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16795764Amsterdam Abraham Wolfgang 1679. frontispiece 10 462 6 p. Contemporary Vellum 12° with 226 engravings half of page 457/458 -table- is missing edges prelims worn Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang hardcover
166249294Basel: Johann Jakob Decker 1662. Second edition. Hardcover. Good-. Two parts small quarto. rev. par.4 2rev. par.2 A-3R2 = 256 leaves. 12 499 1 privilegiumpp. Pagination and register continuous. Title within double-ruled border; second work with half-title. Woodcut lettrines and ornaments. Later half vellum over speckled paper boards; manuscript title at spine. Upper two inches of spine perished. Text moderately embrowned or foxed throughout. A fairly good complete copy.<br /> <br /> Second augmented edition reprinting six of the seven dissertations from the 1645 edition and adding two new ones: Vindiciae praecedentis Dissertationes and De lotione manuum Judaica. Selections in Latin translation from Isaac Abravanel's biblical commentaries follow on a variety of topics: the longevity of the patriarchs; the state and the king's law; the miraculous stoppage of the sun in Joshua's time; the sin of David in conducting a census; the name of Moses; the types of idolatry mentioned in Sacred Scripture; and the division of the biblical books. Father and son each relied upon the works of the Portuguese Jewish philosopher exegete and statesman Isaac ben Judah Abravanel 1437-1508 a staunch opponent of the philosophical allegory exemplified in the exegetical approach of Maimonides. Abravanel's commentaries on the earlier prophets excerpts of which appear in the present work emerge in part as a response to the political difficulties he faced in the wake of the rebellion of Portuguese nobels against Joao II. "Abrabanel attributed his misfortunes to the fact that he had wasted his time in the service of an earthly ruler. He therefore decided to devote the rest of his life to religious study" Enc. Jud. 2:104.<br /> <br /> The son of the celebrated Hebraist of the same name Johann Buxtorf II 1599-1664 followed his father as professor of Hebrew at Basel in 1629. In addition to completing the elder Buxtorf's Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon Basel 1639 the younger Buxtorf edited a new Latin translation of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed and gained notoriety for defending the antiquity of the Hebrew vowel points against the correct view of their later date advanced in his day most effectively by Louis Cappel.<br /> <br /> Provenance: old stamp of the University of Heidelberg at the verso of the title page; paper label with shelf-mark in ink at the spine. References: Prijs 268. Library of John Locke 551a along with various of the elder Buxtorf’s standard aids to Hebrew grammar and lexicography. Johann Jakob Decker hardcover
16801639AG1680. O.O. um 1680. Kupferstich. Plattengrösse: 315 x 18 cm. Blattgrösse: 38 x 253 cm. Isaac Casaubon studierte in Genf und Leiden lehrte ab 1596 an den Universitäten Montpellier Lyon Paris und London Griechisch. unknown
1679032848<p>A Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1679 A fair copy of the 1st edition of the Description de la Grotte de Versailles bound with a very good copy of the 2nd edition of Labyrinte de Versailles in contemporary elephant folio full leather binding. La Grotte has had 5 of the 20 plates cut out but Labyrinte is complete. The binding is sound with raised bands and title label to spine. It is very worn with a lot of wear to corners with leather loss and to spine joints spine ends and edges. The surface of the boards is a little rough. All page edges red. There is an old bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper - Earl Vane from the Library of the Rev. John Vane. Contents: 3 blanks; title 1679; blank verso; Description pp 1-11; Imprimerie to verso p 11; plates 13 single and 2 double; title to Labyrinte 1697; blank verso; Description pp 3-34; blank recto with Explication du Plan du Labyrinte to verso; plate 1; fables quatrains by Isaac Benserade and plates Sebastien Leclerc on opposing pages - 78 pp 39 plates; table 3 pp with L'Imprimerie to verso final leaf; 4 x final blanks. The binding is 50 cm x 35 cms; the page size in Labyrinte matches that of the Grotte but the actual text and plate size is 15.8 x 10.2 cm. Contents are in very good clean condition. Please enquire if you would like to see further images.</p> De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1697AQ15245London: Printed for Nathanael Hiller. 