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14155374Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer 1514-1515. First edition of some material. Hard Cover. Very Good/Several related works of Erasmus collected in one binding including the first edition of Parabolae sive similia a reported 1513 edition of Parabolae was a longstanding bibliographical error and the first appearance of Erasmus's farewell letter to Jakob Wimpfeling Epistle 305. In 1509 the year Mattias Schürer completed his apprenticeship and opened his own print shop he struck an unauthorized edition of Erasmus's Adagia purloined from the first edition of 1500. Anger on the author's part would have been justified. Yet in spite of this commercial indiscretion Erasmus favored Schurer with a warm supportive and lasting friendship. In October 1514 he gave Schürer the manuscript of "Parabolae sive similia" which Schürer decided to publish in tandem with a reprint of De Copia although there are copies extant of Parabolae bound alone. It is fitting that Parabolae should be bound with Adagia in this copy since it expands on the earlier work's idea of compiling classical maxims. Parabolae that is The Parables is a catalogue of didactic similes gleaned from Plutarch Seneca and Pliny who almost never used similes in his own text. The Adagia is also the subject of Erasmus's letter to Wimpfeling whom he thanks for recommending it for a school text. Schürer's edition of Adagia of 1515 is the first to contain the printer's own "table of proverbs" to function as a key to the collection. In all Schürer published 57 editions of 15 titles by Erasmus in the five year period from 1514 to 1519 the year he died. Quarto 21 cm three parts in one volume: I: 6 73 6 leaves; II: 56 leaves; III: 4 57 7 leaves. Numerous five- and six-line "criblé" woodcut initials on black ground decorated with arabesques and figures many of them carefully rubricated. Second title page with woodcut architectural border lightly rubricated. Printer's "usui studiosorum" device on last printed page rubricated. Bound in contemporary or 17th-century blind-stamped alum tawed pigskin over wooden boards with a Cardinal's arms gilt on both boards. Clasps and catches preserved straps renewed. Some small worming at spine ends. First title leaf somewhat toned and soiled. Occasional marginalia in contemporary or early hand. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. References: VD 16 E-2645 and E-3237; Adams E-318 and E-716; Panzer VI 68 340-341; "Early Editions" Toronto #369 etc. Matthias Schürer hardcover books
183812802Hanover Ind. 1838. 36pp Disbound old institutional and withdrawal stamp light dustsoil. Some pencil corrections in a contemporary hand. Good or so. Mac Master hopes that "our institution will grow up and strengthen and enlarge.in pouring the life-giving light of science and Christianity over this great land." FIRST EDITION. AI 51430 5. Byrd & Peckham 753. unknown books
18308104Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz 1830. First edition in English small 8vo pp. xii 184; original blue paper-covered boards neatly rebacked; a little foxing but generally a very good sound copy. Edited by Benjamin Thorpe. <br/><br/> J. H. Schultz hardcover books
1843280401London: Williams & Northgate 1843. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Issued the same year as the Pickering edition this translation of Erasmus Rask's Grammar is from the Swedish. It was published in Stockholm in 1818 and is an important work in Icelandic studies. "Rask's 'Guide to the Icelandic' or old Nordic Language' was the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of the modern science of language" Printing and the Mind of Man 266. Half-calf over marbled boards; foxing throughout; previous owner name on the first blank. Very Good binding. Williams & Northgate unknown books
193580291New York 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. 30p. Thin boards. 32cm. Covers have uneven coloration but may be as published. Contents sound and clean. No jacket. Latin text followed by an English translation by Madigan. Edition limited to 100 privately printed copies. <br/><br/> hardcover books
17971978Derby: J. Drewry 1797. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label; all edges dyed yellow. Boards and spine rubbed; some chipping along edges. Original stab holes visible in gutter margins. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; ink signature of Mary Wolley to front free endpaper; light foxing. Quarto collates complete with half title and engraved frontispiece: viii 9-128. Bound after Fosbrooke T.D. The Economy of Monastic Life. Glocester: Printed by R. Raikes 1792. First edition dedicated to Edward Jenner who is also listed as a subscriber. Internally a copy in excellent condition.<br/><br/>The grandfather of the illustrious Charles Darwin Erasmus Darwin wrote this treatise on the education of young women to support his own daughters' school at Ashbourne. Darwin's treatise takes a comprehensive view of women's education suggesting that it should reach beyond social skills such as the "perpetual appearance of attention" polite dancing and flattering dress and into formal intellectual pursuits including literature history mathematics and the natural sciences. While he promoted women's education in part to improve the likelihood of companionate marriages Darwin's text tentatively acknowledges that a marital partnership can only function happily when both parties have an intelligent understanding of the world and the ability to participate in it. "A radical campaigner for equality he condemned slavery supported female education and opposed conventional Christian ideas on creation" Farra. With a bookplate from the library of the Wolley family this particular copy has the ownership signature of female reader Mary Wolley. J. Drewry unknown books
