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The Stranger in England
by C. A. G.
Goede 1807
Price $550 Buy Now

    The Stranger in England by C. A. G. Goede 1807 or travels in Great Britain ... chiefly in its metropolis, with criticism on the stage, Politics, Law, Customs, The whole interspersed with a Variety of characteristic Anecdotes and Distinguished Characters of that Country, from the German of C.A.G. Goede, a Foreigner's Opinion of England.
    Published in London: Matthews & Leigh, 1807. 1st. Edition in a 3 volume set. Stunning binding in old deed parchment. Very large fold-out frontispiece map of Westminster from other side of the Thames, titled “ View  of Westminster from Standgate” which is always missing or torn, this large fold-out map has some foxing an doff print otherwise the Map is in good condition. The 3 volume Contents to be found to the last volume, volume 3, followed by 44 pages of Index to the last pages of volume 3. In fine collectable condition, of the rare and scarce 3 volume set. Book-plate of John Freeman Conduitt, Knight.


The History, Topography and Antiquities of
​the City of Waterford. 1824
by Rev. R. H. Ryland.  

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​      The History, Topography and Antiquities of the City of Waterford;- by Rev. R. H. Ryland. 1824, with an account of the present state of the peasantry of that part of the South of Ireland. 
       1st Edition, published by John Murray London 1824; - A large fold-out hand coloured county map of 1. Waterford County as the frontispiece opposite the main title page, 2. A large fold-out Map of the City;- 3. An engraved full page plate of Reginard’s Tower ;- 4. A large fold-out View of Waterford from the harbour;- 5. A large fold-out Geological Section of Bilberry Rock;- 6. An engraved full page plate of Round Tower of Tramore;- 7. A large fold-out of the Antiques of Ardmore Church;- 8. A large fold-out of Lismore Castle;- 9. An engraved full page plate of the Sketch of Back Strand at Tramore. 7 pages of the Index to the back pages, plus 9 pages of an Appendix of Mayors, Bailiffs, Sheriffs of the City of Waterford from 1377-1824. The Maps and engraved plates are in fine condition. 
    The History, Topography and Antiquities Of The County And City Of Waterford by Reverend Richard Hopkins Ryland was published in 1824. Ryland describes the history of the region from ancient times until the early 19th century, its mountains and coastline, its prehistoric and medieval ruins and the City and the County of Waterford. By 1824 when Ryland wrote his book, Waterford County was controlled by a series of landowning dynasties such as the Cavendish’s who were the Dukes of Devonshire which owned Lismore Castle and the Talbots who were the Earls of Waterford. They were the ancestors of the Protestant victors in the wars of the 17th century. The majority of the population were Gaelic Irish tenants and Peasant Farmers who lived in wretched poverty and were dependent on the potato. They paid exorbitant rents to their feudal landlords and tithes to the established Anglican and Catholic Church. Reverend Richard Hopkins Ryland was born in 1788 the descendant of 16th Protestant planters who settled in Dungarvan. Generations of the family were Church of Ireland Ministers. Rev. Ryland married Isabella Julia Fleury the daughter of the Archdeacon of Waterford and the couple had six sons and two daughters. His best known historical work was The History, Topography and Antiquities Of The County And City Of Waterford which was dedicated to the Duke of Devonshire, while he also published religious pamphlets. He died in 1866 and his wife Isabella Julia followed him in 1873.

Statistical Observations
Relative To
The County Of Kilkenny:-
1802
by Anonymous 
(William Tighe). 

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     Statistical Observations Relative To The County Of Kilkenny: Made In The Years 1800 & 1801 by Anonymous  (William Tighe) Published by Graisberry and Campbell, Dublin 1804. This book was inscribed by the Author William Tighe to a Rev. Tho Lemon;- List of Maps and Plans;-
​1. Large fold-out hand-coloured Map of the County of Kilkenny;-  2. Large fold-out of the Parish of Lordship of Castlecomer;- 3. Large fold-out of Plan of the Nora and Reference;- 4. Tables of Tillage;- 5. Large fold-out of the Parishes;- 6. A full page engraved plate of Harrows;- 7. A full page engraved plate of Rowan’s Harrow;- 8. A full page engraved plate of Churn;- 9. Large fold-out of the Bridge of Inistioge;- 10.  Large fold-out of the Bridge of Waterford;- 11. Large fold-out of the Stone, with Inscription, on Sliegh Grian or Tory Hill;- Plus two Appendix Engravings;- Large fold-out of the Plan of Kilkenny Canal and Large fold-out of the Plan of Colliery Canal. Also a few small woodcut with the text. Also 4 pages, List of the Subscribers to the Colliery Canal and many pages of Appendix to the back pages. All the Large fold-out Maps and Plans are in fine condition. The book itself is in fine collectable condition. 

