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1710B5718<p>FROM PEKING TO PRAGUE</p><p>THE CHINESE ASTRONOMY OF FRANÇOIS NOËL</p><p>WITH A LARGE FOLDING STAR CHART OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE</p><p>4to 19.1 x 15.2 cm 133 pp. 1 pp. including full-page engraved Chinese Calendar p. 59 numerous woodcut diagrams and tables with woodcut Chinese letters a full-page engraved plate of astronomical observations verso of p. 133 and with 1 large folding engraved star chart for the epoch 1687 signed Balthasar van Westerhaut woodcut headpiece and initials. Bound in contemporary calf gold-tooled spine red sprinkled edges. Some rubbing and edge wear to spine and boards minor warning to covers. Contemporary annotations moderate browning in a few quires occasional minor toning small 3 mm. hole in chart not affecting images.</p><p>Rare first and sole edition of one of the few works published in Europe to record detailed first-person observations made at Jesuit astronomical observatories in China in the 17th century and one of the first works to convey information on Chinese observational data and astronomical traditions to a Western audience. Compiled by the Belgian-born polymath François Noël 1651-1729 the <em>Observationes Mathematicae et Physicae in India et in China</em> represents a full account of this Jesuit's astronomical career. The volume is illustrated with a large folding celestial chart of the southern skies incorporating observations Noël made at the Jesuit Colleges at Rachol in Goa Macao and Bahia in Brazil. Other illustrations include a full-page plate engraving the 1690 transit of Mercury Noël's observations of Jupiter and his method for recording magnetic inclinations for use in navigating by compass at sea as well as a full-page plate illustrating the Chinese Sexagenary calendar.</p><p>Noël's discussion of Chinese astronomy Chapter V not only serves as an introductory primer but also is a fastidious record of Chinese observational data collected by Noël from Chinese star catalogues and charts and he even retains information which was at odds with European observations. Noël produces a chart of the relevant Chinese calendrical characters the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches an engraving of the Sexagenary calendar a table of the 28 Chinese constellations a list of Chinese zodiacal signs with a chart comparing them to European signs. His extensive <em>Catalogus Latino-Sinicus</em> pp. 65-103 compares Chinese and European stellar nomenclatures. Here Noël lauds the "extreme antiquity of Chinese astronomy which began some 4000 years ago" but puzzles over the fact that the Chinese tradition records "many small stars which are no longer visible"; he dutifully records these numerous stars in the <em>Catalogus</em> but notes that "they are either very faint or perhaps made up" "<em>minimae aut fictae</em>" "<em>vel minimae vel fictae</em>" etc. Noël apologizes for not printing the Chinese characters for star names "because of the difficulty of having them cut in Europe" p. 67. Chinese weights and measures are also discussed.</p><p>In other chapters Noël offers his observations of Jupiter's satellites made while in Huai'an in 1689-90 including tables comparing his data to observations made by others in Nanjing and Paris as well as a description of 16 observations both telescopic and made with naked-eye instruments of lunar and solar eclipses he made in Goa Macau Siam Peking Shanghai Nanjing Huai'an Tshusima Island Trincomalee Sri Lanka etc. between 1684 and 1707. He provides an extensive list of his longitude and latitude observations for numerous locations in China and India which he made between 1687-1708 as well as readings from Bahia in Brazil including a table summarizing the longitude and latitude of more than 80 cities and towns in China. In his 13-page catalogue of some 350 southern stars ascensions declinations magnitudes for the epoch 1687 Noël cites the recent work of Riccoli Hevelius and Halley taking issue with several of their measurements; the folding <em>Mappa Stellarum Australium</em> engraved by Balthasar van Westerhaut illustrates the placement of southern stars as observed by Noël.</p><p>The work's final chapter includes Noël's extensive notes on the Comets of 1695 1701 and 1702 which he observed from Peking and Java meteorological curiosities he saw in Asia twilight unusual rainbows and planetary observations including an unusual visual aberration that occurred when he viewed Jupiter through a 13.5-foot telescope in Nanchang in 1694 this observation is illustrated aberrations he encountered in viewing Venus through a 40-foot telescope in 1697 and data from Jean de Fontenay's 1643-1710 observation in Canton of the 1690 transit of Mercury also illustrated here.