Search Results: Authors starting with F from John Price Antiquarian Books

Florentiae I. P. Aere, & Typis Petri Caietani Viviani...., 1744. Large 4to, 290 x 210 mms., pp. [ii], lii, 134 [135 - 136 appendix], engraved vignette of lynx on title-page, 38 superbly engraved illustrations of plants at end, contemporary vellum, blocked in gilt on spine; no blank prelims, but a fine copy. The scientist Fabio Colonna (1567-1650) recognized that the study of leaves by themselves was not sufficient to discern or to classify them properly, especially with regard to those that could be used medicinally. An epileptic, he was drawn to the study of botany as means of finding herbs and concoctions from plants that could be used to ameliorate the symptoms and effects of epilepsy.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, and T. Cadell..., London. 1830. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 167 x 98 mms., pp. [iv], iii [iv blank, v half-title, vi blank], 259 [260 blank], contemporary diced russia, gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, olive morocco label (very slightly chipped); some slight wear to covers, spine a little dried, but generally a very good copy, with the following inscription on the recto of the second blank front end-paper, "A small token of/ Regard, from/ J J Hollingsworth". Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835; née Browne) had written her first book of poems by 1807, and,according to ODNB its" 'simplicity', 'richness', and linguistic attainments 'quite surprised and delighted' William Roscoe, Liverpool's literary leader ." Thereafter she published numerous works, which were all well received. The American Quarterly Review was positively dithyrambic in its praised of her works: "We have no hesitation… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Cox, at the Lamb under the Royal Exchange; Richard Ford, at the Angel in the Poultry; Richard Hett, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry near Cheapside: and sold by Jer. Roe, of Derby, 1730. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo, pp. xv [xvi advert], 391 [392 advert], contemporary sheepskin; front joint and front cover repaired, spine creased, top and base of spine chipped, text browned and with a few stains. With these inscriptions on the recto of the front free end-paper: "Henry Deforest/ November the 15th 1801" and "Margarett Paschall/ April 1802," Shaw (bap. 1674, d. 1745), a dissenting (Presbyterian) minister was involved in controversy in Derby, where he was minister for many years, over the refusal of Church of England ministers to bury those baptized by dissenting ministers. In this work, he expresses the "hope I have quit myself of Controversies, for the remainder of my Life." Alston: III, 707. ESTC locates copies in BL, Cambridge,… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg... [inter alia], 1816. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 177 x 103 mms., pp. [iv], 135 [136 blank], including half-title, fine colour frontispiece, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, which is slightly defective, front joint cracked, but a good copy It seems unlikely that an author named "Ferdinand Farquhar" ever existed, as I have not traced any other works by him. No surprises there.

Bristol: Printed and Published by J. Chilcott..., 1829. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 181 x 109 mms., pp. [iv], vii [viii blank] [3] 4 - 248, original boards, uncut; binding fragile, with spine cracked and other wear, but with contemporary purchase notes, a transcription of Byron's "Maid of Athens" on the front end-papers, other textual history on verso of front free end-paper, some emendations to text in a contemporary hand. Nicholas Ferrar (1593–1637) established his household of about 40 souls in 1625 at Little Gidding. "The life of the household, subsequently caricatured as 'the Arminian nunnery' in the 1641 pamphlet of that name, was dedicated to the daily reading and discussion of scripture, rigorous education (including household accounting and basic medical skills for Ferrar's nieces) and to the craft of bookbinding" (ODNB). The religious establishment " drew heavily on the early church model recorded in the second chapter of the Acts of the… Read More

Jerusalem [No publisher, no date] [c. 1900]. Oblong small volume, 120 x 84 mms., bound in what resembles a Mauchline binding, with title-page, with twelve leaves of engraved and coloured plates of flowers, each with tissue guard, wooden panelled boards, leather spine; hinges cracked, rear hinge repaired.

[Paris] Chez Mareilly Rue St, Jacques No. 10 [Imprimeri de Firmin Didot, Rue Jacob No. 24] [c. 1850]. Oblong 48mo, 52 x 39 mms., pp. [2] 3 - 94, including half-title, engraved title-page, 6 engraved black and white illustrations, printed green ornamental covers, all edges gilt, contained in a printed slip case with ornamental covers, and the autograph and date, "M E. Burgess/ June 18, 1851" on the front paste-down end-paper; front joint slighly damaged, slip case a bit worn, but a very good copy.

London: John Russell Smith..., 1864. Large 8vo, pp. xii, 390, frontispiece in colour, illustrations in text, original cloth; spine slightly faded, but a very good copy. A reprint of the first edition, with Reeves & Turner blocked in gilt on the base of the spine.

