[Rarebooks] fa: Yet MORE 17th-18th CENTURY TITLES on BRITISH History, Politics, Religion, Economics, etc.

Ardwight Chamberlain ardchamber at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 26 10:36:42 EDT 2007


Ending tonight...

Yet another part of this collection of uncommon (and some downright 
scarce) Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century works relating to British 
political, religious, military, legal, economic and social history. No 
reserves and low opening bids. Ending tonight, Monday, March 26. They 
can be found at the URL below or by searching under the seller name 
arch_in_la.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarch_in_laQQhtZ-1

Many thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

Musgrave - REBELLIONS IN IRELAND - Dublin 1801 - Folding Maps
Sir Richard Musgrave: Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 
from the Arrival of the English : Also, a Particular Detail of that 
which Broke Out the XXIIId [23rd day] of May, MDCCXCVIII [1798]; With 
the History of the Conspiracy which Preceded it, and the Characters of 
the Principal Actors in it...  Dublin: Printed by Robert Marchbank for 
John Milliken... and John Stockdale..., 1801.

CHARLES JAMES FOX Speech re: IRELAND & ECONOMICS - 1785

EDMUND BURKE Speech re: AMERICA & ECONOMICS - 1780

SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY in the CIVIL WAR - 1714
John Walker: An Attempt Towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers 
and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England, Heads of 
Colleges, Fellows, Scholars, &c. who were Sequester'd, Harrass'd, &c.  
in the late Times of the Grand Rebellion. London: Printed by W.S. for 
F. Nicholson [et al], 1714. First Edition.

Mackenzie - ANTIQUITY OF THE ROYAL LINE OF SCOTLAND - 1686
Sir George Mackenzie: The Antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland 
Farther Cleared and Defended, Against the Exceptions lately offer'd by 
Dr. Stillingfleet, In his Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph. 
London: Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh, at the Golden-Ball against the 
Royal Exchange, 1686.

Pinkerton & Jameson - THE SCOTTISH GALLERY - 1799 - 51 Plates
John Pinkerton: The Scotish [sic] Gallery; or, Portraits of eminent 
persons of Scotland : Many of them after pictures by the celebrated 
Jameson, at Taymouth and other places. With brief accounts of the 
characters represented, and an introduction on the rise and progress of 
painting in Scotland. London: Printed for E. Harding, 1799. First 
Edition.

JACOBITE PRETENDER Swift POPE Walpole CHESTERFIELD etc.
Dr. William King: Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times. 
London: John Murray, 1819.

LIVES OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS WHO DY'D IN 1711
London: Printed by S. Holt, for Andrew Bell, Daniel Midwinter, Bernard 
Lintott and John Pemberton, 1712. First edition.

E[dward] W[ortley] MONTAGU: Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the 
Antient Republicks, Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain.</i> 
London, A. Millar, 1759. First Edition. 8vo (20.5 x 13cm) in full calf; 
[6], 384 pp.; half-title... Edward Wortley Montagu, writer, scholar and 
Member of Parliament, is probably best known today as the long and 
amicably estranged husband of the legendary traveler, letter writer and 
eccentric proto-feminist, Mary Wortley Montagu. Here Montagu examines 
the histories of Sparta, Athens, Thebes, Carthage and Rome and draws 
parallels between them and Britain. A sound, appealing copy of a very 
uncommon title in the first edition: OCLC lists no examples earlier 
than the second edition of 1760.

LORD HALIFAX - Miscellanies - 1704 - STUART SOCIETY
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax: Miscellanies by the late Lord 
Marquis of Halifax. Viz. I. Advice to a daughter. II The character of a 
trimmer. III. The anatomy of an equivalent. IV. A letter to a 
dissenter. V. Cautions for choice of Parliament men. VI. A rough 
draught of a new model at sea. VII. Maxims of state, &c. London: 
Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church [etc.], 
1704.

DAVID HUME - The History of England, Under the House of Tudor... 
London: A. Millar, 1759. First Edition. Volume I (of II) only.





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