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WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH. WESLEY (John): [Drop-title]: Rules of the Band Societies. Drawn up December 25, 1738. Directions given to the Band Societies, December 25, 1744 [p. 3 drop-title].
London: Published by John Mason [T. Roche Printer], c. 1835. 12mo, 160 x 100 mms., pp. 4; a little soiled and stained. The text on p. 1 ends with "of your sins?" The imprint at the bottom of the first page is "London:/ Published by John Mason,/ 14, City-Road, and sold at 66, Paternoster-Row." Underneath a long rule on p. 4 is "T. Roche, Printer, 23, Gloucester Street, St. John Street Road." Between the end of the text on p. 4 and the printer's identification is a short rule with a lozenge in the middle. (Book ref. 5561) £100.00
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WARDEN (John): A System of Revealed Religion, Digested under proper Heads, and Composed in the Express Words of Scriptures; containing All that the Sacred Records reveal, with respect to Doctrine and Duty. By the late Reverend John Warden, M. A. Revised and Published By his Son the Reverend Mr John Warden, Minister of the Gospel in Canongate.
London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly..., 1769. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xv [xvi blank], 736, xvii [xviii blank], 19th century half calf, marbled boards (worn and soiled); some damp-staining and foxing of text, front cover and title-page detached, an insalubrious copy. The son, John Warden (1740 - 1788), was the father of John Warden MacFarlane, who added his wife's name to his own upon their marriage. Nothing seems to be known about his father the author of the above book, which, quite properly for a book published in the heyday of the Scottish Enlightenment, about social as well as religious duties (Book ref. 5203) £100.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[WALLACE (Robert]: The Second Edition, With Corrections and Additions by the Author.
London: Printed for A. Millar..., 1758. 12mo, pp. [iv], xiv, 228, recently recased in quarter calf, red morocco label, marbled boards; text a little mottled and stained. Wallace's book was intended as an answer to John Brown's Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times, but he inadvertently offended Patrick Murray, Fifth Lord Elibank by mistakenly attributing to him some essays on money and finance. David Hume was obliged to intercede with both Wallace and Lord Elibank: with Wallace to get him to acknowledge his mistake in this second edition (which he does, not very graciously), and to prevent Lord Elibank from publishing a satire against Wallace, "which will so much the more hurt the old Gentleman..." (Hume to Lord Elibank, 12 April 1758). Wallace's observations about taxes would doubtless bring pleasure to many ears: "Our taxes are heavier than we can bear. They render it impossible for us to carry on trade to advantage; they have made us lose much of it already, and as they raise the prices of provisions and labour, they must gradually lose the remainder of it, and be under-sold by other nations in all the markets of the world." Goldsmiths 9326. Higgs 1619. (Book ref. 2620) £750.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSMILES (Samuel): Duty With Illustrations of Courage, Patience, & Endurance
London: John Murray..., 1880. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xv [xvi blank], 430, including half-title, contemporary tree calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label. A very good to fine and attractive copy. Presentation inscription on leaf before half-title: "To Fred/ from an old friend/ W. H. G. 7 [sic]/ Oct. 1. 81." (Book ref. 5973) £50.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksSEWELL ([Mary]), Mrs.: The Rose of Cheriton. A Ballad. By Mrs Sewell, Author of "Mother's Last Words," "Thy Poor Brother," "Homely Ballads," etc
London: Jarrold and Sons, S. W. Partridge, Paternoster Row, no date, [1867] Small 8vo, 164 x 104 mms., pp. [iv], 91 [92 adverts]. BOUND WITH: SEWELL, Mrs. "Mother's Last Words." A Ballad. Fifty-Second Edition. 524th Thousand. London. Jarrold and Sons. n.d. [ca. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 32. BOUND WITH SEWELL Mrs. "Our Father's Care." A Ballad. 40th Edition. 407th Thousand. London: Jarrold and Sons. n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 30 {32 epigraphs, 32 adverts]. BOUND WITH SEWELL, Mrs. The 1st Child: A Ballad of English Life. For Mothers and Fathers. Tenth Edition. Eighty-Second Thousand. London. Jarrold and Sons, n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 32. BOUND WITH SEWELL, Mrs. Poor Betsy Rayner: The Power of Kindness. Eighth Edition. Forty-Fifth Thousand. London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 16. Five items bound together in contemporary half brown roan, marbled boards, spine a bit rubbed but otherwise in good condition. The verses of Mary Sewell (1797 - 1884), written in sympathy with and on the conditions of the working classes, were enormously popular. "Mother's Last Words" sold well over a million copies. How many poets in the early 21st century can claim sales of one-tenth of that figure? They must however have frequently been read to pieces or discarded since they are very seldom found now. The Rose of Cheriton is uncommon with two copies listed in NSTC and one other in COPAC. Mary Sewell's daughter was the author of Black Beauty. (Book ref. 6511) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksMORE (Sir Thomas): Utopia. A most pleasant, fruitful, and witty Work of the best State of a Public Weal, and of the new Isle called Utopia; Written in Latin by the Right Worthy and Famous Sir Thomas More, Knight, and translated into English by Raphe Robinson, A. D. 1531. A New Edition; With copious Notes, (including the whole of Dr. Warner's) and a Biographical and Literary Introduction. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin.
