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16191404548Frankfurt Germany: De Bry 1619. Hardcover. Octavo cuius 350 pages. In Poor condition. Spine torn open with stitched exposed formerly repaired with non-archival tape which has since hardened and is severely flaking. Front board mostly detached. Extremely fragile. Missing title page. Severe worming to lower exterior corner through page ten open tear from page mus through page III.P. Notable soiling throughout. Occasional graphite and ink annotations. Text in Latin. RW consignment. Shelved in Room A. OCLC: 258125024. 1404548. Special Collections. De Bry hardcover
1660MAIN024447ICambridge and Charlestown: Mitchell and Shepard. Good see notes. 1660. hardcover. hardcover. 8vo . 240 203pp . PLUS--> The Second Part of the Parable which begins with Chap. I: Of Carnal Security in Virgin Churches Scans available. Leather over thick boards. Significant 2" gouge to leather bottom rear foreedge corner corners through. Edgewear as you would expect. Hubbed spine with title label. Title page notes posthumously produced by Shepard's son and Jonathan Mitchell pastor at Cambridge with no date listed. In a box below it reports a printing in London 1660. Binding is holding together reasonably well but would benefit by some restorative measures. Paper is in quite nice condition but has rippling throughout as is common with books of this era. Have not had any luck to speak researching this though it does appear tp predate other copies by several decades. Calling this very scarce is more than fair. You know that wall at the Bodleian where all the books are chained up This could be on it. . Mitchell and Shepard hardcover
1663069045Cambridge: Printed by John Field Printer to the University 1663. Very Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. VERY EARLY EDITION 1663. From the the 1662 revision of The Book of Common Prayer. Griffiths 1663.4. 22 cm. ESTC R40760. Dual columns with red border unpaginated but 188 pp. Title page is red and black. Bound with the Whole Book of Psalms also published by Field in 1663 - it is 106 pp. paginated followed by 12 unpaginated pages. Complete title of second part is: The Whole Book of Psalms Collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others conferred with the Hebrew. <br><br>CONDITION: At over 350 years old this copy is in absolutely remarkable condition. Rebacked spine and binding are strong and solid. The most significant flaw is a scar present at the bottom right corner of the cover and some erosion at the top right corners yet not unreasonable at its age. Leaves turn effortlessly are delightfully and evenly toned and are in fine reading condition. Pages are completely unmarked except for several previous owner's names written on the title page from the period one dated 1723. Some occasional worm holes throughout yet they do not compromise the integrity of each physical page. A remarkable sacred beautiful copy steeped in reverence. This Book of Common Prayer will be delivered with "adult signature required". Full refund if not satisfied. Printed by John Field, Printer to the University hardcover
1644J4PFYT1MCEDCAmsterdam: Jacob Lescaille 1644. Contemporary vellum traces of ties. 4to. With engraved vignette on title-page. First edition of the first and only volume of a collection of apophthegmata aptly titled Jok en ernst "Jest and earnest" by the cousin of Johan de Brune the elder 1588-1658 who is now better known but in his heyday less popular than his younger namesake. It includes 240 anecdotes all accompanied by extensive commentary. It is this combination of witticisms with a broad knowledge that gives this book its intellectual charm.Johan de Brune the younger 1616-1649 was raised partly in England by his uncle Francicus Junius a pioneer of Germanic philology and partly in Amsterdam by the Dutch humanist Vossius. He was well-read at an early age and was compared to Montaigne and Bacon by his contemporaries but his early death prevented him from living up to these comparisons.A restored tear and some minor waterstains in the lower margins the title-page slightly browned and some occasional spots otherwise in very good condition. Binding somewhat soiled but still very good.l STCN 7 copies of this issue; Te Winkel IV pp. 327-328. Jacob Lescaille, hardcover
