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16801606c.1680-1720. Original woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with the Heavenly City at the top with shining light above two gateways with gardens leading towards it Jesus Christ and four angels in front and with human figures in the foreground including a horse-drawn cart taking away the damned. 78 x 83mm. Old manuscript label to the side: "Last Judgement / White collection". The block remains in very good condition indeed with only a touch of minor old loss to the foot of the lower border. Accompanied by an impression taken from the block printed on high-quality modern paper. A splendid late seventeenth- / early eighteenth-century woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with a resplendent Heavenly City at the head.</p><p>The present block originates from the workshop of the pioneering Newcastle printer John White 1689-1769 who inherited a large collection of blocks most likely including the present one from his father also John White the York-based printer. White's collection of blocks subsequently descended through a series of Newcastle printers: Thomas Saint Thomas Angus George Angus Emerson Charnley and William Dodd. The present wood-cut is reproduced in Charnley's 'Specimens of Early Wood Engraving: being impressions of woodcuts from the collection of Mr. Charnley' Newcastle: 1858 and Dodd's subsequent 1862 edition. A large portion of White's original collection of blocks now resides at McGill University. unknown
169653345Oxford: Printed by L. Lichfield for John Howell Bookseller 1696. 12mo. iv 127 12 pp. Original sewn leaves. Advertisement leaf title page errata on verso of tp followed by 127 text pages and 11 index pages. Leaves quite stained but not affecting legibility. Good condition. Copac records only: BL; Lambeth Palace. ESTC R221530 Wing S4357. . Good. Wraps. 1696. Printed by L. Lichfield, for John Howell Bookseller 1696 paperback
1634621894 pages text in Spanish pamphlet is about the betrayal and death of throughout Duchy of Friedland and the state of things in Germany as of 1634 Published by Francisco de Ocampo paperback
1694788L9London: Henry Rhodes; Luke Meredith; John Harris; Thomas Newborough; Louis Moreri 1694 . Leather. Good. 15" by 9.5". None. A smart copy of this comprehensive reference work. A highly specialised work as nearly all the entries are on geographical and historical subjects. The sixth edition.Retaining the license leaf dated January 1691/2. With both volumes bound in one. With the title page to volume II bound after quire 3N as called for. Collated complete. Both title pages are in red and black. ESTC reference number: R30084. This work is an English translation of Louis Moreri's 'Le Grand dictionnaire Historique' and the title page notes that it has been enlarged by Edmond Bohun. Morei's dictionary was early in a European trend of subject specific dictionaries and encyclopaedias. It was also a springboard for Pierre Bayle's 'Dictionnaire Historique et Critique'. In a full diced calf binding. With a small loss to the head of spine. Patches of rubbing to the joints and extremities. Several marks to boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Good Henry Rhodes; Luke Meredith; John Harris; Thomas Newborough; Louis Moreri hardcover
1685c2056London: Printed by Charles Bill Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb. G : in Good condition with velvet lined case crafted from a later album with clasps. Case scuffed and edgeworn book covers also. Text block clean and tight with minimal foxing. Occasional pencilled notation. 1685. First thus. Full leather hardback. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". 271pp 36pp. English Military Discipline published 1686 Rules and Articles published in 1685. The case has a label on its first 'page' marked 'Bp of Durham'. . Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb hardcover
16305564London: Robert barker 1630. Very early complete King James Bible containing Psalms genealogical tablesboth Old and New Testaments. In poor condition. Leather binding still in one piece.-although spine cracking.Appears to be missing Frontispiece- starts with "An act of the Uniformitie" which also slightly torn at corners. Inside cover extensively inscribed by a variety of hands. spine also broken in places-although all internal pages appear to be present. it also ends on page 86 of the psalms at the back-suggesting pages missing there also. 1630 Robert barker hardcover
