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Editore: Printed by Nichols and Bentley for Harris, London, 1800
Da: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. Plates (2 as listed) of Berriew Church, Montgomery and Palace of Rastadt + Powderham Castle. Octavo without covers (some spine leather remaining) pp603-703 +Stock prices (unnumbered p704). First page a bit dusty, others clean except for small stain at foot of one plate, lower corners of 3 leaves torn off without loss of text. *Various literary and historical articles, reviews of new publications, account of capture of French ship in Mediterranean, Magnificent Royal Review in Hatfield Park. 1 volume. Softcover.
Editore: Sylvanus Urban, London, 1733
Da: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
( Pp. [ii]+[391-442+[2], printed double column, title page woodcut view of St. John's Gate, ornamental headpiece, 3 small decorative initials; post 8vo; backed with paper tape; a few stab holes visible; printed for the author and sold by F. Jefferies, London, 1733. *A single issue, disbound, of the influential monthly magazine of news, commentary and satire. Founded in 1731 and edited by Edward Cave (1691-1754), it ran for almost 200 years. This issue includes Proceedings and Debates in Last Session of Parliament, Weekly Essays and Disputes, Poems, lists of births, marriages, deaths, promotions and bankrupts, prices of stocks, etc. Cave himself often contributed pieces as 'Sylvanus Urban', a pseudonym also used by later editors of the magazine. After 1738, Samuel Johnson was a frequent contributor.
Editore: Printed at St. John's Gate, for D. Henry, and sold by F. Newbery, London, 1774
Da: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. Copperplates (5 of 10 called for in Vol 1, 10 of 11 in Vol 2. Plates present include Head of a New Zealand Chief curiously Tataowed, newly discovered frescoes at Herculaneum, portrait of Louis XV who has died (missing plates are mainly of planned Canals i Two Volumes each containing 6 monthly issues, plus Supplement for the Year 1774 in Vol 2. Contemporary leather-spined marbled boards (spine leather worn bits missing, date & title neatly inked in). Text complete: iv (general titlepage for year & preface) +628pp +[16]pp index. Each monthly issue has a "titlepage" with a view of St. John's Gate. Very clean nice copies internally with paper strong & supple. *Includes detailed description of Lieut Cooke's Voyage round the World, arrival at Terra Australis incognita, favourable account of landing & circum-navigation of New Zealand (Originality of the Arts in that Country which no other People had ever visited - but "the North-American Indian tortures his prisoner; the New Zealander eats him"), American Advices concerning the Reception of the Tea-Ships [Boston Tea-Party], the present critical Stuation of Affairs in North America, Observations on the Antiquity of Stonehenge, Memoirs of the late King of France, Splendid Appearance of Saturn's Ring, Causes of the present Commotions in America, Deliberations of Amer. Congress, the Quebec Bill etc. 2 volumes. Hardcover.
Editore: Edward Cave, at St John's Gate, London, 1752
Da: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, Regno Unito
Condizione: Very Good. Plates (17 inc. frontis as 16 called for + plate of Westminster Bridge) inc. view of State House in Philadelphia, but View of St. Mark's Palace Venice is torn with half lost. Additional woodcuts inc. at least 3 full page, Porcelain Manufactory at Worceste Octavo half tan blind tooled leather on 5 raised bands and red gilt spine label with marbled boards (sl.faded or rubbed). Frontis + Titlepage +Preface +612pp +[20]pp index. Minor signs of use and pale foxing and name J.S. Graham to corner of Title, small repair to frontis but no loss, normal foxing/tanning but still clean and tight. Includes Benjamin Franklin s account of making a kite to draw electric fire from the clouds: "This kite is to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the string must stand within a door, or widow, or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon may not be wet ." also his Hypothesis for explaining the Phenomena of Thunder, Lightning, and Rain, plus comments on all this from other correspondents, and a report of electrical experiments by the physician to the French King. Other articles include action of the heart valves by Boerhaave, Nursing in cases of small pox, History of the Incas, of the Man in the Iron Mask, corruption of Shakespeare texts revealed, and much on history, inventions, and register of books published. The coat of arms plates were not ready for this volume and according to a footnote under the plates list are being resevered for a later one. 1 volume. Hardcover.