1650031291UK 1650. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. A group of 5 Ink Signatures of Royalist soldiers who fought in the 1st Civil War. They include 2nd Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle Sir William Compton General William Legg; Edward Villiers and Guilford Slingsby. Dated between 1640/1680. All removed from various paper documents and comprising signatures of: Richard 2nd Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough c. 1617-1654 'R. Molyneux' signed at the foot of a small piece with text in another hand being a list of supplies and countersigned by Corporal Griffith Standen; George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle 1608-1670 'Albemarle' on an irregularly trimmed piece dated 4 February 1660; Sir William Compton 1625-1663 'W. Compton' written at the foot of a possible autograph sentiment sent to General William Legg; Edward Villiers 1620-1689 'Edw. Villiers' on a small piece dated 29 April 1680; Guilford Slingsby 1610-1643 'Gylf. Slyngsby' on an irregularly cut piece with autograph sentiment 'your loving friend' Richard Molyneux 2nd Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough about 1617-1654 was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War. Molyneux was present at the siege of Manchester in September 1642 and on 20 April 1643 was defeated by Captain Ashton at Whalley. After the surprise capture of Wakefield on 21 May 1643 the Earl of Derby being then with Queen Henrietta Maria at York Molyneux was ordered to conduct the Lancashire forces thither. He was defeated on 20 August 1644 by Major-general Sir John Meldrum at the battle of Ormskirk and narrowly escaped capture by hiding in a field of corn. He was at Oxford on 24 June 1646 when the city surrendered to the Parliament. George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle 1608 -1670 was an English military officer and politician who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth his support was crucial to the 1660 Stuart Restoration of Charles II. Sir William Compton 1625 - 1663 was an English royalist army officer. He earned the name of the "godly cavalier" in 1648 from Oliver Cromwell for his conduct at the siege of Colchester. William Legge 1608 - 1670 was an English army officer and politician who was a close associate of Prince Rupert of the Rhine. On the outbreak of the First English Civil War Legge joined the king's army and was taken prisoner in a skirmish at Southam Warwickshire on 23 August 1642. Committed by the House of Commons to the Gatehouse Prison he escaped about 4 October 1642 and rejoined King Charles at Oxford. Henceforth he closely attached himself to Prince Rupert and was wounded and again taken prisoner while under his command at the siege of Lichfield in April 1643. At the Battle of Chalgrove Field on 18 June 1643 he was temporarily taken prisoner on the field. After the first Battle of Newbury 20 September 1643 the king presented him with an ornate hanger and wanted to knight him. On 19 May 1644 Prince Rupert appointed him temporary Governor of Chester. Guilford Slingsby 1610-1643 was a member of the Yorkshire gentry who was confidential secretary to Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford and present during the trial which ended in his execution in April 1641. Slingsby sat in the Parliament of Ireland as Member of Parliament for Carysfort from 1634 to 1635 and during Strafford's period as Lord Deputy of Ireland was appointed to several administrative posts. When the First English Civil War began in August 1642 he raised a regiment for the Royalist army in Northern England; he was badly wounded in a skirmish near Guisborough on 16 January 1643 and died three days later. Some occasional spotting age toning and paper sizes 11 x 18.5 cm and smaller. Ref19239 <br/> <br/> unknown
1692954F59London: John Dunton 1692 . First edition. Leather. Good. 14" by 9". F.H. van Hove. A smart example of the very scarce first edition of this educational anthology of seventeenth century works retaining the desirable engraved frontispiece. