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A Critical Dissertation on the Book of Job. Together with : The Preface to a Critical Dissertation on the Book of Job.
London: E. Owen, 1751
First Edition. The full title continues: Wherein the Account given of that book by the Author of the the Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated &c. is particularly considered; The Antiquity of the book vindicated; The great Test (Chap. xix. 25-) explained; and a Future State shewn to have been the Popular Belief of the Ancient Jews or Hebrews. Full contemporary calf, with gilt decoration and titles to the spine. Owner's bookplate to the inside front board. This copy is a First edition of the Dissertation bound in with a First edition of the preface. (conforming to the ESTC entries for both works). The two title pages are bound in together at the front of the work, then the Preface is presented, followed by the Dissertation. Both works have their errata present. There is an owner's name in ink to the title page of the preface. The two titles show that the dissertation was published by E. Owen, and sold by S. Birt & B. Dod, S. Bathurst, J. Fletcher, W. Thurlbourn & E. Score. The preface was printed for W. Johnston, P. Davey & B. Law. The binding is somewhat rubbed, but holding together well. A little bumping to the corners of the boards. Slight scuffing to the boards. The gilt to the spine is somewhat rubbed but still attractive. There is a little nicking to the head and tail of the spine. Charles Peters [1690-1774] was a Cornish Church of England rector and Hebrew Scholar. Described by Polwhele as "The first Hebrew Scholar in Europe" Presumably meaning foremost! The production of this work is unusual, more in the style of the Seventeenth Century pamphleteers. The Dissertation, first published (as here) in 1751 was critical of William Warburton's work "The Divine Legation of Moses." Warburton responded, and a second edition (revised) was published in 1757. At this point, a lengthy preface was also added to deal with Warburton's comments. This was also published separately. It is this separate Preface offered here. Later (1760) he also published an Appendix, dealing further with Warburton's comments. He dies in 1774 and a volume of his sermons was produced in 1776. Dissertation ESTC: T101677; The preface ESTC: T115570
An Answer to several late Treatises, occasioned by a book entitled A Discourse concerning the Idolatry practised in the Church of Rome and the Hazard of Salvation in the Communion of it.
London: R. W. for Henry Mortlock 1673 Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699) was an Anglican theologian from Cranborne in Dorset. He was known as "The beauty of Holiness" for his good looks. He preached at St Margaret's, Westminster, on the day after the Great Fire in 1666. He was a leader amongst the "Latitudinarians" a group of young Anglicans, named pejoratively as "men of latitude" for the ease in which they switched side from the Parliamentary to the Royalist position after the Restoration. He was predominantly low church, and wanted reconciliation with Presbyterians - but certainly not with Catholics. Later he became the Bishop of Worcester (1689)
Contemporary full leather, strengthened at some point. Recent burgundy label with gilt titles. The book has no end papers, and begins with the imprimatur pasted down to the front board. The final page is pasted to the rear board. The work begins with the title page. The book is in three parts. There is a lengthy "General preface", followed by the Contents, and "An examination of the pamphlet entituled Dr. Stillingfleet against Dr Stilllingfleet". The third part is "An answer to the book entitled, Dr Stillingfleet's Principles Considered". [LXXXVI], 1-12, 13-73,[i], 75-291. pp The original boards are a little rubbed and bumped, but still holding well. The spine has been strengthened and although the leather appears cracked, it is holding well. The label is bright. Inside, the binding is quite cracked to the front hinge, but still secure. A contemporary hand has practiced it's writing of "imprimatur" to the inside board. The rest of the book is in good clean condition, with only moderate darkening. A tiny amount of edge wear to the title page, but nothing significant. This work was the culmination of an attack on Catholicism which began with the Discourse in 1671. Edward Meredith and the recusant Catholic Thomas Godden replied on the Catholic side, and here he continues his attack. His attack is wide ranging, from objecting to the Pope's decrees and the Council of Trent, through to accusing Ignatius Loyola of fanaticism.
