Sir john hill (28 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 336.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Revised and Enlarged Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes minor library marks. Series; Colonnade book. Physical description; 230 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 189-193. "A bibliography of Sir George Hill's writings on medals": p. [195]-200. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1920. Subjects; Medals, Renaissance. Medals Europe, Western. Me?dailles de la Renaissance. Medals, Renaissance. Western European medals, (1400-1600). Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Small quarto, lii+208pp, original red cloth with fragmentary dustwrapper, much related ephemera loosely inserted, a very good copy. With an inscription SIGNED by the author. One of the most controversial figures in science and letters in C18 England, whose reputation is now undergoing rehabilitation in light of subsequent discoveries and review. His "Cautions against the immoderate use of snuff" is now recognized as the first work to suggest an association of tobacco with cancer.…

hardcover. Zustand: fine. With 3 Engravings on copper by Hester Sainsbury, with tissue guards. 40pp. Short thin 8vo, vellum-backed printed boards, t.e.g.; partly uncut. Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. Fine. The text is reprinted from the edition of 1750. One of 500 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A collection of four restoration comedies printed circa 1806. Bound together in brown leather. Includes the comedies of the Recruiting Officer by Farquhar, Alzira by Arron Hill, The Careless Husband by Cibber and the Comedy of the Provok'd Wife by Vanbrugh. Pages are unmarked and free of writing. Text block is square. Rear board is detached though included. Some chipping of leather at board edges, leather missing from spine, entirely.…

N.Y.1982. 4to. li,208 p. orcl (libr.st.).

Folio. IV S., 1 Bl., 714 , II S. Mit Kupferstichfrontispiz und 60 später kolorierten Kupfertafeln (diese meist mit 6 Pflanzendarstellungen). Brauner Kalbslederbd. der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild (Kanten, Rücken und Gelenke restauriert, Vorsätze um 1900 erneuert). Eines der schönsten Bücher zum Blumengarten. Die große Mehrzahl der Exemplare wurde unkoloriert ausgeliefert, dieses Exemplar wurde wahrscheinlich in der Zeit um 1900 sehr ansprechend koloriert. Das Kolorit folgt in Farbgebung und Ausführung dem seltenen Original-Kolorit, welches allerdings noch stärker gouachiert erscheint.- Das Buch erschien in 60 wöchentlichen Lieferungen zwischen August 1756 und Oktober 1757. Es werden alle Aspekte des Gartenbaus behandelt, ob es sich um die Planung und Anlage, den Boden, den Ziergarten mit schönblühenden Gewächsen, Früchte, oder um Nutzpflanzen handelt. Das Werk wendet sich sowohl an Praktiker als auch an Botaniker und so kommen neben den ganz konkreten Anleitungen auch die Klassifizierungen nach Linné (z.B. aus Asien und Amerika neu eingeführter Gewächse) nicht zu kurz. Vollkommen neuartig war die Tatsache, dass jede Lieferung Anweisungen gab, welche Arbeiten in der nächsten Woche ausgeführt werden sollten. Die dekorativen Tafeln (jeweils mit mehreren Abbildungen meist schönblühender Gewächse) und der Text stellen diejenigen Pflanzen vor, welche dann zur vollen Blüte gelangen. Dass dieses Schema, welches heute für Gartenbücher zur Selbstverständlichkeit geworden ist, damals innovativ war und dass das vorliegende Werk alle Vorgänger bei weitem übertraf, darüber war sich der Autor wohl bewusst, wie man in der Vorrede nachlesen kann. Das Buch war als Gegenstück zum "Compleat Body of Husbandry" (London 1756) gedacht, beide Titel geben Thomas Hale als Autor an, welches aber wahrscheinlich nur ein Pseudonym für Hill darstellt. John Hill sind in jedem Falle die Vorzeichnungen und die Ausführung der Kupferstiche zuzuschreiben. Vielseitig interessiert war er u.a. Schauspieler, Apotheker, Botaniker, als Gärtner am Kensington Garden beschäftigt und auch an der Planung und Erstellung des berühmten Gartens in Kew beteiligt. Nicht zuletzt ist er als sehr produktiver Schriftsteller bekannt geworden und die Liste seiner Werke füllt in der D.N.B. fünfeinhalb Spalten.- Insgesamt von recht guter Gesamterhaltung und sauber. Die ersten drei Blätter am Innensteg wasserrandig, die ersten sieben und letzten zwei Blätter mit Knickfalten und etwas fleckig, Tafel 10 mit kleinem Eckausriss, ansonsten nur vereinzelt minimal gebräunt bzw. fleckig.- Hunt 559. Nissen BBI 880. Henrey III, 776. Stafleu-C. II, 2770. Arpad Plesch, Mille et une Livres Botaniques, 261 f.…

