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1795 Six Books of Plants Abraham Cowley English Poetry Coca Herbs Flowers RARE

Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. 'Six Books of Plants' is a set of poems famous for having the earliest reference to coca in the English language in the poem 'A Legend of Coca'.

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COWLEY, Abraham

Cowley's history of plants: a poem in six books: with Rapin's Disposition of gardens, a poem in four books: translated from the Latin; the former by Nahum Tate and others; the latter by James Gardiner.
London: Printed, and sold by J. Smeeton, No. 148, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross; Also sold by J. Mathews, No. 18, Strand; Messrs. Scatcherd and Whitaker, Ave-Maria Lane; and B. Crosby, Stationers Court, M. DCC. XCV. [1795]

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London: J. Sturt, 1717. hardback. The Pryce family copy of the BCP with records of family baptisms on 2nd fep, from 1770 to 1781. Very good contemporary leather binding, with gilt decoerations front and back and on with ribbed spine; marbled pastedowns, with owners emblem and label on front paste down. Pages good and print very clear. Beautiful copy.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramanets, under King George 1717, beautifully illustrated throughout.

Manchester: R. Whiteworth, 1740. hardback. Good, contemporary reverse calf (rubbed, with variable spotting, staining and browning, a few darker spots); title printed in red and black, initials and ornaments, engraved plate (lacks all before title [i.e. ?blank] and all after Fff4 [p. 44] of ""Meditations and Prayers for Sick Persons"", Provenance: old pen trials to margin of title; Anthony Willis & Michael Fisher (old inscriptions, dated 1748 and 1769, on verso of plate). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Thomas ˆ Kempis (1379-1471). The Christian's Pattern: or, a Treatise on the Imitation of Jesus Christ. In Four Books ... Now render'd into English. To which are added, Prayers and Meditations for Sick Persons. By George Stanhope. Manchester: Printed by R. Whitworth, 1740.

This is no. 25 of a limited edition of 1,470 signed copies, of which 95 were colored in Rockwell Kent's studio .Printed on all all rag French paper. The book is in excellent condition despite some serious wear along the spine )See photo). The pages are clear without any foxing, marks or tears. The gold impressions on the title remain sharp and the binding tight. Kent's signature and book number are on the last page (see photo)..
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1762 Catholic Church Devotional & Liturgy ART Gold Fine Binding Decorative
'Etrennes Spirituelles' is a mid-18th-century Catholic Church devotional written as a gift for women within the church. Published in 1762, this book contains both French and Latin texts – prayers, liturgical mass texts, hymns, and church calendars. Note that this book contains impressive, in-text woodcuts depicting various scenes of the life of Jesus.
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Catholic Church
Etrennes spirituelles dédiées aux dames, contenant l'office Latin et François, suivant le nouveau Bréviaire & Missel de Paris, & de Rome
A Paris : Chez Louis-Guillaume de Hansy, 1762.

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· Language: French / Latin
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· Size: ~5in X 2.75in (12.5cm x 7cm)
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London: Joseph Johnson, 1772. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 150, 203 Pp + 1 Pp Ads At Rear. Full Calf, Probably Original, Spine Half Perished, Boards Detached, But Text Bock Clean And Square, Edges Of Text Block Colored Red Which Is Still Fairly Bright, Pages Clean, And Ready For Rebinding. Excellent Essays, Comments, Aphorisms; "Surely Time Was Not Given Us For Law-Suits!". Samuel Paterson (1728 - 1802) Was A Bookseller, Auctioneer, Cataloger, Librarian, Lecturer And Author. This Collection Is Scarce.

Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray (1716 – 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.
Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined.
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Octavo. 112 pp, set in Monotype Bell and printed on Fabriano Tiepolo wove, cotton paper in an edition of 25 copies (this is no 6). Bound in leather with marbled boards, in a slipcase.
Attractively bound by hand, titles and decoration to spine gilt, marbled edges.
The book contains illustrations originally published in the 1753 edition.
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Brand new copy in a fine binding.
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1747 1ed English Condamine Science Voyage Equador South America Amazon Geography

Charles Marie de La Condamine was an 18th-century French explorer who studied the geography. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America and the Arctic region in 1735, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The two expeditions proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine, a scientist on the expedition, returned home by crossing Brazil via the Amazon making it
'the first scientific exploration of the Amazon… The greatest geographical event of the eighteenth century as regards South America" (Hill).
"A very useful abridgment of this indispensable work, entirely satisfactory for nearly all purposes" (Goodman).
This first English edition of Condamine's 'Journal,' was officially published as a complete account in 1751 with a supplement in 1752, but the initial French printings of this abridgement were published in 1745 and 1746 with translations soon following.

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Chuer Dicey, London, 1760?. Softcover (in hardover folder). Good+ Condition. Book ESTC N13332. The ESTC reports two copies: The one at the Bodleian and one at UCLA. WorldCat shows the UCLA copy (OCLC Number 15584159). Full Title: “Robin Hood’s Garland. Being a Compleat History of all the Notable and Merry Exploits perform’d by him and his Men on divers Occasions. To which is added, A Preface, giving a more full and particular Account of his Birth, &c. than any hitherto published. [Woodcut] [6 lines of verse] Adorn'd with Twenty-seven Neat and Curious Cuts, proper to the Subject of each Song. London: Printed by Chuer Dicey, in Bow-Church Yard: Sold also at his Wholesale Warehouse in Northampton.” Pagination: [4],87,[1], which matches the copy held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, A-E⁸, F⁴. There are 27 traditional folk songs telling the… Read More

Very nicely rebound in full ruled calf retaining original raised bands, top edge gilt; marbled end-papers. Signed in pencil by publishers Haak and Verbeek on Verso of title. 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. [viii],370, [24] pages.