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1789 George Keate Account of Pelew Islands Philippines War Palau South Pacific

George Keate's "Account of the Pelew Islands" is a rare 18th-century description of the Pelew people and Oceania regions of the South Pacific including the Philippines and other Pacific islands. Keate wrote this work was based on the account of Henry Wilson, an English sailor in the East India Company. His ship, the Antelope, was shipwrecked off the Palau islands. Following the premier in 1788, this book became immensely popular to readers in England, a book in which Keate described the local Pelew people as savages and drew in audiences with descriptions of unknown and unfamiliar lands.

Keate's 'Account' gives descriptions of coral Reefs, manners and customs of the natives, details of battles and local wars, weapons and military tactics, canoe making, and more.

This 1789 edition includes a section on the vocabulary of the Pelew language.

Item number: #9541
Price: $1250
KEATE, George
An account of the Pelew Islands:… Read More

1797 1ed AMERICAN Naval Gazetteer Voyages Malham Sailing MAPS Atlas Africa Ports

'The Naval Gazetteer' is a late 18th-century sailor's guide, filled with descriptions of coastlines, countries, and islands from around the world and sailing directions to and from various locations. However, the real draw of this set is the exquisite folding maps! Maps include views of ports and coasts along India, Portugal, the Baltic Sea, North and South America, Africa, and Great Britain.
Item number: #14295
Price: $1950
MALHAM, John
The naval gazetteer, or, Seaman's complete guide : containing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arranged, of the several coasts of all the countries and islands in the known world ...
Boston : Printed for and sold by W. Spottswood and J. Nancrede, 1797. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
o
Vol. 1 – xlvi, 436 (i.e. 536)
10 folding maps
Wanting frontis folding map
o
Vol. 2 – 573, [3]
6 folding maps
· Provenance: Handwritten
o… Read More

1672 Andrew Marvell Rehearsal Transprosed Sam Parker Political Philosophy Popery

Andrew Marvell was a 17th-century English philosopher known for his satirical and metaphysical views toward politics. One of his best-known works of prose was his 'Rehearsal Transprosed', a satirical attack on English bishop Samuel Parker. Marvell vehemently attacked Parker's opposition toward Dissenters.
This 1672 edition of Marvel's 'Rehearsal'
is notably valuable and quite rare.
Item number: #14688
Price: $1250
MARVELL, Andrew

The rehearsal transpros'd, or, Animadversions upon a late book intituled, A preface, shewing what grounds there are of fears and jealousies of popery
London :: Printed by A.B. for the Assings [sic] of John Calvin and Theodore Beza, 1672.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[2], 181, [1]
· References: Wing M 878;
o Wing attributes this work to Andrew Marvell
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in… Read More

1806 HUNTING 1ed Thornton Sporting Tour in France Illustrated Landscape Napoleon

Thomas Thornton was an 18th-century English hunter known for his sporting tours and outdoor sports. Shortly after the French Revolution in 1802, Thornton ventured to France in hopes of obtaining a large French estate. And while the purchase failed, he was befriended by Napoleon
and gained significant knowledge on the landscape, tradition, culture, and hunting history of France.
In 1806 he published a book on his discovery entitled 'A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France'. This two volume set includes more than 50 engravings, many folding, of French architecture, hunting supplies, landscapes and chateaus (including Versailles!), as well as illustrated hunting scenes!

Item number: #14314
Price: $1500
THORNTON, Thomas
A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802, including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field-amusements, as practised in that… Read More

1648 Thomas Fuller Holy vs Profane State Joan of Arc Witch Endor Paracelsus
'The Holy State and the Profane State' is a 17th-century book by English historian Thomas Fuller. Through maxims and short commentary, Fuller describes the roles and life of every member of the holy state and the profane state (i.e., good people vs. bad people) – instruction on how to live a good life for wives, husbands, and children, physicians, merchants, notes on how to travel, service roles for bishops, and others. Fuller balances the roles of good living with those who live the 'profane' life – hypocrites, liars, atheists, tyrants, witches (including the Witch of Endor), and even comments on Joan of Arc as a villain!
Item number: #25006
Price: $1250
FULLER, Thomas
The holy state…
The profane state…
Cambridge : printed by R[oger]. D[aniel]. for John Williams, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crown in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1648.
Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o [8], 510 (i.e., 468)
Pagination… Read More

