The complete militia-man, or a compendium of military knowledge. Containing I. The Manual and Platoon Exercises. II. Of mounting and relieving Guards. III. The duty of a Militiaman upon a March, in Camp, on a Review, and on the Day of Battle. IV. Particular Directions in case of Invasions. V. Military Laws, relating to Serjeants, Corporals, and private Men, when upon actual Service. VI. Of Military Honours: and of Attestations, Advertisements, Furloughs, Discharges, &c. &c. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which is added, A short Account of the several Potentates now reigning in Europe; and an alphabetical List of the Towns, Rivers, and Places of Note, situated in or near the present Seat of War. By an officer of the British forces.

London: printed for R. Griffiths, opposite Somerset-House, in the Strand, 1760. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xv, [i = xvi], [i = xvii]-xxii, [ii], 216pp. With the half-title present. Contemporary calf, somewhat worn. With 4 plates. I: Firelock - at the end of the Preface; II: Inside Lock - facing p. xxii; III: Militia Man - facing p. 1; and, IV: Encampment Plate - facing p. 67. ESTC T93401. Internally, a very good copy. Very Good.

Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003258

[THE TIMES].

Europe under the Nazi scourge. A picture & an indictment. A reprint of some recent articles in the Times on conditions in the countries of Europe which have fallen under Nazi oppression.

London 1940. Modern cloth. or.wrps. incl. VIII, 145 pp. In good condition.

Rashi Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 45785

[BOWER (Robert)]

An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Last Four Years; Comprising a Series of Views of the Principal Places, Battles, etc. etc. etc... [Printed paper label on upper cover reads:] Illustrated Record of Important Events Through the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views, Battles, &c. A History of all those Important Transactions which have taken place since the Retreat of Bonaparte from Moscow.

London: Printed by T. Bensley and Son, 1816. Folio (485 x 340 mm), [3], 4-30, [14], [4, appendix]pp., 9 plates (7 hand-coloured aquatint plates), of which 3 are folding, orig. marbled boards, later cloth spine. The Plates within are: 1. Moscow (folding). 2. Frankfort. 3. Flight of the French through Leipsic (folding). 4. Dresden. 5. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic (folding with closed tear). 6. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris. 7. Facsimile Autographs. 8. Map of Elba, Portrait of Napoleon & View of Porto Ferrajo. 9. A Map of the Retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41100

Keywords: COLOUR PLATE BOOKS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WAR ARMY MOSCOW PARIS BATTLES

[CURRIE (James)]

A Letter, Commercial and Political, addressed to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which the real interests of Britain in the present crisis, are considered, and some observations are offered on the general State of Europe....... By Jaspar Wilson, Esq.

London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, 4to, piece torn from upper blank margin of title (not touching the text), [4], 72pp., disbound. Kress, B2474; Goldsmith, 15727.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 30691

Keywords: ECONOMICS ANTIQUARIAN PAMPHLETS

[CURRIE (James)]

A Letter, Commercial and Political, addressed to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which the real interests of Britain in the present crisis, are considered, and some observations are offered on the general State of Europe....... By Jasper Wilson, Esq.

London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, small 4to, [4], 72pp., piece torn from upper blank margin of title (not touching the text), hole to final leaf (just touching two lines of text),disbound. Kress, B2474; Goldsmith, 15727.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38500

Keywords: ECONOMICS POLITICS PAMPHLETS

[Montague, Lady Mary Wortley]

Letters of the right honourable Lady M..y W...y M......e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe, which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks. 2de druk. 3 dln. Londen: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1763.