ONE. Letter, signed 'Wm Brown'. 3 pp, 12mo. Bifolium. 25 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He is 'greatly disappointed' that, '[h]aving gone to the expense of building the Hall of Inventions & Science', 'the five Learned Societies' that 'induced' him 'to make that addition to the Library, have taken no effectual means to make it available for the purpose intended'. Brown 'promised £100 towards the fittings', and is sending a cheque for that amount. Continues: 'I clearly see you will do no good unless you have one or two active gentlemen amongst you who will raise the ways & means to do what is necessary, & a much more active Chairman than myself.' He is 'quite discouraged & disappointed that no efficient steps have yet been taken to make it useful'. TWO. Printed pamphlet. Full title: 'Liverpool Gallery of Inventions and Science. Fifth Annual Report of the Committee, and Proceedings of the Aggregate Meeting of the Four Societies, held on the 7th November, 1865.' 10 pp, 8vo. Stitched; in pink printed wraps. Text clear and complete. Internally good, in discoloured wraps with slight damp-staining at foot. Title-page on front wrap is p.1, with the text comprising pp.3-10. The report is signed in type, p.10, 'JOHN ABRAHAM, Chairman.' It ends: 'It was moved by Mr. JOHN NICOL, and carried unanimously: - "That a vote of thanks be passed to the Chairman, Mr. JOHN ABRAHAM."' Largely concerning a dispute between the Gallery and the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society; with transcripts of several letters by the Society's Honorary Secretary, Cuthbert Collingwood. Scarce: no copy of this report in the British Library or on COPAC.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Noah Webster's Daughter's Copy - 6 plays bound together c.1810 Zara; A Tragedy By Aaron Hill. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy By Nicholas Rowe. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Deserted Daughter; A Comedy By Thomas Holcroft. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. First Love; A Comedy. By Richard Cumberland. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Siege of Damascus; A Tragedy. By John Hughes. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Provoked Wife; A Comedy. By Sir John Vanbrugh. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. About 85 pages each. Each play has an engraving or two. Bound in full leather. Title on the spine says, New British Theatre. Published around 1810. First signature is detached, but could easily be reinserted. Endpaper are a mottled orange/red I think they were originally light red or pink, but have aged unevenly. All these plays also say, on the title page, As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This copy with ownership name on the first blank page of Emily Webster Ellsworth. She is the daughter of Noah Webster, of dictionary fame. She married William Ellsworth in 1813 - he went on to become a Congressman and later Governor of Connecticut. Ellsworth was a classmate of Noah Webster at Yale. Mrs Webster Ellsworth's signature, at the top of the front endpaper page, is in a very neat script, as you would expect. Signed by Author(s). …

Original Boards. Zustand: Very Good. viii, xl, 376 pp., followed by 54 hand coloured plates. Contemporary sheep boards preserved, with a modern calf respine. Gilt-tooled border to boards, raised bands, burgundy morocco gilt-lettered title label and gilt devices to spine. Wear to board corners. Crease from repair to title page and foxing to text, though text is always legible. Spotting to plates, though they are still very nice illustrations and maintain their appeal, with delicate and subtle colours. Directions for gathering natural substances of British and global origin, preserving them and advice on how they should be administered to treat illness. 4to. …

