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Catalogue 72
Books
from the Past
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6.
BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings
of England From the time of the Romans Government Unto the Death
of King James. Containing all Passages of State and Church with
all other Observations proper for a Chronicle. Faithfully Collected
out of Authors Ancient and Modern, and digested into a new Method.
By Sir R. Baker, Knight. Whereunto is now added in this Third Edition,
The Reign of King Charles, I. With A Continuation of the Chronicle
To the End of the Year M.DC.LVIII: Being a full Narrative of the
Affaires of England, Scotland, and Ireland; More especially Relating
unto the Transactions of Charles, Crowned King of the Scots at Scone,
On the First Day of January, 1650. London, Printed by E. Cotes,
and sold by G. Sawbridg ... and T. Williams ..., M.DC.LX (1660).
$750
Small folio; added engraved title-page, pp. [22], 96, 197-232, 133-385,
384-454, 457-504, 405-430, 433-466, 447-406 [i.e. 506], [4] (Title
and Preface to "A Continuation"), 507-528, 531-546, 457-458,
[38] (Index); contemporary full calf, worn; sporadic staining throughout;
large partially erased inscription on margin of p. 251, and contemporary
name and date (1662) on verso of last leaf crossed out; small eighteenth-century
names on title-page; erratic pagination; decorative head-pieces
and foliated initials.
Wing B504; Pforzheimer 38. Sir Richard Baker was born in Sissinghurst,
educated at Oxford, and knighted by James I in 1603. As a result
of securing the debts of his wife's relatives, his property was
seized by the Crown, and he was sent to prison. He passed his time
writing lengthy religious and historical works, as well as "mediocre"
poetry. A Chronicle of the Kings of England was first published
in 1643. It was very popular and often quoted. This third edition
was edited by Milton's nephew Edward Phillips (1630-1696?), who
also edited the Continuation (DNB). It also includes "A Catalogue
of Writers ... Out of whom this Chronicle Hath been Collected",
and "A Catalogue of the Nobility of England". The printer,
Ellen [Ellinor/ Eleanor] Cotes, was active in London c.1652-1670?
She took over the business in 1652 upon the death of her husband,
Richard Cotes, and continued it for nearly twenty years.
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7. BARTLETT, WILLIAM HENRY. The Nile Boat: or, Glimpses of
the Land of Egypt. London, Bell & Daldy, [c.1870?]. $1,350
8vo; f, pp. vi, (2), 229; 35 engraved plates and maps, including
extra engraved title, frontispiece and folding map; 17 woodcuts
within the text. Full contemporary lacquered tortoiseshell binding,
the upper board decorated in gilt, with gilt-lettered and decorated
leather spine; a.e.g.; moire patterned endpapers; neat small book
label on front paste-down (Thomas Fielden); small faint dampstain
at lower corner of prelims; overall, a fine copy.
Bevis, p. 14. There is an historical introduction by Samuel Sharpe,
and all of the illustrations "were drawn upon the spot, many
of them with the Camera Lucida".
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8.
[BAZOT, ÉTIENNE-FRANÇOIS]. Les Cafés
de Paris, ou Revue Politique, Critique et Littéraire, des
Moeurs du Siècle, par un Flâneur Patenté. Paris,
Lécrivain, 1819. First, and only, edition. $300
18mo; f (engraved title), pp. v, [1] (blank), 210; original full
sprinkled calf, worn at corners, with few scrapes on covers; marbled
endpapers; bookplate removed from front pastedown; title and final
leaf little browned; wanting frontispiece. A scarce little work.
We have located one copy only (BNF) of this work by this prolific
author. Bazot's works were socially-oriented; he wrote stories,
poems, works for children, city guides, and a dictionary regarding
Freemasonry, etc.
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9.
[BELGIAN REBELLION]. ETATS BELGIQUES UNIS. Hauts et puissants
seigneurs ... A Bruxelles, Chez P.J. De Haes, [1790]. $750
Broadsheet, 33.25 cm x 19.5 cm; on pale green paper; two folds;
engraved headpiece of the arms of Brabant. A very good copy of a
very scarce work.
BNF. In 1789, revolution erupted not only in France but also in
Brussels, the capital of the Austrian Netherlands. This message
was sent to the patriots of the Brabant States calling for volunteers
to guard the borders of the Meuse River near Namur, where the Austrians
were threatening to regain entry. The Austrians were defeated and,
for a time, French revolutionary forces occupied the Austrian Netherlands.
Signed: De Bousiers, Van der Noot and Van Eupen.
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10.
[BELGIAN REBELLION]. GUÉRAULT, volontaire. Réponse
de la compagnie de MM. les Volontaires agrégés au
serment de St. Sébastien, commandée par Mr. Edouard,
Vicomte de Walckiers, chef-doyen, au discours qu'il leur a prononcé
le 4 Février 1790. [S.l., s.n., 1790]. $300
Broadsheet, 28 x 23 cm, folded; little dusty; 1 cm tear at fold;
little chipped at edges. Signed: Guérault, volontaire, au
nom de la compagnie.
A statement of loyalty following an address given to the supplementary
volunteer forces by their leader, Edouard, Vicomte de Walckiers
during the 1789-1790 battle for territory in the Austrian Netherlands.
A scarce work.
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11.
[BELGIAN REBELLION]. Copie D'une Lettre écrite a Mr.
le Comte d'A. à la Cour de Versailles, de Bruxelles le 20
juin 1787. [n.p., 1787]. $250
8vo; pp. 8. Wallpaper wrappers; paper label on front; caption title;
light water staining in upper margins.
BNF. This letter, addressed to the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles
X) in Versailles, outlines the problems of the reforms imposed by
Emperor Joseph II on the Austrian Netherlands (Brabant) states in
the 1780s. Opposition to these reforms led to the revolution of
1789-1790, which saw the Brabant States briefly become independent
from Austria, only to fall again under Austrian rule when Leopold
II came to the throne.
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