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16222666Middelburg: Jan van der Hellen for Jan Pieterss. van de Venne 1622. 4to 233 x 176 mm. 16 60 19 1 blank pp. Large emblematic publisher's mark on title-page four half-page engraved illustrations by Pieter de Jode 2 Pieter Serwouters and Willem van der Passe after Adriaen van der Venne. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Short marginal tear to title light dampstaining to first and last leaves. Later parchment over pasteboards ms. spine title. Provenance: Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates 1842-1903 bookplate dated 1894.  First Edition of Cats' retelling of the Biblical tale of Queen Vasthi the wife of Ahasuerus who refused her husband's summons to appear before his guests wearing the royal crown and presumably nothing else and who was duly punished. The first part of Cats' word-playing verse adaptation whose title may be translated as The Theater of Manly Respectability is a long speech in the Queen's defense and in defense of all women followed by a speech against her and in favor of "Manly Respectability." The work concludes with the Judgment which is that Vasthi should obey her husband because women's subservience to men is a law of nature. A final poem titled "Aller Princessen Spiegel aller Vrovwen Spoor" is illustrated with an engraving showing the humbled queen wearing a yoke around her neck. The parallels and differences between the Biblical Ahasuerus and Herodotus' tale of King Candaules supplied in Latin and Dutch translations in an appendix whose wife's rebellion was more successful are fully exploited by Cats and by the illustrator Cats' usual partner the painter and engraver Adriaen van de Venne whose brother Jan published the edition.Van de Venne's engravings notably the scene of Candaules' naked wife being surprised by Gyges served as models for a number of Dutch painters. The Van de Venne brothers played a central role in the dissemination of Cats' poetry and it is their joint production that makes the works come alive: "The complete works of Cats together with Van de Venne's illustrations formed a sort of housebook of the Dutch people which remained popular for two centuries." Bol p. 117.Following the privilege on the title verso is a letter from the publisher to all bailiffs officials and readers "Noodige Waersschouwinge." complaining of the many counterfeit editions of an earlier Cats work the 1620 Self-stryt and explaining how to tell them apart. A second edition without the Noodige Waersschouwinge appeared later in 1622 and several further editions followed. De Jonge van Ellemeet Museum Catsianum 97; Bol Adriaen Pietersz. Van de Venne 1989 p. 118. Jan van der Hellen for Jan Pieterss. van de Venne unknown books
166215951Amsterdam: Jacques & Gasper Anthoine 1662. Other. A decorative handcoloured map in a strong impression and excellent condition. 432 by 533mm 17 by 21 inches. 432 by 533mm 17 by 21 inches. Detailled seachart of a part of the Baltic Sea with the Southern Swedish coast from Schoenen towards Calmer with the island of Oeland. As well the islands Meun Bornholm Rügen and the Southern tip of Gothland are shown. Below is the Pommeranian coastline from Stralsund towards Rygshooft showing prominent the island of Rügen. The map is equipped with many details names of towns and villages along the coastlines anchor places islands and sandbanks with marked depths. The map is ornated in the upper left corner with a large title-cartouche one compass-rose and a ship. In the lower right corner we find a milage scale to convert Dutch Spanish English & French leagues to degrees. Koeman Jac. 14 and a variant of Jac 33 #26 Jacques & Gasper Anthoine unknown
167517584Lyon, Antoine Cellier Fils (imprimerie Jacques Faeton), 1675 ; in-8 veau glacé caramel, dos à nerfs décoré et doré aux petits fers, triple filet d'encadrement des plats, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées (Koehler) ; [18], 234 (i.e. 232 pp. 95-96 numérotées 2 fois), [4] pp. ; dédicace à Monsieur de Carcavy (mathématicien lyonnais), conseiller du Roi et Garde de sa bibliothèque, avec ses armes gravées vis à vis. lllustrations gravées sur bois et sur cuivre dans le texte, 4 planches hors-texte gravées sur cuivre.