Leather. Zustand: Good. Sir John Hill"s enduring popular guide to household medicine, illustrated with fifty-four coloured botanical plates. In a later full calf binding, endpapers renewed. Illustrated with fifty-four hand-coloured botanical plates. Collated, complete. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held by institutions including the British Library. Arranged alphabetically, the work records the appearance, habitat and medicinal properties traditionally attributed to each plant. With guidance on thegathering and preserving roots, herbs, flowers and seeds, together with recipes for conserves, syrups, juleps, draughts, and other remedies. A practical domestic herbal describing English medicinal plants and vegetable drugs obtained from other countries, intended for use within the household. In a later full calf binding, endpapers renewed.Externally, a little worn. Prominent pale mottling to boards and spine, heavier to perimeters and front board. Slight rubbing to raised bands. Internally, firmly bound. Pages characteristically age toned with light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark, heavier to first and final leaves and the odd gathering. Smudged ink annotation to the head of title page. Slight marginal wear to the occasional page and plate, more pronounced to the first and final leaves, with one or two chips, closed tears and creases, none affecting the text or image. Good. None stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. The second edition of this scarce review of the works of the Royal Society of London, concerning arts, antiquities, medicine, zoophytes, animals and more, carried out by Sir John Hill. The second edition. First published in 1751. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards. Scarce work, in any early edition.Written by the botanist, playwright and apothecary, Sir John Hill, who was known for his illustrated botanical compendium 'The Vegetable System', as well as for being a somewhat controversial figure. Hill believed that certain bodies, including the Royal Society, did not give him the recognition he deserved, and therefore he often led pamphlet campaigns against them. Publishing under a pseudonym, Hill wrote many critical articles broadcasting his opinions, detailing the lack of scientific standards of the Royal Society. This particular review is complete in eight parts, examining different papers of the Arts, Antiquities, Medicine, Miracles, Zoophytes, Animals, Vegetables and Minerals, published by the Royal Society of London.With a preface to the front and a contents to the rear. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards. Externally, very good indeed, with light bumping to the extremities and a little rubbing to boards. A touch of fading to the spine. Endpapers have been renewed and blanks removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with the occasional spot ot handling mark. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather-bound. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. 8 3/8 in. x 5 in. Contemporary tree calf, double-ruled in gilt chain pattern. Contrasting spine label - six compartments. Owner name Samuel S. Parkinson to front free endpaper. Note to front pastedown: "Collated May 30, 1902), and double initialed. FIFTY-FOUR ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES. 376 pp. Tight, clean copy of a 110+ year-old book, ready for daily use! ".It is his [the author's] opinion that the true end of science is use; and in this view, the present work has been undertaken.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). xl, 316 p.p. Leather bound. 54 full page hand coloured plates. Over 200 illustrations throughout book. Scratches to boards. Considerable rubbing and wear to extremities. Some foxing to pages. Bookplate by L.F. Maxwell to front endpaper. Hill was an English author and botanist. He was awarded the title of Sir in recognition of his illustrated botanical compendium The Vegetable System. This book is an early 19th century edition of Hill's well-known herbal book.…

