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16835352Cambridge: Johns Hayes Cambridge University Press 1683. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A nice uncomplicated copy of the complete Hayes Cambridge printings of 1683. This includes Title Page The Book of Common Prayer Title Page Old Testament with Apocrypha Title Page New Testament and Title Page The Whole Book of Pslame. Binding has been professionally refurbished at some point -- flexible and easy to use preserving the boards but not the original spine. Pages remarkably free of foxing no tears or important defects. <br/><br/> Johns Hayes, Cambridge University Press hardcover
1683013862London: printed by the assigns of John Bill deceasd: and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1683. Two works in one volume. First work.The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. Bound with the Psalms. .Collation engraved and printed title signatures A-C4 D6E2 F-G4 H2-N6 O6 P-U6 X-Y6 Aa-Nn6 O4 Pp-Qq6 Rr-Ss4 A2. Second work The whole book of psalms. Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others: conferred with the Hebrew with apt notes to sing them withal. printed by J. Macock. for the Company of Stationers 1680. Collation 12012pp. Book measures 33x21.cm. Bound in period full red calf ornate gilt tooling marble endpapers. At some time the binding has been repaired. Some gouge marking and general wear mostly to back boards. A very attractive binding. Internally pages clean throughout. A very clean book in a very attractive period binding. . Full Calf. Very Good. Quarto. printed by the assigns of John Bill deceasd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most Exce Hardcover
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
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
1672ABC_45824Rouen 1672. 12mo. David Berthelin et Jacques Lucas Contemporary calf red title shield red sprinkled edges. With a woodcut frontispiece numerous tables and geometrical figures in the text. 240 pp. Very rare edition in French of Frans van Schooten the elder's influential mathematical work on triangulation highly important for the development of cartography in the 17th century amongst other things. The present edition has only 4 recorded copies in libraries worldwide according to WorldCat and Hoogendoorn's Bibliography of the exact sciences in the Low Countries. The frontispiece of the present Rouen edition was copied in woodcut after the engraved frontispiece of the first French edition that was publish by Willem Jansz Blaeu in 1627.Frans van Schooten the elder 1581-1645 was a professor in the engineering school in Leiden. He made a significant improvement on the tables published by Albert Girard which were based on a radius of 100000. Schootens tables were reprinted without acknowledgment by Jan Jansz.Stampioen a mathematics teacher in The Hague who had William II and the sons of Huygens among his pupils in 1632.Owner's inscription in ink on front paste-down: "Auvé Duabigny". Otherwise in very good condition.l Hoogendoorn SchootFS02F 4. unknown
1688L74bLondon 1688. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. G. Freman. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE BIBLE PRINT etching- copperplate depicting Luke the third of the four Evangelists. Luke appears writing the Gospel and is shown with his attribute - the ox. Size of the image incl. the caption: 205 x 335 cm. Size of the whole leaf: 27 x 425. The red frame lining around the image is the original printing. The etching is hand-colored. Very good condition. Very decorative for framing. <br/> <br/> unknown
1686AQ29729London: Printed and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor 1686. 6 42pp. ESTC R18597 Wing H1870. Bound with: ON OF THE ROMAN COMMUNION i.e. WIDENFELDT Adam. Wholsome advices from the Blessed Virgin to her Indiscreet Worshippers. London. Printed for Randal Tayler 1687. First edition. 20 20pp. With an initial imprimatur leaf. ESTC R18760 Wing W2090A. Quarto. Modern brown cloth. Bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP very occasional ink-spotting. Two devotional works dedicated to the sanctity of the Virgin Mary; the first a revised edition of a pamphlet by Bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary George Hickes 1642-1715; the second the sole edition of an English translation of Adam Widenfeldt's 1617/18-1678 controversial Jansenist monograph Monita salutaria B. V. Mariae ad cultores suos indiscretos. From the recently dispersed library of Eric Gerald Stanley 1923-2018 scholar of Old English literature Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. . Second edition. Printed, and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor hardcover
