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1787122705Downing Street: 2 November 1787. Pitt attempts a joint Anglo-French abolition of the slave trade Autograph letter signed by Pitt the Younger as prime minister to his close advisor William Eden at the height of Eden's influence as envoy to France in which Pitt attempts to gauge potential French support for the early Abolitionist movement spearheaded by his friend and political ally William Wilberforce and the prospect of a joint Anglo-French abolition of the trade. "You have had a letter from my friend Wilberforce on a scheme which may appear to some people chimerical but which I really believe may with proper management be made practicable. If it can I am sure it is an object well worth attending to and perhaps you may be able to learn the private sentiments of the French Government upon it. to Judge whether it can be carried further. I mean the idea of the two nations agreeing to discontinue the villainous traffic now carried on in Africa". 1787 saw the foundation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and was also the year in which Wilberforce took political leadership of the Abolition movement. There is no evidence that any overtures Eden made to France for a joint anti-slave trade approach made any impression - had this letter achieved its aim the history of transantlantic slavery would have been vastly different. Although Pitt's support for the movement to abolish slavery was unflagging throughout his tenure as prime minister the eventual abolition of the trade would not occur until a year after his death in 1807. In December 1785 the penal reformer and diplomatist William Eden 1st Baron Auckland 1744-1814 was sent by Pitt the Younger to serve "as an envoy to negotiate a commercial treaty with France a task which particularly suited Eden's expertise in matters of finance and commerce. This step inaugurated the most important and successful phase of Eden's career" ODNB. The skill and delicacy with which he cajoled both Britain and France through the Versailles negotiations eventually resulted in the signing of the final treaty in September 1786 as well as two further commercial agreements between the countries one to resolve the disputes between the British and French East India companies. However Eden's peers viewed his successes as proof of his francophile leanings and he was swiftly reassigned as ambassador to Madrid. "Following the end of his diplomatic career Auckland remained a political figure of some significance. He was still close to Pitt and his public pronouncements were often regarded as reflecting the thinking of the prime minister. Pitt was indeed so close to Auckland and his family at this time that he came very near to marrying Auckland's daughter Eleanor Eden 1777-1851 in 1796-7 only to break off his dalliance suddenly and mysteriously for reasons which are not fully understood to this day. Although this episode curtailed the social relationship between Auckland and Pitt they remained politically close. In 1798 Auckland was appointed by Pitt to the position of joint postmaster-general and he was one of Pitt's closest advisers on the prospective union with Ireland in the years 1798-1800" ODNB. Single sheet quarto 239 x 196 mm handwritten in ink across two pages. Remains of verso guard where laid down overwritten in another hand annotated at foot of second page in a later hand "To Lord Auckland." Browned with a few areas of discolouration or marks tiny wear and puncture to left edge not obscuring text else in very good condition. unknown
1590ABC_46070Antwerp 1590. Folio 7 of 8 plates trimmed. Adriaen Collaert 7 plates with the Acts of Mercy & Johannes Galle the Last Judgement Loose prints. 8 engravings ca. 17.5 x 20.5 cm on laid paper by Crispijn de Passe I the elder after Maarten de Vos with the central scene framed by an exquisite ornamental border showing crafts tools and scenes relating to the subject. All engravings captioned with engraved Latin text in a cartouche below the images. Complete series of the Acts of Mercy including the plate of the Last Judgement engraved by the engraver illustrator and publisher Crispijn de Passe I ca. 1564-1637 after Maarten de Vos 1532-1603 one of the most prolific and influential print designers of his generation. They were first published by the engraver Crispijn de Passe the elder I and subsequently by Adriaen Collaert Theodoor Galle and Johannes Galle. Our set shows the 7 prints of the Acts of Mercy in their second state of 4 by Collaert with his monogram "AC" in the plates. The eighth print showing the Last Judgement is in its third state published by Johannes Galle. The acts of mercy depicts feeding the hungry giving drink to the thirsty clothing the naked in a dress shop housing the homeless tending the sick visiting prisoners and burying the dead.One print feeding the hungry untrimmed. The 7 trimmed prints are reinforced with two small white paper slips in the head margin the Last Judgement very slightly toned and with a few spots. Otherwise in good condition with very sharp and dark impressions of the plates. The complete series of the Acts of Mercy including the Last Judgement.l Hollstein XV 471-477; New Hollstein Maarten de Vos 613.3; 614-620.2. ABE CAT Art History ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks hardcover
1908059007London: Crosby Lockwood And Son 1908. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Maps Charts Photographs. Xix 504 Pp 5 Pp Ads At End. Second Edition Revised And Expanded. Original Blue Cloth Gilt Beveled Edges. Inscribed In London By The Author To California Petroleum Geologist Ralph Arnold And Dated In 1921. Covers Clean All Gilt Still Brilliant Light Fraying At Tips And Top Edge. Very Scarce Only Three Institutional Holdings Of This 1908 Second Edition Are Shown In Worldcat. For An Excellent Summary Of Beeby-Thompson's Unparalleled Association With Baku See"Arthur Beeby-Thompson: Oil Pioneer" On The Internet. Of Little Interest Today The Oil Fields Of Baku Were Hitler's Major Interest In His Attempted Subjugation Of Russia In World War Ii A Fact Well Known To Many Russians But Known By Few Living Westerners. There Is A Plausible Argument That The National Economics Politics And Militarization Of Oil And Gas Is So Important That Twentieth Century And Twenty-First Century National Economics Politics And Militarization May To A Considerable Degree Be Considered As Just Aspects Of The Oil And Gas Business; Petroleum And Gas Derivatives Provide Not Just Energy But The Chemicals Used In All Industry Including The Lubrication Of Essential Machines. This Business Is Below The Radar Of The Media Indispensably Dependent Upon The Oil Equipment Supply Business An Oligopoly Where Equipment Is Never Sold Only Leased Making The Users Dependent Upon Such Firms "Forever" And Giving Them Incomparable Political Leverage. Per The Huntington Library Ralph Arnold A Leading Consulting Geologist And Petroleum Engineer In The United States Came To Pasadena California From Iowa With His Family In 1880 And Was Educated At Stanford University. Arnold Became A Member Of The U.S. Geological Survey Wrote And Lectured Extensively On Geological Subjects Engaged In Numerous Mining And Petroleum Ventures And Was Active In Republican Politics Especially In The Presidential Campaign Of Herbert Hoover One Of Hoover's Sons Was A Worldwide Petroleum Drilling Business Operator. Excellent Background For Motivations For Sacrifice Of Ukraine For American Access To Fees And Profits For Drilling Storing Transporting Marketing And De-Regulating Russian Oil And Gas. <br/> <br/> Crosby, Lockwood And Son hardcover