Editore: Printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, late of St. John's Gate;, London, 1786
Da: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Quarter-bound leather. Condizione: Very good. [PERIODICAL] [GREAT BRITAIN]. Printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, late of St. John's Gate; and sold by Eliz. Newberry, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, Ludgate-Street. First edition. 8vo; [1] 534-1148pp, + [16]pp Index; quarter-bound brown calf with marbled boards; bookplate on front pastedown "The Property of the Light House Establishment," now the U.S. Lighthouse Service, pasted over an older bookplate; 14 bound-in illustrated plates, 8 are fold-out and one is the fold-out map "Chart of the Course of the Don and the Volga through the Region of the Kosaks:" period binding worn, front hinge cracked through but not detached, binding of leaves is tight; chipping of spine; interior bright; very good minus. The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London in 1731 by Edward Cave and was published monthly for almost 200 years, until 1922. Of note in Domestic Occurrences reported on Wednesday, August 2 is the report of the attempted assassination of King George III by Margaret Nicholson, a woman who after examination, was judged to be insane In a show of great empathy, King George III was reported to have said, "I am not hurtâ "take care of the womanâ "do not hurt her." Monthly reports from America detail the ongoing struggle with Native Peoples.
Editore: Printed by John NIchols for David Henry, London, 1787
Da: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Quarter-bound leather. Condizione: Very good. [PERIODICAL] [AMERICANA]. Printed by John Nichols for David Henry and sold by Eliz. Newberry, the corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, Ludgate-Street. First edition. 8vo; [1], 554-1200pp + [16] Index; quarter-bound brown calf with marbled boards; bookplate on front pastedown, "The Property of the Light House Establishment," now the U.S. Lighthouse Service, pasted over an older bookplate; 13 bound-in illustrated plates, all present but some bound in a different order than indicated in the index; period binding worn, front joint cracked and fragile but holding; chipping of spine, last page has tears but is complete, a few first pages with damp staining but no odors, interior bright; very good minus. The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in London in 1731 by Edward Cave and was published monthly for almost 200 years, until 1922. This volume of bound periodicals includes the November magazine issue with an early publishing of the "New Constitution of the United States of America" which was created in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, and not ratified until June 21, 1788.
Editore: London printed for D. Henry at St. Johns Gate, 1776
Da: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Rivista / Giornale
BRITISH PRINTING OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776. 8vo, 210 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, full year of 12 issues, January - December 1776, bound together, plus the Supplement, each month with its own title page with a woodcut of St. John's Gate at the top. Map of the South Pole, Map of the discoveries of Captain Cook, Folding Projection of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, plus a folding plan of the City and University of Cambridge in the 16th century, Map of the Country round New York and Philadelphia, Map of Long Island, Map of Connecticut, Map of the Progress of His Majesty's Armies in New-York, 5 engraved plates,1 folding, plus a few small illustrations in the text, engraved plate at page 80 misplaced at page 248, pages: [4], 1-608, plus 16 pages of index, errata and list of plates. Bound in half calf, marbled boards, gilt title, volume number and date to spine, engraved bookplate to first pastedown. Marbled covers rubbed with loss of paper, shelf wear to lower edges of boards, pale foxing to both Hemisphere maps, small repair to Eastern Hemisphere plate, no loss of image, pale browning and offset from text to maps, occasional pale browning, otherwise a very good copy. The DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE is found on pages 361 and 362 of the August issue for 1776. There are also some other articles of interest on America, such as: Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists, since the passing the Boston Port-Bill. Edward Cave (1691 1754) launched The Gentleman's Magazine in 1731 creating the first general-interest "magazine" in the modern sense. It soon became the most influential and most imitated periodical of its time. See Joseph Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, No.26954. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Editore: London: Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, 1763, 1763
Da: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
8vo, half contemporary calf with marbled paper boards, red lettering piece with gilt title at spine, gilt rules, volume number and date at spine. [4], 609, 15 pp. of index., 7 folding maps and plans, 4 plates. Early armorial bookplate of Charles Clarke on front paste-down. An important volume containing the twelve issues for 1776 of this notable 18th century British periodical, featuring an early printing of the Declaration of Independence, signed in type by John Hancock and Charles Thompson, and also including several articles and maps of American interest. Among the more salient articles relating to American affairs are the following: Act for Prohibiting all Trade with America; Act of Massachusets-bay for fitting out Armed Vessels, &c.; Proceedings of the American Colonies; Authentic Intelligence from America; Proclamation published by Gen. Washington at Boston; Gen. Washington's Letter to Brigadier Gen. Lord Sterling; Intelligence from the Royal Army at New York, and so on. Most remarkable here is the printing of the "Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled, July 4," which appears on p. 361. The folding maps of American subjects include: A Map of the Country surrounding Philadelphia, including part of New Jersey, New York, Staten Island & Long Island (the map accompanies the article On the Situation of the American Army); Sketch of the Country Illustrating the late Engagement in Long Island, which its accompanying article identifies as "now the immediate object of attack"; and Map of the Progress of his Majesty's Armies in New York, During the late Campaign Illustrating the Accounts publish'd in the London Gazette. One of the plates illustrates the "tropical discoveries" of Capt. Cook in the Great Cyclades and New Caledonia. CONDITION: Good, rubbed, hinges cracked but holding firm, head and foot of spine chipped, paper over boards faded, contents clean and crisp.