Barrow, John.

Dissertatio medica, inauguralis, de catarrho.

Edinburgi: Apud Balfour et Smellie, Academiae Typographos, 1785. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. [6], 32pp. []3, A4-D4. With the half-title present. Wrappers. ESTC N6341. Presentation copy. Good.

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Book number: 1635

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies, Science

Keywords: Medicine, Presentation Copy

Bentham, Jeremy. [SIGNED BY BENTHAM].

Jeremy Bentham to the National Convention of France.

London: n.p. 1793. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 48pp. Drop-head title. First edition. Disbound. Goldsmiths', 15631; ESTC T103431. Signed and dated by Bentham at the end: "Jermey Bentham, Queens Square Place, Westminster, 2 Jan, 1793." This tract was printed in 1793 but not published - copies were given away, and no title page was produced. It was not until 1830 that the book was actually published, with a title page reading 'Emancipate Your Colonies! Addressed to the National Convention of France, Ao 1793' and the imprint 'Printed by C. and W. Reynell, Broad Street, for Robert Heward, Wellington Street'. Good.

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Book number: 712

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Blake, Sir Francis. [SIGNED BY BLAKE].

Political tracts: containing I. A proposal for the liquidation of the national debt: ... II. The efficacy of a sinking fund of one million per annum: ... III. The abolition of tithes and the reform of the church revenue: etc.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1795. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. [8], 354pp. []4, A8-X8, Y10 (- Y10 blank). New edition. With a half-title. Signed by the author. Contemporary wrappers. Long tear on half-title repaired with tape; although the tape has been removed and the page has been repaired properly, the stain remains. Goldsmiths'-Kress 16311. Good.

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Book number: 1346

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

De Castro y Barbeito. Benito Francisco.

Diccionario Historico-Portatil de las Órdenes Religiosas y Militares, y de las Congregaciones Regulares y Seculares, que han existido en varias partes del Mundo hasta el Dia de hoy .

Madrid: En la Imprenta de Don Blas Román, 1792-1793, 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: [ii], [iv], CLXXXVIII, 260pp.; II: [iv]. 534, [ii]pp. Contemporary Spanish mottled calf with William Stirling's arms, later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, the well-known Spanish art historian, embossed on the upper cover, and the map of Spain on the lower cover. Bindings a little rubbed. All edges marbled red. With the bookplate of William Stirling on the front pastedown. Palau 48877. With notes on the margins and a full-page of notes at the end in his hand. Good.

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Book number: 2529

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies, Association Copies

Smith, William.

Discourses on Several Public Occasions During the War in America.

London: Printed for A. Millar, et. al. 1759. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 246pp. A6, B8-Q8, R2-S2 (- S2 blank). First edition. Contemporary sheep, worn and rubbed. Upper corner bumped. Front hinge cracked. Top (1/8 inch) and bottom (1/4 inch) of spine missing. Howes S688; Sabin 84601. From the library of William R. Smith, a descendant of the author. Presentation copy from the author (founder of the University of Pennsylvania) to an Alea (?) Barclay, dated 11 January 1769. Further presented by Horace W. Smith (the author's grandson [?]) to William R. Smith, one of the founders of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A great assocation item from one of the great families in American History. The first edition of Smith"s Discourses. which includes essays on the French and Indian War (especially Braddock"s defeat), educational institutions in the colony of Pennsylvania, and various religious pieces. Smith was an Anglican clergyman, teacher, and first provost of the College, Academy, and Charitable School of Philadelphia, the precursor to the University of Pennsylvania. A second edition of this pre-Revolutionary collection of discourses was published in London in 1762. Good.

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Book number: 1655

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Americana, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Keywords: Presentation Copy, University of Pennsylvania

Younge, William. [PRESENTATION COPY].

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de colica.

Edinburgi: Apud Balfour et Smellie, Academiae Typographos, 1786. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. [4], 58pp. []2, A4-G4, H2 (H2 blank). Wrappers. Presentation copy. Good.

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Book number: 1637

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Signed and/or Presentation Copies, Science

Keywords: Medicine, Presentation Copy