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ORPHANS.
The case of orphans consider’d,
London:
printed for J. Peele,, at Lock’s Head. In Pater-Noster-Row,
1725
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, 64-pages, 8vo, recent paper
wrapper: heavy brown stain on the extreme fore-edges of some
leaves, otherwise a very good copy.
Kress 3588. Goldsmiths’ 6407.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
JAMES II, King of England.
The several declarations, together with the several depositions
made in council on Monday, the 22d of October, 1688.
concerning the birth of the Prince of Wales. N. B. Those mark’d
with this mark, * were Roman Catholicks.
London: Printed, and
Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster
[1711?]. 40-
pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: light staining and a little
dusty, but a very good copy.
The issue with a comma after ‘Printed’ in the imprint. ‘Published by
His Majesties special command’ at foot of page 40. First published in
1688 as ’At the Council-chamber in Whitehall, Monday the 22d of
October, 1688’.
(2)
TELL-TRUTH (Tom).
A letter to a member of parliament
in the North: containing remarks on the advertisement
mentioned in the Craftsman of Saturday, November 8. about a
memorandum book that was taken up near Arlington-Street.
Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Lord Townley. The
Fourth edition.
Printed for R. Walker, at the White-Hart, without
Temple-Bar; and sold by all booksellers …
(1729). Pages 30 and
advertisement leaf, with the half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper: a
very good copy.
Dedication signed ‘ Tom Tell-Truth’, pseudonym of
F. G. Pless? Dated at end: Nov. 30. 1729
(3)
IRELAND.
The state of Ireland, laid open to the view of his
majesty’s subjects.
Dublin printed; London reprinted, for J. Bouquet,
at the White Hart in Pater-noster-Row,
1754. Pages (2), 74, wanting
half-title and advert leaf at end, 8vo, recent wrapper: very good.
“Includes economic and commercial information. “ - Higgs 6592. His
entry 815 attributes authorship to C. Nicholson. No edition in Kress.
(4)
STANHOPE (Philip Dormer), Earl of Chesterfield.
An
apology for a late resignation: in a letter from an English
gentleman to his friend at the Hague. The second edition,
corrected.
Printed for John Freeman, next St. Paul’s.
[1748]. Pages
46, (2, blank), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice
copy.
A reimpression, with some changes: see Gulick 311.
(5)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
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ORSATO (Sertorio), Count.
Li marmi eruditi overo
Lettere sopra alcune antiche inscrizioni …
In Padoua,: Per Pietro
Maria Frambotto.
1669
With a folding engraved plate and many woodcut illustrations,
pp (16), 279, (1, blank), (27), (1, blank), complete with the half-
title, 4to, old calf, gilt ruled spine, rubbed and worn, wanting
label, the upper joint cracked but the cords strong: internally in
very good to nice state.
Ebert 15273. First published 1659. Orsato (1617-78), historian of
Padua, celebrated antiquary, historian, grammarian, and poet, travelled
extensively in Italy studying antiquities and ancient insacriptions.
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CUNINGAMIUS (Alexander).
Q.
Horatii Flacci Poemata 1721. (2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
341
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[OSBORNE (Francis Godolphin), 5th Duke of Leeds].
A
letter to the right honourable L—d Th—-w. L—d H—h C——er
of E——d. [i. e. Lord Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor of
England] &c. &c. &c.
Printed for R. Faulder,
1780
FIRST EDITION, pp (4), 26, (2, blank), with half-title, 8vo,
recent wrapper: very good
Adams, The American Controversy, 80-46. 1. Sabin 40526.
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GEORGE III: -.
Report from the
Committee appointed to examine the physicians who have
attended His Majesty during his illness; touching the present
state of His Majesty’s health. Ordered to be printed by the Hon.
House of Commons, 13th January, 1789.
[London: ] No printer,
publisher or place,
1789. Pages (2), 100, with the half-title, 8vo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
This, the second of George III’s five attacks, is the best documented and
the most important, not only for the political issues it raised but also for
the stimulus it gave to psychiatry.
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WRAXALL (Sir Nathaniel Wm.): -.
Reply to a Sort
Review of the political state of Great Britain, at the
commencement of the year 1787. With a rejoinder to The
people’s answer. Third Edition.
London: Printed for John Bell,
British Library, Strand. January.
1787. 80-pages, wanting the half-
title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
(3)
REGENCY PRECEDENTS.
A translation of such parts of
the Rolls of Parliament, as are referred to in the schedule
annexed to the report of the Committee appointed to search for
precedents; together with a copy of certain acts of the
Parliament of Scotland referred to in that report.
Printed for John
Stockdale,
1788. FIRST EDITION, pages 96, (4, adverts), 8vo,
recent paper wrapper: a very good copy.
(5)
REGENCY BILL.
The parliamentary opinions of Lord
Mansfield, Sir Dudley Ryder, Mr. Charles Yorke, Mr. William
Beckford, &c. on the choice of a regency or regent; with other
decisions on that interesting question.
Printed for John Stockdale,
1788. Pages iv, 46, (6, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a very
good copy.
ESTC calls for a single leaf of adverts: our copy has two further advert
leaves, signed H.
(6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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PALAIRET (Jean).
Abrégé sur les sciences & sur les arts
… A short treatise upon arts and sciences, in French and
English, by question and answer. The fifth edition. Enlarged
with an infinite number of things both curious and instructive.
A work very useful to those who desire to improve themselves in
the French tongue, containing a great variety of subjects.
Printed
for J. Nourse,
1767
Pages (5), 120, 120, (2), (1, adverts), parallel French and English
title-pages and text, with duplicate pagination, 8vo,
contemporary calf, gilt bordered sides, fully gilt spine, with red
label, gilt, silk marker: a little wear at headbands and corners,
but still an attractive copy.
A successful work, first published 1736, republished well into the 19C.
With sections on weather, law, anatomy, surgery, pharmacy, chemistry,
botany, grammar, poetry, languages, writing, printing, engraving,
music, dancing, fencing, mathematics, book-keeping, trade, architecture,
war, painting, sculpture, optics, mechanics, navigation, heraldry,
history, fable, astronomy, eclipses, geography, travels, etc. Palairet
(1697-1774), agent of the States-General in London and French teacher
to three of the children of George II. This 1767 edition in not in ESTC
or NUC.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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PALMER (Wm.).
A narrative of events connected with
the publication of the Tracts for the Times, with reflections on
existing tendencies to romanism, and on the present duties and
prospects of members of the church.
Oxford: John Henry Parker
…,
1843
FIRST EDITION, pages x, (2), 112, 8vo, recent wrapper: a very
good to nice copy.
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