December 1741 (4 results)

1911. (Small 4to) Very good, no dust jacket. 398pp. Index. Time Period. Includes Jonathan Law (The Law Papers; Correspondence and Documents During Jonathan Law's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut 1741-1750; Volume II August 1745 - December 1746). Identified on cover as: Law Papers Vol. II. 1745-1746. Locale: Connecticut; United States. (History--United States, Governors--Connecticut).

Full Calf Leather. Condition: Fair. 8 volumes complete. Translated from the French. Size: 7 inches x 4-1/2 inches x 1-1/2 Inches. Original calf leather with red leather lable on the spine. Firast volume is heavily worn with the front cover detached. The other volumes have slight splitting at the joins as is usual with book of this age. Photos available upon request. A good reading set. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Second edition hard back binding recently rebound in quarter tawny brown leather, the spine divided into seven panels, dark green lettered label to the second, decorated with gilt fillets, marble paper sides, untrimmed page edges, new end sheets. Folio. 16½'' x 10½''. Contains red and black printed title, blank, (xxviii), 331 pp. 22 vignettes engraved in intaglio and 5 vignettes engraved on wood in the text. Second edition of John Henley's English translation of the Diarium italicum by the famous French Benedictine Bernard de Montfaucon, published in Latin in 1702. This edition is augmented by corrections communicated to Henley by Montfaucon himself. The introductory material includes extracts from the correspondence between Montfaucon and Henley regarding this work. The Diarium italicum was never translated into French. This is the account of his archaeological journey through Italy, with erudite descriptions of the curiosities he was able to observe. Pages 296-293 mis-placed after page 292. Dusty closed page edges, the text block without any foxing or age toning to the paper. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ITALY (History & Culture).

Quarter Morocco Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1730-1738. FIRST EDITION. 13 Volumes in 14 books. COMPLETE. 6 folding plates, later (mid-19th century) marbled blue boards in quarter blue morocco bindings, gilded titles and 7 gold bands. Previous owner's name on title pages in all volumes. Title page missing from Volume 1. Purple silk bookmarks present for most volumes. All volumes show light self wear else VERY GOOD++ condition. Charles Rollin (January 30, 1661- December 14, 1741) was a French historian and educationist. He was born at Paris. He was the son of a cutler, and at the age of twenty-two was made a master in the Collège du Plessis. In 1694 he was rector of the University of Paris, rendering great service among other things by reviving the study of Greek. He held that post for two years instead of one, and in 1699 was appointed principal of the Collège de Beauvais. Rollin held Jansenist principles, and even went so far as to defend the miracles supposed to be worked at the tomb of François de Paris, commonly known as Deacon Paris. Unfortunately his religious opinions deprived him of his appointments and disqualified him for the rectorship, to which in 1719 he had been re-elected. It is said that the same reason prevented his election to the Académie française, though he was a member of the Academie des Inscriptions. Shortly before his death he protested publicly against the acceptance of the bull Unigenitus. Rollin's literary work dates chiefly from the later years of his life, when he had been forbidden to teach. His once famous Ancient History (Paris, 1730-38), and the less generally read Roman History, which followed it, were avowed compilations, uncritical and somewhat inaccurate. But they instructed and interested generation after generation almost to the present day. A more original and really important work was his Traité des études (Paris, 1726-31). It contains a summary of what was even then a reformed and innovative system of education, including a more frequent and extensive use of the vulgar tongue, and discarded the medieval traditions that had lingered in France. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.