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Discourse on the Love of Our Country by AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRICE Richard

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Discourse on the Love of Our Country
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRICE Richard
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1789. First Edition. PRICE, Richard. A Discourse on the Love of Our Country, Delivered on Nov. 4, 1789… to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain. With an Appendix. London: Printed by George Stafford for T. Cadell, 1789. Slim octavo, period style half brown calf and marbled boards; pp. 4], 51, [1], 13, [3]. $7500.First edition, first impression, of one of Price's most important and famous works, his controversial and incendiary sermon on the revolutionary progress of human rights from England's 1688 Glorious Revolution to the American and French Revolutions. The first edition sold out within days and ignited the British pamphlet war over the French Revolution known as “the Revolution Controversy.” The work provoked Edmund Burke's strong attacks on Price in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and eloquent defenses of Price in Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and Paine’s Rights of Man (1791).Political philosopher and minister Richard Price (1723-1791), a close friend of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, was ""the most influential British advocate of American independence"" (Howes P586). His 1776 work Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America was one of the most important and frequently reprinted works of the period. In November 1789, within months of the start of the French Revolution, Price stood before a London meeting of the Society for the Commemoration of England's 1688 Glorious Revolution and, with this provocative Discourse in praise of revolution, triggered a war of words that sparked Edmund Burke's incendiary refutation in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), which prompted defenses of Price in Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), the first part of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man (1791), and notable works by Catherine Macaulay, Joseph Priestly, William Godwin, and others. “In its earliest stages the French Revolution excited no alarm in England, and in fact no widespread interest until the fall of the Bastille [on July 14, 1789]. Thereafter the survivors of the earlier reform movement in England stirred themselves. They discerned a connection between what was happening in France and what they thought needed to be done in England… Dr. Price was one of the most enthusiastic [of the reformers], and it was with his sermon, as the saying goes, that the French Revolution in England began… [Price’s Discourse] helped raise a storm of controversy. It swept England for three years and kept the printing presses busy turning out pamphlets written to support or refute the reforming ideas Price and others advanced… The Discourse was published immediately. Two editions appeared before the end of 1789, four more in 1790, and the pamphlet was reprinted in Boston, Dublin, and in Paris in translation… [A] terrible storm was brewing. England’s mightiest penman was preparing a verbal damnation of Price, of the reformers of England, and of the revolution in France… A pamphlet war, the literary expression of the movement for political reform, broke out… Price’s Discourse stated the reformers’ side of the argument. Burke’s Reflections, prompted in part by the words of Price, expressed eloquently the ideas, the prejudices, and the fears of those who opposed constitutional change. Others jumped into the dispute, and after the death of Price, Tom Paine… became to the conservatives the living symbol of the horrors of extreme democracy. On October 4, 1792, the Morning Chronicle reported that never before had such a flood of pamphlets swept over England” (Cone, Torchbearer of Freedom: The Influence of Richard Price on Eighteenth-Century Thought, pp. 177-191). In this work, Price triumphantly traces the course of human rights furthered by revolution—from England's Glorious Revolution to the American and French Revolutions. ""I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge, which has undermined superstition and error—I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever; and nations panting for liberty… After sharing in the benefits of one Revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other Revolutions, both glorious.—And now, methinks, I see the ardor for liberty catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the dominion of kings changed for the dominion of laws, and the dominion of priests giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience. Be encouraged, all ye friends of freedom,"" he writes. ""Behold, the light you have struck out, after setting America free, reflected to France… Tremble all ye oppressors of the world!… You cannot now hold the world in darkness."" Above all, Price's Discourse remains a powerful and eloquent ""essay on patriotism, its true nature, its rights and duties. According to Price our paramount duties are to enlighten our fellow men as to the proper functions of religion and government, to inculcate the virtues, and to assert and defend our rights and liberties. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was justly celebrated because it established the principles of the Constitution: 'First; The right to liberty of conscience in religious matters. Secondly; The right to resist power when abused. And, Thirdly; The right to chuse [sic] our own governors; to cashier them for misconduct; and to frame a government for ourselves'… [In] November Price prepared the text of the sermon for publication. Publication day was 5 December and the whole of the first impression of the first edition sold out. A second ‘edition’, a reprint from standing type with one minor correction, appeared on 11 December"" (Thomas, p. 150). The appendix contains a printing in English of the French Declaration of Rights, a piece by Price about the population of France, and a statement of principles of the Revolution Society. First impression, with “Marmontel” on page 14, line 6 (corrected to “Fenelon” in the second impression). Copies of the first edition are quite scarce; though many are held by prominent institutions in the UK and US, copies rarely appear on the market or at auction. Complete with scarce half title and rear ad leaf promoting other works by Price; appendix page [4] is blank as issued. ESTC T31992. Thomas, Stephen, and Jones, A Bibliography of the Works of Richard Price , 38a. Kress B1697. Goldsmith I:14055. Text fresh with only light scattered foxing. A fine wide-margined copy, handsomely bound.
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Miracula & mysteria chymico-medica libris quinque (quorum summam pagina versa exhibet) enucleata ... Accesserunt his, 1. Tyrocinium chymicum. 2. Novum lumen chymicum .. by MÜLLER, Philipp

