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1679D11030Lyon: Chez Pierre Guillimin 1679. Hardcover. Very Good. Lyon: Chez Pierre Guillimin M.DC.LXXIX 1679. 8vo 150 x 80mm. 428pp. 43. Full page engraved frontispiece depicting a worshipper at the foot of the cross laden with Passion instruments crown of thorns sponge on reed withes ladder spear pillar with caption Les souffrances & la mort Dun DIEV pour nous Nôtre Continuelle. Meditation. The suffering and death of God for us is our continual meditation. Woodcut device of heraldic shield and cardinals hat with tassels on title. Woodcut chapter head vignettes and tailpieces one repeating of Evangelist John on isle of Patmos and another of Veronicas veil and woodcut historiated initials mostly birds throughout. Dedicated to LÂme Chrétienne. The Christian Soul. Italic and Roman type. Contemporary speckled calf spine gilt in compartments; joints splitting light edgewear; margins trimmed close affecting few engravings. Front pastedown with book label of Justin Godart 1871-1956 a French politician and bibliophile of Lyon. Godarts personal library stamp is also on title with the Lyonnais lion. Internet records show that the library of Justin Godart was sold at auction in Paris by Hôtel Drouot in 1957. Importantly this book remained part of the local fabric of the French city from its publication to over 275 years. Stated seventh edition of this devotional text on the Passion of Christ printed by a public brotherhood of Catholics although no other editions located. It is a highly uncommon pocket prayer book with little traceable history save the fact that this same 1679 edition appeared in an auction by Techener in 1861. Another Meditations publication by the same society appears 39 years later as the Nouvelle édition Chez Barthelemy Martin 1718 now held in the Public Library of Lyon. This elusive and largely anonymous French Catholic confraternity probably a local chapter of Lyon likely had various periods of flourishing and disbands or did not make large print-runs of their books possibly explaining the scarcity. <br/><br/>The aim of this brotherhoods untitled publication was to disseminate widely the prayers and reflections to be offered daily first day of the month second day etc. for the suffering of Christ. By publishing a text like this the brothers would in effect be gathering lower orders to participate in penitential exercises which is in itself an act of devotion and which would win them indulgences. In total there are 41 copperplate engravings attributed to François Houat who came from a family of printers and engravers in Northern France. These engravings are exceptional for their dramatic shadows and perspectives. As well the Guillimin publishers were known for their Catholic devotional imprints. For 31 days a full-page copperplate engraved scene of Christs Passion with captions precedes each daily reflection. The daily meditations build up chronologically ending with Christs death on the cross. Full-page engravings are also for Litany of the Passion Litany to the Infant Christ Nativity Lent repeating frontispiece Resurrection Ascension Pentecost the Blessed Sacrament and the emblemata of the brotherhood skull instruments of Passion candle and hourglass. French penitent confraternities survived during the early modern centuries as they underwent several transformations which made them more reflective of French as opposed to Italian devotional sensibilities. They enjoyed prestige and spiritual currency in Catholic society right up the Revolution. Chez Pierre Guillimin hardcover
169743308Lipsiae Leipzig: Sumptibus Joh. Christophori Königii 1697. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Octavo 8 x 5 1/2". 20 9-56 2 1099 the following pages are misnumbered 2000-2099 3000-3018 i.e 1218 186 8 447 1pp. Original full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Title pages in red and black lettering. Publisher's device on title pages. Added title facing main title page: PantAes Prophhtai kata tous hevdomēkonta Prophetae omnes ex versione Septuaginta interpretum cum libris Apocryphis .; New Testament last 447 pp. has separate title: Tēs Kainēs Diathēkēs Apanta. Novi Testamenti libri omnes. Accesserunt parallela Scripturae loca nec non variantes lectiones ex plus 100. MSS. codicibus . The sequence of 186pp. between the Old and New Testaments has the following caption title: In Sacra Biblia Graeca ex versione LXX. interpretum Scholia; simul et interpretum Caeterorum : lectiones variantes. Decorative headpiece tailpieces and initials. <br /> <br /> "Though inferior to the London and Amsterdam editions in beauty of execution this work is very far superior to them in point of correctness. The prolegomena of John Frickis prefixed to it contain a critical notice of preceeding editions of the Septuagint Version which is said to be very accurate" see Thomas Hartwell Horne's "A Manual of Biblical Bibliography" Page 44 Nr. 9.