</p><p>Interestingly the present example preserves contemporary annotations to Noël's catalogue of magnetic declinations and inclinations he made Chapter VIII using a magnetic needle during his 1706 journey from Portugal to India and his 1708 voyage from the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra westward to Brazil. The annotator has carefully underlined and enumerated Noël's 201 location readings apparently for incorporation into a larger table or chart he hoped would be useful in resolving the ongoing problem of pinpointing longitude in sea navigation. Halley had only recently published his groundbreaking map of magnetic variation in Atlantic waters 1701 and his world chart was still decades away from publication.</p><p>Noël joined the Society of Jesus at age 19 in 1670 and studied theology mathematics and astronomy at the University of Douai. He departed on his first Asia journey in 1684 hoping to join the Japan mission but the longstanding ban on Western missionaries by the Tokugawa shogunate foreclosed on this possibility. Noël instead spent two years learning Chinese at Macao before traveling to the Chinese mainland in 1687 where we traveled widely doing missionary work primarily related to the lower classes and abandoned women and children. He was a major figure in the Chinese Rites controversy and his role in this and other Jesuit Roman Embassies was the impetus for the various journeys recorded in the <em>Observationes Mathematicae et Physicae</em>. Known in Chinese as Wei Fangji Noël published widely on Chinese Confucian classics. He returned to Europe for good in about 1709 settling in Prague to teach mathematics at the Jesuit-staffed Charles-Ferdinand University under whose auspices he quickly published the <em>Observationes Mathematicae et Physicae</em>.</p><p>OCLC locates U.S. copies at the Library of Congress Adler Planetarium Boston College Michigan Princeton and Wisconsin.</p><p> De Backer Sommervogel V.1791.6; NBG xxxviii.174; Warner <em>Sky Explored</em> p. 194 incorrectly giving his nationality as Czech with star chart illustrated; Pfister I.414-19; J. Needham <em>Science and Civilization in China</em> III.454.</p> Joachim Joannes Kamenicky hardcover
1778L72A782E8WD9Leiden Johannes Le Mair; 1778. 4to. Leeuwarden Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot Contemporary uniform half calf and sprinkled paper sides gold-tooled spines in compartments with a red morocco title label lettered in gold and a black oval with gold lettering detailing the parts letters included in each volume. With an allegorical frontispiece in volume 1 and a total of 153 folding copper engravings in the 16 volumes and a woodcut vignette at the end of volumes 1 8-11 13 and 15. 16 volumes. XXXVII 1 blank 565 1 blank; 566-1194; 2 1195-1902; 2 1903-2502; 2 2503-3170; 2 3173-3761 3; 2 3763-4370; VIII 1-749; 3 750-1495 1; 3 1498-2284 4; 3 2290-3031 1; 3 3034-3823 1; 3 3826-4540; 3 4542-528 A rare untrimmed and complete set of the most popular domestic encyclopaedia of the 18th century uniformly bound. This second edition is considerably enlarged and expanded: it is more than twice the size of the first edition has 9000 more pages and 73 more plates. Furthermore a continuation was written called Vervolg op M. Noël Chomel which added a further 9 volumes to the already hefty work.The encyclopaedia was originally published in French by Noël Chomel 1632-1712 as Dictionnaire oeconomique 1709. Chomel was an agronomist entrusted with the domestic management of the possessions of the abbey at Vincennes where he acquired all the knowledge necessary to write his encyclopaedia. The first Dutch version of the encyclopaedia translated and edited by Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot -1801 was published in 1743. The second edition appeared between 1768-1777 and was published a second time in 1778. Chalmot who was also the author of the Vervolg lists the sources he has used to complement Chomel's text in the introduction: for instance the works of Linnaeus Houttuyn Merian Van Leeuwenhoek Swammerdam Bufon Lobel Dodonaeus en Knoop. He also mentions the cooperation of Prof. Petrus Camper who has contributed many articles.Interestingly the Dutch edition also became popular in Japan. In the 18th century the Japanese came into contact with Western-European science via a Dutch trading post on the island of Deshima. Parts of the encyclopaedia were translated into Japanese between 1811 and 1845 under the title Koshei Shimpen. A small portion of the sprinkled paper on the front board of volume 11 has scraped off. Volume 15 has a small stain on the front. Volume 5 and 7 are missing the "bericht aan den boekbinder". Overall the set is in very good condition with only slight traces of use.l Sijs N. van der Verantwoording van de digitale uitgave van huishoudelyk woordenboek door Noël Chomel; STCN 21514368X ad 1 and 156926164 ad 2; cf. Brunet 6287; Goodman The Dutch impact on Japan 1640-1853 p. 129-130; Thiébaud Bibl. des ouvr. fr. sur la chasse pp. 202-4. ABE CAT Agriculture unknown
