Susanne Schulz-Falster Catalogue Eighteen - International League ...

Large paper copy of Bisset’s guide to the beauty of Leamington Priors, with
information on the spa and local attractions, including Kenilworth and
Warwick Castles, and Stratford-on-Avon. The work is extensively illustrated,
with extra plates in this ‘large paper’ edition. Particularly appealing is Bisset’s
plug for his picture gallery and his Museum of Natural History and Grand
Cabinet of Curiosities, with a listing of its prime attractions, such as a portrait
of count Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, royalty ephemera, such
as the coronation glove of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, and
exotica, such as African Castinett, bead & basket work.
As with his other works, merchants’ and manufacturers’ engraved
advertisements are included, such as Timmin’s hothouses or Slater’s cooking
apparatus, described and illustrated.
OCLC: Toronto, Michigan, Princeton, Cambridge, BL and NLS.
Bisset the Author – with his Signature to Poem
15. [BISSET, James.] The Geographical Guide; a poetical nautical
trip round the island of Great-Britain; with entertaining and
illustrative notes, in prose, descriptive of its principal ports, havens,
rivers, creeks, and inlets; cities, towns, forts, and mountains, &c and
a particular description of the General Appearance of the Country as
viewed from the Sea. London, J. Harris (successor to E. Newbery),
1805. £650
susanne schulz-falster rare books catalogue eighteen
8vo, engraved frontispiece, pp. [iv], 69, [1] imprint, [1] poem, with
12 woodcuts in the text; frontispiece a little chipped; original red roanbacked
boards, with printed label to upper board; corners bumped, but
a good copy with Bisset’s signature to introductory poem.
First edition of this charming children’s geography, normally listed as an
anonymous publication, but identified by his signature to be the work of
James Bisset, of the Museum Birmingham. In his customary doggerel verse,
Bisset describes a tour around the British Isles, highlighting the sights when
approached from the sea. Further factual information on important towns,
country seats, or buildings is given in the footnotes.
Gumuchian 2722; Moon 313; OCLC: Princeton, BL, NLS, Yale.
Law Books for Sale
16. [BOOKSELLER CATALOGUE – LAW.] Notice des Livres
de Droit qu’on peut se procurer par l’entremise de MM. Friedel
et Gasc, Voyageurs fondés de pouvoirs de MM. Neve, Garnery,
Bavoux, Warée, et autres principaux libraires de Paris, pour la
partie de la Jurisprudence ancienne et moderne, civile et criminelle,
commercial, administrative et notarielle. Paris, 1825–1826. £580
4to, pp. [ii], 10; pale-green original printed wrappers; a good copy.
First edition of this rare specialist catalogue of law books, issued by
enterprising Paris bookdealers Friedel and Gasc. Legal texts produced by
a number of Paris publishers and bookdealers are sold on commission.
Friedel and Gasc outline their terms of sale in the preface. Some 180 titles
are offered, giving author, title, size, and price, and in many instances extensive
commentaries. Friedel and Gasc acted as ‘voyageurs’, i.e. publisher’s
representatives.