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1829, 1st, LETTER ON SPECULATIVE FREE MASONRY, PLINY MERRICK, ANTI-MASONIC

A Letter on Speculative Free Masonry by Pliny Merrick, Esq Being His Answer to Gen. Nathan Heard and Col. Gardner Burbank Upon Their Application for his Views Upon That Subject Worcester: Dorr and Howland 1829 First Edition Octavo, 20 pages, lacks wraps, some foxing and discoloraition, else in very good condition. If you have any questions feel free to ask and don’t forget to check out my other listilngs.

1747 Jacobite Rising Austrian Succession MAPS Pliny Vesuvius Electricity Lovat

1747 Jacobite Rising Austrian Succession MAPS Pliny Vesuvius Electricity Lovat The Gentleman’s Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interruption for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term ‘magazine’. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban. This volume from the 1747 edition includes a variety of important and interesting content including:· Trial and execution of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovato Stemming from Jacobite Rising of 1745· Description of Rhinoceros · Electricity experiments – including use for disease cure· Successes in Scotland of the Jacobite rebels· Pliny’s account of the eruption of Vesuviuso Includes impressive folding view of the volcano· Notes on battles from the War of the Austrian Succession. Item number: #16951Price: $599 URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave] The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle London: printed for E. Cave, 1747. First edition. Details: · Collation: Textually completeo [4], 622, [18]o 15 engraved plates (6 folding)· Language: English · Binding: Leather; tight and secure· Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 16951

Letters of Pliny the Younger With Observations on each Letter, 1751, 1st thus

Description The Letters of Pliny the Younger With Observations on each Letter; And an Essay on Pliny’s Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle By John Earl of Orrery. 1751, two volumes. 4to, 25×20 cm (9¾x8″). [iv], lxxxvii, 440, [16]; [iv], 509, [32] pp. Engraved allegorical title-page device by Michael Van der Gucht, twenty-three large head- & tailpieces engraved by Jacob Bonneau after designs by Samuel Wale, and numerous decorative initials. Period full calf, red leather spine labels. First Edition thus. Condition Rubbed, joints and hinges cracked; lacking preliminary blank in first volume; very good. About this book First Edition of this translation of the classic letters first issued between c.100 and c.109. John Boyle, fifth Earl of Cork, fifth Earl of Orrery, and second Baron Marston (1707-1762) had literary aspirations and became a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Samuel Johnson. But they had no illusions about his intellectual gifts; and Boyle took some revenge on Swift’s condescension in Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift (London, 1751). His translation and commentary on the wonderful letters of Pliny the Younger appeared five years after the first translation into English, done by William Melmoth, and were not an improvement. But the letters, which survey the whole range of Roman life and society (including the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the death of Pliny the elder, as well as problems with the upstart Christians), are fascinating; and Boyle’s comments are complacently entertaining. The translator’s very long introduction describes not only the life of Pliny but many aspects of Roman history, government, laws, and ways of life, including detailed accounts of the baths and gymnasia. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. Pliny the Younger wrote hundreds of letters, of which 247 survive, and which are of great historical value. Some are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian Tacitus. Pliny served as an imperial magistrate under Trajan (reigned 98–117) and his letters to Trajan provide one of the few surviving records of the relationship between the imperial office and provincial governors. Two of the letters included are to Tacitus: The first letter describes the journey of his uncle Pliny the Elder during which he perished during the eruption of Vesuvius; the second one describes his own observations in a town across the bay (see photo 12). These letter are probably the very first detailed description of a volcanic eruption. The eruption column with its umbrella-shaped cloud that is also found at other volcanoes was named after him (Plinian eruption column). Pliny rose through a series of civil and military offices, the cursus honorum. He was a friend of the historian Tacitus and might have employed the biographer Suetonius on his staff. Pliny also came into contact with other well-known men of the period, including the philosophers Artemidorus and Euphrates the Stoic, during his time in Syria. (Wikipedia)

1747 Letters of Pliny – Early American Bookplate – Robert Rogers Redwood Library

The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks Vol. I, Printed for R. Dodsley, London, 1747, two volumes, full leather, 8vo. Both in fair condition. Front boards are cracked along hinge. Both still attached, but fragile. Boards remain dark and rich in color. Red morocco label with gilt work on spine still bright and clean. Back board of volume one has split down middle center. Does not effect binding, just an aesthetic flaw.Marginalia throughout. Toned end papers. Text block is slightly toned as to be expected. Binding remains intact. Previous owner’s name cut out on title page. Please see photos. Our volumes contain the original, early American bookplate of Robert Rogers on their front paste downs. After the Revolutionary War, Robert Rogers (1758-1835) became a Director and benefactor of the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island. Among other things, he was responsible for the first printed catalogue of their collection. This work by Pliny describes the eruption at Vesuvius in August of 79 AD. It is considered a unique and accurate testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century. It was likely owned by Rogers during the time of his proprietorship of a classical school in Newport, Rhode Island. It may have been printed by Solomon Southwick, as its style resembles the border on currency printed in Newport in the mid-to-late 1780s. Recent correspondence with the Redwood Library, reveals that Rogers donated many books to the institution. When acquired by the Library, his personal bookplates were covered over by “Redwood Library” paste-downs. In the final photograph above (recently provided by an archivist at the Library), one can just make out the border of our bookplate peeking out above the newer bookplate noting Rogers’s generous donation of books to the Redwood in 1810. RAREB1747DHRA