1794006226Paris: Chez Bozérian. Chez Déterville. Didot Jeune 1794. Full Calf. Very Good. Stunning color plates accompanying three works contained in this large paper edition. Folio 33 by 25.5 cm. 153 pp. 12 color plates including frontis printed in color and finished by hand. Ten of these by Le Mire after Charles Eisen -- these relate to the principal work "Le Temple de Gnide" and also "Céphise et l'Amour". The two other plates are by Thomas after Le Barbier and these accompany "Arsace et Isménie". Scarce -- we could locate no other copies of the large paper edition and only three of the regular issue on OCLC First Search -- at the BNF North Carolina and Calouste Gulbenkan in Portugal. The calf is polished with gilt decoration of a band of Greek key and a rinceaux band within that one. On the spine the decoration includes a small hunt trophy motive and a bouquet in a basket both of which are repeated. Condition: binding with some scuffs and scratching and gilt border decoration slightly rubbed. Chez Bozérian. Chez Déterville. Didot Jeune unknown
174362PDQWR6XH4WLeyden S. Luchtmans; 1743. 4to. Amsterdam H. Uytwerf Half calf ribbed spine with red morocco title labels mottled boards. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece by Jan Punt 1711-1779 and 80 engraved folding plates by F. de Bakker. 2 volumes. 8 616; 2 617-1496 4 pp. The first Dutch edition of the most popular domestic encyclopaedia of agriculture and house-keeping of the 18th century written by Noël Chomel 1632-1712 a French agronomist entrusted with the domestic management of the possessions of the abbey at Vincennes where he acquired all the knowledge necessary for a rural exploitation. The work was translated into Dutch and edited and enlarged by Jan Lodewyk Schuer who published the Groot algemeen historisch geographisch genealogisch en oordeelkundig woordboek 1733 and by Arnoldus Henricus Westerhoff or Westerhovius rector of the Latin school in Gouda and publisher of the Algemeen kunstwoordenboek der wetenschappen 1734. Westerhoff died while editing the work and his work was taken over by an anonymous editor.The book was published in parts five for the first volume and five for the second. It is enriched with at least 80 folding plates some made especially for the Dutch edition. The folding engraved plates illustrate the process of distilling the art of measuring and domestic chemistry. Under the S one also finds the "Secrets" which include water divination how to extract gold from gilt frames and the "secrets of Hippocrates". Other engravings depict garden designs plants and even a design for a fireplace. Most of the eighty folding engraved plates however illustrate the catching of birds fish and animals - not only rabbits and hares but also wolves and foxes all by means of a wide variety of traps and complicated machines. The text gives mostly advice on the keeping and care of domestic animals on beekeeping and on the cutting of trees. The Huishoudelyk woordboek is also a cookbook with many recipes for meals and home medicines although the title doesn't suggest that and also tips and tricks for keeping one's beauty and health. It remained very popular through the 18th century all through Europe and also in Japan where the Dutch translation was much in use. It was even translated into Japanese in the early 19th century.Good copy; spinw slightly worn.l Bibliotheca gastronomica 1073; BMN p. 169; Ferro incorrect imprint; Goodman Dutch impact on Japan pp. 129-130; Landwehr Het Nederlandse kookboek 29; Van der Sijs Verantwoording van de digitale uitgave van het Huishoudelijk woordboek door Noël Chomel via DBNL. ABE CAT Agriculture hardcover
