Histoire d'Emilie Montague by BROOKE, Frances - 1770

1836 AFRICA 1ed Lander Niger River Exploration Illustrated Maps Slavery

Richard Lander was an English explorer who made his name for his voyages into Africa. After nearly a decade of African voyages, the British government sent Richard and his brother John in 1830 to explore the Niger River. While at the river delta, they were captured by local tribes for a short time. Their voyage did yield grand results – they discovered the Niger River course and outlets.
The specifics of the journey were written and published under various titles, including 'The Travels of Richard and John Lander'. This work is a fascinating account of African culture, geography, and 19th-century exploration. This 1836 first edition includes nine fine, full-page engravings, including maps and views of local tribes.
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LANDER, Richard & John
The travels of Richard and John Lander, into the interior of Africa : for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger ; from unpublished documents… Read More

1822 Famous 2ed David Porter Journal USS Essex Battle of Valparaiso War of 1812

David Porter was an early American naval captain who served on the USS Constitution and the USS Essex. While aboard the Essex, Porter faced significant hardships, including the Battle of Valparaiso where the ship was ultimately disabled. Porter kept a journal of his time aboard the Essex, a journal that was quickly published after capture of the Essex.
According to Hill, the second of Porter's 'Journal' is the "best edition" and is more complete even than the first. In fact, this edition contains the first instance of the details of Porter's loss of the USS Essex in 1814. This edition also includes an expanded preface as well as folding maps and notes and illustrations on the Galapagos Islands.
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Price: $750
PORTER, David
Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate Essex, in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814 : to which is now added the transactions at… Read More

1790 Five Orders Architecture VIGNOLA Italian ART Michelangelo RARE French ed

The most successful architectural textbook ever written!

A rare printing of Vignola's 'Five Orders of Architecture' Giacomo da Vignola was perhaps the most important 16th-century architects. Originally printed in 1562, 'Regola,' as it is often called, was successful mainly due to its effectiveness in teaching. It was designed to aid builders and designers in the realization of their architectural projects. It focuses on all five of the major orders (or styles) of architecture – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Roman. (Fabrizio)
This 18th-century French edition includes 84 impressive architectural engravings and features a short treatise on stone cutting and carpentry, as well as lessons on the work of Vignola by Claude Delagardette.
Item number: #14634
Price: $950
VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzi da
Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture
Paris : Chez Jean, rue de Beauvais, [ca.1790].
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1851 Napoleon Peninsular War Napier MAPS French Revolution SPAIN 6v An early-19th-century account of the history of the Napoleonic conflicts against Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain. In 1807, Napoleon invaded Portugal with Spain; however, a year later, France turned on Spain and a large guerrilla warfare emerged. Now known as 'The Peninsular War', this conflict was profusely written about over the next century; however, the Napier account is one of the earliest! This 1851 leather-bound edition includes 55 illustrated maps throughout. An impressive and rare set!Item number: #13762Price: $795NAPIER, William Francis PatrickHistory of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year 1814London : Thomas & Boone ..., 1851.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumeso 55 full-page, map engravings• Language: English• Binding: Leather; tight & secure• Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping… Read More

1847 CHINA 1ed Canton Journal of Shaw Voyage American Revolutionary WAR India
Major Samuel Shaw was an 18th-century officer in the Continental Army, who served under General Henry Knox and the 3rd Artillery Regiment. Following his service in the army, Shaw was part of a voyage to China in which he was appointed Consul by the Continental Congress. The journals that he kept on this voyage, as well as those on the American revolution, were published in 1847 by Crosby and Nichols.

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SHAW, Samuel
The journals of Major Samuel Shaw, the first American consul at Canton
Boston : W. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1847. First edition.
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o xiii, [1], 360
· References: Sabin 79959; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 34987.38
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1797 EARLY American Bible Sermons Ephraim Judson Litchfield Connecticut RARE

In 1794, American preacher Ephraim Judson collected sermon manuscripts for the Litchfield North Association of Ministers. These manuscripts were published as part of a book entitled 'Sermons on Important Subjects'.
Item number: #11343
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various preachers
Sermons on important subjects : collected from a number of ministers, in some of the northern states of America.
Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1797.

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1618 Roman Rota Catholic Ecclesiastical LAW Vatican Cardinal Mantica Bologna

Francesco Mantica was a 16th-century Bolognese Cardinal who was famously part of the Roman Rota during the 1580s. This 1618 printing of 'Decisions of the Roman Rota' is a collection of ecclesiastical law proceedings at the Vatican. This edition includes 375 legal decisions made by Cardinal Mantica from 1587 through 1596.
Item number: #11858
Price: $550
MANTICA, Francesco
Decisiones rotae romanae Francisci Card. Mantica a germanico Mantica protonotario... Quibus arduae perplexae, atque tam ab ecclesiasticis, quam secularibus suscitatae controversiae fuerunt diremptae, et executioni demandatae : Annexo dencho omnium excusarum, et indice verum et verborum.

Venetiis : Apud Juntas (Giunta), 1618.

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1650 Virgin Mother MARY Privileges by Daniel Priezac Mariology Catholic Church

Daniel de Priezac was a 17th-century French author who published theological works defending Catholicism. One of his final works was 'The Privileges of the Virgin Mother of God' – a work which outlines the character of the Virgin Mary, her abundance of grace, and her importance to the Catholic Church.
Item number: #12192
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PRIEZAC, Daniel de
Les privileges de la Vierge Mere de Dieu, seconde partie
A Paris: Chez P. Rocolet, 1650. 1st edition

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o [12], 413, [1]
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1849 ENORMOUS 1st ed Monumental Brasses English Knights & Bishops Illustrated

Charles Boutell was a 19th-century English archaeologist known for his famous book on English heraldry and monumental brasses. Brasses, which are a form of engraving, were popular forms of memorials used by English and European cathedrals. In 1849, Boutell published an absolutely enormous tome filled with engravings of English brasses, depicting kings, archbishops, bishops, knights, nobles, and other prominent figures from 14th and 15th-century England.

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BOUTELL, Charles
The monumental brasses of England: a series of engravings upon wood, from every variety of these interesting and valuable memorials accompanied with brief descriptive notices
London : George Bell, 1849. First edition.

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141 engravings
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1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v

"Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were 'Buffonians'"
― Ernst Mayer

The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, "Histoire Naturelle," was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that
"Buffon's order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science."
This beautiful five-volume German example features 17 impressive hand-colored engravings depicting the development of humankind and the human form!
Item number: #11178
Price: $795
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
Troppau : Joseph Georg Trassler, 1785.

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