Geb., 16 165 167 134 p. Gebonden in bibliotheekbanden. Lit: Jacobsen Jensen 110 (Engelstalige editie, Parijs 1800). Lady Montagu(e) (1689-1762) is in de Engelse literatuur vooral bekend door deze 52 brieven vanuit Turkije, waar haar echtgenoot Edward Wortley Montagu van 1716 tot 1718 ambassadeur was. Deze brieven werden eerst in 1763, een jaar na haar dood, gepubliceerd en nog in hetzelfde jaar verscheen de hier aangeboden tweede druk. De brieven zijn gedateerd 1716-1718 en geschreven in diverse plaatsen op de heen- en terugweg van Engeland naar Turkije, maar vooral vanuit het laatste land.In een voorwoord, gedateerd 18 december 1724 en getekend M.A., wordt de loftrompet gestoken over de vrouw die reisverhalen schrijft. Een tweede voorwoord van de “editor” vertelt dat hij de schrijfster leerde kennen gedurende zijn verblijf in Venetië en dat zij de selectie uit haar brieven aldaar voor hem maakte.In de vanuit Nederland geschreven brieven vertelt zij over haar overtocht naar Hellevoetsluis en bezoeken aan Brielle, Rotterdam, Den Haag (het Voorhout) en Nijmegen (Julius Caesars toren, Belvedere, brug, Franse kerk). Er bestaan vertalingen in het Frans en ook in het Nederlands (verschenen in 1765 bij Meijer te Amsterdam). Verder is de schrijfster bekend als feministe, dichter en essayist. Ze was bevriend met Alexander Pope en John Gay. Vanuit Turkije bracht zij het inenten tegen pokken mee terug naar Engeland, waar dit nog onbekend was.

Antiquariaat Arine van der SteurProfessional seller

Book number: 15613

Keywords: Topography & Travel|travel

The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called the King of the Beggars. With His Portrait from an Original Picture in the Possession of the Earl of Exeter, Being a True Account of His Life, from His Leaving Tiverton School at the Age of Fifteen, and Entering Into a Society of Gipsies; Wherein the Motives of His Conduct Are Related and Explained: Also, the Variety of Shapes and Characters He Assumed in Great-Britain, Ireland, and Several Other Places of Europe: With His Travels Twice Through Great Part of America: Giving a Particular Account of the Origins, Government, Law and Customs of the Gypsies, with the Method of Electing Their King. To Which Is Added a Dictionary of the Cant Language Used by the Mendicants

Bath , Printed and Sold by J. Browne; Crosby and Letterman, 1802. Leather. An early edition of this entertaining biography of Bamfylde-Moore Carew. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1745. Tracing the life, travels, and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, an English rogue, vagabond, and impostor of the eighteenth century. He was the self-proclaimed King of Beggars. A great success, this work went through numerous editions as books and chapbooks of this exciting and entertaining historical account. It is difficult to ascertain the validity of the contents of this volume, as some of the stories are too fantastic or literary. The book states that the contents were penned by Carew himself, however it is suggested it being authored by Robert Goadby. Including a canting dictionary to the rear with the language used by mendicants  Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. In a full calf biding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and considerable rubbing to the boards and spine. Front board is loose but present. With Major Will Ayling library bookplate to the front pastedown. Undated previous ownership inscription Charles E Brown, possibly a commercial aviation photographer for the United Kingdom bearing the same name living 1896-1892. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally very clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 805A55

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Bamfylde-Moore Carew history biography history Not Stated

Memoirs of the Duke de Ripperda: First Ambassador from the States-General to his Most Catholick Majesty, then Duke and Grandee of Spain; afterwards Bashaw and Prime Minister to Muly Abdalla, Emperor of Fez and Morocco, &c. Containing a Succinct Account of the most Remarkable Events which happen d between 1715 and 1736. Interspersed throughout with Several Curious Particulars relating to the Cardinals Del Guidice, and Alberoni, the Princess of Ursins, Prince Cellamere, the Marquis Beretti Landi, M. de Santa Cruz, and other Persons of Distinction in the Spanish Court. As Also, a Distinct and Impartial Detail of the Differences between the Courts of London and Madrid; with many Authentick Memorials, and other valuable Papers. And an Alphabetical index/An Appendix, Containing Some Papers on the Balance of Europe; the Present State of Spain; and the Consequences of a War in the West-Indies.

