrapper. Not found in
BL or NUC.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
PARRISH (Edward).
The
Phantom Bouquet: a popular treatise on the art of skeletonizing
leaves and seed-vessels and adapting them to embellish the
home of taste.
Philadelphia: J. R. Lippincott & Co.,
1862. FIRST
EDITION, with 5 plates, 47-pages, 8vo, original cloth: a nice,
fresh copy.
(2)
TRADE PLATE.
H. Wilkinson. Engraver and Plate-
Printer. 12 Fetter Lane, London E. C. Emblems & Certificates
for Societies, Orders & Lodges, designed & executed.
Circa
1845. Engraved trade-plate, 14 by 9 cms, with some light stains,
but in very good state.
(3)
BROWN (John).
Some elementary facts regarding the foci
of lenses, with special reference to Dallmeyer’s new tele-
photographic lens. Read before the Society [Philosophical
Society of Glasgow], 13th April, 1892.. 12-pages, 8vo, original
pale mauve printed paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
Not in BOA. WorldCat and COPAC have the Glasgow University copy
only.
(4)
SUTCLIFFE (J. D.).
Warming and Ventilation of Public
Buildings with or without Motive Power. (Read before the
Architectural Section [of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow],
18th January, 1892.
(Glasgow) circa
1892. Author’s off-print, with
2 large folding plates and 7 text illustrs, 16-pp, 8vo, original
printed paper wrappers: small stamp in three places, otherwise
in very good to nice state.
(5)
TOMLINSON (Charles).
Illustrations of the Useful Arts.
No. 1. The Manufacture of a Needle, illustrated by wood
engravings, and by specimens of wire in its various stages up to
the finished needle. Second edition.
Joseph, Myers, and Co.,
1860.
With 7 text illustrs, pages 36, 8 (‘abridged catalogue of Joseph,
Myers & Co. ‘s educational toys’), 12mo, original blind-stamped
cloth: a very good to nice, unmarked copy.
With, loosely tipped in, ‘Specimens illustrative of the manufacture of a
needle’, a single card with decorative border and text printed in red, to
contain ten numbered and described metal samples (none are present -
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