London: Printed by William Bulmer...for William Miller, 1808. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. viii, [v], vi - clxxx, 141 [142 blank]; [ii], 320 [321 errata, 322 blank], engraved portrait as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary calf, early reback, spines blocked in gilt; front hinge cracked, affecting inner margin of first six leaves, corners worn, with several clippings from booksellers' catalogues pasted onto end-papers in volume 1, and a bookplate of a Grecian urn on the front paste-down end-paper of each volume. A so-so copy. Dibdin (1776 - 1747) is often praised more for his enthusiasm and energy as a bibliographer than for his accuracy and reliability, but his notes are still useful. Windle and Pippin, A9a. (Book ref. 5891) £250.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksMILLAR (John): Observations concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society. Under the following heads: I. Of the Rank and Condition of Women in different Ages. II. Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of a Father over his Children. III. Of the Author of a Chief over the members of a Tribe or Village. IV. Of the Power of a Sovereign over an extensive Society. Of the Authority of a Master over his Servants. The Second Edition, greatly enlarged.
London: Printed for J. Murray..., 1773. 8vo, 211 x 127 mms., pp. [iv], xxii, 312, including half-title, contemporary calf, red morocco label; short tear in fore-margin of last leaf of text, binding a little scratched, but generally a very good, near fine copy. John Millar (1735 - 1801), Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow, is a good example of an author whose reputation flourished during his lifetime, and who thereafter virtually disappeared from the map of intellectual history. Observations concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society was first published in an attractive quarto by John Murray in London in 1771; a Dublin edition was published in the same year by Thomas Ewing with Murray's consent and collaboration. A second edition, "greatly enlarged," followed in 1773, and for the third edition, "corrected and enlarged" of 1779, Millar revised the title to The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or, An Enquiry into the Circumstances which Give Rise of Influence and Authority in the Different Members of Society. Commenting on the last section, the reviewer for The Monthly Review said, "The performance, indeed, deserves to be read in the Author's own words. The manner in which it is written is agreeable; and the style is in general correct, without stiffness or affectation. From the short analysis of it which we have given, the learned Reader will perceive that this is one of those works which only could be produced in an age superior to prejudices, and guided by the spirit of a free and liberal philosophy." Nothing like self-congratulation to warm the cockles of a reviewer's heart. W. Zachs, The First John Murray (1998) 70. (Book ref. 6321) £1350.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[JOHNSTON (James)]: More Essays of Panegyricks upon the Last Words of William the First, Prince of Orange; The Founder of the Government of the United Provinces. By a Gentleman of Middlesex.
London: Printed for A. Millar..., 1731. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xvi, 64, disbound. (Book ref. 4685) £75.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksHUTTON (William): A Journey from Birmingham to London.
Birmingham, Printed by Pearson and Rollason; and sold by R. Baldwin...and W. Lowndes..., London, 1785. FIRST EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 175 x 108 mms., pp. [iv], 228, engraved frontispiece, 19th century half calf, marbled boards, morocco label; slight browning of early leaves of text, other very occasional browning, boards rubbed and worn, joints cracked (but firm). Hutton (1723 - 1815) was mostly self-educated and began to earn a living in 1746 by working as a bookbinder. The book documents many of the excursions he made from Birmingham, but this book, despite its title, is more of a social and topographical history of London at the time. Hutton was also one of the radical freethinkers associated with Joseph Priestley, and in the riots in Birmingham on 14 July, his houses were attacked and burned. (Book ref. 6539) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksHERVE (Valère): Devoirs Sociaux du Riche et du Pauvre. Deuxieme Edition.
