Irish, British, & American Women Printers & Publishers Part I: Printers (Part II is below on p. 7)

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1 The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company The Arsenal, Building 4 (Officers Quarters) 2375 Bridge Street Philadelphia, PA Shipping or Mailing: PRB&M Arsenal # Tacony Street, Ste. 314 Philadelphia PA rarebks@prbm.com PH ONE (215) FAX (215) ABAA Early Books of Europe & the Americas Other Rarities as Chance May Supply ILAB Irish, British, & American Women Printers & Publishers Part I: Printers (Part II is below on p. 7) Authorship in Question Elizabeth Allde s Printing, NOT 1) Bernardus Claraevallensis (Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint). Saint Bernard his meditations, or, sighes, sobbes, and teares upon Our Saviours passion, in memoriall of his death; also his motives to mortification, with other meditations. London: Printed by E[lizabeth] A[llde] for Robert Allot, mo (14 cm; 5.5"). 2 parts in 1 vol. I: [7] ff., 439, [1] pp. (p. [440] blank); II.[3] ff., 243, [3] pp. (pp. [244 [46] blank; numbers omitted in the sequence). $ All early English editions of St. Bernard s Meditations are rare. This translation of his Tractatus de interiori domo self-identies as The third edition, much amended by W.P. Mr. of Arts in Cambridge. That is, it is the third edition of W.P. s translation, the first of which appeared in 1611 and was proceeded by printings of earlier translations in 1499 and The identity of W.P. remains unknown and a cataloguer at Harvard dissents regarding Bernard s authorship, writing: Neither part is by Saint Bernard: the first piece in pt. [2] is a translation of Meditationes de interiori homine, also wrongly ascribed to Hugh of St. Victor. Searches of WorldCat, NUC, and ESTC locate only five copies in U.S. libraries, one having been deaccessioned and being the copy offered here. Harvard notes of its copy: Imperfect: lower half of the t.p. containing the edition statement and imprint wanting. The printer Elizabeth Allde was the widow of printer Edward Allde, who was active from 1584 to his death in 1628; he was successor to his printer father John Allde (variously Allde, Aldaye, Alde or Aldye), fl , a Scottish stationer and printer. Elizabeth was active from 1628 to 1633, at which latter date she passed the business to Richard Oulton (or Olton), her son-in-law. He continued the firm for another ten years only. Provenance: On the front free endpaper: From the Hon. Rev. Lowther Barrington, Buckinghamshire, Eng., STC (rev. ed.) 1920; ESTC S Recent full brown calf, late 17th-century style; raised bands accented with gilt rules above and below each band, modest blind fillet on boards, red spine label. Text cockled, waterstained, and with some browning; one leaf with small hole in text with loss to words in two lines on each side. Far from a perfect copy but complete, sound, solid, and difficult to find. (34388) Maria F.C. Marsh: New York City Printer & Publisher 2) [Bolles, John R. (attrib. author)]. The lullaby, with original engravings. New York: M.F.C. Marsh, [ca ]. 12mo (18.6 cm, 7.25"). [12] pp. (plus wrappers); illus. $ This interesting and attractive children s book from a woman printer/publisher contains poems, including a hymn on p. [12] (without music). It is illustrated with four half-page woodengraved, hand-colored images, and interestingly with several hand-colored woodcut large capitals.