160355280Sleswig Flensburg no printer 1603. Small 4to. Old full marbled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Some repairs to spine ends. Spine a bit rubbed. Front free endpaper gone. Title-page printed in red and black. 136 96 leaves. With the engraved danish Coat of Arms on verso of title-page and f 2 with the engraved portrait of King Christian IV. Old name on title-page. A few quires with browning. A few brownspots and marginal dampstains. <br/><br/><em>Scarce second edition of the Low-German translation of Jydske Lov. It has the same text as the edition from 1593-94 only with the 2 first leaves reprinted. It contains the "Repertorium" which did not follow all copies of the 1593-edition.Bibl. Danica I632. </em> hardcover
1610164142CD Baby 2016-10-18. audioCD. Very Good. Disc looks VG. 20T CD Baby unknown
16869790261Jeremiam Schrey 1686. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. In Greek and Latin. Non-standard size 9.5 x 15 ins. Quarter-bound in green cloth boards with black leather on spine. Some general shelf wear lightly bumped corners untrimmed page edges. Binding firm. Pages age-toned with moderate foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3350grams ISBN: Jeremiam Schrey hardcover
16533000590London: Charles Adams 1653. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp 1 3 10 192 14. A rather browned textblock with a small worm hole affecting the first few leaves in a rather later 19th / early 20th cent binding . Scarce. Charles Adams Hardcover
16882212130173Printed by Rawlins Roycroft and Flesher for Bassett Harper and Keble London England 1688. Hardcover. Acceptable. Folio. Bound in contemporary calf. Front board detached. WING C666. ESTC R36273. Printed by Rawlins, Roycroft, and Flesher, for Bassett, Harper, and Keble, London, England hardcover
16154007Ãvila and La Horcajada 1615. <p>Manuscript on parchment 380 x 270 mm. 18. Complete. Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Regla in Spanish in 30 numbered sections inconsistent numbering on ff. 3v-4v in a rounded script in brown ink the first page slightly larger up to 27 lines. F. 1r: incipit first four lines in large lettering with very large calligraphic initial: En el nombre de dios todo poderoso padre y hijo y espiritu sancto tres personas y una esencia. Section 30 f. 4v added in a slightly later hand. The word Cruz symbolized by a red Maltese cross. Text on ff. 2r-2v underlined in red. Calligraphic initials some with marginal extensions in brown purple or red. Marginal drawings of prickly foliage some in the shapes of fantastic animals. Later marginal notes opposite many sections. Ff. 5r-5v: Heading: Este es traslado de un testimonio followed by two notarial subscriptions on f. 5v one partially in cursive signed and dated Ãvila 11 May 1527 the other in italic partly faded including the date 1615. F. 6r: A cerca de la procession de la Resurrection. After an introductory portion in a small round early 16th-century hand in brown ink the text continues from f. 4v with sections 32-37 of the Regla of which sections 33-37 are in a later sixteenth-century hand; these sections ruled through with light diagonal lines. Signatures or notes in lower margin. F. 6v: blank except for five lines heavily cancelled in red. Ff. 7r-7v: five paragraphs in a fine upright italic hand the first and third with headings in red La orden que han de tener en la procession de la Resurxection sic en la faded and illegible…; La orden que sea de tener en la procession de la Resurretion sic en el domingo de pascua es la siguente. Followed on f. 7v by a note in a different hand dated from La Horcajada 21 May 1550. Ff. 7v-8v and back inner cover: later additions some quite faded. A few later marginal annotations throughout.<br /> Rubrication and decoration: headings and line fillers in red a few ornamented line fillers or borders some passages underlined in red or light purple else ruled in dry point numerous calligraphic initials in red or brown ink opening initial with purple filigree extension filling left margin numerous foliate vegetable and zoomorphic ornamental designs in the margins in red purple and brown ink.<br /> Binding: stitched into the original parchment cover with title “Regla de la Pasion†in large letters the R with decorative extensions above a large cross in green ink entwined with the snake and in the margins apparently the instruments of the Passion.<br /> Condition: rubbing and staining vertical crease from folding causing occasional erasure of text outer edge of first page somewhat rubbed affecting legibility of text some words at line ends helpfully written over in a later hand the inks used in the last two leaves quite faded; wrapper worn and darkened with tears at top and 3 small holes in lower cover.<br /> Provenance: Confraternity of the Holy Cross of Horcajada; purchased in France with export license.  <br /> <br /> An early Spanish confraternity manuscript containing the rules and statutes that governed the Confraternity of the Holy Cross referred to as the CofradÃa or Hermandad de la Cruz the word Cruz being supplied by a Maltese cross in red of La Horcajada a town located in Castile y León in the province of Ãvila. As in other Roman Catholic countries confraternities or lay brotherhoods played a vital role in community life in Spain functioning as mutual aid societies and venues for laypeople to express their piety and perform charitable acts. Vernacular manuscript confraternity statutes from the Iberian peninsula surface much more rarely than for example their Italian counterparts although it appears that Spain had a larger number of confraternities proportional to the population especially in Castile y Leon than the other Catholic lands. Virtually every community including small villages had at least one confraternity. While exact numbers of confraternities in sixteenth-century Spain are unknown “studies carried out for a number of cities suggest that the number of confraternities and brotherhoods in the Hispanic kingdoms was larger than elsewhere in Catholic Europe. The reasons behind the extraordinary popularity of confraternities and brotherhoods in the Hispanic kingdoms cannot yet be established however in view of the current state of research on the topic. There has been a tendency for scholars to emphasize the confraternity as a primarily urban phenomenon a reflection perhaps of their early development in Italy where they formed an essential part of civic and urban life. In the Hispanic kingdoms however these institutions were equally important in the religious and social life of the small village. Pastoral visitations carried out by the bishops of Cuenca during the sixteenth century found that `nearly every community had at least one brotherhood’ even small villages of 500 inhabitants. A similar pattern prevailed in villages around Toledo during the late sixteenth century†Callahan pp. 18-19.<br /> <br /> In his article on Spanish confraternities William Callahan further points out their popular nature which “arose from the initiative of the laity rather than the clergy prime examples of the lay piety that began to flourish in late medieval Europe. This piety developed largely on its own uncontrolled by either local bishops or the pope both of whom regarded its manifestations with some suspicion. The resiliency of traditional confraternities and brotherhoods developed from their connection to local religious cultures. It also reflected a fact noted by scholars who have studied specific cities and regions the strongly popular character of membership. There were of course some associations that limited membership to the nobility or clergy but in most cases members were recruited from the popular classes. This was obviously true in the case of peasant villages where only one or two confraternities existed.†pp. 22-23. In spite of the centrality of confraternities to early modern religious life in Spain there is comparatively little modern scholarly literature especially on the rural confraternities. Note the absence for example of any articles on Spain or Portugal in Brill’s recently published Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Confraternities edited by Konrad Eisenbichler.<br /> <br /> This working manuscript bears witness to this central but understudied aspect of Spanish popular religious culture before the restrictions placed on confraternities by the Council of Trent and succeeding Popes. Consulted frequently and contributed to by members of the confraternity the manuscript includes abundant interlinear and marginal additions and corrections and half- or full-page later additions. The town of La Horcajada is identified in the opening page. Ff. 1r to 5v contain the introduction the first 30 statutes and a notarized testimony with heading “Este es traslado de un testimonio†which relates to the apparently recent establishment of the confraternity. The statutes cover admission of new members general rules of comportment requirements of prayer and confession for feast days and for the canonical hours charity for poorer members of the confraternity chants etc. Several paragraphs relate to processions including required habits and admission of non-members into the processions. On f. 6r a paragraph on the procession de la Resurrection is followed by six entries numbered 32 to 37 of which paragraphs 33 to 37 are in a later 16th-century hand. Several light diagonal lines through these five paragraphs may indicate that they were cancelled. The verso f.6v contains only five lines heavily cancelled in red ink and f. 7r continues discussion of the procession of the Resurrection on a feast day the name of the saint is smudged and on Easter Sunday in a different 16th-century upright cursive. This second section of which portions are difficult to read because of fading ends on f. 7v and is followed by a note in a larger hand dated from La Horcajada 21 May 1550. The final leaf and inner back cover contain later additions some quite faded. One late addition in the lower margin of f. 5v is dated 1615.