A finely drawn and hand-coloured original caricature - 'The Electors after the Close of the Poll, May 13th 1807'
1807 Wilberforce, William (17591833), politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist. Following the abolition of the slave trade, the Tories called an election. for the first and only time in his career he faced a poll for Yorkshire. Confronting as he did the great wealth and influence of both the Fitzwilliam and the Harewood interests, it was a testimony to the personal esteem in which he was held, and to his effectiveness in representing the county over the previous quarter-century, that he was returned at the head of the poll. It was alleged, however, that Wilberforce had compromised his independence by a coalition with Henry Lascelles, the Tory candidate. Wilberforce denied the charge and defended himself in a published letter to the electors. He acknowledged that some of his supporters had indeed also solicited votes for Lascelles, but this was without his sanction, and it would have been improper for him to constrain their actions. Lascelles, Henry, second earl of Harewood (17671841), Politician. His family wealth came from the slave trade in Barbados. After being elected twice as MP for Yorkshire, he stood again in 1807 - Lascelles, who was opposed by clothiers threatened by the removal of protection for their trade, and subjected to polemic about his family's slavery interests, was beaten by Lord Milton. Ryley [formerly Romney], Samuel William (17591837), Actor and author. Educated in Kensington & Fulham, although apprenticed to the woollen trade in Yorkshire, he eloped with his master's daughter and the married at Gretna Green. He was a jobbing actor, who later won a little more fame with his autobiography. "Ryley's life exhibits, with painful clarity, the precarious existence of the supporting actor of his daysnatching, at one moment, at dreams of fame and, at the next, facing the reality of poor shelter and meagre rations" (ODNB). This caricature seems true to life, as he was described as being very thin.
At the foot is written 'we three, fools be.' The character on the left seems to have a jester's hat on. On May 13th, 1807, William Wilberforce, Lord Milton, the Hon. Henry Lascelles (afterwards Earl of Harewood), and Mr. Walter Fawkes were nominated as parliamentary candidates in the Castle-Yard at York. This was the first contested election in the seat for 66 years. The struggle was also memorable on account of the vast expense that Lascelles incurred. William Wilberforce, whose party almost entirely lacked organization, was head of the poll. There were concerns that Wilberforce allied himself with a candidate whose wealth was based on the slave trade, and he was forced to write to the electors to explain himself. Perhaps it is Lascelles and Wilberforce who are mocked as the electors here. The caricature has been drawn onto the reverse of a scarce caricature engraving, of "Mr Riley in Solomon". This is most probably Samuel William Ryley (1759-1837), actor, and author of The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor, 1808. 208mm x 248mm.
Oriental Album, characters, costumes, and modes of life in the valley of Nile. “The above is one of the most attractive books of Eastern Costume”.
“The influence of such a book on the mind is analogous to that of travelling: it extends our knowledge of different modes of existence”. London, James Madden, [1848]. 30 planches en couleurs en tirage à part plus 1 frontispice.
Superbe illustration complète sur l’Egypte et la Nubie en tirage hors-texte ; chaque planche de format 422 x 303 mm correspond au tirage de l’édition originale de 1848. Les planches en couleurs sont dessinées par Prisse d’Avennes, qui travailla à Thèbes de 1839 à 1843 avec le botaniste George Lloyd. Atabey 1001 ; Blackmer 1357 ; Lipperheide 1599. Nomenclature : Portrait of the late George Lloyd. Arnaout and osmanli soldiers, Alexandria. Ghawazi, or dancing girls. Rosetta. Camels resting in the sherkiyeh. Land of Goshen, lower Egypt. Egyptian lady in the harem. Cairo. Nizam, or regular troops. Kanka. Habesh, or Abyssinian slave. Cairo. Zeyat (oilman), his shop and customers. Cairo. Janissary and merchant. Cairo. Young arab girl returning from the bath. Cairo. Cairine lady waited upon by a galla slave girl. Bedouins, from the vicinity of Suez. Fellah, dressed in the haba. Female