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…Traduit de l’Anglois par les CC. Lamarre, Benoist et Billecocq; avec des Notes par le citoyen Delalauze. 73 engraved plates on 72 sheets (many folding), of which one is finely handcolored, & six folding printed tables. 18 vols. 8vo, cont. half-calf & speckled boards, flat spines gilt with wheat sheaf & sunburst stamps in alternating compartments, pale blue morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Maradan, 1800-01.
YOUNG, Arthur.
Fine frontis. port. of the author. xvi, 450, [2] pp., one leaf of errata. Large 4to, cont. calf, double gilt fillet round sides, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by J. Hughs, 1757.
LISLE, Edward.
Engraved frontis. in Vol. I. xx, 516 pp.; 3 p.l., 528, [39] pp. Two vols. 8vo, 19th-cent. green half-calf & marbled boards (some foxing), flat spines richly gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. London: W. Nicoll, 1772.
ELLIS, William.
By a Society of Gentlemen, Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Engraved allegorical frontis. & 27 engraved plates. [724] pp. Thickish folio, attractive modern calf-backed boards, vellum tips, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed for the Authors, 1766.
THE COMPLETE FARMER:
Four folding engraved plates. Title printed in red & black. 2 p.l., xi, 372 pp., 2 leaves of ads. 8vo, cont. panelled calf (minor rubbing). London: J. Woodman & D. Lyon, 1727.
BRADLEY, Richard.
Four finely engraved frontis. & 91 engraved plates (some folding and/or double-page). Some music printing in Vol. II. Four vols. Small 4to, cont. richly blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, sides richly stamped in a panel design, each upper cover stamped “R.W.A.T.” & dated “1662“, orig. clasps & catches. Würzburg: H. Pigrin [Vol. I], J. Hertz [Vols. II & III], & heirs of J.G. Schönwetter, [Vol. IV], 1657-57-58-59.
SCHOTT, Gaspar.
4 p.l., (1st leaf a blank), 143, 152-66 pp., one blank leaf. Small 4to, cont. calf (a little rubbed & worn), double gilt fillet round sides, central panel in gilt with gilt fleurons in each corner. London: N. Okes for N. Bourne, 1623.
JOBSON, Richard.
Woodcut device on title & numerous attractive woodcut illus. & diagrams in the text. [8], 314 (misnumbered 306), [6] pp. Small 4to, very attractive antique red morocco (a bit of foxing), panelled in gilt with gilt fleurons in each corner, triple gilt fillets round sides, spine richly gilt, a.e.g. Leyden: appresso gli Elzevirii, 1638.
GALILEI, Galileo.
Engraved frontis. & 187 fine engravings, all printed on SATIN and mounted on thick paper. Folio (410 x 315 mm.), late 18th-century olive-green straight-grained morocco, covers with a Greek key border, small corner stars & rules forming panel, spine with five double raised bands with red gilt morocco inlays, compartments with antique head surrounded by starbursts, purple silk doublures & endpapers, inner gilt dentelles with pineapple cornerpieces, a.e.g. [London: 1768].
[WORLIDGE, Thomas].