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1716100847<p>Leiden Petrus van der Aa; Luchtmans & Haak 1716 - 1741. x 500pp; 60 unnumbered ff; titlepage of supplement; pages 501-534. 2 parts in one. Folio. Title in red and black with engraved vignette.With finely engraved frontispiece representing the library interior and heads of celebrated Dutch scholars full page plate of benefactors and plate of the Copernican Globe preserved in the library. Preface and index. Full contemporary mottled sheep rubbed corners lightly bumped head & foot of spine chipped lower back joint cracked. Red morocco title shield. The present catalogue was first published in 1716. When the supplement was completed in 1741 a newer and fuller titlepage was substituted in the copies then unsold but still dated 1716. The supplement has a separate titlepage: Supplementum Catalogus librorum tam impressum quam manuscriptum Bibliothecae publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden Samuel Lugtmans & Cornelius Haak 1741 but the pagination is continuous the supplement occupies pages 501-534. Incidentally there is a substantial unpaginated index placed between them of 60ff. The Catalogue of the University Library at Leyden has a certain air of modernity in its carefully listed holdings in theology jurisprudence medicine philosophy philology political economy history belles-lettres classics numismatics etc. A single chapter enumerates the celebrated collection of 1993 Oriental manuscripts in Persian Turkish Hebrew Armenian Coptic etc. Separate chapters list the special collections donated by Huygens Vossius Perizonius De Smet and others. Rare Brunet 31496 says that this is one of the most representative sources of Oriental manuscript holdings.</p>
1758801511758. LEAMING Aaron and SPICER Jacob. The Grants Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments and Other Material Transactions before the Surrender thereof to Queen Anne the Instrument of Surrender and Her Formal Acceptance thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon. Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed by the General Assembly and Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the Said Province with Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Phila.: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. 4763pp. Folio. Period-style 3/4 calf and marbled boards gilt-ruled raised spine bands red morocco spine label. Internally clean a very good copy. Evans 8205. Hildeburn A Century of Printing 1596. The Charlemagne Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws 561. Sabin 39527. Benedict Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States 270. Felcone New Jersey Books 156. An important volume of colonial American laws the third and scarcest official compilation fundamental laws constitutions and documents for New Jersey covering from 1663-64 to 1702 with the session laws from 1668 to 1701. "Prior to the middle of the 18th century all of New Jersey's fundamental documents remained in manuscript form only" -- Felcone. "This handsome volume generally known as Leaming and Spicer's Laws was prepared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 1752 and is the largest work issued from the press of Wm. Bradford."--The Charlemagne Tower Collection. Subscribers were solicited beginning in February 1755; the compilers chiefly by Samuel Nevill and Samuel Smith spent almost two years preparing the text. The printing under the supervision of Leaming and Spicer took three more years until it was ready for delivery in May 1758. The subscribers had taken 170 copies and the editors say in the Pennsylvania Journal 11 May 1758 "a number of copies yet remain not subscribed for" and "any person may be supplied" until "the 17th of July next after which we will not further extend the sale." See Felcone for a detailed ten-page study of this highly important colonial New Jersey book. unknown
175751848Amsterdam Petrus Schenk 1757-74. Large folio. 55 x 345 cm. A large uncut copy in contemp. marbled boards spine gone and later backed with buckram original corners in leather a bit bumped. Stamps on foot of first title-page. Halftitel title-pages in red/black with engraved vignettes. 22 engraved leafs with dedications 14;28 pp. and 25 24 large double-page or triple-page folded engraved plates 6 additional plates only sometimes present. With a total of 55 plates. On thick heavy paper wide-margined and internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>Second edition. "Tileman van der Horst and Jan Schenk produced the Theatrum Machinarium Univesale one of the most celebrated works on the construction of all those elements so necessary to keeping life dry in Amsterdam the place of the book’s publication. It was perhaps the most important work then produced on dikes sluices dams weirs canals and swing-bridges the very elements of existence in Holland. Jan Schenck was the engraver of this work which may also be the most accurate and the most sumptuously illustrated book of its type in Holland in the 18th century - the technical aspects of the rendering was just superb." - Brunet V1082 - Graesse VII 258. </em> hardcover
