Sam Gatteño Books: Eighteenth Century Books, Dictionaries/Language
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A new and general biographical dictionary; containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; particularly the British and Irish; from the earliest accounts of time to the present period.
London: printed for T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Field, T. Durham, J. Robson, R. Goadby, and E. Baker, 1761-1767. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Twelve volumes. I: viii, 515pp.; II: [i], 454pp.; III: [i], 588pp.; IV: [i], 452pp.; V: [i], 516pp.; VI: [i], 582pp.; VII: [i], 543pp.; VIII: 650pp.; IX: [i], 418pp.; X: [i], 534pp.; XI: 524, [xiv]pp.; XII: [i], 519, [iv]pp. I: []4, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll2; II: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ff8, Gg4 (Gg4 blank); III: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Oo8, Pp4, Qq2; IV: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ff8, gg2; V: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll2; VI: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Oo8, Pp4 (Pp4 blank); VII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Mm8; VIII: A8-Z8, Aa8-Rr8, Ss6 (Ss6 blank); IX: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Dd8, Ee2 (Ee2 blank); X: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8, Mm4 (Mm4 blank); XI: A8-Z8, Aa8-Mm8, Ll2 (last seven leaves without signatures); XII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll6. The twelfth volume, the 'Supplement,' was published in 1767. Contemporary calf, worn. A few covers loose. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1999
USD 700.00 [Appr.: EURO 654 | £UK 560.5 | JP¥ 110752]
Nouveau dictionnaire de l'Académie françoise Dedié av roy ...
A Paris: Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1718. 0. Hardcover. Folio. Two volumes. I: [xvi], 922pp.; II: [iv], -820pp. I: []2, ([]2 blank), ?3, ?4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Zzz4, Aaaa4-Zzzz4, AAaaa4-ZZzzz4, AAAaaa2. II: []2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Zzz4, AAaa4-ZZzz4, AAaaa4-KKkkk4, LLlll2. Second edition, revised mainly by F.S. Regnier Desmarais. Dedicatory epistle by G. Massieu. With the half-titles present. Title vignette, head-pieces and initials. Volume I has added engraved title-page: Le Dictionnaire de l'Académie françoise. Contemporary calf, repaired. All edges marbled red. From the libraries of Lord Northwick and Lord Berwick. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1358
USD 3000.00 [Appr.: EURO 2802.25 | £UK 2401.25 | JP¥ 474652]
The sportsman's dictionary: or, The country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations : with full and particular instructions for hawking, ... Extracted from the most celebrated English and French authors, ancient and modern: with large Improvements
London: Printed For C. Hitch, At The Red Lion, And C. Davis, Both In Pater-Noster-Row; And S. Austen, At The Angel And Bible In St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1735. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: []4, B8-Z8, Aa8-Bb8; II: []2, Cc8-Zz8, Aaa8. First edition. No pagination. Contemporary calf, repaired. With music and 25 plates, some folding. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1313
USD 2900.00 [Appr.: EURO 2709 | £UK 2321.25 | JP¥ 458830]
Cyclopædia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences; ...
London: printed for D. Midwinter, W. Innys, C. Rivington, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, E. Symon, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman, R. Hett, C. Hitch, J. Shuckburgh, A. Millar, J. Pemberton, F. Gosling, M. Senex, and I. Clarke, 1741-1743. 0. Hardcover. Large folio. Two volumes. Unpaginated. Fifth edition. Title-pages in red-and-black. Part of volume II (18 sheets, 8E-8Y) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 3584 copies printed; 24 sheets (probably in volume II) printed by Charles Ackers (his records show 3500 copies printed); 24 sheets (11Z-11Tt, 12A-12D) printed by William Strahan. Contemporary reversed calf, very worn. All plates present. ESTC T135707; Alston III, 541; Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3122 & 3341; McKenzie and Ross. A ledger of Charles Ackers, 55 & 56. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2705
USD 3000.00 [Appr.: EURO 2802.25 | £UK 2401.25 | JP¥ 474652]
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences; containing the Definitions of the Terms, and an account of the Things signified thereby, in the several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the several Sciences, Human and Divine: ...