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by F.H. van Hove.Edited by the bookseller and publisher John Dunton this is an eclectic anthology intended as an educational resource for students receiving a moral or classical education. The volume gathers short treatises essays dialogues and discourses designed to instil knowledge in its youthful audience.Topics range from theology and philosophy to manners history and natural science. Many of the entries are abridged to be accessible to young readers.With individual title page for second part.With errors in pagination - as called for - throughout: pages 70 71 153 misprinted 66 67 159; page numbers 288-289 repeated; page numbers 317-320 omitted.ESTC R35551A2 a a-d2 e A-3U2 1 4A-7D2. Collated complete.With an index to the rear.Front free endpaper removed.Among the works included are: 'The Art of Navigation' by Deschalles; 'Micrographia' by R. Hook and 'A Discourse of the Holy Eucharist'. In a full panelled calf binding. Rubbing to back strip tail with small loss of calf to back strip head. Half of spine label removed. Joints starting with boards firmly held. Front free endpaper removed. A touch of worming to tail of gutter of front pastedown and first two blanks. Internally firmly bound. Closed tear to tail of 2G. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean with only the odd spot or handling mark. Worming to tail of each index leaf with some words of text obscured. Good John Dunton hardcover
16598208Amsterdam 1659. Copper engraving 46.5 x 57 cms original hand colour blank verso. Visschers influential map of the Holy Land oriented to the West and divided among the Tribes on both sides of the Jordan was published by Visscher and his heirs for some years and was the model for many subsequent maps of the region by De Wit Danckerts and others. In the foreground Visscher depicts the encampment of the Tribes of Israel in the desert with the Tabernacle at their centre flanked the figures of Moses and Aaron. Laor Maps of the Holy Land 793 Map unknown
165326286London Printed by T. Maxey for Rich Marriot PUBL Printed on Laid Paper 1653 HARDBACK NODustJacket ISSUED 1st UK edition was 1653 This POSSIBLE 1st early edition Known as the Griggs facsimile edition published in 1882 by William Griggs London. Griggs was photo-lithographer to the Queen. It is a photographic reproduction of a first edition but many pages required additional touch-up work to make it presentable. GOOD-/GOOD AS-IS NO JACKET 1653 ON TITLE PAGE Light rub wear Fade Plain brown Calf LEATHER BINDING pg. 114 reading VVhen not VVien 246 pgs. NOJACKET Small cover creases 3 3/4 X 6 in. Tiny tears spine cvr Edges Fade Gold Gilt Spine cvr & wear to spine ends PAGE 217 Anglers Song Bassus Printed upside down 246 pgs 13 chaptersa printing or binding error which has led to few sections of pgs need be reglued back into book they are separated OR not being bound in ORIGINALLY The title is engraved within ornaments while the subtitle and imprint are printed using type. Maybe a Fascimile of the 1653 edition done in 1880s OR 1928 Small 8vo he bass part of the Angler s Song is printed upside down by design. Page 44 has Alehouse on Line 19. Page 114 line 10 reads VVhen instead of VVien. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. London Printed by T. Maxey , for Rich Marriot PUBL, Printed on Laid Paper hardcover
169950085Amsterdam Typographia Blaeu Ianssonio-Waesbergios 1699 1695-98. 8vo. Bound in 6 uniform contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. Light wear to spine ends. 2 hinges with small tears. Engraved frontispiece. Printers woodcut device on title-pages. Around 4000 pp. Intenally fine. <br/><br/><em>First edition of the notes edition by Graevius. "It is beautifully printed by Bleau and forms the prominent feature in the best octa variorum editions of Civero's works. Some of the volumes bear the dates of 1696 1698. The second part of the first volume bears date 1695. After all the labours of subsequent Editors and the efforts of subsequent Printers I am not sure whether for commodiousness accuracy and beauty any advantage will be gained by the exchange of this for any other separately printed impression of the Orations of Civcero." Dibdin I:441-42. </em> unknown
168556729Kiøbenhaffn Bockenhoffer 1685. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt helpergament. Lille stempel på titelbladet. 1411682 pp. Enkelte gl. tilskrifter og understregninger. Et par ark svagt bruntonede men et velbevaret eksemplar. <br/><br/><em>Originaludgaven af den første danske grammatik skrevet på modersmålet.Thesaurus II675. - Bibl. Danica IV62. </em> unknown