fellah. Female of the middle class drawing water from the nile. Fellahs, a man and a woman. Women of Middle Egypt. Peasant dwellings. Upper Egypt. Ababdeh. Nomads of the Eastern thebaid desert. Ababdeh riding their dromedaries. Kafileh, with camels bearing the hodejh. Dromedaries halting in the eastern desert. Arab Sheikh smoking. From the coast of the red sea. Wahabis, with an Azami arab. Nejdi horse. Arabia. Nubian females ; Kanoosee tribe. Phile. Nubian and a fellah, carrying dromedary saddle-bags. Berberi playing on the kisirka to women of the same tribe. Nubia. Abyssinian priest and warrior. Warrior from Amhara. Abyssinian costume. “31 large coloured plates of Arab costume, Bedouin Groups and Scenes. The most interesting and correct work on the Costume of the Arabs, Syrians and Egyptians”. (Oriental history, literature and languages, n°289) “The above is one of the most attractive books of Eastern Costume ; the figures and groups are on a large scale, full of Eastern spirit”. (Catalogue B. Quaritch, 1859). “Now complete, containing 31 large Lithographs. From the ‘Times’, Sept. 25. Among the splendid illustrated works by which this age is distinguished, there is, perhaps, none that will excel the ‘Oriental Album’, which is devoted to the pictorial exhibition of Egyptian life. The chief illustrations consist of large coloured lithographs, representing the costume and habits of all classes. These are beautifully drawn by Mr. Prisse, and finished with that scrupulous attention to elaborate detail which is so necessary when designs are to be means of information as well as choice Works of Art”. “From the ‘Spectator’, Sept. 12. The air of life, the force of effect, the brilliant but harmonious colouring, render the prints among the very finest works of their kind. The influence of such a book on the mind is analogous to that of travelling: it extends our knowledge of different modes of existence, and helps us to limit our category of necessaries. To possess such a work, therefore, is a luxury which counteracts the influence of luxury; though, indeed, to many it will furnish materials much more substantially useful than any more luxury”. (The Athenaeum: Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, etc., 1850).
The Triumph of Quassia
NP NP 1810 Un bel exemplaire de cette caricature de Gillray. Cet exemplaire semble provenir d'un volume d'estampes. Il ne s'agit pas de l'estampe originale de Hannah Humphrey. Il n'y a pas d'information sur l'impression sur le bord inférieur, et il y a "No XVI" en haut à droite. Le format est également plus petit que l'original. L'estampe a été pliée en trois à un moment donné et renforcée au verso. Il y a un petit assombrissement et un petit éclat dans un coin, mais l'ensemble est en très bon état. Notre exemplaire est le même que celui de la collection des Musées de Paris G.26637, qui ne comporte pas non plus d'information sur l'éditeur. Nous n'avons pas trouvé d'information sur la date de production de notre estampe ni sur la collection d'estampes à laquelle elle appartient, mais il est clair qu'elle a été produite à peu près à la même époque. Estampe satirique sur l'alcool ; Extrait de la description OCLC : "L'estampe montre une procession triomphale d'une femme noire corpulente symbolisant le Quassia, qui est censé avoir supplanté le houblon dans les brasseries. Elle est assise à califourchon sur une perche de drayman à laquelle est suspendu horizontalement un tonneau portant l'inscription 'True Quassia Free from Taxation' (Le vrai Quassia libre d'impôts). La perche est soutenue par les épaules de deux brasseurs, Whitbread (à droite) et Combe (à gauche). Elle tient dans une main une branche de quassia, avec un parchemin (tricolore) : Kill-Devil [rhum] for ever", et dans l'autre une chope de mousse portant l'inscription "Quos-sia". Cette dernière est irradiée, les rayons étant inscrits "Apoplexie", "Paralysie", "Consommation", "Débilité", "Colique", "Stupeur", "Drops", "Scorbut", "Dysenterie", "Hæmorrhoïdes", "Hydrophobie", "Idiotisme". Un troisième brasseur, le très corpulent George Barclay, suit à l'extrême gauche. Il brandit un étendard : "Pro bono Publico - Quassia for Ever, - No Hops ! no Malt ! A bas toutes les brasseries privées ! - Kill-Devil and Quassia for Ever !" (Pro bono Publico - Quassia for Ever) De son tablier sort un livre : Receipts to make a Cauliflour Head" (Recettes