157963961Frankfort & Wechelus: Francofurti Ad Moenum Apud and Wechelum 1579. Around 1961 a previous owner writes "According to the recent national archives survey this is the second oldest book in the State of Florida." Ask for scanned images of this rare volume and the laid-in notes of early researcher. "THIS CONSISTS OF ORATIONS AND COMMENTS OF FAZELLUS or FAZELUS WHO WAS PROFESSOR OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE SICILIAR AND SACRED HERITAGE OF THE PREACHER.". First Edition 1st Edition. Hardback LEATHERBOUND. Good Used Antique Condition. 13 3/4 Inches X 8 1/5 Inches X 2 1/4 Inches. Francofurti Ad Moenum Apud and Wechelum Paperback
19632916London: np 1963. First edition. Very Good. Vintage 8x10 glossy photograph by Dezo Hoffmann from 1963 SIGNED BY ALL FOUR BEATLES. The image is one of several taken by the Czech-born photographer Dezo Hoffmann on July 2 1963 – the day after the band recorded She Loves You / I’ll Get You. Hoffmann met The Beatles in 1962 and as the first professional photographer they hired played a pivotal role in documenting their early years. Hoffmann preferred photographs that showed the members of the band in candid spontaneous or unguarded moments both on and off the stage and consequently his photos made the public feel like they connected with and knew the band on a more intimate level. His timing was perfect: he helped shape the image of The Beatles just as their popularity began to grow. <br /> <br /> In this photo The Beatles are posing together in the gardens of London’s Russell Square. It is signed on the back “To Carol love†and then the signatures of the band members in full: Paul McCartney George Harrison John Lennon and Ringo Star. The “To Carol love†appears to be in McCartney’s hand. The McCartney Harrison and Lennon signatures are very strong in deep black ink while Ringo Starr’s signature signed with a different pen has faded but is still legible. <br /> <br /> Size: 8x10 inches. London: 1963. Some light creases visible mainly in raking light; Ringo signature with fading as noted above. Housed in custom presentation folder. A important signed image at a critical moment in the history of The Beatles. np unknown
193200835916 Clifford's Inn London: Sir Emery Walker Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ROGERS Bruce 1870-1957. One of the great typographic masterpieces of the 20th century! A limited edition of Homer's The Odyssey translated by T.E. Lawrence one of 530 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in Monotype Centaur on pale grey paper 26 woodcuts including title vignette after Greek vase paintings printed as roundels in black on gold some with tissue guards that of frontispiece little creased some light offsetting including small and very slight portion of offsetting to title inner-edge from loosely inserted newspaper clipping of Lawrence light marginal browning to endpapers and extreme outer-margin of first and last few ff. original black morocco spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands t.e.g. others uncut some light rubbing and scuffs to spine and corners slight discolouration to covers original slip-case some wear to extremities printed and published by Sir Emery Walker Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers. 291206 mm. Blumenthal The Printed Book in America pp. 70-72/128-134; Clements pp. 41-42; Duval 25; O'Brien A144. -In the Odyssey with complete sincerity without tricks or accessory decoration with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon with only type and paper and ink with consummate skill Rogers created a masterpiece- Blumenthal p.134. <br/> <br/> Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers hardcover
163434275London: Printed by Adam Islip and to be sold by John Grismond in Ivy-lane and to be sold at the Signe of the Gun 1635 1634 1634. The first Tome. The second Tome. The second printing with numerous corrections of the first English translation. Printed by Adam Islip in 1634 the first volume contains the title-page dated 1635 which was offered for sale by John Grismond the second volume retains the 1634 title-page. Elaborate woodcut printer's device to title engraved floriated initials and fine head and tail pieces throughout. Folio in 6s 2 vols. bound in one an excellent copy bound in full contemporary polished calf in original state the back with raised bands over cords covers with double fillet rules in blind. 56 614 42; 12 632 86. Advertisement leaf at end of vol. II pp. Collated complete. An especially desirable copy of this highly important book. In its rare original state this book is seldom encountered. The textblock is crisp and unpressed and remains in a very pleasing state of preservation some minor evidence of damp in a few places as to be expected the spine with expert restoration at the head and tail of the panel a beautiful copy. IMPORTANT EARLY ISSUE OF THE GREAT TRANSLATION OF PLINY INTO ENGLISH BY PHILEMON HOLLAND. The second printing of the first full English translation of this important book. First published in Venice in 1469 “The ‘Natural History†of Pliny the Elder is more than a natural history: it is an encyclopaedia of all the knowledge of the ancient world. .He was a compiler rather than an original thinker and the importance of this book depends more on his exhaustive reading he quotes over four hundred authorities Greek and Latin than on his original work. All the spare time allowed him by a busy administrative career was devoted to reading; he began long before daybreak his nephew the younger Pliny recorded and grudged every minute not spent in study; no book was so bad he used to say as not to contain something of value. When he died the 'Natural History' the sole extant work out of one hundred and two volumes from his pen was still incomplete. It comprises thirty-seven books dealing with mathematics and physics geography and astronomy medicine and zoology anthropology and physiology philosophy and history agriculture and mineralogy the arts and letters. He is scrupulous in his acknowledgment of his sources you must he wrote with honest humility declare those from whom you have profited and the whole of the first book is devoted to the tables of contents and authorities which bear witness to his method.<br> The HISTORIE soon became a standard book of reference: abstracts and abridgments appeared by the third century. Bede owned a copy Alcuin sent the early books to Charlemagne and Dicuil the Irish geographer quotes him in the ninth century. It was the basis of Isidorets Etymologiae and such medieval encyclopedias as the Speculum Majus of Vincent of Beauvais and the Catholicon of Balbus. One of the earliest books to be printed at Venice the center from which so much of classical literature was first dispensed it was later translated into English by Philemon Holland in 1601 and twice reprinted a notable achievement for so vast a text. .<br> More recently scholars as various as Humboldt and Grimm have praised and acknowledged their debt to it. Over and over again it will be found that the source of some ancient piece of knowledge is Pliny. PMM<br> The standard of reference for scholars since the 15th century Holland’s translation made it available to the English speaking world for the first time. Although not strictly scientific itself mingling a good deal of the author's fancy with fact Pliny's NATURALL HISTORIE was important in stimulating scientific thought in succeeding generations. "It is an encyclopedia of all the knowledge of the ancient world set out in an orderly fashion. It was the source of much medieval knowldege--and legend--and the model for such works as the SPECULUM MAJUS of Vincent of Beauvais. The high regard in which it was held in the world of the Renaissance can be seen by its early appearance in print 1472" PMM.