<br /> <br /> The manuscript is decorated in a popular style. Some of the leafy plant designs have a thorny look that may reflect local vegetation. Animals and grotesques include a scorpion-like creature birds and possibly imaginary mammals. A witness to the central role played by religious confraternities in early modern Spain bearing the marks of its use and in original condition it is a rare survival and would repay further study.<br /> <br /> Cf. William Callahan “Confraternities and Brotherhoods in Spain 1500-1800†Confraternitas: The Newsletter of the Society for Confraternity Studies 12:1 2001 17-25. See also William A. Christian Local Religion in Sixteenth Century Spain Princeton 1981; Maureen Flynn Sacred Charity: Confraternities and Social Welfare in Spain 1400-1800 Basingstoke 1989.</p> unknown
1650130R86Rome . 1650 248 leaves. Manuscript in Italian on the History of Germany and virtually all of Europe in the momentous era of the 1620's prepared for Pope Urban VIII Maffeo Barberini by the Papal Nuncio to the Holy Roman Emperor. Written in a graceful Italian hand. Folio. 340 mm. Text generally clean but with scattered mold stains. Remains of old vellum binding. Interesting colorful paste paper end sheets. With the bookplate of Elkin Mathews = Charles Elkin Mathews 1851-1921 London publisher bookseller and collector who played an important role in the literary life the English speaking world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also with a circular Sneyd family book plate probably Ralph Sneyd 1793-1870 but perhaps earlier. This work is often attributed to Carlo Carafa an incompetent and criminal administrator who was executed for treason at Castel San Angelo on Mar 4 1561 by Pius IV. but it is certainly by a later Carlo Carafa born in Naples in 1611 who was bishop of Aversa and Papal Nuncio to Switzerland the Republic of Venice and to the Holy Roman Emperor. The Holy Roman Emperor at this time was Ferdinand II 1578-1637 a member of the House of Habsburg. He was also King of Bohemia and King of Hungary. His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War. Ferdinand's aim as a zealous Catholic was to restore Catholicism as the only religion in the Empire and suppress Protestantism. The Neapolitan Carafa family produced a large number of bishops cardinals and some saints. Cardinals in the Carafa family include with dates of their elevation to Cardinal: Filippo Carafa 1378; Oliviero Carafa 1467; Gianvincenzo Carafa 1527; Carlo Carafa 1555; Diomede Carafa 1555; Alfonso Carafa 1557; Antonio Carafa 1568; Decio Carafa 1611; Pier Luigi Carafa seniore 1645; Carlo Carafa della Spina 1664; Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina 1686; Carafa di Belvedere 1764-1830; Francesco Carafa della Spina 1773; and Domenico Carafa della Spina 1844. Biographical and bibliographic confusion among them is rampant. UNIQUE. A wonderful item for further scholarly study. Chest 2/4. (Rome? ?). hardcover
166139993Cologne: Ioannem Busaeum. Fair. 1661. Hardcover. Contemporary leather. Thick quarto. Front board loose. Edges exposed. Text in Latin. PO names PO blindstamp. Moderate foxing. Spine worn. ; quarto; 790 pages . Ioannem Busaeum hardcover
16460047508London and Manchester: Luke Fawne; Sold By Thomas Smith Manchester 1646. First Edition . Soft cover. Good Plus. Quarto. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1646. A Sermon On Esther 4 v16. before the House of Commons at the monthly fast; May 27 1646. Old plain paper spine; sewn book; untrimmed edges as issued. Contemporary owner notes to margin of title-page and verso. Worn but sound. Last leaf grubby; strengthened to fore-edge some time ago. GOOD. 32pp. SCARCE. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . <br/> <br/> Luke Fawne; Sold By Thomas Smith, Manchester paperback
