john slezer (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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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.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ 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 T084163 Anonymous. By John Slezer. The descriptions are based in part on Latin writings of Sir Robert Sibbald. With an engraved dedication leaf, signed: Andrew Johnston. Titlepage in red and black, identical to that of the other 1718 edition. London : printed for D. Browne; J. Senex; W. Taylor; W. Mears, J. Browne, and F. Clay, and A. Johnston, 1718. [2],12p.,plates ; 2°.

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No Binding. Zustand: Fine. colour print, image is 27 x 42cm, (10.5x16.5"), early printing, captioned, matted, in attractive gilt edged frame, in fine condition ~ A view of Bass Rock Island from "Theatrum Scotiae" by John Slezer (c.1650 1717), the first pictorial survey of Scotland first published in 1693. Bass Rock is located in the outer part of the Firth of Forth. Prominently displayed is the castle which at the time of painting was a notorious prison for religious and political prisoners. Also shown are many birds the island having the largest gannet colony in the world. (It is presently a bird sanctuary). A still vivid portrayal of a historically important Scottish feature, attractively framed. From the collection of prominent Ottawa photographer, bibliophile and birder, Bert Plimer, who was born in North Berwick near Bass Rock.

London: Abell Swalle. 1693. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in one, gilt edges; pp. [10], 65, [1], bound without "Prospects" and "End of Prospects" leaves, title page printed in red and black with engraved Royal arms of Scotland, 57 copper engraved double page plates (on guards), engraved in-text coat of arms, woodcut initials; skilfully rebacked retaining the original spine, spine and boards a little rubbed; light scattered foxing throughout mainly affecting text leaves, occasional light offsetting, small paper flaw to margin of plate 52 (far from printed area), tiny worm hole to inner margin of S1 (not touching text), but generally a very good, clean copy; near contemporary armorial bookplate of John Anstruther to verso of title (see below); bookplate of Wolfgang Metzner (1909-1992), publisher, to front pastedown.First edition of the first pictorial survey of Scotland, with a remarkable Scottish provenance.John Slezer (1650-1717), a German military engineer who became a Scottish army officer and surveyor for William and Mary, produced this book for the new monarchs partly as a census and partly as a celebration of the great buildings of their northern kingdom. Drawing on the talents of artists such as Johannes van den Aveele, Jan Wyck and Robert White he created a collection of plates that were to become the standard views of Scotland for decades to come as the work ran into several editions deep into the eighteenth century. It was as much a piece of propaganda designed to promote pride and unity during a delicate political time, with judicious credit given to each of the noblemen who occupied these great buildings, as an architectural guide. As Slezer wrote in his preface: "It's a matter worthy of ones enquiry, how a Nation, as SCOTLAND, so much addicted to Military Arts, and so constantly ingaged in both Foreign and Domestick Wars, should have been in a Capacity to erect such superb Edifices as that Kingdom abounds with".Our copy of the Theatrum was bound without the "Prospect" and "End of Prospects" leaves, which in some copies serve to introduce and conclude the suite of plates when these are bound together at the end. Unlike other copies, however, this copy retains the privilege leaf, bound here among the preliminaries.Provenance: From the library of Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet (1678-1753), a Scottish politician and bibliophile who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and then the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1741. He was generally opposed to the Act of Union but ultimately fell in line and in 1727 was appointed by George II as Master of Works to the Crown of Scotland, with responsibility for the maintenance of all royal buildings north of the border. In this role, he would have found this book as practically useful as it was symbolically appropriate to his position.ESTC R187144 (7 copies).

Folio (35.7 x 25.7 cm). 12pp letterpress, title printed in red and black with engraved armorial within double-ruled border, large folding panorama of Edinburgh (with repaired tear), 60 double-page engraved plates, some plates re-margined at both top and bottom, some with splits at fold, several plates with browning; rebacked preserving most of the contemporary panelled calf. First published in 1693,Slezer's book was the earliest series of town prospects to be published in Britain. John Slezer, a German military engineer, came to Scotland in 1669, becoming a Captain of Artillery by 1688. For this work he employed several artists: the Dutch painter and engraver Johannes van den Aveele was responsible for several plates and others included Jan Wyck, who added the figures, and the London engraver Robert White. The plates remained the standard views of Scottish towns for over a century and include Glasgow, Sterling and Aberdeen. One of two editions published in 1718. The present edition has 12pp, the other 43pp. of letterpress. The number of plates varies from copy to copy, Lowndes calls for 58 plates in this edition, plus the panorama, though 59 is the more usual number. This copy has 60 plates plus panorama. Lowndes VI, 2413.

London: D. Browne, John Senex et al, 1718. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, inner hings taped; title printed in black and red; pp. 12; large engraved folding prospect, 60 double-page engraved plates (numbered to 57). Some plates re-margined at top and bottom, a few splits in folds, one with repaired hole in sky, some browning to a few plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. A collection of views drawn by John Slezer (pre 1650-1717), a German-or-Dutch born army officer who moved to Scotland in 1671, becoming an officer of the Scots Train of Artillery, Chief Engineer for Scotland 'Surveyor of his Majesties Stores and Magazines'. Part of his latter role was producing ground plans of the chief fortifications, including those at Edinburgh, Stirling, Dumbarton and the Bass Rock. While travelling around the country he also drew views of the towns and conceived the idea of publishing them in a book. Despite spending a year in prison for refusing to recognise William III as monarch after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he received Royal consent for the ' Theatrum Scotiae' in 1693. It did not sell well, but Slezer continued with his scheme to publish more views. When promised financing fell through, Slezer fell into debt and was forced to live the last years of his life in a debtor's sanctuary within Holyrood Abbey, although he remained Captain of the Train of Artillery of Scotland was allowed out to visit his family on Sundays. In 1716, after a military re-organisation in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, Slezer retired from the army dying the following year. Despite being drawn c.1690, the two-sheet prospect of Edinburgh did not appear in the 'Theatrum Scotiae' until after Slezer's death, when further volumes became unlikely. This version was only issued in 1718, being replaced the following year with a larger version dedicated to Queen Anne. The bookplate, dated 1724, is that of George Baillie (1664-1738), a Scottish soldier who served in the horse guards of William of Orange, returning to Britain with William in 1688. He served as MP for Bewickshire, Commissioner for Trade and Plantations, a Lord of the Admiralty and a Commissioner of the Treasury. An investor in the ill-fated Darien Scheme, Baillie campaigned for the Act of Union in 1707.