R B Nathaniel Crouch (9 results)

Half Calf. Condition: Near Very Good. Fifth Edition. Book measures 15x9.cm. Collation, 168, 145-146, `159', 148-156, [12]pp, 12pp illustrated with The Arms of London. Bound in early half calf, calf corners, marble boards, flat gilt bands, gilt stamped tooling, full coloured edges. Binding rubbed, worn, hinge joints split, but boards holding firm. Internally, pages in good condition. A good copy. F Size: 12mo.

Leather. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A scarce unrecorded edition of this entertaining history of Britain, recording historical events that shaped the country. A very scarce variant, with the publishing information reading as 'Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell, in Exchange-Alley in Corn-Hill; and sold by Obed Smith, Bookseller in Daventry'. No record of this edition on ESTC or JISC. The adverts to the rear state "to this year 1681". This volume matches the first edition of 1682 besides the publication information, and with no date to the title page.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates.A charming history of Britain for children, looking at the country though significant historical events.The volume is organised by county, fantastical events including the tale of King Arthur, trees falling over, a baby in the mother's womb talking, a whale going along the Thames, and more.Written by Nathaniel Crouch under the pseudonym R. B. Crouch was a bookseller who was considered to be somewhat of a hack as a historian, borrowing material from other books. In a full calf binding. Externally, leather is rubbed, resulting in some loss of leather to the rear board. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the tail of the spine, and to the head of the spine. Light marks to the boards. Front board is a little bowed. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Paste downs are a little worn. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Chips to the front and rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Frontispiece is detaching with a small closed tear to the head, and a faint tide mark to the top edge. Good. book.

[vi] 174 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece portrait and one engraved text illustration. 16mo, old full calf neatly rebacked with a new calf spine and leather label. The Thirteenth Edition. Small ink stains to one opening do not affect legibility; contents otherwise very attractive. Light rubbing to edges of boards; tight and sound. R.B. is a pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch -- cf. Dict. nat. biog.

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 plate of the Great Council. 148 x 94 mm. (12ş). 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.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A scarce augmented version of Crouch's 'A Journey to Jerusalem'. A compilation of works, including 'A Strange and True Account' by H Timberlake, The Travels of Fourteen Englishmen' by Nathaniel Crouch, 'Relation of the great council' by Samuel Brett and 'The Counterfeit Messiah' from John Evelyn's 'History of three late famous imposters'. Collated: Complete, with one plate and pages 152-160 misnumbered. A fascinating volume, containing a great amount information regarding the history of Judaism and their existence in America, Africa, Palestine and more. Uncommon in any edition or condition. Nathaniel Crouch was an English printer and bookseller who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Burton, or R.B. He was considered a poor historian, borrowing heavily from other works and publishing them as his own works under his imprint. He was widely denounced by historians of the following centuries, including Samuel Butler and Alexander Pope, although he is now regarded as a figure of interest in the development of historiography. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, very smart with just some light rubbing to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned with with moderate spotting and wear to the top and fore edge. Title page and plate laid down. Title page foxed, with heavy repairs. Pages close trimmed to the top edge, not affecting main body of the text. Good. book.

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.

Half Leather. Condition: Fair. Ninth Edition Enlarged. Half tan calf over marbled boards.Corners rubbed and small piece missing from to of spine. Pages have parted from covers and therefore some pages are loose.Frontispiece portrait is loose and has a 1" X 1" piece mising from the top left corner. First 3 pages chipped along edge with loss of the odd word. All pages browned.175pp plus 14pp Books Printed for Nathaniel Crouch.

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.

16mo. 150 [i.e.160] p. Frontis. Period style calf binding, lettered direct to the spine. A cheap chapbook production on soft paper. The frontis.and title are soiled and the first and final leaves have a little loss by abrasion, nowhere affecting the text. The text itself is an augmented version of 'A journey to Jerusalem' attributed in the Dictionary of national biography to Nathaniel Crouch. 'A strange and true account' is by H. Timberlake; 'The travels of fourteen Englishmen' is by N. Crouch; 'Relation of the great council' is by Samuel Brett; 'The counterfeit Messiah' is from John Evelyn's 'History of the three late famous imposters'. It includes: 'A brief chronology concerning the Jews' by Nath. Holmes. ESTC T70885. Scarce.