Search Results: Authors starting with F from P & B Rowan

A MONUMENTAL WORK OF SCHOLARSHIP first edition folio 4 vols. (bound in 2) lii, 671; 755; 785; 639pp., contemporary vellum, sides with nesting panels formed by blind rules and a large decorative lozenge with strapwork and naturalistic designs blocked in the centre of each board, front joint of vol.1 cracked but firm and tight, else fine copy. The magnum opus of two leading Italian philologists. Facciolati (1682-1769) was "the ornament of the Paduan university during a period of forty five years ... [but] in the compilation of this work the chief burden seems to have been borne by [his] pupil Forcellini [1688-1768], to whom, however, the lexicographer allows a very scanty measure of justice. Perhaps the best testimony to the learning and industry of the compiler is the well-known observation that the whole body of Latinity, if it were to perish, could be restored from this lexicon"' [Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edn.]. This vast lexicon has formed the basis of all similar works that… Read More

HIS ONLY PUBLISHED MONOGRAPH - BEST PRACTICE IN CHEMICAL TECHNIQUE IN 1827
first edition tall 8vo. 656pp., some wood-engraved text figures, attractive modern marbled boards with maroon morocco title label on spine, couple of pen (shelf?) numbers on title page, first few leaves slightly grubby at fore margin, scattered internal dustiness or minor marks, else very good copy in an attractive binding.
Jeffreys Michael Faraday. A List .. Published Writings, 153 Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 4, p.527-540"Among the mass of Faraday's published output there is only one book Chemical Manipulation in the sense of a monograph work appearing as such on its first publication". Most of his writings were periodical articles, papers read to societies and lectures. Faraday collected his papers in four volumes Experimental Researches in Electricity (3 vols. 1839-55) and Experimental Researches in Chemistry (1859).Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the outstanding British figures in the fields of chemistry and… Read More

A PIONEER NEUROLOGIST first edition tall 8vo. viii, 152pp., 34 text figures, contemporary half tan calf prize binding, grained tan cloth on sides, spine panelled by gilt raised bands with gilt tool at the panel centres, later black morocco title label, marbled endpapers, small worm(?) hole on rear joint at top corner of label, else very good. Handsome large gilt oval supralibros of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, on front board. Ferrier (1843–1928), pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist, had through a series of experiments on animals in the 1870 demonstrated in a spectacular manner that specific parts of the brain cortex had quite a precise connection with specific motor functions. His results brought him international fame, election as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876 and of Royal College of Physicians in 1837, and assured his permanent place as one of the greatest experimental neurologists.His first major work was The Functions of the Brain (1876,,with a new much extended… Read More

FIRST ENGLISH WORK ON THE HISTORY OF PRICES first edition 8vo. [16], 181, [1 (blank)], [5 (index)], [5 (advts.)]pp., contemporary calf, sides decorated with nesting sprinkled panels defined and decorated by blind tooling. Beautiful copy. Not uncommon, but rare in this condition. Adare Manor pencilled shelf number on endpaper.ESTC t4823 KRESS 2553Fleetwood (1656-1723), a zealous whig and Royal Chaplain, was also an able antiquarian and the first English collector of statistics on prices. This work then "brought together all the information he could find on the values of money and the prices of commodities during the Middle Ages in England; and it is still well worth consulting" [Palgrave]. Palgrave was correct as modern scholarship had arrived at figures very close to Fleetwood's.

AN ASTONISHING CACHE OF LETTERS ON A FAMILY'S CLAIM TO A SCOTTISH PEERAGEcirca 300 manuscript letters in various hands (most clearly legible) and on various sizes of notepaper and many with the postal address and date, very good.Charles Ross Fleming (1711 ca. - 1769), M. D., eldest son of Rev. James Fleming of Kilkenny, Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant in 1712, was educated at Trinity College Dublin. In 1743 he married Ann Hamilton of Killyleagh, Co. Down, in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin. His son Hamilton Fleming had an only child, a daughter Harriet, who married William Gyll of Wraysbury House, Buckinghamshire. Charles Ross claimed to be a great grandson of Alexander Fleming, 4th. son of the 1st. Earl of Wigton and in 1747, when the 7th. Earl died without male issue, Charles Ross assumed the title of 8th. Earl of Wigton. Although his claim to the title was recognised by the Scottish Lords of Session in 1848 and he voted as 8th Earl of Wigton in several elections of Scottish representative peers… Read More

SERMON CLAIMING REPUBLICANISM DIVINELY INSTITUTED
first edition 8vo. (in fours) [4], (5)-42, [2 (blank)]pp., large ornamental headpiece on p.5, later half dark tanned roan, marbled sides, smooth spine direct lettered in gilt, small closed tears or cuts (no loss) at upper margin of the first two leaves repaired on versos, joints little rubbed, very good fresh copy.
ESTC w29303 locating copies only in BL and O outside of the U.S.A.Forbes (1742-1812), was the Pastor of the church in Raynham, President pro-tem of Brown University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He seems to have specialised in sermons on public occasions; in 1784 he preached at the execution for burglary of one John Dixon.This sermon reflects a key moment in the politics of the young Republic and the special political character of Massachusetts. George Washington, who was in the middle of his final term as President, was attempting to hold the balance between two political forces, the Federalists, who had created… Read More

12mo. (in sixes) xv, [1], 268pp., 2 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with a new matching calf spine, original dark red morocco label replaced, corners refurbished, minor dustiness and a few slight marks, generally very good. ESTC t91552 locates copies only in 4 U.K., 2 U.S. and 2 Australian libraries.

EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS folio (45 x 32.5 cms.) [6 (title, half title & contents)], 36 leaves with mounted albumen photos (circa 23 x 16 cms.), each of these leaves with an accompanying plain paper guard leaf and a leaf of printed text, half-title with a smaller albumen photo (11.5 x 14 cms.), publishers reddish-brown morocco over thick bevelled boards, sides with multiple decorative borders in gilt (together c. 4.5 cms. broad), front cover gilt lettered "Sinai/ and/ Palestine./ -/ Francis Frith", board fold-ins gilt, very skilfully rebacked in matching morocco and the spine beautifully and very richly gilt tooled in panels to match the original, one panel gilt lettered, original marbled endpapers reused, all edges gilt, Inscribed on verso of the endpaper "R. E. Price/ from T [or J?], B. Merriman/ April 13th 1866". Gernsheim Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839 - 1875, 195 Frith was the first major photographer of the Middle East, and of England. The 37 photographs of… Read More