<br /> <br /> "The LXX. was printed from a copy of the London edition of 1653 which follwed the Sixtine text. This was collated with the Aldine edition and the variants found in that and in the Frankfort edition of 1597 which closely followed the Aldine are noted in an appendix. <br /> <br /> The New Testament text is printed from Fell's edition of 1675 No. 4711 in Darlow and Moule but the variant readings are relegated to an appendix. In the N. T. the references are printed immediately below the verse to which they belong.<br /> <br /> The Prayer of Manasses and a prologue to Ecclus which are not found in the Sixtine edition are apparently taken from an edition by J. A. Fabricius 1691 and appended to the Apocrypha.<br /> <br /> An engraved headpiece depicting Fridenstein appears before Genesis; a similar engraved headpiece depicting Altenburgum before Matthew and a coat-of-arm with the motto "Amore et prudentia" before Isaiah." See: Darlow and Moule Vol. II No. 4718.<br /> <br /> Binding darkened and partly age-toned. Spine with closed vertical cracks but firm. The engraved frontispiece portrait of Frederick Duke of Saxony is missing. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Introductory material Dedication to Frederick Duke of Saxony and Prolegomena in Latin Bible in ancient Greek. Binding in overall good- interior in good to very good condition. Sumptibus Joh. Christophori Königii hardcover
166111654Basileae: Johan. Jacobum Deckerum 1661 Ludovici Regis 1640 1661. Third revised 1661 Second edition 1640. Hardcover. 12 Mo. Original full vellum with handwritten lettering on spine. 1 Synagoga Judaica: Third revised edition. 34 779 38 pp. Title-page in red and black lettering. Fascinating work on Jewish rituals and traditions. Latin translation of this originally in German published work. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a celebrated Hebraist born in Westphalia member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis". He was succeeded by his son who also became a renowned professor. 2De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis: 14 472 8pp. Second edition of a Latin reference work of abbreviations in Hebrew from the Talmud. First published in 1613. Includes at end a bibliography of Rabbinical literature. Title-page with woodcut vignette. Closed tear of 1.5' on top of front joint. Minor soiling to binding. Previous owner's signature and ex-library sticker on free front endpaper. Hinges starting. Interior in very good condition. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was a 17th century Hebraist who served as professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and known by the title "Master of the Rabbis." He was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was largely responsible for transforming Hebrew studies from an amateur hobby into an established academic discipline in the early seventeenth century. He was succeeded by his son Johannes Buxtorf the Younger who also became a renowned professor. Johan. Jacobum Deckerum (1661) Ludovici Regis (1640) hardcover
1640001354London: None listed 1640. Full Morocco. Very Good. 64 pp. 4to 12 by 8 inches 30 by 20 cm. Typos on title page include possibly "Johnson" although spelling was a more fluid matter in the 17th century and the year of printing is given as 1440 instead of 1640. Pages have expected levels of age toning but generally clean otherwise. Leaf with pp 33/4 has tiny hole by the continuation word "The" in lower right of 33 with trivial loss of part of the lettering of "the". Modern morocco and marbled endpapers bright and fresh. <br/><br/> None listed unknown books
163060564Strasburg, Dietzel, 1630. Folio (34 x 215 mm). In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper label pasted on to spine indicating the volume's number in an estate library. Title-pages in red and black within historiated woodcut border. Binding soilied and with a few stains. Outer lower corner of title-page cut off, no loss of text. A fine copy. (12), 960, (36), (12), 214, (10) pp.