Dublin: printed for Richard Gunne; Robert Owen; Geo. Risk, Jos. Leathley, Geo. Ewing [and 5 others in Dublin], 1740. 0. Hardcover. Large folio. Two volumes. Unpaginated. First and only Dublin edition. Title-pages in red-and-black. With a list of subscribers and a type specimen bound in volume II. Contemporary calf. Type specimen bound in volume 2 bears the imprint: "Dublin: printed by R. Reilly," and appears to be a variant of Berry and Johnson's variant E. ESTC T135914; Alston III, 538; Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types, p.14. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2707
USD 5600.00 [Appr.: EURO 5231 | £UK 4482.25 | JP¥ 886016]
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences; containing an explication of the terms, and an account of the things signified thereby, in the several arts, ... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern Learning
London: printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Senex, R. Gosling [and 12 others in London], 1738. 0. Hardcover. Large folio. Two volumes. xxv, unpaginated. Second edition. Title-pages in red-and-black. The tail piece in vol.2, sig. 10F reads: Carolus Jephson imprim. Register is continuous through the two volumes. Part of volume II printed by William Bowyer; his records show 2000 copies printed. Another (unspecified) part was printed by Charles Ackers, whose records also show 2000 copies printed. Cambridge-style panelled calf, worn. With twenty-two plates, thirteen in volume I and nine in volume II. With the bookplate of Thomas Hall, Esq. ESTC T136232; Alston, III.536; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2610; McKenzie & Ross. A ledger of Charles Ackers, 52. Thomas Hall's bookplate is referenced in "Franks Bequest II, 13339." Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2750
USD 4400.00 [Appr.: EURO 4110 | £UK 3521.75 | JP¥ 696156]
Lexicon Philosophicum. Secundis Curis ... ita tum Recognitum & Castigatum; tim variae variis in locis illustratum; tum passim quammultis accessionibus auctum & locupletatum, ut denuo quasi Novum Opus in lucem prodeat.
Leovardiæ: Excudit Franciscus Halma, 1713. 0. Hardcover. Folio. xiv, 720pp. pi2, [*]2, **2, A4-Z4, AA4-ZZ4, AAA4-ZZZ4, AAAA4-XXXX4. With an added engraved title-page. Engraved title vignette on title-page. With the half-title present. Title-page in red-and-black. Second enlarged edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With a frontispiece portrait of Chauvin and 30 fold-out plates depicting all types of physical and chemical experiments, etc. Poggendorff I, 427. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1292
USD 1150.00 [Appr.: EURO 1074.25 | £UK 920.5 | JP¥ 181950]
An universal history of arts and sciences: or, A comprehensive illustration, definition, and description of all sciences, divine and human; and of all arts, liberal and mechanical.
London: Printed and sold by John Hart, in Popping's-Court, Fleet-Street. 1745. 0. Hardcover. Large folio. Two volumes. I: [iv], 1203, [i]pp.; II: [ii], 1244, [xlvi]pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With thirty-four plates, some folding. Alston, III.237; ESTC T138709. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 559
USD 3000.00 [Appr.: EURO 2802.25 | £UK 2401.25 | JP¥ 474652]
Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves.