1697. xii 142pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn with loss to spine splitting to joints but with boards holding firmly some marking to boards damp-staining some browning and occasional marginal worming to text-block. Early ink inscription 'John Stacy his book' to FFEP further pencilled inscription to FEP. Isaac Chauncy 1632-1712 congregationalist minister the son of early Harvard President and Puritan Charles Chauncy 1592-1671. Emigrating to New England with his father aged five Isaac returned from New England in the early 1650s after studying both theology and medicine at Harvard to complete his studies at Oxford. His position in the Church of England was short-lived; presented with the living of Woodborough by Oliver Cromwell he was swiftly ejected by the 1662 Act of Uniformity. The remainder of his life was spent leading dissenting congregations at Andover and later St. Mary Axe where he was succeeded by Isaac Watts and publishing a wealth of non-conformist texts and replies. The Divine Institution of Congregational Churches is a learned justification or manifesto of the tenets practices and policies of the dissenting congregational church taken from first principles including Biblical references in classical languages. ESTC R38739. c/f Sabin 12335. Wing C3748. Sole edition. 12mo. Printed for Nathanael Hiller.. hardcover
1662J7KG975WH5X7Rotterdam: Floris Willemsen 1662. Disbound. 4to. With a woodcut initial. First edition of a pamphlet on the sentence of the Dutch WIC merchant Isaac Coymans 1622-1673 who was convicted in 1662 to six years imprisonment in the Jan Roodenpoortstoren in Amsterdam. In service of the Dutch West Indian Company WIC Coymans "collaborated with two members of the Amsterdam vroedschap Nicolaes Pancras and Hendrik Carloff to establish a Glückstadter Africa Company. When Coymans schemed to involve the WIC in a war with Denmark in order to benefit this new enterprise and its backers he found himself charged with treason. . His supporters in the vroedschap saved him from the death penalty; he was however condemned to six years in prison and eternal banishment" Lindemann. Slightly browned otherwise in good condition.l Knuttel 8644; Lindemann The merchant republics: Amsterdam Antwerp and Hamburg p. 104; STCN 4 copies. Floris Willemsen, unknown
166718277<p><b>1667 Discipline of Reformed Church HUGUENOT France Calvinism Protestant Huisseau</b></p><p>Isaac D'Huisseau's "<i>Discipline of the Reformed Church of France</i>" is a rare 17th-century history of Calvinism and Huguenots in Europe. This book provides a description of the political and religious influences of the Huguenots in the 1600s France. However the main focus of "<i>Discipline</i>" was according to Nicholas Must was to</p><p>"offer the French Reformed Churches a comprehensive program to organize and regulate themselves as it had chapters concerning specific vocations ministers elders deacons different assemblies colloquies and synods and actions required of a minster baptism communion and marriages.</p><p>Item number: #18277</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>D'HUISSEAU Isaac</p><p><b><i>La discipline des eglises reformeÌes de France ov l'ordre par leqvel elles sont conduites & gouverneÌes.</i></b></p><p>A Geneve et se vendent aÌ€ Savmvr : chez Isaac Desbordes 1667.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 4 452</p><p>· References: Nicholas Must '<i>Preaching a Dual Identity'</i> p. 51</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~5.75in X 3.75in 14.5cm x 9.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>18277</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Isaac Desbordes hardcover
1666014985Geneva: Rene Pean & Jean Lesnier 1666. Book. VG-. Full-Leather. First Edition. Full leather with worn and chipped spine that should be replaced. Two volumes 1666 and 1680 bound into one. First page in second volune has small edge tears. Important history of French Huguenots. Scarce. Rene Pean & Jean Lesnier Hardcover
1698016971Paris: Guillaume Desprez's 1698. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Full brown calf raised bands with decorated gilt fillets leather spine label inner edges dentelle 24 794pp 14. Sporadic foxing and browning two bookplates on front endpapers a small ex-library stamp and early owner name on title page small tear along upper front free endpaper lower hinge of front board cracked with rear bottom hinge starting small chip at spine head .5" kuggt wear to boards. Very Good. This vulgate and translation done by Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy with commentary by Pierre Thomas Du Fossé following line by line the 1692 edition.The Book of Ezekiel is translated into French with an explanation drawn from the Holy Fathers and ecclesiastical authors. Guillaume Desprez's hardcover
