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ACLAND (Sir Thomas Dyke).
The county franchise and
liberal policy. Two addresses to tenants of allotments in Devon
and Somerset.
Cassell & Company,
1884. FIRST EDITION, 40-
pages, cr 8vo, recent wrapper: small stamp on title, but very
good.
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CHESHIRE (Edward).
Census of Great Britain in 1851;
with a description of the machinery and processes employed to
obtain the returns. Also an appendix. 1853. a very good copy.
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€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
195
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GRATTAN (Henry).
Mr. Grattan’s address to his
constituents, the citizens of Dublin, on his determination to
retire from the Parliament of Ireland.
London: Printed for J. S.
Jordan, No. 166, Fleet-street; and sold by all other booksellers
[1797?]
Pages 32 and leaf of adverts for ‘cheap publications … printed
for T. Williams, Little Turnstile’, large 12mo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
ESTC, noting this printing only, finding copies at L, D, O, Mru / C-S,
and, NjR. Reviewing the conduct of the government and the opposition
and declining to represent them ‘so long as the present state of
representation in the commons’ house continues’. “Marginalised in the
house of commons and demoralised by the refusal of those in power to
accept his argument that they were making a bad situation worse, he
withdrew from the house of commons and did not stand for reelection in
1797. Though his disillusionment with parliamentary politics ran deep,
he resisted the attempts by members of the United Irishmen to enlist
him in their cause after his withdrawal from the house of commons. His
familiarity with some of their number, and his preparedness to travel to
Maidstone to give evidence at the trial of Arthur O’Connor led to the
groundless accusation that he was a sworn member of the Society, and
such was the suspicion with which he was regarded in conservative
circles that he wisely stayed in England for the duration of the 1798
rebellion. ” - ODNB.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
196
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GRAVE ROBBING: - SMITH (Wm.).
Verses composed
on the disgraceful traffic at present carried on raising and selling
the newly buried dead
Printed for and sold by the Author, price one
penny. No printer, place or date, circa
1829
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, broadside, 22 by 28 cms
approximately, printed on one side of the leaf only, folded, with
two short tears without loss, otherwise a very good to nice copy.
COPAC locates a single copy only (NLS). Smith, ‘the Haddington
cobbler’, prefaces his two columns of verse with a note of apology for
offering his verse for sale, claiming he is “of a weakly constitution, and
unable for work”.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
197
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GRAVE ROBBING: -.
The Haddington Cobbler [i. e.
Wm. Smith] defended, or the doctors dissected. By an East
Linton Gravedigger. Being a reply to three poems published by
the Resurrection Men.
No printer, publisher, place or date, circa
1829
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, broadside, 22 by 28 cms
approximately, printed on one side of the leaf only, verse, in two
columns, folded, but in nice state.
COPAC locates just two copies, both in Scotland. One of a number of
replies to Smith’s verses against grave robbing for the purpose of
obtaining bodies for dissection. Another response, ‘Anatomy threatened
with Excomunication, a Hudibrastic Poem’, is referred to in a footnote
in the present item.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
198
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GREEN (Robert), BERRY (Henry) and HILL
(Lawrence): -.
The Tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, &
Lawrence Hill, for the murder of Sr. Edmond-bury Godfrey…
before…Sir William Scroggs…10th of February 1678/9…
Printed for R. Pawlet
1679
FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 92, complete with the licence leaf,
folio, recent paper wrapper: with an old repair to a tear in one
leaf without loss, but still a very good copy.
Wing T 2256.
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LANGHORNE (Richard): -.
The tryall of Richard Langhorn Esq counsellor at law: for
conspiring the death of the king …
Printed for H. Hills, T.
Parkhurst…,
1679. FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 40, 43 - 68,
complete thus though without the preliminary licence leaf or the
advert leaf at end and with a few page numerals touched or
shaved, folio, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
Wing T 2212. Langhorne, Roman Catholic barrister, one of Titus
Oates’s victims.
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WHITE alias WHITEBREAD (Thomas), HARCOURT
(Wm.), FENWICK (John), et al.
The tryals and condemnation
of Thomas White, alias Whitebread, provincial of the Jesuits in
England, William Harcourt, pretended rector of London, John
Fenwick, procurator for the jesuits in England, John Gavan alias
Gawen, and Anthony Turner, all jesuits and priests; for high
treason, in conspiring the death of the king, subversion of the
government, and Protestant religion …
Printed for H. Hills, T.
Parkhurst …,
1679. FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 92, 89 (bis) -
95, (1, blank), complete thus though without the initial blank
leaf and with the final leaf (verso blank) repaired with the loss
of a few letters in the four-line advertisement, folio, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy
Wing T 2247. All were found guilty & executed on the perjury of Oates
& Dugdale.
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€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
199
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GROTIUS (Hugo).
The truth of the christian religion. In
six books … Corrected and illustrated with notes, by Mr. Le
Clerc. To which is added a seventh book concerning this
question, what christian church we ought to join our selves to;
by the said Mr. le Clerc. Done into English by John Clarke, M.
A.
Printed for J. Knapton,
1711
FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, pages (24), 335,
(1, adverts), large 12mo, contemporary mottled panelled calf,
fully gilt spine, with label, gilt: a little wear at headbands but the
binding strong and otherwise a nice copy with the signed
armorial bookplate, and his signature on title-page, of Thomas
Greene.
Landis, European Americana, 711/89: includes references to the
religious practices of the American Indians. This, Grotius’s principal
religious work, was first published in Leiden in 1627 in Latin. Written
in a plain and direct language, it aimed to show those who would
encounter pagans, Muslims, and Jews that the Christian religion was
the true revealed religion. It is distinguished in the history of Christian
apologetics for its precursor role in anticipating the problems expressed in
18C Deism. Hugely popular, the book was translated into English,
Arabic, Persian and Chinese and remained in print until the end of the
19C.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
200
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GUARINI (Giovanni Battista
)
.
Il Pastor Fido,
tragicommedia pastorale.
Glasgua, della stampa di Roberto ed
Andrea Foulis … ,
1763.
Wiith additional engraved title-page and 6 engraved plates, 264-
pages, small 8vo (10 by 15.5 cms), contemporary calf, gilt, label
supplied : the headbands worn but the binding strong and
otherwise a very good copy.
Gaskell 418.
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BITAUBE (Paul Jérémie).
Joze
no Egypto. Poema en nove cantos. Traduzido do Francez.
Porto,
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