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Marianne Gruber, Günter u. Johanna Braun, Julio Cortázar, Herbert W. Franke, Stanislaw Lem, H.P. Lovecraft, Paul Scheerbart, Peter Daniel Wolfkind, Bernard Richter u. 5 andere. Kl.-8°. 341 S. Illustr. OKart. (= st 1188; Phantastische Bibliothek 160). Namenskürzel in Blei a. Schmutztitel; Schnitt mäßig vergilbt, oben min. fleckig; Rücken m. min. durchgehenden Knitterspuren; Deckelkanten leicht berieben, d. Rückenkanten etw. stärker; sonst gutes sauberes Expl.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. xxiii 479pp hardback full brown calf gilt, part of spine torn, odd volume volume II only, some old damp marks to bottom corner, with good contemporary Montgomery parochial library label.

Hardcover. Condition: Binding copy. Eighth Edition. Three volume set. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 414pp. 608pp 468pp. Indexes in each volume. Bound in full old brown sprinkled calf. From the French edition of Peter Coste. The 8th edition with considerable amendments and additions. The front cover of volume 1 is detached, other boards are still holding but feel weak. The spine labels have been worn away. Some foxing to title pages, else internally nice. Would benifit from some repairs. ESTC T1851.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. [iv] 376pp, contemporary tree calf (slightly worn to extremities, particularly corners), gilt spine with red morocco label (slightly worn), browned, from the library of Lord Hesketh at Easton Neston with library label and armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh Bart, 8vo (11.5x18.5cm).

Sixth edition, revised and carefully corrected"De Officiis". Lacking A1 (half-title?)Pp. [3-36], 236, [4pages publisher's advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Rubbed, separated at upper joint, some offsetting and browning, else a very good copy with the engraved armorial bookplate of William Laight by Bateman (or Batman) Lacking A1 (half-title?)Pp. [3-36], 236, [4pages publisher's advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo Sixth edition, revised and carefully corrected"De Officiis".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Eighth Edition. ** SALE ** LONDON : 1776. The eighth edition, with very considerable amendments and improvements. 3 volumes complete. Hardbacks. Contemporary calf leather; recent respines by professional biner. Raised bands; Gilt lettered and dark red and green leather labels to spines. Dated in gilt to foot of each spine. Original boards worn. Bright, tight and clean. Apart from Armorial bookplate of James Norris; no owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Minor paper repair to one corner. VERY GOOD. Over 500 pages and index each volume. Scarce early set. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. That men arrive at the same end by different means. Of sorrow. That our affections are extended beyond our existence. How the soul discharges its passions upon false objects, when the true are wanting. Whether the Governor of a place besieged, ought himself to go out to parley. The time of parleys dangerous. That our actions are to be judged by the intention. Of idleness. Of liars. Of readiness or slowness in speech. Of prognostications. Of constancy. Of the ceremony at the interview of Princes. That the obstinate defence of a place, not in reason to be defended, deserves to be punished. Of the punishment of cowardice. A passage of some ambassadors. Of fear. That we are to judge of man's happiness before his death. That he who studies philosophy, learns to die. Of the power of imagination. One man's profit another's loss. Of custom and the difficulty of changing a law once received. Different events from the same counsel. Of pedantry. Of the education of children. The folly of measuring truth and error, by the standard of our capacity. Of friendship. A letter to Madame de Grammont Countess of Guissen, with twenty-nine sonnets. Of moderation. Of cannibals. That men must not be too hasty in judging of the divine decrees. To avoid pleasures even at the expence of life. Fortune often met with in the train of reason. Of one defect in our government. Of the custom of wearing cloaths. Of Cato the younger. That we laugh and cry for the same thing. Of solitude. An observation concerning Cicero. That the relish of good and evil depends on the opinion we have of either. One man's honour not to be communicated to another. Of the inequality amongst us. Of sumptuary laws. Of sleep. Of the battle of Dreux. Of names. Of the uncertainty of our judgment. Of the war-horses, called destriers. Of ancient customs. Of Democritus and Heraclitus. Of the vanity of words. Of the parsimony of the ancients. Of a saying of Caesar. Of vain subtilties. Of smells. Of prayers. Of age -- VOL. 2. Of the inconstancy of our actions. Of drunkenness. Of the custom of the Isle of Cea. To-morrow is a new day. Of conscience. Exercise and habit makes things familiar. Of honorary rewards. Of parents affection to their children. Of the armour of the Parthians. Of books. Of cruelty. An apology for Raimond de Sebonde. Of judging the death of another. How the mind hampers itself. That our desires are augmented by the difficulty of obtaining them. Of glory. Of presumption. Of giving the lye. Of liberty of conscience. That we taste nothing pure. Against sloth. Of posts. Of ill means employed to a good end. Of the Roman grandeur. Not to counterfeit sickness. Of thumbs. Cowardise the mother of cruelty. All things have their season. Of virtue. Of a monstrous child. Of anger. Defence of Seneca and Plutarch. The story of Spurina. On Julius Caesar's Art of War. Of three good women. Of three most excellent men. Of the resemblance of children to their parents ? VOL 3: Of profit and honesty. Of repentance. Of three commerces, i.e. familiarities with men, women, and books. Of diversion. On some verses of Virgil. Of coaches. Of the inconvenience of greatness. Of the art of discoursing. Of vanity. Of managing the will. Of cripples. Of physiognomy. Of experience. The appendix. MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. SCARCE. 3 VOLS.

