One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful arts,

Philadelphia: B. Davies and T. Stephens, 1795. xxxvi, 377p. Contemporary leather professionally rebacked with a new spine in contemporary style. Gilt ruled with red spine label. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. First printed in Paris in 1716. Sabin 98398 [with the added note that the title is from Evans] But he lists 1796 as the print date and not 1795. Contemporary signature of O. Hoagland on the title page and some arithmetic on the inside blank in old brown ink. Some scattered foxing throughout, corners bumped otherwise a well preserved copy. Rather scarce.

Less. Item #2474

Price: $700.00