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STC 4681. Carpenter (1575-1627), native of Cornwall. His literary
productions were confined to theology, though he did contribute some
verses to `Funebre Officium in memoriam Elizabethae Angliae reginae’
of the university of Oxford, 1603, and to the collection `Pietas erga
Jacobum Angliae regem’ with which that body in the same year
welcomed the new king.
(2)
€120-€150 (£96-£120 approx.)
1297
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SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE
GOSPEL.
William the Third, by the grace of God … To all
Christian people, … greeting: 1. Whereas we are credibly
informed, that in many of our plantations, colonies and
factories beyond the seas... the provision of ministers is very
mean …
Colophon: London, Printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew-
Close near West-Smithfield,
1702
4-pages, folio, unbound, uncut: folded twice, but a nice copy in
original state.
Letter patent setting up the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,
dated ‘the sixteenth day of June, in the thirteenth year of our reign’,
signed at end ‘Cocks’, i. e. Richard Cocks. In this issue signature letter
‘A’ is under the final ‘s’ of ‘Professors’, the catch-word on the same page
being ‘Univer-’ and the final paragraph on page 4 comprises twelve lines
and contains twenty-five ‘members’. ESTC locates copies at BL,
Bodleian, Lambeth, Bloomington and Carter Brown. See Sabin
85933A.
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
1298
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SONG-BOOK.
An Antidote against Melancholy. Being a
collection of fourscore merry songs, wherein those on the same
subject and key, are placed in an agreeable succession, in
relation to the different measures of time, after the manner of
suits of lessons. The music of them all entirely new, and several
of the songs never before set to music.
Printed for Daniel Browne,
1749
FIRST EDITION, with musical notation, pages iv,207, (1,
adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
BUC I. 33. ESTC notes two copies in BL and 6 in the USA.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1299
.
SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITALS.
Report [and Minutes
of Evidence, Appendix, &c.] of the Royal Commission
appointed to consider and report upon the care and treatment of
the sick and wounded during the South African campaign. …
[Cd. 453-4-5]. [with:] Army. Abstract of recommendations of
the Royal Commission on the care and treatment of the sick and
wounded during the South African campaign, together with the
action taken. [Cd. 2440.].
For HMSO …,
1901-05
Pages vi, 71: lii, (2),565: (2), 368: (4), four volumes, bound in 2
vols, folio, recent attractive cloth, with contrasting labels, gilt: in
nice state.
“Detailed investigation of medical services during the war...
(embracing) both military and private establishments, including field
hospitals, hospital ships and hospital trains. Their equipment, staffing
and functioning is examined and suggestions submitted for improvement
of medical services generally. “ - Hackett.
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€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1300
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SPALDING (A. C. Bloomfield).
The Spalding System of
the Mechanics of Action; and notation of attitude and gesture.
Illustrated with numerous plates. A. C. Bloomfield Spalding,
late of the Belfast Royal Institution, author of “Portal to
Rhetorical Delivery”, &c. Second edition.
Dublin: John Cumming
… and Cowie, Jolland & Co., London,
1839
With 24 plates (1 folding) in three groups - 4 unnumbered before
title-page and two groups numbered to 8 and 12 respectively,
128-pages, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, uncut: boards
heavily worn with faint remains of an original printed paper
spine label, first group of 4 plates stained in lower outer margin:
a lightly used and good to very good, sound copy.
A work not in WorldCat, COPAC or on-line in D or Dt. D has two
titles by S. but not this one.
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1301
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SPEAKER, The.
The Speaker. A Poem Inscrib’d to Alan
Brodrick, Esq; Speaker to the Honourable House of Commons,
Met at Dublin, November the 25th, 1713. Before his Grace the
Duke of Shrewsbury.
No publisher, printer, place or date, but Dublin
[1713]
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, drop-title, 4-pages, 4to, small piece
torn from inner upper blank margin, well clear of text:
unbound, a little browning but a very good copy.
Efusive praise of the politician soon to become Lord Chancellor of
Ireland. There are references to him in Swift’s correspondence and
especially in the Journal to Stella where, in July of 1711 when Swift
was visiting London, he mentioned that Brodrick was in town, and
“violent as a tiger. ” The two men came to know each other better
during the controversy about Wood’s halfpence which led to Swift’s
Drapier’s Letters, one of which was dedicated to Brodrick. Brodrick
“had private meetings with Swift during the controversy” (ODNB) but
publicly “advocated the prosecution of the author of the Drapier’s
Letters. ” The occasion of the present pamphlet was Brodrick’s return to
power as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons after being out of
office for two years. He was returned at the 1713 election, held under the
lord lieutenancy of the Duke of Shrewsbury, and presumably the date
in the title of the poem refers to the occasion of his being chosen as
speaker, in a contest with a court-sponsored Tory candidate. “High o’re
the rest Great Brodrick mounts the Chair, / Mysterious was his
Countenance and Air... / Mirror of Eloquence! Illustrious Shade! / Lift
up great Tully, Raise thy Rev’rend Head. / See Roman Eloquence and
Right Revives, / Consul observe, thy Genius in our Speaker lives … “
Foxon S620. What was presumably a Tory reply, A Letter to the Author
of the Speaker, appeared soon after. Of the present pamphlet seven opies
are recorded: Foxon L, C, Dk, DT / ICU and ESTC adds D and Lhl.
€400-€500 (£320-£400 approx.)
1302
.
[SPENCE (Joseph)].
A guide to classical learning; or
Polymetis Abridged … Being a work necessary not only for
classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true
taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture and painting. By N.
Tindal, translator of Rapin. The second edition, [revised,]
corrected and inlarged.
Printed for R. Horsfield and J. Dodsley,
1765
With 13 engraved plates (numbered 1 to 12 and one
unnumbered folding plate of the constellations), pages (8),279,
(1, blank), (6), (2, adverts), large 12mo, contemporary mottled
calf, fully gilt spine, with red label, gilt: a rather nice, fresh copy.
All copies of this edition noted in ESTC or COPAC have a single plate
only. In our copy plate number one is lettered ‘Frontispiece’ and is used
as such. An abridgment by Tindal of Joseph Spence’s highly influential
Polymetis.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
BARROW (Isaac), DD, FRS.
Of
Industry, in five discourses: viz. In general. In our general
calling, as Christians. In our particular calling, as gentlemen. In
our particular calling, as scholars …
Printed by J. H. for Brab.
Aylmer,
1693. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, with an engraved
portrait, pages (4), 188, small 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly
rebacked, gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: a very good copy.
Wing B 947. A scarce posthumous publication, the great Anglican died
in 1677.
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MARMONTEL (Jean François).
Belisarius. A new edition.
Printed for and sold by P. Vaillant, and G. Robinson,
1773. With 4
engraved plates, pages xii,240, large 12mo, original unlettered
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