2 The cataloguer at the Harris Collection of American Poetry at Brown University attributes authorship to Bolles. The title and imprint statement are transcribed from p. [1] of the printed wrapper, while the date of publication is based on New York city directories: Maria F.C. Marsh operated as a publisher, bookseller, and stationer in New York between 1860 and The woodengraved, hand-colored decorative border on the front wrappers is signed J.D. Felter N.Y. (i.e., John D. Felter). Provenance: From the children s book collection of Albert A. Howard, sans indicia. NUC and WorldCat find only two libraries reporting ownership (Brown, AAS). Original wrappers; later oversewing along spine. Folded once upon a time horizontally at midpoint, now causing fold tears in the wrappers; shorter tears in interior margins. Reds, greens, and yellows bright. (38817) Woman Author / Woman Printer London, Brook, Mary. Reasons for the necessity of silent waiting, in order to the solemn worship of God... third edition. London: Mary Hinde, vo (20 cm, 7.9"). [2], 31, [1 (blank)] pp. $ Third edition of Brook s explication of the principles underlying Quaker worship practices, issued by a woman printer Mary Hinde, successful printer and publisher of numerous Quaker items. ESTC T Recent wrappers. Pages age-toned, with a few small spots. (9302) The End of the Law is to Preserve Mens Persons & Properties from the Violence & Injustice of Others 4 Buller, Francis, Sir, & Henry Bathurst, 2nd earl Bathurst. An introduction to the law relative to trials at nisi prius. Dublin: Elizabeth Watts, vo (20.7 cm, 8.1"). [4], iv, 470, [2 (adv.)] pp. $ First Irish edition, following the London first of the previous year, which in turn was based on Buller and Bathurst s 1760 Institute of the Law Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius. The materials that formed the basis of this work, attributed here to a learned Judge, were originally compiled by Earl Henry Bathurst for his private use; his labors were adapted and incorporated into a more widely published form by Sir Francis Buller. The sections cover actions founded upon torts and upon contracts, injuries affecting personal property and real property, criminal prosecutions relative to civil rights, evidence in general, and General Matters relative to Trials. The Introduction was published by Elizabeth Watts, later Lynch, the widow and successor of bookseller Richard Watts; the volume opens and closes with advertisements for other legal works either at the press or just published by Watts. This edition is uncommon: ESTC and WorldCat locate only eight U.S. institutional holdings. ESTC T116235; Sweet & Maxwell (2nd ed.), I, 335:1. Recent quarter calf and marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped title. Pages faintly age-toned, with occasional mild to moderate spotting. One leaf with paper flaw affecting a few letters, without loss of sense. A solid, comfortable copy of a significant legal work. (34385) 5) Featley, Daniel. [one-line in Greek transliterated as] Katabaptisai kataptysesoi. [then] The dippers dipt. Or, The Anabaptists duck d and plung d over head and ears, at a disputation in Southwark. London: printed by E.C. for N.Bourne & Richard Royston, Small 4to. [8] ff., 186, [2], pp., plt., without the engraved title-page. $675.00

3 The title continues Also a large and full discourse of their 1. Originall. 2. Severall sorts. 3. Peculiar errours. 4. High attempts against the state. 5. Capitall punishments. The seventh edition. Augmented with 1. Severall speeches delivered before this assembly of divines. 2. The famous history of the frantick Anabaptists. Their wilde preachings and practices in Germany. Together with an application to this kingdom; especially to London. Seventh edition, with sectional title-pages. The printer was Ellen Cotes, widow of Richard Cotes who died in In 1668 she operated three presses and employes two apprentices and nine pressmen. There are two states of the titlepage. First published in Wing (rev. ed.); F590A.; ESTC R A binding copy: old leather over pasteboards, covers detached leather worn and missing pieces, sewing starting to loosen. Ex-library with pressure stamps. Lacks the added engraved title-page. A copy for an impoverished collector/scholar. In an openback brown buckram slipcase. (32297) Case Reports & Legal Discourses Pr. for Sarah Cotter 6) Foster, Michael, Sir. A report of some proceedings on the commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry [sic], and of other Crown cases. To which are added discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law. Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, vo (20.3 cm, 8"). xii, 412, [16] pp. $ First Irish edition, following the Oxford first of the preceding year: one of the most authoritative and scholarly of such reports of the time, accompanied by examinations of treason, homicide, accessories, the writings of Lord Hale, etc. Cotter s printing seems to have appeared in two variants, as per ESTC; in the present example, the catchword on p. 406 is to. Cotter was the daughter of Joseph Cotter and successor to his printing business. She was active from 1757 to 1767 and published/printed law, technical and religious books, belle lettres, and a wide variety of other productions. The trial mentioned in the title refers to that of those arrested for participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie (i.e., Charles Edward Stuart) to regain the British throne. (He had timed his effort for a moment when much of the British military was occupied on the continent by the War of the Austrian Succession.) ESTC T (see also T147759); Sweet & Maxwell 367. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and blind-tooled tulip decorations between raised bands; hinges (inside) reinforced. Front pastedown and free endpaper each with one small early inked annotation (shelf and price?); first and last few leaves with offsetting to margins; pages generally mildly age-toned with a very few scattered light spots. (34791) Case Reports Sarah Cotter Printing, Envelope Binding 7) Foster, Michael, Sir. A report of some proceedings on the commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry [sic], and of other Crown cases. To which are added discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law. Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, vo (19.5 cm, 7.6"). x, 412 pp., [10] ff. $ Second Irish printing, following the Oxford first of 1762 and the Dublin first of 1763: one of the most authoritative and scholarly of such reports of the time, accompanied by examinations of treason, homicide, accessories, the writings of Lord Hale, etc. The trial mentioned in the title refers to that of those arrested for participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie (i.e., Charles Edward Stuart) to regain the British throne. (He had timed his effort

4 for a moment when much of the British military was occupied on the continent by the War of the Austrian Succession.) Cotter was the daughter of Joseph Cotter and successor to his printing business. She was active from 1757 to 1767 and published/printed law, technical, and religious books, belles lettres, and a wide variety of other productions. Her press produced two variants of this edition; in the present example, the colon after Dublin in the imprint is above the n of in, and the catchword on p. 406 is manner. Binding: Contemporary limp suede with envelope flap, portion of original tie still present. Provenance: Front pastedown and free endpaper with early inked ownership inscriptions of Gryff[yth?] Price. ESTC T145812; Sweet & Maxwell 367. Binding as above, rebacked with mottled sheep with gilt-stamped leather title-label; edges rubbed, flap leather cracking and refurbished with same leather used on spine as well as internally reinforced with marbled paper. Endpapers with offsetting to margins, inscriptions as above. Pages with a very few instances of faint foxing. A nice copy, easily imaginable as an Irish lawyer s portable reading and reference. (34809) A Keeper as Printed by Lydia Bailey 8) [Kendall, Edward A.]. Keeper s travels in search of his master. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner [Lydia R. Bailey, printer], mo (15 cm, 5.5"). vi, [1], 8-87, [3] pp.; 1 plt., illus. $ A dog story for children, originally published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1798, about a very good dog inadvertently separated from his master and his subsequent adventures and misadventures before reuniting with the man to whom he is bonded emotionally. This is the third American edition, having been preceded by editions in 1801 and The frontispiece is a metal-engraved plate and notably, the book is printed on wove paper. This is one of the earliest books that Lydia Bailey printed. Provenance: From the children s book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ( AHA ) at rear. Welch 723.4; Rosenbach, Children s, 370; Shaw & Shoemaker 15353; Gumuchian 3494; Nipps, Lydia Bailey, 7. Bound in boards covered with plain gray-brown paper; top of spine showing light wear. Age-toning, later leaves creased across lower outer corner, a very nice copy. (38921) 9) L Estrange, Roger. Notes upon Stephen College. Grounded principally upon his own declarations and confessions, and freely submitted to publique censure. London: printed for Joanna Brome, to (20.3 cm, 8"). [2] ff., 48 pp. $ Colledge (a.k.a., College), a rabid anti-catholic, notorious pamphleteer, and supporter of the perjury underlying the fabricated Popish Plot, was tried for high-treason, in conspiring the death of the King, the levying of war, and the subversion of the government, that is, for speaking against Charles II and advocating resistance. First of two editions. Wing (rev. ed.) L1281; ESTC R7200; McAlpin, IV, p. 65. Removed from a nonce volume. Dust soiling, age-toning. Small blank area of lower margin of title-page excised. (39150) 10) Marshall, Charles. The way of life revealed, and the way of death discovered: Wherein is declared, man s happy estate before the fall, his miserable estate in the fall, and the way of restoration out of the fall... London: Pr. by Mary Hinde, vo. [2] ff., 59, [1] pp., [1] f. (of which final leaf of advertisements wanting). $200.00