<br> The HISTORIE divided into 37 libri or "books" was completed except for finishing touches in 77 CE. In the preface dedicated to Titus who became emperor shortly before Pliny's death Pliny justified the title and explained his purpose on utilitarian grounds as the study of "the nature of things that is life" "Preface" 13. Heretofore he continued no one had attempted to bring together the older scattered material that belonged to "encyclic culture" <br>egkyklios paideia the origin of the word encyclopaedia. Disdaining high literary style and political mythology Pliny adopted a plain style--but one with an unusually rich vocabulary--as best suited to his purpose. A novel feature of the NATURALL HISTORIE is the care taken by Pliny in naming his sources more than 100 of which ae authors and sometimes the titles of the books many of which are now lost from which Pliny derived his material.<br> The HISTORIE properly begins with Book II which is devoted to cosmology and astronomy. Here as elsewhere Pliny demonstrated the extent of his reading especially of Greek texts.<br> Books VII through XI treat zoology beginning with humans VII then mammals and reptiles VIII fishes and other marine aninmals IX birds X and insects XI. In Books XII throuogh XIX on botany Pliny came closest to making great contributions to science. He drew heavily upon Theophrastus and still made important independent observations particularly those made during his travels in Germany. Pliny is one of the chief sources of modern lknowledge of Roman gardens early botanical writings and the introduction into Italy of new horticultural and agricultural discoveries.<br> Born at Como in 23 Pliny died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. His NATURALIS HISTORIA is a scientific encyclopedia often uncritical but very elaborate and of great value. Pliny attached to each book the list of his authorities 146 Roman and 327 Greek being quoted. He explained that people may be living at the antipodes and stated that the speed of light is greater than that of sound. His work includes the oldest account of ancient art. In addition it contains a remarkable amount of early information on Asia and Africa. Its influence throughout the Middle Ages was very great.<br> This is an especially nice copy of the second offering of the work in English. This issue corrected the many errors of the first English edition. As with the copy listed in the British Museum the first tome has a new title page dated 1635. Further this is a variant issue with “and are to be sold by John Grismond†after Adam Islip on the imprint. Dedicated to Sir Robert Cecil. Printed by Adam Islip and to be sold by John Grismond, in Ivy-lane and to be sold at the Signe of the Gun hardcover
1839965Z28DLondon: The Railway Times Office 1839-63. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 9". None stated. An impressive run of early issues of the 'Railway Times' periodical an important railway periodical which documented developments and current news in the railway industry during the 1800s. A beautifully bound set of a very scarce periodical. An extensive twenty-nine volume set featuring a collection of the 'Railway Times' periodical from 1839-1863. All being the first edition. The periodical provides an impressive historical account of the current news and developments in the railway industry during the early to mid nineteenth century. The articles range from finances stock information new patents and inventions accidents and updates on railways from across the globe. Notable articles include; an article on Mr Robert Stephenson's new 1842 locomotive which proposed to use less fuel and a Testimonial to Isambard Kingdom Brunel the legendary engineer. This set includes; '1839' Vol II No. 71-72 85-94 and '1840' Vol III No. 27-41 and Vol II No. 52 of the 'Railways Magazine & Commercial Journal' bound into one volume. The rest of the years are bound over two volumes and feature complete runs of the magazine for that year with these being; '1841' Vol I- No.157 Vol III No. 1 - No.182 Vol Iv-No. 26. Vol II- No.183 Vol IV No.27 - No. 208 Vol IV No.52. '1842' Vol I- No. 209 Vol IV No.1 - No.234 Vol V-No.26. Vol II- No.235 Vol V No.27 - No.261 Vol V No.53. '1846' Vol I- No.418 Vol IX No.1 - No.443 Vol IX No.26. Vol II- nO.44 Vol IX No.27 - No.469 Vol IX No. 52. '1847' Vol I- No.470 Vol X No.1 - No.495 Vol X No.26. Vol II- No.496. Vol X No.27 - No.521 Vol X No.52. '1854' Vol I - No.836 Vol XVII No.1 - No.860 Vol XVII No.25.Vol II - No.861 Vol XXII No.26 - No.887 Vol XVII No. 52. '1855' Vol I - No.888 Vol xviii No.1 - No.913 Vol xviii No.26. Vol II - No. 914 Vol XVII No.27-No.939 Vol XVIII No. 52. '1856' Vol I - No. 940 Vol XIX No.1 - No.965 Vol XIX No.26.Vol II - No. 966 Vol XIX No.27 - No.991 Vol XIX No.52. '1857' Vol I- No.992 Vol XX No.1 - No.1017 Vol XX No.26. Vol II - No.1018 Vol XX No.27 - No.1043 Vol XX No.52. No. 18-22 have been misnumbered with No.18 numbered twice and missing No.21 however the work is complete with the pagination continuous as is expected. '1858' Vol I-No.1044 Vol XXI No.1 - No.1069 Vol XXI No.26. Two of the issues are numbered '23' but nothing is lacking. Vol II- No.1070 Vol XXI No.27-No.1094 Vol XXI No.52. '1859' Vol I- No.1095 Vol XXII No.1 - No.1120 Vol XXII No.26. Vol II - No.1121 Vol XXII No.27 - No.1147 Vol XXII No.53. '1860' Vol I- No.1148 Vol XXIII No.1 - No.1173 XXIII No.26. Vol II- No.1174 XXIII No.27 - No.1199 Vol XXIII No.52. '1861' Vol I- No.1200 Vol XXIV No.1 - No.1225 Vol XXIV No.26.Vol II - No.1251 Vol XXIV No.27 - No.1251 XXIV No.52.'1862' Vol I - No.1252 Vol XXV No.1 - No.1277 Vol XXV No.26. Vol II - No.1278 Vol XXV No.27 - No.1303 Vol XXV No.52. '1863' Vol I - No.1305 Vol XXVI No.1 - No.1329 Vol XXVI No.26.Vol II - No.1330 Vol XXVI No.27 - No.1355 Vol XXVI No.52. Illustrated heavily with numerous monochrome vignettes and the occasional full page illustration. Volume '1854' contains a folding map to pp. 356. A very scarce and important periodical with this being some of the earliest examples of the magazine currently on the market. A beautifully bound and uniform set. Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with cloth to the boards. Endpapers renewed.All pages and issues present after the 1839-40 volumes. The occasional article clipped. Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with cloth to the boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally lovely with only very minimal edge wear and slight leans to the odd volume. Internally generally firmly bound with the title page to pp.22 to '1854' tender and minimal strain in places otherwise firmly bound. Pages generally bright with only light age toning to the odd volume. Pages generally clean with only the odd spot slightly heavier to '1855' the occasional ink mark to '1841' and a more significant tidemark to '1856' pp. 569. Very minimal handling marks and occasional 'Railway Times' stamps to all the volumes. The odd page closely cropped to '1839-40' and the odd small closed tear and chip to the extremities. Several articles have been clipped from the pages heavier to the earlier volumes. Minor ink notations to '1847'. Hand written notes written on separate papers inserted into the odd volume. All in all a beautifully bound set with generally clean and bright pages with only the odd clipped article and mark. Very Good Indeed The Railway Times Office hardcover
