[BRILLAT SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme)]

Physiologie du Gout ou Méditations de gastronomie transcendante; ouvrage théorique, historique et à l'ordre du jour, dédié aux gastronomes parisiens par un professeur membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes.

Paris: Charpentier, 1838-47. 2 vols., 493; 474pp., text a little spotted, cont. half calf.

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Book number: 37630

Keywords: MEDICINE GOUT

[LANGLAND (William)]

Pierce the Ploughman's Crede.

London: Reprinted by T. Bensley... for Lackington, Allen and Co.... and Robert Triphook. 1814. 4to (280 x 205 mm), [44]pp., title-page and text printed in red and black, wood engraved headpieces and vignette tailpiece, cont. full red morocco, gilt, a little rubbed. An anonymous alliterative verse satire of 850 lines written between 1393 and 1401, attributed to Langland by Tyrwhitt, Skeat and Jusserand. The poem exists complete in two sixteenth-century paper manuscripts, Trinity College Cambridge MS R. 3. 15 and British Library MS Bibl. Reg. 18. B. XVII; in a fragment, British Library MS Harley 78 (fol. 3r); and in a black-letter edition (London, Reyner Wolfe, 1553) from which this reprint is taken. Provenance: Engraved bookplate of Edward Johnson with his crest stamped in gilt on both upper and lower covers.

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Book number: 38188

Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE EARLY PRINTING

[MORE (Hannah)]

The Pilgrims: an Allegory.

London: Sold by J. Evans & Son (printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts); J. Hatchard; J. Binns, [c. 1805.] 8vo (175 x 115 mm), 16pp., woodcut vignette to title, disbound. A Cheap Repository Tract.

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Book number: 40122

Keywords: CHAPBOOKS CHEAP REPOSITORY TRACT LANCASHIRE MINING RELIGIOUS TRACT EDUCATION HAWKERS NEWSMEN JUVENILE CHILDREN'S BOOKS

[COURTENAY (Thomas Peregrine)]

A Plain Answer to the Misrepresentations and Calumnies contained in the Cursory Remarks of a Near Observer. By a more accurate observer.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1803. Third edition, [4], 89, [5]pp., half-title, 4 advertisement pp. at end, disbound. A reply to T.R. Bentley's 'A few cursory remarks upon the state of parties, during the administration of the Right Honourable Henry Addington'. Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 21877.

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Book number: 33783

Keywords: ECONOMICS POOR LAW PAMPHLET ENGLISH HISTORY

[HAMMOND (William)]

Poems. By W. H.

London: Printed for Thomas Dring, [1816]. Small 4to, 96pp., one of 40 copies, the title-page is a reproduction of the original "Poems. By W.H. London: Printed for Thomas Dring... 1655", engraved title vignette, orig. boards with vellum spine and corners. One of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges reprints of the Lesser Caroline Poets. "...an interesting little volume reprinted in 1816 by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges. Several poems are addressed to Thomas Stanley, whose mother was a sister of William Hammond, and there is an elegy On the Death of my much honoured Uncle, Mr. G. Sandys. The original edition is scarce, and Brydges's reprint was limited to forty copies."—DNB.

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Book number: 24339

Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES LEE PRIORY PRESS

[OPIE (Amelia)]

Poems by Mrs. Opie.

Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees. 1802. First Edition, iv,192pp., engraved frontis., (offset), cont. half morocco, uncut. These poems combined many previously published pieces with new work.

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Book number: 25871

Keywords: POETRY ENGLISH LITERATURE ANTIQUARIAN WOMEN LADY AUTHOR POEMS FEMALE AUTHOR

[THOMPSON (Isaac)]

Poetic Essays, on Nature, Men, and Morals. Essay 1. To Dr. Askew, of Newcastle

[Newcastle upon Tyne]: Printed for R. Akenhead, jun. in Newcastle upon Tyne and C. Hitch, in London, 1750. First edition, 4to, [6], 28 pp., lacks half-title, engraved vignette to title, inner margin of title a little torn, title and final leaf slightly ceased and soiled, disbound. Foxon, T165.

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Book number: 33750

Keywords: POETRY ENGLISH LITERATURE PROVINCAL POETRY NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE IMPRINT

[PULTENAY (William)]

The Politicks on Both Sides, with Regard to Foreign Affairs, stated from their own writings, and examined by the Course of Events. With Observations on the Present State of Affairs in Great Britain, and the Effects of out Negociations, for several Years past.

London: Printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's, 1734. First Edition, 75, [1]pp., stitched as issued. Relates incidentally to the West Indies, the South Sea Company, etc. Sabin, 66642; Kress, 4170; Goldsmith, 7203; Hanson, 4696.

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Book number: 30852

Keywords: Economics POLITICS ANTIQUARIAN WEST INDIES SOUTH SEA COMPANY

[BRYDGES (Sir Samuel Egerton)]

Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum, Italicorum, Gallicorum, Hispanicorum, Anglicanorum, et Latinorum.

Geneva: G. Fick, 1822. First edition, 2 parts in one, lvi, 464pp., one of 75 copies printed, ex-library with several stamps, cont. quarter calf, lacks spine, uncut.

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Book number: 21911

Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY

[CURWEN (John Christian)]

The President's Report to the Workington Agricultural Society. 1819. The Prosperity and Security of Great Britain.