An attractive example of Sir John Hill's Family Herbal, bound in full tree calf and featuring 54 hand-coloured plates of medicinal plants. 8vo (21 x 14 cm); 54 coloured plates, lightly toned with some spotting; contemporary full tree calf, skilfully rebacked preserving original spine, corners restored, contemporary gilt red morocco lettering piece, boards a little scratched; viii, xi, 376pp.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A smartly bound copy of John Hill's popular guide to botanical remedies, bound in full calf and illustrated with beautiful hand coloured plates. An illustrated edition.Illustrated with fifty-four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete.John Hill's popular 'Family Herbal', being a useful botanical guide to English plants and their medicinal properties, directing the reader in creating home remedies and medicines. John Hill was an English composer and Botanist.Bound in full calf, re-backed in modern calf. Bound by 'H. Harris' with their binder's label to the front pastedown.Undated, dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in full calf, re-backed in modern calf. Externally excellent with minimal wear to the extremities. Binder's label to the front pastedown and slight marks to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor spot and ink inscriptions to the front blanks. Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. pp.[iv], iv, ii, 714 with 60 fine engraved plates and engraved frontis. Folio. Hardback. Has benefited from professional repairs to verso of frontis., to four plates and two text leaves. Wanting most of p. 313/314. Short closed tears to three text pages, blank lower corner of one plate & index leaf removed and very small hole to Plate 55. A very minor amount of spotting o/w. contents very clean indeed and near fine. Hand colouring to two illustrations on Plate 1. Handsome, recent binding of half calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering and raised bands, all in fine condition. 'Eden' contains descriptions and cultural details concerning the various products of the garden under the time of year in which they flower or fruit, the phrase name used by Linnaeus for each plant is given, and each is referred to its place in that author's sexual system, which is explained. Advice is offered on what to do each month in the kitchen, flower and fruit gardens, and among other subjects covered by this book is the making of a garden with advice concerning choosing of the site.' (Henrey). …

Extract from fugitive pieces (pp 143-170), 1761?, gemarmerde originele omslag, ingenaaid, beschadigd op de rug.

Bynum and Porter, in their 'Brunonianism in Britain and Europe' (1988), describe Hill keeper at one point of two asylums as a 'substantial figure [.] a champion of Brunonian psychiatry'. For the recipient John Davy (1790-1868), anatomist and physiologist, brother of Sir Humphrey Davy, see his entry in the Oxford DNB. Two letters, both in good condition, attached to one another along one edge, with thin strip from mount adhering. Both letters are bifoliums, and both have had the second leaf, trimmed along the fore-edge, resulting in each case to slight loss to the address. ONE: 30 August 1827. 1p, 12mo. Addressed to '- Davey [sic] Esqr. | Surgeon 7. R. Fusi. | [Cai]stor Barracks | Hospital'. The letter reads: 'Geo. Nesse Hill (Surgeon Pepper St) Secretary to the Medical Society of Chester has the pleasure of announcing to Davey Esqr. Assistt. Surgeon to the 7. Royal Fusiliers that he is this day voted an honorary member of the Society, and upon transmitting a note or message to Dr. Lewellin Jones Junr. at the Infirmary Librarian to the Society he will receive the books as they arrive, taking care to return them in the order he receives them after having kept them the time specified in the cover of cashbook.' TWO: 31 October 1827. 1p, 12mo. Signed 'G N Hill | Secy'. Addressed to: '- Davey Esqr. | Surgeon 7th. Fusiliers | Castle | Hospital'. Informing 'Davey' of the day on which 'the first winter evening of the meeting of the Medl. Society will be celebrated at the Royal Hotel'. There will be a 'Supper of oysters & cold meat, also carols will be supplied the latter to be paid for by the players. | Each succeeding first Wednesday of the three following months will be all ended in like manner this notice to be considered as sufficient for the whole season'. Davy's 'company is expected'. Brunonian psychiatry was founded by John Brown (1735-1788). From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

1 vols. 8vo. 1 vols. 8vo. The Hill piece relates to parthenogenesis in humans and animals and is a translation of "Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter.to the Royal Society in which is proved.that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man." The Roe piece is addressed to Abraham Johnson [Sir John Hill] on this scheme for propagating humans. This piece was probably translated by Anne Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon or possibly De Combes, the secretary of M. de Mirepoix. The "Academie" is ficticious and a satire. Blake p. 211 for the Hill piece Blake p. 385 for Roe piece The five pieces bound together in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label. Some rubbing, some light discoloration, but generally a very good copy.…