168722346Bordeaux: Pierre Abegou 1687. Marbled wrappers. 4to. With an inserted latter engraved frontispiece portrait of the Polish King Jan III Sobieski engraved by F. Jollain. Very rare pamphlet published during the European wars against Turkey with a frontispiece portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Léopold I 1640-1705 Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia and Hungary. He succeeded his father Ferdinand III in 1657 and immediately had to fight against the Turks in the Great Turkish War also known as the War of the Holy League 1683-1699. This war finally led to the Peace of Karlowitz in 1699.This work gives directions and arrangements for ritual processions that the Turkish Sultan Suleiman III ordered after his victories during the so-called Holy Wars against the Christians. It is of great importance for our understanding of the problematic Turkish-European relations during the 17th century especially as an interesting example of counter-propaganda. One of Suleiman IIIs directions presented in the book for example ordered that one Christian slave or one Jew was to be killed every fifteen minutes as part of the procession. One can imagine the reaction of a Christian reading this text: although the crusades were over this could provoke war and violence between the parties.Wrappers worn and somewhat frayed a few worm holes but still in good condition.l Bibliotheca bibliographica Aureliana CX XVIIe siècle XIV Bordeaux 2176 not mentioning the portrait; cf. Desgraves Bordeaux 1580. Pierre Abegou, unknown
168831913London: by Miles Flesher for Richard Tonson 1688. First Edition in English. This copy has two title pages one with the Tonson imprint rubricated black and red the other with the Heyrick imprint in black only. Sabin states: “As some copies have only the black titles and some only the rubricated ones while others have both it seems possible that all the issues were originally published with two titles.†Engraved portrait frontispiece of translator Paul Rycaut the rubricated title page in red and black and 10 copperplate engravings. Folio an especially handsome copy bound in its original contemporary speckled English calf the spine with raised bands the compartments with floriated panels decorated in gilt red morocco lettering piece gilt the covers with a border decorations rolled in blind and double-filleted rules at the borders. 1019. A superb copy of this rare and early work. The book remains in its original binding. The text-block is crisp clean and unpressed The engraved illustrations are all in excellent condition. A truly wonderful copy and especially fine survival of a book rarely if ever found in such condition. RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT EARLY HISTORY OF THE INCAN CIVILIZATION AND OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU BY THE SPANISH. De la Vega was a prince of Incan royalty by virtue of his mother who was descended from the last Incan King of Peru. He took great pride in his Incan ancestry styling himself “Garcilasso Inca†and becoming a dedicated student of the Peruvian language and traditions. However the translator also tells us that “the Spanish humour was most prevalent in him so that he delighted much to tell us as in diverse places that he was also the son of Garcilasso de la Vega one of the first Conquerours of the new World.†Such an illustrious ancestry provides for a rendering of the history of the Incan civilization from a unique point of view. <br> The first section of the text details the early history of the Incas before the Spanish conquest including their laws and government and other “particulars relating to their Empire and Policies.†The second part details the Spanish conquest and the various civil wars and rebellions that came along with them and after them. The first part was published in Lisbon in 1609 and the second part in 1617. This edition is the first English translation by Sir Paul Rycaut. This is a classic work comprehensive and painstakingly researched and remains today one of the chief authorities on the subject of ancient Peru. by Miles Flesher for Richard Tonson hardcover
1441ST19880Italy Ferrara 1441-48. Visible leaf: 245 x 187 mm. 9 5/8 x 7 3/8"; Frame: 380 x 315 mm. 15 x 12 1/4". Double column 30 lines in a very fine rounded gothic hand a few lines of text in the same hand but smaller. <br/> Mounted and in a simple but pleasing gold frame. Visible side with rubrics in red one-line initials in burnished gold or painted blue one two-line initial in burnished gold on a pale pink ground with white tracery a lovely illuminated bar between the columns with a central plant knot AND SPROUTING IN UPPER AND LOWER MARGINS CLUSTERS OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES IN VARIOUS COLORS AS WELL AS GOLD BEZANTS outer margin with swirling penwork studded with gilt bezants running the length of the column each penwork swirl enclosing a painted and gilt flower with ONE FIVE-LINE HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING ST. PAUL HOLDING A SWORD AND BOOK the initial painted pink with green leaves and a blue and green acanthus extension on a gilt ground. ◆Not examined outside of frame but in very fine condition: vellum slightly wavy text in the bottom margin just a bit faded but by all appearances A VERY CLEAN BRIGHT LEAF SPARKLING WITH GILT.<br/> <br/> Executed with great skill and delicacy and in sensitive Italianate colors highlighted especially by spring green and pink the present leaf is from a manuscript intended for a powerful aristocrat. It comes from the celebrated Breviary illuminated for the chapel of the Marquises of Este rulers of Ferrara and Mantua a manuscript commissioned by Leonello d'Este duke of Ferrara from 1441-50. Because the d'Este family kept excellent records we have confidence that this manuscript was done for Leonello by Giorgio d'Alemagna Bartolomeo de Benincà Guglielmo Giraldi and Matteo de' Pasti see Toniolo "La Miniatura a Ferrara dal Tempo di Cosmè Tura all'eredità di Ercole de' Roberti" 1998 pp. 19-20 and 76-77. The leaves show subtle variations in the style of the illuminations a result of work done by a team of artists doing variations on a theme. At one time in a Spanish library the manuscript was brought to Britain during the Peninsular War and came to be owned by the Rolls family later Lords Llangattock of Monmouth in Wales from whom it takes its name. By the time the work reached Britain most of the miniatures had already been cut out. The Breviary sold at Christie's on 8 December 1958 lot #190 to Goodspeed's of Boston who broke it up. The intact first quire of 10 leaves was purchased by Philip Hofer and given to Harvard cf. Wieck "Late Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts" p. 130 and fig. 74 and individual leaves appeared in 1967 in the catalogues of Folio Fine Art "the quality of the leaves is extremely high" Maggs Brothers "of a very high quality" and Alan Thomas "of exquisite quality". The present example is especially desirable for the portrait of St. Paul who is depicted holding a sword and book and whose carefully molded features reflect the growing interest in realistic portraiture in Renaissance Italy. unknown
20082091502135700155Kashiwashobo 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kashiwashobo paperback
53336Paris: Crépy 1783. Original hand-coloured engraving overall 72 x 48 cm comprising 15 sections the game occupying 12 sections each 16 x 16 cm. plus 3 half-panels at the bottom for the title and rules of the Nouvelle Combinaison each 8 x 16 cm. Contemporary linen backing. Framed with museum quality glass 99% UV filter - less than 2% reflection. Easily removable from frame Joints holding although fragile wear to corners minor loss to inside margin of lower left title panel light browning a few hanging pin holes at margins. Scarce especially when coloured. Without imprint or date as normal. The 12 panels depict 12 traditional games La Main Chaude Le Balon La Crosse etc which follow the 12 months of the year. Rules for advancing around the board underneath each illustration and a second method of playing in the bottom three panels. [Paris: Crépy, 1783]. unknown