London: John Murray..., 1822. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this translation. Large 8vo, 217 x 130 mms., pp. xxvii [xxviii blank], 232 [233 blank, 234 colophon], including half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Glenbervie, 2 other engraved portraits, and two other engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt borders on covers, spine richly gilt, all edges gilt; lacks label; upper and lower portions of joints very slightly cracked, top and base of spine slightly chipped, lacks label, library stamp on title-page,but a good to very good copy, with the following presentation inscription on the top margin of the title-page: "To Lady Baynerig/ In testimony of the sincere/ regard and affection of/ the Author." Lord Glenbervie (1743 - 1823) has endeared himself to oenologists everywhere, with his first publication, an account of Tokay published in 1773 in Philosophical Transactions, after he visited Hungary. He distinguished himself otherwise as a politician and government minister, making… Read More

In Parigi [ i. e., Venezia], A spese di Francesco Pitteri Libraio Viniziano, 1738. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 4to, 275 x 200 mms., pp. [ii], xxxvi, 420; [ii], 412, including half-title to volume 2 but no title-page (as issued), engraved portrait frontispiece of "Niccolò Carteromaco," title-page in red and black, with engraved vignette (by F. Zucchi after G. Ghedini), engraved head- and tail-pieces, by F. Zucchi, C. Orsolini, M. Pitteri, G. Cattini after designs by Ghedini, for each of the 30 cantos, attractively bound in contemporary vellum, red morocco labels; natural flaw in paper of frontispiece, slightly affecting portrait, slight chip to lower fore-margin of binding of volume 1, but very good to fine set, from the library of the nineteenth-century collector Roger Wilbraham (1743-1829), and inscribed on recto of front free endpaper of both volumes to that effect by an Italian who attended the sale and purchased this set there: "comprato alla vendita dei libri di R. Wilbraham… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1889. 8vo, 214 x 140 mms., pp. [x], 269 [270 blank, 280 - 286 adverts], steel-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title-page, 24 other full-page engraved illustrations, from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, contemporary green cloth, with front cover illustration in gilt and spine in gilt, presentation inscription "Alice Lovett Staffurlt/ from/ Mother/ August 27th 89" on rector of frontispiece; front hinge cracked, corners and top and base of spine worn, somewhat sprung in binding, a fair to good copy. Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) published this, her first children's book, as a serial in the St. Nicholas Magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, and as a book by Scribner's in New York in 1886; it has probably never been out of print since then. It was, of course, successful almost beyond belief and had the effect, unfortunate or otherwise, of parents' dressing their male sons in velvet costumes. Gainsborough's 1770… Read More

London: Printed for T. Davies..., 1787. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this translation. 8vo, 187 x 113 mms., pp. [iv], v - xxiii [xxiv blank], 105 [106 blank, 107 drop-title, 108 - 111 contents, 112 blank], cypher ownership initials with animal figure on recto of blank leaf before half-title, contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt to a floral motif, black leather label, gilt border on covers; closed tear in front free end-paper, earlier ownership bookplate on front paste-down end-paper damaged, spine slightly dried, joints slightly rubbed, but a very good copy. Francesco Petrarca (1304 – 1374) is often called the "Father of Humanism," but readers are more likely to remember that he gave up his vocation as a priest when he was attracted by the sight "Laura" in 1327 in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon. He composed some 366 poems, Il Canzoniere, thirty of which are here translated into English, along with three odes. In Petrarch's Canzoniere 164: An Anthology of… Read More

Romæ, Impensis Fausti Amidei Bibliopolæ in via Cursus. Ex Typgraphia Bernabò, & Lazzarini, 1742. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to, xi [xii blank], 58, 8 full-page engraved plates of musical instruments, 5 engraved vignettes, contemporary vellum, with the armorial book plate of E. de Blavette on the front paste-down end-paper; fore-margins of first few leaves slightly frayed, slight wear to binding, but generally a very good copy. Francesco Bianchini [1662-1729] was librarian to Cardinal Ottoboni, later Pope Alexander VIII, in Rome. He seems to have been a much respected antiquary who enjoyed considerable Papal patronage. Bianchini's name is often spelled Blanchini, but it seems to be one and the same person. Graesse in his 'Supplement' of 1869 lists the work under Bianchini gives these as alternative spellings for the same person. [With thanks to John Wilbraham for this information.] This seems to be a work that Bianchini compiled as librarian, and it was not published… Read More

A Paris, Chez. Charles le Clerc..., Pierre Morissett..., Antoine-Urrain Coutelier..., 1715. 12mo, 159 x 94 mms., pp. [xvi], 584 [585 - 602 index], contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, red leather label; base of spine wormed, top of spine chipped and spine a little dried, but a decent copy from the Easton Neston Library, with the contemporary autograph "Louis Chabanel" on the verso of the leaf preceding the title-page. Francois Pomey (1618 - 1673) was probably best-known to 18th century English readers as the author of the work usually translated as The Pantheon (Pantheon Mythicum); he was also distinguished for his Latin-French dictionary.