    This work by William Tighe is a detailed study of the geography, topography, economy and society of Kilkenny just after the turn of the 19th century. Among the subjects discussed are the mode of government, the climate, topography, soils, farm development, agricultural practises, crops, animals, living conditions, wages, money, manufacturing, religion and much more. William Tighe also makes his recommendations for the improvement of the local economy and its society. Unfortunately during the 19th century Ireland was to remain an almost feudal agricultural society while England, Scotland and Wales became the industrial centers of the world. While the cities of Britain expanded in size and population at an unprecedented rate and living standards rose, the Irish population became poorer and more dependent on the potato crop. At the time the majority of land in Kilkenny like the rest of the country was in the hands of an enormously wealthy Anglo-Irish Protestant elite. The majority of the population were illiterate Catholic Gaelic Irish tenant farmers and peasants who lived in wretched conditions surviving on a basic diet of potatoes. The tenants and peasants paid high rents, tithes to the established Anglican Church and were discriminated against politically, socially and economically.
​    William Frederick Fownes Tighe, was Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and married Lady Louisa Maddelena Lennox, daughter of General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, on 18 April 1825 the married couple lived at Woodstock, County Kilkenny, William Tighe died on 11 June 1878.

 Succession de el Rey D. Phelipe V,  nuestro Señor en la corona de España 1704.
​ Price : $4,000 Buy now

         Succession de el Rey D. Phelipe V, 
nuestro Señor en la corona de España 1704.
diario de sus viages desde Versalles a Madrid, el que executó para su feliz casamiento, jornada a Napoles, a Milan, y a su exercito, successos de la campaña, y su buelta a Madrid 
lo escribió de su real orden Don Antonio de Ubilla y Medina, marquès de Ribas ...

   Published in 1704 by Juan Garcia Infonzon ;- in Madrid;- Written in Spanish;- The Succession of King D. Philip V Our Lord to the Crown of Spain, Journal of his travels from Versailles to Madrid which were  for his happy marriage, journey to Naples, Milan, and his army; successful Campaign and its Buelta to Madrid. - Madrid, Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1704. In folio. Beautiful engraved frontispiece, title page in two colors in typographic rectangle,  380 p., 3 large folded plates. Bound brown leather, with six raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations on the outer edges of the covers. First edition of this popular book contains descriptions of the trips made Philip V of Spain and Italy on arrival to the throne. "The complete specimens are rare." Extravaganza for the quality of the prints that illustrate it. The frontispiece is a beautiful portrait of Philip V on a horse drawn and engraved by Theodore Ardemans by Edelink. The large sheets are folded Palota invention and are recorded by Berterham, representing among other reasons the shipment of the King in Barcelona, his arrival in Naples, the journey from Milan to Cremona, the passage through the river Po, etc. The first trip was made in 1701 from Versailles to Madrid to take possession of the crown of Spain after the death of Charles II, last of the Austrian kings, thus beginning the dynasty in our country. The second trip is described which performed the same year of 1701 from Madrid to Barcelona with the intention of leaving for Italy for his wedding; broadly described the shipment at the port of Barcelona, arriving in Naples, travel to Milan and Cremona, walks along the Po, and so on. The third is the return trip from Italy to Madrid. The work also describes the journey from Barcelona to Zaragoza made in 1701 by Luis Maria Gabriela de Saboya.Antonio of Ubilla (1643-1726) had various responsibilities within the state administration. It was the first deputy of the Kingdom of Valencia and then Officer on the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Royal Disclaimers and Secretary of the Chamber Council of the Indies by Peru. Acompaó the new king Felipe V in his journey through Catalonia and Italy here descrito.Palau says: "It deals with the celebrations of Barcelona in the reception of Philip V, his trip to Montserrat, Catalonia and other parts of Italy. It is difficult to get any copies of this book: Rare, with frontispiece of Philip V on a horse, and three huge engraved foldouts. The book is in very fine condition, its still very RARE /SCARCE, and highly collectable because of the engraved plates.  

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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron
​to the China Seas and Japan: 