1675LTH1-E-6London: George Dawes 1675. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 3". None. A scarce copy of one of earliest works on cases for moot courts. This title was only printed the once making this a particularly hard title to come by. Bound in early eighteenth century calf. This volume contains an account of 103 cases. The license to print page is on the verso of the first leaf. In a full calf binding. There is some wear to the extremities including some rubbing and some bumping to the corners. The front board has become detached. The rear board is firm.Internally the binding of the text block is tight and firm. The pages are generally bright and clean with some slight age-toning and the occasional mark. There is a copperplate signature to the top of the title page and the front blank endpaper. Overall this volume is in very good condition. Needs some work to the binding which is later anyway. Very Good George Dawes hardcover
1687673L6London: Not Stated 1687. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of this very scarce satire on John Dryden written contemporaneously to his success. Scarce - last seen at auction in 1981. Pages 12 20 are misnumbered as called for. ESTC no: R36782 WING: R1206 Collated complete with the final blank. With the signatures A4 B2 C-E4. This work is a satire on John Dryden with extracts from his poems. The title references his allegorical poem 'The Hind and the Panther' which is regarded as one of his most controversial. Dryden had converted to Catholicism around the same time as the Catholic monarch James II's accession to the throne in 1685. Many Protestant writers were disgusted by this particularly as previous poems by Dryden included praise towards Puritan Protectorate Oliver Cromwell. Dryden's 'The Hind and the Panther' came from Dryden's conversion and he describes the different religious denominations as animals making clear his new stance as a Catholic. This 'Trage-Comedy' is a response to Dryden's 'The Hind and the Panther' and his revolt against his previous beliefs. The introduction provides a synopsis of Dryden's poem and states that for writing it Dryden deserves to be 'reckon'd in the number of the Heathen Gods'. A very scarce work which provides context to the political and social climate of the seventeenth century. Disbound as called for. Externally smart with just a few light spots to the front and rear wraps. Internally firmly bound. To A2 there is a small ring mark at the bottom of the page not affecting the text. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed Not Stated paperback
1680104584London. 1680. London. 1680. Two volumes bound in one. Full mottled calf boards contemporary to book which has been recased with a later spine. Joints visible but sound. Lacks top cm of leather at head of spine. Marbled endpapers. A Coppy. 215pp. Comtemporary notes by a Member of Parliament or a witness to the proceedings adding information to page opposite title and to page 215 His Majesty's Speech. Dec. 1678 A True Copy. 316pp with 3 extra pages numbered and wriiten in ink adding contemporary notes.Wing E2544.OCLC 20886562 An account of the Popish plot as discussed in Westminster and the contemporary political reaction which was later found to be totally fictitious.From 1678 a handful of perjurers Titus Oates William Bedloe et al claimed that the Catholics of England planned to assassinate the king. As a result of their disgraceful work between November 1678 and July 1681 at least 17 Catholics lay and clergy died as traitors on the scaffold and not in the easiest of circumstances. Many others died in prisons before they came to trial. This period of time had a lasting political effect with regards to the emerging Whig and Tory parties. hardcover
167566A VERY INTRIGUING LITTLE BOOK OF THE UTMOST RARITY<br /><br />FIRST and ONLY edition. 12mo 96 pp. title within a charming woodcut border. Several headpieces. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations to spine skilfully restored. An excellent copy.<br /><br /><i>This anonymous collection of heroical amorous and frivolous poems is a mystery. It has no imprint information so no place no name nor date stated. The title-page tells us just "printed in that year" which seems a joke. The only bibliographical work mentioning it is Lachèvre's Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poésies publiés de 1597 a 1700 Paris 1905 in the Supplement Vol. 4 p. 22 Letter N. Not even Lachèvre managed to see this work in person as he stated in his comment to the work: "Nous n'avons pas été assez heureux pour mettre la main sur ce petit volume.". Lachèvre suggested that the book might have been published "vers 1675".</i><br /><br /><i>The book is mentioned also in the third part of Bibliotheca Hohendorfiana no. 1961 p. 149 the catalogue of the private library of Baron Georg Wilhelm von Hohendorf La Haye 1720.</i><br /><br />Only two copies seem to be available in public libraries around the world: at the BNF of Paris "Ex. libr. de Thomas Westwod. Rel. mar. r. de C. Hardy" and at the Austrian National Library which perhaps holds the above mentioned Hohendorf copy.<br /><br />Lachèvre's Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poésies publiés de 1597 a 1700 Vol. 4 p. 22 Letter N; Bibliotheca Hohendorfiana no. 1961 p. 149. s. n.