174364781-V6-1Leyden: S. Luchtmans 1743. Half perkament. 4to. Gegraveerde titelprent 'J. Punt inv. et fecit 1742'. 1469 4 pp. plus uitvouwbare platen. - Ruggen en platten wat geschaafd en iets vlekkig hoeken wat gebutst knepen iets los binnenwerk her en der iets vochtvlekkig de marges wat krap afgesneden. Compleet met 80 genummerde uitvouwbare platen plus een ongenummerde uitvouwbare kaart tussen pp. 1326 en 1327 De uitklapbare gegraveerde platen illustreren het proces van het distilleren de kunst van het meten en de huischemie. Onder de S vindt men ook de "Geheimen" waaronder waterwaarzeggerij hoe goud uit vergulde lijsten te halen en de "geheimen van Hippocrates". Andere gravures tonen tuinontwerpen planten en zelfs een ontwerp voor een open haard. De meeste van de tachtig uitvouwbare gegraveerde platen illustreren echter het vangen van vogels vissen en dieren - niet alleen konijnen en hazen maar ook wolven en vossen allemaal met behulp van een grote verscheidenheid aan vallen en ingewikkelde machines. De tekst geeft vooral advies over het houden en verzorgen van huisdieren de bijenteelt en het kappen van bomen. Het Huishoudelijk woordboek is ook een kookboek met veel recepten voor maaltijden en huismedicijnen al doet de titel dat niet vermoeden en ook tips en trucs om je schoonheid en gezondheid te behouden. Het bleef gedurende de 18e eeuw erg populair in heel Europa en ook in Japan waar de Nederlandse vertaling veel in gebruik was. Het werd begin 19e eeuw zelfs in het Japans vertaald. S. Luchtmans unknown
178490300Paris: De BureBarrois aînéBarrois jeune 1784. Fine. De Bure Barrois aîné Barrois jeune Paris 1784-1786 7.6 x 11 cm 7 volumes reliés New edition of the French translation this one by Abbé Pluquet see Cordier Sinica 1395-1396.Contemporary half tan calf bindings over corners smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets black calf title-pieces some rubbing to spines and headcaps marbled paper boards with some surface wear a few corners slightly bumped speckled edges period bindings.This French translation of Father François Noëls Latin work includes the Observations on the moral and political philosophy of the Chinese legislators The Great Learning or the Science of Adults The Doctrine of the Mean The Book of Sentences Meng Tsee or The Book of Mencius Hiao-king or The Book of Filial Piety and Siao-hio or The Book of the School of Children.Born in Hestrud in the North of France in 1651 the Jesuit Father François Noël departed for China in 1684 where he spent the greater part of his life.He was twice deputed to Rome on matters concerning the Chinese rites and spent his final years in Lille where he died in 1729. De BureBarrois aînéBarrois jeune hardcover
1727CAT000162Dublin: J. Watts 1727. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary paneled calf corners worn recently rebacked in calf. Introduction by Richard Bradley preface subscriber list. Scattered browning endpapers discolored generally clean internally.<br/><br/>The first English edition was London 1725 the first French was 1709. A great deal of information on food and drink as well as gardening weights and measures destruction of vermin bee keeping etc. Attractive in-text illustrations scattered throughout. Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Previous owner's book-plate on front pastedown. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Gardening. Inventory No: CAT000162. J. Watts hardcover
1740011411London: Printed for R. Francklin C. Davis J. Pemberton 1740. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo small. Vol. I Fifth edition corrected. Vol. II & III Fifth edition. Vol. IV Third edition. Translated from the original French. Contemporary leather boards with gilt triple filet recently professionally rebacked with new leather spines in contemporary style labels raised bands and gilt compartments. xviii 323 13 pp. index; viii 4 312; xviii 366; 4 368 pp. Frontispiece numerous copperplate engravings in each volume mostly folding. Vol. I: 24/25 plates Plate 16 apparently lacking. Vol. II: 35 plates incl. frontis. Vol. III: 32 plates frontis. Vol. IV: 28 plates frontis. Some light wear to boards. Light foxing and sporadic rust and ink staining to interior commensurate with age. A handsomely restored set. Printed for R. Francklin, C. Davis, J. Pemberton hardcover
17647070<p>n.p.: 1764 Bound with: NICOLE Pierre. Les pernicieuses consequences de la nouvelle heresie des jesuites contre le Roy & contre l'Estat. Par un Advocat en Parlement. Seconde edition. n.p.: n.d. Quarto. 47 pp. This is a curious work. It is undated and there is no indication of publisher or place but it is labeled "second edition." The first edition must have been published before 1666 when an English edition translated by John Evelyn appeared. The only edition listed by OCLC is dated 1687 and was published in Lille; that edition is held only by Duke University and the University of Wales. This work is sometimes attributed to Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole. and: WEIDNER Johann Leonhard. Elixir Iesuiticum Sive Quinta Essentia Iesuitarum; ex variis inprimis pontificiis…collectore Gratiano Leosthene Saliceto. n.p. Antwerp: n.d. 1645. Quarto. 