166424197Johann Andreas & Wolfgang Endters Nürnberg 1664 1664. priv. Pappband . 477s Register. 7 Tafeln. Fraktur. in gutem Zustand AZC91. HC Johann Andreas & Wolfgang Endters, Nürnberg 1664, unknown
166215989Amsterdam: Jacques & Gasper Anthoine 1662. Other. A strong impression in excellent condition. 426 by 533mm 16¾ by 21 inches. Rare seachart by Jacobsz Theunis of the North Atlantic showing prominent Greenland Iceland and parts of the North American continent. The map is decorated with a large figurative title cartouche in the upper center as well with compass roses ships and an allegoric ornated decorative milage scale. Derived from the Goos 1650 this charts progenitor was actually by his father Theunis Jacobsz c. 1649. Centred on the North Atlantic it concentrated on providing information on the approaches to the North West Passage. Terra Nova is omiited as it was on the Goos. At first Jacob adopted his fathers name being known as Jacob Theunisz. Later with his brother Caspar in association they applied the noun Lootsman to their name to avoid confusion. In 1666 Jacob Lootsman published the first known edition of the Nieuwe Water-Werelt Ofte Zee-Atlas which also encluded this map. -Burden #372. Our copy of the map here can be dated c. 1662 it was bound with a collection of seacharts French text edition of his atlas Le Grand & Nouveau Miroir ou Flambeau De la Mer. by J. Theunis the engraved title was definitly dated 1662. Burden #372 2nd state of 4; Koeman IV pp. 223-4 & 231 Jac. 1.9 & Jac. 19B.25 Jacques & Gasper Anthoine unknown
1672KBJA62HZUVCNAmsterdam 1672. 4to. widow of Jan Jacobsz. Schipper Contemporary vellum. With engraved frontispiece 28 engravings in volume one 29 engravings in volume two including one on the title-page and 20 engravings including one on the title-page plus 1 woodcut in volume three. 3 volumes bound as 1. 18 252; 8 127 1 328 48; 8 278=276 12 pp. Penultimate edition of the most influential medical work in the Low Countries during the 17th-century the collected works of Johannes Van Beverwijck 1594-1647. It was very popular partly through the inserted poems by Jacob Cats and its illustrations. The three main parts contain a general survey of the several elements of medicine varying from medical folklore and herbal knowledge to anatomy and chirurgy. At the end of the third part "Heel-konste" letters from and to Van Beverwijck as well as some other important letters are issued. Among these are letters of Descartes on the motion of the hart written ca. 1637-1643 to and from Anna Maria van Schurman ca. 1640 and William Harvey. Van Beverwijck was a very well-read man and all his writings include many references to ancient and contemporary authors on the subject. With owners' inscriptions on flyleaf and some modern underscoring and annotations in pencil. Front board and spine detached from bookblock a few tiny wormholes a couple tears in the foot margin otherwise in good condition.l BMN I p. 387; Krivatsy 1191; STCN 840960328; Wellcome II p. 159. hardcover
1695419751695. Halae Magdeb. Literis Christiani Henckelii 1695 Kl.4° 16 6 pp. orig. Broschur. Erste Ausgabe zweiter Abdruck! Die hier vorliegenden "Disputatio de passionibus animi" "Über den mannigfaltigen Einfluß von Gemütsbewegungen auf den menschlichen Körper" zeigt daß es Stahl schon zum Beginn seines Wirkens in Halle seit 1694 also um das Problem der psychophysischen Wechselwirkung gegangen ist. Er hat seine Bedeutung seine Auswirkung in der Praxis beobachtet. Man findet hier die Grundlagen der medizinischen Psychologie. Es werden Beispiele für den Einfluß seelischer Erregungen auf den menschlichen Organismus angeführt. In der Einleitung wird hervor gehoben: "So leiten sich von den Leidenschaften des Gemütes in ihrer vielfältigen Bestimmung Leitung oder Änderungen der Bewegungen des menschlichen Körpers