168431760AB1684. The Fifth Edition very much enlarged. London Printed for J.R.for Nat. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside 1684. Duodecimo. Frontispice 2 231 3 pages. With four ful-page woodcuts including Frontispice showing historical events beheadings etc. Page 227 misprinted as page 229. LAst three pages are "Delights for the Ingenious - Books printed for N. Crouch". Original full leather-covered boards. Binding in very poor condition with larger parts of the leather missing. Minor lesions to Frontispice and some papes to front and rear. Extremely rare ! Nathaniel Crouch born c. 1632 was an English printer and bookseller and under the pseudonym Robert or Richard Burton sometimes R.B. wrote historical books as well. As a historian he is considered a hack borrowing material from other books and rewriting them under his pseudonym then publishing and marketing them under the Crouch imprint. Though he was the type of writer/publisher denounced in the following century by writers such as Samuel Butler Prose Observations and Alexander Pope The Dunciad more recent assessments of his life and career see him as an important figure in the development of historiography especially in the popularization of a hitherto high-culture genre of discourse. Crouch was one of the authors who covered the 1655 Whitehall Conference to consider the resettlement of the Jews in England the other being Henry Jessey. The report is found in the 1719 edition of his Two Journeys to Jerusalem. It is different from Jessey's version in two respects: firstly it actually names the participants and secondly it includes some anti-Semitic additions to the conclusions of the conference. Around September 30 1681 an unlikely forerunner of Reader's Digest called Historical Rarities in London and Westminster was first published by Crouch. Robert Chambers' Book of Days 1864 elaborated: "With probably little education but something of a natural gift for writing Crouch had the sagacity to see that the works of the learned from their form and price were kept within a narrow circle of readers while there was a vast multitude outside who were able and willing to read provided that a literature suited to their means and capacities was supplied to them. He accordingly set himself the task of transfusing large and pompous books into a series of small cheap volumes modestly concealing his authorship under his nom de plume. Thus he produced Surprising Miracles of Nature and Art and many other treatises on very plain paper and sold them at an exceedingly reasonable rate. His enterprise and diligence were rewarded by large sales and considerable wealth." Wikipedia hardcover
1697gt8888London: Published by Printed for William Keblewhite 1697. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ii193iipp. Original full calf binding with four raised bands and blind border covers. A nice copy with clean pages and all original. ESTC R4511 Wing P2911. <br/> <br/> Published by Printed for William Keblewhite hardcover
16766419<p>Blind ruled full calf; six raised bands; gilt ruled morocco label. "London1676" to foot of spine. Title page in red and black. Engraved half title. xvi 96 101-443 446-798 797-1030 xxvi Printer to Reader 91 Prosopographia 34 p. Odd pagination but all correct catch-words. This is the copy of early American colonist Mordecai Hunton c. 1650-1687 of Calvert County in the Royal Colony of Maryland. 24 x 35.3 cm. Rebacked in the 1920s but front board now detached.</p> Cambridge, John Hayes for George Sawbridge hardcover
1649V75350Lugduni Batavorium Leiden.: Adrian Wyngaerden 1649. Hardcover. Good. Fine frontispiece of dissection deomonstration with named doctors present implements etc folding engraved plates 24 as called for by R.A. Persyn. Octavo later half calf and marbled sides 1" split to head&foot of hinge/tips worn 2047148pp Signatures: 8 2 A-Z AaBb8 Cc6 Cc6 blank Dd-Hh8 and 24 unsigned leaves of letterpress accompanying plates. Pages 411-416 omitted in numbering FEP with comments on Riolan by a previous owner. The folding plates and their facing textural explanations are printed on one side of the leaves only the first plate has a small repaired tear without loss last few blank versos of the pages are dusty in margins. Small loss to blank area of lower margin of frontis. Some stainging and minor tanning throughout to the pages but never intrusive and not affecting the crispness of the paper. Riolano was physician to Mary de Medici mother of Louis XIII and influenced the king to establish Paris' botanical gardens. This is one of his principal works but he also wrote against Harvey's blood circulation tried to disprove existance of Giants &c but according to the commentator on the front endpaper he was finally convinced of the circulatory vascular system towards the end of his life referenced by Waller 7998. Adrian Wyngaerden hardcover