67 pp. Dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud who was convicted of treason and beheaded in 1645. This is a puzzling work. OCLC lists a longer work 448 pp. of the same name and locates copies at Harvard and Loyola Chicago Backer-Sommervogel; vol. 11 col. 70 no. 518. and: CLEMENT VIII. Escrit du pape Clement VIII et Conformité de la doctrine soutenue par les Disciples de S. Augustin sur les controverses presentes de la Grace avec la doctine contenue dans l'ecrit de ce Pape & confirmée par plusieurs témoignages de S. Augustin qui y sont rapportez. Cologne: 1662. Quarto.68 pp. Clement was Pope from 1536 to 1605. OCLC lists two copies of this book at Harvard and one at Duke University. Full stiff vellum with title in manuscript on spine. . Two parts in one small quarto. Ferrier 1619-1670 or 1674 was a French Jesuit who preached against the Jansenists. Rare:OCLC lists only the Johns Hopkins copy. German armorial bookplate on front pastedown old ink signature on title-page. A little light browning but generally a very good copy.</p> hardcover
179126261Bingii ad Rhenum: G. C. Voigt 1791. First quarto edition. Editio omnium novissima notis et animadversionibus quoad historiam et dissertationem sic Novi Testamenti aucta ad castigationem et illustrationem opinionum quorumdam sic auctoris opera et studio Constantini Roncaglia . Quibus accedunt praeter animadversiones a P. Joanne Dominico Mansi . in 2. Lucensi editione inserta sic aliae insuper ejusdem auctoris noviter elucubratae. Full mottle calf raised bands gilt decorated compartments morocco labels marbled endpapers all edges red. Spines and boards rubbed and scuffed worn at extremities heads and heels of a few volumes chipped calf occasionally darkened or brittle mainly on spines library call numbers to lower compartments mostly removed seminary book plate to front pastedowns occasional bookseller's ticket bindings tight some scattered foxing otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. A valuable set. Sm. 4to.25 cm. Noel Alexandre or Alexander Natalis 1639-1724 was a French historian and theologian of the Order of St. Dominic who studied philosophy and theology in the convent of Saint Jacques Paris where he taught for twelve years obtained the licentiate from the Sorbonne and in 1675 the doctorate and was urged to write a complete history of the church the first volume appearing in 1677. “His directness and conciseness his critical acumen and his manner of viewing history and dividing it into special studies then quite original although now common enough won for him the approbation of the learned. The first volumes of the history brought him letters of commendation and praise from Pope Innocent XI and many cardinals but later volumes gave offense at Rome because of the author's Gallicism and Innocent XI finally forbade the faithful to read .it" Cath.Ency. Alexandre corrected the work in the third edition. Constantino Roncaglia brought out a sixth edition unaltered but with the addition of paragraphs and dissertations correcting the most offensive statements. The work was thus removed from the Index by Pope Benedict XIII. The edition offered here is the best and most complete edited by Giovan Domenico Mansi who added many explanatory notes. An anonymous writer in two supplementary volumes also included here carried the history into the eighteenth century and added various dissertations from other historians. The work thus completed appeared at Venice in 1778 in eleven folio volumes and at Bingen 1785-91 in twenty volumes. Brunet I 169. G. C. Voigt hardcover
1800J8EBSA1B7A79Amsterdam 1800. Large 8vo. Johannes Allart All volumes bound in contemporary half goatskin with marbled sides gold-tooled spine with an orange and blue morocco label. With 24 hand-coloured engraved plates of different plants herbs mushrooms flowers trees and animals. 4 volumes. XII 560; 4 584; 4 568; 4 598 pp. Set of four volumes that can serve as a practical handbook for matters pertaining to home economics. It contains information about various flowers trees herbs and other plants such as anise catnip tulips and even cannabis but also fruits for example apples and lemons and advice on the best way to cultivate these in your own garden. Although a great part of the four volumes is devoted to horticulture and agriculture at home they do also discuss illnesses like measles and ailments such as lice and tapeworms and their home remedies and gives tips and tricks on how to live to a great age.This practical guide on horticulture with tips and tricks to promote human health and the health of animals gives a pervasive insight into the 18th-century knowledge and mentality in and around the house when it concerns home economics and managing a mansion during the Ancien Regime.Bindings slightly worn around the edges some minor foxing. An attractive set in good condition.l Bibliotheca gastronomica 1076; Landwehr Coloured plates 483; cf. NBG X col. 370; Brunet I col. 1849-1850; NNBW VI cols. 294-295; not in Ferro; Landwehr Het Nederlandse kookboek. ABE CAT Agriculture unknown