1792 1ed RUSSIA English Ivanovich on Russian Empire Military Catherine Great

Sergei Pelcheev Ivanovich's 'Survey of the Russian Empire' is perhaps the best 18th-century account of the politics, military, and social customs of the Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. It provides commentary on the different governments in the Russian Empire, including a section of the governing bodies in Estonia, and notes on different ethnic peoples throughout Northern Asia and Eastern Europe
This 1792 English edition was translated from the original Russian by James Smirnove. Note the huge folding table of arms and uniforms of the Russian Empire.
Item number: #11596
Price: $1500
IVANOVICH, Sergei Pelscheev

Survey of the Russian Empire: according to its present newly regulated state, divided into different governments, shewing their situation and boundaries, the capital and district towns of each government...
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792. 1st English edition

Details:
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Collation:… Read More

1797 1ed AMERICAN Naval Gazetteer Voyages Malham Sailing MAPS Atlas Africa Ports

'The Naval Gazetteer' is a late 18th-century sailor's guide, filled with descriptions of coastlines, countries, and islands from around the world and sailing directions to and from various locations. However, the real draw of this set is the exquisite folding maps! Maps include views of ports and coasts along India, Portugal, the Baltic Sea, North and South America, Africa, and Great Britain.
Item number: #14295
Price: $1950
MALHAM, John
The naval gazetteer, or, Seaman's complete guide : containing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arranged, of the several coasts of all the countries and islands in the known world ...
Boston : Printed for and sold by W. Spottswood and J. Nancrede, 1797. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
o
Vol. 1 – xlvi, 436 (i.e. 536)
10 folding maps
Wanting frontis folding map
o
Vol. 2 – 573, [3]
6 folding maps
· Provenance: Handwritten
o… Read More

1672 Andrew Marvell Rehearsal Transprosed Sam Parker Political Philosophy Popery

Andrew Marvell was a 17th-century English philosopher known for his satirical and metaphysical views toward politics. One of his best-known works of prose was his 'Rehearsal Transprosed', a satirical attack on English bishop Samuel Parker. Marvell vehemently attacked Parker's opposition toward Dissenters.
This 1672 edition of Marvel's 'Rehearsal'
is notably valuable and quite rare.
Item number: #14688
Price: $1250
MARVELL, Andrew

The rehearsal transpros'd, or, Animadversions upon a late book intituled, A preface, shewing what grounds there are of fears and jealousies of popery
London :: Printed by A.B. for the Assings [sic] of John Calvin and Theodore Beza, 1672.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[2], 181, [1]
· References: Wing M 878;
o Wing attributes this work to Andrew Marvell
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in… Read More

1800 David Hume 1st ed Commentary on Scotland Criminal LAW Scottish Advocates 2v

"Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them."
– David Hume
David Hume, nephew of David Hume the philosopher, was a famous 18th-century Scottish jurist known for his important works on law during the Enlightenment. One such work was his commentary on Scottish law. This book, according to the DNB, is the "standard work on Scottish criminal law" and helped lay the foundations of modern criminal law and would be referenced and cited even into the 21st-century.
Item number: #18695
Price: $1500
HUME, David
Commentaries on the law of Scotland, respecting trial for crimes
Edinburgh : Printed for Bell & Bradfute ; And for E. Balfour ; by Adam Neill & Co, 1800. 1st edition
Details:

·
Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I – xxvi, [2], 464
o Vol. II – [4], 472
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
·… Read More

1648 Thomas Fuller Holy vs Profane State Joan of Arc Witch Endor Paracelsus
'The Holy State and the Profane State' is a 17th-century book by English historian Thomas Fuller. Through maxims and short commentary, Fuller describes the roles and life of every member of the holy state and the profane state (i.e., good people vs. bad people) – instruction on how to live a good life for wives, husbands, and children, physicians, merchants, notes on how to travel, service roles for bishops, and others. Fuller balances the roles of good living with those who live the 'profane' life – hypocrites, liars, atheists, tyrants, witches (including the Witch of Endor), and even comments on Joan of Arc as a villain!
Item number: #25006
Price: $1250
FULLER, Thomas
The holy state…
The profane state…
Cambridge : printed by R[oger]. D[aniel]. for John Williams, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crown in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1648.
Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o [8], 510 (i.e., 468)
Pagination… Read More