155050048London: imprynted at London by Iohn Day dwellinge ouer Aldersgate beneth saint Martyns. And are to be sold at his shop by the litle conduit in Chepesyde at the sygne of the Resurrection 1550. First edition small 8vo 139 x 86mm ff. 116 collating A-O⸠Pâ´; printed in Black Letter throughout; woodcut initials; later vellum-backed marbled boards; title leaf torn at the top margin no loss; the binding lightly rubbed. Early ownership signature of Thomas Ferrar on the title page; ex-Earls of Macclesfield with their North Library bookplate on the front pastedown and their blindstamp at the top of the title page. Part of this is a translation of the De civilitate morum puerilium. libellus of Desiderius Erasmus which was regularly reprinted throughout the 16th century. Rare: ESTC records only 6 copies of this translation only the Huntington and Yale in the U.S. STC 22484; Alston VI 8. Sherry's work "is a mirror of one variation of rhetoric which came to be called the rhetoric of style. As a representative of this stylistic school.it carries forward the medieval concept that ornateness in communication is desirable; it suggests that figures of speech are tools for achieving this ornateness; it supplies examples of ornateness to be imitated in writing and speaking; it supports knowing the figures in order to understand both secular and religious writings; it proposes that clarity is found in the figures. In short the work assisted Englishmen to understand eloquence as well as to create it" Herbert W. Hildebrandt in his introduction to the 1977 facsimile reprint. <br/><br/> imprynted at London by Iohn Day dwellinge ouer Aldersgate, beneth saint Martyns. And are to be sold at his shop by the litle con hardcover books
0192932p. manuscript letter measuring approx. 8" x 10 ½" folded signed and dated January 14 1867 Coast Survey Office to Charles Lanman in regards to information pertaining to Prof. A.D. Bache. Mr. Hilgard was born in Germany. He settled with his parents in Illinois. Studied engineering in Philadelphia. He entered the Coast Survey in 1845. He was in charge of the Coast Survey under the Superintendent from 1862 until 1875. Throughout the American Civil War he served the Union Army and Navy by the construction of maps and charts and by surveys as well as by tidal and other information. During the failing health of Professor Bache Hilgard who was at that time in charge of the Coast Survey office was obliged to perform the duties of Superintendent which he did without extra compensation. He was Commissioner of the Committee of International Standards seeking uniformity of weights and measures. In 1875 he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of numerous books. unknown books
1996107031San Juan: Emelià Vélez de Vando e hijos 1996. Paperback. 120p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry by the militant Puerto Rican journalist written in the early 20th century. Emelià Vélez de Vando e hijos paperback books
1671285135Amstelodami: Apud Joannem Ravesteinium 1671. Editio Novissima. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The revised 1671 edition of a collection of aphorisms from ancient Greek and Roman authors edited by the Christian Humanist and classical scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam. Text in Latin. Additional title page engraved; vignette on the title page; engraved initials and tailpieces. Collates complete; 24 642 28 pp.; final page blank; index at the rear. Occasional trimming to the top edge not affecting the running title or pagination. Attractive period binding; full leather with raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. 32mo in 12. Very Good binding. Apud Joannem Ravesteinium unknown books
1618LV2653Coloniae:: Sumptibus Haeredum Lazari Zetzneri 1618. 1618. Two books in one. Thick 8vo. xvi 1035 5 xvi 171 10 pp. Printer’s device on title decorative initials index; foxed or light browning throughout. Original full vellum with ink manuscript spine title Conradi Alicosten Opera ties present; vellum a bit browned and crinkled separated from spine no free endleaves. Rubber stamps of the Bibliotheca Archivo Nacional del Peru and blind stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Good. Scarce on the market. Conrad Lycosthenes changed his German birth name Wolffhart. He was a Renaissance man studied philosophy Latin and Greek becoming known as a humanist and encyclopedist and maintained a particular fondness for curiosities. At twenty-seven years of age he suffered from hemiplegia losing the use of his right hand. His brother in law was the famous Basel book printer Johannes Oporinus Oporin 1507-1568. SEE: Lincoln’s Inn London England. Library a Catalogue of the Printed Books: To which is Prefixed a . . . 1835 p. 123. FULL TITLE: Apophthegmata Ex Probatis Graecae Latinaeque Linguae Scriptoribus: . . .Altera Editio luculentior priori & copiosior. AND: Parabolarum sive Similitudinum quae ex Aristotele Plutarcho Plinio ac Seneca grauissimis authoribus olim ab Erasmo Roterodamo collectae postea per Conradum Lycosthenem ad suas classes iuxta alphabeti ordinem reuocatae sunt: Loci Communes. Sumptibus Haeredum Lazari Zetzneri, 1618. hardcover books