1684NC0196not stated printed by Tho. Braddyll 1684. Hardcover. Very Good. London 1684; rebound in marbled paper covered boards; brown leather spine; minimal shelf wear; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; corner of original leather cover pasted to rear paste-down; pages wavy; interior is clean and unmarked; 207 pages. not stated, printed by Tho. Braddyll hardcover
1648297338London: Printed by M. F. for John Marriot and Richard Marriot Richard Royston 1648. Third Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The two works by Fracnis Quarles bound together in much later late 19th century half- calf over brown pebbled cloth boards with a piece lacking at the spine; with morocco labels; iv 129 pages; vi 62 63 64 pages; neither works has frontispiece engraved additional title.~~It should be noted that the Address to the Reader in The Shepheards Oracle though signed John Marriot the printer but is sometimes attributed to Isaak Walton.~~The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography tells us that the first poems ‘deals with autobiographical political and religious matters under the thin guise of pastoral allegory . and that an Arminian “Master Shepheard†who is severely criticized must be Archbishop Laud.â€~~. Very Good binding. Printed by M. F. for John Marriot and Richard Marriot | Richard Royston unknown
16661299Nurnberg 1666. Houzeau & Lancaster 3039; Zimmer 5089 1628 Strasbourg ed.; Poggendorff 1984. Warner The Sky Explored pp. 104-5. Extremely rare German edition a Latin edition was published the same year of Sturms enlargement of Habrechts famous treatise on the making of celestial and terrestrial globes published in 1628. The Habrecht family of clock and instrument makers were famous throughout Europe from the last quarter of the sixteenth century to the end of the seventeenth century. The authors father also called Isaac was responsible for making the monumental second Strasbourg clock which was one of the mechanical wonders of its time on the Continent. Isaac Habrecht 1589-1633 was a Strasbourg physician mathematician and maker of globes. He was much influenced by Blaeu and Hondius and his globes were highly regarded. J. C. Sturm was Habrechts student and a scientist of vision. He organized the first scientific academy in Germany the Collegium Curiosum sive Experimentale at Altdorf in 1672 and introduced the first course in experimental physics in a German university. In 1666 he undertook the task of augmenting Habrechts original text and adding a number of folding plates. The plates include two handsome polar projections of the world two polar stereographic celestial charts of the northern and southern constellations and ten folded engravings showing the various parts of his planiglobiums.The fourteen folded engravings superbly executed by Jacob von der Heyden were probably intended to be mounted and assembled to form several instruments each with a revolving plate measuring 27 cm in diameter and a movable pointer. Each was to be supported on an approximately 12-cm base. The work is one of the most beautiful instrument books published in the seventeenth century and certainly one of the rarest particularly with the full complement of plates. Despite being an obvious Americanum see pp. 205 228 231 and America pictured on one of the maps it is not in Sabin JCB Palmer and other standard bibliographies. Houzeau & Lancaster lists a 1650 edition that is clearly an error as Sturm would have been 15 years old at the time.OCLC lists Yale for the German and Chicago for the Latin editions. unknown
1700000819Boston Massachusetts MA 1700. On offer is a superb and important piece of Americana specifically a handwritten deed concerning the very important geographic area of Fort Warren which defends the harbor in Boston Massachusetts and has done so from 1861 through the end of World War II. To buffs of the Civil War it was also the location where the famous Union marching anthem 'John Brown' was written using a tune from an old Methodist camp song 'Glory Glory Hallelujah!' and signed by Isaac Addington who served on the Salem Witch Trial Grand Jury and Adam Winthrop the son of John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts. John Winthrop 1588-1649 is perhaps best remembered for the famous sermon in which he likened the Massachusetts Bay Colony to a 'city upon a hill' a model to the world of social and religious order." Ref: Wikipedia. This manuscript document is dated Boston 27 Dec 1700. Folded into thirds Calligraphic initials. SIGNED BY ADAM WINTHROP son of John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts and ISAAC ADDINGTON clerk of the Grand Jury during the Salem Witch Trials. This is the original deed referenced by Holmes Abiel 1763-1837. Cambridge : Hilliard