auch viele Krankheitsanzeichen her." Die Mehrschichtigkeit seelischer Alterationsstufen das Unverlierbare besonders tiefe Eindrücke wird in der Vorahnung späterer Erkenntnisse Freudausgesprochen: Zugegeben sei "daß der im Erbgang geprägte Prototyp der Leidenschaften und Neigungen des Gemüthes in gewohnheitsmäßiger Festigung nicht ganz umgekehrt werden kann" so vermag doch "die domminierendende Leidenschaft durch eine ihr entgegengesetzte Gewohnheit an die zweite oder gar dritte Stelle verdrängt werden wo sie zwar noch innerhalb der Ordnungen steht gleichwohl ihre Rangstufe wechselt." Es liegt dem in nuce die Idee von der Verdrängung zugrunde. Es wird schließlich empfohlen die psychologischen Beobachtungen bei der Behandlung der Patienten nützlich anzuwenden und zu verwerten indem man den Kranken "viele Ausbrüche des Erschreckens der Furcht des Zornes anhebender Ängstlichkeit durch guten Zuspruch und durch vertrauenserweckende Sicherheit" benimmt. So zieht die Arbeit die Folgerung: "Seelenleiden die von Verletzungen des Körpers herrühren sind oft mit schwerwiegenden und dauernden Folgen verbunden. Doch sie sind zu vertreiben mit der Heilung der Körperschäden." Die Lehre von den symptomatischen Psychosen wird im Ansatz vorweggenommen wenn auch die Terminologie auf einen noch neuen Begriffsterain vortastet. Es sind Gehversuche auf einem noch dunklem Gebiet in der ärztlichen Praxis. Man kann die "Disputatio" als eine frühe Arbeit bezeichnen die sich aus der Sicht des Arztes mit dem Problem psychisch verursachter Störungen von Krankheitsabläufen beschäftigt. Es handelt sich hierbei nicht um Geisteskrankheiten. Es geht vor allem um die körperlichen Einflüsse transitorischer Seelenzustände die man heute in der Lehre von den Neurosen und ihren verschiedenen Erscheinungsformen zusammenfassen würde. Die seit der Antike beknatte Verbindung zwischen Knostitution und Charakter wird auch nach der therapeutischen Seite hin erwogen und berücksichtigt. Es ist der Geist einer naturwissenschaftlichen Betrachtungsweise der sich durch diese Arbeit hindurchzieht. Es zeigt wie vorbeitreffend die Annahme war den STAHL'schen Animismus nur religiös zu interpretieren." "In dem an zweiter Stelle stehenden "Propempticon inaugurale" - es ist eine dem Doktoranden JOHANN JACOB REICH gewidmete Abschiedsrede STAHLS mit angeschlossener Vita REICHS - nimmt STAHL zu dem Thema "De synergeia naturae in medendo" Stellung. Man findet hier alle Merkmale des STAHLschen Systems und erkennt wie sehr der aus der Erfahrung schöpfende Psychologe den Vorrang gehabt hat. So wird eine tiefe Kenntnis des Eigenrhythmus biologischer Abläufe in dem Gedanken ausgesprochen: "Die Natur hat ihr eigenes Zeitmaß und verwendet dieses bei den rhythmischen Vorgängen des Lebens von längerer Zeitdauer so bei der Embryonalentwicklung bei der Geburt Zahnung Pubertät". Die Synergie der Organe unter der Direktion der Lebenskraft enthält im Krankheitsfalle das ärztliche Problem die nützlichen Bewegungen der Naturheilkraft von den eigentlichen Krankheitsbewegungen zu unterscheiden. Der Arzt muß vor allem die Bewegungen erkennen die auf einen nützlichen Zweck abzielen. Theoretische Fragen werden aus dieser Sicht kurzerhand beiseite geschoben und in der für STAHL typischen Art das Leib-Seele-Problem zu einem biologischen Postulat'gemacht : "Es handelt sich nicht um eine Annahme sondern wir beweisen a priori mit der Vernunft daß im Menschen von einer einzigen Seele alle diese Akte und Bewegungen vollzogen werden können. Erfahrung und Vernunft zeigen a posteriori daß diese Zusammenhänge zwischen Leib und Seele in der Tat vorliegen." In diesem Problem sieht STAHL den Inhalt seiner Lebensarbeit: "Darauf werfe ich mich mit ganzer Seele. Dem gilt meine ganze Arbeit. Weder Mühe noch Neid können mich dabei verdrießlich machen. Ich hoffe vielmehr mit dem Problem in