15708875Cologne: Apud Gualtherum Fabricum & JoannemGymnicum sub Monoccrote 1570. Pigskin. Very good . Sm. 8vo. 1675345pp. Woodcut device on title page. 2 woodcut historiated initials. Original roll tooled pigskin binding spine soiled. Covers with a large central stamp depicting a royal personage holding a sword and the scales of justice back cover image rather worn. Ownership signature of Andreas Drischel on verso of front free endpaper dated 1578. VD 16 E 2050. Apud Gualtherum Fabricum, & JoannemGymnicum sub Monoccrote unknown books
1972290175Barre. : Imprint Society. 1972. Limited edition 1950 copies this copy not numbered. . Quarter green cloth over gray cloth gilt spine titlein a green cloth slipcase with paper labels. . Near fine in a near fine slipcase no dust jacket. 30x23 cm. . Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.3 lb. 50 etchings by Otto Dix with captions on facing pages. Imprint Society. hardcover books
177923933London: self-published 1779; 1780. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Or an Historical Account of the Lives and Deaths of the most eminent and evangelical Authors or Preachers both British and Foreign etc VOLUMES 1 & 2 OF 4 . London: self-published 1779; 1780. 2 vols. Several b/w illustrations. xiv520; vi 512 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark brown quarter calf over marbled boards. Bindings well worn soiled damp-stained and cracking at spines; former ownerÕs bookplates and sticker to front paste-downs; front inner hinge of vol. 1 Ò repaired Ò with paper tape; wormage affecting the gutter margins of about 50 pages. A decent tight clean if not attractive set. Good/No dust jacket. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. self-published hardcover books
1556LLV2641Lugduni Lyon:: Seb. Gryphium 1556. 1556. Small 8vo. Pagination: 473 23 pp. Signatures: a-z8 A-H8. Printer’s device on the title page woodcut initials printed marginalia; editor’s name on title and p. 2 are lined out in ink three small worm holes from title-page. Nineteenth century quarter gilt-ruled calf red paper board boards. Early ink name on title of "Carolus . . ." and occasional marginalia pp. 58 61 62 80-83 heavy notes - in the same hand. Very good. Beautifully printed early pocket edition printed by Sebastianus Gryphius 1493-1556 of Suetonius’ most famous work and one of the few of his texts that survive with excellent annotations by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Commonly known as The Twelve Caesars the work contains a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors of the Roman Empire Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian. It is a primary source for the study of Roman history. <br /><br /> The first edition of Suetonius with Erasmus’ annotation was issued in 1533. <br /><br /> Baudrier Henri L. Bibliographie lyonnaise VIII p. 284; Gultlingen V p. 215: I369; French Books III & IV: Books published in France before 1601 . . . edited by Andrew Pettegree Malcolm Walsby Leiden: Brill 2012 87100. <br /><br /> Locations: BYU lacks everything after p. 340 and title is damaged; NYPL. Seb. Gryphium, 1556. hardcover books
15402712Cologne:: Ex officina Ioannis Gymnici 1540. RARE COLOGNE EDITION. Folio: . 31.2 x 20 cm. . 88 3-874 1 pp. A-d6 e8 f-g6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Zzz6 Aaaa-Dddd6 last leaf is blank. A very fine copy bound in contemporary pigskin over beveled wooden boards tooled in blind. The clasps lacking some scuffing and soiling to lower board otherwise a very nice binding. Internally a beautiful copy with the lightest of occasional soiling. Gyminus’ fine hippocamp device appears on the title. A very rare Cologne edition of Erasmus’ beloved and extraordinarily influential “Adages†first conceived as a collection of proverbial sayings drawn from the Latin authors of antiquity elucidated for the use of those who aspired to write an elegant Latin style. In its first incarnation the “Adagia†consisted of about eight hundred proverbs. The present version Erasmus' "Adagia Chiliades" “Thousands of Adages†is more than just a vastly expanded edition of that first enterprise: "A glance at its composition reveals that the ‘Adagia Chiliades’ was in fact -as well as in name- a new book and that Greek scholarship was largely responsible for the difference. Instead of 818 adages there were 3260. Of those about four-fifths were either new or substantially altered in form. And 2734 contained Greek passages of two to six lines or more in length.