191. [Lodge, John]. (1754 – 1796).

West Indies with the Harbour & Fort of Omoa – From the Best Authorities [With Lucayos of Bahama Isles / Caribbee Isles / Virgin Isles / Jamaica / Cuba / Little Antilles / Trinidad / Mexico / Yucatan, Honduras, New Mexico (Rio Bravo), etc.]

Original copper engraved Map / Copper engraving. [London], [Political Magazine / John Bew], c.1780. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with the two maps on both sides: 47 cm x 50 cm Size of actual maps: 32.5 cm x 29 cm. IMPORTANT: This rare map was cut in half and mounted separately on fold-over-pages. In order to show it accurately we had it framed with glass on both sides (see images of front and back). / Mounted on paper. Tiny closed repair to outer margin. Very good condition with only the faintest signs of browning. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with tiny library stamps to the mounting paper (The stamps are NOT on the maps).

192. Paris – [Anonymous].

A View of the Royal Palace of the Fontainbleau.

Original engraving. [no place], [no year / c.1780]. Plate Size: 23.3 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 26.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Original engraving. In very good condition.

193. Tide [Flux et Reflux] – Anonymus.

Actions du Soleil et de la Lune considerees comme Causes du Flux et Reflux pour la Geographie Comparee. [Moon and Sun Influence on the Tide / “Flux and Reflux” / 18th century Map].

Original copper engraving. [Paris], c. 1780. 27.6 cm x 23 cm. Mounted on paper. Very good condition with only a faint dampstain to the lower left side. With an additional diagram mounted verso: “Equinoxe d’Automne dans ce Siecle” / “Equinoxe d’Automne du temps d’Hipparque” / “Equinoxe du Printems du Temps d’Hipparque” etc.

194. [Anonymous]

La Logique ou l’Art de Raisonner. [Les trois principales operations de notre esprit / Des idees / Des jugemens et des propositions / Du raisonement / Du syllogisme / De diverses sortes de Sophismes / Sophismes d’amour-propre, d’interet, de passion, ou suggeres par l’imagination / Methode pratique pour former sa conscience par le moyen d’une Logique chretienne / Ou explication des regles qu’on a donnees dans la premiere / Combien la Logique est utile et necessaire / De la carte et distinction des idees, et de leur obscurite et confusion / etc. etc.]

Gand [Ghent], Imprimerie de J. Poelman, [ca. 1780]. 16.5 x 10 cm. 72 pages. Relié demi-cuir. [Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar – Lower spine slightly damaged]. État d’usage. Couverture, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Intérieur en bon état malgré quelques traces de rousseurs. Titre sur le dos décoré en doré. Ce livre est lié à une seconde publication.

195. Calonne, [Charles-Alexandre de] / Gaultier de Biauzat, [Jean-François] / Pradère, Bernard /

Sammelband / Recueil de publications importantes sur l’économie française du XVIIIe siècle. La collection comprend: 1. Charles Alexandre de Calonne – Requête au Roi, adressée a sa majesté. par M. de Calonne, ministre d’état. Avec Les Pièces Justificatives. 134 pp. (1787) / 2. Charles Alexandre de Calonne – Nouvelle conférence entre le ministre et le conseiller au parlement de Paris. 47 pp. (1787) / 3. Charles Alexandre de Calonne – Mémoire en réponse a l’écrit de M. Necker, contenant l’examen des comptes de la situation des finances. Londres 160 pp. (1788). / 4. Jean-François Gaultier de Biauzat – Doléances sur les surcharges que les gens du peuple supportent en toute espèce d’impots. 115 pp. (1788) / 5. Impot unique au Roi. 18 pp plus Tableau (c.1790) / 6. Bernard Pradere – Réponse aux objections contre l’impot unique. 16 pp. (c.1790) / 7. Bernard Pradere – L’impot unique ou la régéneration de la France chancelante. Deux Tableaux et 46 pp. (Toulouse, 1789).

[Paris] / Toulouse, J.J.Robert, c. 1780 – 1790. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Reliure originale – Demi-maroquin. / Original, very decorative, early 19th century binding with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Tres bon exemplaire / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

196. [Linné, Carl von] / Giseke, P. D.

Caroli a Linné Termini botanici classium methodi sexualis generumque plantarum characteres compendiosi. Recudi cum interpretatione Germanica.

Editioni huic alteri accesserunt fragmenta ordinum naturalium Linnaei. Hamburg, B. Ch. Herold Wwe. [Ch.Heroldi Viduae], 1782. Octavo (13 cm x 19.5 cm). [10], 396 Seiten mit zwei gefalteten Tabellen. Hardcover / Originaler, dekorativer Halblederband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very scarce !

197. [Mirror Club, The] / Henry Mackenzie / William Craig / Alexander Abercromby / Alexander Fraser Tytler.

The Mirror – A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 [″Veluti in Specula”].

Fourth Edition overall [First Dublin Edition]. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by T.Henshall for T.Walker, 1782. Small Octavo (10 cm x 18 cm). VI, 288, VIII, 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with new spinelabels, made to style. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Some minor wormhole-damage to the last 20 pages of Volume Two.Minor lesions to some pages only. Faded dampstain to both Volumes. Still, both Volumes firm and complete. Important scottish enlightenment publication. From the library of one “John Courtenay”, with his name in ink on the titlepages of both Volumes. This is possibly John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816), who was an Irish officer in the British Army, later becing a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. (Wikipedia)

198. Ronconi Fiorentino, Ignazio.

Dizionario d’agricoltura o sia la coltivazione Italiana, in cui si contiene la coltura e conservazione dè diversi prodotti riguardanti le terre seminative, i prati, i boschi, le vigne e i giardini. Come pure il governo dè bestiami, de’ colombi, de’ polli, dell’api, de’bachi da seta, le loro malattie, ed i loro rispettivi rimedi, e ciò che appartiene alle diverse fabriche di Campagna, con molte altre interessanti notizie relative alla Coltivazione Italiana. Tomo Quarto (Quadrato – Zucca).

Nuova Edizione. Venezia, Francesco Sansoni, 1783. 8°. 302, [2] pp. incl. Indice di diversi Malattie ecc. i rimedi delle quali si possono trovare sotto gli Articoli accennati a ciascuna di effe. Softcover / Brochure. Buono Stato. / Italian Edition. Original brochure.

199. East Africa – Zatta, Antonio. (1722 – 1804).

Parte Della Costa Orientale Dell’Africa con l’Isola dei Madagasear e le Carte particolari dell’Isole di Francia e di Borbon.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Venezia, Antonio Zatta E Figli, 1784. Plate Size: 40 cm x 30.5 cm. Sheet Size: 51 cm x 38.8 cm. Original map with good margins. Very good condition, with the only slightest traces of browning to outer margins.

200. Egypt – Zatta, Antonio. (1722 – 1804).

L’Egitto Antico E Moderno.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Venezia, Antonio Zatta E Figli, 1784. Plate Size: 31 cm x 40 cm. Sheet Size: 39 cm x 50.7 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with the slight traces of staining to lower section of map.