Hardcover. Condition: poor to vg. Sixth Edition. 8vo. viii, 180pp. plus 27 fold out maps. Brown blind-stamped calf. Title page printed in red and black. A Latin geography book designed as an aid to the study of the Old and New Testament by the 17th century German scholar Christoph Cellarius (Keller), a pioneer in the study of medieval geography. Includes an introduction by Samuel Patrick, who, in the 18th century, rescued the "Geographia" and used it as a textbook for English school children. Maps include the world, the Middle East, Germany in antiquity, Spain in antiquity, Palestine, Greece and Latium. This work exemplifies the scientific trend in Enlightenment era Protestant thought. A period in which clergymen played leading roles in the advancement of science as they sought evidence to confirm the biblical narrative. Decorative initials and head and tail pieces. Text in Latin. Signed by previous owner on front free endpaper, same leaf almost detached but still holding. Age wear and abrasions on binding. Binding copy with front board detached, but present. Outline of Italy drawn on fly leaf. Lower left corner of the world map chipped (not affecting the illustration). Map of Spain hand-colored, with parts of other fold out maps outlined in color. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition. References: Walter A. Goffart, "Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570-1870" pg. 140 and 231-33.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Eighth Edition. LONDON : 1776. The eighth edition, with very considerable amendments and improvements. 3 volumes complete. Hardbacks. Contemporary calf leather; recent respines by professional biner. Raised bands; Gilt lettered and dark red and green leather labels to spines. Dated in gilt to foot of each spine. Original boards worn. Bright, tight and clean. Apart from Armorial bookplate of James Norris; no owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Minor paper repair to one corner. VERY GOOD. Over 500 pages and index each volume. Scarce early set. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. That men arrive at the same end by different means. Of sorrow. That our affections are extended beyond our existence. How the soul discharges its passions upon false objects, when the true are wanting. Whether the Governor of a place besieged, ought himself to go out to parley. The time of parleys dangerous. That our actions are to be judged by the intention. Of idleness. Of liars. Of readiness or slowness in speech. Of prognostications. Of constancy. Of the ceremony at the interview of Princes. That the obstinate defence of a place, not in reason to be defended, deserves to be punished. Of the punishment of cowardice. A passage of some ambassadors. Of fear. That we are to judge of man's happiness before his death. That he who studies philosophy, learns to die. Of the power of imagination. One man's profit another's loss. Of custom and the difficulty of changing a law once received. Different events from the same counsel. Of pedantry. Of the education of children. The folly of measuring truth and error, by the standard of our capacity. Of friendship. A letter to Madame de Grammont Countess of Guissen, with twenty-nine sonnets. Of moderation. Of cannibals. That men must not be too hasty in judging of the divine decrees. To avoid pleasures even at the expence of life. Fortune often met with in the train of reason. Of one defect in our government. Of the custom of wearing cloaths. Of Cato the younger. That we laugh and cry for the same thing. Of solitude. An observation concerning Cicero. That the relish of good and evil depends on the opinion we have of either. One man's honour not to be communicated to another. Of the inequality amongst us. Of sumptuary laws. Of sleep. Of the battle of Dreux. Of names. Of the uncertainty of our judgment. Of the war-horses, called destriers. Of ancient customs. Of Democritus and Heraclitus. Of the vanity of words. Of the parsimony of the ancients. Of a saying of Caesar. Of vain subtilties. Of smells. Of prayers. Of age -- VOL. 2. Of the inconstancy of our actions. Of drunkenness. Of the custom of the Isle of Cea. To-morrow is a new day. Of conscience. Exercise and habit makes things familiar. Of honorary rewards. Of parents affection to their children. Of the armour of the Parthians. Of books. Of cruelty. An apology for Raimond de Sebonde. Of judging the death of another. How the mind hampers itself. That our desires are augmented by the difficulty of obtaining them. Of glory. Of presumption. Of giving the lye. Of liberty of conscience. That we taste nothing pure. Against sloth. Of posts. Of ill means employed to a good end. Of the Roman grandeur. Not to counterfeit sickness. Of thumbs. Cowardise the mother of cruelty. All things have their season. Of virtue. Of a monstrous child. Of anger. Defence of Seneca and Plutarch. The story of Spurina. On Julius Caesar's Art of War. Of three good women. Of three most excellent men. Of the resemblance of children to their parents ? VOL 3: Of profit and honesty. Of repentance. Of three commerces, i.e. familiarities with men, women, and books. Of diversion. On some verses of Virgil. Of coaches. Of the inconvenience of greatness. Of the art of discoursing. Of vanity. Of managing the will. Of cripples. Of physiognomy. Of experience. The appendix. MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genr.