London: For D. Brown, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, T. Newborough, J. Nicholson, T. Benskin, B. Tooke, D.Midwinter, T. Leigh & F. Coggan, 1704-1710. 0. Hardcover. Folio. Two volumes. Unpaginated. I: [926]pp.; II: [626], 44, [10], 120, [62]pp. I: []1, a4-b24, c1, B4-Z4, Aa4-Hh4, aaa4-Zzz4, 5A4-5Z4, 6A4-6Z4, 7A4-7N4, 7O4; II: [a] 2, b4, *2- ***2, B4, C1, a2-t2, C2, D4-P4, Q2, Aaa4-Ooo4, Ppp2, Qqq4-Sss4, Ttt2, *Vvv2, Uuu4-Xxx4, Yyy2, 5A4-5Z4, 7A4-7G4, 7H2, A2-N4, O1, A2-Z2, Aa2-Bb2, C2-D2, Ee2-Gg2, C1, D2, a2-m2, n1. First edition. Printed in double columns. Contemporary Cambridge panel-style bindings, rebacked and repaired. With an engraved portrait by G.White after R. White in first state (Aetat Suae 37) and 7 plates (some folding) in volume I, and 7 engraved plates (some folding) in volume II. Sion College Library copy. Volume I with the inscription of Richard Roderick, one of the original subscribers, on the front pastedown. It reads: "Bibliotheca Sionensi D. D. Rich. Roderick. S. TP. Sti Mich: Bassishaw Lond. Rector 1706" With the Stamp of Sion College on the verso of the title-pages of both volumes. Richard Roderick was also President of Sion College. Volume II has bookplate of Edward Waple, Vicar of St. Sepulchre Church, London, dated 1712, also associated with Sion College. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 757
USD 12000.00 [Appr.: EURO 11209 | £UK 9604.5 | JP¥ 1898607]
Keywords: Science, Dictionary
Poeseos Asiaticae Commentariorum Libri Sex,...
London: T. Cadell, 1774. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [ii]ff. xxxi, 542pp. [i]ff. a8-b8, A8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8. First edition. Modern brown half calf over brown cloth. With 3 plates engraved with specimens of old Chinese poetry, Arabic poetry, and Persian lyrics. Numerous other specimens of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Greek poetry within text. Lowndes II, 1039. Deaccessioned from the Detroit Public Library, but with no markings. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 248
USD 525.00 [Appr.: EURO 490.5 | £UK 420.25 | JP¥ 83064]
Keywords: 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE, PHILOLOGY, ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, TYPES EIGHTEENTH BOOKS
Corruptae latinitatis index: or, a collection of barbarous words and phrases, which are found in the works of the most celebrated modern writers in Latin.
London: printed for George Keith, at the Bible and Crown, in Gracechurch Street, 1755. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. vii, [i], 99, [i]pp. A4-N4, O2. Contemporary calf, repaired. ESTC T99289. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2342
USD 850.00 [Appr.: EURO 794 | £UK 680.5 | JP¥ 134485]
Summarium Ebrææ Linguæ, Septendecim Tabulis,...
Budapest: Sumptibus Davidis Richteri, 1717. 0. Soft cover. Quarto. 32pp. A4-D4. Disbound. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 961
USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 420.5 | £UK 360.25 | JP¥ 71198]
The British Sportsman, or Nobleman, Gentleman and Farmer's Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement.
London: Printed for the proprietor by J. Stead, Sold by Champante and Whitrow, 1792. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. 664, [ii]pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, repaired. With a frontispiece and 41 plates. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2729
USD 1700.00 [Appr.: EURO 1588 | £UK 1360.75 | JP¥ 268969]
The royal standard English dictionary: In which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, their part of speech properly distinguished, and, their various significations arranged in one line; ...
Printed at Boston: by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Sold by them, and the other booksellers in Boston; by I. Thomas, in Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, in Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore, January, 1800. 0. Hardcover. Square 18mo. [iv], 596 pages. The fifth American edition, carefully revised and corrected. Contemporary sheep, repaired. Some waterstaining. Title-page guarded at the gutter. Paper browned throughout. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1461
USD 380.00 [Appr.: EURO 355 | £UK 304.25 | JP¥ 60123]
Dictionnaire des portraits historiques, anecdotes et traits remarquables des hommes illustres.
A Paris: Chez Lacombe, Libraire, Quai de Conty, 1768-1769. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes. I: iv, 572pp.; II: ii, 616pp.; III: iv, 618, ivpp. Volume three only. Nineteenth-century calf over marbled boards. Quérard IV, La France littéraire, p. 367. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 2686
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 | £UK 40.25 | JP¥ 7911]
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