165252876<p>London printed for Joshua Kirton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard 1652. FIRST EDITION 1652. First word of title and part of running title in Greek characters. Small 4to approximately 180 x 125 mm 7 x 5 inches pages: 16 1-240 24 241-376 bound in full vellum gilt lettering and decoration to spine gilt decoration to edges of covers marbled endpapers all edges gilt 3 bookplates: Sir William Grace; Henry Cunliffe Armiger to first pastedown and first free endpaper; Fox Pointe Collection on last pastedown. Vellum slightly dusty and soiled pale age-browning and staining to title page title page slighty dusty with small ink letter and small repair on blank side to top margin trimmed copy affecting the lower margins of pages 369-374 with loss in lower margin of 4 catchwords and 2 signature numbers 16 ink pointing hands in margins plus a few ink marginalia small repair to 3 margins not affecting text occasional small ink stain or brown spot otherwise a very good copy. An attack on magical practices and beliefs with dedication to Oliver Cromwell. John Gaule 1603 1687 was an English Puritan cleric now remembered for his sceptical views on astrology witchcraft and hermetic philosophy. See: A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Library Volume 3 page 96; William Lowndes & Henry Bohn Volume 2 page 869; Sotheby's Catalogue Tuesday 14th December 1993 The Fairfax Library and Archive No. 395; ESTC R3643. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, printed for Joshua Kirton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1652. hardcover
16699577Amstelodami: ex officina Joannes à Someren 1669. Folio pp. 6 319 7; bound with: Prophetia Ezechielis cum commentario Johannis Coccei. Amsterdam 1669; engraved title page pp. 8 415 9; woodcut vignette on both titles titles printed in red and black 19 copper-engraved architectural plates on 16 folding or double-page sheets; old leather encrustations on covers otherwise a good sound copy in full contemporary vellum. With an inscription on the flyleaf: "Library of Kenyon College Ohio. Presented by Rev. E. B. Pusey - Regis Professor of Hebrew Oxford 1835." Edward Bouverie Pusey 1800-1882 was a canon of Christ Church an esteemed orientalist and champion of orthodoxy. He counted among his intimate friends Cardinal Newman and Gladstone. See DNB for a nine-page account of his life. ex officina Joannes à Someren unknown
1675275166United Kingdom: Joachim von Sandrart 1675. Print. Good. No Binding. An original engraved print extracted from Joachim von Sandrart's monumental three volume Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- and Mahlerey- Kunste' published in 1675 1679 and 1680. Entitled Romuli et Remi Templum and Vestigia Templi. this print has been mounted and backed with card. Total measurement is 21" x 16" aperture of 13 1/4" x 8 1/2". One or two spot of foxing but overall very good. . Joachim von Sandrart unknown
16341634SSLondon: Printed by Adam Islip 1634. 2nd edition in english. Leather-bound Hardcover. Very Good /no dj as issued. 2nd edition in English Very Good<br /> --- --- --- <br /> London printed by Adam Islip 1634 second English edition two Volumes bound in One 13.5" x 9"'<br /> Vol I 58 614 pages plus 42 pages Index for Tombe I; Vol II 632 pages plus 82 pages Index for Tombe II 2.<br /> Two volumes in one bound in modern full calf decorated papered boards six raised bands to spine gilt lettering and decorations on spine and front and back board.<br /> Elaborate woodcut printers device on title page woodcut initials head and tailpieces copious indexes of both volumes small piece of paper on final sheet saying that the previous issue had a lengthy Errata sheet which is no longer required as the errors have been corrected for this edition.<br /> Faint ownership inscription on top of the title page dated 1647.<br /> <br /> The Historie of the World was first translated into English by Philemon Holland in 1604. The original work of Pliny was published two years before he perished at Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.<br /> <br /> Gaius Plinius Secundus or Pliny the Elder was a Roman author naturalist scientist and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire. He wrote several works and was dedicated to study in his life. <br /> <br /> The work is in good to very good condition overall. There is some marginal toning. There are some restored marginal losses to prelims and concluding leaves. There is very light intermittent spotting. There may be a few minor imperfections or faint marks to be expected with age. ---- ---- ---- <br /> The Historie of the World was first translated into English by Philemon Holland in 1604. The original work of Pliny was published two years before he perished at Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.<br /> <br /> Gaius Plinius Secundus or Pliny the Elder was a Roman author naturalist scientist and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire. He wrote several works and was dedicated to study in his life. <br /> <br /> The work is in good to very good condition overall. There is some marginal toning. There are some restored marginal losses to prelims and concluding leaves. There is very light intermittent spotting. There may be a few minor imperfections or faint marks to be expected with age. Printed by Adam Islip hardcover
