Search Results: Titles starting with E from Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books

1871 General ROBERT E. LEE Stonewall Jackson JEB Stuart CONFEDERATE Biographies

"The Early Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of Robert E. Lee" by Edward Alfred Pollard, curiously written under the pseudonym, "A Distinguished Southern Journalist," is a comprehensive collection of 48 biographies, predominantly centered around the life and military endeavors of Robert E. Lee. The book aims to illuminate the valor and achievements of the South's paramount military figures during the Civil War, extending from Virginia to the Trans-Mississippi. Notable biographies include Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, Braxton Bragg, and many more. Acknowledging the challenges of biographical writing, Pollard ensures the credibility of his work by meticulously sourcing from testimonials, authoritative documents, and contemporary publications like the Southern Illustrated News. With extensive research, the book strives to offer reliable and inspiring portraits of "Southern glory," serving as a historical resource… Read More

1888 1ed Mormonism Early Days Kennedy Nauvoo Palmyra Brigham Young Joseph Smith

"Early Days of Mormonism" is a late 19th-century collection of short essays on the foundation and rise of the Mormon church in Western America. Author James Kennedy covers the history of Nauvoo, Illinois, Brigham Young, the writing of the Book of Mormon, miracles of Joseph Smith, and much more.

Item number: #14883
Price: $499
KENNEDY, James Harrison
Early days of Mormonism : Palmyra, Kirtland, and Nauvoo
New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1888. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[viii], 275
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Green cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19.5cm x 12.5cm)
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1801 1ed Eccentric Biography Ben Franklin Mary Wollstonecraft Raleigh Joan Arc
'Eccentric Biography' is an early 19th-century encyclopedia-style work of fascinating historical figures, authors, dramatists, and thinkers from the history. This 1801 collection of biographical sketches features portrait engravings in addition to the biographies themselves. While this book covers hundreds of names, a few notable figures include:
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Ovid
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Nero
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Moliere
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Joan of Arc
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Benjamin Franklin
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Archimedes
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Jonathan Swift
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Daniel Defoe
Item number: #15485
Price: $750
anonymous
Eccentric biography, or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern : including potentates ... etc., the whole alphabetically arranged ; and forming a pleasing delineation of the singularity, whim, folly, caprice, etc. etc. of the human mind.

London : Printed by J. Cundee… Read More

1698 1ed Stillingfleet Ecclesiastical LAW Cases Bond Resignation Anglican ChurchEdward Stillingfleet was a 17th-century British theologian known for his defensive views on Anglicanism. He also published ecclesiastical law treatise entitled 'Cases relating to the duties and rights of Parochial Clergy'. In this work, he describes the responsibilities and church duties of the clergymen, obligations for observing liturgical canons and constitutions, and maintaining ecclesiastical law. This two part first edition includes a discourse on the antiquities of London in which Stillingfleet covers the differences in ecclesiastical law, civil law, and common law.Item number: #5359Price: $499STILLINGFLEET, EdwardEcclesiastical cases relating to the duties and rights of the parochial clergy : stated and resolved according to the principles of conscience and law.London : Printed by J.H. for Henry Mortlock, 1698. First edition.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 partso 'Cases relating to the… Read More

1857 US Documents Constitution Declaration SIGNERS Fugitive Slave Bills Slavery

'Echoes from the Cabinet' is a collection of important American documents including the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, noteworthy slave bills, the Missouri Compromise, and the Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854.
This 1857 edition features a facsimile of the autographs of the names of signers of the Declaration of Independence as a folding engraving at the front.

Item number: #19822
Price: $550
United States

Echoes from the cabinet : comprising the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Fugitive Slave Bills of 1793 & 1850, Missouri Compromise, the Kansas and Nebraska Bill of 1854, also fac-simile autograph names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
New York : Dayton and Wentworth, 1855. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 106
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Handwritten – A. Page
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Bookplate – Thomas Raymond Ball
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1792 French Revolution National Assembly 8v Antoine Dugour School of Politics

Antoine Jeudy Dugour's 'School of Politics' is a collection of speeches, treatises, essays, and discussions present during the French National Assembly of 1789-1792. These works, written and spoken by a variety of figures, focus primarily around the events of the French Revolution.

