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172347525Lugduni Lyon: Jacobum Certe 1723. Editio Novissima New edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto. 20 412 62 table and indices 11 plates 10 folding bound in 1 folding alphabet 11 plates at rear. Full vellum with brown lettering on spine. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative head- and endpieces historiated initials.<br /> <br /> In this work Bernard Lamy the renowned French Oratorian mathematician and theologian calls in question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith and maintains that even after the Council of Trent a difference of authority should be recognized between the proto-canonical and deutero-canonical books of the Bible. This study examines also such subjects as the history of the Hebrews and the Holy Land a description of the Tabernacle and Temple a history of the scriptures and a great many tangential matters like the plants animals minerals diseases and customs mentioned in the Bible. This book is exquisitely illustrated with 22 fine copper plate engravings ten of them folding in block one folding plate with Greek and Hebrew alphabet and eleven plates bound at rear. The eleven plates at rear depict animals and plants the others include two maps a plan of Jerusalem a detailed temple plan a priest with garments a rabbi with tefillin and 3 charts of coinage and measurements. Text in Latin. Binding with some wear few small chips slightly wavey some staining and light scuffing at spine. Some parts of book with stains at top margins due to water exposure. Binding in overall good- interior and plates in very good condition. About the author: Bernard Lamy 1640-1715 was a French Oratorian mathematician and theologian. Jacobum Certe hardcover
17811357586London: J. Walker 1781. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 418 pages. In Good condition. Bound in full contemporary leather. Boards show some surface marks to covers cracks to hinges and light wear to edges and corners. Boards slightly shaken binding otherwise tight. Text block has minor age toning and several instances of light staining to edges and light age toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly. Three plates present and intact. Previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown: "Ex Libris Julius Friedenwald". An English language translation of Person's Nouveaux elemens d'anatomie raisonnée first published in 1749. <br /> MF consignment.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> Reference: ESTC T114740. 1357586. Special Collections. J. Walker hardcover
1793117972Paris : de lÕimprimerie de Didot jeune chez Bleuet pÂre 1793 an 2e. de la RÂŽpublique. 240x160mm. 1 ff. page de faux-titre 1 frontispice gravÂŽ sur cuivre par De Longueil d'aprÂs Casanova 384 pages 4 planches gravÂŽes sur cuivre par De Longueil d'aprÂs Ch. Eisen chacun des 4 livres est prÂŽcÂŽdÂŽ d'une planche ÂŽdition bilingue : franÂais - latin reliure maroquin rouge dos ˆ cinq nerfs dorÂŽ ÂŽtiquette verte plats encadrÂŽs de quelques motifs et filets dorÂŽs superexlibris dorÂŽ au centre des deux plats tranches dorÂŽes bordures fleuries dentelles intÂŽrieures garde papier marbrÂŽ. Bel exemplaire. Les superexlibris reprÂŽsentent les armes du Marquis de Villeneuve : Ã’A tout premier Maroquis de FranceÓ.Voir le Vapereau Dict. univ. des littÂŽratures sur les louanges ˆ lÕadresse de Delille pour son oeuvre principale.Brunet V col. 1303-4 mentionne la premiÂre ÂŽdition 1770 Paris Bleuet de cette excellente traduction une ÂŽdition de Didot 1783 et celle-ci an II 1793. 1023 de lÕimprimerie de Didot jeune, chez Bleuet pÂre unknown
171232892Jermiah Bright James Brooks John Stuart and James Holland 1712. Fourth Impression Folio includes five double-page engraved maps 259 plates. The History of the Old and New Testament often called the Bible de Royaumont originally published in French in 1669 is a renowned illustrated Bible synopsis written by Nicolas Fontaine under the pseudonym Le Sieur de Royaumont. Created while in prison this influential work features detailed summaries moral commentary and numerous engravings aiming to make scripture accessible. This is the Fourth edition of the English Translation. It's highly regarded for it's detailed engravings and woodcuts. Contemporary binding in 1/4 leather generally internally clean and bright but with occasional page with staining or toning plate 85 "Goliath Slaine - 2. Samuel 17" plate crudely repaired with tape in the past. Overall a great and very presentable copy 435 by 285mm 17¼ by 11¼ inches. Jermiah Bright, James Brooks, John Stuart and James Holland unknown