5 Unusual as a woman who printed under her own name, Mary Hinde was a successful printer and publisher of numerous Quaker items. Removed from a nonce volume. Wanting final leaf of advertisements. Light foxing and traces of soiling. Closely trimmed by the binder, with loss of last letters of lines on a few pages, but without loss of sense. (9216) Printed by Jane Aitken 11) Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Containing the confession of faith, the catechisms, and the directory for worship. Philadelphia: Pr. by Jane Aitken, mo (17.5 cm). xiv, 470 pp. $ Jane Aitken, the printer of this first edition of the revised and amended constitution (as per the 1805 General Assembly), was one of the U.S. s most distinguished and accomplished printers, having apprenticed in the shop of her father Robert Aitken. Each section, except for the Confession of faith and the Directory for the worship of God, has a special title-page. Shaw & Shoemaker Contemporary sheep, much abraded, with title gilt-stamped on a (chipped) red leather spine label. Ex-library with area of spine blacked out where call number once was, evidence of shelf label (now removed) on spine, bookplates and rubber-stamped five-digit number on front pastedown, library rubber-stamp on title-page, penciled call number on verso of title-page and on p. [iii], and paper label affixed to top left corner of rear pastedown. Evidence of readership: Several instances of penciled marginalia and pencil marks, partial underlining of title on title-page with blue crayon, and slip of paper with extensive handwritten notes in ink affixed to rear pastedown. Some pages with light foxing. Top inner portion of pp. 316 and 317 browned resulting from insertion of a slip of paper in between the pages. Occasional fold marks. (20018) Springing to Berkeley s Defense in the Tar-Water Controversy Lots & Lots & Lots & Lots & LOTS of Period Detail 12) Prior, Thomas. An authentic narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers, with remarks. And occasional papers relative to the subject. To which are subjoyned two letters from the author of Siris. Dublin: Pr. by Marg. Rhames for R. Gunne, vo (20.8 cm, 8.25"). 4, 248, [2 (blank)] pp. $ Uncommon first edition: An impressive collection of testimonial letters describing the curative powers of tar-water in cases of asthma, influenza, scurvy and scorbutic disorders, gout, rheumatism, consumptive coughs, and even smallpox offering a mass of anecdotal information on general ailments, standard treatments of the time (what the patients took or did before they discovered tar-water), and what was considered an intolerable condition as opposed to simply inconvenient. This volume was compiled by one of the founding members of the Royal Dublin Society and inspired by Bishop Berkeley s 1744 publication Siris, Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar-water (which praise of tar-water as a universal panacea enraged doctors throughout Great Britain, resulting in a flurry of published debate); it makes several references to Siris, and concludes with two letters from Berkeley, featuring his instructions on how to make the best tar-water and use it most effectively. The printer was Margaret Rhames, scion of a prominent Dublin printing family. WorldCat and ESTC locate only four U.S. institutional holdings of this edition, which preceded the London first.

6 ESTC N5208; Wellcome, IV, 440. Period-style half calf and antique marbled paper covered sides, corners tipped in vellum, spine with gilt-stamped leather labels. Title-page with ownership initials ( WS ) inked in upper outer corner; pages age-toned, with mild to moderate foxing. A solid, pleasingly bound copy of an uncommon and interesting piece of medical history. (30607) A Voyage to Abyssinia Good, Lively, & Readable Account Printed by Lydia Bailey 13) Salt, Henry. A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa. Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly (pr. by Lydia R. Bailey), vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 24, 454 pp.; fold. map., illus. $ First U.S. edition and printed by Lydia Bailey, following the London first of Salt, a British traveller and Egyptologist, first visited Ethiopia in 1805, and returned in 1809 on a diplomatic mission intended to promote ties between the British government and the Emperor of Abyssinia. The Voyage gives Salt s observations of Ethiopian customs, manners, dress, cuisine, and music, along with the factual details of his diplomatic achievements or lack thereof, in terms of concrete agreements followed by an appendix comparing vocabulary words from various languages spoken along the Coast of Africa, from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt, with a