1682CAT000081Paris: Jean Ribou 1682. Fourth Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf lightly worn corners a little bumped. Two small tears one in the preliminaries one later on obscuring a few letters a few minor stains - a very attractive copy overall with 42 mostly full page woodcuts often copied according to Vicaire within the pagination. viii 480 28pp.Cagle 179 the 1662 1st ed. Vicaire 339 Notaker 625.7.<br /> <br /> A popular and likable plagiaristic jumble of cookery texts put together by the anonymous author with bits from Le Maistre d'Hostel 1659 Le Patissier and Confiturier François 1653 de Lune's Cuisinier 1656 and Livre fort Excellent 1555 along with quite a few original recipes. It was translated into English in 1682. All of the 17th century editions are scarce. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000081. Jean Ribou hardcover
1682CAT000081Paris: Jean Ribou 1682. Fourth Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf lightly worn corners a little bumped. Two small tears one in the preliminaries one later on obscuring a few letters a few minor stains - a very attractive copy overall with 42 mostly full page woodcuts often copied according to Vicaire within the pagination. viii 480 28pp.Cagle 179 the 1662 1st ed. Vicaire 339 Notaker 625.7.<br/><br/>A popular and likable plagiaristic jumble of cookery texts put together by the anonymous author with bits from Le Maistre d'Hostel 1659 Le Patissier and Confiturier François 1653 de Lune's Cuisinier 1656 and Livre fort Excellent 1555 along with quite a few original recipes. It was translated into English in 1682. All of the 17th century editions are scarce. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000081. Jean Ribou hardcover books
1642753L15London: John Greensmith 1642. Cloth. Fine. 7.5" by 6". None. A very scarce anti-episcopacy satire in England printed at the start of the Civil War. A scarce satire on the concept of petitions regarding the 'newes to them of the Bishops late imprisonment'. ESTC reference no: R5951.With contemporary annotations by hand to A3v.Rebound in modern marbled wraps. In recent marbled wraps. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine John Greensmith hardcover
1683714L31London: Obadiah Blagrave 1683. Leather. Good Only. 6" by 3.5". None. An extremely scarce very early edition of this important work regarding the customs and kitchens of the old aristocracy. This work was first published during Cromwell's Commonwealth. With an illustrated frontispiece of Henrietta Maria. ESTC records show that this is the ninth edition overall of this work. ESTC reference no R21760. Collated Lacking pags 108-180 i.e F-H12 to part I. Lacking pages 30-53 i.e. L2-L12 of part II. Lacking pages 107-108 i.e S11 of part III. With separate title pages to parts II and III. Though the pagination differs the register is continuous. These recipes were purported to be from the kitchen on Henrietta Maria the wife of King Charles I. It was originally published following the execution of Charles I and six years after Henrietta Maria fled England during the interregnum. These recipes are 'incomparable secrets in Physick Chirurgery Preserving and Candying &c. Which were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of the times'. Being all three parts in one. 'The Queens Closed Opened'. 'A Queens Delight or the Art of Preserving'. and 'The Compleat Cook'. When this work was first published Cromwell had been in charge for six years and the riches of the old aristocracy were a subject of fascination. These recipes provided insight into the ingredients found in royal and aristocratic pantries and cabinets. Noted recipes include 'The Kings Medicine for the Plague' and 'A salve for the eyes made by Sir Edward Spencer'. A very scarce household work which forms as an historical source of court life during the Stuart reign. Held in a custome cloth chemise and slipcase. With the contemporary calf boards and spine present. The original binding has failed leaving this work disbound. Extenally the original boards and backstrip are rubbed. Gatherings are loose. Pages are bright. Tape repairs to the edges of many pages throughout. Collated Lacking pags 108-180 i.e F-H12 to part I. Lacking pages 30-53 i.e. L2-L12 of part II. Lacking pages 107-108 i.e S11 of part III. Tidemark to the head of most pages though this is very light and doesnt affect the readability of text. Good Only Obadiah Blagrave hardcover
1700EXP3-A-2Brussels: Francois Foppens 1700. Leather. Good Only. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A scarce illustrated edition of the features of the Netherlands. A general description of the seventeen provinces the main cities and places renamed in the situation they are from Ryswyck. Printed in French with fold out illustrations and maps. In a full calf binding. Externally sound with rubbing and bumping. Front joint cracked and hinges tender with reinforcement. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting throughout. Good Only Francois Foppens hardcover