Sixth Edition. 215 x 133 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). viii, xl, 376 pp. Sympathetic light speckled half calf over marbled paper boards, raised bands, red and black morocco labels. With 54 hand-colored plates, including frontispiece, illustrating plants discussed in the text. A couple of ink corrections in a contemporary hand. Johnston 760. Variable foxing, with perhaps a fourth of the text noticeably foxed, but the plates almost entirely unaffected, a few stains to the gutter from pressed flowers (now absent), other trivial defects, but a perfectly readable copy, with quite attractive plates, in a pleasing, virtually unworn retrospective binding. First published as "The Useful Family Herbal," in 1764, this popular work provides a description of British plants helpful for at-home remedies. The highlight of the volume is the well-drawn and richly colored plates, which Nissen tells us were drawn by the important natural history illustrator Sydenham Edwards (1769-1819), whose work DNB describes as "among the best scientific illustrations of the day." Hill (1716?-75) was a perplexingly self-destructive personality who nevertheless managed to produce useful books. He was a surgeon, an unsuccessful actor, and an apothecary who made considerable money selling quack medicines; he published several books (including some botanical works of substantial value like the present one) and a steady series of (usually abusive) periodicals; he was constantly scheming to make money and to raise his reputation above its rightful altitude; and he was always embroiled in controversies because of his ungovernable proclivity toward impertinence and derision as well as his overweening vanity. This last quality, together with Hill's direct attacks on Garrick and his friends, prompted the latter's memorable epigram reflecting the doctor/actor's reputation among his detractors: "For physic and farces, his equal there scarce is:/ His farces are physic, his physic a farce is." After publishing some not insignificant scientific writings, including a supplement to Chambers' "Dictionary," Hill tried to obtain admission to the Royal Society, but his unprincipled character blocked any hope of membership. Despite his reputation, "The Family Herbal," offered here in its sixth edition, was obviously viewed as serious and significant enough to be reprinted a half century (and later) after its first appearance.…

London : Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, etc., 1752, 8°, (8), 415, (1) pp., contemporary leather; rebacked, fine copy. First Edition! "No text, however, better embodied the conflicting project of natural description or more cogently posed questions about its fundamental purposes than the Essays in Natural History and Philosophy (1752) by the apothecary John Hill. Hill's many writings included works on Linnean classification, vegetable remedies-uncharitably termed "quack"-medicine, zoology, mineralogy, and especially botany. He is of interest to us because, along with the unillustrated Essays, the third volume of his illustrated General Natural History (1752) studied those animals "too minute for unassisted sight." He coined lasting names, such as "paramecium," for those invisibles that "had none before." Less respectable than Baker, who was a member of the Royal Society, Hill with even greater assiduousness devoted himself to the confection of popular accounts of microscopic examinations. He, too, pleaded for the "Combination of the useful with the entertaining in these Studies." His approach gave the illusion of looking in on a private world. More of a scopophiliac than his contemporary. Hill took tiny entities and subjected them to a controlling gaze. This obsessive watching veered toward perversity by forcing a change in their customary environment and behavior. The "allurements" of natural history, which "astonish our Eyes." were presented in the Essays through a series of sensory impressions so melodramatic, perhaps, precisely because they were not accompanied by plates. Moreover, the narrative made things happen, as in the movies, one after the other, and as if right there in front of us. Sanguinary metaphors of microscopic wars humanized Hill's tale of a heretofore unknown insect inhabiting the hollow joints of a species of coralline. Because events were seen close up, they took on the brilliance of flickering patterns beheld in a dark room. ." Barbara Maria Stafford: Good Looking: Essays on the Virtue of Images (1996), p.182 See: Barbara Stradord: Gewalt und Naturgeschichte Über das dauerhafte Dilemma, wie etwas anschaulich zu machen sei. Vorträge aus dem Warburg Haus, 1. Bd. (1997) John Hill (* um 1716 vermutlich in Peterborough, Northamptonshire; 21. November 1775 in London) englischer Apotheker, Arzt, Botaniker und Schriftsteller. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet "Hill".…