few others spoken in the Interior of that Continent (p. 395). This is an untrimmed copy in original boards, with 24 pages of advertising for Carey publications bound in at the front of the volume. The preliminary map, engraved by John Bower, has hand-colored border lines; this American edition does not call for the plates found in the English first, but does include in-text depictions of several Ethiopic inscriptions. Shaw & Shoemaker 33864; NSTC 2S3118; Library Company, Afro-Americana, 9080; Nipps, Lydia Bailey, 157; Clarkin 932. Publisher s quarter tan paper over light blue paper covered sides; front cover detached and back joint cracked, binding spotted, paper cracked and split along spine, spine label now absent and replaced with hand-inked title, spine with later paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated Half-title with portion of outer margin torn away (not touching text) and laid in. Map lightly foxed, with two short tears along folds. Pages age-toned, with occasional spots of foxing. (19413) Many Sincere Souls are Much Detained from the Substance, by Undue Attachments to the Sign 14) Scott, Job. The baptism of Christ, a gospel ordinance: Being altogether inward and spiritual... Providence, printed; Dublin, reprinted: Rachel Maria Jackson, vo (19.5 cm, 7.7"). vii, [1], 192 pp. $ Uncommon first Irish edition of this work, following its initial appearance in Providence, RI, the previous year. This treatise on baptism, arguing against baptizing with water and for baptizing with the Holy Ghost, was written by a doctrinally controversial American Quaker. ESTC T Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; edges and extremities darkened and rubbed, joints cracked, spine with shelving label. Ex-library: bookplate, title-page and one other perforation-stamped, endpapers rubber-stamped, rubberstamped numerals to lower margin of first preface page. First and last few leaves with upper margin-edges lightly waterstained, pages otherwise clean. (27839)

7 15) University of Pennsylvania. Catalogue of the trustees, officers & students of the University of Pennsylvania. Session Philadelphia: L[ydia] R. Bailey, Printer, vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 37, [1] pp. $60.00 The trustees, undergraduates and graduates in several different departments, classes offered in certain departments, and more are listed here from the session at the University of Pennsylvania. WorldCat has located two institutional holdings in the U.S. of this work by a noted American woman printer. Nipps, Lydia Bailey, 746. In tan paper wrappers; wrappers dirtied and lightly faded, some pencil notes to rear wrapper. Leaves mildly wrinkled. Penn in the mid-19th century! (39410) Part II: Publishers What to Wear, the Duty of Schoole-Masters, Divorce Sentences, & More 16) Church of England. Constitutions and canons English. Constitutions and canons ecclesiasticall treated upon by the Bishop of London, president of the convocation for the province of Canterbury, and the rest of the bishops and clergy of the said province: And agreed upon with the Kings Majesties licence in their synod begun at London, anno Dom. 1603, and in the year of the reign of our soveraigne Lord James, by the grace of God, King of England, France, and Ireland the first, and of Scotland the 37. And now published for the due observation of them, by His Majesties authority under the Great Seal of England. London: Pr. by John Norton, for Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, Small 4to. [60] ff. $ A translation of Constitutiones sive canones ecclesiastici. Several editions give this publishing information and date; this is one of the few that seem actually to have been printed in 1633 as opposed to 1640 or later. The Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical was an assemblage of rulings given equal force with the canon law, although the rulings themselves were not based on canon law. STC (rev. ed.) 10076; ESTC S Removed from a nonce volume. A very nice, clean copy with an array of marginal markings Xs, asterisks, vid., and the odd hand-with-pointingfinger. (21226) Early English Tree-Tending: Formal, Mathematical Planting 17) Cook, Moses. The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forest-trees: With directions how to plant, make, and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. London: Pr. for Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al., vo (19.8 cm, 7.75"). Frontis. (incl. in pagination), xx, 273, [3] pp.; 4 fold. plts. $ Acclaimed and influential treatise by Cook, head gardener to the Earl of Essex and a professional nurseryman. This is the stated third edition, corrected, following the first of 1676; it includes Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure Superficial Figures, divide Woods or Land, and measure Timber and other solid Bodies, either by Arithmetick or Geometry: With the Uses of that excellent Line, the Line of Numbers, by several new Examples; and many other Rules, useful for most Men.