16146995Utrecht:: de Passe Crispjin van 1614. First edition. Fine. A scarce original hand-colored copperplate engraving from the First Edition of Hortus Floridus. Printed on wove stock with embellished initial capitols and text in Latin on the verso. Oblong folio 10.75 x 7.5 inches plate mark 8.25 x 5 inches. Matted in Ivory Rag to 18.5 x 16 inches. Crispijn Van de Passe The Younger Cologne 1594- 1670 produced his charming work Hortus Floridus as a young engraver of flowering plants between 1614-16: the height of the Dutch Golden Age- forever after known as the Tulipmania Period. Crispijn was born into a long line of talented Dutch engravers and learned to master the challenging skill of engraving with a needle-like instrument called the burin. His technical virtuosity was enlivened by his youthful whimsical spirit as displayed in his engaging compositions of flowering plants and landscapes teeming with insects birds and small animals as well as allegorical and mythologic themes. This charming work served to inspire a vast array of noted botanical illustrators and painters such as Sir John Hill DeBry Basilius Besler Emanuel Sweert and Sydney Parkinson well into the eighteenth century. Blunt Every print is digitally watermarked for web display purposes only. The actual print is unaltered and sold in original condition. This print is presented in our elegant and traditional matting style; Ivory Rag mat with gold French line suitable for framing. Matted in Rag Board de Passe, Crispjin van, unknown
16146996Utrecht:: de Passe Crispjin van 1614. First edition. Fine. A scarce original hand-colored copperplate engraving from the First Edition of Hortus Floridus. Printed on wove stock with embellished initial capitols and text in Latin on the verso. Oblong folio 10.75 x 7.5 inches plate mark 8.25 x 5 inches. Matted in Ivory Rag to 18.5 x 16 inches. Crispijn Van de Passe The Younger Cologne 1594- 1670 produced his charming work Hortus Floridus as a young engraver of flowering plants between 1614-16: the height of the Dutch Golden Age- forever after known as the Tulipmania Period. Crispijn was born into a long line of talented Dutch engravers and learned to master the challenging skill of engraving with a needle-like instrument called the burin. His technical virtuosity was enlivened by his youthful whimsical spirit as displayed in his engaging compositions of flowering plants and landscapes teeming with insects birds and small animals as well as allegorical and mythologic themes. This charming work served to inspire a vast array of noted botanical illustrators and painters such as Sir John Hill DeBry Basilius Besler Emanuel Sweert and Sydney Parkinson well into the eighteenth century. Blunt The print is digitally watermarked for web display purposes only. The actual print is unaltered and sold in original condition. This print is presented in our elegant and traditional matting style; Ivory Rag mat with gold French line suitable for framing. Matted in Rag Board de Passe, Crispjin van, unknown
1698275583Amstelædami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium 1698. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full vellum with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vol. V only: 462 pages. Subjects; Aesop. Fables. Amstelædami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium hardcover
1679014459London.: Printed for T. Dring C. Harper and J. Leigh. 1679. Hardcover. Poor. Folio. 13". Poor. Contemporaneous full calf. Worn with a chip or two missing from spine calf all as pictured. Sadly lacking plates IV & V and the top part of text leaf 15/16 this leaf was devoted to describing that shown in the following plates - part of plate II and a very small part of plate III and plates IV and V verso. Also lacking final blank one text leaf bears very minor hole. 24 155 1; 8 179 1; 56 2 p. VI VI leaves of plates. 6 full page copper engraved plates 'describing the several parts treated of' to each volume vol. II missing two plates <br/> <br/> Printed for T. Dring, C. Harper, and J. Leigh. hardcover
1700161541. 1700. No Binding. Very Good. ANNE COUNTESS OF SUNDERLAND Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne. Part of a receipt for "the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds for one quarter of a year due at Lady Day last 1700. On her annuity or yearly pension. as one of the Ladys of the Bedchamber to her Majsty. and there together with her as her assigned attendance." It was issued by Lord Godolphin whose signature with that of H. Boyle is in the right hand margin. It is receipted on the reverse and signed A. Sunderland. 118mm x 232mm. 1700. ~ Anne Spencer second daughter of the first Duke of Marlborough became Countess of Sunderland after her marriage in 1700. She was noted for her great beauty and influence in politics and between 1702 and 1712 she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne <br/> <br/> . unknown