[YOUNG (Arthur)]

The Farmer's Letters to the People of England: containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects of great Importance: Particularly The Exportation of Corn. The Balance of Agriculture and Manufactures. The present State of Husbandry. The Circumstances attending large and small Farms The present state of the Poor. The Prices of Provisions. The Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. The Importance of Timber and Planting. Emigrations to the Colonies. The Means of promoting the Agriculture and Population of Great-Britain, &c. To which are added, Sylv?: or, occasional tracts on husbandry and rural oeconomics.

Dublin: Printed at the request and recommendation of several gentlemen, for J. Milliken, 1768. Third edition, first Irish, small 8vo (157 x 95 mm), [6], 482pp., cont. calf, lower joints split but holding firm, morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute.

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Book number: 38177

Keywords: AGRICULTURE IRELAND ECONOMICS DUBLIN PRINTING IRISH EDITION

[LANGLOIS (François, Fancan Canon St. Honore)]

The Favovrites Chronicle.

[London] Printed according to the French Copie. 1621. First Edition in English, small 4to, typographical device on title, title recto [A], verso blank, [2], 41, [1] pp., modern half calf, a good copy. "The political satire against the Duc des Luynes, according to Barbier, was the cause of the author's imprisonment in the Bastille where he died. The bibliography of the early French editions, as in the case of the more celebrated Menippean satire, does not appear to have been studied so that it would be difficult to say with just what celerity it was translated and published in English. However, the fact that it was translated is not necessarily an indication of the concern of Jacobean England with the internal affairs of France. Although this translation may have been in part intended as a commentary upon Buckingham and other 'favourites' of the King's Council, it was probably published principally because of its intrinsic wit and vigor." - Pforzheimer Library. S.T.C. 15203; Hazlitt 11, 123; Huntington C.L., 511; Pforzheimer, 578.

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Book number: 30634

Keywords: POETRY ANTIQUARIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE EARLY PRINTING ECONOMICS

[PRESTON (William)]

The Female Congress; or, The Temple of Cotytto: a Mock Heroic Poem. By the author of Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-seven.

Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson. 1779. First Dublin Edition, xi,[i],[1]-55,[1]pp., with half-title, engraved vignette on title, a couple of minor tears, disbound. First Dublin edition, by a Dublin poet and lawyer; a satire on Methodism and "the rising licentiousness of female manners." Handsomely printed on good paper, this edition is far more scarce than the 4to London edition published in the same year. ESTC locates NLI, Bodleian and Royal Irish Academy copies in the UK; Penn State and Rice copies in the US.

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Book number: 27373

Keywords: POETRY ANTIQUARIAN IRISH LITERATURE

[CROUCH (Nathaniel)]

Female Excellency: or, the Ladies Glory. Illustrated in the worthy lives and memorable actions of nine famous women, who have been Renowned either for Virtue or Valour, in several Ages of the World: Namely, I. Deborah, the Prophetess. II. The valiant Judith. III. Queen Esther. IV. The Virtuous Susanna. V. The Chaste Lucretia. VI. Voadica, Queen of Britain. Vii. Mariamne, Wife to K. Heord. Viii. Clotilda, Queen of France. IX. Andegona, Princess of Spain. The whole adorned with poems, and the picture of each lady. By Robert Burton.

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and J. Batley, 1728. Third edition, 12mo (142 x 94 mm), 182 + [8]pp., of adverts, lacking leaf C5 and the last leaf of adverts, half-title with woodcut frontispiece with verso, detached, margins chipped, woodcuts illustrations, text rather soiled, corners dog-eared, numerous early ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary half, peeling from both boards, spine defective, a working copy of this rare work.

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Book number: 40299

Keywords: WOMEN LADIES BIOGRAPHY

[BENTLEY (Thomas Richard)]

A few cursory remarks upon the state of parties, during the administration of the Right Honourable Henry Addington. By a near observer.

Printed for J. Hatchard, 1803. Seventh edition, vii, [8]-84pp., with half-title, disbound.

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Book number: 33818

Keywords: POLITICS PAMPHLET

[BARBER (G.) and Others]

Fine Bindings 1500-1700 from Oxford Libraries.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1968. First edition, x, 144pp., signed and dated by on front endpaper, coloured frontispiece, 52 plates, orig. cloth. Illustrating some of the finest bindings to be held in Oxford libraries. From the working library of Roger Powell (1896-1990) bookbinder.

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Book number: 33479

Keywords: BOOKBINDING from the reference library of Roger Powell

[POPE (Alexander)]

The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated.

