Dampier, William Captain.

A new Voyage Around the World. Describing particularly, The Isthmus of America, several Coasts and islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the Passage by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, ...

London: printed for James Knapton, 1703, 1699, 1703. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes. I: vi, 550, [4]pp.; II: preface, 184, 132, 112pp. Plus index; III: ?. Contemporary calf. With: I: 5 maps and charts; II: 4 maps; III: 1 map and 14 plates. With the ownership inscription of George Weller. Cox, p. 43; Sabin 18375. According to Sabin, volume I is 5th edition, and volumes II and III are first editions. Good.

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Buchzahl: 2167

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books, Seventeenth Century Books, Travel

Darell, William.

The History of Dover Castle, by the Revd. W. Darrell, Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth. Illustrated With 10 Views, and a Plan of the Castle.

London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1786. 0. Hardcover. Large quarto. [7], iv-vi, 68pp. pi4(-pi4), A2, B4-I4, K2. First edition. Contemporary calf. Hinges slightly rubbed. With an engraved title, text vignette, folding plan, and 8 plates, engraved by S. Sparrow and others. Engraved illustration of Dover Castle on title-page is signed J. Newton sculpsit. Other engraved plates are signed Ravenhill sculp. S. Sparrow sculp. and P. Mazell sculp. Universal Catalogue of Books on Art I, p. 382; Lowndes 591-92; Bibliotheca Cantiana, p. 189. Very fine copy. Very Good.

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Defoe, Daniel.

Jure divino: a satyr. In twelve books. By the author of The True-Born-Englishman.

London: n.p. Printed in the Year, 1706. 0. Hardcover. Folio. Twelve parts. [iv], xxviii, [iv], vii, [i], 26, 32, 28 [i.e. 24], 30, 32, 20, 28, 34, 24, 26, 32, 23, [i]pp. Later calf. With the frontispiece portrait. ESTC T66291; Moore 115; Foxon D128-129. Good.

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Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books

Defoe, Daniel.

The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1790. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. Two volumes. I: xii, 389pp.; II: v, 456, 14pp. I: []1, A6, B8-Z8, Aa8-Bb8, Cc6 (- Cc6 blank); II: []1, A2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Gg8, Hh2 (Hh2 blank). First Stockdale edition. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards. With a folding copper-engraved map, and 17 copper-engraved plates (16 of them by Medland after Stothard) including the frontispieces & titles. Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 131; ESTC N47632; Lowndes, III, 613; NCBEL, II, 900 (first few editions only); Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 19. Good.

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Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Sonstige Stichworte: Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, Imaginary Voyages

[Defoe, Daniel].

A Speech without Doors.

London: Printed for A. Baldwin, 1710. 0. Hardcover. Thin octavo. 20pp. A4-B4, C2. Modern quarter calf. Moore 168; Rothschild 741; Goldsmiths 4644. This work is no longer attributed to Defoe. Good.

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Buchzahl: 1251

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books

Delap, John.

Hecuba, A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane.

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1762. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 71pp. []8, B4-K4. First edition. Quarter green morocco over cloth boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. ESTC T36072. Good.

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Buchzahl: 1882

Katalog: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Fine Bindings

Denina, Carlo.

Panegirico Primo alla Maesta di Vittorio Amadeo Re di Sardegna recitato nel giorno della sua nascita XXVI. Giugno MDCCLXXIII.

Torino: Presso i Fratelli Reycends, 1773. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 88, [iv]pp. Contemporary vellum. Bound with six other works: (1) Papon, Orasion Funebre, Turin, 1773; (2) Boismont, Oraison Funebre, Paris, 1774; (3) Mero, Oraison Funebre, Nice, 1774; (4) Thomas, Eloge de Louis, n.p. n.d.; (5) Beauvais, Oraison Funebre, Paris, 1774; (6) Gagliardi, De cvltv memoriae, Carali, n.d. Good.

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Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books

Desfontaines, Abbé Pierre-François Guyot.

The Travels of Mr. John Gulliver, Son to Capt. Lemuel Gulliver.

London: Printed for Sam. Harding, at the Bible and Anchor, on the Pavement in St. Martin's-Lane, 1731. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: [vi], iv, 10, vi, 212pp.; II: [i], iv, 198pp. I: A5, a8, B8-O8, P2; II: A3, A8-M8, N3. First English edition. Contemporary calf, repaired. With an engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Hogarth. Teerink-Scouten 1238; ESTC N13920. Good.