London: printed for John Stagg, in Westminster-Hall; and Daniel Browne, at the Black-Swan, without Temple-Bar. 1740, 1st edition, 8vo, xv, [i], 344 (8) index, 356-390 (appendix), [2], pages, with the appendix, some waterstaining to the first 50 pages, wormhole through the first 40 pages, 19th century half leather binding with the crest of the Constitutional Club Library in gilt on the spine, bookplate of Constitutional Club on flyleaf, "the gift of the right honble Lord Colchester 1887", hinges damaged and loose, repair on the inside, gilt lettering on spine, spine damaged, Reginald Charles Edward Abbot (13 February 1842 - 26 February 1919), 3rd Baron Colchester of Colchester from 1867, was a barrister and Conservative Party politician. The only son of Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester of Colchester and the Hon. Elizabeth Susan Law, he was educated at Eton College before being admitted to Christ Church, Oxford. He was President of the Union Society of Oxford in 1863 and graduated with an M.A. in 1864. In the latter year he became a Fellow of All Soul's College. He was Examiner in Law and History at Oxford University from 1869 to 1871. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867. He unsuccessfully contested parliamentary seats on two occasions: at East Sussex in 1865 and at Devonport in 1867. Excellent provenance for this rare book. Written by John Campbell (1708-1775). An entertaining romantic history based around the life and diplomatic career of Jan Willem, Duke de Ripperda, with many amusing anecdotes drawn from the Moroccan and Spanish courts and a wealth of information and comment on both countries and the character of the two nations. Interesting comparisons are also drawn between the Spanish and English courts, in the final section. The detailed index at the end makes it a good tool for reference as well as a diverting read. This book combines the first 344 pages, the index and the appendix which brings the total of 390 numbered pages. Scarce and complete.

Antiquariaat GoltziusProfessional seller

Book number: 67124

Catalogue: Biography

Major C. Adams; Captain C. Cooper King

Great Campaigns: A Succinct Account of the Principal Military Operations Which Have Taken Place in Europe from 1796 to 1870

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1877. Cloth. A first edition of Major C. Adams' notes on the military operations in Europe, rebacked in the original cloth boards. Comprising an account of the main military operations across Europe from between 1796 and 1870.From the works of Major Charles Adams; edited by Captain Cooper King. With five folding maps bound to the rear.The first edition of this work. In a full cloth binding; rebacked with the original boards laid down. Externally very smart; slight bumping to the extremities and edges of the original boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little spotted. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 807R50

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: C. Cooper King Great Campaigns Major C. Adams Military History Great Campaigns None

HUTTON Alfred

The Sword and the Centuries or Old Sword Days and Old Sword Ways Being a Description of the Various Swords Used in Civilized Europe During the Last Five Centuries and the Single Combats Which Have Been Fought with Them

Grant Richards, 1901. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt (a little faded at spine, endpapers tanned - otherwise VG). Pp. xxii + 367, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard, b&w plates and b&w drawings in text (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down and pencil inscription on front free endpaper). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 188912

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History

Avril, Father.

TRAVELS INTO DIVERS PARTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA, undertaken by the French King’s order to discover a new way by land into China. Containing many curious remarks in natural philosophy, geography, hydrography, and history. Together with a description of Great Tartary, and of the different people who inhabit there. By Father Avril, of the Order of the Jesuits. Done out of French. To which is added, A supplement extracted from Hakluyt and Purchas; giving an account of several journeys over land from Russia, Persia, and the Moguls country to China. Together with the roads and distances of the places. Imprimatur. April 4. 1693. Char. Heron.

London : printed for Tim. Goodwin, at the Maidenhead over-against St. Dunstan’s-Church in Fleetstreet,, 1693. 1st English Ed. 12mo. [10], 191, [1]; 178. [Lacking [A2] ‘Translator to the Reader’ and advert. leaf to rear]. Red and black lettered title page (heavily annotated, also to head of first leaf of text). Some browning, rebound in modern speckled calf, gilt ruling and lettering to spine.
¶ ESTC R16481 ‘A translation of: Avril, Philippe. Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie. Title page in red and black. Travels in Muscovy. Book the fourth (caption title) has separate pagination and register. With a final advertisement leaf [lacking in our copy]. Wing (2nd ed.), A4275.’ These travels for discovering a new overland route to China were undertaken at the suggestion of Father Ferdinand Verbiest, the celebrated Jesuit Missionary to China, as a safer and quicker route than that by sea, and were made more feasible owing to the Tartar Conquest of China. Father Avril traveled for six years through Kurdistan, Armenia, Astrakhan, Persia, and other countries of eastern Asia. Avril was determined to try the route through Tartary, but on arrival at Moscow permission to travel through Russia was refused, and he went onto Constantinople where bad health caused him to return to France. He re-embarked from France in 1698 but suffered shipwreck and was drowned. First published in France in 1692, with four plates and a folding map.