Item number: #6860
Price: $599
DUGOUR, Antoine Jeudy
École de politique, ou collection, par ordre de matières
A Paris: chez Gattey ..., [1792].
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes
o 16 portrait engravings
o 4 folding tables
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm)
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1920 ECONOMICS 1st ed KEYNES Consequences of Peace Versailles Conference Germany

"When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position."
― John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace

John Maynard Keynes was a 20th-century British economist most known for his book "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."
"This work was widely acclaimed by the public because it disclosed, to a far greater extent than anything up to that time, the proceedings at the Versailles Conference, where the treaty with Germany was being drafted. Keynes, who attended these meetings as a member of the British Treasure delegation, showed himself to be no meek author, but a brilliant writer who was determined to deliver his message to the world and be heard. The gospel he sought to preach was that the treat was 'an act of wickedness and folly'. (Cammarosano, 70)
Keynes strongly protested the imposition of large reparations on Germany and insisted the terms… Read More

1737 MEDIEVAL England Illustrated Domesday Book Maps DRAGONS Hearne FAMED Ectypa

Thomas Hearne was an early 18th-century English scholar known for his editions of medieval chronicles. His most important works, however, were those that focused on the history of England, such as the lives of kings, and political feuds between Scotland and England. One such work was his "Ectypa varia" – a collection of engravings illustrating British history. The illustrations include portraits, city and town views, coins and medals, pottery and art, architecture and buildings, and so much more. Notable illustrations include:
· Ancient Greek and Roman coins; Moroccan and Turkish coins
· Edward the Confessor's Chapel
· Abbreviated text from the Domesday Book
· Benedictine monks and cathedrals
o Grimbald
o Glastonbury Abby
· 17th-century discoveries of buried gravestones inside Queen's Arms Tavern in St Martin's
· Buildings and colleges of Oxford University
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1768 1ed Colonial Americana Almanac Fletcher Massachusetts Bay Charter Plymouth

'Edes & Gill's North American Almanack' was a short-lived 18th-century almanac that covered basic almanac information such as sunrise and sunset times, eclipses, phases of the moon, etc. However, this particular almanac is notable for the inclusion of Pennsylvania Governor Benjamin Fletcher's 1692 commission to English royals William and Mary, one of America's founding charters (Wakelyn), also known as the Massachusetts Bay Charter.
A fascinating piece of pre-Constitution Americana with references to Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Cape Cod in the section on distances between principal American towns.
Item number: #10034
Price: $750
STEARNS, Samuel
Edes & Gill's North-American almanack for the year of our Lord 1769
Boston: Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, [1768].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [16], 21, [2]
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References: Evans 11078; Wakelyn, America's Founding Charters;
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1797 French Revolution Hudson Bay INDIANS Benjamin Franklin Edinburgh Magazine
The 'Edinburgh Magazine' is a rare collection of notable articles and works of literature. This 1797 edition contains the January to June issues with notable articles from Edmund Burke, anecdotes on the French Revolution, descriptions of the Indians near the Hudson Bay, and a curious article about the American 'white-washing' attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Item number: #19130
Price: $499
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The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany, volume ix. [Jan-Jun]
Edinburgh: 1797.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[2], 480 (i.e. 472), [2]
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Pagination errors as expected
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Includes 6 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)
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1841 1ed English Efes Dammim Jerusalem Jewish Zaslav Poland Damascus Affair

'Éfés dammîm. A series of conversations at Jerusalem' was written by the famous Jewish scholar Levinsohn. Levinsohn s work was written in response to the blood accusation charge brought against the Jews of Zaslav in Poland charged with killing Christians to use their blood in communion. Levinsohn's purpose was to acquit the Jews before the eyes of Christians, and to save them from the false accusation of using Christian blood for communion. "Efes Dammim" is written dialogically between a patriarch of the Greek Church in Jerusalem, Simias, and the chief rabbi in the Jewish synagogue.
This 1841 first English edition was published just one year after the Damascus Affair.
Item number: #10496
Price: $499
LEVINSOHN, Isaac Baer
Éfés dammîm. A series of conversations at Jerusalem between a patriarch of the Greek church and a chief rabbi of the Jews, concerning the malicious charge against the Jews of using Christian… Read More