Paris, H. Oudin Freres, Libraires-Editeurs, 1878. 8vo, 193 x 118 mms., pp. 46, attractively bound in full-grain panelled red morocco, with gilt rectangular border inset on each cover with gilt ornaments at each corner of panel, spine ornately gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, with lime-green silk end-papers, and the dedication notice in gilt on the recto of the front free end-paper, "A sa Majesté Victoria/ Reine d'Angleterre/ et Impératrice des Indes" and the binder's gilt ticket "Relié par M. M. Oudin" in the lower margin. An exceptionally fine and attractive copy, with the bookplate of E Cesbron on the recto of the leaf after the silk end-paper. In addition to the binding dedication, there is a further dedication leaf before the title-page, repeating the wording on the silk and gilt front free end-paper, with this addition at the lower margin: "L'Auteur accorde a Sa Majeste le droit de traduction en langue anglaise." Following this is a letter in French, tipped in and folded at outer margin, written on both recto and verso, and headed, "Prison de Civray," viz.: "Mon cher Maître,/ Je suis ici depuis le mois de novembre, accusé de nombreux faux en écriture publique, etc., et j'ignore à quelle époque sera terminée l'instruction du process criminel./ Dès maintenant, j'ai à intenter plusieurs actions urgentes et importantes pour recouvrements d'honoraires, etc., et je désirerais bien vous en confier la direction et en causer avec vous le plus tôt possible, si vous voulez bien vous rendre ici. Je suis autorisé à recevoir votre visite par Monsieur le Procureur général, à qui j'ai eu l'honneur d'en faire la demande le 28 avril./ Votre dévoué serviteur,/ Hervé/ Dr en droit,/ ancien notaire a Gévray." Valère Hervé describes himself on the title-page as "Docteur en Droit," and in 1873 he defended and published his doctoral thesis, De la Forme des testaments en droit romain et en droit français. This book apparently derives from that thesis. In 1877 he published Le Notariat belge et le notariat francais, réformes néessaires. The first edition of Devoirs Sociaux was published in 1876 in an edition of 32 pages. The occasion or cause for both the presentation leaf, the assignment of the right of translation to Queen Victoria, and the sumptuous presentation binding is unknown. An uncommon book. Copies in National Library of Sweden (1876), Bibliotheque Nationale both 1876 (32 pages) and 1878 (46 pages), Angers-Uco-Bu Lettres (1876), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1878). No copies trace in UK or North American libraries. (Book ref. 6949) £2150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksGIBBON (Edward). MILLER (Samuel): Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century... Containing A Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, during that period.
Printed at New York, London: Reprinted for J. Johnson..., 1805. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo, pp. xiv [xv Contents, xvi blank], 429 [430 blank]; [iv], 420; [iv], 356 [357 - 503 Index, 504 blank], uncut, original boards; last leaf of Index in volume 3 laid down on rear end-paper, spines renewed with cloth, corners worn, boards soiled, ex-library. (Book ref. 5280) £450.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksFOSTER (James): Discourses on all the Principal Branches of Natural Religion and Social Virtue.
London: Printed for the Author: And sold by Mr. Noon..., Messieurs J. and P. Knapton..., Hamilton and Balfour in Edinburgh; Mr Barry and Messieurs Fowlis [sic] in Glasgow.., 1749, 1752. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 4to, pp. viii, 391 [392 blank]; xxxix [xl Errata], 400 [401 Errata, 402 blank], engraved vignette on dedication pages, contemporary speckled calf, morocco labels (slightly chipped); joints volume 1 cracked (but firm), front joint volume 2 slightly cracked, but a good set. Foster (1697 - 1753) found himself embroiled in theological and philosophical controversy when he published his Usefulness, Truth, and Excellency of the Christian Revelation (1731), an answer to Tindal's Christianity as Old as the Creation (1730), in which he reveals considerable affinity for many of Tindal's arguments. In the above book, he argues cogently for virtuous behaviour even in the absence of a "future life." His perception of the social qualities of mankind sees human beings in a social system "linked together by inviolable bonds of reason, instinct, interest"; society is absolutely essential for the perfection of "the moral constitution of man." Among the numerous subscribers to the above book are Hugh Blair, Samuel Chandler, David Hartley, and Henry Home Lord Kames. (Book ref. 2765) £500.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksFERGUSON (Adam): An Essay on the History of Civil Society. The Sixth Edition.
London: Printed for T. Cadell...and W. Creech and Bell and Bradfute, at Edinburgh, 1793. 8vo, pp. vii [viii blank], 468, contemporary calf, gilt spine (rubbed); front joint cracked, lacks label. (Book ref. 2552) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksFERGUSON (Adam): An Essay on the History of Civil Society. The Seventh Edition.
