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18077174New York: Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords 1807. Second American edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 2 parts in 1 each part with a separate title page. xviii278;144pp. Index of pant names. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece 16 copper engraved plates 6 by William Blake including 4 of the Portland Vase and a copper engraved folding geologic stratigraphic column. Cont. tree calf brown calf spine label hinges & spine a bit rubbed but sound. General title page a bit browned and with an old paper repair to a blank portion no text loss. Some offset browning to pages facing the plates. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1807 #12395. Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords unknown books
17981321472New York: Printed by T. & . J. Swords 1798. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 8 xi 5 256 x 11-146 2; VG: bound in period tree calf with gilt border marbled endpapers; newly rebacked with brown leather previous black leather label preserved; the first title page has the ownership name of Mary Livingston dated 1820; Each part has separate t.p.; Part 1 is from the 3rd London ed. part 2 from the 4th; OF consignment; shelved case 0. 1321472. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by T. & . J. Swords hardcover books
1795019670London: Printed for J. Johnson St. Paul's Church-Yard 1795. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. Quarto 4to. Part I: 3rd edition printed 1795; xx 200 pages of text. Part II: 4th edition printed 1794; viii 218 pages followed by Additional Notes with 124 pages. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards; hinges professionally mended. The spine has two large raised sections and is gilt lettered and decorated. Part I and Part II each contains a frontispiece. The text contains 19 plates including one fold-out and an additional in-text engraving. Previous owner's bookplate and notation on the inside front cover. Two plates are by William Blake Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado with 4 plates of the Portland Vase attributed to Blake but are unsigned. Two plates by Fuseli. Except for a few spots of soiling in the margins the text is clean and unmarked. Height = 285mm 11 1/4. . Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard Hardcover books
179143999London: J. Johnson 1791. <p>Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. </p> <p> First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited ‘to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote ‘To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist—Linnaeus'" Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. </p> . J. Johnson unknown books
2005226664online: printed for the author by Bright Pen / Authors OnLine Ltd 2005. Paperback. 125p. professionally-printed "on demand" softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch glossy decorated wraps; absolutely clean and sound a fine copy. The gist appears to be that Black on Black violence as well as Black on white violence is psychologically more corrupting that their white on Black counterpart. Mr. pf erasmus "is a clinical psychologist. His first language was isiZulu in which he still dreams. Both Erasmus's M.A. dissertation and his doctorate covered his in-depth studies on the personality of the black African more specifically in regard to the Jungian and Szondian psychoanalytical and psychogenetic models of behaviour. Hence his concern with the pressing question: is Africa in the grip of some kind of spiritual curse too devastating to unravel." --the above from back cover text. Within from p.125: "People are frequently attacked raped tortured and killed on the advice of witchdoctors to appease the ancestral spirits. Animals are regularly killed as part of traditional rites and ceremonies. Torturing with the aim of causing as much pain as possible is generally the 'prescribed' modus operandi in appeasing the ancestors. printed for the author by Bright Pen / Authors OnLine Ltd paperback books
180441039London 1804. 468 x 376 mm. image size 282 x 241 mm. excluding caption. A few small marginal tears faint crease in lower margin but very good. Fine portrait of physician / naturalist Erasmus Darwin grandfather of Charles who himself included a statement of evolution in his poem "The Botanic Garden." The portrait was engraved by J. Heath after the portrait by James Rawlinson 1769-1848. unknown books
1864WRCLIT74458Bruxelles: T.-J. I. Arnold 1864. 6xliv234pp. plus inserted colored map. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter red morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Some foxing and occasional discolorations the latter most noticeably to one tissue guard some rubbing to the edges but a good sound copy. In addition to one hundred numbered copies on various papers this is an unnumbered copy designated for presentation. A photo- lithographic facsimile of the 1513 edition preceded by a substantial essay by Charles Ruelens. Signed by the publisher and by Ruelens. T.-J. I. Arnold hardcover books