8 The volume is illustrated with a lovely copper-engraved frontispiece depicting tree-fellers at work and with four folding plans showing how to calculate the scale and design of landscape features. At the back of the work is a brief overview of the rules for making cider, and an additional recipe for birch beer (alcoholic) is given in the chapter on birches. ESTC T131054; Goldsmiths -Kress th-century calf, covers framed in double blind fillets with blind roll along joint, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and date labels and giltstamped compartment decorations; joints and portions of spine leather unobtrusively repaired, edges and extremities rubbed, sides with a bit of light scuffing, gilt mildly rubbed. Scattered faint foxing, most pages clean. (30312) Case Reports & Legal Discourses Pr. for Sarah Cotter 18) Foster, Michael, Sir. A report of some proceedings on the commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry [sic], and of other Crown cases. To which are added discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law. Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, vo (20.3 cm, 8"). xii, 412, [16] pp. $ First Irish edition, following the Oxford first of the preceding year: one of the most authoritative and scholarly of such reports of the time, accompanied by examinations of treason, homicide, accessories, the writings of Lord Hale, etc. Cotter s printing seems to have appeared in two variants, as per ESTC; in the present example, the catchword on p. 406 is to. Cotter was the daughter of Joseph Cotter and successor to his printing business. She was active from 1757 to 1767 and published/printed law, technical and religious books, belle lettres, and a wide variety of other productions. The trial mentioned in the title refers to that of those arrested for participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie (i.e., Charles Edward Stuart) to regain the British throne. (He had timed his effort for a moment when much of the British military was occupied on the continent by the War of the Austrian Succession.) ESTC T (see also T147759); Sweet & Maxwell 367. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and blind-tooled tulip decorations between raised bands; hinges (inside) reinforced. Front pastedown and free endpaper each with one small early inked annotation (shelf and price?); first and last few leaves with offsetting to margins; pages generally mildly age-toned with a very few scattered light spots. (34791) Case Reports Sarah Cotter Printing, Envelope Binding 19) Foster, Michael, Sir. A report of some proceedings on the commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry [sic], and of other Crown cases. To which are added discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law. Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, vo (19.5 cm, 7.6"). x, 412 pp., [10] ff. $ Second Irish printing, following the Oxford first of 1762 and the Dublin first of 1763: one of the most authoritative and scholarly of such reports of the time, accompanied by examinations of treason, homicide, accessories, the writings of Lord Hale, etc. The trial mentioned in the title refers to that of those arrested for participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt by Bonnie Prince Charlie (i.e., Charles Edward Stuart) to regain the British throne. (He had timed his effort for a moment when much of the British military was occupied on the continent by the War of the Austrian Succession.)

9 Cotter was the daughter of Joseph Cotter and successor to his printing business. She was active from 1757 to 1767 and published/printed law, technical, and religious books, belles lettres, and a wide variety of other productions. Her press produced two variants of this edition; in the present example, the colon after Dublin in the imprint is above the n of in, and the catchword on p. 406 is manner. Binding: Contemporary limp suede with envelope flap, portion of original tie still present. Provenance: Front pastedown and free endpaper with early inked ownership inscriptions of Gryff[yth?] Price. ESTC T145812; Sweet & Maxwell 367. Binding as above, rebacked with mottled sheep with gilt-stamped leather title-label; edges rubbed, flap leather cracking and refurbished with same leather used on spine as well as internally reinforced with marbled paper. Endpapers with offsetting to margins, inscriptions as above. Pages with a very few instances of faint foxing. A nice copy, easily imaginable as an Irish lawyer s portable reading and reference. (34809) First Irish Edition: Feudal Law and Its Applications, from a Former Darling of the Nation 20) Gilbert, Geoffrey, Sir. A treatise of tenures. Containing the original, nature, use, and effect of feudal or common-law tenures. Dublin: Pr. by Alex. M Culloh for Sarah Cotter, vo (19.8 cm, 7.8"). vii, [1], 144, [36 (index)] pp. $ First Irish edition and, notably, printed for a woman publisher. Sir Geoffrey (also given as Jeffrey or Jeffray) Gilbert ( ), an eminent English judge, became chief baron of the Irish exchequer to the acclaim of all and sundry until a case he was hearing put the Irish House of Lords in direct conflict with the British, leading to his brief imprisonment and, though much of the situation was beyond his control, much subsequent blame from the Irish for the passing of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act of During his otherwise more fortunate career, Gilbert wrote a number of legal works, none of which were published until after his death but all of which were well-received upon their appearance. This particular treatise was praised by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1815, and