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  • Quaker prisoners at York.- Bayly (William) A collection of the several wrightings [sic] of that true prophet, faithful servant of God and sufferer for the testimony of Jesus, no printer, 1676.
    Mar. 25, 2021

    Quaker prisoners at York.- Bayly (William) A collection of the several wrightings [sic] of that true prophet, faithful servant of God and sufferer for the testimony of Jesus, no printer, 1676.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Quaker prisoners at York.- Bayly (William) A collection of the several wrightings [sic] of that true prophet, faithful servant of God and sufferer for the testimony of Jesus, lacking quire 2G, and 2H1, stained, some spotting, lightly browned throughout, later calf, faded gilt and a red morocco label to spine, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing B1517], small 4to, no printer, 1676. ⁂ A gift from a prominent Quaker to his fellow Friends incarcerated in York Castle. 'The Gift of Thomas Waite, to his Deare Friends (called Quakers) prissoned in York-Castle, to Remaine for their Comon use, within the said Castle, [?1]2th. 10th mo. 1684.' (several similar ink inscriptions). Waite was considered to be one of the most politically active of the Quakers in York, with his profession as a stationer enabling him to produce and distribute Quaker literature. His wife Mary was imprisoned in the 1650s and then again in 1684 (the same date as one presentation inscription). Her A Warning to all Friends who professeth the Everlasting Truth was read aloud at yearly meetings. Provenance: 'Richard Binicks of Haws [Hawes] in the parish of Aisgarth [Aysgarth] & County of York... prisoner for Non payment of Tithe this 11th day of the 9th month 1691'; 'Thomas Bolton Jo. Sutton sup ffoweston J: Galtress in Comitatu Ebor [Yorkshire] yeoman... obligaris Ricardo B...' (17th century ink inscriptions to rear endpaper).

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • William Wales (?1734-1798) and William Bayly (1737-1810)
    May. 09, 2002

    William Wales (?1734-1798) and William Bayly (1737-1810)

    Est: $4,350 - $7,250

    The Original Observations made in the course of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure... Published by the Order of the Board of Longitude, at the Expence of which the Observations were made. London: printed by W.& A.Strahan, sold by J.Nourse, J.Mount and T.Page, 1777. 4o (290 x 237mm). 3 engraved plates (2 folding, 1 double-page), folding engraved chart. (Some offsetting to first folding plate, library stamps to recto and verso of title.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered). Provenance : King's College, London (cancelled stamp on recto of title); Sale Bonhams June 24, 1997 lot 156 FIRST EDITION. The mathematician William Wales and astronomer William Bayly were appointed to Captain James Cook's second expedition by the the Board of Longitude. The present work, which was published whilst both authors were taking part in Cook's third voyage, records in detail their astronomical observations and is much enlivened by numerous explanatory comments and asides. The farthest south reading is recorded as 70o18' in the observation made for 30 January 1774 aboard the Resolution. Mitchell Cook 1287.

    Christie's
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