James chelsum (7 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 16pp disbound pamphlet, 'published at the request of the judges'.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Leather. Zustand: Good. The very scarce, greatly enlarged second edition of James Chelsum"s influential attack on Gibbon"s account of early Christianity. In a contemporary full calf binding. The second edition, and the first to acknowledge authorship to clergyman James Chelsum. First published anonymously in 1776. ESTC No.: T77383. A theological response to Edward Gibbon"s account of the rise and spread of Christianity in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,in which Chelsum critiques Gibbon's sceptical portrayal of early Church history, and similar remarks to Joseph Priestley's rationalist views. His critique formed part of the controversy which prompted Gibbon"s own Vindication of 1779. James Chelsum (c.1740-1801) was an English clergyman, scholar and polemicist, educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. An important contemporary contribution to the religious controversy surrounding Gibbon"s history. In a contemporary full calf binding.Externally, a little worn. Rubbing to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf. Bumping to lower corners, heavier to rear resulting in slight warping to rear board and creasing to rear paste down. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Creasing to spine. Slight cracking to extremities of joints. Ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper dated 1878, and a later handwritten note tipped to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Light creasing to lower corners from bumping. Previous ownership inscription to head of title page; blind stamp from Lathbury Rectory to margin. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A very scarce copy of James Chelsum's volume, which attacks Edward Gibbon's account of the Christian church in his popular history of the Roman Empire. The second edition, and the first to acknowledge authorship to clergyman James Chelsum. First published anonymously in 1776.A very rare copy of this rebuttal to Edward Gibbon's account given of the growth of the Christian church in his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in which Chelsum critiques Gibbon's sceptical portrayal of early Church history, and similar remarks to Joseph Priestley's rationalist views.Bound in a later full crushed morocco, with renewed endpapers. Bound with the original front and rear wraps.Publisher's advertisement printed to the verso of the final leaf.From the library of English politician Rowland Hunt (1858-1943), the Lord of the Manor of Baschurch in Shropshire and Member of Parliament for Ludlow. Bound in a later full crushed morocco, with morocco spine label and blind-stamped detailing. Bound with the original front and rear wraps.Externally, very smart indeed, with only light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light scattered spots. Toning to the title page First few leaves including the Leaves are untrimmed, and the first and last few leaves are dog-eared. Suspected minor worming to the first few, with edge wear to the original wraps. Bookplate of one Rowland Hunt Esq. Boreatton to the inside of the front wrap. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

[4], 94pp, half title. A v.g. clean copy, disbound. ESTC T46850 The first edition, published anonymously, but afterwards enlarged and acknowledged (Oxford, 1778) to which Gibbon responded.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Rare and interesting book on the art of mezzotint (zwarte kunst prenten) making. History of the mezzotint from the invention of art till 1791. A nice insight into the opinion about printmaking in 1791.Decorated paper binding, 12°. Interior with pages with some frayes. On the titlepage the stamp "Bibliotheek Pulchri".Full title: Historie der zwartekunstprinten van de uitvinding dezer kunst af tot den tegenwoordigen tyd toe, met een bericht van de werken der vroegste kunstenaaren in dit vak. Uit het Engelsch vertaald. Haarlem, C.B. v. Brussel, 1791.[NL] "Zwartekunstprinten": de term zwartekunst" verwijst klassiek naar de techniek van het graveren, etsen, houtsnede etc.: prenten in zwarte lijnen (printen = prenten). Het boek geeft een chronologisch overzicht van prentkunstenaars, hun werken, vermeldingen van wie wat heeft gegraveerd etc. Er wordt melding gemaakt van "werken der vroegste kunstenaaren in dit vak" dus een deel van het werk is gericht op de pioniers van de prentkunst. Mooi inzicht in de mening over prentkunst anno 1791. Eerste Engelse uitgave is van 1786 en is geschreven door James Chelsum.…