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The Book-Case of Knowledge, or Library for Youth - A set of 10 volumes, 32°, all FIRST EDITIONS, contained in their original wooden box with sliding lid and engraved coloured pictorial label, with a miniature drawer beneath book shelves (box scuffed and with a few old repairs), comprising:
British Heroism; or Biographical Memoirs of some of those renowned commanders, who have extended the glory of the British Nation to the remotest parts of the world, London: for John Wallis by T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 56mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Title very lightly spotted.) Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with pink cloth, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Contains 25 brief biographies. Osborne II, p.778.
A Compendium of Simple Arithmetic, London: for John Wallis by J. Cundee, 1800. (94 x 57mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with pink cloth, front hinges starting to detach, lower hinges detached, paper on pastedowns detached, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
Short and Easy Rules for attaining a Knowledge of English Grammar, London: for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 55mm). Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in pink cloth, lower front corner bumped and part of pink paper torn away). FIRST EDITION.
A Natural History of Birds and Beasts, London: for John Wallis by T. Gillet, 1800. (93 x 58mm). Engraved frontispiece and 15 plates. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on cover (rebacked in cloth, front hinges starting to detach, lower ones cracked, lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION.
Rewards for attentive Studies or, Stories Moral and Entertaining, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (95 x 57mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece, final advertisement leaf. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary cream boards, printed paper label on spine (rebacked with blue cloth, recased, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
The History of England from the Conquest to the Death of George II, London, for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (95 x 54mm). Engraved frontispiece, 31 hand-coloured oval woodcut portraits in the text. (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary blue boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with blue cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. Osborne II, p. 784.
Geography and Astronomy familiarized for Youth of both Sexes, London: for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (96 x 56mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece map of the Western and Eastern Hemisphere, one engraved plate of the solar system. (Occasional light spotting, stitching of last gathering weak, plate almost detached.) Contemporary yellow boards (rebacked in yellow cloth, lacking printed label on cover, lightly rubbed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
Scripture History: or, A brief Account of the Old and New Testament, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (93 x 55mm). Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, lightly rubbed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. cf. Osborne II, p. 769.
Mythology, or, Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Deities, London: for John Wallis, By T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 56mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Small inscription on recto of frontispiece removed causing small hole in image.) Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, front hinges broken). FIRST EDITION.
A Familiar Introduction to Botany, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (95 x 56mm). Half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 hand-coloured plates. (2 plates detached.) Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. (10)
British Heroism; or Biographical Memoirs of some of those renowned commanders, who have extended the glory of the British Nation to the remotest parts of the world, London: for John Wallis by T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 56mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Title very lightly spotted.) Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with pink cloth, lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Contains 25 brief biographies. Osborne II, p.778.
A Compendium of Simple Arithmetic, London: for John Wallis by J. Cundee, 1800. (94 x 57mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with pink cloth, front hinges starting to detach, lower hinges detached, paper on pastedowns detached, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
Short and Easy Rules for attaining a Knowledge of English Grammar, London: for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 55mm). Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in pink cloth, lower front corner bumped and part of pink paper torn away). FIRST EDITION.
A Natural History of Birds and Beasts, London: for John Wallis by T. Gillet, 1800. (93 x 58mm). Engraved frontispiece and 15 plates. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper label on cover (rebacked in cloth, front hinges starting to detach, lower ones cracked, lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION.
Rewards for attentive Studies or, Stories Moral and Entertaining, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (95 x 57mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece, final advertisement leaf. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary cream boards, printed paper label on spine (rebacked with blue cloth, recased, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
The History of England from the Conquest to the Death of George II, London, for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (95 x 54mm). Engraved frontispiece, 31 hand-coloured oval woodcut portraits in the text. (Occasional light spotting). Contemporary blue boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with blue cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. Osborne II, p. 784.
Geography and Astronomy familiarized for Youth of both Sexes, London: for John Wallis, by T. Gillet, 1800. (96 x 56mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece map of the Western and Eastern Hemisphere, one engraved plate of the solar system. (Occasional light spotting, stitching of last gathering weak, plate almost detached.) Contemporary yellow boards (rebacked in yellow cloth, lacking printed label on cover, lightly rubbed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.
Scripture History: or, A brief Account of the Old and New Testament, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (93 x 55mm). Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, lightly rubbed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. cf. Osborne II, p. 769.
Mythology, or, Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Deities, London: for John Wallis, By T. Gillet, 1800. (94 x 56mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Small inscription on recto of frontispiece removed causing small hole in image.) Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, front hinges broken). FIRST EDITION.
A Familiar Introduction to Botany, London: for John Wallis, by J. Cundee, 1800. (95 x 56mm). Half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 hand-coloured plates. (2 plates detached.) Contemporary yellow boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked in yellow cloth, lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. (10)
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