{"title":"Firsts London 2026 | Full Catalogue","description":"\u003cp\u003eShapero Rare Books is exhibiting at Firsts London (\u003cstrong\u003estand E33\u003c\/strong\u003e), the UK’s premier rare book fair held in the heart of Chelsea. Explore exceptional antiquarian books, literary treasures, historic manuscripts, maps and prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fair is open from \u003cstrong\u003e14th to 17th May \u003c\/strong\u003eat the Saatchi Gallery. 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The present edition, almost as rare, is not merely a reprint of the Paris edition, but contains additional material including an address and laudatory letter to Erasmus by his fellow humanist Jakob Wimpfeling. All early editions are exceedingly scarce, with only three appearing at auction in the last 100 years that we could trace. The first English translation was not published until 1549, although there had been Czech, French and German editions prior to this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent example of a classic work of paradoxical satire, in which folly is personified and holds up a mirror to mankind. An extremely significant work both in its own right and for its influence on the Protestant Reformation in general. Sir Thomas More's own magnum opus Utopia was at least in part written as a response to Moriae Encomium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Praise of Folly was written when Erasmus was staying in the house of Thomas More in the winter of 1509–10. Its title is a delicate and complimentary play on the name of his host: its subject matter is a brilliant, biting satire on the folly to be found in all walks of life. The book stemmed from the decision which Erasmus had taken when he left Rome to come to England, that no form of preferment could be obtained at the sacrifice of his freedom to read, think and write what he liked. The work was first secretly printed in Paris, and, as in other cases, its immediate success safeguarded him from the consequences of his audacity. Whenever tyranny or absolute power threatened, The Praise of Folly was re-read and reprinted. It is a sign of what was in the air that Milton found it in every hand at Cambridge in 1628. His inherent scepticism has led people to call Erasmus the father of eighteenth-century rationalism, but his rationalist attitude is that of perfect common sense, to which tyranny and fanaticism were alike abhorrent' (PMM 43).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the risky nature of the work and its explicit and implicit attacks on established religion and authority figures of the time, its rapid popularity ensured that the author and the work were left unmolested by church and state, at least until Erasmus' death in 1536, after which his previously untainted reputation was diminished. 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The city's Bishop, Paul, fiercely opposed Patriarch Nikon's reforms and was consequently stripped of the rank of Bishop, exiled, and eventually killed in 1656, rendering him a martyr in the view of many Old Believers.A century later, 156 Old Believers were officially registered in Kolomna, then a city of 5400 inhabitants. Many more practised their beliefs in secret to avoid persecution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume later belonged to Cornelius J. Hauck (1893-1967), whose outstanding and somewhat eclectic collection was formed with the help of the well-respected antiquarian bookseller Emil Offenbacher between 1945 and 1965. 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In the foreground lies the now extinct Elambore river, originally the key for Fort St. George's establishment, and the Island of Chennai. The Cooum River, although not visible, had already been joined with Elambore to create the Island which housed the stables and artillery range and still survives today. We have been unable to fine any earlier depictions of Chennai and Fort St. George from this perspective. By 1746 an additional bastion had been created on the Island, causing the river to flow through the Fort, which is only just starting to be built in this view ('new fortifications'), placing it likely just a few years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis view was likely produced by a French naval officer ('lieutenant') who was unhindered by the need of Britain and the East India Company to present Fort St. George as an impregnable outpost. 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This narrative has its own title-page. The English edition served as the basis for the French edition of 1782.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The author was Secretary to the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and a member of the Royal Society of London. In the present work he attempted to present the gradual progress of the new Russian discoveries of islands in the North Pacific, including the Aleutian Islands, Kodiak and Unalashka islands, and a number of others. Staehlin states that his compilation is based on the original reports of Russian traders who, under a convoy from the Admiralty... spent 1764-67 exploring the North Pacific area, discovering new islands and confirming previous discoveries' (Lada-Mocarski, for the German edition). The work 'deals largely with the [Aleutian Islands and the] islands of the Bering Sea, discovered by the Promyshleniki Commercial Company on their voyages [of 1765-67] beyond Kamchatka. 