186434929Buxelles: T. J. I. Arnold 1864. 32 of 100 copies. Hardcover. Good light wear to cover light wear foxing and fading to inside edges. Brown marble boards. xlvi text; TEG. Reproduction of his text of Silva Carminum printed at Gouda in 1513. Includes a partial map of the Gouda area where Erasmus was born and biographical information in the introduction. Introduction in French and main text in Latin. T. J. I. Arnold hardcover books
1688LD6060Nurnberg: Hoffmann c. 1688. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern black morocco gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label gilt detail stamped direct on spine; 4to; pp. 3-52 plus 46 plates 11 of which are folding and heavily restored; 1 of which is laid-in. First title-page printed in red and black and with 3 additional lavishly engraved half-title pages. Binding is very fine indeed but condition of text block varies -- many folding plates restored full-page plates sometimes a bit browned sometimes a bit fragile and tissuey and sometimes remarkably nice and bright. A nice copy overall offering images of ornate columns window frames cornices ceilings and more. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Hoffmann hardcover books
1806PW1192Lisbon:: Joao Rodrigues Neves 1806. 1806. 8vo. 4 vii 1 408 2 pp. 1 engraved plate facing p. 220; lacks front free endleaf. Original speckled calf; scuffed. Very good. First Portuguese edition translated by Henrique Xavier Baeta. This is a translation of Darwin's Zoonomia and part of his Materia medica. Baeta took his bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Coimbra then his PhD in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh. In 1800 he came to Lisbon because in Coimbra he was being persecuted and began to begin the exercise of his profession. In 1831 he was searched arrested and placed in jail where he was until July 24 1833. web source. Joao Rodrigues Neves, 1806. unknown books
634118 leaves. Small 4to attractive modern marbled boards red morocco lettering piece on spine. Wittenberg: C. Heyden 1619. First edition of this rare book which is considered by A.D.B. to be the author's most important scientific work; it is a careful record of the third of the three bright comets of 1618-19. Schmidt 1570-1637 was "one of the last of the scholars of Germany who taught the language and literature of Greece in the spirit of Melanchthon. Schmidt was professor first of Greek and next of Mathematics at Wittenberg. His principal work was an edition of Pindar with a Latin translation and a careful commentary 1616."-Sandys II p. 272. Fine copy. ❧ A.D.B. Vol. 32 pp. 27-28. Zinner 4785. hardcover books
1849D15620Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Son 1849. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fair. Translated By John Gough Nichols. Small 8vo. pp. 248. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Ex-library copy with bookplates stamps and cards accordingly. Spine repaired. Text reasonable. Works as a reading copy. Sold as is. <br/><br/> John Bowyer Nichols and Son hardcover books
180036911London 1800. First Edition. 4to pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates including one folding and one double page. Bound in contemporary 3/4 calf piece nicked from the bottom of the spine some foxing couple of plates with water stain plates foxed. Generally a very clean copy. Author Kenneth Robert's copy with his bookplate. Henrey 615; Nissen 452; King-Hele Erasmus Darwin 58-62; Wheeler Gift 621; McDonald page 224. Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 was an English physiologist and poet the grandfather of Charles Darwin. A physician in Litchfield UK Darwin kept an 8 acre botanical garden. Darwin's reputation rests on his long poem The Botanic Garden 1789 which anticipates the Linnaean system. It was crude poetry seemingly written in a carriage while Darwin was traveling between patients. He decribed the plants through a misplaced amusing personification . In the present work he described the plants as having sensation and volition. Roberts is best rememebred for his American historical romances ie Trending into Maine Northwest Passage Arundel etc. unknown books
195515620Circleville Oh.: Ross County Historical. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Originally published in The Columbus Dispatch 1955; Reprinted by Ross County Historical as part of the Ohio Valley Folk Tale Research Project; light soil to wraps; otherwise VG . Ross County Historical hardcover books