würdiger Weise fertig zu werden. Möge die Medizin dann wieder auf ihr rechtes Fundament gestellt sein"!" Diese beiden Texte "vermitteln so ein interessantes Bild der ärztlichen Persönlichkeit STAHLS ihres Temperamentes und ihrer Suche nach den biologischen und psychologischen Gesetzen einer wirksamen Therapie. Er gibt sich mit der Vorstellung einer nur mechanistischen Arzneiwirkung nicht zufrieden. Er nennt die besondere "Chronometrie" biologischer Abläufe das Gesetz der Ganzheit den Begriff des allen Einzelerscheinungen übergeordneten Organismus den Einfluß seelischer Erregungen auf die Vitalbewegungen desselben. Die psychophysische Wechselwirkung wird dem Arzt als praktisch wichtiges Problem gestellt. Jedenfalls hat STAHL bereits im Jahre 1695 alle wesentlichen Gedanken seines medizinischen Systems dargelegt. Die Ansicht er habe erst durch CHRISTIAN WOLF gewichtige Anregungen erhalten ist nicht mehr haltbar. Bereits 12 Jahre vor dem Erscheinen seiner "Theoria medica vera" hat die Forschungsrichtung STAHLS ihr wesentliches Ziel gehabt. Wenn man die Geschichte der medizinischen Psychologie überdenkt so wird man GEORG ERNST STAHL auf Grund der Einsichten in die ärztliche Bedeutung des Psychischen wie schon KORNFELD mit Recht ausgeführt hat an den Anfang einer Erschließung dieses Fachgebietes stellen dürfen. Die Leitsätze am Schluß der "Disputatio" enthalten das historische Fundament dieser neuen erst in unserer Zeit zur Anerkennung gekommenen Wissenschaft." B.J. Gottlieb G.E.Stahl Sudhoffs Klassiker der Medizin pp.18-21 23-47 unknown
1671D6213Amsterdam: Barent Otto Smient 1671. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 155 x 90mm. In two parts separately titled and paginated Lof-Sang op het geestelyk houwelyk van godes soone Laudatory Song on the Spiritual Marriage of the Son of God. 44 544pp. 120pp. 5. Added engraved title page Proef steen van den trou-ringh in addition to the letterpress title to the first work two engraved full-page portraits one of prolific artist and poet Anna Maria van Schurman and one of Jacob Cats and a full-page allegorical engraving Het Derde Deel facing p. 249 in addition to 51 half-page engravings in the text depicting scenes of domestic and married life. Engraved printers device depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Near contemporary vellum ms. title to spine somewhat effaced; some slight thumbsoiling lightly toned with age; corners bumped. <br/><br/>This 1671 edition based on the imprint of Trou-Ringh by Jacob Cats was first published in Dordrecht in 1637. Cats a Dutch Golden Age poet and politician wrote these rhymed dissertations on marriage and fidelity using very different marriage cases from literature in which conjugal ethics emerged. Cats method was to treat human behavior and society in all its aspects through the lens of marriage both human and spiritual ie. the marriage of Christ and His Church. He takes examples from the Bible Adam and Eve David and Abigail etc. and from classical and modern authors Cyrus and Aspasia Marc Anthony and Cleopatra etc. Cats tells of marriages to patriarchs ancient and modern; cases from Israel Persia Egypt from the life of Charles the Great and of the Great Mogul and Spanish gypsies. Also included are discussions of marriage after rape the breaking of marriage bonds adultery and the like. Because marriage dominated all periods and regions of the world all classes all ages with a variety of feelings and soul states this work resonated with the reader although Cats unusual storytelling intended moral and religious teachings. He propagated that marriage with its many possibilities and moral demands which it always must fulfill totally belong together: as do the ring and the stone. Cats was a distinguished Dutch writer but his Orangist and Calvinistic opinions set him apart from the liberal school of Amsterdam poets. Still for nearly two centuries he enjoyed enormous popularity. Wonderfully preserved important work on 17th century societal structures the many engravings are delightful and captivating. Barent Otto Smient hardcover books