London: Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson..., 1756. 8vo, 197 x 114 mms., pp. xx [xxi - xxiii Contents, xxiv blank], 339 [ 340 blank], contemporary name "James Lamont" and later name "Roger Brown" appear both on the recto of the front free end-paper and the title-page, contemporary calf; joints slightly cracked, lacks label, some general wear to binding, but a good copy. This was Hutcheson's first philosophical work, published in 1725. " In the first of the two treatises contained in the Inquiry he argued that there is an internal sense, analogous to the five external senses, which brings to mind ideas of beauty, order, harmony, and design, whenever one perceives objects, artefacts, scenes, and compositions which exhibit uniformity amid variety. In the second treatise he argued for the presence in human nature of a moral sense which determines one to recognize virtue whenever one observes a character or an action prompted by benevolence or kind affection. He found… Read More

London: Sold by J. Sewell..., 1786. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [3] - 62, disbound; lacks half-title. The merchant banker, Sir Francis Baring (1740-1810), established the London banking house of Barings, which collapsed in 1995. Here he shows how Pitt's Commutation Act in 1784, which reduced taxes on tea, led to increased consumption of tea, and higher tax revenues. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

London: Sold by Edward Bentley...and by Norris, Tahkunton; and Jollife,Crewkerne, 1811. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 4to, 292 x 235 mms., pp. [iv], 42, engraved vignette at top margin of first page of text, recent boards, paper label on spine. A fine copy. The Baptist minister and writer Francis Webb (1735 - 1815) trained first to be a pastor, but retired in 1777 to pursue a literary career. He didn't have much luck with this poem, and The Monthly Review gave it a paralyzing notice: "Descriptive blank verse is an unpromising species of entertainment to the reader, however amusing it may have been to the writer: -- but, moreover, Mr. F. Webb seems to be of that class of outrageous patriots who, in the estimate of beautiful scenery, prefer Somerset to Swisserland, and Norton Sub-Handon (the author's residence) to St. Dizier sur Marne. With these two recommendations with poetry that appals and patriotism that provokes, Mr. F. Webb advances a very powerful claim to our attention: -- but… Read More

London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers, in St. John's-Street; for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, at the Red-Lion, and R. Baldwin, at the Rose, in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LIII. 1753. 4to, Two parts in one volume (as issued), 244 x 197 mms., pp. [viii]. with a separate title-page to the supplement entitled "Palladio's Orders of Architecture"; sixty-two engraved plates including two folding, and two frontispieces, contemporary panelled calf, sometime neatly rebacked with an early label; corners a little worn, but a very good copy, with three contemporary ownership inscriptions, e. g., "Samuell Anderwon/ His Book," "George Baker His Book/ 1788," and on the recto of the rear front free end-paper, "George Hatton." This third edition was the last edition to appear in print in the lifetime of the author, Francis Price (d. 1753), and it was much enlarged indeed from the second edition, whose title-page noted there were sixteen plates added therein, whereas this third… Read More

Paris, Chez Ganeau..., 1762. FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION. 8vo, pp. xxx [xxxi - xxxii Contents], 412 [413 - 415 Approbation, 416 blank], contemporary mottled French calf, spine gilt to a thistle motif in compartments; front free end-paper a little frayed and worn, lacks label. Home (1719 - 1813) took his M. D. From Edinburgh University in 1750, and as a practicing physician made a number of useful contributions to his profession, including an accurate clinical description of diphtheria, An Inquiry into the Nature, Cause and Cure of the Croup (1765). His Experiments on Bleaching was first published in Edinburgh in 1756 and later in Dublin in 1771. ODNB notes, "In 1756 Home turned his attention to chemistry and in Experiments on Bleaching recommended that bleachers should use dilute sulphuric acid instead of sour milk. This publication greatly increased the profitability of bleaching and the Honourable Board of Trustees for the Improvement of Manufactures in North Britain paid him £100… Read More

Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie, 1752. 8vo, 200 x 117 mms., pp. [ii] iii - viii, 9 - 214 [215 - 216 Contents], contemporary sheepskin, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red leather label (slightly chipped), title-page and end-papers slightly soiled, but generally a very good copy with the contemporary decorative bookplate of John Hervey on the front paste-down end-paper and the 20th century bookplate, dated 1938, of Henrici Galbraith Miller just beneath. This was Urie's only printing of the works of Bacon. It is not especially rare, with ESTC T119860 locating 5 copies in these islands and 6 in north America