1786620391786. Nouvelle Edition corrigée & augmentée par des résultats de nouvelle Observations avic Fig. - A Paris Chez Méquignon 1786 kl.-8° XXII pp.23-168 1 gafalt. Kupferstichtafel Ledereinband d.Zt. mit reicher Rückenvergoldung; feines Expl. Zweite erweiterte und erste illustrierte Ausgabe! Noel Retz 1758-1810 was born in Arras and died in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris advanced to military physician joining Marquis de Lafayette on his sailing tour to America and finally settled in Paris. Lafayette was helpful that Retz became personal physician of the King. The 5 figures of the folding plate depict "Conrétions charnues trouvées dans la Veine-porte de personnes attaguées de maladies de peu représentes de grandeur naturelle." These are thrombi of the vena portae originally described by Balfour and Stewart. Often following tumors pancreas carcinoma liver tumors or hypercoagulability. Hirsch/Hübotter list several of his works including the ones on metereology in medicine mesmerism human electricity the effects on lightening and epidemics but not the above work. Hirsch/Hübotter IV 772 unknown
1740032040London: For J. Osborne 1740. First Edition in Engllish. Octavo. In two volumes translated from the French edition by J.B. De Freval. Volume I x 2 288 pages 8 pp. index and Volume II 312 pages 8 index with 25 engraved plates mounted as issued including a frontispiece to each volume. The plates are from the original French edition of 1739 cut around the plate mark and pasted to 8vo leaves for this edition as required in the directions to the bookbinder printed in Volume I. The first volume is based on Warburton's studies of Egyptian hieroglyphs and gives a history of the gods after whom the planets are named as well as a general treatise on mythology; the second volume contains a chronological analysis of the philosophical theories of the creation of the worlds. There was a 1741 edition lacking the original plates. Abbe Pluche 1688-1761 enjoyed a brilliant scholastic career though he was persecuted for his views as a young priest. He was the tutor to Lord Stafford's son; he eventually returned to Paris and continued his career as a scholar and teacher. Bound in contemporary calf boards double ruled in gilt black morocco spine labels gilt boards reattached a bit of cosmetics to corners and spine ends early owner's book plate and embossed stamp of a later owner with his name and date as well only a couple of plates with toning or foxing. A very good set. . For J. Osborne unknown
1787206102Rome.: Sumptibus Natalis Barbielline. Bibliopolae in fore Pafquini. 1787. Editio Secunda. Vellum over boards. Hardcover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Sutro Library book plate. Sumptibus Natalis Barbielline. Bibliopolae in fore Pafquini. hardcover
17320259111732. Book. Near Fine. Leather. Early edition. 309pgs 330pgs. Full Wine Red Morocco Leather. Bound by Chambolle-Duru 1868 as indicated on bottom border of the front pastedown. . Neat bookplate on marbled endpapers. Five raised bands on the spine with decorative gilt and lettering dated 1732 on the lower spine. Silk ribbon marker. A touch of rubbing on the upper edges of the front hinges otherwise the bindings are beautifully preserved.The dialogue mixing both moral reflection and irony serves as a frame for a series of fables and descriptive portraits. The short comic tales and anecdotes are at first glance merely amusing but behind their light tone verbal fantasy and amusing portraits lie profound moral political and religious reflections. Size: Small Octavo. Hardcover
177135876Paris 1771. Vols. 1-7 of 10 total. Bound in half leather and marbled boards. Ex-seminary library books. Old paper label on spine stamp on title page light mariginal stains to a few pages but otherwise a clean tight set in good condition. Text in Latin. A classic work by a 17th-century French Jesuit theologian. This is a set of Vols 1-7 only LACKING vols. 8-10. unknown