Boston [Massachusetts]: Published by Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss..., 1809. 8vo (in 4s), pp. vii [viii blank], 464, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine (rubbed and dried); front joint crudely repaired. (Book ref. 2554) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksFERGUSON (Adam): An Essay on the History of Civil Society. The Sixth Edition.
London: Printed for T. Cadell...and W. Creech and Bell and Bradfute, at Edinburgh, 1793. 8vo, pp. vii [viii blank], 468, recently recased in buckram, red morocco label. (Book ref. 2553) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian Books[D'URFEY (Thomas)]: The Progress of Honesty: Or, a View of Court and City. A Pindarique Ode.
London: Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh..., 1681. FIRST EDITION. Folio, pp. [ii], 23 [24 adverts], disbound. D'Urfey's "The Progress of Honesty" praises Charles II and his brother James under the names of Titus the Second and Resolution and condemns Monmouth, the king's illegitimate son, calling him Marcian. The poem was reissued in 1739 with revised diction and no indication of author. The characters of Titus and Marcian are altered to make them appropriate to George II and Prince Frederick, the king's alienated son, and Resolution is replaced by Hortensio, a statesman who represents Walpole. Wing D 2764. (Book ref. 4939) £200.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksBRADY (Robert): An Historical Treatise of Cities and Burgh or Boroughs. Shewing Their Original, and whence, and from whom, they received their Liberties, Privileges, and Immunities; what they were, and what made and constituted a Free Burgh and Free Burgesses. As also shewing When they first sent their Representatives to Parliament. With A concurrent Discourse of most Matters and Things incident or relating thereto. A New Edition, Corrected.
London: Printed for, and sold by Joseph White..., 1777. 8vo, pp. [ii], iv, 170 [misprinted 107], 55 [56 blank, 57 - 64 Index], 19th century half plum calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, morocco label; title-page slightly stained, but a good copy. Brady (?1627 - 1700) published this in 1690, but did not live to see the second edition in 1704. There was another edition in 1711 and still another "second edition" in 1722. This was the last edition to be published in the eighteenth century. Adam Smith had a copy of this work (at present unlocated) in his library, and he cited the work in The Wealth of Nations (III, iii, 2). (Book ref. 4384) £150.00
Offered for sale by John Price Antiquarian BooksBEDDOES (Thomas): Hygeia: Or Essays Moral and Medical on the Cause affecting the Personal State of our Middling and Affluent Classes.
Bristol: Printed by J. Mills... For R. Phillips..., 1802, 1803. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes, 220 x 134 mms., pp. [iv], 92, [2], 94, 84, 98; [iv], 94, 95 [96 advert], 102, [2], 168, 8]; [iv], 208, 86, [2], 96, with each essay separately paginated, contemporary polished half calf, gilt rules across spines, with red morocco titling labels, small circular black numbering labels, marbled boards (very slightly rubbed); upper front joint of volume 1 very slightly cracked, but generally a fine and attractive set. The reputation of Beddoes (1760 - 1808), particularly in the field of medical ethics, benefits from present-day sympathies for the medical problems and pathologies he describers. His topics in these volumes including such matters as the mans of avoiding habitual illness and premature death, personal imprudence, exercise, temperance, scrofula, consumption, nervous disorders, melancholia, etc. However, he also worried about the "evils of consumer goods imported from the emerging empire, such as tea and coffee. To Beddoes, novels were worse still, for by the time he was writing, 'nerve medicine' was all the rage and doctors were taking an interest in the mind" (Madeline Minson, THE (January 2004). DNB notes that Humprhy Davy said of him when he died, that, "at the moment," says Davy, "when his mind was purified for noble affections and great works...," while Robert Southey observed that he had "hoped for more good to the human race [from Beddoes] than any other individual...." Beddoes obtained his M. D. from Oxford, where he had a dispute with Bodley's librarian, John Price, about foreign books and journals. More recently, George C. Grinnell in an article published in 2006 has noted, "The three volumes of Thomas Beddoes' Hygeia: or Essays Moral and Medical, on the Causes Affecting the Personal State of our Middling and Affluent Classes (1802-3) constitute a text that deserves to be read on its own merits for the rich examination it offers of the contours of a deployment of health in Georgian Britain. Hygeia offers a capacious understanding of the 'physical or ideal pleasure and pain' affecting the minds and bodies of the middle classes in Britain, and assigns particular priority to nervous disorders among an increasingly hypochondriacal society" (Studies in Romanticism). Roy Porter, "Plutus or Hygeia? Thomas Beddoes and the Crisis of Medical Ethics in Britain at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century," in The Codification of Medical Morality (1993),, pp. 73 - 91. (Book ref. 6623) £2500.00
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