Antonina; or the fall of Rome by Collins, Wilkinie - 1874

Paris: Mercure de France, 1791. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 5 issues each about 100 pages : No. 18, 30 Avril 1791; No. 39, 24 Septembre 1791; No.45, Novembre 1791; No.48, 26 Novembre 1791; and No. 5010, Décembre 1791. Blue wraps, sewn binding. All have light soiling and some have small tears along spines, 2 volumes have dampstaining to upper corner and portions of text. Couvertures souples.

Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica. First edition, first issue, bound with scarce half title, last leaf blank, Z3 in uncorrected state, all misprints present, map in its first form without scale or degrees. Published Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8 5/16", xxi, [1, blank], [1, table of contents], [1, blank], 382 pp., [1, blank]. Large folding engraved frontispiece map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn inserted between half title and title page. Engraved coat-of-arms on title-page. Table of Contents (b2) follows the Preface (a3-b1); Z3 in original state with "Maraina" typo; D2 in first state, with the words "John Home" incorrectly placed following the first quotation on p. 51; E2 with… Read More

1764 HUNTING LAWS France Code of Chasses Louis XIV Game Birds Saugrain 2v
Claude-Marin Saugrain's famous 'Hunting Code' is a popular 18th-century French treatise on hunting law under the jurisdiction of Louis XIV. This book covers the entirety of hunting regulations in 18th-century France – hunting calendars, weapons and firearms, permissible hunters, hunting tags, game and birds, and much more!
Item number: #14997
Price: $499
SAUGRAIN, Claude-Marin
Code des chasses, ou nouveau traité du droit des chasses, suivant la jurisprudence de l'ordonnance de Louis XIV, du mois d'Août 1669, mise en conférence
Paris: Par la Compagnie des libraires, 1764-65 [v. 1, 1765].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o Vol. I, (1765) – xxiv, 590, xxxix, [3]
o Vol. II, (1764) – [4], 690
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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R. and J. Dodsley, London. - No date. 1760. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (6.2 x 4 inches). Portrait frontis in volume one. Previous owner name neatly written on blank free endpapers and a name clipped from the top of the title pages, otherwise very good, bright and clean copies throughout. Early full tan calf bindings with raised bands to the spines. Compartments double gilt ruled. Red title labels, gilt. Some minor wear to the extremities but overall very good and attractive bindings. ---- Complete as published, these first two volumes of Stern's Sermons of Mr. Yorrick, published anonymously in 1760, were added to at a later date with another five volumes issued between 1766 and 1769.

Though experiencing somewhat of a critical comeback, Phebe Gibbes remains a relatively obscure author about whom little is known, despite having published a good deal in her lifetime. Her works were published anonymously, and she explained this in a letter of appeal for financial support to the Royal Literary Fund - her family "rejected every species of Literature, except devotional" and she herself was of a "withdrawing turn of temper." She claimed to be the author of several anonymous pieces; in her letter, she also enclosed an attestation by Joseph Johnson, one of her publishers, that she was the author of Elfrida, or Paternal Ambition, which had been published anonymously. Despite her withdrawing nature, Gibbes' writings were full of pronounced views on freedom of marriage choice, lack of educational opportunities for girls, women's role in society, and the evils of gambling. Indeed, the financial difficulty that led her to write to the Royal Literary Fund was due in part to her father-in-law's… Read More

Paris: Mercure de France, 1791. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 5 issues each about 100 pages : No. 18, 30 Avril 1791; No. 39, 24 Septembre 1791; No.45, Novembre 1791; No.48, 26 Novembre 1791; and No. 5010, Décembre 1791. Blue wraps, sewn binding. All have light soiling and some have small tears along spines, 2 volumes have dampstaining to upper corner and portions of text. Couvertures souples.

Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica. First edition, first issue, bound with scarce half title, last leaf blank, Z3 in uncorrected state, all misprints present, map in its first form without scale or degrees. Published Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8 5/16", xxi, [1, blank], [1, table of contents], [1, blank], 382 pp., [1, blank]. Large folding engraved frontispiece map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn inserted between half title and title page. Engraved coat-of-arms on title-page. Table of Contents (b2) follows the Preface (a3-b1); Z3 in original state with "Maraina" typo; D2 in first state, with the words "John Home" incorrectly placed following the first quotation on p. 51; E2 with… Read More

1764 HUNTING LAWS France Code of Chasses Louis XIV Game Birds Saugrain 2v
Claude-Marin Saugrain's famous 'Hunting Code' is a popular 18th-century French treatise on hunting law under the jurisdiction of Louis XIV. This book covers the entirety of hunting regulations in 18th-century France – hunting calendars, weapons and firearms, permissible hunters, hunting tags, game and birds, and much more!
Item number: #14997
Price: $499
SAUGRAIN, Claude-Marin
Code des chasses, ou nouveau traité du droit des chasses, suivant la jurisprudence de l'ordonnance de Louis XIV, du mois d'Août 1669, mise en conférence
Paris: Par la Compagnie des libraires, 1764-65 [v. 1, 1765].

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o Vol. I, (1765) – xxiv, 590, xxxix, [3]
o Vol. II, (1764) – [4], 690
·
Language: French
·
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
·
Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our… Read More

R. and J. Dodsley, London. - No date. 1760. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (6.2 x 4 inches). Portrait frontis in volume one. Previous owner name neatly written on blank free endpapers and a name clipped from the top of the title pages, otherwise very good, bright and clean copies throughout. Early full tan calf bindings with raised bands to the spines. Compartments double gilt ruled. Red title labels, gilt. Some minor wear to the extremities but overall very good and attractive bindings. ---- Complete as published, these first two volumes of Stern's Sermons of Mr. Yorrick, published anonymously in 1760, were added to at a later date with another five volumes issued between 1766 and 1769.

Though experiencing somewhat of a critical comeback, Phebe Gibbes remains a relatively obscure author about whom little is known, despite having published a good deal in her lifetime. Her works were published anonymously, and she explained this in a letter of appeal for financial support to the Royal Literary Fund - her family "rejected every species of Literature, except devotional" and she herself was of a "withdrawing turn of temper." She claimed to be the author of several anonymous pieces; in her letter, she also enclosed an attestation by Joseph Johnson, one of her publishers, that she was the author of Elfrida, or Paternal Ambition, which had been published anonymously. Despite her withdrawing nature, Gibbes' writings were full of pronounced views on freedom of marriage choice, lack of educational opportunities for girls, women's role in society, and the evils of gambling. Indeed, the financial difficulty that led her to write to the Royal Literary Fund was due in part to her father-in-law's… Read More