Jacob wilkinson (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 5th or later Edition. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, or, A Commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the Author only, but of the Law itself. Hæc ego grandævus posui tibi, candide lector, authore Edwardo Coke, milite. The Ninth Edition carefully corrected: with an Alphabetical Table. To this edition is added Two Learned Tracts of the same authors; the first, his reading upon the 27th of Edward the First, entituled, The Statute of Levying Fines: and the second, Of Bail and Mainprize. London: Printed by William Rawlins, Samuel Roycroft, and H Sawbridge, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires. And are to be sold by Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson; at the Black-Boy in Fleetstreet, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-In Lane, and at the Judges Head in Chancery Lane near Fleetstreet, MDCLXXXIV. [1684] The volume is paginated: [10] p., 395 leaves, [62], 28 p. The volume collates: A2-A6, a-g2, B-4B6, 4C5 Lacks the portrait of the author (A1), but contains the portrait of Littleton and the folding table. Wing C4928 Bound in later 18th Century full calf. The boards gilt ruled with a gilt crest in the centre of each board. The boards with some warping. The spine in six gilt ruled compartments with five raised bands, with a red leather hand stamped lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. The binding good plus only. Both boards cracked badly and holding only by the cords. Any handling and the boards will be off. Internally with marbled endpapers but lacking the first blank which has been torn out. The contents generally fine with little in the way of stains, tears or foxing. Both the portrait of Littleton and the fold out plate in fine condition. The volume measures 32.5 x 21 x 6.5 cm. Each leaf measures 315 x 190 mm.…

1st English Ed. 3 vols. in 1. as issued. Sm. folio. [8], 189, 198-468, 481-662, 665-733, 736-968, [62] p. Additional engraved title page (browned and ragged to edges). Marginal browning, rebound in modern polished calf with double blind rule to edges, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered label to spine. ESTC 18708; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M1958; François Eudes de Mézeray (16101683) French historian, 'Historiographer to the King of France'.First published in French in 1643-51. US$371.…

Full-Leather. Condición: Fair. A fair copy of the first English translation of this classic work by the then Historiographer of France, Francois Eudes de Mezeray 1610-1683. Classed as 'fair' because it lacks the frontispiece and the contemporary full leather binding is worn, with some splitting at the joint between the spine and the front board. The contents are generally very clean and sound. The binding has raised bands to spine and the remains of lining to the boards. The endpapers appear contemporary. Contents: title page (small repaired tear to bottom edge; some older reinforcement to the gutter; very small ?worm track to top); dedication to James of York 2pp; To the Reader 2pp; text to book I ;; 1-353 (some light marking to pp 51, 97/8; small tear to bottom margin p 325 with a little loss); blank; title page Book II; text pp 357-654 (small worm track in gutter of bottom margin to p 425; loss of corner tip p356; title page Book III; text pp 657-968 (mispagination pp 662 to 665, and 804 to 705 to 806, but no text loss; brown mark p683; small hole p743); Tables 60pp; Finis.…

18th C. Speckled Calf. Condición: Good. First Edition in English. Translated by John Bulteel. Engraved frontispiece present. Front hinge cracked and cover nearly detached, rear hinge holding well; head of spine bumped with loss of leather, old label with gilt border. Some soiling to edges of first few leaves, and offsetting to title page, but generally clean after that.…

First Edition in English. With an elaborately engraved title-page featuring four large portraits of Pharamond, Pepin, Hugh Capet and Henry IV within a field of knights' armour and fleurs-de-lys . Folio, 12.5" x 8", handsomely bound in full contemporary speckled calf, the spine with raised bands, fully and elaborately gilt tooled within the compartments, red morocco lettering label gilt, the covers with roll-tooled decoration in blind, double fillet rules to the borders. [vi], 968, [61] Table pp. A clean, crisp and unpressed copy, the binding strong and without repairs, light age evidence, a very beautifully preserved copy. SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN COMPLETELY CONTEMPORARY BINDING AND CONDITION. Mézeray studied at the University of Caen, and completed his education at the College of Ste Barbe at Paris. His "History", in French, the Histoire de France depuis Faramond jusqu'au règne de Louis le juste is an accurate summary of French and Latin chronicles from the first King of France, Pharamond, through the reign of Henry IV.Mézeray was appointed to a committee that supervised La Gazette, won the favour of Pierre Séguier and was given the title "Historiographer to the King of France". In 1649, on the death of Vincent Voiture, he was admitted to the Académie française. His Abrégé chronologique went through fifteen editions between 1668 and 1717; and he used it to attack the financiers, with the result that his salary as historiographer was diminished by Colbert. Mézeray succeeded Valentin Conrart as permanent secretary to the Académie française (1675), and died at Paris. He translated Grotius's Traité de la religion chretienne (1640), and a Histoire des Turcs depuis 1612 jusqu'en 1649 (1650), which is an addition to a continuation of Laonikos Chalkokondyles. Chisholm 1911; Harcourt Brown 1972. …