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Buchzahl: 298

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books

Desjardins, Marie Catherine Hortense [Madame de Villedieu].

Mademoiselle d'Alençon, nouvelles Galantes.

Lyon: Chez Hilaire Baritel, 1710. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 158, [v]pp. A12-G12 (G11 & G12 blank). Early twentieth-century half cloth over marbled boards. Old faded stains. Good.

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Deventer, Hendrik van.

The art of midwifery improv'd. Fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife. And the many errors in all the books hitherto written upon this subject clearly refuted. Illustrated with 38 cuts ...

London: printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible, J. Pemberton, at the Buck and Sun, both against St. Dunstans-Church in Fleet-Street, and W. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1716. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [xiv], 328pp. At end of imprint: Pr. 6s. First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With five plates containing 38 cuts. ESTC T120705. Upper part of plates stained. A very good copy. Good.

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Buchzahl: 2712

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Medicine

Dibdin, Thomas John.

Five thousand a year, a comedy, in three acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.

London: printed by T. Woodfall; for G. G. and J. Robinson, n.d. [1799]. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 84pp. []4, B4-L4, M2. First edition. Quarter red morocco over cloth boards. One of the author"s early plays. Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 1883

Katalog: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Fine Bindings

Dobbs, Francis.

A letter addressed to Lord North and Mr. Fox. By Francis Dobbs, Esq. Author of the Letter to Lord North on Irish Affairs.

London: printed for J. Stockdale, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1784. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. [ii], 20, [ii]p. With a final advertisement leaf, lacking in this copy. Price from imprint: Price One Shilling. (entered at Stationers Hall). Disbound. ESTC T108769. Good.

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Buchzahl: 2163

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books

Dodsley, Robert.

The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin.

London: Printed by T. Rickaby, for S. and E. Harding, Pall Mall, 1795. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 24, 120pp. a6-b6, B6-L6. Contemporary boards, rebacked. With 49 engravings by Gardiner after Harding. Morison, Four Centuries of Fine Printing, p. 197; Graesse II, 416. Good.

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Buchzahl: 1959

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Theater

Dodsley, Robert.

A Select Collection of Old Plays. Corrected and Collated with the old copies, with Notes Critical and Explanatory.

London: J. Dodsley, 1780. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Twelve volumes. I: cxxxiii, [iii], 292pp.; II: [iv], 415pp.; III: [iv], 486, [ii]pp.; IV: [vi], 499pp.; V: [iv], 519pp.; VI: [iv], 556pp.; VII: [iv], 526, [ii]pp.; VIII: [iv], 513, [iii]pp.; IX: [iv], 489, [i]pp.; X: [iv], 530, [i]pp.; XI: [iv], 535, [i]pp.; XII: [iv], 436, [xx]pp. I: []2, b8-i8, kk2, A8-S8, T2; II: []2, A8-Z8, Aa8-Cc8; III: []2, A8-Z8, Aa8-Gg8, Hh4; IV: []4 (-[]1 blank), A8-Z8, Aa8-Hh8, Ii2; V: []2, A8-Z8, Aa8-Ii8, Kk4; VI: []2, A8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8, Mm6; VII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8; VIII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Kk8, Ll2 (Ll2 blank); IX: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Hh8, Ii6 (Ii6 blank); X: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8, Mm2 (-Mm2 blank); XI: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ll8, Mm2; XII: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ff8, Gg4. Second edition. Uniformly bound in modern red morocco. With plates. An important collection of early drama, containing work by John Heywood, Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, James Shirley, Shackerley Marmion and John Webster, among many others. Contains 66 plays, including 10 added and 12 removed from the first edition, published in 1744. Near Fine.

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Dorat, Claude-Joseph.

Le malheureux imaginaire. Comédie en cinq actes, en vers.

En Hollande, et se trouve à Paris: Chez Delalain, 1777. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xv, [i], 109, [i]pp. a8, A8-G8 (G8 blank). First edition. Contemporary calf, repaired. Spine gilt. Bound with: Dorat, Les Proneurs, Ou Le Tartuffe Litteraire, Comedie En Trois Actes, En Vers. Good.

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Buchzahl: 1960

Katalog: Eighteenth Century Books, Theater