and Brown 1829. from the Coll. Mass. HiM. Soc. iii. 299. which states: "In 1700 Adam conveyed the island to his son-in-law and daughter to be transmitted to their descendants. The Indenture handsomely written on parchment is now before me. It covenants and grants the island to "John Wainwright and to Ann his wife during the term of their natural lives and afterward to the use and behoof of the heires of their two body. begotten or to be begotten forever." The island was next owned by their son John Winthrop Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy In Harvard College; and next by his sons Hines and William of Cambridge lately deceased. James purchased of William his share and a few years since sold to the United States about five acres in two parcels at the east and west end of the island with a passage way rota the one to the other for the purpose of fortifications. On the west end has been erected Fort Warren which defends the entrance of the harbour." CONDITION: signatures are strong and legible majority of the deed legible though with age-wear sometimes serious rubbing and fading discoloration some holes; certainly not in the presumed fine condition when Abiel Holmes held the document in 1829 but certainly very presentable with the red wax seal still intact. This document is a wonderful tapestry comprised of the strands of early Colonial history. Inherited by his son Adam it links the famous Winthrop name from his namesake Grandfather Adam Winthrop 1548-1623 an English lawyer and famous Puritan reformer in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods through his great grandson Professor John Winthrop who was intimately connected to Harvard University's early history. The document is also witnessed and signed by Isaac Addington the first Secretary of the Mass. Bay Colony from 1692 to 1714 who additionally served on the grand jury in the Salem witch trials. The trials famously resulted in the executions of 20 people 14 women 6 men. PROVENANCE: Most recently from a private collector the present condition suggests this deed has long been in private hands and not an institutional archive. While in the 1820s the deed was possibly present in the archives of the Mass Historical Society it did not remain in the archives long thereafter and entered less protected private circulation. That stated Mr. Jeremy B. Dibbell of the Massachusetts Historical Society has kindly confirmed that this document like others that have entered private hands is not the property of the Massachusetts Historical Society. . Good. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1697BTETM0001513London: J.H for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal Exchange 1697. Leather. Good/No Jacket. Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm . Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Previous owner inscription on FEP and title page some mild water/damp damage to some pages. With engraved frontispiece. Collation: 8 312 4 353459 1. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: Wing B929 ESTC R20454 1697 1st Edition A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE CREED To which is added The Doctrine of the Sacraments. This on the Creed never before published. The first appearance of Barrows exposition of the Creed here issued together with his previously published exposition of the Lords Prayer and Decalogue. By Isaac Barrow Author Bio: Isaac Barrow 16301677 was an English theologian classical scholar and mathematician. Educated at Cambridge he became the first Lucasian Professor of Mathematics a chair later held by his pupil Isaac Newton. Barrow was also a prominent Anglican divine and was appointed Master of Trinity College Cambridge in 1672. His sermons and devotional writings were widely respected for their learning clarity and orthodox Anglican theology. Format: Leather Octavo Standard 8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: English Published By: J.H for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal Exchange London Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Good - Previous owner inscription on FEP and title page some mild water/damp damage to some pages. With engraved frontispiece. Collation: 8 312 4 353459 1. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: Wing B929 ESTC R20454 SKU: BTETM0001513 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request J.H for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons, over against the Royal Exchange hardcover