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Miracula & mysteria chymico-medica libris quinque (quorum summam pagina versa exhibet) enucleata ... Accesserunt his, 1. Tyrocinium chymicum. 2. Novum lumen chymicum ..
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MÜLLER, Philipp
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Wittebergae: Sumptibus Clement Bergeri, typis Johannis Haken, 1623. FOURTH EDITION. Title in red and black, woodcut illustrations, head- and tail-pieces. Complete with all blanks and index. Bound in a contemporary vellum manuscript, supralibros stamped onto the front cover, edges gauffered; a few leaves very browned (paper stock) but overall a fantastic copy with 2 contemporary ownership inscriptions, one dated 1674, and a small stamp on title. Fourth edition of Müller’s work, first printed in 1610, an illustrated Paracelsian manual of alchemy. Unlike other alchemical texts, this provides a list of the instruments and equipment needed for the experiments along with the methodology of performing them. Müller covers the philosopher’s stone, transmutation of metal, preparations involving various chemicals, and extraction of essences and salts from vegetables and stones. Müller (1585-1659) pursued an academic career, including teaching medicine, physics, and philosophy. Beguin (1550-1620), an iatrochemist, also first published his Tyrocinium Chymicum in 1610. This valuable chemistry, printed for the use of his students, is considered by some to be the first chemistry textbook. According to Reed: “Viewed as a production of the early seventeenth century, Beguin’s book is remarkably clear and intelligible. In it he made a very definite step forward from the mysticism of alchemy towards the precision of chemistry, and for this reason the book is a landmark in the history of the development of chemistry.” The second treatise, originally printed in 1604, is written as a dialogue between Mercury, an Alchemist, and Nature. The author gives an account of his alchemical experiments and transmutation of metals into gold. The infamous Polish nobleman and alchemist Sendivogius (1556-1636) was kidnapped several times by various German and Polish nobleman who attempted to force him to reveal his secrets, as well as steal some of his transmuting powder. Duveen 416; Ferguson II pp. 115-116; Read, Humour and Humanism in Chemistry, pp. 81-88; Patterson, “Jean Beguin and his Tyrocinium chymicum” in Annals of Science, II (1937) pp. 243-98; Thorndike VII 163.
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Elemens de pathologie chirurgicale by NELATON, A.

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Elemens de pathologie chirurgicale
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NELATON, A.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1844. FIRST EDITION. A very nice set uniformly bound in contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, small tear to cover of second volume. First edition of the author's greatest work, containing all of his surgical innovations and discoveries, including the first descriptions of "Nélaton's tumour" and "Nélaton's line". Among the surgical instruments he invented are a porcelain-tipped bullet probe and a flexible rubber catheter which bears his name. In addition, there are a number of chapters pertaining to plastic surgery. G&M, 5597.
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Reflections Concerning the Imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture. In a Series of Letters. By the Abbe Winkelman by WINKELMANN, Johann Joachim

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Reflections Concerning the Imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture. In a Series of Letters. By the Abbe Winkelman
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WINKELMANN, Johann Joachim
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Savoy Books (United States)
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Glasgow:: Printed for Robert Urie,, 1766. Book. 12mo, contemp. calf. Pp. 158 + pub. ad leaf. Front cover detached; a very good, clean copy. First edition of the this translation of a highly influential manifesto of neo-classicism. Winkelmann (1717-1768) was a librarian, Greek historian and a founder of scientific archaeology., whose studies in the ancient culture of Greece (as well as his homosexuality) inspired an aesthetic expounded upon in this and other widely circulated works. Henry Fuseli had translated the work the year before, but the translator of the present edition remains anonymous..
The Black Trade and Business Directory First Edition November, 1970 [wrapper title]

