Crouch Nathaniel Robert Burton (4 results)
Published by A. Bettesworth and J. Batley 1730
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. Stated "The Second Edition", 1730: "In Three Parts Containing I. A brief Account of th Ancient Kings and Princes of Britain and Wales.; II Remarks upon the Lives of all the Princes of Wales, of the Royal Families of Enland.; III. Remarkable Observations on the most memorable persons an…d Places in Wales.Together with the natural and artificial Rarities and Wonders in the seeral Counties of that Principality." 186 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads. 12 mo. full leather. Boards are rubbed and worn at edges, expertly rebacked in matching brown leather, with author and date at heel. llustrated frontispiece, partially, inexpertly, 'colored' in part half-title stained. Text good but unevenly cut, see note at end. Very early signature on title page, seeming to precede the rest in provenance: "T. H. (?) Morgan". Exensive genealogical sketch of family honorifics in ink on rear endpaper, front and back. Small section torn off at head of front endpaper. Specifically for the Meredydd/Meredith family which held multiple positions as the High Sheriff of Radnorshire through the 16th and 17th centuries. This was the 1000 year office of the personal representative of the sovereign, sustained until 1908, when this high office was transferred to the Lord-Lieutenant, and in 1974 was finally combined with other positions, as the High Sheriff of Powys. Armorial bookplate of John Hughes in front and Harmon PUmpelly Read armorial plate in rear, with family connections explained in adjacent ink text. Additional layers of provenance in ink on front end paper, dated through 1895, when the Meredith's came to America. Meredith, or Meredudd in its earliest manifestations, is a very old Welsh forename. The closest English translation would be ?great lord.? Royal princes bore this name in Powys (mid Wales) and in Deheubarth (south Wales) before the Anglo-Norman invasions. First notes on front endpaper "Morgan Meredydd married Elizabeth daughter of David Lloyd of that family who carried the golden balls before King Arthur". Printed under the pseudonym 'Robert Burton', this book was one of the many texts printed and sold by Nathaniel Crouch in the late-seventeenth century. Little is known of Crouch's life but it appears that he was a shrewd businessman, stocking a huge variety of books on various historical subjects which ranged from recent history and biographies to sensationalist literature on witchcraft and supernatural phenomena. Though this type of book was denounced by authors such as Alexander Pope for their populist nature and their use of many different sources, they were reprinted many times throughout the eighteenth century.
More imagesTwo journeys to Jerusalem, containing first, a strange and true account of the travels of two English pilgrims some years since, and what admirable accidents befel them in their journey to Jerusalem, Gr. Cairo, Alexandria, &c. [in a letter from H.T. [i.e. Henry Timberlake]] Secondly, the travels of 14 Englishmen in 1669. to Jerusalem, Bethlem, Jericho, the river Jordan, the lake of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. With the antiquities, monuments and memorable places mentioned in scripture. By T.B: :[i.e. T. Burrel] to which are prefixed memorable remarks upon the antient and modern state of the Jewish nation. . . Together with a relation of the great council of the Jews in the plains of Hungaria in 1650. to examine the scriptures concerning. . .