1683013862London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceasd: and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1683. Two works in one volume. First work.The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. Bound with the Psalms. .Collation engraved and printed title signatures A-C4 D6E2 F-G4 H2-N6 O6 P-U6 X-Y6 Aa-Nn6 O4 Pp-Qq6 Rr-Ss4 A2. Second work The whole book of psalms. Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others: conferred with the Hebrew with apt notes to sing them withal. printed by J. Macock. for the Company of Stationers 1680. Collation 12012pp. Book measures 33x21.cm. Bound in period full red calf ornate gilt tooling marble endpapers. At some time the binding has been repaired. Some gouge marking and general wear mostly to back boards. A very attractive binding. Internally pages clean throughout. A very clean book in a very attractive period binding. . Full Calf. Very Good. Quarto. printed by the assigns of John Bill deceasd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most Exce Hardcover
1660169785London: no publisher 1660. And the present State of Affaires briefly Vindicated. By a True Lover to the Peace and Wellfare of his Country. Pp. 16 decorative headpiece; small f'cap 4to; bound in twentieth century half calf spine lettered in gilt brown cloth boards faintly marked; bookplate of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown small chip to top edge pp. 5/6 the letterpress sometimes slightly crooked a little faint soiling; London 1660. Wing S815; ESTC R203483. The text is a reply to an untraced work by a 'Querist' who presumably was not in favour of the Restoration. He is described on the final page as 'no friend to God his King or Country in regard that he in a clandestine way. hath published such a wicked Paper tending to beget and foment Fears and Jealousies in His Majestie's subjects by Reflecting upon Public Actions to put all in a flame and disturbance out of which the Nations through the goodness of God lately have been delivered'. The Thomason copy of this pamphlet is annotated 'July 25' which is two months after Charles II landed at Dover from the Netherlands. no publisher unknown
162950131Franckfurt Thumius 1629. 4to. Contemp. full richly blindtooled pigskin over wood. Raised bands. Ms title on spine. Engraved pictorial titlepage engraved portrait. Printed titlepage in red/black. 10242129484 pp. A faint dampstain to some right margins of some leaves in the Index. Internally fine. <br/><br/><em>Calvisius was a significant astronomer apart from beeing a noted composer and musical theorist. In this his "Opus Chronologicum" he set forth his own astronomical system which he based on the records of nearly 300 historical eclipses cited and expounded here in their historical context. "Les rapprochements entre les phénoménes célestes et les événements de l'histoire sont établis avec beaucoup d'érudition." Houzeau & Lancaster No 12831. - Zinner 4029 the first edition of 1605. </em> hardcover
168346399Leipzig Grosse & Gleditsch 1683. 4to. Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper and a small stamps on titlepage. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIII". As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. Tschirnhaus' paper: pp. 122-124; Pp. 204-207; Pp. 433-437. Entire volume: 8 561 7 pp 13 plates. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of Tschirnhaus's three exceedingly important papers which were to to initiate one of the most famous mathematical discoveries. In the papers he used infinitisimal methods which were very close to Leibniz's method and where he tried to lay down criteria for rational quadratures in the case of conic cubic and quadratic curves papers that led Leibniz to publish his first paper on the differential calculus the "Nova Methoda" in the Acta for 1684 in order to secure his priority over Tschirnhaus concerning the calculus. Leibniz discovered when he read Tschirnhaus' papers that Tschirnhaus had here published results showing similarity with Leibniz's invention of the calculus as he had confided to Tschirnhaus earlier during their Parisian stay and this without references to Leibniz.The present volume of Acta also contain the first edition of Tschirnhaus' "Tschirnhaus Tranformation". Tschirnhaus work intensively on finding a general method for solving equations of higher of higher degree. "His transformations constituted the most promising contribution to the solution of equations during the seventeenth century; but his elimination of the second and third coefficients by means of such transformation was far from adequate for the solution of the quintic.Boyer. A History of Mathematics 1968 472 p.Tschirnhaus 1651-1708 a Saxon nobleman had as wide interest as acquaintances: He studied in Leyden served in the Dutch army visited England and Paris several times. He set up a glassworks in Italy and is said to have introduced Porcelain to Europe. He wrote about philosophy and mathematics and was a close friend of Leibniz. </em> hardcover