63499Romae Rome: Ex Typographia Medicea 1619. Folio 33.5x21 cm. pp. 4 9-462 2 with at recto the printer's letter repeated with the date of the 1591 original edition blank at verso. Contemporary green vellum spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments red Morocco label marbled endpapers edges dyed red. Title printed in red and black with Medici's woodcut coat-of-arms printer's advice "Typographus lectori". With 149 text woodcuts by Leonardo Parassole c.1570-c.1630 after Antonio Tempesta 1555-1630 their monograms appearing on a number of the illustrations. The woodcuts are remarkable examples of Tempesta's work notable for their clarity of composition and their didactic narrative of the episodes depicted. Ex libris Luigi Bossi Milan 1758-1835 with his engraved heraldic bookplate to front pastedown along with T. Fenteman & Sons Leeds booksellers label to upper corner. Title-page lightly browned boards faded and discoloured some occasional light toning generally a very good copy printed on thick paper the woodcuts in strong impressions throughout. Rare 1619 reissue or of the original 1591 stock of the Arabic Medicean Gospels. The text lines are almost identical with those of the Arabic issue but now have an interlinear Latin version added which was prepared by Antonius Sionita. In 1584 the last year of the papacy of Gregory XIII who had constantly endeavoured to effect a union between the Church of Rome and the eastern Christians Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici the brother and later the successor of the Grand Duke of Tuscany founded a printing press in Rome with a vast selection of oriental types cut by the French typographer Robert Granjon. Run by a versatile orientalist Giovan Battista Raimondi the press had various aims. One was to produce propaganda which would attract the eastern Christians to Roman Catholicism. Another was to corner the publishing market in an area where typography was prohibited and to make a financial profit from the sale in the east of books printed in Arabic. The third aim was to further European knowledge and to provide good editions of Arabic versions of certain standard non-religious texts. These included the writings of Avicenna al-Idrisi's geographical compendium al-Tusi's adaptation of Euclid's text on geometry and various works on Arabic grammar and syntax. The first major publication was the 1591 edition of the Gospels. This copy has an interlinear Latin translation but the work was also issued solely in Arabic. It contains 149 fine woodcut illustrations made by Leonardo Parasole mainly after designs by one of the best known Florentine artists of his day Antonio Tempesta who owed much of his fame to the frescoes he painted in the Vatican and in a number of Roman palaces. The woodcut in the Gospel of St Mark of the presentation of the head of John the Baptist to Salome Mark 6:28 by a man in Turkish dress reminds us of the common association between the great enemy of Christendom in the sixteenth century and the ancient heathens. The Arabic text is printed in Robert Granjon's famous large fount generally considered the first satisfactory Arabic printing type; as all early printed editions of the Arabic Gospels it is based on the Alexandrian Vulgate cf. Darlow/M. 1636. The Latin version is by Leonardo Sionita. The work begins with page 9 without a title-page or any preliminary matter at all: "the intended prefatory matter was apparently never published" Darlow/M. Darlow & Moule 1637 & 1643; Schnurrer Bibliotheca arabica 318; Brunet II 1122-23; Graesse II 531 Romae [Rome]: Ex Typographia Medicea, 1619. hardcover
17753622n.p. n.p. n.d. pre-1775 1775. Original drawing of classical capitals and urns with lines of perspective. Pen and brown and black ink pencil and grey wash on laid paper without visible watermark ruled border in brown ink. Sheet 302x218mm window mount 350x275mm. Very slight soiling and foxing but overall in excellent condition. A very good and rare example of a study for an important book on perspective. � In 1775 Thomas Malton the Elder 1726-1801 published A Compleat Treatise On Perspective In Theory and Practice; on the True Principles Of Dr. Brook Taylor. This drawing is a preliminary study for plate XXII from this book. Such drawings are rare; the last to appear before this one was sold at Christie's in 2011. Malton's book was important: the Royal Academy had been founded only seven years before and in its Instrument of Foundation there was a specific requirement that the art and science of perspective be taught. A Compleat Treatise was the first book to be published on the subject following the founding of the RA. Malton was perhaps making a bid for his book to be adopted as a sort of "set text" and many Royal Academicians were among the initial subscribers. It was from the outset regarded as one of the best modern books on the subject based as it was on the newest contemporary mathematical studies of perspective. The combination of science and art is captured beautifully in this drawing. Bad luck in business forced Malton to leave England to start afresh as an artist in Dublin where he died in 1801 but his influence extended well into the nineteenth century thanks to his son also called Thomas and to Turner's use of A Compleat Treatise in his own lectures at the Royal Academy where he was Professor of Perspective. Malton's book and drawings would almost certainly have been introduced to Turner by Malton's son in whose studio Turner worked as an apprentice in the 1780s and whom Turner regarded as his "my real master". Some of Turner's own drawings and sketches used in these lectures are held at the Tate and among them are two of the capitals from plate XXII of A Compleat Treatise whose origins can be traced back to this drawing by Thomas Malton the Elder. n.p. n.p. n.d. [pre-1775]
1801001380London: For the Author By J. Debrett 1801. 2 i-ii v-vi 1-134 plates 135-136 charts 137-144pp 6. Original boards later cloth reback with modern paper title label to spine later endpapers. Boards worn to edges and especially corners scrape to centre of lower board. Internally the front endpaper is creased light spotting to text but plates generally clean a few pages with marginal repairs one plate with marginal repairs with the repairs slightly offsetting on to the margin of another plate but generally quite bright and clean. With twenty coloured aquatint plates showing one hundred and thirty-seven coastal profiles and twenty-four tinted engraved charts on twelve pages by J. Stadler and J. Luffman after J.T. Serres. Housed in a calf backed slipcase with raised bands spine in six panels a leather title label to second panel with the remaining panels with repeated gilt tooling. J.ohn T.homas Serres was the elder son of the marine painter Dominic Serres and was "appointed draughtsman to the Admiralty being employed in making sketches of the harbours on the enemy's coast for which he had a vessel placed at his service and £100 a month. His two books are the outcome of work undertaken in this capacity: the 'Little Sea Torch' being a guide for coasting ships" Prideaux page 275. For Luffman see Worms and Baynton-Williams pages 417-419. NMM III:218; Goldsmiths 18296.1 and Abbey England 344. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Stadler J. And Luffman J. After Serres J.T. Elephant Folio. For the Author By J. Debrett Hardcover