1603046923Basel: Conrad Waldkirch 1603. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Two volumes in full contemporary vellum - the first work with no place or publisher 1603 the second Waldkirch Basel 1603. Modest browning throughout heavier in a few spots scattered minor dampstains in the second book; clean and very good overall. 32 416 24 ; 14 334 12 pp with a folding table in Hotman.<br/><br/>Early editions first editions were 1585 and 1565 respectively - the Acontius is rare in commerce and not much more common in libraries. Acontius fled to Basel as the counter reformation began to find an increasingly wide variety if ideas heretical. Stratagematum satanae became central to later ideas of religious toleration and what constitutes dogma. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046923. Conrad Waldkirch hardcover
1603046923Basel: Conrad Waldkirch 1603. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Two volumes in full contemporary vellum - the first work with no place or publisher 1603 the second Waldkirch Basel 1603. Modest browning throughout heavier in a few spots scattered minor dampstains in the second book; clean and very good overall. 32 416 24 ; 14 334 12 pp with a folding table in Hotman.<br/><br/>Early editions first editions were 1585 and 1565 respectively - the Acontius is rare in commerce and not much more common in libraries. Acontius fled to Basel as the counter reformation began to find an increasingly wide variety if ideas heretical. Stratagematum satanae became central to later ideas of religious toleration and what constitutes dogma. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046923. Conrad Waldkirch hardcover books
1690265353Frankfurt: Zunner 1690. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes Pars Generalis & pars Specialis bound together in 1. Illustrated with 2 copper-engraved allegorical frontispieces rubricated title pages with engraved vignettes. xii 23 engraved sheets with 1780 figures of of heraldic shields 368 38 page index; 2 index sheets torn with significant loss; viii 778 35 engraved sheets with 397 larger heraldic shields 32 page index. A few pages have minor soiling including the first frontispiece. Thick tall folio full velum somewhat stained but very sound and attractive with manuscript spine title; red edges. Frankfurt John David Zunner 1680. A very good copy. -- Brunet V 486; Graesse VI 464.<br/><br/> Zunner unknown books
1690265353Frankfurt: Zunner 1690. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes Pars Generalis & pars Specialis bound together in 1. Illustrated with 2 copper-engraved allegorical frontispieces rubricated title pages with engraved vignettes. xii 23 engraved sheets with 1780 figures of of heraldic shields 368 38 page index; 2 index sheets torn with significant loss; viii 778 35 engraved sheets with 397 larger heraldic shields 32 page index. A few pages have minor soiling including the first frontispiece. Thick tall folio full velum somewhat stained but very sound and attractive with manuscript spine title; red edges. Frankfurt John David Zunner 1680. A very good copy. -- Brunet V 486; Graesse VI 464.<br/> <br/> Zunner unknown
169745644Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1697. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCVII"", No V, May-issue. Pp. 193-240 (entire issue offered). With titlepage to the volume 1697. Leibniz: pp. 201-205. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 206-211. Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 211-214. Newton: pp. 223-224. As usual, some leaves with browning.