Leather. Condition: Good. Autograph; [Title continues] Written, Originally, in Arabick, Translated into Italian, and from thence into English: and now pub. with a large historical preface and index to illustrate the whole. By the translator of the first volume W. Bradshaw; edited by Robert Midgley. OCLC 29395372 1223292742 Interesting provenance from the Galloway and Warder families of 18th century Philadelphia offsets condition issues. All volumes in contemporary 18th century full calf bindings red leather spine labels, five raised bands, very faded gilt decorative stamping. Contents complete, toning to endpapers from leather bindings. Each volume bears two owners' markings, "B H & E N Warder / 1871" on ffep [Benjamin H. and Ellen Nancy Ormsby Warder] and "Elizabeth Galloway's / to / Jeremiah Warder Jr./ 4 October 1802" usually on the next or following blank. Individual volumes have various condition issues as follows: Volume 1. Leather missing from spine at top compartment, splitting along external hinges, bumped at top edge of rear board, worn through at corners, chipped at extremeties. A pencil note at top of title page citing John Paul Marana as author. Volume 2. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped spine ends, rubbed at corners, boards splayed. Volume 3. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped at spine ends and in several places along spine, rubbed at corners. Volume 4. Leather missing from spine at top two compartments, splitting along external hinges, rubbed at corners, toned along edge of front board near spine. Volume 5. Leather spine missing completely, rubbed at corners, toned on rear board, board loosened, but still attached by stiching, ffep split at hinge. Volume 6. Leather splitting along external hinges, chipped at spine ends, rubbed at corners, small piece missing from upper corner of ffep. Volume 7. Leather splitting/rubbed along external hinges, chipped at spine ends, rubbed at corners, toning to front board. Volume 8. Leather missing from spine at top compartment, splitting along external hinges, rubbing at corners, chipped at extremeties, rear board darkened near spine and lower left corner, faint tide marks to last few leaves. Marana' s famous satire was first published in anonymous English translation in separate parts from the late 17th Century, not completed however until well into the 18th. L'Esploratore Turco by G.P. Marana originally appeared in Paris in 1684. but subsequent parts are variously attribute and probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS.' PROVENANCE: Elizabeth Galloway (1753-?) was the daughter of Joseph Galloway (1731-1803) and Grace Growdon Galloway (1727-1782) of Philadelphia. Joseph and Grace (m. 1753) were both from notable and wealthy families. Elizabeth's grandfather Lawrence Growdon was a businessman (Durham Ironworks), a politician and a PA Supreme Court judge, who built the family's Trevose Mansion on the vast acreage his father acquired from William Penn. The Galloway family of Maryland was also quite wealthy, enabling Joseph to migrate to Philadelphia where he studied law with his good friend William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's son. Joseph, already a successful lawyer, entered politics in 1756 and became a protege of Benjamin Franklin within the Pennsylvania Assembly, where he served for 18 years. By 1775 Joseph Galloway had become an avid Tory and left the Assembly opposing the Declaration of Independence and declaring his loyalty to the King. He fled to New York and became an advisor to General William Howe, commander of the British forces. Howe subsequently made him Superintendent of both Police and Port when the British captured Philadelphia. When the British abandoned Philadelphia in June 1778, Galloway escaped with his daughter Elizabeth to England; he was convicted of high treason in absentia by the Pennsylvania