1683857F38London: M. Flesher for Brabazon Aylmer 1683. First edition. Leather. Good. 13" by 8.5". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of this second volume of the collected works of Anglican theologian Isaac Barrow with this volume containing his sermons on the Apostle's Creed. A very scarce posthumously published first edition of these sermons from English Christian theologian and mathematician Isaac Barrow.An accomplished mathematician key in the development of infinitesimal calculus and for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics a post later held by his student Isaac Newton.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece which is detached and loosely inserted.ESTC Citation No. R482806. With the register 3 B-3Y4. Collated complete.With the inscription of William Stiff to the recto of a front blank.With a ten page index to the rear.A wonderful and very scarce collection of Anglican sermons from a major seventeenth century mathematician. Rebacked in a full calf binding with original boards restored and endpapers renewed. Loss of leather to back strip tail with closed tear to back strip head. Bumping to board perimeters. Significant rubbing to back strip and joints. Hinges strained but firmly held. Frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Gathering of leaves 3X1-3X4 working loose otherwise firmly bound. Pages bright with light handling marks throughout concentrated to page perimeters. Discolouration and marks to gutter of leaves 3C4 and 3D1. The odd spot. Good M. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer hardcover
1683973F38London: M. Flesher for Brabazon Aylmer 1683. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 13" by 8.5". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of this second volume of the collected works of Anglican theologian Isaac Barrow with this volume containing his sermons on the Apostle's Creed. A very scarce posthumously published first edition of these sermons from English Christian theologian and mathematician Isaac Barrow.This is the second volume only of a work which extended to four volumes.An accomplished mathematician key in the development of infinitesimal calculus and for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics a post later held by his student Isaac Newton.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.ESTC Citation No. R482806. With the register 3 B-3X4 3Y3. Collated lacking the final leaf of the index 3Y4.With an index to the rear.Lacking endpapers.With the bookplate of Edward Freeman to the front pastedown.A wonderful and very scarce collection of Anglican sermons from a major seventeenth century mathematician. In a full calf binding. Significant rubbing to joints and board perimeters. Small losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joints starting with front board a touch tender and with rear board tenderly held by three cords only. Bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking front and rear free endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound but with title page detached and loosely inserted and lacking final index leaf. Small losses to perimeters of frontispiece and title page. Pages clean and bright with only the odd spot. Light tide marks to head of final fifty leaves. Good Only M. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer hardcover
162711886Basel: Azeleah 1627. First edition. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. 68 leafs. 3/4 leather over black paper covered boards. String ties. Printed on high quality thick cotton rag. Illustrated title page. Early book on Hebrew Grammar and Language. Covers and Spine are worn. Hinges starting. Abrasions on cover. Back slip is chipped. Inscriptions and stamps on inside covers. Minor rippling throughout. Minor foxing throughout not affecting text. Interior in good condition. In Hebrew. Binding in poor inside in good condition. Bet Eked V.3 P.979 #733. Azeleah hardcover
165189641Paris: Pierre DAVID 1651. Fine. Pierre DAVID Paris 1651 10.6 x 16.8 cm 4 volumes reliés en 1 Second edition. Full forest-green morocco binding spine with five raised bands framed with gilt dotted lines and decorated with double gilt panels gilt rolls at head and tail triple gilt fillets bordering the covers marbled paper endpapers and doublures gilt dentelle frame on the inside covers all edges gilt double gilt fillets along the edges an elegant binding signed by Krafft. Bound following it are: - Nicolas Papins De pulvere sympathico dissertatio printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1650 8 unnumbered leaves the last blank and 40 pp. - By the same author La poudre de sympathie deffendue contre les objections de Mr. Cattier médecin du Roy printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1651 4 unnumbered leaves and 56 pp. - Isaac Cattiers Response à Monsieur Papin Docteur en Medecine touchant la poudre de sympathie printed in Paris by Edme Martin