â€Renaissance Humanism vol. 2 pages 232-233. “In the dedication Erasmus pointed out the profit an author may derive both in ornamenting his style and in strengthening his argumentation from having at his disposal a good supply of sentences hallowed by their antiquity. He proposes to offer such a help to his readers. What he actually gave was much more. He familiarized a much wider circle than the earlier humanists had reached with the spirit of antiquity. “Prior to the ‘Adages’ the humanists had to some extent monopolized the treasures of classic culture in order to parade their knowledge of which the multitude remained destitute and so to become strange prodigies of learning and elegance. With his irresistible need of teaching and his sincere love for humanity and its general culture Erasmus introduced the classic spirit in so far as it could be reflected in the soul of a sixteenth-century Christian among the people. Erasmus made current the classic spirit. Humanism ceased to be the exclusive privilege of a few. According to Beatus Rhenanus he had been reproached by some humanists when about to publish the 'Adagia' for divulging the mysteries of their craft. But he desired that the book of antiquity should be open to all." Huizinga p. 39-40 Van der Haeghen I 4; Bezzel 83; VD16 E 1944 Ex officina Ioannis Gymnici, unknown books
179124268Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer 1791. 4to. 8 785 3 pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary calf quite attractive with only light rubbing one wormhole at base of front hinge raised spine bands. A clean and lightly tanned text some chipping to blank gutter of last leaf rear free endpaper loosening. Near Fine. <br/><br/> The most pleasing copy of this ordinarily well-worn book that we have encountered.<br/>Evans 23975. Arndt 803. Michael Billmeyer unknown books
179154200Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer 1791. First American edition 4to pp. 8 785 3; vignette title woodcut ornaments; contemporary full calf over boards original clasps and catches intact; some browning of the text a few early fore-margins neatly reinforced; a very good sound copy. Originally published in Sulzbach Germany in 1672. Reflects the religious views of the Schwenkfelders a small Anabaptist sect founded in Silesia in the 16th century. Arndt 803; Evans 23975. Seidensticker p. 129. Sabin 102503. <br/><br/> Michael Billmeyer hardcover books
1791540Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer 1791. First American edition 4to pp. 8 785 3; vignette title woodcut ornaments; contemporary full calf over boards original clasps and catches intact; some browning of the text a few early fore-margins neatly reinforced; a very good sound copy. Originally published in Sulzbach Germany in 1672. Reflects the religious views of the Schwenkfelders a small Anabaptist sect founded in Silesia in the 16th century. Arndt 803; Evans 23975. Seidensticker p. 129. Sabin 102503. 54200 522. Michael Billmeyer unknown books
1991RPHICOL00JNUniversity of Toronto 1991. Fine. Phillips Jane E. Collected Works of Erasmus. Volume 46. Paraphrase on John. Erasmus. Toronto: University of Toronto 1991. 371pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Spine lightly faded and several creases at top edge of rear panel. University of Toronto hardcover books
1988RERACOL00JNUniversity of Toronto 1988. Fine. Erasmus. Collected Works of Erasmus. Volume 66. Spiritualia. O'Malley John W. Toronto: University of Toronto 1988. 352pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Spine faded and several tiny chips at top edge. University of Toronto hardcover books
1681D15693Geneva: Apud Samuelem De Tournes 1681. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. pp. 809. Index at rear. Title page with portrait of Erasmus. Contemporary calf a bit worn but still attractive. Annotations to front flyleaf. Pages at back beginning in the 700s with marginal ink stains not affecting text. Housed in a very handsome burgundy clamshell box. Formerly in the collection of the College of New Rochelle Library and housed in its very handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> Apud Samuelem De Tournes hardcover books
164315177Lugd. Batavorum i.e. Leiden: Elzeviriana 1643. 16mo pp. 24 672 44; engraved title page woodcut head- and tail-pieces woodcut medallion full contemporary vellum red morocco label; very good. Copinger 1624; Willems 552. <br/><br/> Elzeviriana hardcover books
168463010Lipsiae: Impensis Laurentii Sigismundi Corneri 1684. 20 866 37 5 pp. . Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. Thick 12mo. Modern full tan sheepskin leather spine label. Ex-library with small ink-stamp on title page. 20 866 37 5 pp. . Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. Thick 12mo. Impensis Laurentii Sigismundi Corneri unknown books
190067256London:: Gibbings & Company. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. B0006ADY7K . Complete in three volumes. Translated by N. Bailey. Edited with notes by E. Johnson. First edition thus. Small octavos bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and design top edges gilt. A few bumped corners light edge wear and aging else the three volumes are very good. No dust jackets. Bindings are solid. . Gibbings & Company, hardcover books