London, Printed for A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch and J. Clarke, 1738 (fifth edition)/ [1723]. The Latin text with parallel English translation by John Clarke, 'In pursuance of the method of teaching the Latin Tongue, laid down by him in his "Essay upon Education"'. ESTC T83014. More

London, Printed for T. Evans ... 1796 (third edition)/ 1796. Richard Watson (1737-1816), 'Lord Bishop of Landaff, and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge' on the title page, 'successfully turned his hand to chemistry and divinity and ecclesiastical politics when his career demanded it and happily abandoned..... More

London, Printed by G. Scott for J. Robson, 1768 (second edition)/ 1768. 'In the third edition, of 1781, the author was revealed to be Revd. William Gilpin. The work was well received both in Britain (where it went through five editions by 1802) and elsewhere in Europe. Besides Gilpin's opinions..... More

London, Printed for J. Senex, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne, and T. Longman, 1728 ('Second Edition, very much Corrected')/ 1720 (first edition in English)/ 1707 (first edition, in Latin). The eight plates, normally found with a small folding section, are bound into this copy in an unfolded state by..... More

London, J. and P. Knapton, and P. Vailant, 1744 [first edition in English]. The nine-page introduction by the unidentified Bazin quotes his sources: 'To what M. de Réaumur has said, in his Memoir concerning Bees, I have added every thing which had relation to that subject, which is found in..... More

London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More

London, J. Davis, 1795. Sold as a collection of plates. More

London, Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1751 (second edition)/ 1749. Offered with a copy in similar condition of the first edition of a companion volume, 'The Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley ... containing his Epistles and Other Writings' (London, Luke Hinde, 1751). London-born..... More

London, Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790. Pages 423-476 are 'Ancient Cookery. From a ms. in the Library of the Royal Society', and the prefatory note is worth quoting at length: 'The ms. from which the following pages are transcribed, is without title or date, or..... More

Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1733 [first folio edition]/ 1731. With the armorial bookplate of Colonel Geoffrey Callander of Craigforth, and his name-stamp on the frontispiece. More

London, J. Debrett, 1789. Dalrymple (1726-1810), fourth baronet of Cranstoun, was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland. He was a prolific author of history and current affairs, and he 'occupied his leisure with various experiments of a useful kind. He discovered the art of making soap from..... More

London, John Stockdale, 1794 [new edition]/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More

London, The Author, 1766 ['second edition, corrected and enlarged'; the first two tracts were first published in 1758 and 1759 respectively]. Important early works on the corn trade, which earned the praise of Adam Smith in his 'Wealth of Nations'. More