London : Printed for the Author; 1770, 8°, 170, 20 pp., 44 engraved plates (the 2 repating plates are missing), comtemp. leather; rebacked, fine copy. First Octavo Edition of "The Construction of Timber, From its Early Growth : Explained by the microscope, and proved from Experiments, In a great Variety of Kinds : In Five Books. On the Parts of Trees ; their Vessels; and their Encrease by Growth: And on the different Disposition of those Parts in various Kinds ; and the Particularities in their Vessels. With Figures Of Their various Appearances; of the Instrument for Cutting them ; and of the Microscope thro' which they were viewed. By John Hill, M.D. member of the Imperial Academy. London : Printed for the Author; and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Ridley, in St. James's-Street; J. Nourse, T. Becket, P. Elmsly, J. Campbell, in the Strand; and T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden." "The most important work to be published on the subject during the eighteenth century." Henrey "The first use of dyes in histology. Hill (1770) had employed dyes in studying the microscopic structure of timer, and that beyond the question, his work was actually histological in nature. His methods in fact, were more like modern histology than the subsequent work of Ehrenberg." H.J. Conn, The History of Staining (1933), p.9 "Hill did not rely on any one method, but studied the structure of stems in many ways. He used a more elaborate method of maceration than Martin, and was the first to use maceration in the study of wood, sinking a loose wicker basket containing the sticks he wished to study into a stream until the tissues were well softened. This identical method, which was rediscovered by the younger Moldenhawer in 1812, is considered by Sachs as one of the great steps in the progress of phytotomy. Hill also makes the first mention of a method of preservation of material for further study. The practice of dropping the macerated pieces of wood into a solution of alum and then transferring them to spirits of wine, after thoroughly drying, resembles in a very crude manner our modern method of fixing and hardening. The reason for this is seen in his statement that 'Nothing but spirit of wine can preserve these tender bodies, and, till I found this method of hardening them first, the liquor often destroyed them. . . . " "Hill is undoubtedly the first to have used staining as an aid in the study of microscopical anatomy of plants. He prepared an alcoholic tincture of cochineal, in which, after it had been filtered, he placed the stems of plants for a while, discarding that portion which had been immersed in the fluid when he made his sections. Another method of staining used was even more advanced since it involved a mordanting of the tissues before developing the color. A solution of sugar of lead was prepared, filtered, and put in a tea-cup and the sticks to be studied were allowed to remain in this fluid for two days. An essential part of this operation was the 'whelming' of the tea-cup with a wineglass to prevent the drying of the material. While the tissue was soaking in the lead solution he prepared a solution of quick lime and orpiment in water and then transferred the material from the tea-cup to the second solution for two days. When the sticks were first placed in the second solution they were colorless, but in a short time they became deep brown. By means of this staining he was able to demonstrate the existence of structures invisible in the uncolored material. A third method, which was an injection rather than a staining process, was by careful drying of the wood and boiling it in green sealing wax. By this procedure the vessels became thoroughly impregnated with the green sealing wax and the 'split pieces resemble striped satins, in a way scarce to be credited.' " "Writers concerning the history of the microscope generally describe the 18th century as being barren of developments .…

Satirical print, folio, engraved surface 13 x 8 inches, a very good, clean copy apart from a split along edge of plate mark (no loss), laid down on a light card.Sole edition. The self-styled 'Sir' John Hill, sometime a physician and an actor, is best known for the 'Paper War' in 1751-2 between his 'Inspector' columns in the London Daily Journal and Fielding's Covent-Garden Journal. It began in good humour but soon turned to real antagonism after the incident depicted at Ranelagh.In his column of 30 April 1752, Hill had attacked the character of Mountefort Brown, a young buck about town. When the two men met accidentally at Ranelagh a few nights later, Brown gave him a drubbing. This print shows them at the entrance to the Rotunda. Brown has pulled off 'Sir' John's wig and seized him by the ear, crying out 'Draw your Sword Swaggerer'. Hill is trying to pull away and calling out to Mr. Cole, the Master of Ceremonies, 'Oh! Mr C get me a Constable, for here's a Gentn going to murder me'. As two constables approach from behind, Cole tells Brown; 'Yes Sir Yes. Pray Young Gentleman don't hurt him for he never has any meaning in what he writes.' The text below quotes Falstaff ('I am a Rogue if I were not at half Sword with a Dozen of them two hours together'), and prints an extract from the Covent-Garden Journal reporting that Brown had appeared before a justice on Dr. Hill's complaint, but was admitted to bail when it was clear that Hill was not in any danger of his life.The court was Bow Street and the justice was in fact Fielding. 'Here was a very comic situation a source of mirth for months. Squibs and sixpenny pamphlets filled the air . More entertaining than the pamphlets were two prints immediately put into circulation', A Night Scene at Ranelagh and Le Malade imaginaire. 'After this fracas, Hill became very bitter towards Fielding' (Wilbur L. Cross, The History of Henry Fielding, II, 419-22).Catalogue of Prints and Drawing in the British Museum Political and Personal Satires, no. 3183.…