163060564Strasburg Dietzel 1630. Folio 34 x 215 mm. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper label pasted on to spine indicating the volume's number in an estate library. Title-pages in red and black within historiated woodcut border. Binding soilied and with a few stains. Outer lower corner of title-page cut off no loss of text. A fine copy. 12 960 36 12 214 10 pp. <br/><br/><em>Fine copy of this later edition of two of Jesephus' most important works. The later work is a translation of a Latin christological version of Josephus' De bello Judaico dating from ca. 367-374 A.D. It is of uncertain authorship but cited as the work of "Hegesippus" or "Egesippus." It was transmitted among the works of and sometimes attributed to Ambrose Bishop of Milan Titus Flavius Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian who was born in Jerusalem. He fought against the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War as head of Jewish forces in Galilee but surrendered in 67 CE to Roman forces led by Vespasian. After Vespasian became Emperor in 69 CE he granted Josephus his freedom at which time Josephus assumed the emperor's family name of Flavius. Josephus recorded Jewish history with special emphasis on the first century CE and the First Jewish–Roman War 66–70 CE including the Siege of Masada. His most important works were The Jewish War c. 75 and Antiquities of the Jews c. 94. The Jewish War recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation. Antiquities of the Jews recounts the history of the world from a Jewish perspective for an ostensibly Greek and Roman audience. These works provide valuable insight into first century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity although not specifically mentioned by Josephus. Josephus' works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine. For centuries Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book other than the Bible. They are an invaluable eye-witness to a momentous turning point in Judaism Christianity and Western civilization. The present edition was first published in 1569. Graesse III Pp. 481-482 </em> hardcover
1683264178London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the Kings most excellen t Majesty 1683. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. Backed with tissue some old dampstaining some loss at margins but printed area complete except for a very small area of the royal arms. Old folds rust marks along with marginal wear suggest that this may at one time have been "affixt to some conspicuous place" as the text instructs. Printed broadside. Woodcut royal arms at head large decorative initial capital. 1 vols. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches. King's Evil and the Royal Touch. From the Middle Ages in England and France it was believed that scrofula or "the King's Evil" could be cured by the touch of royalty; ceremonies were held in which the King would touch and "heal" hundreds of afflicted subjects. <br/>By the late 1400s it was believed that one could also be cured by touching a type of coin called an angel which had been touched by the monarch. After angels ceased to be minted in the 1620s the same effect was said to be achieved by touching a gold medallion embossed much like the old coin.<br/>Some monarchs touched many people. King Henry IV of France touched up to 1500 at one time. The last English monarch to carry out this practice was Queen Anne who died in 1714 but it continued in France. Louis XV touched more than 2000 scrofula sufferers and the last French monarch to do this was Charles X in 1825 Science Museum London. Cf. F Barlow "The King's Evil"Â The English Historical Review 95/374 January 1980 pp 3-27; M BlochThe Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973.<br/>The present broadside setting the dates for such ceremonies is rare on the market: no copies are listed for sale and none have appeared at auction. It also is signed in type by Lord Chief Justice George Jeffryes sic "The Hanging Judge" amongst others.<br/>An interesting manuscript note in a contemporary hand at the lower margin with significant loss calls the attention of "All Parsons Vicars and Curates" to the regulations set forth in the broadside. ESTC R34884 11 copies in UK 6 in US; OCLC 15328355 2 copies; Wing E-831 printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd; and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellen t Maje unknown books
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
165164249CBLugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Ex Officina Elseviriorum [Elsevier], 1651. Klein-8°. 16 x 10,5 cm. [5] Blatt, 88, 77 Seiten, [1] Blatt, 251 Seiten. Schlichter Handeinband aus dem 20. Jahrhundert unter Nutzung von Pergament der Zeit. [8 Warenabbildungen]
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.
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
168556729Kiøbenhaffn, Bockenhoffer, 1685. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt helpergament. Lille stempel på titelbladet. (14),116,82) pp. Enkelte gl. tilskrifter og understregninger. Et par ark svagt bruntonede, men et velbevaret eksemplar.
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
1640905Lugd. Batav, apud Elzevirios, 1640, trois volumes in-12 ; plein maroquin rouge sang, dos lisse, filet doré encadrant les plats, filet doré sur les coupes et sur le contre-plat, toutes tranches dorées (reliure ancienne) ; (12) ff. (titre gravé, epistola dedicatoria signée de Bonaventure et Abraham Elzevir ; buste gravé de Sénèque ; vita Senecae ; fragmenta ex-libris ; portrait en pied de Sénèque presque nu, debout dans une vasque), 552 pp. ; 718 pp. (le f. blanc manque) ; 442 pp. et (7) ff. d’index. Les tomes 2 et 3 sont datés de 1639 (Willems-508).
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