by Francis L. Hawks;-
Price $ 550 Buy Now

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy by Francis Lister Hawks;- Published in New York by Appleton & Company  1857. Engraved full frontispiece portrait of Prince of Idzu, 10 large fold-out Maps and Charts, 75 engraved plates, and numerous wood-engraved vignettes within the text. Original reddish brown three quarter leather binding, with marbled paper to front and back, marbled endpapers within. The leather spine is elaborately decorated in gilt, the spine in six compartment, with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the others decorated with small gilt tools, all edges marbled. The Book is in fine condition, the binding is slightly worn, very clean inside, and the numerous engraved plates are also in fine condition and all present.
1st. single volume Edition of 1857 there was a 3 volume Edition published the year earlier or published in the same year as Perry's official report which was issued in three volumes. Early in 1852, President Millard Fillmore "ordered Perry to take command of the East Asia Squadron for the purpose of establishing official relations with the Government of Japan, a country closed to almost all foreign contact for two and a half centuries. Perry's Naval and Diplomatic experience and his personality, a combination of sternness, tact, and integrity, were ideally suited for this delicate assignment. Perry devised an effective, two-step strategy. He arrived with four warships at the mouth of Edo in Tokyo Bay in July 1853 demanding that a high-ranking Nobleman accept a letter for the Emperor from the President of America requesting that American Naval vessels be allowed access to Japanese Harbours. If the letter was refused, Perry's Naval vessels would proceed by force to the capital of Toyko. After the Japanese reluctantly received the letter, Perry immediately departed. He returned with twice the number of Naval vessels in February 1854 for his answer. Aware of the humiliation China had suffered in the Opium War with Britain and impressed by Perry's combination of firmness and restraint, the internally divided Japanese leadership agreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa on 31 March 1854. This convention gave U.S. Naval vessels access to the Ports of Hakodate and Shimoda for provisions and refuge, and it provided for the stationing of a U.S. consul at Shimoda. There was no agreement to allow trade, but Perry anticipated correctly that the creation of a consulate would lead to commerce. Perry's mission was a turning point for Japan on the road to economic and political change and to world prominence. For the United States, Perry's mission was an early expression of American commercial and strategic advance into the Pacific and East Asia. The arrival of his "black ships, " as the Japanese called them, began an enduring and ambivalent relationship of friendship and friction between the two nations"

​"Shakespeare"
The "Seventh"
unauthorized volume of the Rowe Edition: 1710
Price : $7,500 Buy now

"Shakespeare"
The "Seventh" unauthorized volume of the Rowe Edition: 1710
There was No Main Title Page to The "Seventh" unauthorized volume of the Rowe Edition;- but the book was Published in London by  E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church, and E. Sanger at the Post-house at the Middle-Temple Gate, MDCCX [1710] Size 11 x 9ins.;- Volume the Seventh (1710), published under the imprint of Edmund Curll. ... verse in a format to match Rowe's six-volume edition of the plays;- Original brown cloth spine and brown paper covers,  A book-plate of Lord Bacon inside the front cover, the irony should not be lost on anyone, just in case, many academics believe, right or wrong that Lord Bacon wrote most of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespear;- Very Rare/Scarce Edition...This 1710 Rowe Edition has 106 Poems in Total to the last pages, including "Venus and Adonis", "The Rape of Lucrece".

The 1710-1714 Texts of Shakespeare Poems;-


         18th. century Editions of the Poems of William Shakespeare, begins with two which appear in 1710, one published by Lintott, the other by Curll. The Text of the former is based on the various originals including the Sonnets Quarto of 1609 and The Passionate Pilgrim; the Text of the latter is from the garbled collection made by Benson in 1640. But Curll’s issue, though less fortunate in its sources is the more important for history of the Text, as it was followed by the later editors, like Sewell and Ewing, until Malone led the way back to the more authoritative early editions. A revised edition appeared in 1714. 
    The Curll volume of 1710 bears the following title; “ Works of Mr. William Shakespere. Volume the Seventh;- Containing Venus & Adonis, Tarquin & Lucrece and His Miscellany Poems. With Critical Remarks on his Plays, &c. to which is Prefix’d an Essay on the Art, Rise and Progress of the Stage in Greece, Rome and England. The significance of the “Volume the Seventh”, as has been generally understood, is in the fact that the book was intended as a supplementary volume to be sold to purchasers of the set of Rowe’s Works of Shakespeare. 
    There has been considerable uncertainty as to the Editor of the volume, some authorities referring it to Charles Gildon, known to be the author of the essays it contains, others to a mysterious “S. N.” ( Sine Nomine)( Without a name)  because in some copies those initials are attached to the dedication. In the Cambridge Shakespere, and certain other editions based on it, the readings of the Curll text of 1710 are referred to Gildon, and Sir Sidney Lee calls him “ the Editor of the supplementary volume of 1710. 

The Curll volume of 1710 Works of Mr. William Shakespare;- Volume the Seventh, Size 11 x 9ins.  A highly important Edition of Shakespeare's works. Through the editorship of Nicholas Rowe, himself a renowned dramatist, a long list of “firsts” is attributable to this Edition.


1. No Title Page- an engraved image to the top of the opening page, then An Essay on the Art, Rise, and Progress of the Stage in Greece, Rome, and England. At the end of the page on the left side is VIII. which only runs to 17 pages after that, Than the rest is Vol.VII to the end of the book. 


2.   Then odd numbers, page 321 starts—- Remarks on the Plays of Shakespear  and finished on page 454. Vol. VII bottom left side of the title page. 