London: Printed for John Harding, Agricultural Library, 1820. First edition, [2], ii, 93, [1] + 2pp., of adverts, woodcut vignette on title, disbound. John Christian Curwen, M.P. for Carlisle and a member of the House of Keys, was a well known agricultural reformer who founded Workington Agricultural Society which had a branch on the Isle of Man and had a major influence on the development of agriculture both in Cumberland and on the Island. His work in the field of agricultural improvement was important. As a part of the improvements at his home, Workington Hall, he built an entirely new model home farm called Schoose Farm. By his experiments, many conducted on the Workington lands at Schoose Farm he tested the art of farming in all its branches. In this report the proceedings at the Schoose Farm, from the year 1813 to 1819 are given on pp. 36-93.

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Book number: 37895

Keywords: AGRICULTURE HUSBANDRY CUMBERLAND ISLE OF MAN

[MACGOWAN (John)]

Priestcraft defended. A sermon, occasioned by the expulsion of six young gentlemen, from the University of Oxford, for praying, reading, and expounding the Scriptures.

Leeds: Printed by W. Preston and Co., 1809. 24, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece, disbound. Concludes with "Hymn in praise of the University".

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Book number: 33821

Keywords: METHODISM SERMON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PAMPHLET

[EMERSON (William)]

The Principles of Mechanics. Explaining and demonstrating the general laws of motion, the laws of gravity, motion of descending bodies, projectiles, mechanic powers, Pendulums, Centers of Gravity, &c. Strength and Stress of Timber, Hydrostatics, and Construction of Machines. A Work very necessary to be known, by all Gentlemen, and Others, that desire to have an Insight into the Works of Nature and Art. And extremely useful to all Sorts of Artificers; particularly to Architects, Engineers, Shipwrights, Millwrights, Watchmakers, &c. or any that work in a Mechanical Way.

London: Printed for J. Richardson, 1758. Second edition, corrected, and very much enlarged, 4to (245 x 185 mm), [2], viii, [2], 284p., 43 copper-engraved plates, cont. calf, rebacked, corners rubbed. "William Emerson (1701-1782), an English amateur scientist who spent most of his life in seclusion at Hurworth in Durhamshire, Emerson was mainly interested in mathematics, astronomy, physics, and medicine. He is known for his so-called "Emerson Paradox"... the Mechanics was very popular and went through several editions. It deals with the general laws of motion, descent of bodies, centers of gravity, mechanical powers, comparative strength of timber and its failure, forces of engines and their motion, as well as friction, hydrostatics, and pneumatics. The volume also poses the Emerson Paradox..."—Roberts & Trent. Robert & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 101-02.

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Book number: 36891

Keywords: SCIENCE PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MECHANICS NATURAL SCIENCES

[VERTUE (George)]

Prints. King Charles I. and the Heads of the Noble Earls, Lords, and others, who suffered for their Loyalty in the Rebellion and Civil-Wars of England. With their Characters engraved under each Print, extracted from Lord Clarendon. Taken from Original Pictures of the greatest Masters, many of them Sir Anthony Vandyke's, and all the Heads accurately engraved by Mr Geo. Vertue...

London: Printed and Published according to Act of Parliament, for C. Davis; S. Austen; and W. H. Toms, 1746. First edition, large folio, [2], 2pp., without the list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece and 10 engraved plates with a total of 26 portraits of royalists, letter-press title and preface, some minor spotting and light browning but overall the plates are very clean and bright, expertly rebound in cont. style calf calf, marbled boards, red morocco spine label, an attractive copy. Rare: ESTC locates only three copy in the UK (all at Oxford) and four copies in North America. A reason for the scarcity of the complete volume may be found in a note on the title page, which advises that: "As these Prints are an agreeable Ornament for Rooms, they may be had of the Proprietors in neat black Frames and Glasses". Vertue's parents had served in the court of the exiled James II, and the publication of this volume in praise of loyal servants to the Stuart crown in the year of Culloden may well suggest Jacobite sympathies. This may be signalled by couplet from Pope quoted in the frontispiece: "Rich Industry Sat Smiling on the Plain | And Peace, and Plenty, told a Stuart's reign."

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Book number: 30374

Keywords: ROYALTY ANTIQUARIAN KING CHARLES I LORDS EARLS ROYALISTS PORTRAITS ART ENGRAVINGS

[BROWNE (Peter)]

The Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding.

London: Printed for William Innys, 1729. Second Edition, with corrections and additions, [6], 377, [3] pp., without half-title but with the 3pp. of advertisements at end, contemporary name in Ms. on title (partially erased), lacks paste-down endpapers, other endpapers a little torn, contemporary calf, spine worn, label. Provenance: With the bookplate of the Library of Fort Augustus Abbey.

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Book number: 30988

Keywords: THEOLOGY PHILOSOPHY

[D'URFEY (Thomas)]

The Progress of Honesty: or a View of a Court and City. A Pindarique Poem. By T. D.

London: Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh. 1681. First Edition, folio, [ii],23,[1]pp., with advert leaf, disbound. Printed in the year D'Urfey entered the political arena with satires on Shaftesbury and the Whigs, who were at that time seeking to exclude the Duke of York from succession to the throne. Wing D.2764.

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Book number: 27513

Keywords: POETRY ENGLISH LITERATURE ANTIQUARIAN