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A discourse on ancient and modern learning. By the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; Now first published from an original manuscript of Mr. Addison’s, prepared and corrected by himself.

London:  T. Osborne,  1739. Quarto. [2], 28pp.  Lacks terminal

ad leaf. Disbound. ESTC T31973

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JOSEPH

ADDISON

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A Dissertation on the Following Subject: What Causes Principally Contribute to Render A Nation Populous? And What Effect Has The Populousness of a Nation on its Trade?

Cambridge:  1756. Quarto. [4],36pp. Minor foxing. Disbound.

A prize-winning essay written by William Bell, fellow at

Magdalen College, Cambridge.  ESTC T101713; Kress 5493;

 Goldsmith 9105.

(#23485)                                                                                   $ 850

WILLIAM

BELL

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Dr. Bentley’s proposals for printing a new edition of the Greek Testament, and St. Hierom’s Latin version. With a full answer to all the remarks of a late pamphleteer. By a member of Trinity College in Cambridge

London:  J. Knapton,  1721. Quarto. 44pp. Disbound.  ESTC

T86196

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RICHARD

BENTLEY

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A True State of the Proceedings at the Leicestershire Election 

Leicester:  1715. 10pp. Disbound. Early stab holes in left

margin. Mild foxing. Untrimmed and unopened.

A fascinating political pamphlet relating to charges of fraud,

intimidation, and violence in the Leicestershire election of

February 1714.

(#21164)                                                                                   $ 900

BRITISH

POLITICS

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A short account of the Roman Senate, and the manner of their proceedings

London:  J. Roberts,  1729. Quarto. [4], 60pp. Disbound. ESTC

T145862

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DANIEL

BURGESS

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Admiral Byng's defence, as presented by him, and read in the court January 18, 1757, on board his Majesty's Ship St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour. Containing a very particular account of the action on the 20th off May, 1756, off Cape Mola, between the British and French Fleets, and the whole proceedings of his Majesty's fleet during the six days it was off Minorca. 

London:  printed for J. Lacy, M. Cooper, R. Baldwin, and Mr.

Langford,  1757. Small octavo (8 x 4 5/8 inches). [2], 45, [1]pp.

Library stamps. Later brown cloth.

First edition. The most famous court-martial of the French

and Indian War: Byng was convicted of not having "done his

utmost" during the French seige of Minorca. ESTC T20524;

Goldsmiths, 9299

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JOHN  

BYNG

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Plain Reasons for Removing a certain GreatMan from His M[ajest]y's presence and councilsfor ever. Addressed to the people of England. Bya Haberdasher. 

London:  printed for M. Cooper,  1759. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2

inches). 51, [1]pp. Uncut. Stitched.

Scarce. Carlyle charges the Prime Minister William Pitt, the

Elder, with being too favourable towards France. The

discontent amongst army officers in America and the

various failed expeditions were all blamed on Pitt's

perceived failure to support the military. Sabin 42915; ESTC

T93350

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ALEXANDER

CARLYLE

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An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, Consequently of the Value of the Lands of Britain and on the Means to Restore Both. Begun In The Year 1739

London:  Printed for John Brotherton,  1744. Quarto.

[8],112pp. Minor scattered foxing. Disbound.

First edition of this important economic tract advocating

free trade.  ESTC T76961;  Goldsmith 8052; Hanson 5780;

Kress 4691

(#23478)                                                                                $ 1,500

MATTHEW

DECKER

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Observations on the honourable Lieutenant- General Murray's defence

London:  printed for J. Debrett (successor to Mr. Almon),

 1783. Quarto (11 x 8 5/8 inches). [4], 32pp. Contemporary

manuscript corrections to pp.24 and 26. Library stamps.

20th-century brown half calf over marbled paper-covered

boards.

Relates to the seige of Fort St. Phillip, and the taking of

Minorca by the Spanish. ESTC T65235

(#23884)                                                                                  $ 200

WILLIAM

DRAPER

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Verbatim Copies of the humble petitions, memorial and case, of John Drummond, heir of the estate and Earldom of Perth, to His Majesty; with an advertisement, by way of apology for publishing at this time these petitions, &c. 

[Edinburgh?]:  1788. Small octavo (7 15/16 x 4 5/8 inches).

Half-title. (Blind stamp to half-title and E1, ink number

stamp to foot of verso of half-title and foot of p.48). 20th-

century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards

(remnants of library label on upper cover, extremities

lightly rubbed).

First edition. Concerns the claims of John Drummond,

eldest surving son of Edward, 6th Duke of Perth. ESTC

T193208

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JOHN

DRUMMOND

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A Defence of the United Company of Merchants of England, Trading to the East-Indies,  and their Servants, (particularly those at Bengal) against the Complaints of the Dutch East-India Company

London:  1762. Quarto. [4],71pp. plus folding plan. Disbound.

This is a rebuttal to a memorial published by the Dutch East

India company, detailing aggression by the Dutch against

the British in India from 1756 to the time of writing. The

plan shows the fort at Bangalore. ESTC T97097; Kress 6007;

Goldsmith 9776.

(#23484)                                                                                $ 2,250

EAST INDIA

COMPANY

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Mr. Forman’s letter to the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esq; Shewing how Pernicious, the Imperial Company of Commerce and Navigation, lately established in the Austrian Netherlands, is likely to prove to Great Britain, as well as to Holland. 

[Great Britain:  circa 1725]. Small quarto. [6], 40pp. Disbound.

Unrecorded piracy of ESTC T41528.

(#33970)                                                                                   $ 150

CHARLES

FORMAN

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The speech of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Gage, in Parliament, against the convention with Spain. 

London:  F. Style,  1739. Quarto. 10pp.  Lacks the half-title.