Bethlehem, Lehigh University Press, 2012, 8°, XXIV, 389, (2) pp., Figs., orig. cardboard binding. First Edition.

The Second Edition. - London : Printed for the Author; 1774, Folio (490 x 300 mm), 62, 2 pp., 45 engraved plates, contemp. half leater, in Chemise. The Second, corrected and enlarged Folio Edidition of "The Construction of Timber, From its Early Growth : Explained by the microscope, and proved from Experiments, In a great Variety of Kinds : In Five Books. On the Parts of Trees ; their Vessels; and their Encrease by Growth: And on the different Disposition of those Parts in various Kinds ; and the Particularities in their Vessels. With Figures Of Their various Appearances; Of an Instrument invented for Cutting Slices of extreme Thinness ; and Of a Microscope of a new Construction, through they were viewed.' By John Hill, M.D. member of the Imperial Academy." The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. "London : Printed for the Author; And sold by B. White, in Fleet Street; L. Davis, in Holborn ; J. Robson, in Bond-Street; J. Ridley, in St. James's-Street; P. Elmsly, in the Strand, and T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden." "The most important work to be published on the subject during the eighteenth century." Henrey. There was also a more common 8vo edition published in the same year. "The first use of dyes in histology. Hill (1770) had employed dyes in studying the microscopic structure of timer, and that beyond the question, his work was actually histological in nature. His methods in fact, were more like modern histology than the subsequent work of Ehrenberg." H.J. Conn, The History of Staining (1933), p.9 "Historians emphasize the barrenness of the 18th century, as compared with the 17th, in the development of the microscope. With one notable exception, this is also true for microtechnique. The great originality which John Hill showed in the manipulation of the material described in his work entitled "The construction of timber, explained by the microscope" has not been given due credit. In his biography of John Hill, T. G. Hill has entirely failed to call attention to one of the most important features of John Hill's work, namely, the superiority of the microtechnique which he employed. Methods were used which had not been employed up to that time and which did not come into general use until fifty years later, and then as rediscoveries by others. Hill did not rely on any one method but studied the structure of stems in many different ways. He used a more elaborate method of maceration than Martin, and was the first to use maceration in the study of wood, sinking a loose wicker basket containing the sticks he wished to study into a stream until the tissues were well oftened. This identical method which was rediscovered by the younger Moldenhawer in 1812 is considered by Sachs as one of the great steps in the progress of phytotomy. Hill also makes the first mention of a method of preservation of material for further study. The practice of dropping the macerated pieces of wood into a solution of alum and then transfering them to spirits of wine, after thoroughly drying, resembles in a very crude manner our modern method of fixing and hardening. The reason for this is seen in his statement that "Nothing but spirit of wine can preserve these tender bodies, and, till I found this method of hardening them first, the liquor often destroyed them. , Holzner thinks that Sarrabat or Reichel should have the credit for being the first to use staining methods since they put sticks into colored liquids and then noted the rise of the color. Apathy has raised the question as to whether this work should be regarded as at all comparable to our modern methods of staining microscopical preparations. Judging by the excerpts cited from these articles by Holzner they were macroscopical studies only, and it is very probable that Hill was not aware of them, or the work of Bonnet. Hill is undoubtedly the first to have used staining as an aid in the study of microscopical anatomy of plants. He prepared .…