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GRAVESANDE (Willem J. S. van’s), FRS.
An
explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy, in lectures read to
the youth of the University of Leyden. Written in Latin …
Translated into English by a Fellow of the Royal Society
[Edmund Stone].
Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, Printers to the
Royal Society …,
1735
FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, with 17 folding
engraved plates, pages (16), 435, (13), 8vo, contemporary calf,
with label, gilt: a nice, fresh copy strongly bound in a plain,
attractive, contemporary binding.
The first edition in English of Gravesande’s Introductio ad
philosophiam Newtoniam, which, after its publication in 1720, would
appear, in one form or another, in twenty-four editions before 1760. It
was a work which emphasised the experimental rather than the
mathematical side of Newton’s thought and as such must have
introduced many throughout Europe to the basic principles of the new
science. “ - Gjertsen. This first edition in English is a rare book.
€500-€700 (£400-£560 approx.)
862
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GRAY (Andrew), millwright.
The Experienced
Millwright; or, a treatise on the construction of some of the
most useful machines, with the latest improvements. To which is
prefixed, a short account of the general principles of mechanics,
and of the mechanical powers. Illustrated with forty-four
engravings. Second edition.
Edinburgh: Printed by D. Williams, for
Archibald Constable & Co …,
1806
With 44 fine engraved plates, pages (6), 73, (1, blank), large 4to,
recently bound in contemporary style quarter calf over marbled
boards, gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: some light browning or
foxing in places, still a very good copy, pleasantly bound, with
the large original printed title label from the original board
binding preserved on the upper cover.
A fine series of detailed plates, with explanatiory text, of wind and
water-powered mills, particularly valuable for those of textile
machinery.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
863
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864
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GRAY (Thomas).
Poems. By Mr. Gray.
Dublin: Printed by
William Sleater in Castle-Street,
1768
FIRST DUBLIN EDITION, with engraved frontispiece,
engraved vignette title-page and 3 text illustrations (a woodcut
and 2 engravings), pages 187, (1, blank), 12mo, contemporary
sheep, binding and label rubbed but joints strong and internally
a crisp copy.
Sleater originally ended his edition at p. 151 (the end of the Elegy), as
the final two gatherings have their signatures in square brackets. Sleater
then added the final eighteen leaves which contain not works by Gray
but parodies of his poems - two of the Elegy (an Ode on Ranelagh, and
the more famous Evening Contemplation in a College) and one of The
Bard (by Robert Lloyd and George Colman the elder). There is another
Sleater edition of the same year with a very curious pagination sequence
ending on page 211. Ms “Ex Libris S. Milligan” front free end
paper,thought to be the comic writer and actor Spike Milligan (1918-
2002).
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
PARNELL (Thomas).
Poems on
several occasions. Written by Dr. Thomas Parnell. Late Arch-
Deacon of Clogher: and publish’d by Mr. Pope. The eighth
edition, with additions.
Dubblin: Printed for Henry Saunders,
1767.
Pages (2),209, (1), 12mo, contemporary calf, with label, gilt:
with signed armorial bookplate of Thomas Greene and signed
again by him on title: a nice, unpressed copy.
An uncommon edition: ESTC locates 8 copies: L, O, C, D(3 copies), Dt
and Holy Cross College only in the USA.
(2)
€180-€220 (£144-£176 approx.)
865
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866
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GREAT BRITAIN, FOREIGN OFFICE.
A correct copy
of the papers relating to the negotiation between Great Britain
and France, with the correspondence of the two powers; as
received and communicated to the Secretary of State for the
Foreign Department, by the Right Honble. [James Harris] Lord
Malmesbury: to which is added, the declaratiuon of His
Britannic Majesty, and prefixed, the notes of Mr. Wickham, M.
Barthelemi, and Count Wedel Jarlberg.
Printed for John Stockdale,
Decr 29th,
1796
FIRST EDITION, pages 59, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy
ESTC locates copies at CSmH and KU-S only: none in UK or Ireland.
Malmesbury’s final missions were linked to the search for peace with
France in 1796–7. Britain’s quintessential ancien régime diplomatist
now encountered the very different methods and practices of the French
revolutionaries. While the outward forms of the old diplomacy were
observed, the blunter, less flexible style of the republican negotiators,
who set out and then stuck to their demands, was a shock to
Malmesbury, used to the give and take of diplomatic negotiations. He
also found the sharp reduction in the number of social events, at which
diplomacy could be pursued by other means, an obstacle to his
established way of conducting discussions. He was forced to pursue his
aims entirely in a series of formal conferences. In mid-October 1796 he
landed in France and, because of the bad state of the roads, made his
way slowly to Paris. Edmund Burke, the opponent of any compromise
with the hated revolution, sardonically observed that the journey took so
long because ‘he went the whole way on his knees’ (Ehrman,2. 645).
Within two months it was clear that no settlement could be concluded.
Negotiations were broken off by Britain in December and Malmesbury
was recalled (ODNB).
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[ROSE (George)].
The proposed
system of trade with Ireland explained.
Printed by and for John
Nichols …, sold by … G. G. and J. J. Robinson …,
1785. FIRST
EDITION,58-pp, without half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper: a small
faint stamp in two places and wanting a small portion of lower
inner blank margin of title-page: very good
Goldsmiths’ 12954.
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MAYNE (Wm.), Baron Newhaven.
A
short address to the public; containing some thoughts how the
national debt may be reduced, and all home taxes, including
land-tax, abolished. By William, Lord Newhaven.
London:
Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly,
1786.
FIRST EDITION, pages (2),23, (3, adverts), 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
Goldsmiths 13248. Kress B. 1102. Black 1473. “Place a tax of 1% on
the value of all real and personal property and abolish all internal taxes
including the land tax, or readjust the internal taxes. ” - Williams I,
348.
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FOX (Charles James).
The speech of … in the House of
Commons, on Monday, the 3rd of February, 1800, on a motion
for an address to the throne, approving of the refusal of
ministers to treat with the French Republic. A new edition.
London: Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, by A. Wilson, Wild-Court,
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
[1800]. Pages (4), 47, (1, imprint), with the
half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a nice copy.
An uncommon edition, with ESTC locating three copies in the UK (L
and O), none in Ireland, and six in the USA (C-S, CSmH, TxHR,
CtHT-W, IU and CtY-BR).
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GEORGE II.
Letters, in the original, with translations, and
messages, that passed between the King, Queen, Prince, and
Princess of Wales; on occasion of the birth of the young
Princess
London: Printed, and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane,
1737. Pages 30, (2, blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very
good copy.
In French and English in parallel columns. Tracing the final
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