17205138<p><em>The World's first Global Stock Market Bubble Illustrated</em></p><p>STOCK MARKET - THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY. Het groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid.The great mirror of folly showing the rise progress and downfall of the bubble in stocks and windy speculation especially in France England and the Netherlands in the year 1720 being a collection of all the terms and proposals of the incorporated companies. with prints comedies and poems published by various amateurs scoffing at this terrible and deceitful trade. n.p. Amsterdam after 1720.</p><p>Folio pp. ii 25 1 52 26 29-31 thus complete 1 8 10 engraved frontispiece Muller plate No.1 title printed in red and black Cole version 2 text in double columns and 74 engraved plates 2 of them in duplicate mostly double-page and/or folding including maps portraits playing cards broadsides; text a little browned due to paper quality some foxing; plates generally clean and crisp one plate cropped at foremargin with loss of text but not to image; contemporary full mottled panelled calf spine gilt in compartments sides with rich gilt decoration head and tail of spine repaired corners strengthened; a good copy.</p><p>The classic rare literary and pictorial satire on John Law's 'system' and the wild speculation in stocks at that time. As part of Law's well-conceived plan to finance the French national debt funds were raised a portion of which was invested in the 'Compagnie d'Occident' which was given rights to exploit trade in Louisiana and Canada. The underlying plan was sound but unprecedented wild speculation sent the share price rocketing to unrealistic levels. Inevitably the 'bubble' burst; the Company was bankrupted and many investors ruined and the 'Système Law' unfortunately discredited. Law himself had foreseen the developments and had withdrawn funds from the French scheme to invest in the British South Sea affair which was being set up at that time. This 'bubble' also burst in 1720.</p><p>'Rarely does a single volume combine in itself so much economic interest. in neither of these countries France and England however did appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume' Cole p. 1.</p><p>Each copy of this work is unique. The number of plates varies from 60 to 90 though generally around 70 and the order of the text and the plates differs from copy to copy. The present copy has the regular plates 1-23 25 28 30-51 53-68 70 - 73 with 36 and 37 bound in twice in different places as well as the supplementary plates 1 2 4 and 5. This includes the very uncommon 'Register of all the prints' first issue with 47 prints listed and a further one added in ink and a fascinating portrait of Madame Law.</p><p>In addition to the vivid portrayals of the 'wind-trade' and stock market frenzy the double-page folding plate with playing cards known as Aprilkaart 65 and the Magic card 73 are particularly appealing. The special feature of this copy is the etched portrait of Madame Law but not with the usual richly decorated border of scrolls foliage fruits and flowers but surrounded by Callot style figures of dwarves. This border has been used on another print in the collection of de Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag see BM 1868-0808-9693.</p><p>Arthur H. Cole The Great Mirror of Folly 1949; Sperling The South Sea Company 205; Kress 3217; Goldsmiths 5879; Sabin 28932; Lipperheide 3550; see Goetzmann et al The Great Mirror of Folly Finance Culture and the Crash of 1720 2013.</p>
1842001525<p>London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1842. 7 viii-xlviii 5 6-320pp. Later full morocco by Thomas or John Fazakerley of Liverpool with their name stamped to foot of front turn in raised bands spine in six panels title lettered directly to second panel and author to third remaining panels with double fillet border in gilt red morocco frame single fillet inner border with central heart tool and four dots upper cover with double fillet border in gilt red morocco frame with single fillet inner border hearts and dots surrounding another red morocco inner frame with central oval red morocco frame encompassing the title and author surrounded by fauna and flora in gilt lower cover with similar frames and heart and dot border single line to edges inner edges again with red morocco border and watered silk doublures and endpapers top and bottom edges gilt with gauffering fore edge gilt and gauffered with a triptych of small fore edge paintings visible of country scenes. Small repair to head of upper joint very slightly rubbed to extremities. Internally the text is lightly browned but clean. Illustrated throughout by several artists including John Bell C. W. Cope J. P. Knight Frank Stone C. Stonhouse and Thomas Webster. Book plate of Randall Moskovitz loosely laid in Weber notes that Randall Moskovitz owned other Fazakerley bindings. Thomas Fazakerley and his son John bookbinders in Liverpool were well known for their 'reliure de luxe' bindings. Weber notes that "a lot of fore-edge paintings came out of Fazakerley's bindery . Many of the Fazakerley bindings with fore-edge paintings are done on the flat or closed surface as here especially those bindings that feature a triptych . It might be added that the style of paintings does not clearly appear to differ. Carl J. Weber surmised there may have been several artists working for Fazakerley and this may be true though unproven" Weber 'Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists and Binders' page 141. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo.</p> Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
1495ABC_47543Cologne: Heinrich Quentell 1495. Recent marbled paper over boards by the Geneva bookbinder Jean-Luc Honegger b. 1953 who set up his atelier ca. 1978 signed with his honegger stamp in blue ink at the foot of the back paste-down sewn on 3 recessed supports the marbled paper in an antique spot pattern see Wolfe 162-163 with black spots on unusually fine-grained grey Stormont spots and with veins in red turquoise orange dark blue and white black morocco spine label with the title in gold roman capitals reading up the spine. Small Chancery 4to 20.5 x 14.5 cm. With a large woodcut 10.0 x 8.8 cm on the title page: depicting a teacher Pope Gregory the Great ca. 600 CE declared a saint in 1295 with a dove on his shoulder his attribute seated behind a lectern with an open book instructing two of his pupils seated before him each with a book in his hands with above them a scroll inscribed Accipies tanti doctoris dogmata sancti. Set in a single column with 36 lines to the page in a rotunda gothic type Quentell type 7 here 79G though in the Typenrepertorium 80G with a larger textura gothic for the first line of the title Quentell type 10 155G though the only capital in that line is the 8 mm lombardic initial S Quentell initials e described as 6/7 mm but noting that they are used with type 10. With spaces left for manuscript initials 1 6-line and many 3-line a few - mostly on b1v and b2r - with manuscript guide letters in black ink. Most pages with a few words underscored in black ink. Quentells second quarto edition of the well-known manual on the art of dying in the original Latin matching his ca. 1493 quarto edition almost line for line and using the same woodcut quite different from any used with this text before that date. Quentells quarto editions contain the original long version of the text known as Speculum artis bene moriendi often attributed to Matthaeus de Cracovia or Albertus Magnus editions in Italian are often attributed to Dominicus de Capranica Cardinal of Fermo. The Ars moriendi was one of the earliest incunabula printed and consists of two related Latin texts written around 1415 and 1450 offering guidance on how to have a good death