Cyclopedia of American Agriculture 1917 Complete in 4 Vol. Books by L. H. Bailey - 1917

1834 1ed Mariner's Chronicle PIRATES Shipwreck NAVY Boat Ship Sailing Navigation
A rare first edition of 'The Mariner's Chronicle' – a collection of sea narratives, shipwreck stories, naval battles, and pirate adventures! Written and collected by an unknown author, this work features accounts of specific ships and their crew lost to sea, explosions of boats in wharfs, and is filled with charming woodcut illustrations!
Item number: #18391
Price: $499
DUNCAN, Archibald
The mariner's chronicle: containing narratives of the most remarkable disasters at sea, such as shipwrecks, storms, fires, and famines: also naval engagements, piratical adventures, incidents of discovery, and other extraordinary and interesting occurrences.

New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1834. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xii, 504
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12 plates with 25 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten – Moses Chefs
· Language: English
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1765 Institutions of Geometry Philosophy Psychology Math Illustrated Mathematics
"Institutions of Geometry" is a rare, mid-18th-century philosophical treatise containing notes and commentary on the human mind by Jean Baptiste de la Chapelle. Chapelle, of course, also offers a discourse on mathematical principles designed to aid mathematics educators. Note that this 1765 French text contains numerous folding engravings throughout depicting geometric shapes and geometry problems.
Item number: #19514
Price: $599
CHAPELLE, J. Baptiste de la
Institutions de géométrie : enrichies de notes critiques et philosophiques sur la nature et les développemens de l'esprit humain
A Paris : Chez Debure pere ..., 1765.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. I – xl, 438
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Vol. II – xxxii, 415, [1]
o 34 folding engravings
· Language: French

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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1863 1ed Huxley EVOLUTION Man's Place in Nature Darwin March of Progress APES

"Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once."
– Thomas Huxley

Charles Darwin is unquestionably the most prolific evolutionist of the 19th-century; however, biologists such as Thomas Henry Huxley were important advocates for Darwin's studies. Huxley was best known for his studies on evolution, moral philosophy, and scientific ethics.

Huxley's "Man's Place in Nature" is an important work of evolution theories focusing on:
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natural history of the man-like Apes
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relations of Man to the lower animals
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fossil remains of Man
This book contains the famous 'March of Progress' illustration – the view of an ape skeleton into a human skeleton.
Item number: #18558
Price: $499
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry
Evidence as to man's place in nature
New York : D. Appleton, 1863. First American edition.

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184, 8
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1798 1ed FLORIDA & LOUISANA Colonies Vesuvius Napoleon Yellow Fever Plague RARE
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This 1798 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
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English Naval losses near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Admiral Nelson commands and military decisions
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Yellow Fever epidemic in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia from the West Indies
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English control of Cape of Good Hope
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Description of the eruption of Vesuvius and the uncovering of its ruins
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Secession of Florida and Louisiana from Spain to France
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Irish Rebellion of 1798
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Napoleon's campaign to Egypt
Item number: #20125
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1798, volume LXVIII.
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1770 GARDENS Practice of Gardening Horticulture Agriculture Flowers Schabol 2v
Roger Schabol was an 18th-century French gardener who is solely known for his books on gardening. In his book 'The Practice of Gardening', Schabol offers direction on general gardening, use of gardening tools, distributions of soil and plant foods, caring for sick plants and common plant diseases, tree plantations, varieties of flowers, growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables, and much more!
Item number: #20542
Price: $599
SCHABOL, Roger

La pratique du jardinage. Par M. l'abbé Roger Schabol. Ouvrage redige apres sa mort sur ses memoires
Paris : Chez Debure Pere, 1770.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. I – [4], xxi, [5], 384
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Vol. II – [4], 488
5 engraved folding plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 11cm)
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Collectible. This is a rare first edition of this second volume of selected papers by William T. Powers. The book is in good condition but has been read and has some highlighting (on 12 pages in total) and some erased pencil notes on a few pages. The cover has a bit of wear and a slight tear (see pictures)

Very good- copy of the first edition of this early classic of homeopathy.Two volumes bound in one, but missing the first six plates and 44 pages of text (never bound in).With 60 (of 66) hand-coloured lithographs by Edward Hamilton, Henry Sowerby, A.M. Traice, Charlotte Caroline Sowerby, L.W., A.W., M.D. and A.E.Green watermarked silk binding in need of some TLC.Edward Hamilton (1815-1903) was an English physician and early exponent of homeopathy. Along with the first British homeopathic physician Frederic Hervey Foster Quin, he played a role in the founding of the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1851. Henry Sowerby (1825-1891) was an artist and lithographer, grandson of botanical artist James Sowerby. From 1854, he worked as a gold miner, mining engineer and art tutor in Australia.Charlotte Caroline Sowerby (1820-1865) was a British artist and granddaughter of botanical artist James Sowerby. She also worked on Henderson's Illustrated Bouquet (1857-1864).Green watermarked silk binding coming loose… Read More

A very neat copy of Volume 1 (of 2) only of this popular 19th century German herbalThe attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, roots, etc. Plant names in German and Latin on the plate.Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885. With foreword to the 6th (1881) and 7th (1885) editions, 15pp preface, 334 pages of text and 132 hand-coloured botanical engravings, and 5pp index. Title page missing, but half-title present.Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university. Paper-covered boards with gilt leather title label on spine, paper chipped along front hinge, text pages starting to brown as usual, but all 132 hand-coloured plates clean and fresh.

Very good set of the first seven volumes (of 11 published) with approx. 580 plates.
The most important survey of British wild flowers in the Victorian era, far more comprehensive than Jane Loudon's or John Sowerby's.
The hand-coloured lithographic plates by Charlotte Gower and Worthington George Smith.
Robert Hogg (1818-1897) was a Scottish nurseryman and botanist. He was known as a pomologist who contributed to the science of classification. His other works include British Pomology (1851) and the magazine The Florist and Pomologist (1863~).
George William Johnson (1802-1886), was a British writer on gardening.
Charlotte Gower, fl. 1860-1880, was a British botanical artist known for her collaboration with Robert Hogg.
Worthington George Smith (1835-1917) was an English cartoonist, book illustrator, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. His botanical works include Gardener's Chronicle from 1869, Mushrooms and Toadstools (1879), Illustrations of the British Flora (1880), etc.
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Lovely copy of Rebecca Hey's charming Victorian book of botanical plates and poetry
With all 24 superb botanical illustrations drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark
The botanical illustrations finished to a very high standard with deep, rich handcolour
Flowers include mostly British plants such almond blossom, rosemary and violet, daisy, primrose, dog rose, lily of the valley, jasmine, myrtle, hawthorn, forget-me-not, bramble, heath, wallflower, speedwell, and a few exotic imports such as rhododendron, passionflower, etc.
With botanical information contributed by Sir James Edward Smith and James Drummond. "The engravings accompanying them, as well as the drawings from which they were taken, are the production of Mr William Clark, formerly draughtsman and engraver to the London Horticultural Society; a sufficient guarantee, it is presumed, for the excellence of their execution." (from the Preface)
Rebecca Hey (1797-1859) was an English poet and botanical artist. She was born Rebecca Roberts in… Read More