Disbound. ESTC T108903

(#33979)                                                                                    $ 180

THOMAS

GAGE

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An Alarm to the Patriots

London:  printed for A. Freeman near St. Pauls,  1749. Octavo

(8 3/4 x 5 inches). [2], 114pp. Uncut. Ex-library, with stamps.

Title torn with losses. Later brown cloth.

First and only edition: rare. Not in Sabin or TPL, but with

much discussion of the degradation of relations with France

leading to the French and Indian War, as well as discussion

of the West Indies, the Spanish Americas and Cape Breton.

ESTC N42435

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JOHN  

HENLEY

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The State of Trade in the Northern Colonies Considered; With An Account of their Produce, And a particular Description of Nova Scotia

London:  G. Woodfall,  1748. 8vo. 84pp. Modern half calf and

marbled paper boards.

First edition. "This pamphlet was written to demonstrate

the value of the North American colonies to Great Britain,

and in order to encourage trade with them" (Lande). Howes

L388; Kress 4916; Lande 539; Sabin 41523; TPL 209.

(#33762)                                                                                 $ 2,400

OTIS

LITTLE

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Ways and Means Discovered to Enlarge Trade and Commerce, the Improvement of Navigation, the Advancement of the King's Revenues, plentifully supplying the poor, and for the common good of all merchants and traders whatsoever, by sea or land

London:  Printed for the author,  1717. Small quarto. 15pp.

plus folding table. Disbound.

A pamphlet proposing the establishment of a "Company to

enlarge trade and commerce, employ the poor, improve

navigation, advance the King's revenues; and for the

common good of all merchants and traders whatsoever."

Scarce. ESTC T112523; Goldsmith 5385; Hanson 2324

(#23476)                                                                                  $ 2,750

JOHN

LUCAS

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Remarks, paragraph by paragraph, upon the proposals lately publish’d by Richard Bentley, for a new edition of the Greek Testament and Latin version. By a member of the University of Cambridge ... Second Edition. 

London:  J. Roberts,  1721. Quarto. 24pp. Disbound. ESTC

T86203.

(#33972)                                                                                   $ 200

CONYERS

MIDDLETON

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Poiema nouthetikon: or, the preceptive poem of Phocylides, translated into English. To which are subjoin’d notes, explaining the difficult Passages; enlarging on several useful and extensive Precepts; illustrating various Philosophical Opinions; and containing some general Observations on Propriety of Expression, and Grammatical Order.

 By J. Hart. London:  J. Robinson,  [1744]. 8vo. vi, 44pp.

Disbound.

First edition in English of the ancient Greek poem. The

translation and notes are by the hymn writer Joseph Hart.

ESTC N40455.

(#33737)                                                                                    $ 180

PHOCYLIDES -

J . HART

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Retirement: An Epistle. 

London:  Paul Vaillant,  1748. Quarto. 23, [1]pp.  Publisher's

ad on verso of the terminal leaf. Trimmed close touching

some letters at fore-edge. Disbound. ESTC T44844; Foxon

P1006.

(#33985)                                                                                    $ 250

ROBERT

POTTER

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Memoirs of the life and conduct of William Pulteney, Esq; Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Heydon in Yorkshire

London:  J. Dix,  1731. Quarto. 39, [1]pp. Disbound. ESTC

T107498.

(#33969)                                                                                   $ 180

WILLIAM

PULTENEY

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The Present State of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus: which hath been near two hundred years under the dominion of the Turks and is now very much depopulated. Together with a description of the city of Athens, Islands of Azant, Sstrafades, and Serigo

London:  1686. [2],26pp. Disbound. Contemporary notations

and stains to titlepage.  Irregularly trimmed, shaving a few

letters in the foredge of C4. 

Randolph's description of the Morea, also known as the

Peloponnesus, is a valuable account of southern mainland

Greece, based on his own firsthand observations while a

merchant there.  ESTC R13431; WING R235.

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BERNARD

RANDOLPH

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The history of Marcus Attilius Regulus; collected from Polybius, Appian, Aurelius Victor, Valerius Maximus, Aulus Gellius, and other ancient authors. 

London:  Jacob Robinson,  1744. 8vo. [2], 30pp. Disbound.

ESTC T36419

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MARCUS ATILIUS

REGULUS

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 A First Letter to the People of England. On the present situation & conduct of national affairs... The fourth edition. ... [WITH: Second through Sixth letters bound in.] 

London:  1756-1757. 6 works in one volume, octavo. Ex-

library with stamps. Contemporary half-sheep over

marbled paper-covered boards, covers detached. 

Tory political satirist and pamphleteer, John Shebbeare's

bold attack on the government. Sabin 80045, 80050, 80061,

80046, 80044 and 80060.

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JOHN

SHEBBEARE

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A Refutation of the letter to an Honble. Brigadier-General, commander of His Majesty's Forces in Canada. By An Officer

London:  printed for R. Stevens,  1760. Octavo. [2], 52pp.

Uncut. 20th-century green half calf and marbled paper-

covered boards.

First edition of this defence of the actions of General George

Townshend in Canada during the French and Indian War.

Howes T-250; JCB I 1268; Lande 840; Sabin 36904; TPL 6481;

ESTC T46647.

(#23891)                                                                                    $ 550

EDWARD

THURLOW

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The Nature of National Offences truly stated: And the peculiar Case of the Jewish people rightly explained. 

London:  J. and P. Knapton,  1746. 8vo. 28pp. Disbound.

This sermon, given by Warburton on 18 December 1745,

concerns the rebellion in Scotland. ESTC T39702

(#33791)                                                                                    $ 250

WILLIAM

WARBURTON

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