1887 HUGE 1st ed EGYPT Illustrated ENORMOUS Egyptian ART Egyptology 2v Ebers

George Ebers was a 19th-century German historian known almost exclusively for his accounts of Egypt and Egyptian history. His book, simply known as 'Egypt', helped popularize Egyptian lore throughout Europe and America. This work is beautifully illustrated with impressive, full-page engravings of Egyptian royalty, architecture, cities, and Arab culture.

This rare, first English edition was translated out of the original German by Clara Bell with an introduction and notes by S. Birch, the keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum.

Item number: #22227
Price: $795

EBERS, Georg Moritz

Egypt: descriptive, historical and picturesque

London: Cassell & Co., [1887]. First edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I – [2], xxiv, 327, [1]
o Vol. II – xxii, 388
o Heavily illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover;… Read More

1887 1ed Egyptian Archaeology Maspero Hieroglyphics Pyramids EGYPT Cleopatra

A rare first American edition of Gaston Maspero's 'Egyptian Archaeology.' Translated by the "Godmother of Egyptology," Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, this works provides a thorough presentation of ancient Egypt. Contents include archaeological findings regarding ancient civil, military, and religious architecture as well as tombs, paintings, sculpture, and industrial arts each depicted across the nearly 300 illustrations throughout.

Item number: #40609
Price: $499

MASPERO, G.; EDWARDS, Amelia B. (Transl.)

Egyptian Archaeology

London: H. Grevel and Co., 1887. First edition.

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• Collation: Complete
o xii, 328
o 299 illustrations
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Brown cloth
• Size: ~8.25in X 6in (20.5cm x 15cm)

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1833 Japanese Eight Dog Samurai Battle Fantasy Novel Illustrated Edo Japan

An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Eight Dogs of the East - Samurai Tales' from the early 19th century by Kyukutei Bakin and illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu. " Eight Dogs of the East" is a Japanese epic fantasy novel written and published over nearly thirty years from 1812 to 1842. The novel is about the "Eight Dog Samurai" bound by fate with Princess Fuse, and the dog of kami Yatsufusa, set in the late Muromachi period. The samurai served the Satomi clan and fought against the allied forces of powerful feudal lords.
This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading and has 3 double page illustrations of samurai conflicts!

Item number: #15685
Price: $499
Kyukutei Bakin

"Eight Dogs of the East - Samurai Tales" Nanso Satomi Hakkenden南総里見八犬傳（なんそさとみはっけんでん）
[Edo: Tenpo 4 1833].

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1871 Japanese Woodblock 18 Histories Outline China Song Dynasty Xianzhi Meiji 7v
Today, "Eighteen History Outlines" is still the most read history book by Japanese people. (Chen Sunchen)
A 19th-century Sino-Japanese woodblock printing of "Eighteen Histories Outlines" bound in the fukurotoji style. "Eighteen Histories Outlines" (Shiba shilue 十八史略) is a concise general history text created in the Yuan dynasty written by the Song Dynasty scholar Zeng Xianzhi, which achieved widespread popularity in the Ming dynasty. During the Meiji Restoration period, a demand for abbreviated histories arose in Japan leading to large-scale publications of 'Eighteen Histories Outlines' and creating "a profound impact on Japanese society, culture, and historiography, with a legacy extending into the contemporary period." This book was used as required material in primary schools and as a textbook for government officials in learning Chinese history.
This 1871 edition of the Eighteen History Outlines
is written in… Read More

1681 King Charles I Eikon Basilike Trial English Civil War John Gauden London

"I intended not only to oblige my friends, but Mine enemies also"
― John Gauden, Eikon Basilike

The autobiography of King Charles I of England was published shortly after he was executed following the English Civil War. Known as 'Eikon Basilike', this diary gives light to the life of the king, as well as prayers, and secrets of the English military that led into the Civil War. While it is not certain that Charles I was the author or not, it is recognized as a work of Royalist propaganda and quite popular, even though it was highly disapproved of.