by John Adams; it appears here in its first Irish and third overall edition, following the first of ESTC T207893; Sweet & Maxwell (2nd ed.), I, 453:20. Contemporary speckled calf, joints reinforced some time ago, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and blind-tooled bands. Pages age-toned and lightly cockled, with mild to moderate offsetting and spotting; last few leaves of index waterstained. One leaf with printing flaw: final words of 10 lines at bottom of page printed out of true. Not pristine, but sturdy and still respectable. (34394) 21) L Estrange, Roger. The dissenters sayings, in requital for L Estrange s sayings, published in their own words, for the information of the people. London: printed for Joanna Brome, to (20.3 cm, 8" ). [4] ff., 46 pp. $ The third edition. A second part was published in the same year. Wing (rev. ed.) L1242: ESTC R Removed from a nonce volume. Dust soiling, agetoning; overall mottled. First eight leaves detached but present. (39151) 22) L Estrange, Roger. The dissenters sayings. The second part. Published in their own words, for the information of the people. London: printed for Joanna Brome, to (20.3 cm, 8" ). [7] ff., 79, [1] p. but see below for errors in printing; lacks final leaf with one page of text. $250.00

10 The second edition. A variant not noted in ESTC: p. 74 printed on verso of leaf L3, p. 75 printed on recto of L4 (but missing), p. 76 on verso of L3, p. 77 on recto of L3, p. 78 on verso of L1, p. 79 on recto of L2 (and different setting of type from that in EEBO). A definite bibliographical curiosity and teaching tool. Wing (rev. ed.) L1245: ESTC R2228. Removed from a nonce volume. Dust soiling, agetoning; overall mottled; staining. Last leaf present with tear, repaired. Lacks final leaf with one page of text. (39152) 23) L Estrange, Roger. Notes upon Stephen College. Grounded principally upon his own declarations and confessions, and freely submitted to publique censure. London: printed for Joanna Brome, to (20.3 cm, 8"). [2] ff., 48 pp. $ Colledge (a.k.a., College), a rabid anti-catholic, notorious pamphleteer, and supporter of the perjury underlying the fabricated Popish Plot, was tried for high-treason, in conspiring the death of the King, the levying of war, and the subversion of the government, that is, for speaking against Charles II and advocating resistance. First of two editions. Wing (rev. ed.) L1281; ESTC R7200; McAlpin, IV, p. 65. Removed from a nonce volume. Dust soiling, age-toning. Small blank area of lower margin of title-page excised. (39150) Court of Chancery Reports for Dublin 24) Moseley, William. Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of the late Lord Chancellor King. Dublin: Pr. by Oli. Nelson for the administratrix of the author, Folio (32.2 cm, 12.7"). [10], 442 pp. $ First edition, with a list of subscribers headed by the Right Honorable Robert, Lord Baron Newport, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; as with most Reports, the reading illuminates human as well as legal history. Provenance: Title-page and several others stamped by the Birmingham Law Society; titlepage with inked ownership inscription of Hamilton Stuart, dated Evidence of readership: Several instances of corrections and marginalia in Stuart s hand, including two substantive annotations; occasional underlining. ESTC T95792; Sweet & Maxwell 347. Period-style quarter calf and marbled paper covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, raised bands, and blind-tooled compartment decorations. First leaf of contents with closed tear at center; one leaf with tear from outer margin, not touching text. Scattered spots of faint foxing, with varying degrees of age-toning; a clean copy. A solid and distinguished-looking copy, with additional interest in its evidence of readership. (35368) The Envious Dog & the Ermine 25) [Wynne, John Huddlestone]. Tales for youth; in thirty poems: To which are annexed, historical remarks and moral applications in prose. London: Printed by J. Crowder for E. Newbery, vo (17 cm, 6.75"). x (i.e., viii), 158, [2] pp.; 1 plt., illus. $ Verse and prose on conduct of life explained via emblems and fables fill this volume of Christian literature for children. The copper-engraved frontispiece is by Thomas Cook and the 30 half-page rectangular wood-engraved headpieces are by John Bewick. Provenance: Early 20th-century bookplate of James Rolt; most recently in the children s book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ( AHA ) at rear.

11 ESTC T3347; Roscoe, John Newberry and His Successors, J391 (1); Hugo, Bewick Collector, 72 & 4072; Osborne Collection, p. 88. Late 19th- or early 20th-century half tan calf with marbled paper sides; binding lightly rubbed. Bookplate and label as above; front fly-leaf with No. 72 Hugo s Collector inked in an early hand, accompanied by pencilled annotation re. Bewick. Small inkstain on title-page and one other, light soiling to text and foxing; leaf of advertisements soiled. Overall a good++ copy and well worthwhile. (38917) Everything is guaranteed to be as described; everything is offered subject to prior sale; everything is sold as on approval, returnable with notice within 5 days of receipt for any reason. Delivery in the U.S. is by ground U.P.S. and shipment abroad by U.S. air mail, unless we are otherwise instructed. Prices are net, invoices due upon receipt; postage and insurance are billed. Institutions may be invoiced as their systems require. Pennsylvanians must expect to be charged the required sales taxes. VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, check, PayPal, & wire payments are all welcome. Thank you for your attention!