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Relating entirely to the course of events
in America, this is a bitter attack on the opposition for their sympathy
for the American colonists in their revolt. Sometimes attributed to
Gibbon.
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PITT: -.
A free appeal to the people of Great Britain, on the
conduct of the present administration, since the thirtieth of July,
1766. Second edition.
Printed for J. Almon,
1767. Pages 45, (3,
adverts), without the half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a nice
copy.
Sabin 25704. On Pitt’s ministry, formed following Rockingham’s
dismissal, refered to by Burke as ‘a tesselated pavement without cement’.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1255
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SALLUST.
Quae extant … cura Sigeberti Havercampi …
Amstelaedami, apud F. Changuion …,
1742
The title-pages in red and black with engraved vignette and
some engraved numismatic illustrations in the second volume,
pages (10), 88, 85(bis) - 236,273 - 494; (2), 400: (106),523, (156),
complete thus in spite of pagination jumps, though without the
two half-titles,2 vols, 4to, bound in 1, small old circular stamp
on first title, finely and strongly bound in full early 19C dark
olive green morocco, gilt bordered sides, fully gilt and lettered
spine, edges gilt, silk marker: some light foxing in places and the
attractive binding a little scratched at corners but very strong
and still rather attractive: a large and very good to nice copy.
“A splendid and very elaborate edition. “ - Dibdin. Based upon the
edition of Wasse, and where Wasse’s is departed from, Gruter is
followed. With the notes of various editors and copious indices.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1256
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SALMON (Thomas).
The Modern Gazetteer: or, a short
view of the several nations of the world … Containing, I. An
introduction to geography … II. The situation and extent of all
the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces … III. The produce,
manufactures, trade, constitutiuon, forces, revenues, and religion
… IV. The genealogies and families of the emperors, kings, and
princes … To which is added, a more extensive account of
Ireland than has hitherto been published in any other work of
this kind. The second edition, corrected.
Dublin: Printed for Peter
Wilson … and James Esdall …,
1746
FIRST IRISH EDITION, (502-) pp, 12mo, full calf antique, gilt
bordered sides, gilt ruled and lettered spine: light browning of
text: a very good copy in a handsome modern binding.
An uncommon edition: ESTC locates three copies: D(2), and MnSM. “
… and the first meridian, which was formerly placed at the Canary
Islands, is here fixed at London, the metropolis of these kingdoms,
agreeable to Moll’s modern maps, the most correct that are extant … “ -
Preface.
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1257
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SALVINI (Anton Maria).
Discorsi accademici … Sopra
alcuni dubbi proposti nell’ Accademia degli Apastiti …
In
Firenze del Garbo. Da Giuseppe Mannio …
1695
FIRST EDITION, pages xix, 441, (1, errata), (2, privileges and
register), 4to, contemporary (?original) boards, edges uncut: a
very good to nice copy in original state, inscribed at foot of title
in a contemporary hand, “All Vmo. Sigr. Tommaso
Buonaventuri / l’autore”.
A wide-ranging series of discourses by the noted Florentine critic,
pedagogue and member of the Accademia della Crusca: complete in
itself, two further collections were issued in 1712 and 1733. Salvini
(1653-1729), a graduate from Pisa, later professor of Greek at Florence,
renowned for his Tuscan dictionary, the Vocabolario and also as a
translator of Addison.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
LUCRETIUS.
De rerum natura
libros sex interpretatione et notis illustravit Michael Fayus...
Jussu Christianissimi Regis in usum serenissimi Delphini..
Parisiis: Apud Frederic. Leonard …,
1680. With woodcut device on
title-page, pages (24),586, (134), 4to, recent boards, edges gilt:
with a small circular stamp on the title-page, otherwise a well-
margined and very good copy.
This, Michael du Fay’s edition of Lucretius, is one of the scarcest of the
Delphin Classic quartos. Brunet regards it highly but Ebert considers it
one of the very worst in the series.
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€200-€250 (£160-£200 approx.)
1258
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SAMPSON (Wm.): -.
Memoirs of William Sampson:
including particulars of his adventures in various parts of
Europe; his confinement in the dungeons of the Inquisition in
Lisbon, &c. &c. Several original letters; being his
correspondence with the ministers of state in Great-Britain and
Portugal. A short sketch of the history of Ireland. Particularly
as it respects the spirit of British domination in that country;
and a few observations on the state of manners, &c. in America.
Second edition: revised and corrected by the author.
Leesburg,
Va., published by Samuel B. T. Caldwell,
1817
Pages xv, (1, blank), (17) - 432, (2, blank). 8vo, recent cloth-
backed marbled boards, with leather spine label, gilt: with old
light browning and staining but otherwise a very good copy, but
without the portrait usually found in this edition.
Originally published in New York in 1807, this second edition was used
for the first English edition of 1832. Sampson (1764-1836), United
Irishman, lawyer, political activist, born in Derry city. Although
arrested in 1798 he was never brought to trial but was exiled to Portugal
in 1799 and, after various wanderings on the continent, was re-arrested
in England and exiled again to America in 1806. He was quickly
admitted to the New York Bar and soon became prominent in that city’s
legal and political circles.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
HULL (John Dawson).
The
Reverie, and other poems.
Belfast: William M’Comb; L. B. Seeley
and Sons, and Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London; Waugh and Innes,
and Wm. Oliphant, Edinburgh; Wm. Collins, and Geo. Gallie,
Glasgow; W. Curry, Jun. and Co., and R. M. Tims, Dublin,
1832.
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, pages xii,275, (1, errata), large
12mo, original cloth, with printed paper label, edges uncut: with
a little wear at headbands and the label rubbed, but the binding
strong and sound and otherwise a very good copy with
inscription dated 1834.
WorldCat locates only a single copy: D - to which COPAC adds L and
C. Hull (1801-86), native of Co Down, educated at Trinity College,
Dublin, Church of Ireland minister in Antrim before moving to
Scotland and England, father of Edward Hull, the noted geologist. This
was his first published volume of verse.
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LATIMER (Wm. Thomas).
Ulster Biographies, relating
chiefly to the “Rebellion of 1798”.
Belfast - James Cleeland.
William Mullan & Son. Printed at “The Witness” Office, Royal
Avenue,
1897. FIRST EDITION, pages (8), 112, 12mo, original
brown cloth: a very good to nice copy.
Latimer (1842–1919), presbyterian minister, spent his life in historical
research and writing, particularly on the history of presbyterianism and
of individual congregations & biography.
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VOLUNTARIES IN BELFAST.
The Voluntaries in Belfast.
Report of the discussion on civil establishments of religion, held
in Belfast, upon the evenings of 16th and 17th March, 1836,
between the Rev. J. Ritchie, D. D., Edinburgh; Rev. John
Alexander, Belfast; Rev. Mr. M’Ilwaine, Ohio, America; Rev.
Hugh M’Intyre, Loan-Ends; and the Rev. H. Cooke, D. D.,
Belfast. Second edition.
Belfast: Wm. M’Comb …,
1836. 64-pages,
8vo, recent cloth-backed marbled boards, with label: a very good
copy.
With a new preface to this second edition. Four editions were published
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