174822766<p><strong>1748 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #22766</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel consideÌreÌ selon les ideÌes des poeÌtes des philosophes et de Moïse : ouÌ€ l'on fait voir : 1° l'origine du ciel poeÌtique 2° la meÌprise des philosophes sur la fabrique du ciel et de la terre 3°̊ la conformiteÌ de l'expeÌrience avec la seule physique de Moïse .</em></strong></p><p>Paris : Chez la Veuve Estienne 1748.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p> <!--endif-->26 plates</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 4 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4in 17cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>22766</p><p>Photos available upoon request.</p> Veuve Estienne hardcover
175724779<p><strong>1757 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #24779</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel ou l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie et les meÌprises de la philosophie</em></strong></p><p>Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne 1757.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p> <!--endif-->26 engraved plates including engraved frontispiece</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 2 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4in 17cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24779</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> la Veuve Estienne hardcover
174827362<p><strong>1748 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #27362</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel consideÌreÌ selon les ideÌes des poeÌtes des philosophes et de Moïse : ouÌ€ l'on fait voir : 1° l'origine du ciel poeÌtique 2° la meÌprise des philosophes sur la fabrique du ciel et de la terre 3°̊ la conformiteÌ de l'expeÌrience avec la seule physique de Moïse .</em></strong></p><p>Paris : Chez la Veuve Estienne 1748.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p><!--endif-->26 plates including frontispiece</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 4 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7in X 4.25in 17.5cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> Veuve Estienne hardcover
173768BB1737. 3ième éd. revûe et corrigé. 4 vol. Paris Damonneville 1737. 38 Fig. auf 31 Taf. 1 Bl. XIX 2 Bl. III 385 S. XXVIII. - Fig. 39-65 auf 20 z.T. gefalt. Taf. III 417 S. XXXVI. - Fig. 57-89 auf 23 Taf. III 376 S. XXIV. - Fig. 3-39 auf 35 Taf. II 421 S. XXIV. Original-Lederbände mit aufwendiger Rückenvergoldung berieben/Bd. IV mit kleinerer Fehlstelle und marmorierten Vorsatzblättern. Selten. - Jöchers VI 1580; Poggendorff II 588. - Regnault 1683-1762 war Jesuit und Professor der Physik am Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris vgl. Jöchers/Poggendorff. Die zahlr. Kupferstiche stellen zumeist physikalische Experimente sowie astronomische Abläufe dar. - Zweite Tafel des 1. Bandes herausgelöst aber vorhanden. Titelblätter jeweils mit Besitzvermerk von alter Hand. Buchblöcke sauber und sehr gut erhalten. unknown
1749J74926London: R. Francklin C. Davis and 4-5 others 7th edition Vol.1-4 2nd edition Vol.5-7. 1750 1749. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates 189 of 198 required in this edition Vol.3 lacks 9 folding plates - each volume has a frontis by A. Motte or R. Parr mostly folding plates by various artists. Seven Volumes 12mo 175x110mm brown roan on 5 raised bands 3 front boards re-attached spines starting to split on 2 other vols leather scuffed. Frontis xxiv 323pp 12pp index 4pp C. Davis publisher's list; Vol.2 Frontis viii 312pp with index 4pp Davis booklist; Vol.3 Frontis xviii 366pp with index; Vol.4 Frontis Title dedication to Sir Hans Sloan 356pp 10pp index; Vol.5 Frontis Title contents 329pp; Vol.6 Frontis Title contents xxxii explanation of plates 308pp 4pp book list; Vol.7 Frontis Title contents 323pp. Coolated complte except for 9 folding plates lacking from Vol.3. Bindings delicate Vol.2 with lower margin wormholes for about 90 pages but hardly affecting any printed areas. Contents generally crisp and clean with no loose pages no annotations or ownership no marks of damp. A few wrong folds to plates but all tight clean and no tears. A profusely illustrated set of 7 volumes of this comprehensive work covering a wide variety of educational subjects. Fifth edition of the English version translated from French by Samuel Humphreys 1698-1738. Starting with natural history they deal with various sciences and include much on trades in final two volumes ESTC N24037. R. Francklin, C. Davis, and 4-5 others 7th edition (Vol.1-4), 2nd edition (Vol.5-7). hardcover
1741LRB73Commercy: Chez Henry Thomas 1741 CHOMEL Noël MARRET J. - Dictionnaire oeconomique contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien et de conserver sa santé . Commercy Chez Henry Thomas 1741 . in-folio 522 460 pp. reliures plein veau d'époque dos ornés à six nerfs tranches jaspées coiffes et coins abimés. Les 2 volumes. Sans les suppléments. Couverture rigide. Satisfaisant. Chez Henry Thomas hardcover