The Black Trade and Business Directory First Edition November, 1970 [wrapper title] by [African-Canadiana]: [East-West Business Agency]

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The Black Trade and Business Directory First Edition November, 1970 [wrapper title]
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[African-Canadiana]: [East-West Business Agency]
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The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
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[N.p., most likely Toronto], 1970. Very good plus.. 48pp. Original orange wrappers printed in black, stapled. Minor rubbing. An intriguing and scarce business directory aimed at the African-Canadian and Afro-Caribbean community in Canada, mainly in and around Toronto. The directory was issued by the East-West Business Agency whose president, Iyamah Joseph edited the work; he also touts himself as the founder of the Black Trade and Business Directory. According to Joseph's introduction, the work was compiled as "an Economic guide which projects the black thoughts, black concern and a direction on black spending, buying, and Black community progress." The publication is also intended as "a guide to Black Better Business community relationships" and touted as "the first founded, owned, operated, compiled, published, circulated and distributed directory which was designed with dual endeavors for your convenience." The directory includes listings for many dozens of African-American-owned or operated businesses in and around Toronto, arranged alphabetically from "Accounting and Bookkeeping" to "Used Furniture." The text also prints a listing of associations and fraternal organizations such as the Afro American Progressive Association, the Black Liberation Front of Canada, The Canadian Negro Women's Association, Trinidad and Tobago Association of Toronto, and many others. The latter listing highlights an interesting feature of the directory, namely that it includes numerous references and business listings or ads that pertain to the Caribbean; these include Ken and Tony of Jamaica (a beauty salon previously located in Kingston), West Indian Golden Beauty Supply Shoppe, an advertisement for a wig called the "Kingston Afro," and the West Indian Food Fair, among others. Interestingly, one of the full-page advertisements features a few paragraphs about the editor of the book, Joseph Iyamah, who was at that time a student at the University of Toronto and "the only Black in Toronto engaged in the business of Tax Consulting and other related business matters." Another full page is taken up with a memorial of Martin Luther King, Jr. It appears that the publication ran for three years from 1970-72. OCLC lists eight institutional copies of this first entry in the series, at Howard, Yale, the Wilson Library, Library and Archives Canada, York University, McGill University, and two at the University of Toronto.
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On certain functions of the spinal chord, with further investigations into its structure. By J. Lockhart Clarke, Esq. Communicated by Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. pp. 347-356 in: Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 143, Part III by Clarke, Jacob Lockhart

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On certain functions of the spinal chord, with further investigations into its structure. By J. Lockhart Clarke, Esq. Communicated by Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. pp. 347-356 in: Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 143, Part III
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Clarke, Jacob Lockhart
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1853. Whole issue in original printed wrappers, mostly uncut & unopened. [iv] 311-561 [1] 15pp.; 7 plates (Plates XIX. - XXVI.) Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) was an English physician, physiologist, histologist and neurologist. Clarke received his material edication at Guy's Hispital and St. Thomas's Hospital in London. He was liscenced by the Apothecaries Society and subsequently went to love with his mother at Pimlico, where he established a private practice. From 1851 to 1868, while Clarke was engaged in general practice and continuing his studies at St. George's Hospital, he conducted his now famous research on the central nervous system. "Most of his numerous works were published in in the Philosophical Transactions (1851, 53, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68), in the Proceedings of the Royal Society (1857, 61), the Microscopical Journal, British and Foreign Medical Review (1864) and others. His earlier works concern the anatomy and the physiology of the medulla oblongata and the spinal marrow as well as the brain. His discovery of the Clark's column, also designated nucleus dorsalis, was done in this period. His later research is more concerned with pathological studies in his special field. he also published on tetanus, diabetes, paraplegias of muscular atrophy. Clarke was described as a man of the highest character, "with s singleness of purpose, of noble independence, honest and just, conscientious and intellectually keen, but with a singularly retiring and reserved disposition. He never acquired a large practice and is reputed not to have been well off financially." (Whonamedit? Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke. Accessed 11/4/2022. ).
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Walt Disney's America

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Walt Disney's America
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New York: Golden Press, 1965. Very Good. Later. Very good. Book has rubbing at spine edges fraying at corners and a piece of the top corner is taken off.

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