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Tel: 07500903176 Above – the engraved title to item 114 The front cover illustration is item 40 All illustrations in the catalogue are variably reduced ENGLISH BOOKS BEFORE 1800 1. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. 8vo, London, engraved and printed by the permission of John Baskett, by J. Sturt, 1717. [xviii], 166pp., entirely engraved throughout with portrait of the King as frontispiece, vignettes of scenes from the Bible, porrtraits of monarchs, decorative initials, all text within a decorative border, with the volvelle verso of title. Later 18th century red morocco, gilt decorative border on the covers, flat spine richly gilt, a.e.g., head and foot of spine slightly worn, a little old ink staining on the lower cover, variable mostly light spotting and browning, else a very good copy. Unidentified engraved armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. £395 Despite the foxing an attractive copy of this edition containing the remarkable silver plate engravings by Sturt. Much of the engraving is very elaborate and in amazing detail - for example, within the head of King George on the frontispiece Sturt has engraved the text of the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, the Ten Commandments, prayers for the King and Queen and the XXIst Psalm! ESTC does not record a copy with this collation. 2. BOSMAN, William. A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. Containing a geographical, political and natural history of the kingdoms and countries... Written originally in Dutch .... and now faithfully done into English. Second edition, 8vo, London, J. Knapton..., 1721. [viii], 185, 210-456, [16]pp., gap in pagination is correct. With a folding engraved map and 7 engraved plates. Modern calf. Very good copy. £550 An important work on West Africa written in the form of a series of letters. Bosman who was the chief factor for the Dutch at the Castle of St.George d'Elmina spent some 14 years in the region. The plates contain small views of the European forts and castles on the coast and some of the birds and animals of the region. The book remains an important source for the history of West Africa. Kress 3362. 3. BULKELEY, John and CUMMINS, John. A Voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty’s ship the Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west. With the proceedings and conduct of the crew, and the hardships they endured in the said island for the space of five months..... interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, not taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist. First edition, 8vo, London, Jacob Robinson, 1743. xx, 220pp. Contemporary calf, double gilt fillet on covers and gilt bands on the spine, very short cracks at the foot of the joints, slightly rubbed and a few short scuff marks, but still a very good clean copy. With the contemporary armorial bookplate of James Irvine of Kingcausie. £1,250 Hill 210 - ‘This is one of the principal accounts of the ‘Wager’, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile after rounding Cape Horn. The ‘Wager’ was one of Anson’s fleet, which was on its way to harass the Spanish. After the wreck, gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro. Much of the adventure and interest of the account is in the description of their travails passing through the Strait of Magellan in a longboat’. Sabin 9108. 4. BURRISH, Onslow. Batavia illustrata: or, a view of the policy, and commerce of the United Provinces: particularly of Holland. With an enquiry into the alliances of the States General, with the Emperor, France, Spain, and Great Britain. First edition, three parts in 1 vol, 8vo, London, William Innys, 1728. v, [i], 580, [2]pp., 3 engraved headpieces. Contemporary calf, gilt border on the covers, spine richly gilt, slightly rubbed, title a little soiled, but overall a very good copy. Early signature M. Forbes on the title. £360 With dedication to Sir Robert Walpole. The first part deals with the methods of government in the United Provinces. The second part deals with the fisheries, manufactures and general commerce of Holland - this part includes chapters on the Dutch trade with the Levant, the Dutch East-India and West-India Companies, trade with England and other countries etc. The third part deals with the alliances of the States-General. Kress 3740; Goldsmiths 6576. 5. CARY, John. Survey of the high road from London to Hampton Court, Bagshot, Oakingham.... Hertford..... Ryegate...... Richmond. On a scale of 1 inch to a mile. First edition, oblong 8vo, London, printed for J. Cary, 1st July, 1790. Engraved throughout - consists of title, folding general map, explanation and advertisement, general plan of the turnpike gates in the vicinity of the metropolis and 80 strip maps on 40 leaves (complete), most with light contemporary hand-colouring. Bound in the original limp leather wallet style binding, worn and frayed at fore-edge, spine a bit damaged, because of the oblong format in which it has been bound there is a central fold throughout and a few maps therefore have some light offsetting from the colouring. However, this hardly detracts and overall this is a good clean copy. £550 Despite the wear to the original binding an attractive copy of this popular work which has detailed road maps to 26 places around London. Fordham in his essay on Cary in 'Studies in Carto-Bibliography' (1914) remarks that his coloured road-strips are 'amongst the most charming of his engravings'. 6. [COURT, Pieter de la]. WITT, Jan de. The true interest and political maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friedland. In three parts. The first treating of liberty in general. Of manufactures. Fisheries. Navigation. Toleration of religion..... Part II. and III. Of a free navigation and clearing the seas. Of war and peace. Of treatys of peace and alliances, particularly with England, France and Spain..... Written by John de Witt, and other great men in Holland. First edition in English, 8vo, London, 1702. lvi, 492pp., engraved portrait. Contemporary panelled calf, spine richly gilt, very short cracks at head and foot of joints, but a very nice clean copy overall. With the engraved armorial bookplate of John, Earl of Sutherland verso of title. £400 This work was actually written by Pieter de la Court and it circulated in manuscript before publication. It was finally published without de la Court’s permission in 1662 by the statesman Jan de Witt who made some alterations to the text and added two chapters. The work was praised by Schumpeter p.368 - ‘Both authors have to be ranked very high in a history of economic thought or policy’. Kress 2344; Goldsmiths’ 3864; Einaudi 1370. 7. [HALE, Thomas]. An account of several new inventions and improvements now necessary for England, in a discourse by way of letter to the Earl of Marlborough, relating to building of our English shipping, planting of oaken timber in the forrests, apportioning of publick taxes, the conservancy of our royal rivers, in particular that of the Thames, the surveys of the Thames... Herewith is also published... the proceedings relating to the mill'd-lead-sheathing, and the excellency and cheapness of mill'd-lead in preference to cast sheet-lead... Also, a treatise of naval philosophy, written by Sir Will. Petty... First edition, 2 parts in 1 vol, London, James Astwood, 1691. [xvi], cxxv, [i], [18], 132pp., 2 folding tables listing all the buildings and encroachments on each side of the Thames between London Bridge and Limehouse. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a bit rubbed, with the Signet Library bookplate on the front pastedown and the engraved bookplate of Sir John Anstruther verso of title. In all, a good copy of this rare and important book. £1,750 In the first part Hale discusses improvements to shipbuilding and the importance of sea power for Britain's economic prosperity. The second part with separate title deals with milled lead and its advantages in sheathing ships as well as its many other uses in lining cisterns, pipes, furnaces, and vessels used in breweries and dairies etc. This second part concludes with Sir William Petty's 'Treatise of Naval Philosophy' beginning at p.117. This is in 3 parts - I. A phisico-mathematical discourse of ships and sailing. II. Of naval policy. III. Of naval oeconomy or husbandry. Wing H.265; Keynes Petty 39.