Month: October 2015

Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history

Oliver Goldsmith

Third abridged ed.

London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leich [i.e. Leigh], in York-street; T. Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden; and L. Davies, in Holborn, MDCCLXXXII [1782].

Harvard University, Hyde Collection

Signature: Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire, 1807

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Thoughts in prison: in five parts…to which is added his last prayer, written in the night before his death; and other miscellaneous pieces.

William Dodd, LLD.

London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly…, and G. Kearsly…, 1777.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Rare Book Collection

Autograph on endpaper: Eliza Gifford, Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807.

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Sermons preached at Lincoln’s-Inn, between the years 1765 and 1776

with a larger discourse, on Christ’s driving the merchant’s out of the Temple, etc.

Richard Hurd

London: by W. Bowyer & J. Nichols, for T. Cadell, 1776.

York Minster. Special Collections – Old Library. 

Signature of ‘Eliza Giffard, 1807’; purchased 1979. Volume one only, of three. 

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Introduction to the art of thinking

Henry Home Kames

Third edition, enlarged with additions maxims and illustrations.

London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, MDCCLXXV [1775]

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance: Inscription on front paste-down of each volume: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire”; inscription on title-page of each volume: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis”.

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The Thebaid of Statius, translated into English verse, with notes and observations, and a dissertation upon the whole by way of a preface.

P. Painius (Publius Papinius) Statius

Second edition corrected.

London: T. Becket, 1773

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center Book Collection

HRC v.1-2 inscribed: “Maria Eleanora Giffard-Nerquis, 1807.

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Comedies of Plautus: translated into familiar blank verse

Bonnell Thornton [trans.]

The second edition revised and corrected.

Titus Maccius Plautus

London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt…, 1769-1374 [i.e. 1774]

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center Book Collection

Copy 2 [HOA] inscribed: Maria Eleanora Giffard (Nerquis) 1807.

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Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions

Francis Atterbury

The eighth edition

London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, J. Rivington, W. Johnston, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder…[and 3 others], 1766.

University of Texas at Austin. Harry Ransom Center.

Inscribed: Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire 1807; armorial bookplate (of the Giffard family?)

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Animadversions upon Mr. Philips’s History of the life of Cardinal Pole

Timothy Neve, DD

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, sold by Dan. Prince; J. Robson, 1766.

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center Book Collection

Copy 2, Unidentified armorial bookplate; inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire 1807.

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The gentleman’s farriery, or, A practical treatise on the diseases of horses

wherein the best writers… have been consulted, and M. La Fosse’s method of trepanning glandered horses is particularly considered and improved: also a new method of nicking horses is recommended…; to which is added an appendix…

J. Bartlet

The fifth edition, revised.

London: Printed for J. Nourse; S. Crowder, L. Hawes, W. Clark and R. Collins, and M. Richardson; and J. Pote at Eton, 1764.

New York University. Special Collections.

SpecCol copy has armorial bookplate and inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”–front pastedown

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Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription and armorial bookplate.
Ownership inscription and armorial bookplate in “The Gentleman’s farriery”, (1764). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Front cover and spine of leather book.
Cover and spine of “The Gentleman’s farriery” (1764). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Grammaire italienne, pratique et raisonnee

Annibale Antonini

Nouvelle edition

Lyon: Chez Pierre Duplain aine, libraire, grande rue Merciere, M.DCC.LXIII [1763]

Sheffield University, Western Bank Library Rare Book Room

Inscription in ink on title page: “Eliza Giffard – Nerquis – Flintshire 1807”; with a coat-of-arms bookplate.

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The preceptor: containing a general course of education. Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth.

Robert Dodsley

In twelve parts. Illustrated with maps and useful cuts.
The fourth edition, with additions and improvements.

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully’s head in Pall-mall, 1763.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales c.1 has 2 volumes each with armorial bookplate and inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”–front pastedown.

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A grammar of the Italian language, with a copious praxis of moral sentences

to which is added, an English grammar for the use of Italians.

Giuseppe Baretti

London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, W. Strahan, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, W. Owen, J. Richardson, G. Keith, T. Longman, S. Crowder and Co., B. Law, and H. Woodgate, MDCCLXII [1762]

University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

“Eliza Giffard (Nerquis 1807)” inscribed in ink on front paste-down.

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Discourses on several important subjects: to which are added, eight sermons preached at the Lady Moyer’s lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London.

Jeremiah Seed.

The fifth edition.

London: Printed for R. Manby..and H.S. Cox…, 1757

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center Book Collection

Inscribed: Eliza Giffard-Nerquis Flintshire 1807

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The miraculous powers of the church of Christ: asserted through each successive century from the apostles down to the present time.

William Walton.

[London: s.n.], 1756.

University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center Book Collection

HRC cop. 1 [HOA]: Armorial bookplate and inscription of Eliza Giffard-Nerquis Flintshire 1807.

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