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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.

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.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of John Maurice Hawkins. Previous owner's signature. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; illustrated and with elevated motif to the front board. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested. Physical description: viii, 264 p.: ill., coats of arms; 19 cm. Subjects: Mottoes Great Britain. Great Britain history. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Size: Twenty-seven works in one volume. Folio. Red half morocco (bumped, foot of joints worn), embossed, with marbled boards (worn, scratched and front one torn). Engraved.

Zustand: Good. Oblong 4to. 27 1x 21 cm. 5 vols., engraved titles and 249 plates (only of 250, lacking Hillingdon House plate from vol.1), the odd spot or foxing mark but largely clean internally, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, blind-stamped and panelled with gilt, a little rubbed, corners bumped,.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1009029252:At head of publisher's original (part) wrappers: New copper-plate magazineEditor and principal engraver: John WalkerEngravings by J. Walker, William Walker, T. Medland, Birrell, B.T. Pouncy, James Greig, James Heath, G. Walker, William Ellis, Fitler, Barrett, J. Storer, Roberts, J. Widnell, J. Roffe, and T. Tagg; after J.M.W. Turner, Paul Sandby, Thomas Girtin, Thomas Hearne and Thomas Malton, Esther Acklom, Miss Berniers, Edward Francis Burney, Charles Catton, Jr., Richard Corbould, George Cuit, Edward Dayes, Arthur Benoni Evans, Thomas Girtin, Harraden, John Hassell, J. Hornsey, H. Jeayes, Thomas Malton, John Meheux, Conrad Martin Metz, James Moore, Francis Nicholson, John Nixon, Rev. Robert Nixon, William Orme, Alexander Reid, Philip Reinagle, Humphry Repton, Paul Sandby, Thomas Sandby, William Watts, Francis Wheatley and othersImprints undated; years of publication from monthly issues.Originally issued in 125 parts, each consisting of two plates and two letterpress leaves. Each cumulated volume contains 50 plates with associated letterpress, an index leaf and engraved title page; vols. 1, 4 and 5 have an "Advertisement" leaf; v. 5 also has a general index.Plates include great houses and significant architectural structures from various places in the British Isles. Each plate includes names of engraver and artist, but these are not indexed.Title pages are engraved; signed (v.1): Milns scrt. Puke sc.Vol. 2 with imprint: London : printed for Harrison and Co. Pater-Noster Row. & J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, Clerkenwell; v. 3-5 with imprint: London : printed for J. Walker, engraver. No. 16, Rosomans Street, ClerkenwellVol. 4: "Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn."Vols. 4 & 5 with alternative title: Elegant cabinet.

Each of the seven plans is on a 27 x 35.5 cm piece of paper.The source has not been established, and each carries the pencil date 1878 in a modern hand. They are uniform in layout, each with heading of the name of the theatre followed by a plan in the form of a 22 x 15 cm lithographic illustration of the respective theatre, as viewed from the stage, with the seating numbered. Beneath each plan are names of proprietors, lessees and managers, prices of admission, and in every case the details of the two ticket agents 'Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library' and Keith, Prowse, & Co, in each case ending with: 'Natural Flowers. - Theatrical, Opera, Bridal, Court, and every description of Bouquets, Hair Flowers, Dress Flowers Trails, Shoulder Knots, and every description of Hair and Dress Trimmings in Natural Flowers. / James Bromwich, F.R.H.S., Court Florist, 25, Buckingham Palace Road, S.W.' In fair condition, lightly aged and creased, with dogeared corners and some fraying at head. The seven theatres are: Theatre Royal, Lyceum, lessee and manageress Mrs Bateman; Royal Adelphi Theatre, sole proprietor Mr Benjamin Webster, actual and responsible manager Mr F. B. Chatterton; St James's Theatre, lessee and manager Mr Samuel Hayes; Royal Princess's Theatre, actual and responsible manager, Mr F. B. Chatterton; Her Majesty's Theatre (Opera House, Haymarket), lessee and manager J. H. Mapleson Esq.; Gaiety Theatre, sole lessee and manger Mr. John Hollingshead; Drury Lane Theatre, lessee and manager F. Chatterton, Esq. On the reverse of each sheet are one or two advertisements, for products ranging from Schweitzer's Cocoatina to Nosotti's Artistic Furniture, and including L. T. Piver, perfumer and glover, and F. & C. Osler of Birmingham (with illustration of their 'manufactory'), 'manufacturers of crystal glass chandeliers, candelabra, lustres, wall lights, table glass of all kinds and newest designs' See sample Image.

Zustand: Very Good. Letterpress document printed and completed in manuscript on both sides (18½" x 15"). Full title: *Passport and Roll of Equipage, Agreeably to the 25th and 27th Article of the Treaty between France and the United States, made the 6th of February, 1778*. Dated 22 September 1797. Signed by James Lovell, former delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1782, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Lovell was appointed naval officer of the port of Boston and Charlestown from 1789 until his death in 1814. Additionally signed by Benjamin Weld, Collector of Customs at Boston, and Samuel Cooper, Notary Public. With a long manuscript note written in French on one side (23 lines), signed by Charles Théodore Mozard, former printer and bookseller at Saint Domingue (Haiti), and French consul to Boston. The document has three embossed seals affixed next to the signatures of Weld, Cooper, and Mozard. A few small closed tears and chips at the edges, light toning along two old folds, two holes with minor loss of text, very good overall. A well-preserved customs document granting permission to Captain Joshua Delano, a prominent New England merchant and commander of the Schooner *Hester*, to depart for French Guadeloupe in the southern Caribbean Sea. The document lists the names, time of entry, and personal information, including age, complexion (dark, black, or light), place of abode, birth, etc., of Delano and six crew which includes two black sailors: Peter Tarnanden, born in Curaçao (a Dutch Caribbean island), and a subject of the Batavian Republic (French occupied Netherlands), and Charles Hunt of New York. A rare primary source document that sheds light on the historically significant merchant trade between the newly independent New England colonies and the West Indies, signed by James Lovell, an important founding father of Massachusetts.