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[MANNING (Robert) ].
A plain and rational account of
the Catholick faith. With a preface and appendix in vindication
of Catholick morals from old calomnies revived and colleted in
a scurrilous libel entituled A Protestant’s Resolution, &c.
Second edition revised and corrected.
Printed at Rouen [i. e.
secretely at London], Ann.
1721
Pages xxiii, (1, blank), 213, (3), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good copy.
First published in 1720 as “Modern Controversy”:
this second edition has a preface explaining the re-editing. A third,
apparently unchanged, edition followed, also in 1721. This second
edition seems to be the scarcest of the three, with ESTC locating nine
copies, only one of which is in the USA (Folger)..
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
BRETT (Thomas).
Tradition
necessary to explain and interpret the Holy Scriptures. With a
postscript … and a preface, containing some remarks on Mr.
Toland’s Nazarenus.
Printed for James Bettenham,
1718. FIRST
EDITION, pp (2), xxiii, (7), 198, (2, adverts), 8vo, recent
wrapper: very good copy. (2)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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MANSELL (Sir Robert).
The travellinge Chardge of Sir
Rob[er]t Mansell knight Tre[asure]r of his M[ajes]ts Navie fo
post horses boat hire & Diet Riding Downe to Chatham to
impr[e]st monie unto bankers [?] w[hi]ch sometimes began the 7
7ber 1607. 1607
Ms on watermarked paper, 14 by 29 cms approx, light old
browning but in very good state.
Mansell (1570–1652), naval officer and Jacobean naval administrator.
In 1604, aided by his distant relative Lord Admiral Nottingham, and
the Surveyor of the navy, Sir John Trevor, his associate in a recent
privateering venture, he displaced Sir Fulke Greville as Treasurer of the
navy. About the same time Mansell was also made a gentleman of the
privy chamber. As Treasurer he proved keen to enrich himself at the
government’s expense. Corruption was allowed to flourish at every level
while he himself exacted exorbitant fees from the navy’s suppliers as a
condition of payment. In 1605 he hired to the crown the Resistance, a
new ship of about 140 tons of which he was a part owner, for service as
a victualler in the fleet which accompanied Nottingham on the latter’s
embassy to Spain that year. Although equipped at government expense,
the ship’s true cargo was 50 tons of lead, which it carried on behalf of a
private merchant. Moreover, her hire was paid on the false basis that she
was a ship of 300 tons, and none of her rigging, worth £379, was ever
returned to the navy’s stores. By such underhand means Mansell
amassed a fortune, so enabling him to invest in various enterprises such
as the Muscovy Company. His fraudulent dealings were exposed in
1608–9 by the commission appointed to investigate corruption in the
navy, but although the evidence against him was damning he went
unpunished. (ODNB). This document comes at a tantalizing moment,
revealing Mansell’s command of detail when it came to claiming for his
own expenses. It relates to Mansell’s official duties days before the
arrival home of the Muscovy Company’s vessel Hopewell, captained by
Henry Hudson from what had been his first voyage of discovery into
Arctic waters. Hudson docked at Tilbury, opposite Gravesend, on 15
Sept. 1607. It is not clear why the Treasurer was moving between
Deptford, Gravesend and Chatham and overseeing the handling of
monies in person, but given the number of horses mentioned (6) the
amount of bullion may have been significant.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
299
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MANSION (Leon Larue).
Letters upon the art of
miniature painting.
Published by R. Ackermann … and at Paris, by
L. -Janet
(1822)
FIRST EDITION, with engraved frontispiece on india paper
and a folding coloured “palette” plate, pp xi, (1, blank), 180,
including half-title, small 8vo, original pink paper boards, with
printed paper spine label: spine worn at head and tail, but
binding strong and firm, and, other than some light foxing of
the preliminary leaves, a very good copy in original state.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
AUDSLEY (W. & G.).
Guide to
the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting. Fourteenth edition.
George Rowney and Co,
1868. With 8 plates, 4 in gold and colours,
pages 72 and 48-pages of Rowney’s priced catalogue of artist’s
materials and equipment, large 12mo, original blue cloth, gilt,
edges gilt: with a small library number on spine, otherwise a
very good to nice copy.
(2)
BURY (Thomas Talbot).
Rudimentary Architecture: for the
use of beginners. The history and description of the styles … of
various countries, from the earliest to the present period …
John
Weale,
1849. FIRST EDITION, with 2 plates and 9 text
illustrations, pages (2, adverts), (2), vii, (1), 167, large 12mo,
original limp red cloth, with printed paper label on upper cover:
a very good copy.
(3)
WHEWELL (Wm.).
Architectural notes on German
churches. A new edition. To which is now added, notes written
during an architectural tour in Picardy and Normandy.
Cambridge: Printed at the Pitt Press, by John Smith, for J. & J.
Deighton …,
1835. With 4 engraved plates, pp xxvi, (2, blank),
235, 8vo, original cloth: very good-nice copy.
(4)
BENNETT (Charles H.).
Proverbs with pictures.
Chapman
and Hall
1859. FIRST EDITION, with 48 engraved plates
(including title-leaf), each illustrating several apothegms, roy
8vo, some very light spotting, but a very good copy in recent
boards. (5)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
300
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MARIA THERESA, Empress of Austria.
Interets de
l’imperatrice reine, des rois de France et d’Espagne, et de leurs
principaux alliés, quant à la gloire, aux avantages essentiels de
leurs couronnes & à la conscience, négligés dans les articles
préliminaires, signés à Aix-la-Chapelle, le 30. avril 1748.
[London
?, no printer, publisher or place]
1748
FIRST EDITION (?), pages 54, (2, blank), 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
Landis, European Americana 748/103, which, like ESTC, notes the
Huntington copy only, but, unlike ESTC, suggests “[Paris?]” as the
place of printing
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
D’ALLAINVAL (Leonor J. C.
S.).
L’École des Bourgeois; comédie …
Vienne en Autriche … J.
L. N. Chelen [sic],
1787. Pages 67, (1, blank), 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: a very good copy.
An edition not found in COPAC, but WorldCat locates a single copy
(London Library).
(2)
REGNARD (Jean F.).
Le distrait, comédie … Nouvelle
édition.
A Bordeaux, chez P. Phillippot, an sixieme
(1808). 64-pages,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
An edition not included in COPAC or WorldCat.
(3)
MARIVAUX (Pierre C. de C. de).
La mere confidente,
comédie … Nouvelle édition.
Paris, par la Compagnie des Libraires,
1762. Pages 71, (1, blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very
good copy.
An edition not included in WorldCat or COPAC.
(4)
POINSINET (Antoine A. H.).
Gabrielle d’Estrees a Henri
IV. Par M. Poinsinet, de l’Academie des sciences, arts et belles
lettres de Dijon, et de celle des Arcades de Rome.
Amsterdam [i.
e. Paris], chez Chaugnion [sic], libraire,
1767. FIRST EDITION,
pages (4), vi, 21, with the half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper:
with some light staining but a good to very good copy.
In verse.
The imprint is fictitious.
(5)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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MARRYAT (H.),
ed.
Electrical Wiring and Contracting. A
complete work by practical specialists dealing with all branches
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