169745644Leipzig Grosse & Gleditsch 1697. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCVII" No V May-issue. Pp. 193-240 entire issue offered. With titlepage to the volume 1697. Leibniz: pp. 201-205. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 206-211. Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 211-214. Newton: pp. 223-224. As usual some leaves with browning. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of the famous issue of Acta Eruditorum in which the 4 solutions by the 4 most eminent mathematicians at the time were printed together. There were in all 5 solutions to the posed problem and Newton's solution was first printed in the Philosophical Transactions January 1697 and reprinted here. The solution proposed by L'Hopital not printed here was not published until 1988.The brachistochrone problem was posed by Johann Bernoulli in Acta Eruditorum in June 1696. He introduced the problem as follows: "I Johann Bernoulli address the most brilliant mathematicians in the world. Nothing is more attractive to intelligent people than an honest challenging problem whose possible solution will bestow fame and remain as a lasting monument. Following the example set by Pascal Fermat etc. I hope to gain the gratitude of the whole scientific community by placing before the finest mathematicians of our time a problem which will test their methods and the strength of their intellect. If someone communicates to me the solution of the proposed problem I shall publicly declare him worthy of praise." Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz deliberately tempted Newton with this problem. It is not surprising given the dispute over the calculus that Johann Bernoulli had included these words in his challenge:- ."there are fewer who are likely to solve our excellent problems aye fewer even among the very mathematicians who boast that they. have wonderfully extended its bounds by means of the golden theorems which they thought were known to no one but which in fact had long previously been published by others."According to Newton's biographer Conduitt he solved the problem in an evening after returning home from the Royal Mint. Newton: . "in the midst of the hurry of the great recoinage did not come home till four in the afternoon from the Tower very much tired but did not sleep till he had solved it which was by four in the morning."Newton send his solution to his friend Charles Montague and Montague published anonymously in the Transactions. Newton's solution presented here in the Acta is also anonymous. The episode did not please Newton as he later wrote: "I do not love to be dunned pestered and teased by foreigners about mathematical things ." After the competition Johann Bernoulli said ". my elder brother made up the fourth of these after Leibniz himself and Newton that the three great nations Germany England and France each one of their own to unite with myself in such a beautiful search all finding the same truth."Struik Edt. "A Source Book in Mathematics 1200-1800 pp. 391 ff. </em> unknown
1621R119850Köthen, Cothenis Anhaltinorum 1621 [8] + 843 pp., printer's device of ornamental fleur-de-lis on title page, head pieces, 25x19cm., Text of the New Testament in old Syriac (Peshitta version) with parallel text of Latin translation by Tremellius at the foot of the page as well as a select list of various readings prepared by Martin Trost, The Syriac text is printed in large type, pagination and register read front to back, contemporary full vellum binding (intact except for a minor defect at spine, somewhat soiled), text is clean and bright except for few minor occasional foxing and stains, good condition, cfr. OCLC 247662296, weight: 1.5 kg., R119850
163711639Dordrecht Hendrick van Esch voor Matthias Havius 1637. 2 uitvouwbare titelprent 52 772 136 p. Origineel Leer met ribben goudbestempeld groot 4° met tekstgravures fraai exemplaar Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch, voor Matthias Havius unknown
1665P4556Nuremberg : Paul Furst c.1665. Very Good. Notes: A scarce and charming view of Constantinople during the mid 17th century. This view is based off of the Merian view of 1635. Image Size : 272x373 mm 10.71x14.69 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 335x419 mm 13.19x16.50 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Asia Near East Turkey; Paul Furst unknown