3.  Followed by——An Explanation of the Old Words us’d by Shakespear  in his Works… 5 pages of The Glossary Vol. VII bottom left side of the last page of The Glossary and in centre is the letter H…and then VENUS. 


4.  Separate Title Page —- Venus and Adonis—- Villa miretur vulgar, mihi flavus, Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua. Ovid. Amor. I.1. EI. 15.             Followed by the next page, an engraved plate to the top of the page and—- To the right Honourable Henry Wriothefly, Early of Southhamton, and Baron of Tichfield.— Letter back and front with Will. Shakespear to the end of the  page. —-Venus and Adonis—— starts on page 5. Followed by another         engraved plate to the top of page 5  and Venus and Adonis. Finishes on page 44. End of the page 44 to the right TARQUIN. 


5. Separate Title-Page —- Tarquin and Lucrece—— Following next page, an engraved plate to the top of the page and—- To the right Honourable Henry     Wriothefly, Early of Southhamton, and Baron of Tichfield.—- Letter back and front with Will. Shakespear to the end of the page. After that an     engraved plate to the top of page 7;- and then —- Tarquin and Lucrece—— and runs to 66 pages, at the end of page 66 on the bottom right of the page  is POEMS.


6.  Starts on page 77 with an engraved plate to the top of page —-Poems on Several Occasions—The Glory of Beauty—1st. poem. VII end of the page, left side.  Finishes on 324 with The Poem Threnes—then a small woodcut to the bottom of the page 324;- 


7. An engraved banner followed by—- The Table—-front and back of last page, ending in —FINIS—- 106 Poems in Total;-  Shakespear  wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 long narrative poems, including "Venus and Adonis", "The Rape of Lucrece", "The Passionate Pilgrim", "The Phoenix and the   Turtle", and "A Lover's Complaint"

There was a seventh unauthorized volume added to the Rowe edition in 1710, published by the unscrupulous printer-publisher Edmund Curll.  Because Rowe's edition did not include the poetry, Curll seized upon the opportunity to issue a volume with the same appearance of the original Tonson volumes.  He employed Charles Gildon to "edit" the volume, with long-lasting consequences for subsequent editions of the Sonnets.  The "rapacious" Gildon was the quintessential eighteenth century hack.  He worked quickly, with liberal invention and little regard for factuality.  To pad the volume, Gildon added his own "An Essay on the Art, Rise and Progress of the Stage in Greece, Rome and England;" and "Remarks on the Plays of Shakespeare."  "Charles Gildon thus became the first critic to write an extended critical commentary on all the works of Shakespeare..." 


For reasons known only to Gildon, and perhaps not to him, he used the 1640 Benson text for the Sonnets, rather than the 1609 Thorpe text  [i.e., POEMS: VVRITTEN BY WIL. SHAKESSPEARE. Gent. Printed at London by Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Benson dwelling in St. Dunstans Church-yard. 1640;  The Benson text "...combined most of Shakespeare's sonnets (numbers 18, 19, 43, 56, 75, and 76 are omitted), mingled with poems from The Passionate Pilgrim (the corrupt 1612 edition), plus A Lover's Complaint, The Phoenix and the Turtle, Milton's poem to Shakespeare from the Second Folio, poems by Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, Robert Herrick and others, and miscellaneous pieces"  Benson also rearranged some of the sonnets and gave them fanciful titles: 

"Why Benson omitted eight sonnets remains a mystery, but perhaps they were simply lost in the shuffle: Benson did not print them in the familiar numerical sequence (still used today) of the 1609 edition, but regrouped them under new titles. Benson does, however, include many poems not written by Shakespeare at all, but by his contemporaries ChristopherMarlowe (“Come live with me and be my love”), Ben Jonson, Thomas Heywood, John Fletcher, Sir Walter Raleigh, and several latter-day authors of light, witty, amorous verse, known as the “Cavalier” poets" Because Curll's venture succeeded, this became the standard arrangement of the Sonnets until the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century:

"Until 1780 no edition of the collected poems printed in England...contained the genuine Sonnets in their original form.  During most of the 18th century, therefore, the only form in which a person could buy the Sonnets was in the deformed Benson version, which would have died quietly in 1640 if Curll had not dug it up and given it a new life" 


For the 1714 "second edition" of Rowe's Shakespeare (known as "Rowe 3") Tonson brought Curll into the venture, making it nine volumes rather than eight, "and including Curll's name on the imprint" 


Gildon's unscrupulous activities, numerous works, and incessant conflicts with eighteenth century literati make a fascinating story, but go well beyond the scope of Shakespeare studies.  More to the point, a very entertaining review of  Gildon’s Shakesperean ‘edition’ of the poetry can be found in Samuel Butler's Shakespeare’s Sonnets.


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