Assembly and his estates confiscated. His wife Grace Growdon Galloway remained in Philadelphia fighting to retain their properties, or at least those inherited from her own Growdon family, including Trevose Manor. Her ordeal is described in the diary she kept; marriage and feme covert left Grace without legal rights, so she lost her case. Grace G. Galloway died in 1782; Joseph Galloway died in England in 1803. After the Treaty of Paris (1783), the PA Supreme Court ruled that Grace should not have been punished for her husband's crimes and they returned the full estate to Elizabeth Galloway Roberts, her daughter Ann Grace Galloway Burton, and some cousins. Around 1801-1802 Elizabeth returned to Pennsylvania from England to take possession of her inheritance. It was at this time that she gifted this set of The Turkish Spy to Jeremiah Warder, Jr. (1744-1822), who had been a friend and neighbor of the Galloways in Philadelphia. Jeremiah Warder, Sr. (1711 - 1783) established a very successful mercantile business importing goods from London. When hostilities broke out between the English and the colonists, Warder was suspected of being a Loyalist and was arrested along with other wealthy and prominent members of local Quaker families. Warder died during the war and at the time was noted to be "one of the richest men in outward goods among Friends." His son Jeremiah Warder, Jr., was a well-known Philadelphia merchant who was described by John Chaloner as "perfectly neuter during the War." Benjamin Head Warder (1824-1894) was the son of Jeremiah Warder (1780-1849) and his wife Ann Aston Warder (1784-1871), Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Benjamin's father inherited this set from his uncle (and namesake) Jeremiah Warder, Jr. (1744-1822); then Benjamin and his wife Ellen Nancy Warder inherited the set in 1871 when Benjamin's mother died. In 1886 Benjamin H. Warder and family came to Washington from Springfield, Ohio, where he owned a company that manufactured agricultural machinery which later became part of International Harvester. In Washington he was a respected real.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Most attractive 8 volume set handsomely bound in full contemporary (lightly rubbed) tan calf, complete with original scarlet leather spine labels. The Eighth Edition. 12mo. Frontis. portrait vol. 1. Simply stunning set ! Rare Thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New edition. Lowndes 1230 '8vo. 6 vols. with portrait and plates. A bookseller's reprint of the old copy'. An attractive set for the bookshelf. Contemporary full calf with much later calf rebacking ( ie new spines ), raised bands, two labels to each spine, modern endpapers. A clean, tight and sound set, rubbed at edges. Text blocks/plates show some foxing and age staining but this is not severe and mainly affects first and last leaves in each volume, as often found. No inscriptions or bookplates. Portrait frontispiece in vol. 1 and ten full page engraved frontispiece plates to certain plays. These plates are in the first 4 volumes only, presumably because that is where the longer plays are to be found. Full collation on request. Approx. size 8" by 5". Heavy item - overseas customers please enquire re shipping costs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28755.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontis ( of two men fishing )+ vii[1] + plate with engravings of a variety of fish + 296pp + blanks bound in at front and rear with contemporary ms notes. Bookplate of Richard Hopton of County of Hereford on paste down fep. ' James Lutyens Mansfield from his affectionate Uncle, Sam Lutyens, 15 Sept 1853 ' written on verso of ffep. Browning/foxing throughout. Pages a little cropped, no loss of text. A little , contemporary, marginalia. Later calf spine on contemporary calf boards. Aeg, marbled eps. Very good hardback.