164724501London: Printed by M. S. for H. Blunden at the Castle in Corne-hill 1647. 1st Edition variant issue Wing B-3408A. Another issue of the same year has the printer's name "Matth. Simmons. in the yeare 1647". Period full leather with modern rebacking to style. Red morocco title label in second spine compartment. Modern eps. An overall VG copy text paper beginning to brown at edges with some associated chipping/repaired hole to lower right quarter of E2 affects last few words of two lines on p 25 and first few words of four lines on page 26/occasional po marginal pencil annotation a/o check mark. 18 155 7 28 4 pp. Separate t.p. for "Clavis". Last 4 pp: 2 pp 'Catalogue of Bookes' viz. bibliographical list by Behmen 1 pp of "Faults Escaped in Printing" & a blank. Inserted table & plate imperfect lacking 'folded' left side approx. 1 - 1.5". 4to: ¢4 -¢1 a half-title a2 a3 B1 A4 -A1 C - 2B4 2C2. <br/><br/>Bohme a German philosophical mystic who had a profound influence on such later intellectual movements as idealism and Romanticism. Born of poor parents in Goerlitz Germany as a boy he tended cattle later becoming a shoemaker marrying & fathering 4 children. Boehme at the robust age of 37 in 1612 wrote his first treatise Aurora oder Die Morgenroete in Aufgang. In 1613 an unauthorized copy of the manuscript was copied and circulated by Karl von Ender. Its reception "raised him out of his homely sphere and made him the centre of a local circle of liberal thinkers considerably above him in station and culture." However the local pastor primarius of Gorlitz Gregorius Richter leveled a charge of heresy. The local muncipal council administered an admonishment to no further "meddle in such matters." This charge Boehme publicly followed for 5 years. In 1618 Boehme again started writing expository & polemical treatises. The majority of his works were written though not formally published from 1619 - 1624. A second major work Der Weg zu Christo was published in 1624 and signaled a renewal of clerical hostility. Boehem however was destined to suffer but a short period of this second persecution; he died of an illness on 17 November 1624. Boehme has been said to have a "fertility of ideas" and a "trasncendent greatness of religious insight." Boehme was studied by Sir Isaac Newton and influenced the work Henry More as well as and especially William Law 1686 - 1761. Xl Questions concerning the Soule was translated by the English mystic John Sparrow in collaboration with John Ellstone & financed by Humphrey Blunden. This the first of several works by Boehme that Sparrow & Ellstone were to translate into English between 1644 - 1662. Boehme proved to be highly popular in England where there were regular societies of Behmenists at the time. This work XL Questions went into a second edition in 1648 and a third edition in 1665. 11th EB. A scarce title in the Boehme canon. We find no copies currently offered via the major on-line databases OCLC records but 4 institional cc and the work has only appeared at auction 3 times in the last 25 years the last in 1989. Printed by M. S. for H. Blunden, at the Castle in Corne-hill hardcover books
1698112089à Amsterdam, chez Adrian Braakman, marchand 1698 2 volumes. In-18 14 x 7,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane, dos à nerfs encadrés de petits fers dorés, [8]-[4]-934 pp. en pagination continue pour les deux volumes, frontispices gravés par Gaspard Luyken, bandeaux & culs-de-lampe, 7-5 gravures hors texte avant la lettre, tables des pièces. Reliures légèrement frottées, intérieur très frais.
167512522Nuremburg: J. von Sandart 1675. Copper engraving with early colour. Printed on laid paper. Title in manuscript ink on verso of sheet. Cleveland Historical Society collection stamp on verso of sheet. Numerous tears and creases in outside margins which have been expertly repaired. Center fold has been strengthened. An early map of Africa by the great mapmaker Jacob von Sandrart engraved by Homann.<br/> <br/>Sandrart's stunning map of Africa is a close copy of Fredrik de Wit's map 'Nova Africa Descriptio' published in 1660. With the prime meridian running through Ferro Island the map is typical of late seventeenth century maps of Africa. Like other maps of the period Sandrart has included a highly decorative and informative cartouche in the lower left corner of the sheet. Homann's continental cartouches aspired to convey the natural history as well as the costume and manner of life of the human inhabitants. Here while a woman peacefully nurses her baby in a hammock a native chief stares out at the viewer from under the shade of a large umbrella. On the right side of the vignette two riders on horseback one with a cutlass and one with a decaptitated head ride by a river where one man is attacking another with his sword. Among the humans are a lion a snake a reptile of some sort and another fox-like animal. Although the map repeats De Wit's decorations it relies on Ptolemy for its description of the Nile basin. It is to some degree remarkable that seventeenth century maps of the interior of Africa were filled with geographical features and named locations since there had been very little European exploration of the interior at this date. European trade took place at specific locations along the coast and almost nothing was known about the interior of the dark continent except through rumor. This is a fascinating map by Sandrart and one of only two maps engraved by Homann before 1690. Born at Frankfurt-on-Main Jacob von Sandrart was one of the most esteemed mapmakers in Nuremberg at the close of the seventeenth century. He learned his trade from his uncle Joachim von Sandrart and from Cornelius Danckerts. As with this impressive map all of Sandrart's charts are filled with a wealth of decorative details and highly ornate cartouches. J. von Sandart unknown books