pour faire une tête de chou-fleur). Devant le cortège se trouve un cheval de trait, dont les chaînes pendantes montrent que le tonneau en a été détaché. Sur son dos est assis le volumineux Grenville entre Fox et Petty qui s'accroche à sa taille. Tous sont en tenue de cour et agitent avec exaltation leurs chapeaux à coque qui, comme ceux des brasseurs, sont ornés de grandes faveurs tricolores portant l'inscription "Quassia for Ever" (Quassia pour l'éternité). Sur le cheval se trouve une sacoche portant une étiquette (tricolore) : "Grains des brasseries du Quassia pour la nouvelle porcherie" ; celle-ci, comme les poches des cavaliers, déborde de guinées. Du chapeau de Petty tombent deux liasses de papiers : "Taxe sur les brasseries privées" et "Taxe sur les servantes". Whitbread, qui regarde le spectateur, a dans son chapeau une faveur plus grande que les autres et portant une inscription supplémentaire. Pas de brasseries privées - Mise en accusation du malt et du houblon ! Pas d'orge écossaise". Sur le sol gisent des poteaux de houblon cassés, auxquels sont encore attachées des lianes de houblon. Derrière se trouvent des piles coniques de poteaux de houblon "à vendre comme bois de chauffage". 191 x 238 mm. James Gillray est considéré, avec Hogarth, comme le plus influent des caricaturistes politiques britanniques. OCLC : 387703125 (pour la première impression de Hannah Humpreys).
A lovely copy of this caricature by Gillray. This copy seems to have come from a volume of prints. It is not the original print by Hannah Humphrey. There is no printing information to the bottom edge, and has "No XVI" to the top right. the size is also smaller than the original print. The print has been folded into three at some point, and been reinforced to the verso. Fractional darkening, and a tiny chip to one corner, but overall in very good condition. Our copy is the same as that of the Paris Musées collection G.26637, which also doesn't have the publisher information. We can find no information about when our print was produced or for which collection of prints, but was clearly produced at about the same time. Satirical print about alcohol; From the OCLC description: "Print shows a triumphal procession of a rotund black woman symbolizing Quassia, which is supposed to have supplanted hops in brewing. She sits astride a drayman's pole from which is suspended horizontally a cask inscribed 'True Quassia Free from Taxation'. The pole is supported on the shoulders of two brewers, Whitbread (right), and Combe (left). She holds up in one hand a branch of the quassia tree, with a (tricolour) scroll: 'Kill-Devil [rum] for ever', and in the other a frothing tankard inscribed 'Quos-sia'. This is irradiated, the rays being inscribed 'Apoplexy', 'Palsy', 'Consumption', 'Debility', 'Colic', 'Stupor', 'Dropsy', 'Scurvy', 'Dysentery', 'Hæmorrhoids', 'Hydrophobia', 'Idiotism'. A third brewer, the very corpulent George Barclay, follows on the extreme left. He holds up a standard: 'Pro bono Publico - Quassia for Ever, - No Hops! no Malt! Down with all the Private Breweries! - Kill-Devil and Quassia for Ever!' From his apron projects a book: 'Receipts to make a Cauliflour Head'. In front of the procession is a dray-horse, with dangling chains which show that the barrel has been detached from them. On its back sits the bulky Grenville between Fox and Petty who clings to his waist. All are in court dress, and exultingly wave their cocked hats, which, like the hats of the brewers, are decorated with large tricolour favours inscribed 'Quassia for Ever'. On the horse is a pannier with a (tricolour) label: 'Grains from the Quassia Breweries for the New Piggery'; this, like the riders' pockets, is overflowing with guineas. From Petty's hat fall two bundles of papers: 'Tax upon Private Brewer[ies]' and 'Tax upon Maid-Servants'. Whitbread, who looks round at the spectator, has a favour in his hat larger than the others and having the additional inscription. 'No Private Breweries - Impeachment of Malt & Hops! No Scotch Barley'. On the ground lie broken hop-poles, with hop-vines still attached to them. Behind are conical stacks of hop-poles 'To be Sold for Fire-Wood'." 191 x 238mm (7œ by 9Œ inches). James Gillray, along with Hogarth, is considered to be the most influential of all British political caricaturists. OCLC: 387703125 (for first Hannah Humpreys printing). .
