{"title":"18th Century (1700–1799)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare and antiquarian books from the eighteenth century, the age of Enlightenment, exploration, and revolution. First editions, fine bindings, and important texts from 1700 to 1799.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"c-crispus-sallust-and-l-annaeus-florus-baskerville-birmingham-1774","title":"C. Crispus Sallust and L. Annaeus Florus — Baskerville, Birmingham (1774)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC. Crispus Sallustius; et L. 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It contains the historical writings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e together with those of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucius Annaeus Florus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, bringing together two important Roman historical texts concerned with the rise, conflicts and development of the Roman state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eV\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eery good; an attractive copy in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003econtemporary speckled calf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, the spine divided by raised bands with gilt ornament to the compartments and a black morocco lettering-piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn appealing example both as a work of classical history and as a product of \u003c\/span\u003eone of the most important English printers and type designers of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17.5 × 11 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe binding is firm and the boards remain securely attached. 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Translated from the Last Edition Printed in Latin at Leyden, 1722. With Useful Observations and Explanations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: Printed for William and John Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul’s, 1724. 8vo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn early English edition of one of the most influential medical textbooks of the eighteenth century, by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHerman Boerhaave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1668–1738), the celebrated Dutch physician and professor of medicine at Leiden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoerhaave’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAphorisms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reduced an immense body of contemporary medical knowledge into almost 1,500 numbered observations on the recognition and treatment of disease. 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In its original contemporary panelled calf, substantially worn but retaining considerable period character. The boards are rubbed and scuffed, with pronounced wear to the leather, worn corners and losses and deterioration at the spine ends. The joints are cracked and the binding is fragile in appearance, although the boards remain attached.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternally considerably better than the exterior suggests: generally clean and sound, with expected age-toning and occasional light marks or staining, including some discolouration to the title page and some corner folding marks. Complete through p. 444 with the final four-page index. An unrestored copy in its original early eighteenth-century binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[16]\u003c\/span\u003e, 444, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/span\u003e pp. Second English edition, revised from Boerhaave’s enlarged Leiden text of 1722. The English translation and explanatory observations derive from J. 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Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. 8vo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst edition, first impression\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Samuel Johnson’s celebrated account of his journey through Scotland and the Hebrides with James Boswell in 1773.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohnson had long wished to visit the Highlands and islands, and at the age of sixty-three finally undertook the expedition with Boswell as his companion. Travelling through Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, Skye and the Hebrides, Johnson recorded not simply the landscape but the language, religion, customs, economy and changing social structure of the communities he encountered. 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Twelve-line errata leaf; cancel leaves D8 and U4 present. \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/span\u003e, 384, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/span\u003e pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleeman 75.1J\/1a; ESTC T84319; Courtney \u0026amp; Smith, pp. 122–23; Chapman \u0026amp; Hazen, p. 151; Tinker 1357; Rothschild 1256.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57997165035902,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0126.jpg?v=1789026110"},{"product_id":"john-fenn-the-paston-letters-first-edition-1787-2-vols","title":"John Fenn – The Paston Letters – First Edition, 1787 – 2 Vols","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFENN, John.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Letters, Written during the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III. By various Persons of Rank or Consequence; Containing many curious Anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, Period of our History; and elucidating, not only Public Matters of State, but likewise the Private Manners of the Age…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. 2 vols., 4to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first edition and first publication of the Paston Letters, one of the most remarkable bodies of private correspondence to survive from medieval England. 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His years in Samoa coincided with Robert Louis Stevenson’s residence at Vailima from 1890 until the author’s death in 1894, and the two men moved within the same small expatriate and official circle. Cusack-Smith’s surviving papers in the National Library of New Zealand include correspondence relating to Stevenson, photographs of a birthday gathering at Vailima, and visitor books bearing the signatures of Stevenson, his wife Fanny and his mother.