Tag: 1801

The calendar of nature: designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons.

John Aikin

6th edition.

London: Printed for Joseph Johnson by H.L. Galabin, 1801.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales British copy is signed “Maria Eleanora Giffard Nerquis 1807” on p.[iii].

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Front cover of book showing marbled papers
Front cover of “The Calendar of nature”. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
Page of book showing ownership inscription
First page of dedication, showing faint ownership inscription at head. Courtesy NYU Special Collections

Retrospection, or, A review of the most striking and important events, characters, situations, and their consequences which the last eighteen hundred years have presented to the view of mankind

Hester Lynch Piozzi

London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1801 ([London] : T. Gillet, Printer)

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Fales Brit c.2 has 2 volumes. Half-title wanting. Bound in full leather; dark red leather spine labels; sprinkled edges (trimmed). Fales Brit c.2 inscribed “Eliza Giffard”–front pastedown, v.2

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Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of volume 2 of “Retrospection” (1801). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.