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4. The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1743
 by John Home
Price $1,750 Buy Now

Published by T. Cadell 1802;- in London. 1st. Edition re-bound in tan leather binding, with gilt lettering to the spine; 5 Fold-out Maps and Plans.The Map of Scotland;
  1. The Bust of Charles;
  2. The Plan of the Battle of Preston;
  3. Plan of the Battle of Falkirk;
  4. Plan of the Battle of Culloden;-
All the Maps & Plans are fold outs. With some slight foxing, but in good condition.
also an Addendum & Errata Page to the back pages;-  An extensive Appendix also to the back pages. Highly Collectable and Scarce/Rare. No other copies to be found on the world wide web.

8.  John Chetwode Eustace.
A Classical Tour Through Italy An. MDCCCII 
Price $350 Buy Now

Published by J. Mawman;- in  London 1815 ;- all 4 volumes (of four) of the Third Revised and Enlarged Edition of 1815;- Illustrated with large Fold-Out Map of Italy in red outline;- Plans of Churches and an Index. 2 other Fold-our Plans in volume 2. Original brown leather bindings to all 4 volumes, with gilt lettering within black lables and decorations alone the spines. Fine clean copies of highly collectable books;- Rare with the Map of Italy, intact, in very fine condition, and all other engraving in situ...

9. Thomas PENNANT;
History of Quadrupeds 
Price $1,250 Buy Now

   History of Quadrupeds by Thomas Pennant, was Published in London: by B.White;- Fleet Street;- 1781. 1st. Edition in 2 volumes. Small Folios;- With 52 superb full page plates, plus 2 engraved title-pages vignettes. Original light brown full leather bindings;- 1781 on both volumes;-  Thomas Pennant's interest in natural history began at the age of 12 when he was given a copy of Francis Willoughby's 'Ornithology'. In 1755 he began a correspondence with Linnaeus, and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Upsala in 1757. He began his work 'British Zoology' in 1761, and published the first part in 1766. He gave the profits of this work to the Welsh School in London. Pennant made a tour of Scotland in 1769, and published a volume of his findings. He did the same for Wales. In 1781, he published his own  work, the 'History of Quadrupeds', a new and enlarged edition of his 'Synopsis of Quadrupeds' which had been published in 1771. He followed this by publishing other journeys, including, 'London', and 'Arctic Zoology'. From about 1777, he stayed closer to home, publishing many other works. Pennant's name stands high among the naturalists of the 18th.Century, and he has been commended for making dry and technical matters interesting. His 'British Zoology' and 'History of Quadrupeds', arranged according to the classification of John Ray, long remained classical works. The Publisher Benjamin White was the brother of Gilbert White (Natural History of Selbourne). Benjamin White suggested to Pennant that his publishing firm should bring out a new edition of Pennant's British Zoology (first pub. in 1761). Highly collectable 2 Volumes of Natural History.
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        In fine condition, the bindings are worn, but the contents are very clean..Rare, All engraved plates are present with a few light contemporary pencil notes. The original brown lather binding is worn, with gilt line and lettering to the spine of both copies. 284 pages to volume 1. 255 pages to volume 2. including Additions, plus 4 pages of Index and then another 8 pages of Index of Classical Names, Foreign Names and the Names of Quadrupeds, in the Works of M. De Buffon, At the end of the 8 pages of Index on the 8 page is Errata. Than 2 of Ads for Books of National History, Printed for Benjamin White, Publisher of these 2 volumes. 

    Thomas Pennant's name stands high among the naturalists of the 18th. century, he has been commended for making dry and technical matter interesting. His ‘British Zoology’ and ‘History of Quadrupeds,’ arranged according to the classification of John Ray, long remained classical works, though in point of style and method of presentment they are greatly inferior to the works of Buffon. Cuvier in his memoir of Pennant, written about 1823 for the ‘Biographie Universelle,’ says that Buffon profited by Pennant's ‘History of Quadrupeds,’ 1781, though in the third edition Pennant himself has drawn on Buffon. He describes the work as ‘encore indispensable,’ and praises the ‘Arctic Zoology’ as valuable to naturalists. Pennant's works on natural history were much valued at the time of their publication, and contained the greater part of the knowledge of their times.









​10. Defoe, Daniel. 
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York: 1791
Price $850 Buy Now


Defoe, Daniel. 
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York: Mariner: who Lived Eight and Twenty Years all Alone in an Uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque; having been cast on Shore by Shipwwrek, wherin all the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how he was at Strangley delivered by Pirates. Written by Himself. The Seventeenth Edition, adorned with cuts. In Two Volumes. 1791
Published in London: by J. F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman;- Frontispiece to volume 1 a full page plate of Robinson Crusoe and 6 other full page plate engraved plates to volume 1;- Volume Two;- Frontispiece fold-out Map of the World, on which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe. The fold-out Map of the World has a few minor nicks and tears along the top of the Map, otherwise in good condition. With 5 full page engraved plates with the text. Rebound in antique calf-brown leather with six raised bands along the spine. All 13 engraved plates are in fine condition, The two volume books are in good condition and highly collectable, with both the fold-out map of the World and Robinson Crusoe’s life and encounters on his Life and Strange Surprising Adventures;-

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11. ANONYMOUS 
Martial Biography ; or Memoirs of the Most Eminent British Military Characters, Who have Distinguished Themselves under the English Standard, by Their Splendid Achievements in the Field of Mars .etc 
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 Published by  James Cundee,of  Ivy-Lane, for Thomas Hurst, Paternoster-Row. J Harris, St. Paul's Churchyard and J Wallis. Ludgate Street 1804 - 