Full Calf. Condition: Fine. Eleventh Edition, complete in eight volumes, of this espionage saga admired by Defoe, who published Continuation of Turkish Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy in 1718. 12mo(162 x 96mm): xxvi,[6],viii,[10],312; [24],276; [22],287,[1]; [22],288; [22],276; [22],264; [14],248; [18],280pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece of "Mahmut the Turkish spy" to volume one. Full speckled English calf, spines in six compartments divided by raised bands, covers framed with gilt rules and floral roll in blind, red morocco letter-pieces gilt, edges speckled red. A superb set, in a handsome contemporary binding, securely bound and clean throughout. ESTC citation no. T91588. Blackmer 210. Moore 406. Volume One, by Marana, a Genoese political refugee to the French court of Louis XIV, is a translation of a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, and originally published in parts in 1684, in French as l'Espin du Grand Seigneur and in Italian as L'esploratore Turco. Translated into English by William Bradshaw in 1687 under the supervision of Robert Midgley, who held the copyright. The remaining seven volumes appeared first in English, between 1691 and 1694, prefaced with a letter claiming their translation from a discovered Italian manuscript. Their authorship has been attributed to various writers, most notably Midgley and Bradshaw. The letters, written by one "Mahmut the Arabian," cover the period of 1637 to 1682 in France, from the last years of the Regency of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Richelieu through the long reign of Louis XIV and his minister Cardinal Mazarin. Taken together, they form a rambling journal of gossip on politics and society. Mahmut's observations range from those on political figures such as Richelieu and Mazarin to speculations on the status of women, advice about state policy, and major interventions in controversies about religious doctrine and their consequences. The series launched a literary genre, the pseudo-foreign letter, of which Montesquieu's Lettres persanes and Goldsmith's Chinese Letters are examples. Daniel Defoe admired the spy's deist rationalist sympathies, and extended the narrator's account from 1682 to 1693 in his Continuation of Turkish Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy in Paris (but see Furbank & Owens, p. 8). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 3rd edition, 149 [17]pp, later calf, recent reback with gilt lettering, title and next 2 pages inner edges reinforced, fore-edge of title and first page slightly frayed, last page also reinforced and slightly frayed, pages browned with some spotting, bottom corner of C1 torn away with the loss of a few letters, 12mo (9x15.5cm), ESTC T95543 (locating only 4 copies in the British Isles).

[Sixth Edition and the first illustrated version]. Octavo. VIII, 180 pages with 26 maps and one scientific illustration of a Globe [sphere]: Globi, Charta Geographicae et Sphaerae a Joannes Senex (Fol.2). Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with the original spine-label. The Volume in protective Mylar. The binding starting at the spine but still firm and entirely in its original condition. Very good overall condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With a manuscript - entry to the rear endpaper: "Dan [meaning Daniel Conner] began Astronomy April 19th 1812". This important biblical Geography [Atlas] included maps for the first time in the here offered sixth edition [see reference by Rodney W. Shirley]. The Volume includes the following Maps and Illustrations: 1. Joannes Senex - [Globe] Globi, Chartae Geographiae et Spaerae optimi [the illustration of the Sphere is placed in this edition according to the bookbinders outlining behind page 2 [Fol.2], some editions have it bound as Frontispiece] 2. Europa, Asia & Africa (Double-page map) 3. America (Double-page map) 4. Hispania Antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Spain, folding out on two sides) 5. Gallia antiqua transalpina (Double-page map of France with parts of Germany) 6. Britannicae insulae (Double-page map of England, Scotland (Caledonium) and Ireland (Ivernia - Hibernia) 7. Germania antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Germany) 8. Vindelicia, Rhaetia, Noricum (Double-page map showing from Venice (Veneti), Brigantium and the Region south of the Danube) 9. Pannonia, Moesia, Illyricum & Thracia (Double-page map of the Roman provinces) 10. Cisalpina Gallia, Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map of northern Italy and adjacent regions, extending from Venice on the Maris Adriatici, to Pisa and Nice (Nicaea) on the Mediterranean, to Lake Geneva in the west, and the Alps in the North) 11. Italia propria (Double-page map of central Italy, focusing on Rome and adjacent provinces) 12. Latium (Double-page map of a magnified Rome and surroundings) 13. Magna Graecia - Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map showing southern Italy with an inset map "Sinus Baianus et Puteolanus") 14. Sicilia Antiqua (Double-page map of Sicily with an inset) 15. Macedonia, Thessalia, Epirus (Double-page map) 16. Acarnania, Graecia Propria & Peloponnesus (Double-page map) 17. Insulae Graeciae & Creta with Corsica et Sardinia (Double-page map) 18. Asia cis Taurum (Double-page map of ancient Turkey with Cyprus) 19. Orientis tabula (Double-page map of Arabia Felix Arachosia etc. with Mare Caspium, Syria, Armenia Maior, Persia ) 20. Colchis, Iberia, Albania & Sarmatia (Double-page map) 21. Syria, Coelesyria, Phoeniciae & Mesopotamia (Double-page map) 22. Palaestina seu Terra Sancta (Double-page map of ancient Palestine) 23. Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia (Double-page map of ancient Egypt with Memphis, Nomos etc.) 24. Aegyptus, Marmarica et Cyrenaica (Double-page map of Egypt and neighbouring regions to the West) 25. Syrtes, Byzacium et Africa Propria (Double-page map of ancient Libya and modern Tunisia) 26. Numidia et Mauretania (Double-page map of the ancient Maghreb (present-day Algeria and Morocco with Atlas Mountains and Berber Regions) 27. Africa Interior (Double-page map with Ethiopia Inferior) Sprache: latin.