170023508Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen and François Halma; Utrecht: Wilhelm vande Water 1700. Two volumes. Second edition. Folio. 28 666 10 pp. 183-184 repeated and page numbers 343-348 omitted as usual the text and signatures continual; 18 390 6 393-608 61 1 pp. Contemporary mottled full calf spine with raised bands gilt lettered red labels gilt decorated to the spines elaborate gilt borders to the boards which also feature a central gilt device. Two portraits of the author and Anna Maria Schurman and three double page plates plus hundreds of superb engravings a few full page but mostly set in the text. One of the double page plates and two text leaves with marginal tears without loss some wear to the extremities repairs to the joints of volume I a handsome set. The life and works of this Dutch writer was first published in 1655. Cats' literary work primarily consists of moral poetry and these editions of his writings are embellished with numerous fine copper engravings of varying sizes including engraved title pages head & tailpieces vignettes and most notably hundreds of emblematic illustrations to accompany the verses. A lovely example of an extraordinary work. Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen and François Halma; Utrecht: Wilhelm vande Water unknown
16923306804Lyon: Vander Aa 1692. One part moderately water-stained another with slight marginal worming three of the folding plates repaired. Eleven volumes duodecimo the first with four engraved folding plates and all eleven volumes embellished with charming ornamental title-pages; a handsome set in mid eighteenth-century dark panelled calf with original labels. <p><p>Attractively bound set of Cicero in eleven volumes noted as "respectable and correct" by Moss. The title-page boasts that the accuracy of the text arises from the editorial finesse of Dutch classical scholar Jacob Gronovius whose portrait appears as frontispiece to the first volume curiously the English literary lion Thomas Dibdin claimed the editorial attribution to Gronovius was spurious. Jacob Gronovius was the father of botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius correspondent and patron of Carl Linnaeus and the author of a treatise on the native plants and herbs of Virginia.</p> <p>A charming set in an appealing early binding this is a considerable publication continuously paginated for a total of 3611 pages. The folding engraved plates include the detail of an epigraphic tribute to Cicero and numismatic relics relating to the famed Roman orator.</p> </p> . Vander Aa unknown
16171307120067Thomas Adams 1617-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Contemporary boards rebacked with later leather spine. 5 raised bands. Solid binding and cover. 20 790 122 p. Generally clean unmarked pages with minor toning. Provenance: Christopher Will 1701. Inked with calligraphic flourish on end page. Thomas Adams hardcover
1646046444Hoorn: Arent Jansz Chalon 1646. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary overlapping vellum modest discoloration and soiling but sound. Spine darkened remains of labels bookplate on pastedown and endpaper. Two works in one the second unpaginated and dated 1647 on the separate title; printed in a mix of black letter and Roman type faces. 8 252 60pp. <br/><br/>The first edition of a popular and much reprinted book of moral tales about violence. 15 engravings in the first work 3 in the second and a vignette on the title and an extra engraved title to Gulden-Spiegel. As here it was often paired with Mayvogel's life of Amnon apparently present here in the second edition first published in 1646. No other copies of the first edition located in OCLC or auction records. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046444. Arent Jansz Chalon hardcover books
1601048514Amsterdam: Corneille Nicolas 1601. First Edition. Disbound. Fair Condition. Disbound in later wraps. Lacking title page 2 with the map on the verso and the second title for the vocabulary section. Upper corner of final vocabulary torn with loss to Javanese column and text on verso. All missing parts supplied in facsimile. Chipping at edges general browning small wormtrail near bottom margin touching some letters. 22 large engravings of 25 lacking the two title woodcuts and one map 2 woodcuts of plants. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048514. Corneille Nicolas unknown