Full title: "Martial Biography ; or Memoirs of the Most Eminent British Military Characters, Who have Distinguished Themselves under the English Standard, by Their Splendid Achievements in the Field of Mars, To Their Own Immortal Honour, and the Glory of the British Arms; From the Earliest Period of Modern History to the present Time. Containing an authentic Narrative of their Lives, Public and Private Characters, Eminent Virtues, & C. Including correct and interesting Accounts of the various Battles, Sieges, Blockades, Campaigns & Brilliant Victories, from Government Authorities. With portraits of the most distinguished Characters. To Which is added a Compendious Glossary, containing an Explanation of the Military Terms and Phrases, with the Rank and Duty of Every Officer, whether in the Camp, Field or Quarters ; with several useful Hints and Instructions in Military Tactics. Also a Correct List of all the principal Battles, Sieges & Actions which have taken place, with the Names of Commanding Officers, the Issue of the Contest, &C, &C." 
1st. Edition with a Frontispiece engraving of General Abercrombie and 11 other engravings;- full page engraved portraits, correct as binding instructions. An extremely uncommon item for the specialist military historian or collector. Only one physical copy listed in COPAC (Trinity College, Dublin). Original brown leather binding with gilt lettering and decorations along the spine. Scarce/Rare

12.  Illustration of the Botany
 and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Hiamalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere 
J Forbes Royle 1839  published by wm. H. allen-london
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  Illustration of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Hiamalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere 

J Forbes Royle 1839  published by wm. H. allen-london

John Forbes Royle 1799 - 2 January 1858), British Botanist and teacher of materia medica, was born in Kanpur (then Cawnpore) in 1799. Entering the service of the East India Company as assistant surgeon, he devoted himself to studying botany and geology, and made large collections among the Himalaya Mountains. He also investigated the medical properties of the plants of Hindustan and the history of their uses among the native races. The results of these investigations appeared in an essayOn the Antiquity of Hindu Medicine (1837). For nearly ten years he held the post of superintendent of the East India Company's botanic garden in the Himalayas at Saharanpur. In 1837 he was appointed to the professorship of materia medica in King's College London, which he held till 1856. From 1838 onwards be conducted a special department of correspondence, relating to vegetable products, at the East India House, and at the time of his death he had just completed there an extensive and valuable museum of technical products from the East Indies. In 1851 he superintended the Indian department of the Great Exhibition. He died at Acton near London  on the 2nd of January 1858.

The work on which his reputation chiefly rests is the Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere, in 2 vols. begun in 1839. In addition he wrote An Essay on the Productive Resources of India (1840),On the Culture and Commerce of Cotton in India and Elsewhere (1851) and The Fibrous Plants of India fitted for Cordage (1855), together with papers in scientific journals. He contributed most of the plant entries in "The Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature" edited by John Kitto. This botanist is denoted by the Author Abbreviation Royle when citing a botanical name. I offer this Famous & Rare 2 Vols. 

13. Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges.
 Berthoud,Ferdinand. 
1802-2 vols  paris publishing 1st. Edition. 
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Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges. Berthoud,Ferdinand. 1802-2 vols  paris publishing 1st. Edition. 

Ferdinand Berthoud, (born March 19, 1727, Plancemont, Switz.—died June 20, 1807, Groslay, France), horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping.

Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud’s achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England. Swiss-French clockmaker and writer on timekeeping. Working in Paris from 1748, his inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential. His interest in the problem of determining longitude at sea (see latitude and longitude) led to his major achievement, an improved, less expensive marine chronometer. Berthoud's improvements were retained in modern instruments These are his most Famous Books in 2 Vols. 

14. The Works of Francis Bacon. 
Baron of Verulam,
 Viscount of St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England
Price $2,000 Buy Now

  The Works of Francis Bacon. 1778Baron of Verulam, Viscount of St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. In Five Volumes.
 Printed for J. Rivington and Sons; et al., London 1778 - Five volumes. 4to. Original brown leather binding, with all 5 VOLS. rebacked to spine. Gilt lettering and date to spines.  nicely rebacked in matching calf and with new leather lettering labels in red and black, gilt. Simple gilt rules on the boards. Marbled edges; marbled endpapers. Volumes I-IV have engraved frontispieces Title pages in red and black. Corners and edges worn, some of the rules have flaked, boards scuffed else a very good set with fine text blocks. Contains: Philosophical works: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and human. Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history, in ten centuries. Physiological remains. Medical remains. Medical receipts. Works moral: A fragment of the colours of good and evil. Essays or counsels civil and moral. A collection of apophthgems, new and old.--v. 2. Works political. Law tracts: Maxims of the law.--v. 3. Writings historical. Theological works. Letters. Letters, speeches, charges, advices, etc., first published by Dr. Birch in one volume in octavo in 1763.--v. 4. Opera philosophica: Instavrationis magnæ, pars I-IV.--v. 5. Opera philosophica: Historia densi et rari; necnon coitionis et expansionis materia per spatia. Historia gravis et levis. Historia sympathiæ et antipathia rerum. Historia sylphuris, mercurii, et salis. Historia et inquisitio prima de sono et auditu. Articuli quæstionum circa mineralia. Cogitationes de natura rerum. Instavrationis magnæ, pars V.(cont.) Opuscula philosophica. Descripto globi intellectualis. Opera civilia et moralia. Historia regni Henri Septimi. Sermo...Very RARE, Highly Collectable. 

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