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London: Printed for Richard Phillips..., 1804. . 3 volumes. 8vo, 210 x 130 mms., pp. xxiii [xxiv blank], 504 [505 - 512 indexes]; [ii], 554; [ii], 580, folding engraved plate of lioness and whelps in volume 1, recently rebound in black hard grain quarter morocco, marbled boards, red leather label; labels defective, but a very good set. Bingley (1774 - 1823) first published this work in 1802, and it was immediately popular. By 1842, it had reached six editions and had been translated into several European languages. He also published a dictionary of Musical Biography in 1814. The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review noticed the work in 1803, commending it and remarking that "A desire to render his work useful to the female sex, and cause the study of biology to become a branch of their acquirements, has led Mr. B. to abstain from entering on those subjects which might be dangerous to the purity of the female mind; in this respect his work is more valuable than the writings of… Read More

London, Printed for the Author,, and are to be sold H. E. at the sign of the Greyhound in St. Pauls Church-yard , 1661. Small 8vo, 162 x 102, pp. [xxxii], 184, including initial blank, contemporary sheepskin, gilt rules across spine, black leather label; spine slightly dried, top and base of spine chipped, corners slightly worn, but a good to very good copy, with a number of notes in pencil on the front end-papers.. In his early life, the antiquary and astrologer Joshua Childrey (1625–1670) maintained himself by keeping a school, but he was also later appointed by Henry Somerset, later marquess of Worcester, as one of his chaplains, and was later Archdeacon of Sarum. "In Britannia Baconia, or, The Natural Rarities of England, Scotland and Wales (1660), also published in French in Paris in 1662 and 1667, Childrey relied mainly on descriptions of curiosities taken from other writers, but there are occasional references to his own observations. In it he alludes at least twice to what he had… Read More

London: Printed for Darton and Harvey..., 1805. FIRST EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 136 x 85 mms., pp. vi [vii Contents, viii printer], 215 [216 blank], 4 pages adverts, including half-title, 4 engraved plates (ex 6) at pp. 77, 83, 89, and 96, contemporary quarter green sheepskin marbled boards (rubbed); corners worn, spine creased. Wakefield (1750 - 1832) began her literary career as an author of books for juveniles in the early 1790s and produced at least 17 books. Most of these were in the familiar dialogue form.

London: Printed for B. White..., 1787. Large 8vo, 214 x 127 mms., pp. xxv [xxvi blank], 500 [501 - 530 indexes], contemporary calf, red leather label; front joint cracked and tender. The letters were addressed to Madame Delessert. Martyn's edition of Rousseau's work was first published in 1785. Despite Rousseau's name on the title-page, only eight of the letters are by him, and the rest are by Martyn. The plates were separately published by Martyn in 1788 and were not included in the first or second editions. Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, no. 1283.

London: Printed for and Sold by C. Barry..., P. Stevens..., A. Wesley..., and J. Walters..., 1765. 8vo, 193 x 128 mms., pp. xvi, 144, engraved frontispiece, 13 other engraved plates, contemporary sheepskin (very worn and wormed, or perhaps ravaged by a hungry pigeon), but joints firm. John Moore (d. 1737) published this work with the title Columbarium in 1735. William Bowyer printed 750 copies, but this apparent second edition was soon in print with a longer title and the addition of the engraved plates. Although ESTC and other sources attribute the work to John Moore, this is a different work. For example, on page 140, the author, writing about the pigeon called "The Mahomet" refers to "Mr. Moore, in his columbarium...." He adds that "Mahomet, the impostor prophet of the Turkish religion...is reputed...to converse frequently the holy spirit" with said pigeon.