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 280640

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: GENERAL VOYAGES

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; GENERAL VOYAGES

BERNAL (Ralph)

Catalogue of the Very Choice and Valuable Collection of Prints... Comprising Principally of English and Foreign Portraits of the Great Men of Europe from the time of Queen Mary to James Second... a most splendid Selection of the Works of Hogarth... Which will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson... On Monday, 19th of February, 1855, and Two following Days.

J. Davy & Sons. 1855. [iv],25,[1]pp., prices supplied in pencil, 560 lots, disbound, preserved within a folding card wallet. Ralph Bernal was for many years chairman of Way and Means, and committees of the House of Commons, and M.P. for Rochester.

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Book number: 26219

Keywords: ENGRAVINGS AUCTION CATALOGUE WILLIAM HOGARTH ANTIQUARIAN

Broeksteeg, H, L Verhey and Ilse Van den Driessche:

Political Accountability in Europe: Which Way Forward? A Traditional Concept of Parliamentary Democracy in a EU Context.

Europa Law Publishing 2008. 1st ed. 344 S. Hardcover Like new. Shrink wrapped. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

Antiquariat Thomas HakerProfessional seller

Book number: 813166

Catalogue: Politik

Keywords: Europa, Politik, Politikwissenschaft ISBN: 9789076871820

CHAUCHARD

A Geographical, Historical, and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia; with a Gazetteer of Reference to the Principal Places in Those Countries. Compiled and Translated from the German. To Which Are Added, Statistical Tables of All the States of Europe; Translated from the German of J.G. Boetticher of Konigsberg. With a Supplementary Table, Showing the Changes Since the Commencement of the Present War. Illustrated with Twemty-Four Plates, and a Large Three-Sheet Post Map of Germany, Holland, Italy, Etc.

Lo John Stockdale, 1800. 4to., pp.390,viii,87, full contemporary speckled calf, 5 raised bands, red title label lettered in gilt, speckled edges, frontispiece map, 3 folding maps, 23 city plans; light evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, minor marginal worming, not affecting printed area, 4cm wear to foot of upper external joint, 1.5cm wear to foot of lower external joint, rubbing/superficial wear along upper joint and to lower inner corner of front board, a clean and handsome copy.

The Minster Gate BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 37361

Catalogue: MISCELLANEOUS

Keywords: Atlas; Travel

Clark, Hugh.

A Concise History of Knighthood. Containing the Religious and Military Orders which have been Instituted in Europe. With Descriptions of Their Mantles, Caps, Collars, Stars, Ribbons, and Mottoes. Also Accounts of the Installations of the Garter, Bath, Thistle, and St. Patrick; and Correct Lists of the Knights of Each. To which is Added the Antient Ceremonies Used at Duels, Combats, Justs, and Tournaments. The Whole Imbellished with 82 Copper Plates, Comprising 116 Orders, Accurately Drawn and Neatly Engraved. Being the Completest Collection Ever Published in Great Britain. In Two Volumes. Collected from the Best and Most Approved Prints and Manuscripts. With a Correct Index to the Whole, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].

London, Strahan, Rivington, e.a. 1784. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. x, 285; 268. Plus 82 engraved plates including frontispiece. HARDCOVER, bound in later handsome three-quarters blond calf and marbled boards, crimson gilt morocco lettering-piece to spine, gilt fleurons, gilt-tooled raised bands, date stamped in gilt at foot; index and blank verso of few leaves with scholarly annotations inked in a very neat contemporary hand. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. C-2 .

Librarium of The HagueProfessional seller

Book number: 9999_01161

Catalogue: The Glory of Uniforms: Military Dress and Accoutrement

Keywords: UNIFORMS MILITARY ART ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRATED COSTUMES ARMY NAVY REGIMENTALS INSIGNIA MEDALS ORDERS DECORATIONS COLOURS COLORS RANKS CORPS HISTORY MILITARIA ARMOUR ARMOR KRIEG KRIEGE KRIEGSZÜGE FELDZÜGE MILITÄR MILITÄRISCHE ARMEE HEER MILITAIRE GUERRE HE