1670601L7London: E Okes for William Whitwood 1670. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of this scarce tract on Ralph Wallis a nonconformist pamphleteer known as 'the Cobler of Gloucester'. This tract appeared following the death of Wallis and focuses on Wallis' ideas and his pamphleteering. Wallis' biographer states to this work that 'His complexion was of a sunburnt gipsy colour and his skin was rough and tawny like singed bacon; his hair was brown and bristly upon his head but his locks were weather-turned like a barber's show periwig'. Despite his Nonconformist views Wallis was raised by Roman Catholic parents. His parents were 'church papists' meaning they conformed to the demands of the Church of England enough to escape persecution. It is believed that Wallis began writing his pamphlets against the government in the 1650's but these early works have not survived. Wallis was apprehended by the government following his dispersion of pamphlets and he was held in custody. He admitted authorship of the works but declared to be in religion 'a Christian' and so was released. His pamphlets were frequently of a scatological tone and featured entertaining anecdotes regarding clergymen whose names and addresses he knew. DNB This work is the ESTC no. R20134. Collated complete. Rebound in full cloth. This biography provides further insight into the political and religious turbulence of the seventeenth century. Rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally excellent with little to no shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Scattered spotting to the first and last few pages with just the odd spots to margins. Very Good E Okes for William Whitwood hardcover
1667704L23Anon: Anon 1667. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 6". None. A very scarce first edition copy of this critical work on the economics of England and the monies devoted to the Church of England. The title page quotes Francis Bacon and states 'The treasure and moneys in a state be not gathered into a few hands for otherwise a state may have a great Stock and yet starve' in addition to 'Money is like muck not good except it be spread'. ESTC reference no: R218579. Only seen once at auction in the last fifty years in 1976. This critical pamphlet discusses the cause of impoverishing the nation as being the 'pomp pride luxury exaction and oppression of the prelates'. There are many statistics of different clergymen their revenues and all sources of income concluding that 'the money that before ran currant in trading is damned up in their coffers'. A sequel was written by Slingsby Bethel which was released the following year. Bethel was an MP with republican sympathies. A very scarce and important work giving opinions against the Church and the landscape of England's economic climate in the seventeenth century. Rebound in a quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. Small contemporary ink mark to the title page. Just the odd spot to pages. Near Fine Anon hardcover
1615629L18Parisiis: Rolinum Thierry; Eustachium Foucault 1615. Cloth. Very Good. 13.5" by 9.5". None. A very scarce and well preserved Roman Pontifical being the Clement VIII version. A lovely folio work which is a piece of Catholic history. In the original Latin. The Roman Pontifical contains the rites of Bishops and is a Catholic liturgical book. Under Clement VIII 1536-1605 a standard version of this work was issued for the use of the entire Roman Rite for the first time. Therefore this is an early edition of this text. This work is in red and black across two columns per page. There are several psalms to which is printed the sheet music. In a lovely condition. Has been rebound without the endpapers. Rebound in a full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Damp staining to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Prior owner's contemporary inscription to the head of title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly cockled. Pages are bright. Small worm hole to pages 70-236 only affecting the margin. Very Good Rolinum Thierry; Eustachium Foucault hardcover
1652EXP3-F-4London: R. Ibbitson 1652. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A scarce copy of this medical reference book. The like never published in English. With an Alphabetical Table of all the Vertues of each Herb and Simple. With a Table of Contents to the rear of the volume. This book was last seen at auction in 1998 and only one in the last 40 years. Very scarce. Re-bound in a contemporary calf leather binding preserving the original calf leather boards. Externally a trifle rubbed. Internally generally firmly bound. The hinges have been repaired. There is some evidence of previous worming. Pages are generally bright and clean with some minor browning and age-toning. There is a bookseller's label to the front pastedown. The front pastedowns are from another book. This copy is lacking A1 EE2 EE3 and EE4. Good R. Ibbitson hardcover