1757A2DFNA01U79OAmsterdam: Petrus Schenk II & son vol. II: Petrus Schenk III 1757. Red half sheepskin blue-grey paper sides ca. 1800. Imperial folio 50 x 34 cm. With 2 title pages in red and black each with the same engraved allegorical device a double-page engraved dedication plate with 2 large cartouches showing the arms of the Beemster polder and of the 9 members of its water authority and 41 double-page and 7 larger folding engraved illustration plates the folding plates numbered as 2 to give plates I-XXV vol. I I-XXIV and I-VI vol. II. Further with 1 woodcut tailpiece and bands of cast fleurons. Second edition of both volumes of a remarkably detailed set of scale construction drawings plans sections elevations perspective views etc. including many detail drawings of individual parts of 18th-century Dutch waterworks with the accompanying letterpress descriptions and notes. It includes locks sluices bridges pumps pile drivers an ice-breaker an elaborate water-bailing mill and more. Most of the plates measure about 45 x 54 cm with the folding ones about 52 x 76 cm. At least most of the plates depict existing works and the text occasionally gives some historical information. The drawings are so detailed and give such a clear picture of how the mechanisms functioned that one could use them to reconstruct the works shown.A fine copy nearly untrimmed with only some false folds in the half-title and an occasional minor defect in the paper. Plate 23 in volume 1 has no number but it may have been trimmed off at the head. The inside front hinge has partly separated from the book-block but the binding is otherwise good. A fine copy of a magnificent display of Dutch hydraulic engineering.l Bierens de Haan 3818.5 & 4839.5 vol. II only with later ed. of vol. I; STCN 2 & 4 copies of the 2 volumes; not in Berlin Kat.; Roberts & Trent Bibl. Mechanica. Petrus Schenk [II] & son (vol. II: Petrus Schenk [III]), unknown
1756elala1110Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale 1756. 1756. 12mo. pp. viii 275. full modern mottled calf a few scattered stains. First Duodecimo Edition. Published the same year as the first edition in quarto. This is the French reply to an English memorial addressed to the courts of Europe stating their position on the war on the Ohio justifying their actions and setting forth their claims to the region west of the Alleghenies. Accusing the English of unprovoked aggression and foul play the French sought to demonstrate that it was Washington's 'assassination' of Jumonville in the Fort Necessity campaign among other offensive actions which had sparked the war. Most of the text is composed of 'pièces justificatives' comprising documents and letters written between 1749 and 1755 by La Jonquière Governor of New France Albemarle Rouillé General Braddock Contrecoeur Villiers Sir William Johnson George Washington and Robert Stobo an engineer with Washington who had planned Fort Necessity. Among the more important papers are translations of the instructions given to Braddock by the British Crown letters to and from Braddock and Sir William Johnson and various officials two of Johnson's 'harangues' to the Indians and the first printing although in French translation of extracts from the journal kept by George Washington in the 1754 expedition to fortify the forks of the Ohio that ended with the British surrender to the French at Fort Necessity in July 1754 pp. 109-146. This is quite distinct from Washington's first journal of his mission for Governor Dinwiddie late in 1753 printed at Williamsburg in 1754. Most of these British papers were seized by the French following the capitulation at Fort Necessity. An early work on the French and Indian War described by Lawrence Wroth in his John Carter Brown Library report for 1945-46' as "one of the most important documents in American colonial history." Dionne II 548. JCB I 1123. Lande 657. Sabin 47511. TPL 250. Vlach 549. cfHowes M-787 different pag. cfGagnon II 1369 & cfStreeter II 1013 first in 4to. Wroth American Bookshelf p. 22. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1756. Paperback
17124343Rome: Francesco Gonzaga 1712. Extremely rare first edition of this luxuriously illustrated anthology of extracts from papal sermons delivered between 1703-09 in Latin prose and facing Italian verse: an unusual example of Baroque ecclesiastical culture from the pontificate of Clement XI. On the basis of extreme rarity and contents the volume numbers among those commemorative and honorific volumes which were never sold in the trade but offered as a ceremonial gift to cardinals ambassadors and other important personagescorroborated by the ownership inscription in the present volume by a monsignor during Clements papacy. The volume is singular in our experience for its contents. Latin extracts of Clements sermons generally rather brief are printed on the left side of the page then freely and somewhat copiously versified in Italian by the poet Guidi. The sparsity of the elegantly printed text leaves positively wasteful margins! Each sermon is preceded by a full-page engraving on the subject of the sermon the Holy Family adoring the Christ Child for Christmas the Resurrection for Easter etc. designed by Pietro Leone Ghezzi one of the principal artists in Clements retinue and engraved by Roman engravers generally also associated with Clementine projects Frey van Westerhout etc. The designs were made expressly for the present volume and are echoed as it were in a series of initials and vignettes devoted to the same theme; as such they must have been engraved for the present volume and not simply taken from the printers stock. If somewhat overshadowed by Maratti in his lifetime and by his epoch-making role as the first professional caricaturist Ghezzi 1674-1755 was nonetheless an important painter of religious subjects who worked on Albanis most prestigious public projects. The