1520253908Basel: Johann Froben 1520. First collected editions. Titles within ornamental woodcut border initials printer's device in colophon. 465 i.e. 495 1; 167 1; and 141 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin. Covers somewhat soiled one brass clasp missing lower joint just starting but quite firm; internally a SUPERB near flawless copy. Bookplate of scholar and author Nathan Comfort Starr. First collected editions. Titles within ornamental woodcut border initials printer's device in colophon. 465 i.e. 495 1; 167 1; and 141 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First collected editions of these "Paraphrases" of the letters of Paul which were undertaken shortly after Erasmus's revolutionary edition of the Greek New Testament of 1516. As part of that monumental reconstruction of the New Testament Erasmus' intention was to "retell" the books of the New Testament in one uninterrupted voice without the clutter of textual commentary or critical interruption. It was a bold undertaking and in 1517 Erasmus began with the letters of Paul. They were first issued separately starting with Romans in 1517; and editions appeared in Louvain Thierry Martens Leipzig Valentin Schumann and Basel Johann Froben. The collected issues - such as the three which are bound together in this exquisite volume - began to be issued in Basel by Froben in 1519; and finally in 1521 Froben issued a collected edition of all of the Pauline letters. All of the lifetime editions both separate and collected are rare on the market: the last copy of any of the above collected Pauline paraphrases to appear at auction was in 1977. Adams E790; E792; E791 Johann Froben unknown books
1571D10980Basel: Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of his brother Nicolaus 1571. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 165 x 104mm. 36 621 63 pages including final leaf with printers device of the word EPISCOP. Episcopus separated by stork surmounting bishops crozier on verso. Edited by Desiderius Erasmus; revised by Johann Jacob Grynaeus. Contemporary calf over wooden boards with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers brass catches lacking clasps rebacked spine gilt labeled IRENAEI HAERESES 1571; front joint cracked but cords intact; dark stain on opening leaves paper cracks and small holes in title not affecting text some light dampstaining in hinge toward end. 17th-century signature of Robert Baillie to title the famous Covenanter according to pencil note on front endpaper. 19th-century Chiesa Libera stamp on title; and pictorial bookplate of Douglas and Mildred Horton dated 1962 to front pastedown. Reverend Dr. Douglas Horton married Mildred née McAfee in 1945 who was a prominent female captain in the United States Naval Reserve and later the president of Wellesley College. <br/><br/>Irenaeus theological treatise written c. 180 attacked contemporary Christian heresies particularly Gnosticism and the system devised by Valentinus c. 100-c. 160. Irenaeus treatise also supported the idea that bishops maintained apostolic ties to the era of Christ and that a bishop was the best guide to understanding scripture. Given the very bishop-centric message of this work perhaps it is not curious at all that the Episcopius press expressed interest in printing it In Latin Episcopus is bishop. It was not until the 16th century that Irenaeus Opus eruditissimum was widely disseminated first published in Latin by Froben of Basel in 1526 and in the original Greek in 1570. Erasmus famously edited this Latin edition which appeared a year after the first Greek. In it he removed two annotations which referred to baptism and purgatory and also corrected a passage concerning the fault of Adam. The text itself is a new translation of the first book with an extensive dedication to the Basel Mayor Bernhard Brand and the founder of the Basel Reformed Orthodoxy Church Johann Jacob Grynaeus. Irenaeus Opus appears in 10 editions before this one published in both Basel 1528 1534 1548 1554 1560 and Paris 1541 1545 1563 1567 1570. This volume once belonged to Robert Baillie 1602-1662 a Glaswegian and Presbyterian minister and writer known for his Letters which faithfully recorded public events and his participation via correspondence. Baillie was a leader in the 17th century movement that rejected the Church of Englands Book of Common Prayer. From a reformative point of view Baillie would have found interest in Irenaeus work which recognized the canonical character of the gospels. For a work against the Gnostics it is said to contain valuable historical information and a great many New Testament quotations which are a witness to the New Testament text long prior to any extant manuscript; it is the first systematic exposition of Christian theology--Sarton I 294. Hoffmann II 466. Eusebius Episcopius & heirs of his brother Nicolaus hardcover books
15291832Coloniae: Iohannem Gymnicum 1529. Rare edition a sound complete copy lacking only the final blank. Title within pictorial woodcut border. Octavo contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards dated 1534 in blind brass clasps minor statins and soiling and some early penned marginalia. Also bound in are three additional works De Civilitate Morum Puerilium; Plutarch. De Liberis Educandis; and Horatius Flaccus. Iohannem Gymnicum hardcover books