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An unsophisticated copy with charming pen trials and a small drawing of a man on the binding, and a face in profile on the front free endpaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInventor Jonathan Hull 'inherited mechanical skills from his weaver father and displayed a youthful aptitude for repairing neighbours' clocks. He attended Campden grammar school, earning a reputation as a diligent mathematician and skilled technician' and 'is remembered principally for having patented the application of the atmospheric steam engine to marine propulsion. A communication from M. de Quet on mechanical propulsion of ships, published in 1734 in volume 6 of the abridgement of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, may have spurred Hulls to attempt to apply the Newcomen engine for this purpose' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHull was granted a patent on 21st December 1736, printed in full at the beginning of the text, which recognised that 'he hath with much labour and study, and at great expense, invented and formed a Machine, for carrying ships and vessels out from or into any harbour or river, against wind and tide, or in a calm'. 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Lucky Jim is remarkable for its relentless skewering of artifice and pretension; it also contains some of the finest comic set pieces in the language. One of the more brilliant concerns a weekend at the home of a ghastly senior professor. After an afternoon of enforced madrigals, Jim becomes so horribly drunk that he inadvertently destroys his host's spare room. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim is more appealing than some of Amis's later heroes; his hatreds – expressed viscerally through a vast repertoire of grotesque faces – are infectious, while his increasingly elaborate attempts to dig himself out of trouble rarely have the desired effect. 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She opens by commenting on the release of the novel and refers to the present copy and another work: 'The novel is out in both Canada and England (the Sunday Times liked it) and a copy is making its way to you. The other book [The Journals of Susanna Moodie] has been held up - though it's coming out as a C.B.C. record in November!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe majority of the letter details Atwood's thesis (presumably her PhD thesis, The English Metaphysical Romance, which she pursued for two years but did not complete): 'I'm about to settle back into the thesis. What I now propose to do is to put all the mother-goddess material first (as chapters one and two). [...] I haven't heard yet from Mr. Kiely, but will charge ahead unless I get an outraged letter from him telling me I'm WRONG.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClosing, she makes a rather telling remark about the publisher: 'I doubt that my thesis will turn into a book - I'm developing a phobia about publishers. 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'To Celebrate the birthdays of our Shipmates H.J. Dunlop; \u0026amp; W.A.R. Michell at \"Latitude 40\"S. 30'\/ Longitude 50\"E.30'', manuscript menu, in red and black ink on printed card, signed on the reverse by Michell, Murray, Davis, Mackintosh, Mackay, Dunlop and Captain England, headed with the printed National Antarctic Expedition badge (Nimrod added in ink), 8vo (15.5 x 11.2 cm.) \u003cbr\u003eMenu for a meal to celebrate the birthdays of four shipmates of the Nimrod, given whilst en route to Christchurch - at this point half way between South Africa and the Kerguelen Islands. Signed by four of the ship's officers and three of the eventual shore party. Food includes Potage. Dominion Crême D'Unloppè and Dessert. Abricot au Shackleton. 18 October 1907.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. 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Menu held for the 'British Antarctic Expedition' dinner held at the Canterbury Club, Christchurch, signed by Shackleton, Wild, Edgworth Davis, and approximately 30 others, 4pp., oval photographic illustration of polar scenes on upper and lower cover, signatures on inside and lower pages, punch holes at fore-edge, 8vo (15.5 x 10.5 cm.) 30 December 1907.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNimrod arrived at Lyttleton harbour on 25 March 1909 to a heroic welcome by the New Zealand public. The 'luncheon' held at the United Service Hotel the following day appears to have been a relatively intimate one, the menu signed by Shackleton, all but 2 members of the Shore Party, and 3 of the ship's officers but none of the usual local dignitaries, and was apparently unreported in the press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 'Luncheon Menu. British Antarctic Expedition. United Service Hotel, Christchurch', signed by Shackleton and eighteen other members of the British Antarctic Expedition., 4-page menu, the upper cover colour-printed with British flags. 26 March 1909.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. 'Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Complimentary Banquet to Lieut. E.H. Shackleton, M.V.C., the Shore Party and Officers of the S.Y. Nimrod, on their return from Antarctica', signed by John K. Davis (Nimrod's first officer), Henry Dunlop, and 24 other attendees, 4-page menu, the upper cover printed with map of the South Pole (showing position reached by Discovery and Nimrod), split at fold. 3 April 1909.\u003cbr\u003eThe banquet at the Philosophical Institute was a public affair, at which 'a standing ovation was given to Shackleton and loud applause as he responded to the many toasts to the expedition. He said that 'They always felt dissatisfied with what might have been done... but on that plateau, with no 'grub' inside them... they were forced to turn back. There had been no gentle maidens to rest their heads upon!' This was a reference to a duet that had been sung earlier in the evening and was received with laughter' (The Press, 5\/4\/09, p.8).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. 'South Polar Dinner given by John Howard Mcfadden. June 13. 1913' large-format menu card embellished with an original watercolour oval vignette by George Marston the Nimrod artist of a polar scene (man, sledge and tent against snow-covered mountains), large penguin and decoration, signed by the artist on the vignette, 28.4 x 19.4 cm. (the oval vignette c.6.8 x 9.5 cm.), Oddenino's Imperial Restaurant. 13 June 1913.\u003cbr\u003eCelebratory menu illustrated by George Marston. 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