according to Christian beliefs of the late Middle Ages. The texts were written in response to the Black Death and social upheavals of the 15th century with the earliest versions likely composed in southern Germany. The highly popular Ars moriendi was translated into many West European languages and was the first in a tradition of guides to death and dying. The first edition in the original Latin appeared ca. 1474 but was preceded by a German edition in 1473 and perhaps by an edition in Italian described as ca. 1471/75. Quentell published the Latin text together with other works in a folio edition described as ca. 1484/89 but he published four quarto editions of the Ars moriendi alone described as ca. 1493 the present ca. 1495 ca. 1498 and another probably after 1500. He published no Ars moriendi editions in vernacular languages. His first three quarto editions have the same collation but the present edition matches the ca. 1493 edition almost line for line and uses the same woodcut while the ca. 1498 edition differs considerably and uses a different woodcut.Heinrich Quentell one of the greatest early Cologne printer-publishers issued many theological and philosophical texts for university use but also liturgical texts working both alone and with Johann Helman who may have also jointly employed contract printers and dispatched servants to sell books. Quentell was one of the first printers to consistently provide his books with title-pages with approximately 91% of his over 380 publications including one.Quentell used the present Magister cum discipulis-woodcut in several other editions including the Heymericus de Campo Promptuarium argumentorum 1492 GW 12406 and Jacobus van Gruitrode Speculum aureum animae peccatricis 1493 GW M10728. Wynkyn de Worde used a copy in his Parabolarum Alani cum commento 1508 STC 254.3 and other printers copied it as well.All Quentells Ars moriendi editions are undated and the present one used his types 7 and 10 and initials e which all apeared in his books in the period 1488 to 1500. The present edition is probably dated ca. 1495 in the literature because it appears to fall between the two quarto editions thought to date from ca. 1493 and ca. 1498.The bookbinder Jean-Luc Honegger still active today is best known for his bindings for the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris and the Bodmer Foundation near Geneva. With the bookplate of the Bibliotheca Philosophia Hermetica Joost Ritman in Amsterdam and probably bound for them. Slightly browned water stains at the foot of a few leaves not approaching the text some smudges in the margins and on the blank final page. The binding slightly worn at the extremities and with a few unobtrusive scratches on the back board. Otherwise in very good condition and only slightly trimmed about 5 mm at the head and probably no more at the fore-edge and foot giving generous margins about 2 3 and 4 cm at the head fore-edge and foot respectively and some leaves with tranchefiles at the foot.l Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue des incunables A598; BMC I p. 294; Bod-Inc A449; Bohonos Szandorowska Incunabula quae in bibliothecis Poloniae asservantur 562; BSB-Ink A766; Buffévent VIII 45; Goff A1098; Günther Wiegendrucke der Leipziger Sammlungen 781; GW 02610; HC 14911; ISTC ia01098000; Madsen Kongelige Biblioteks inkunabler 352; Ohly-Sack 274; ÖNB-Ink A483; Pell 1339; Polain 972; Proctor 1425; Sack Freiburg 306; Sallander Uppsala 2046; Schramm VIII 484; Schreiber Manuel de lamateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle 3671; Thienen Incunabula in Dutch libraries 425; UBL-Ink A354; USTC 739947; Voulliéme Die Buhdrucker Kölns 305; Voulliéme Inkunabeln der Königlichen Bibliothek 1011; Voulliéme Trier 697. Heinrich Quentell, hardcover
1581ABC_46255Venice: Lucantonio Giunta 1581. Near-contemporary vellum black morocco spine label with title in gold. Folio 23 x 34 cm. With 39 woodcut illustrations in the text. 2 parts in 1 volume. Second illustrated edition the first with the commentary of Costaeus of the collected works of the Arabic physician Mesue the younger also known as Masawaih al-Mardini in Latin with commentaries by Mondino de Liuzzi Christoph de Honestis Jacobus Sylvius Giovanni Mardi and Johannes Costaeus. It includes the "Canones universalis" dealing with treatment regimens; the second part "De simplicibus" about the properties of various pharmaceutical drugs; and the Grabadin "the most popular compendium of drugs in medieval Europe and . used everywhere in their preparation" Garrison. "The esteem in which these works were held is shown by the fact that a Latin translation of both was one of the first medical works to be printed Venice 1471" ibid.With the bookplate of the American botanist Edward Sandford Burgess 1855-1928 on the front paste-down. Also with the bookplate of the Horticultural Society of New York on the first free endpaper identifying this volume as part of the bequest of the American attorney and plant collector Kenneth Kent MacKenzie 1877-1934. Binding stained rubbed and chipped at the extremities. Interior shows occasional brown stains modern endpapers a little browned and brittle but overall in good condition.l Adams Y10; BM STC Italian p. 739; Durling 3131; EDIT 16 CNCE 27626. Lucantonio Giunta, hardcover
18431450501843. Watercolour. 6 x 8.15/16in. 17.2 x 22.7cm. Titled on the original detached label: Captain John Edward Davis R.N. 1815-1877; Cape Lockyer discovered by H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror January 7th 1843 Lot Essay</p><p>Davis was Second Master on Commander Crozier's Terror and a number of his drawings probably the first ever of the Antarctic continent were used by Ross to illustrate his official account of the voyage published in two volumes in London in 1847.</p><p></p><p>James Clark Ross had reached the northern magnetic Pole in 1831 and was charged by the Government following the recommendation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society to lead an expedition to investigate terrestrial magnetism in the southern latitudes. The expedition was the first British exploration of the southern latitudes since Cook's skirting of the Antarctic circle in 1773-4 and the sealer Weddell's furthest south of 7415'S in 1823. Bellinghausen had probably been the first to sight the Antarctic continent in January 1820 and Dumont D'Urville then discovered Adelie Land and Claire Coast. Their work towards the discovery of an Antarctic landmass was consolidated by James Clark Ross who penetrated the pack ice in January 1841 sailing into the clear water of the unknown Ross Sea and sighting snow-covered land on 11 January thereby becoming the first to discover a sea route to the continent. McCormick on the Erebus saw and named an active volcano Mt. Erebus and Ross was the first to see and chart the South Polar Barrier which he named Victoria Barrier and which was later named the Ross Ice Barrier. He made two further navigations of the Ross Sea and Wedell Sea before returning to England in 1843.</p><p></p><p>'Jan. 7. 1843.As we advanced to the southward two high rugged bluff capes at a great distance appeared bearing W.S.W. true; the nearest of them I named at the request of Captain Crozier after his friend Captain Nicholas Lockyer R.N.C.B. Capt. Sir J.C. Ross A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the southern and Antarctic Regions during the years 1839-43 London 1847 II p.346.</p><p></p><p>For Davis's own account see his A Letter from the Antarctic London 1901 illustrated with own sketches.</p><p></p><p>For further works by Davis on the voyage see Christie's 10 April 1997 lot 95 and 17 September 1998 lot 178. 1843 unknown