This 1681 Royston printing features the expected allegorical frontispiece which depicts Charles I as a Christian martyr.

Item number: #22894
Price: $750

GAUDEN, John

Eikōn basilikē : The pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings

London: printed by R. Norton for Richard Royston, bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty [MDCLXXXI]. [1681]

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1578 1ed Kasper Franck Bible Sermon Jakob Andreae Protestant v Catholic German
Kasper Franck was a 16th-century German theologian who, curiously, wavered between Protestantism and Catholicism throughout his preaching career. This sermon, published in 1578, was given to teach on the character of Jesus Christ preached in direct opposition to Protestant reformer Jakob Andreae.
Item number: #17463
Price: $750
FRANCK, Kaspar
Ein Christliche Predig Von der herrlichen, triumphierenden Himmelfart Jesu Christi, vnnd sitzen zů der Rechten Gottes : Darinnen erklert die Mayestät, Glori vnd Herrligkait, in welche Christvs nach seiner Menschait gesetzt, vnnd über alle Creaturen im Himmel vnd Erden erhöhet.
Getruckt zů Ingolstatt : Bey Dauid Sartorio ..., 1578. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [8], 36 leaves
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References: USTC 642884
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Language: German
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~7.75in X 6in (19.5cm x 15cm)
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1835 Menno Simons Mennonite Fundamentals Anabaptist Pennsylvania Lancaster RARE

Menno Simons was an important and influential Anabaptist priest who is best known for establishing the Mennonite denomination. Simons departed from the Catholic Church and began writing works which rejected the teachings and practices of Catholicism, none more so than his book 'Foundation of Christian Doctrine'. In it, Simons covers his disagreements with infant baptism, asceticism, and excommunication – all practiced within the Roman Catholic tradition.

This 19th-century American edition was published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the heart of Quaker and Mennonite country.

Item number: #22445
Price: $499

SIMONS, Menno

Ein Fundament und Klare Anweisung von der seligmachenden Lehre unsers Herrn Jesu Christi Aus Gottes Wort kurz begriffen

Lancaster, Pa: Johann Bär, 1835.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [10], 698, [4]
· Language: German
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure… Read More

1794 1ed Menno Simons Mennonite Fundamentals America Anabaptist Pennsylvania

Menno Simons was an important and influential Anabaptist priest who is best known for establishing the Mennonite denomination. Simons departed from the Catholic Church and began writing works which rejected the teachings and practices of Catholicism, none more so than his book 'Foundation of Christian Doctrine'. In it, Simons covers his disagreements with infant baptism, asceticism, and excommunication – all practiced within the Roman Catholic tradition.
This 18th-century first American edition of the works of Menno Simons was published in Pennsylvania, at the heart of the Quaker and Mennonite country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Item number: #17346
Price: $950
SIMONS, Menno

Ein fundament und klare anweisung von der seligmachenden lehre unsers Herrn Jesu Christi : Aus Gottes wort kurz begriffen
[Lancaster], Pennsylvanien : Gedruckt [von J. Albrecht & Co.] im jahr Christi, 1794. First American edition

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1845 SPANISH ed Don Quixote Cervantes Chivalry Spain Barcelona Quijote 3v SET

"He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is".
– Cervantes, Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote' is one of the most famous works of literature and is one of the most popular adventure tales to be written. This 18th-century, six-volume Spanish edition was published in Barcelona and printed in three distinct tomes.
Item number: #14255
Price: $750
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de
El ingenioso hidalgo, Don Quijote de la Mancha
Barcelona : Libreria de los SS. A. Pons & C.a, 1845.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes in 3 tomes
o Tome 1
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Vol. I – 253, [3]
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Vol. II – 270, [2]
o Tome 2
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Vol. III – 278, [2]
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Vol. IV – 245, [3]
o Tome 3
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Vol. V – 249, [3]
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Vol. VI – 296, [4]
o 6 engravings throughout
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Language: Spanish
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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