167672956A - Ddd12 lacks title to old testament 1 preliminary leaf begins "To the most high…" and Old Testament A2-Qq3 a. similar Herbert 703 New Testament begins Qq4 ends Ddd12 a. similar Herbert 709 and 711 dbl column red ruled leaves name of book and chapter number in headlines Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty hardcover
162246505London: Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Very Good. London: Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Mixed Edition per Gibson published the same year as the first. Small folio; bound in early 20th century full dark brown calf with new endpapers; five raised bands and red leather label to spine; 4 248pp. frontis portrait; lacking A1 blank else collated and complete. Edgewear to boards; corners bumped; brief split and chipping to joints and crown; binding sound; early writing to preliminaries; contemporary ownership inscription to title page; occasional marginalia including manuscript "corrections" to some errata; brief chipping to first 10 leaves with no loss of meaning; tide marks. This copy with all seven errata or "Faults Escaped" from page 248 uncorrected. Many of Gibson's additional errors corrected of which he notes "There is. no certain means of determining their priority." A Very Good and sound copy often found lacking the frontis portrait. <br /> <br /> Considered Bacon's most substantial work of history his biography of Henry the Seventh was composed following his public and professional disgrace in 1621 culminating in twenty-three charges of corruption and spending a few days in the Tower. This history was written in part to pacify James I by providing him with a "flattering portrait of his ancestor" though it also successfully conveyed an accurate depiction of "the man and the real business of his reign. Every history which has been written since has derived all its light from this" DNB Vol. 1 p. 823. <br /> <br /> Gibson 116A and 116B. Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret unknown
1640008360LVGD. Batavorum Leiden Netherlands: Ex Officina Elseviriorum Elzevir 1640. First Elzevir edition. Full leather. This diminutive volume is noteworthy for condition binding publication and provenance. This is the 1640 first Elzevir edition of Pliny with noteworthy 17th century provenance owned by Gilbert Burnet Bishop of Salisbury and historian and featuring notably clean contents in a lovely venerable binding. <br /> <br />The duodecimo volume measures 5.25 x 3 inches bound in attractive late 17th or early 18th century maroon Morocco covers paneled in gilt with French fillets forming an outer border and an inner frame the latter with floral vase cornerpieces raised bands spine once elaborately gilt in compartments featuring scrolling cornerpieces and lozenge centerpiece most of the gilt now eroded all edges gilt. Woodcut printers device on the title page woodcut headpieces initials and tailpiece. The verso of title page features the armorial bookplate of Gilbert Burnet Lord Bishop of Salisbury Chancellor of the most Noble Order of the Garter. First blank with the ink monogram of Edwin Wolf II 1911-1991 a librarian bibliophile author historian Franklin scholar and a civic leader in Philadelphia. Several leaves at rear with older ink marks in margins. <br /> <br />Condition approaches very good the joints a bit flaked with small cracks beginning at top and bottom spine evenly darkened fore margin of a few gatherings with faint browning other minor defects but nonetheless a sound and attractive copy the text notably bright and clean. <br /> <br />The publisher Elzevir was the name of a family of Dutch booksellers printers and publishers 15 members of which were in business between 1587 and 1681. Their duodecimo series of Elzevirs of which this is a lovely example became famous and desirable. After having enjoyed an almost legendary reputation among bibliophiles for excellence of typography and design the Elzevirs work is now regarded only as typical of the high quality that prevailed in their day in Holland. Among their