1538046897Frankfurt: Christianum Egenolphum 1538. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary rolled pigskin a bit stained lacking ties wear at edges page edges a little stained but quite sound and attractive overall. Scattered minor browning staining minor worm holes early marginalia. Tear to edges of leaf 142 with loss to some marginalia chipping to bottom right corner of following pages. Attractively printed with historiated initials. 349 leaves with the rear blank with the printer's device. Graesse L280 Adams L 1611 1543 reprint.<br/><br/>First edition of this Latin translation it was reprinted in 1543. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046897. Christianum Egenolphum hardcover books
2008RERAOPE00LAWElsevier 2008. Very Good. Erasmus Desiderius. Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami: Recognita et And Adnotatione Critica Instrvcta Illvstrata The Works of Erasmus. Amsterdam: Elsevier 2008. 356pp. Indexed. Glossary. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners. Elsevier hardcover books
1850246515London. : Samuel Bagster and Sons. No date circa 1850. . hardcover with original brown cloth gilt spine title. . Lacks ffep and half title old pencil price ghosts on pastedown otherwise a very good copy with only light wear to covers. . 16mo. Samuel Bagster and Sons. hardcover books
190567355London:: Norroena Society. Near Fine. 1905. Hardcover. The first nine volumes only of the fifteen volume set. Volumes I and II: Saxo Grammaticus. Volumes III IV and V: Teutonic Mythology. Volume VI: Volsunga Saga. Volume VII VIII and IX: The Heimskringla. Illustrated with photogravures. Various translators. Limited edition: this set is number 249 of 500. Octavos the first five volumes are bound in red cloth the latter four in green cloth gilt lettering and elaborate gilt design top edges gilt. Unopened pages. All volumes are near fine. No dust jackets as issued. An attractive well preserved though partial set. . Norroena Society, hardcover books
1777D15687London and Paris: Apud Barbou 1777. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16 mo. Contemporary mottled calf; a.e.g. Engraved frontis. Two volumes in one. pp. 169 and 204. A lovely copy in an exceptionally well preserved binding. Housed in a handsome burgundy clamshell box. Formerly in the Thomas More Collection of the College of New Rochelle Library. <br/><br/> Apud Barbou hardcover books
1685242378Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstentium 1685. hardcover. very good. Engraved title depicting a court jester on a pulpit before his congregation. 7 152 pages. Slim 16mo early vellum-backed marbled boards with morocco spine label binding well-rubbed but sound and attractive; ownership inkstamp on verso of title which has offset on recto otherwise a rather clean copy with wide margins. Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstentium 1685. An early edition of this uncommon book.<br/><br/> Translated into English as "In Praise of Folly" these are satirical treatises on Catholic Church dogma.<br/><br/> Henricum Wetstentium unknown books
1676244187Basle: Genathianis 1676. First edition with Holbein's illustrations. Engraved additional title-page full-page engraved portraits of Erasmus Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger engraved transcription of Erasmus' memorial stone & 81 illustrations 6 mounted and folding all with the possible exception of 3 or 4 engraved by Caspar Merian from drawings by Holbein found in Oswald Myconius' copy of the 1515 Froben edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf gilt spine with leather label. Slight wear to spine tips joints starting but solid covers somewhat darkened internally fine. First edition with Holbein's illustrations. Engraved additional title-page full-page engraved portraits of Erasmus Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger engraved transcription of Erasmus' memorial stone & 81 illustrations 6 mounted and folding all with the possible exception of 3 or 4 engraved by Caspar Merian from drawings by Holbein found in Oswald Myconius' copy of the 1515 Froben edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Holbein's Illustrations to Praise of Folly. A series of illustrated satirical treates on Catholic dogma this book was released in English as "In Praise of Folly" and enjoyed a long life during the Protestant Reformation in several languages. Graesse II 495; Brunet II 1037 Genathianis unknown books
1960221214New York Heritage Press ca. 1960. 1960. Small 4to. Translated from the Latin text by Harry Carter. Introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Illustrated with woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Original 1/2 brown cloth over decorated boards; matching board slipcase. Very good. Bookplates of Vincent Lloyd Russell and J. Lauraine Fields. Hardcover. New York, Heritage Press [ca. 1960]. hardcover books
