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Credit: Sales catalogue 113: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—continued. GLASS. £5 5s 8vo. Hf.cf. Portrait of Franklin, & 3 folding plates. 1sT EDITION. Besides Franklin’s writings on politics & American matters, it contains some of his scientific work, as experiments on lightning conductors, essay on the Aurora Borealis & a system of spelling reform. Title & first few pages a little browned, otherwise a good copy. FRENCH LITERATURE. 266 L’Apothéose du Beau Sexe. London, Van der Hock, 1712 15s 8vo. Original calf. Engraved front. by Qver of Pandora’s box. In parts extremely “ free.”’ 267 de la Porte (Pierre) Mémoires .. . con- tenant plusieurs particularités des regnes de Louis XIII. et Louis XIV. Geneva, 1756 25s 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt back. 324 pp. First EDITION of these most interesting memoirs by the valet of Louis XIV., full of valuable information about secrets of the Courts of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. The author is also-known as a bibliophile and owner of a large library. This is followed by ‘‘ Mémoires contenant ce qui s’est passé de plus particulier'en France pendant la guerre de Paris jusque a la prison du Cardinal de Retz. Cologne, 1709,”’ by the Duchess de Namours. A small hole in the title of this second book has been mended. 268 Hamilton (A., Comte de Grammont) Mémoires de la vie du Comte de Grammont ; contenant particulierement l Histoire Amoureuse de la Cour d’Angleterre sous le Regne de Charles II. Cologne, P. Marteau, 1713 £2 10s 8vo. Old English panelled calf. 1sT EDITION of these very celebrated & scandalous memoirs. 269 [La Mettrie (J° O. de)] Essai sur Vesprit et les beaux esprits. Amsterdam, Freres Bernard, N.pD. [c. 1750] 15s 8vo. Hf. cf. Attributed by Querard & Barbier to La Mettrie. It contains some very bitter criticisms of contemporary writers. 270 M. B. Parapilla et autres Oeuvres Galantes. Edition considerablement aug- mentée. Florence, 1784 35s 12mo. Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt borderline, gilt back. Engraved frontispiece. Gay III, 629. 272 Pailleron (E.) Le Monde ou l’on s’ennuie. Paris, Calmann Levy, 1881 £2 10s Large 8vo. Original wrappers. Ist edition of one of the most famous & often acted French plays. Enclosed in a half morocco case. Rare. 273 Recueil Amusant de Voyages en vers et en prose, fait par differens auteurs. Paris [Cazin], 1783 30s 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary French mottled calf, triple gilt borderlines, gilt backs with green and red labels, g.e. ; A collection of voyages for “light”? reading inter- spersed with poems & epigrams. Pretty copy. 274 Recueil des Plaisants Devis recités par les supposes du Seigneur de la Coquille. Lyons, L. Perrin, 1357 15s 8vo. Polished calf. Reprint of 5 of very rare Frnech 16th century allegorical facetiae. 275 Voltaire (Ff. M. A.) Candide ou L’optimisme édition originale. Paris, Joanst, 1869 £1 Is Large 8vo. Hf. morocco, portrait of Voltaire. One of 342 copies on “‘ papier vergé.”’ CABLE ADDRESS : how to make all Sorts of Glass, Crystal & Enamel. Likewise the making of Pearls, Precious Stones, China & Looking-Glasses. To which is added The Method of Painting on Glass & Enameling, etc. London, For D. Brown, etc., 1699 £6 68 8vo. Hf. cf. With 7 plates showing methods of glass-making. One of the few old books on this subject. It deals also with colours & precious stones, natural & artificial. Rare. GREECE. 277 Coronelli & Parisotti. Isola di Rodi Geo- grapfica Storia Antica e Moderna. Venice, Alla Liberia della Geografia, 1688 £1 10s 8vo. Hf. cf. With many folding maps & views of Rodi & adjoining islands & particulars of the Knights of Malta. Small blank strip of title repaired. 278 Welasti (Tommaso) Dimostrazione Istorico- Gramatica del suono della lettere Greche a Greci tutti per lo Mondo . . . indubitato perpetuo infin dall’ aurea eta di Platone. Naples, 8.1., 1772 10s 6d 8vo. Vellum. GREENLAND. 279 Egede (Hans) A Description of Greenland, shewing the Natural History, Situation, Boundaries and Face of the Country... the rise and progress of the old Norwegian Colonies. Translated from the Danish. London, C. Hitch, 1745 25s 8vo. Oldcalf. 1011, 220 pp. With a folding map of Greenland and eleven engraved plates, showing hunting and fishing scenes, costumes, animals, plants, ete. HAIRDRESSING. 280 18th century Headdresses. six prints illustrating the exaggerated feminine coiffures of the 18th century. (1): Two prints devided into four compartments naming and describing different styles of headdress. (2) Accident imprevue de la Coeffure. (3) La Surprise Anglaise, the French Lady in London. (4) Ouragan, arrive pres du moulin, Janseniste, 1772. (5) Wery Gond of Night Cap.—The prints are folio size, in good condition. Probably published in France ca. 1770 £4 4s Collection of HEBRAICA. 281 Castillo (Martin de) Arte Hebraispano- Grammatica de la Lengua Santa en Idioma Castellano. Lyons, F. Anisson, 1676 15s 8vo. Oldvellum. A rare Spanish Hebrew grammar. 282 Josephus, Delle Antichita, et Guerre Giudaiche. Venice, A. Vecchi, 1608 [soup] 4to. Boards, vellum back. 12 leaves + 366 pp. A popular edition of the famous book richly illustrated with many hundreds of large and small woodcuts, many from much earlier editions. A few inner margins strengthened and some pages a little dis- coloured, but in good condition. 283 Levi (David) A Succinct Account of the Rites & Ceremonies of the Jews... to which is added a Faithful & Impartial Account of the Mishna. London, J. Parsons. [circa 1780] £1 5s 8vo. Original boards. Uncut & unopened. Plate of the phylacteries.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33159154_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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