133 150
309
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HODGSON, BRIAN HOUGHTON.
Illustrations of the Literature and
Religion of the Buddhists.
2 folding lithographed alphabet tables. [2], iii, [3], 220 pages.
8vo, 208x129 mm, contemporary (or original?) Anglo-Indian binding of
1
/
2
calf and mar-
bled boards with ticket (“Bound at the B[aptist] M[ission] Press”); marginal toning,
dampstain in lower inner corner of opening leaves, first table partly separated at fold.
Serampore, 1841
[500/750]
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
of papers originally published in Transactions and Journal of the
Asiatic Societies of Bengal and London. Hodgson (1801-94), a career civil servant in India,
“was the first to reveal to the West the Sanskrit literature of northern, or Mahayana,
Buddhism, which had been preserved only in Nepal” (ODNB).
310
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[JANEWAY, JAMES.]
A Token for Mariners, containing Many Famous and
Wonderful Instances of God’s Providence in Sea Dangers and Deliverances.
[8],
160 pages, including woodcut frontispiece * MOUNTAINE, WILLIAM.
The Seaman’s
Vade-Mecum and Defensive War by Sea.
4 engraved plates. [10], xii, 270 pages *
[RADSTOCK, WILLIAM.]
The British Flag Triumphant! . . . containing the
Accounts of the Great Victories and Gallant Exploits of the British Fleets, dur-
ing the Last and Present War.
108, [6] pages, including subscribers’ list at end. Together,
3 volumes. Various formats, various bindings, overall condition varies.
London: T. Norris & A. Bettesworth, 1721; J. Mount et al., 1778;
Messrs. F. C. & J. Rivington et al., 1806
[200/300]
311
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JUAN Y SANTACILLA, JORGE.
Examen Maritime, Théorique et Pratique;
ou, Traité de Méchanique, appliqué à la Construction et á la Manoeuvre des
Vaisseaux & autres Bâtiments.
French translation by Pierre Lévêque. 14 folding
engraved plates. xii, 396, 12; [2], 364, 20, 13-14 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, 254x203 mm, con-
temporary mottled sheep gilt with the supra-libros of the Chambre Littéraire of Nantes on
front covers, spine ends damaged, Volume 1 joints cracked, cords intact; contents toned
with scattered spotting, occasional dampstaining in lower outer corners of some plates and
text leaves. 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque du Cercle Louis XVI on titles, their
smaller stamp on recto of plates; booklabel of Harrison D. Horblit.
Nantes: (Augustin-Jean Malassis for) l’Auteur [i. e., translator] et al., 1783
[250/350]
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH
of a treatise on naval science originally published in 1771 in
Spanish. DSB VII, 183; Palau 125466 note (mistakenly calling for 34 plates).
312
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[JUSTICE, ALEXANDER.]
A General Treatise of the Dominion of the
Sea: And a Compleat Body of the Sea-Laws . . . Third Edition, with Large
Additions, and Improvements. And a New Appendix containing Several
Eminent Lawyers Opinions in Important Marine Cases.
Folding engraved allegori-
cal frontispiece; folding engraved plate of flags. [26], 378, 421-684, 107 pages * MOLLOY,
CHARLES.
De jure maritimo et navali; or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of
Commerce . . . Eighth Edition.
[6], xvii, [3], 505, [55] pages, including engraved fron-
tispiece and additional title. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 213x158 mm, late 19th-/early
20th-century cloth with leather lettering piece, worn, contents browned; and 8vo, 227x143
mm, 20th-century red morocco gilt, contents toned.
London: Executors of J. Nicholson et al., [1710?]; John Walthoe, 1744
[300/500]