160914228London; Printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight 1609. 1609. Quarto sig. A-K4 L1 lacks the final blank. Later spotted full calf blind double fillets to boards titles gilt to spine all edges speckled red. An early English account of Morocco by an anonymous pamphleteer sometimes called 'Robert Cottingham'. This volume gives an account of the privateer and adventurer Sir Anthony Sherley's 1565-1636 ambassadorships from Rudolf II Holy Roman Emperor to Mowlai Abd-el-Aziz son of Ahmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. These accounts were made famous in Samuel Purchas's influential 'Purchas his Pilgrimmes' 1614 which is a rather more robust volume. Sherley was a remarkably well travelled Elizabethan gentleman beginning his career as a captain in Robert Dudley's forces before becoming a knight of Henri IV and then launching military expeditions to West Africa Sao Tome and Jamaica. Sherley journeyed to Persia where he became the representative of the Shah in Moscow Prague and Rome. Effectively exiled from his own country Sherley went to Prague where he became emissary of the Holy Roman Emperor to Morocco. He would later became an admiral of the Spanish fleet in the Levant. He died in 1635 penniless and obscure. This pamphlet presents Sherley's experiences in Morocco as well as accounts from other travellers like him as it would have appeared to the English reading public for the first time. Slight nicks to boards joints beginning to crack. First and final leaves a little soiled and small contemporary ink numeral to title-page. Modest paper repair to margin of C4 and occasional light spots of soiling to margins only. A very good copy. Rare in commerce we can locate one copy only at auction in the last 70 years. ESTC S107368. Playfair & Brown 'A Bibliography of Morocco' 124. ODNB. London; Printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1609. hardcover
1617659L6Oxford: John Baskett 1716-1717. First edition. Fine Binding. Very Good. 21" by 14". None. A beautiful set of the famed 'Vinegar Bible' published by John Baskett of Oxford. Dibdin notes this Bible as 'the most magnificent' of the Oxford Bibles. A handsome edition with this set bound in a binding with George III's monogram to the boards. The first edition of the 'Vinegar Bible' which is known as such due to the erroneous 'The parable of the vinegar' instead of 'vineyard' above Luke XX the verso of G6 to the New Testament. This variant has the 1717 imprint to the Old Testament and the 1716 imprint to the New Testament. Printed by John Baskett who was the King's printer. Baskett held a reputation for purchasing competing Bible printing business and absorbing them into his own. He wished to produce a high quality Bible in a folio edition that would become a presentation piece used in churches and aristocrats. This Bible was therefore produced. A scarce edition of The Bible which holds important stature in the history of print and in the bibliography of The Bible. Particularly scarce in this contemporary Royal binding which is possibly a presentation binding produced for this work. This edition has the red-ruling throughout both volumes. The 'Vinegar Bible' is noted for its beautiful head and tail pieces throughout. Harry Carter in 'The History of the Oxford University Press' notes that 'only Baskerville's Bible is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type impression and paper' Carter p.171. This copy has been skillfully rebacked to both volumes with the original spines laid down and boards preserved. With a Sotheran stamp to the verso of front endpaper. With the vignette title page depicting the Clarendon Building to the Old Testament. To the New Testament there is a vignette title page depicting the Annunciation. Sumptuously illustrated throughout with head and tail pieces in addition to engraved ornamental letters. With the signatures: 1 a-b2 c1 2 A-4P6 4Q3; 1 A-X6 Y4 Collated without additional engraved title page. Blank 4Q4 to the Old Testament and Apocrypha is not present. Gathering is bound after c1 rather than preceding a-b2 as it is found in the ESTC signatures. Another nickname for this edition was 'A Baskett-ful of Errors' due to the numerous misprints Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735. A very smart copy of this work in an important contemporary binding. In uniform contemporary black morocco bindings with the monogram of George III to the front boards. 'GR' Monogram to the spines. Rebacked with the original spines laid down and boards preserved. Externally generally smart. Light marks to boards and minor fading to the gilt. Internally both volumes are firmly bound. Small loss to the dedication leaf from chipping with repairs to the dedication leaf at the gutter. Minor chips to first few leaves to the Old Testament at the extremities. Tiny worm holes to 1 of Old Testament. Occasional tape repairs to the margins of leaves to both volumes noticeably to the bottom margin of E1 to the outer margin of E5 and to 2L3 which affects the occasional word to the left hand column. R6 has slight creasing and some minor closed tears to the gutter not affecting text. Small loss to the bottom margin of 2B2. Small loss to the extremities of 4C2. 'New Testament' also has repairs to the bottom margin several leaves including the title page C5 & 6 N2 and T2. To H3 there is a repair to a closed tear at the bottom of the page not affecting the text. Tape repairs to the text of K4 to the New Testament obscuring the occasional word. Pages are unusually bright. The majority of leaves to this work are clean however 4F2 and 4F5 to the Old Testament are spotted. Very Good John Baskett unknown