A compilation by Nathaniel Crouch, who used the pseudonyms Robert Burton, Richard Burton, and, most commonly, R.B. Men to Jerusalem, in the year 1669 by T.B., which the ESTC attributes to Crouch; T.B = Thomas Burrell (flourished 1670-79); S.B = Sam.Brett; R.B. = Richard Burton and Robert Burton (pseudonyms of Nathaniel Crouch (1532?-1625?); H.T.=Henry Timberlake, died 1626;Nathaniel Homes (1599-1678)
Published by Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey, near Cheapside, London, England 1695
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Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.Meir Turner
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Frontis, which is an added engraved title page depicting "The manner of travelling upon dromedarys." Caption under illustration of male rider on dromedary, holding a whip, led by a male figure on foot, 168, 167-178, [12] pages. Complete. Page 68 is a plate of "Jerusalem as it now is." Page 106 is a pl…ate of the Great Council. 148 x 94 mm. (12º). Half leather. Additional images available. The Illustrations on pages 68, 106 and 124 are woodcuts, copied from engraved illustrations in earlier editions of this work. 1st title p.: Two Iourneys to Ierusalem 2nd title p.: Two Journeys to Jerusalem, containing first, a strange and true account of the travels of two English pilgrims some years since, and what admirable accidents befel them in their journey to Jerusalem, Gr. Cairo, Alexandria, &c. Secondly, the travels of 14 Englishmen in 1669. to Jerusalem, Bethlem, Jericho, the river Jordan, the lake of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. With the antiquities, monuments and memorable places mentioned in scripture. By T.B: :[= Thomas Burrell] to which are prefixed memorable remarks upon the antient and modern state of the Jewish nation. As 1. A description of the Holy-Land, its situation, fertility, &c. 2. The several captivities of the Jews, after they were posses'd thereof. 3. Probable conjectures of what is become of the ten tribes who were carried captives by the Assyrians, with divers pertinent relations pursuant thereto. 4. The state of the Jews since their extermination, with the present condition of Palestine. Together with a relation of the great council of the Jews in the plains of Hungaria in 1650. to examine the scriptures concerning Christ. By. S.B. [Sam. Brett] an Englishman there present. With an account of the wonderful delusion of the Jews, by a false Christ at Smyrna, in 1666. Lastly, the final extirpation and destruction of the Jews in Persia in 1666. and the occasion thereof. Collected by R.B. [= Richard Burton, pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch] and beautified with pictures. London. Printed for Nath. [=Nathaniel] Crouch [1532?-1625?] at the Bell in the Poulerey, near Cheapside. 1695. 3rd title, p. 56: A Strange and True Account of the Late Travel of Two English Pilgrims. . . 4th title, p. 79: A Journey to Jerusalem or, the Travels of Fourteen English Men to Jerusalem, in the year, 1669. 5th title, p.107: A True Relation of the Proceedings of The Great Council of the Jews by Nath. Homes 6th title, p.118 to 123: A Brief Chronology Concerning the Jews. 7th title, p. 125: The Counterfeit Messiah. . .of the Jews at Smyrna…1666.
More imagesPublished by London: No Publisher/Printer. 1690
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: no publisher stated, Printed in the year 1690. [4], 214, [2] p.; 12mo. All the description below is from the English Short Title Catalogue section of the British Library. Sometimes attributed to Nathaniel Crouch (who employed the pseudonyms R.B., Robert Burton, and Richard Burton)… and to John Phillips. A strongly critical anti-Catholic history of the two reigns. With an advertisement printed on the verso of the title page not present in this edition. Place of publication conjectured by Wing. The last leaf is blank. Later published, in a very much altered version, as part 2 of "The secret history, of the four last monarchs of Great-Britain" (Wing C7346). There are at least two other partial re-impressions of this title published in the same year. One has pagination: [4], 96, 87-134, 145-214, [2] p. The other has pagination: [4], 96, 87-182, 193-214 p. This edition is numbered continuously 1 to 214. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition new spine to old boards. Joints very good condition. Corners good condition. Boards good condition for age. Page edges good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Front paste down absent. Front free end paper good condition. Title good condition some marks, foxing. Pages good condition some marks and foxing throughout. Binding very good condition. See photos.
More imagesPublished by Nath. Crouch, London 1716
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Condition: Good. London: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bull against Grocers-Alley in the Poultrey, near Cheapside, 1716. "The Ninth Edition Inlarged." 12mo; full contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; [6],173,[15]pp. (A-H12, collated complete with 14 pages of publisher's advertisements in… rear); engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut illus. in text. Leather significantly dried and rubbed, front cover very nearly separated with shallow loss of leather along joint, spine gilt partly effaced, textblock rather browned and trimmed close slightly affecting text throughout, else a Good, internally sound copy with contemporary ownership signature of a Robt. Donald to title page and armorial ex libris of a Henry Fitz Herbert to front pastedown. Wildly popular account of the travels of Sir Frances Drake by the London bookseller Nathaniel Crouch (ca. 1640-1725) who managed to put out nearly twenty editions by the time of his death. The title page continues: "I. His Voyage in 1572, to Nombre de Dios in the West Indies, where they saw a Pile of Bars of Silver near 70 Foot long, ten Foot broad, and twelve Foot high. "II. His incompassing the whole World in 1577, which he peform'd in two Years and ten Months, gaining a vast quantity of Gold and Silver. "III. His Voyage in America in 1585, and taking the Towns of St. Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena and St. Augustine. Also his Worthy Actions when Vice-Admiral of England in the Spanish Invasion, 1588. "IV. His last Voyage in those Countries in 1595, with the manner of his Death and Burial." ESTC T70874.