London: Printed for T. Cooper. [1737]. First Edition, folio, iv,23,[1]pp., date cropped by the binder, page numerals shaved, small single worm pinhole running throughout, sometime folded with crease to centre, small abrasion to terminal leaf, disbound. Foxon, P881; Griffith, 467 (this is Impression B with "38 Charles as the catchword on p. 21."); Rothschild 1635.

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Book number: 27547

Keywords: POETRY ENGLISH LITERATURE ANTIQUARIAN ALEXANDER POPE

[MORE (Hannah)]

Fist [-Second] Part of the Shepherd of Salisbury Plain.

Dublin: Sold by William Watson, Printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracks, [c. 1800]. 12mo (171 x 100mm), 2 parts, 23, [1]; 23, [1]pp., woodcut vignette to each title page, disbound.

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Book number: 40324

Keywords: CHAPBOOK IRELAND IRISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS DUBLIN PRINTING

[HORSLEY (Samuel)]

The Following is the Speech Delivered by the Bishop of St. David's, in the House of Lords, May 31, 1791, on the Second Reading of the Bill for the Relief of Papists, or Persons Professing the Popish Religion.

[s.n. London]. [1791]. 15,[1]pp., drop-head title, a little soiled, disbound. ESTC locates four copies: British Library (2 copies); Bodleian; Heythrop College Library.

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Book number: 26015

Keywords: THEOLOGY ANTIQUARIAN

[GREEN (Herbert)]

Forgotten Lincoln. A History of the City from the Earliest Times, with complete lists of its Parliamentary Representatives, Bishops and Mayors. Being a Series of Articles reprinted from the "Lincoln Gazette & Times," 1896-7.

Lincoln: Printed by the Lincolnshire Publishing Company, Ltd., [1897]. First edition, 8vo (190 x 125 mm), [vi], 192pp., title in red and black, original cloth, a very nice copy.

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Book number: 35519

Keywords: BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY LINCOLNSHIRE LINCOLN

[FOX (Charles James) & PITT (William)]

Fox and Pitt's Speeches in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, June 8, 1784. These speeches (which are an abridgement of all the arguments of both parties, upon (the business of the Westminster scrutiny, and contain the accusation of government by the former, and the defence of it by the latter leader ) are preceded by a brief impartial detail of the progress and proceedings in this affair, from the close of the poll to the determination of the House of Commons, comprehending in the whole a body of information, which will enable the plainest understanding to form a decisive opinion upon a question of the very first moment to every citizen of this country.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1784. First edition, 8vo, [4], vii, [1], 160pp., with half-title, disbound.

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Book number: 38404

Keywords: POLITICS HISTORY HOUSE OF COMMONS

[BRANDON (Isaac)]

Fragments in the manner of Sterne.

London: Printed for the Author: and sold by Debrett; and Murray & Highley, 1797. First edition, small 8vo (159 x 114 mm), [6], 139, [1] pp., with half-title, 3 engraved plates, nineteenth century cloth, spine gilt, a good copy. Attributed to Isaac Brandon but possibly written by William Combe, author of "Doctor Syntax", who undoubtedly knew Stern in France and in England.

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Book number: 35707

Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE VERSE

[BRETT (John)]

A Free and Candid Inquiry humbly addressed to the Representatives of the Several Counties and Boroughs in this Kingdom: And proper at this Time to be read by their Several Electors. In a Letter to a Person of Distinction in the North from a Gentleman in Town.

Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, in Crane-Lane, 1753. First edition, 43, [1] pp., signature of Philip Wolfe on title, disbound, uncut. John Brett was Rector of Moynalty, (Irish: Maigh nEalta), is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland.

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Book number: 33770

Keywords: Ireland PAMPHLET DUBLIN IMPRINT MOYNALTY COUNTY MEATH

[CLAYTON (John)]

Friendly Advice to my Poor Neighbours; in a Series of Cottage Tales and Dialogues. By a Member of the Church of England.

London: Printed for C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1829. 12mo (182 X 110mm), [8], 248pp., with half-title, last 2 leaves spotted, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, spine lettered and ruled in gilt direct.

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Book number: 35566

Keywords: JUVENILE FICTION ENGLISH LITERATURE CHILDREN'S BOOKS POOR SOCIAL STUDIES

[FOX (William Johnson)]

A funeral sermon for Caroline Queen of England, delivered at Parliament-Court Chapel, on Sunday, August 19th, 1821.

London: Sold by Rowland Hunter and David Eaton, 1821. Second edition, 26pp., title-page printed within a single line black mourning border, disbound.

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Book number: 31763

Keywords: ROYALTY HISTORY