1937308243Corvinus Press 1937. No. 20 of 30 copies on J.B. Green unsized paper edition of 32. 1 vols. 4to. White linen t.e.g. others untrimmed. Fine. No. 20 of 30 copies on J.B. Green unsized paper edition of 32. 1 vols. 4to. Poet and diplomat James Elroy Flecker 1884-1915 burned bright and briefly. He joined the diplomatic service in 1908 trained for two years and was posted to Constantinople in 1910 "but in September a slight fever was diagnosed as tuberculosis and he returned to England to a sanatorium. He pronounced himself cured and . went back to Constantinople in March 1911 to be transferred in April to Beirut. Flecker was not a very efficient vice-consul" ODNB. His first formal collection of verse The Bridge of Fire was published in 1907 and The Golden Journey to Samarkand was published in 1913. He died in Switzerland aged thirty-one.<br /> Lawrence knew Flecker in Beirut before the war. "Flecker probably introduced Lawrence to contemporary poetry" wrote Wilson in his introduction to Minorities 1971. <br /> According to O'Brien An Essay on Flecker was "written in 1925 with the intention of publication in a periodical and did not appear in print until 1937". O'Brien A198; Ridler p. 58 #41 [Corvinus Press unknown
1936308242Corvinus Press 1936. No. 11 of 17 copies this copy on Milbourn hand made paper. 15 unnumbered leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. Full white vellum with yapp edges upper cover titled in gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Liddell Hart bookplate. No. 11 of 17 copies this copy on Milbourn hand made paper. 15 unnumbered leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to artist Eric Kennington: "EK from Carlow"<br /> <br /> Only 17 copies were printed on a variety of paper stocks for private distribution only.<br /> <br /> RARE. O'Brien A193 [Corvinus Press unknown
1682261Gibson1<p><strong>THE ANATOMY OF HUMANE BODIES EPITOMIZED. </strong></p><p><strong>First Edition. </strong></p><p><strong>Printed in 1682.</strong></p><p><strong>Complete with all 13 plates. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>The Anatomy Of Humane Bodies Epitomized. </strong></p><p><strong>Wherein All The Parts Of Man's Body With Their Actions And Uses Are Succinctly Described. </strong></p><p><strong>Printed in 1682. </strong></p><p><strong>This is the rare First Edition.</strong></p><p><strong>This book is extremely difficult to find. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p>First published anonymously in 1682 The Anatomy of Human Bodies Epitomiz'd was probably the most successful English anatomical textbook published to date – it was ultimately issued in eight editions.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p>Illustrated with plates.</p><p>ALL 13 PLATES ARE PRESENT.</p><p>This book is complete.</p><p>Title page imprimatur leaf containing all of the correct number of 13 engraved plates.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>The covers are original.</p><p>The spine was rebacked in the mid 1800's.</p><p>Original title page is exceptionally well preserved.</p><p>Imprimatur leaf opposite the title page is still present.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>The first edition was printed in 1682 and is unobtainable.</strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p>In very good condition. Binding with a lot of general wear.</p><p><strong>Heavy generalized abrasion wear to the original binding. Spine rebacked in the 1800's. Title page has the date handwritten. Internally exceptionally well preserved. Minor signs of use stains an underlining. In exceptional condition despite the age. </strong></p><p><strong>Printed on quality rag paper. Paper is supple and well preserved despite the age. Printed on quality rag paper that can still be read without damaging the paper. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>This was one of the most important anatomical works of this era. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Anatomy of Humane Bodies </strong></p><p><strong>Printed in 1682</strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>The Anatomy Of Humane Bodies Epitomized : Wherein All The Parts Of Man's Body With Their Actions And Uses Are Succinctly Described</strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>By Gibson Thomas</strong></p><p><strong>London: Thomas Fletcher. Good. Full-Leather. Small 8vo</strong></p><p><strong>First published anonymously in 1682 The Anatomy of Human Bodies Epitomiz'd was probably the most successful English anatomical textbook published to date – it was ultimately issued in eight editions. Gibson the Physician-General to the English army based his comprehensive text on Alexander Read's Manual of Anatomy. However the content was so extensively revised and supplemented Gibson claimed authorship. Gibson listed his principal sources some 33 titles by 27 authors which was an uncommon practice at the time. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p>The Anatomy Of Humane Bodies Epitomized</p><p>Original leather boards; nineteenth century re backed leather spine -</p><p>Printed in 1682 by Gibson Thomas By a Fellow of the College of Physicians London Small octavo 7 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches 8 510 pages containing all of the correct number of 13 engraved plates; hardcover leather binding in original boards neatly re-backed in mid 19th century with raised bands title in gilt on spine inked name cleanly written on first fly leaf very good condition minor scuffing to base of spine minor wear to hinges hinges very strong. ESTC Nos. R 8370 & R188113 Wing 5672.</p><p>Divided into six separate sections each with their own chapters:</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Complete in 6 books bound as one:</p><p>I. "On the lowest Cavity called Abdomen"</p><p>II. "Of the Breast"</p><p>III. "Of the Head"</p><p>IV. "Containing a description of the Veins Arteries and Nerves of the Limbs"</p><p>V. "Containing a Treatise of all the Musceles of the Body"</p><p>VI. "Of the Bones."</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>This book measures 7 3/4 inches tall.</p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>This book will be well protected for shipping.</p><p>Your signature will be required for delivery.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p>26.1</p> Thomas Fletcher
196869275London: BOAC 1968. BEATLES The. O.A.C. In-Flight Menu. London: BOAC n.d.c.a 1968.<br> <br> An autographed in-flight menu from the British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC. The front cover is signed in black ink by John Lennon and George Harrison. The Paul McCartney autograph is actually in John Lennon's hand and Ringo Starr's is in the hand of Neil Aspinall the Beatles' long time road manager and assistant. Octavo 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 286 x 190 mm. 8 pp. Full color wrappers. Some black ink transfer on the back cover probably from another signed copy being placed underneath it. A very good example of these autographs.<br> <br> The menu for the B.O.A.C. route from Hong Kong-London via Rangoon Delhi Beirut and Rome.<br> <br> This menu is possibly from April of 1968 when John Lennon and George Harrison left India after a two month stint studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Rishikesh where they stayed until 12 April. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney left before George and John in March which would explain why their signatures are produced by other people's hands. This item was sold at Bonhams Auctions in 2022. According to Bonhams "this was a gift from a First Class B.O.A.C. stewardess."<br> <br> HBS 69275.<br> <br> $10000. BOAC unknown