174520956<p><b>1745 Regnault Physics Experiments Science Medicine Cardiology Rockets Astronomy</b></p><p>Noel Regnault was an 18th-century French scientist who was best-remembered for his book '<i>Les Entretiens Physiques'</i>. This book which proved to be quite popular through the first half of the 18th-century was a collection of scientific discussions on physics experiments – experiments on motion hydrostatics physical studies of the earth behaviors of liquids and many other studies.</p><p>Item number: #20956</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>REGNAULT Noel</p><p><b><i>Les Entretiens Physiques D'Ariste Et D'Eudoxe Ou Physique Nouvelle En Dialogues : Qui renferme preÌciseÌment ce qui s'est deÌcouvert de plus curieux & de plus utile dans la Nature</i></b></p><p>Paris: chez Jean-Thomas Herissant 1745.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; </p><p>o Vol. I – xxiii 1 414 6</p><p> 31 plates</p><p>o Vol. II – 2 ix i.e. iv 452</p><p> 20 plates</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.75in X 4in 17cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20956</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Jean-Thomas Herissant hardcover
1776LTH26-I-4Lichfield: John Jackson 1776. Leather. Fair. 10.5" by 8.5". None. The very scarce privately issued first edition of Francis Noel Clarke Mundy's poem Needwood Forest. The text finishes on page 48 though this seems to have always been the case for this printing. This appears to be an alternate and unrecorded printing of the first edition. A slight mystery. In verse with other poems in reply by Anna Seward Erasmus Darwin and others. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy 1739 1815 was a poet who published with Anna Seward and Erasmus Darwin. His most noted work was written to defend Needwood Forest which was enclosed at the beginning of the 19th century. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally rather worn with rubbing marks and slight loss to the extremities. Rear joint has failed and board is detached; front joint is tender and held by one cord only. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright though with some foxing to the first and last few pages. Fair John Jackson hardcover
1733225512London: Printed for J. Pemberton N. Prevost R. Franklin C. Davis 1733. Second Edition First English Language Translation. Simple modern rebind in full brown crushed morocco gilt spine titles and decorations all edges speckled red top edge stain black plain endpapers. Top stain rubbed mild toning to first and final few pages period inked inscription. Two plates fairly inconsequentially mis-bound. Plate for pt. 1 p. 235 bound at p. 135; plate for pt. 2 p. 170 bound in pt. 1. Inner and outer margins of illustrations inconsequentially shortened in the binding process no loss to plates. Internally very clean and crisp handsomely and tightly bound. An overall fine piece of eighteenth century natural history and philosophy. Illustrated with 21 bound-in copper plates many folding including frontispiece engraved by A. Motte. Octavo. xvi 279; 300 20. Two parts bound in one. 5" x 8" Although Le Spectacle de la Nature was occasionally used as a natural science textbook in its time Pluche's primary purpose in his eight volume work was to encourage young people to be excited and curious about the world around them. As the preface states Pluche writes "with the View of making young Persons sensible what Treasures they possess unenjoyed and to present to their Observation those things that Distance Minuteness or Inattention may have concealed from them" v. Written as a dialogue between four fictional characters the book follows the young Chevalier du Breuil as he visits his friends in the country. During their walks they discuss what they see which in this volume includes insects birds terrestrial animals fishes and plants. The conversations are not too technical; as Pluche says "we have endeavoured to exclude from the work whatever might seem disagreeable; and instead of a methodical Discourse or a Chain of Dissertations that frequently satiate and disgust we have chosen the Style of Dialogue as most natural and proper to engage all sorts of Readers" ix. A delightful mix of a natural history lesson with a lively chat with friends this work welcomes you into wonder crafting a lens of curiosity through which to see the world right outside your door. <br /> <br /> <br /> Kennedy Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature 340. Printed for J. Pemberton, N. Prevost, R. Franklin, C. Davis unknown