in 1651 87 pp. A fine copy beautifully preserved in a splendid binding signed by Krafft. The treatise on the Scoter occupies pp. 119 of the second part. This exquisite duck has been the subject of numerous and lengthy controversies The history of the scoter deserves our attention as it holds both gastronomic and theological interest. Because of the peculiar beliefs surrounding their origin these birds were considered lean meat and therefore permitted during Lent. This curious privilege arose from the fact that they appeared suddenly in countless flocks upon the waters surface and aided by a taste for the marvellous people imagined that they were born from seaweed decayed wood or shells. The poet Du Bartas echoed this notion in his Création du Monde when he celebrated this strange creature: Ainsi le vieil fragment d'une barque se change En des canards volants ô changement étrange Même corps fut jadis arbre verd puis vaisseau Naguère champignon et maintenant oyseau! It is easy to see how such a belief could reassure the most timid consciences; it thus required Pope Innocent III to issue an explicit prohibition placing the flesh of the scoter among forbidden meats. In vain did he launch his prohibitions for enthusiasts continued to eat them; and when the truth about these birds became known thanks to Graindorge and the accounts of navigators other pretexts were sought to preserve the old regulations. It was suggested that the scoters blood was cold even claimed that its fat resembled fish oil and the custom which lasted into the nineteenth century of eating scoters during Lent was extended to other waterfowl such as brant geese coots and teal which were conveniently confused with the species sanctioned by the councils. Cf. G. Oberlé Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus no. 869 concerning Graindorges Traité de lorigine des macreuses 1680. Pierre DAVID hardcover
1651016056Amsterdam: Jodocus Janssonius 1651 Book. Illus. by Isaac Commelijn. Good. No Binding. 1651 Good Condition Presented in a passe-partout. Passe-partout size: 46 × 37 cm; Image size: 38 × 29 cm Original 17th-century copper engraving from Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien zyn leven en Bedryf published by Jodocus Janssonius 1651. Depiction of the Battle of Angerhausen 1592 in which Count Johann of Nassau the younger is defeated and taken prisoner. The scene presents a dynamic battlefield tableau with cavalry infantry smoke and the small church of Angerhausen in the background. At the top a cartouche bears the title: "Graef Ian van Nassou geslagen en ghevangen. Anno 1592." The engraving is rich in detail-typical of Janssonius editions-and stands as a fine example of early modern military iconography within Nassau historiography. Condition: Attractive even impression with good plate margins. Light age-related toning otherwise very well preserved. Presentation: Mounted in a passe-partout. Passe-partout size: 46 × 37 cm Image size: 38 × 29 cm. Jodocus Janssonius unknown
16633201<p>First edition of the report on Iceland by the French diplomat Isaac de la Peyrère 1596-1676.</p><p>Condition:</p><p>Vellum Binding in Fair Condition. Top right corner with extensive damage but does not affect any of the text block throughout. Paper yellowed uniformly with age. Light marginalia throughout. Previous ownership marks. Map is excellent and in quite clean/bright condition</p><p>Deals in particular with history population geography and trade. With a general map of Iceland by Pierre Duval. - Through his acquaintance with Christina of Sweden and the Danish scientist Ole Worm La Peyrère gained access to numerous old manuscripts and chronicles. From 1644 to 1646 he traveled to Scandinavia on diplomatic mission. He subsequently published in addition to a work on Greenland first edition 1647 the present description of Iceland both of which he wrote in letter form to F. de la Mothe le Vayer.</p><p>BINDING: Contemporary parchment. 16 x 11.5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: With one folded copperplate map.</p><p>BIBLIOGRAPHY: Chavanne 2138. - Alden/Landis 663/80. - Lerclerc 658. - Klose 571. - Cioranescu 40042.</p><p>Rare first edition of La Peyrère's geographical and historical account of Iceland. With 1 engr. map. Contemp. vellum.</p> Louis Billaine hardcover