17811409442London; Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech 1781-1785. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos Nine Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In fine matching tree-calf bindings with elaborate gilt decoration along board edges and spines and gilt roll along the turn-ins; spines with gilt titling on colored morocco labels; with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate shelf wear with small scuffs to covers rubbing along edges and mild bumping to fore corners. Fore corners often show small areas of exposed board. Splitting to joints and hinges of most volumes. Light shallow chipping to heads and tails of spines; heavier on Vol. I with some loss of material. Some rubbing to gilt elements on spines. Text blocks show moderate rubbing and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edges. All volumes moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Some pencil and pen numbering/notation on verso of the front flyleaves; a single mark in most volumes with more notes in Vol. I. <br /> <br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> CONTENTS: Vol. I 2 iii 2 iv-xxi 3 514 pages plus frontispiece and plates i-ii; Vol. II 4 517 pages plus plates iii-x.; Vol. III iv 4 524 pages plus plates xi-xv1 xv2 xv3-xxiii; Vol. IV vii 352 pages plus plates xxiv-liii1 liii2-lxxvii lxxix lxxviii lxxx-xcix; Vol. V vii 440 pages plus plates c-clxii; Vol. VI 4 443 plus plates clxiii-cxcvii; Vol. VII vii 452 pages plus plates cxcviii-ccxl1 ccxl2 ccxl3-ccli; Vol. VIII v 2 352 pages plus plates cclii-ccxcv; Vol. IX viii 422 2 pages plus plates cccii-cccvii. Shelved in Room A.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> . This is an excellent first edition of William Smellie's influential English translation of the Comte de Buffon's monumental work the Histoire Naturelle which was a comprehensive multi-volume treatise on the most current natural science of the time. 1409442. Special Collections - Upstairs. W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech hardcover
175315244R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall 1753. Hardcover. Good bound in full leather with gilt accents on covers and gilt titles at spine. Some cracking bumping and scuffing to leather. Paper loss to corner of first few pages of Volume 4 not affecting text of frontispiece. Toning to end papers bookplate of 19th Century novelist Edward Heneage Dering inside front panel of each volume and name inside front panel of each volume. Bindings are intact covers all attached. Frontispiece to each volume fold-out map in Volume 2 present and intact. Rare mid-1700's set with parallel text in English and Latin. Includes the Aeneid Georgics Eclogues and supplemental commentary/essays. 8vo. R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall hardcover
1723105570Tho. Woodward at the Half Moon 1723. Leather bound. Very Good. Embossed leather bound with spine label ink to endpapers and title page very small insect loss to fore edge. Faint board splay. Tight binding age toned. D42 Please email for photos. Tho. Woodward at the Half Moon hardcover
174050862Petropoli St. Petersburg Typis Academiae 1740. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Classes Tertia continens Historica. Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae" Tomus VII ad Annos 1734 & 1735. The whole section of "Historica"offered. Title-page to Tome VII with engraved vignette halftitle to the section a. pp. 345-426 6 engraved plates. Bayer's paper: pp. 362-426 and 5 engraved plates with numerous chinese characters. Clean and broad-margined. <br/><br/><em>First printing in part of the first Western translation of any part of Confusius' influential Chun Cieu being the fourth volume of his works. "The title Chun Cieu Chunqiu signifies the Spring and Autumn. He discourses like an historian of the expditions of diversr princes of their Virtues and Vices of the fatigues they underwent. The title is an emblematic title because that states flourish when their Princes are endowed wit Virtue and Wisdom which is represented by the Spring and that on the contrary they fall like the leaves and are utterly destroyed when their Princes are dispirated or are wicked which is represented by the Autumn."James Legge.The section also comprises Bayer. Elementa Calmucia. 1 pp. and 1 engraved plate numerous characters and Bayer. De Venedis et Eridano Fluvvio. Pp. 346-361. </em> unknown
