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This GENTLEMAN Highwayman

Shown in a LARGE Cut

(Macleane, James). Anonymous. Broadside. Begins: "James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar." [London]: Pr. for T. Fox in the Old Baily, 1750. Folio (42 cm, 16.75"). [1] f.
$2250.00

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• Handsomely illustrated crime-related broadside.

The celebrity of this criminal led to several accounts being published about him and some engravings being created of him and depicting his crimes. All engravings, broadsides, and pamphlets about him are scarce, several rare. As regards this broadside, we find only two other copies (at the Society of Antiquaries Library and the British Library, both in London).

• ESTC T187880. Old folds with minimal and short fold tears. Lower outside edge crumpled with small tears, now flattened and repaired. Evidence of having been mounted on a large sheet of 19th-century paper. A very good copy of a very scarce and visually attractive broadside.

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PLAYS Elegantly Produced for Their

First Print Appearance

Maffei, Francesco Scipione. Teatro del Sig. Marchese Scipione Maffei cioè la tragedia la comedia e il drama non più stampato.... Verona: Gio. Alberto Tumermani, 1730. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). xli, [3], 281, [1] pp.; 1 fold. plt., illus.
$675.00

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Merope

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• Gamba 2323; not in Brunet. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, outer edges yapp, spine with hand-inked title; vellum torn and partially lost over lower edge of front cover, with signs of wear and small spots of staining elsewhere. Ex-library, front pastedown with Italian institutional bookplate; yet volume otherwise free of markings. Title-page verso with affixed scrap of paper. Intermittently occurring light dampstaining in upper margins; otherwise clean.

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We Strove toResist the Pun — “Math Major”?

Major, Nathaniel. Manuscript Signed. Untitled. On paper, in English. Germantown, Penna., 6 October – 23 December 1799. Folio (33.4 cm, 13"), [43] ff.
$1100.00

It is very likely that Major was a teacher of mathematics at the "college" or "college preparatory" level and that this is his lecture book.

• Stationer's blank book: quarter sheep with marbled paper sides. Binding scuffed and rubbed. Joints open but covers firmly attached. Internally very good.

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Fearing

France . . .

[Manwaring, Arthur]. Remarks upon the present negotiations of peace begun between Britain and France. London, 1711. 8vo (20.5 cm; 8"). [2] ff., 35, [1] pp.
$1000.00

Catalogue of Rare Americana

There were two editions printed: This, with the pagination as above and with the title-page sporting a double-rule around the text area, and another with only 32 pp. and no border on the title-page. Precedence apparently not established.

• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 711/177; Goldsmiths’ 4837; Kress 2743; ESTC 46891. Not in Sabin. Uncut, some chipping of edges. Recent, slate-grey light boards. Some cockling and staining. Six-digit number stamped on half-title. A good+ copy.

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18th-Century Treatise onGardening — “First American”

Marshall, Charles, & James Anderson. An introduction to the knowledge and practice of gardening, by Charles Marshall.... First American edition from the second London edition. Considerably enlarged and improved. To which is added, an Essay on quick-lime, as a cement and as a manure, by James Anderson.... Boston: Pr. by Samuel Etheridge for Joseph Nancrede, 1799. 12mo (17.6 cm, 7") 2 vols. I: x, 276 pp. II: [1] f., 134, 115, [1 (blank)] pp., [2 (advertisements)] ff.
$350.00

Charles Marshall ( 1818) was vicar of Brixworth in Northhamptonshire, and, in addition to this work, was author of an introduction to the English language. In this Introduction to . . . Gardening he covers gardening techniques (including grafting and pruning), vegetables, flowers, and trees, and the gardening activities appropriate for various times of year. James Anderson ( 1809), a botanist, physician-general of the East India Company in Madras, and fellow of the Royal Society, gives for his part a thorough discussion of quicklime, replete with learned quotes in Latin. This work was popular in Britain, but less so in this country, as

this appears to be the sole American edition.

Evans 35770. On Anderson, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, I, 382

Library quarter cloth over paste boards; rubbed with corners bumped

Pages browned and brittle with tears and shallow chipping, the latter in some places repaired with paper and in a few places with cellophane tape, resulting in the loss of a few individual words or letters. Some free endpapers and a fly-leaf detached. Pressure-stamps from a now-defunct library on covers, and charge pockets on rear free endpapers. All edges speckled red.

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First English-Language Edition — Pr. by
Philadelphia’s

Bradford, 1795

Martens, [Georg Friedrich von]. Summary of the law of nations, founded on the treaties and customs of the modern nations of Europe...translated from the French by William Cobbett. Philadelphia: Thomas Bradford, 1795. 8vo. XIX, [1], 379, [1 (blank)] pp.
$800.00

nom-de-plume

DNB

The Dictionary of National Biography

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An Easter Pilgrimage Illustrated — 15 Plates, 9 Folding

Maundrell, Henry. A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. The sixth edition, to which is now added an account of the author's journey to the banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the country of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for A. Peifley, 1740. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). [12], 171, [1 (blank)] pp.; 15 plts. (9 fold.).
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• Sixth edition, with a new index and with 15 plates, nine folding, depicting temples and other sights. The author served as chaplain to the Company of Levant Merchants factory in Aleppo from 1696 until his death in 1701; this account of his visits to Jerusalem was often reprinted and became one of the best-known contemporary travelogues.

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