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe presentation was made within a close family and social network rather than being a chance acquaintance. Cusack-Smith’s first cousin, William Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh, had married Esther Eleanora Mary Byrom, Atherton Byrom’s sister, on 11 October 1881. Thus, by Christmas 1882, Cusack-Smith had entered the immediate social circle of the Culver Byrom family through his cousin’s marriage. An 1881 programme for the Flitterbat Club additionally records members of the Chisenhale-Marsh, Cusack-Smith and Byrom families within the same social milieu. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe set later entered the library of John Alfred Victor Chapple (1928– 2019),  Professor of English at the University of Hull and later Professor Emeritus. Chapple was a leading authority on Elizabeth Gaskell, co-editor with Arthur Pollard of \u003cem\u003eThe Letters of Mrs Gaskell\u003c\/em\u003e and long-serving President of the Gaskell Society. His ownership label, dated “London 1955,” is preserved in both volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe result is a well-provenanced copy of Byrom’s first collected poems: presented by a member of the Culver Byrom family to a future British diplomat already connected to the family by marriage, with the presentation inscription and recipient’s ownership signature repeated in both volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward Clement “Atherton” Byrom → Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith, Christmas 1882 → Professor John A. V. Chapple, London, 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nineteenth-century half-leather bindings rubbed and scuffed, with wear to corners, extremities and some areas of surface loss; spines and labels remain attractive and legible. Structurally sound. Marbled boards and endpapers bright and decorative. 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Jordan, and by the booksellers of York, Leeds and Hull, 1798.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[AUTHORS OF THE DEFENCE.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoners' Defence Supported: or, An Answer to the Charges and Allegations of George Markham, Vicar of Carlton, in Yorkshire, contained in his Book entitled, \"More Truth for the Seekers.\"\u003c\/em\u003e York: printed by William Blanchard, and sold by the booksellers in York; and by James Phillips and Son, and Darton and Harvey, London, 1798.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[YORK CASTLE QUAKERS.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eState of the Case of Several of the People Called Quakers, Imprisoned in York Castle, for the Non-Payment of Tithes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether five separately titled components documenting the central stages of the controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllan Rowntree (1853–1940)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Scarborough Quaker businessman and member of the prominent Yorkshire Rowntree family, with his ownership inscription \"Allan Rowntree\" in pencil to the front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inscription is particularly pertinent in this context. The Scarborough Rowntrees were a long-established Quaker commercial family, related to the better-known York branch associated with the Rowntree confectionery business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparison with an autograph letter by Allan Rowntree preserved at the North Yorkshire Archives, ZSJ 4\/16\/1, showing close correlation.  The inscription is attributed with strong confidence to Allan Rowntree (1853–1940).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall octavo. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding worn but substantially original. Front board partially detached, the joint having split through much of its length and the board now remaining attached principally towards the lower portion. The upper joint is open with sewing\/support material visible. Spine dry and rubbed, with loss and abrasion at head and foot and remnants of old labels; surface wear and some loss to the marbled paper sides, particularly at the corners and edges. Corners rounded and exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternally generally well preserved. Text leaves show light age-toning, occasional spotting and some occasional marginal staining, but remain clear and legible. The pamphlets retain generous margins. Allan Rowntree's pencil ownership inscription appears on the front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding defect is conspicuous and the volume should be handled with care, but the text block itself appears substantially intact. Offered unrestored, preserving the contemporary binding and provenance evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly attractive association copy. The constituent pamphlets are scarce individually, but their survival together gives the volume considerably greater historical coherence: it follows the argument from Markham's initial justification of the imprisonment through the Quaker response and subsequent replies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe later ownership by Allan Rowntree adds another layer of Quaker history extending the book's significance from the eighteenth-century tithe controversy into the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Yorkshire Quaker commercial world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eESTC T90470; T102447; T66608; Smith, \u003cem\u003eFriends’ Books\u003c\/em\u003e, II, 964. 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Later half brown morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine ruled in gilt with red morocco lettering-piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe substantially enlarged third edition of Scottish physician Ebenezer Gilchrist’s influential study of the therapeutic effects of sea travel, particularly in the treatment of pulmonary consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1756 and enlarged in a second edition the following year, Gilchrist’s work was one of the earliest sustained medical arguments for sea voyages as therapy. Gilchrist considered not merely sea air, but the effects of motion, climate, diet, sea-sickness and prolonged residence at sea, supporting his arguments with detailed clinical histories. This \u003cstrong\u003e3rd 1771 edition \u003c\/strong\u003erepresents a major expansion of the work: whereas the second edition comprised only 186 pages, this revised version extends to more than 300 pages plus index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGilchrist devoted particular attention to pulmonary consumption — broadly corresponding to pulmonary tuberculosis — then one of the most feared and poorly understood diseases in European medicine. His advocacy of sea voyages became part of the developing eighteenth- and nineteenth-century tradition of therapeutic travel, sea air and climatotherapy. 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