165565643Amsterdam: Louys & Daniel Elzevier 1655. Fine. ""the school of Biblical interpretation of which he was perhaps the first founder"" before Spinoza Louys & Daniel Elzevier Amsterdam 1655 14.50 x 19.50 cm 3 textes reliés en 1 volume Rare first edition of a work that was controversial from the moment of its publication. Baruch Spinoza a contemporary of the author owned a copy in his personal library. Our copy is complete with its folding map of the Holy Land and its three texts here bound in an order inverse to the usual: the Præadamitæ bound at rear is in fact the first text. Contemporary full brown calf spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets and gilt fleurons boards twice framed in gilt all edges marbled. Spine-ends very skilfully restored otherwise a very fine copy. Dry stamp of the Gianni de Marco library on the first flyleaf. Early manuscript annotation on the title page: ""Fait par le Sr de la Pebere en Hollande et bruslé à Paris"" Written by the Sr de la Pebere in Holland and burned in Paris. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Balthazar-Henri de Fourcy 1669-1754 Abbé of Saint-Sever in the diocese of Coutances subsequently of Saint-Wandrille and of the Priory of the Bons-Hommes. « ""Dubitare possumus num apostoli tanquam prophetæ ex revelatione et expresso mandato ut Moses Jeremias et alii an vero ut privati vel doctores Epistolas scripserint. We may fairly inquire whether the Apostles wrote their Epistles as prophets by revelation and express mandate as Moses Jeremiah and others did or whether only as private individuals or teachers"" Spinoza ""Tractatus Theologico-Politicus"" c. XI edit. 1674 p. 198. . The ""Tractatus Theologico-Politicus"" was published in 1670. Fifteen years earlier a French Protestant Isaac de la Peyrère 1594-1676 had published ""Præadamitæ sive Exercitatio super versibus"" . 1655. He admits miracles but reduces their number as far as possible; Adam is not the father of all mankind but only of the Jews; other men the Pre-Adamites existed before him; Moses is not the author of the Pentateuch etc. La Peyrère converted more or less sincerely to Catholicism in 1656. Mr. Lecky in his ""History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe"" 4th ed. 1870 vol. I p. 297 regards him as having been perhaps the founder of the rationalist interpretation of the Bible ""the school of Biblical interpretation of which he was perhaps the first founder."" In reality his influence was virtually nil; the same cannot be said of Spinoza whose ideas later exercised a profound influence. Cf. Lecky ibid. p. 299. » Fulcran Vigouroux ""La Bible et les découvertes modernes en Égypte et en Assyrie"" 1877 our own translation [Louys & Daniel Elzevier] hardcover
16011201030119Harper & Brothers 1916-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1916 EDITION. Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Harper & Brothers unknown
1687jd0088Bernard White 1687. Hardcover. Used; Good. London 1687; marbled paper covered bards; leather spine and corners; extensive edge and corner wear with board exposed; leather rot; front board detached; rear board hanging on by the string binding; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; end papers toned; previous owner's name on free front end paper; tide mark at top corners; page 108 and illustrations/map/ at pages 109 and 110 appear to be missing; " A View of the Country Round Geneva" map after page 107 is present; interior clean and unmarked; 250 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. Photos available upon request. Bernard White hardcover
168033623Oxoniae Oxford Oxford: E theatro Sheldaniano 1680. Fine. E theatro Sheldaniano Oxoniae Oxford Oxford 1680 12 x 19.9 cm relié Second edition rare after the first published in 1679 also rare. Fine printer's device of Sheldon's theatre. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Joint split with lacks. Corners heavily bumped. Worn binding. Studies by the famous scholar and learned Isaac Vossius on the oracles and predictions that preceded the birth of Christ. Follow the objections and criticisms then Vossius's response. At the end of his life Vossius was settled in England where he was appointed canon of Windsor; this writing appears to date from his English period. E theatro Sheldaniano hardcover
168511590Londini London Londres London: Apud Robertum Scott 1685. Fine. Apud Robertum Scott Londini London Londres London 1685 23.50 x 18.50 cm relié First edition. With some illustrations. Brunet V 1374. Contemporary vellum. Faint spotting to title. Vossius 1618-1689 was one of the learned Huguenots who emigrated to England where he became Canon of Windsor and had the finest private library in the world. He also provided books for Queen Christina of Sweden. This work presents the results of his research in a number of fields most notably the Classical world on which Vossius was a noted authority. These include observations on Rome Alexandria Babylon and so on as well as writers such as Virgil and Tertullian but also subjects like travel to the Indies and Japan Jews among others. Apud Robertum Scott hardcover