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Zustand: New. KlappentextThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, G.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T081921 Each part has separate pagination and register. Part I was published alone in 1790. With a half-title. London : printed for Cadell and Davies, and John Sewell, 1797. ix,[2],6-34;29,[1];61,[1]p.,plates ; 4°.

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Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. 3rd Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 331 pages. With notes by Lord Rodney, and an Introduction by a naval officer. Rebound in brown leather with new endpapers. Light rubbing at the edges. Interior very clean and solid.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio; pp. vi, 27 leaves of plates (of 28, see note below). JOHN CLERK OF ELDIN (1728-1812): THE ETCHINGS. The first edition of the etchings of John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812), 'a true child of the Enlightenment (ODNB) and the author of An Essay on Naval Tactics (1790). Issued by the Bannatyne Club in an edition of only 40 copies. "Clerk was an exceptional amateur artist. His wealthy background afforded him the luxury of entertaining numerous careers, including medicine and business, and he also showed a considerable interest in geology. In the 1740s he began sketching alongside his brother-in-law, Robert Adam, and the artist Paul Sandby. Clerk travelled extensively throughout Scotland, recording a wide range of landscapes and ancient buildings. His sketches of Edinburgh and the surrounding areas are highly personal representations of his native countryside" (National Galleries of Scotland). Very good condition, though lacking plate 2 ('The hill of Arthur's Seat and Town of Edinburgh to Lochend'), but otherwise complete, and the etchings generally in excellent condition; occasional faint spotting and some very mild damp-staining, not affecting the plates. Old Japanese printed label to the cover, likely from a bookdealer as it simply gives the author and title. A group of etchings from the second (1855) edition also available: please inquire.

36, 11 [prices realised], [1, blank]pp., folding frontis., plan of 'State of the late Lord Eldin's Drawing-Rooms' and 'State, after the Accident'. 2 Works in one, 4to (250 x 160 mm), one of 50 large paper copies, cont. half green morocco, marbled boards, rubbed, spine tooled in gilt, a nice copy. The notorious sale of Scottish judge, Lord Eldin, which was held in his house. The floor of the room in which the sale was being held gave way, killing the banker Alexander Smith and injuring many. The account of the accident includes a list of those injured and those who escaped injury. The sale catalogue and the accompany account of the accident are extremely scarce are rarely appear in commerce. Provenance: Signature in ink of James Gibson-Craig who was one of the attendees at the sale. Lugt, 13236.

Hardcover. Zustand: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). Four parts in two volumes, bound in one. Crown quarto (290 x 215mm). With a total of 38 folding engraved plates with multiple images to each, totalling 156 images. Vol. I, Part I: Pp. viii, 157, (2) Errata (verso blank). Plus 22 folding plates, numbered I-XXII; Volume II, Parts II-IV: Pp. vii, (i) Errata, 128. Plus 16 folding plates, numbered XXIII-XXXVI including XXVII bis and XXVIII bis. With Supplements and Observations. Engraved device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Half-title present.HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary plain blue paper-covered boards, rubbed and chipped in places, floral shelf label to spine, few sporadic institutional stamps. In fine condition, preserved in the original state, wide-margined, untrimmed. Excellent copy practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First French edition. Very rare. The English "An essay on naval tactics, systematical and historical, with explanatory plates, in four parts" first appeared in 1790 and went through 13 editions until 1827, which are held now by 52 institutional libraries worldwide. It was translated into French by Daniel Lescallier (1743-1822 ). ~ John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812) was a Scottish merchant, naval author, artist, geologist and landowner. He is best remembered for his influential writings on naval tactics in the Age of Sail. He was a prolific, noted etcher and it is believed that the fine plates in this work were made by him. In this work he expounds on the tactic known as "cutting the line". This involved sailing into the enemy's line of ships and attacking the rear ships with the whole force of the fleet. Horatio Nelson used several sentences from Clerk's work in his orders to the British fleet before the Battle of Trafalgar. There is a certain amount of discrepancy regarding the publishing date of the second volume. While several bibliographies, mostly citing each other, tend to date it at 1798, the Bibliothèque nationale de France dates it at 1797. The volume itself, however, is dated "L'An VI" which, following the first volume of 1791, can only be 1796. It is most interesting to note that "Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne" (Volume 61, 1836) claims that the first French edition appeared in 1797, and that "une seconde édition a paru depuis". I-3.