four chief typographical devices the solitary consisting of an elm tree a fruitful vine and a man alone with a motto Non solus Not alone is perhaps the best known. This is the device that adorns the title page of this volume. <br /> <br />Offered four bishoprics while still in his twenties Gilbert Burnet 1643-1715 was not only the most celebrated clergyman of his time but also a person intimately involved with prominent figures during one of the most intriguing periods of British politics. Burnet is perhaps best known as a historian because of two remarkably popular and influential works - his account of the Reformation in England and his famous History of His Own Time both of which are still consulted. Born in Scotland where he held his first appointment as a minister of the Anglican church Burnet offended Charles II by his desire for greater tolerance of the Scotch Presbyterians and his opposition to Catholicism later proved so offensive to James II that Burnet retreated to Holland where this volume was published. There Burnet established warm relations with Princess Mary Jamess daughter who was eventually established on the throne of England with her husband William by the Glorious Revolution for which Burnet wrote a defense. In 1689 through Marys patronage he became bishop of Salisbury. Books from Burnets library are rarely on offer. <br /> <br />References: ODNB; LOC; The Library Company of Philadelphia; Brittanica. <br/><br/> Ex Officina Elseviriorum (Elzevir) hardcover
164921035Antwerp : Unknown 1649. Framed. Very Good. Based on a Teniers painting this is the original 1649 etching by Wenceslaus Hollar. One could suspect slight trimming of the margin but we will note that our measurements are the same as those of the Metropolitan Museum's copy. The print is floating on the backing and thus the entirety of the print revealed and attractively surrounded by tasteful matting and an appropriate complimentary gilt frame. Publisher unknown although it is quite possible Hollar was his own publisher. We think it likeliest that the print was done in Antwerp where the Flemish-born Hollar retreated in in 1646 from England because of the turmoil caused by the English Civil War. The print is 25 by 34.5 cm. With frame and matting 40 by 50 cm. We believe that the original etching meaning one printed in 1649 is quite scarce. Besides the Metropolitan Museum the only other copy of which we are aware is in the Royal Collection. The very narrow margin of the print has dusty soiling. There is a conspicuous closed tear running down the top center about 3 cm into the picture but luckily a less important area of the illustration. The tear is repaired or so we believe but it is undeniably visible. The gilded frame and matting are very attractive. Unknown unknown
16835352Cambridge: Johns Hayes Cambridge University Press 1683. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A nice uncomplicated copy of the complete Hayes Cambridge printings of 1683. This includes Title Page The Book of Common Prayer Title Page Old Testament with Apocrypha Title Page New Testament and Title Page The Whole Book of Pslame. Binding has been professionally refurbished at some point -- flexible and easy to use preserving the boards but not the original spine. Pages remarkably free of foxing no tears or important defects. <br/><br/> Johns Hayes, Cambridge University Press hardcover
1682L0565London: Thomas Helder. G : in good condition. 19th century binding. Cover rubbed and darkened. 1682. First Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 150mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 78pp. Fishing. Rivers in England include: Avon Cham Swift Ouse Humber Trent Tine Tyne Tweed Severne Thames Chester Dove Medway Tame Thame. . Thomas Helder hardcover
169316120Large engraved seechart measuring 46 x 89 cm. in original outline colouring. The chart showing the South-east coast of England from Sandwich to Clay. With inset view of The Thames between London and Greane Island. A fine impression on good thick paper with watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center. <br/><br/><em>The "Neptune Francois" was published in 1693 and its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated than those of any preceding book of its kind. This chart is without year place and "par Ordre du Roi" pointing to a later issue but issued from the original copperplate. It is also without "Imprimerie Royale" belonging to the imprints from 1792. Koeman IV425:8. </em> unknown