surfaces of Ghezzis paintings were considerably less finished than those of Maratti and he seems more receptive to Venetian color and unfinishednessthus showing a different aspect of Albani taste. Ghezzi was commissioned in 1712 the year this book was published to paint The Election of St. Fabian for the Albani Chapel in S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura. Within the next decade he helped paint the frescos the ancient basilica of S. Clemente and the nave decoration of St. John Lateran. His portraits including one of Clement XI are unusually informal and realistic possibly due to Ghezzis experience at caricature. Alessandro Guidi 1650-1712 who translated the sermons was a prolific Arcadian poet. OCLC records a single copy Berkeley and we locate no additional American copies. Large 4to. 28 x 20.5 cm engraved portrait of Clement XI xvi pp. full-page engraving 213 pp. including 5 full-page engravings paginated with text. 18th-c. vellum over boards spine with 5 raised bands and red morocco label gilt-stamped; covers with large blind-tooled central ornament blind-tooled filets and ornaments. Short tears at head and foot of spine and a few nicks there. Early inscription on front pastedown mentions Monsignor Bianchini Prelato Domestico e Camerario segreto di S. Santita Papa Clem. XI. Mild finger-soiling in margins of title and a little foxing on some text leaves but overall a very fine attractive copy. Francesco Gonzaga hardcover
1784ABC_47839Altona 1784. 8vo. Johann David Adam Eckhardt Early 19th-century blue marbled paper wrappers. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page and typographical ornaments at the head of every page. The text is set in Roman and Syriac type. 64 1 1 blank pp. First edition of a Syriac grammar for beginners written by Jakob Georg Christian Adler 1756-1834. It starts with a short introduction to Syriac grammar and is followed by excerpts from works by two important Syrian Christian authors: Gregory Bar Hebraeus 1226-1286 a prominent writer and church figure and Jacob of Edessa 640-708 the bishop of Edessa and one of the most important scholars of the Christian-Aramean tradition.Adler was an Orientalist and Syriac language professor at the University of Copenhagen. He was also a Lutheran theologian and became the head of the Bible society in Schleswig-Holstein. He has written multiple works on Syriac and Arabic. With a paper label mounted at the head of the front wrapper and an annotation at the foot of page 17. The edges and corners of the wrapper show some signs of wear with some loss of material at the foot of the spine. With a tear in the lower margin of page 43 without affecting the text. Overall in good condition.l VD18 1437708X. unknown
1719ABC_48566Leiden: ex officina Boutesteiniana 1719. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript title on the spine red and blue sprinkled edges. 4to. With a general title page printed in red and black 7 engravings 1 folding 5 full-page 1 in the text divisional titles for each part with an engraved vignette 18 decorated woodcut initials 13 woodcut headpieces and 12 woodcut tailpieces. 4 parts in 1 volume. Including: 2 ALPINUS Prosper. De balsamo dialogus.Leiden Cornelis Boutesteyn 1718.3 BONTIUS Jacobus. De medicina Indorum.Leiden Cornelis Boutesteyn 1718.4 ALPINUS Prosper. De rhapontico.Leiden ex officina Boutesteiniana 1718. Early Leiden edition of an important work on Egyptian medicine written by the Venetian physician and botanist Prosper Alpinus 1553-1617. The present work includes a work on tropical medicine by Dutch physician Jacob de Bondt or Jacobus Bontius 1592-1631 which can only be found in the Dutch editions of Medicine Aegyptiorum and a text by Alpinus De rhapontico which can only be found in the present edition.Medicine Aegyptiorum was first published in Venice in 1591 then three times in Paris in 1645-1646 and then in Leiden in 1718 where it was combined with De Bondt's work for the first time. The present edition is a re-issue of the 1718 edition but with a new title page and an extra part. This extra part De rhapontico had been published separately in 1612 but was not published again until it was included in the present work. It discusses the therapeutic properties of rhubarb and is written in the form of a dialogue between Alpinus an Egyptian physician and a Jew. The other work by Alpinus included here De balsamo dialogus discusses the source of balsam and raises questions concerning its identity ancient names and medical uses. It is written in the same format as De rhapontico.The final text included here is De medicina Indorum libri IV by De Bondt which had been separately published in 1642. De Bondt who regarded tropical medicine as an independent branch of medical science spend several years in the Dutch East Indies where he studied the local medical practices. The work includes the first European description of beriberi and cholera.The head of the spine is somewhat worn with a horizontal tear in the vellum obscuring the manuscript title a brown stain on the back board. The pastedowns are detached from the boards but the structural integrity of the binding is still intact the edges of the leaves are slightly browned the last few leaves are stained at the bottom margin from the brown stain on the back board. Otherwise in good condition.l Blake p. 12; STCN 227919599 3 copies Wellcome II p. 36; cf. DSB I pp. 124-125; Garrison & Morton 6468 other ed.; STCN separate entries for ad 2: 227919971 6 copies ad 3: 227920112 6 copies ad 4: 181937085 5 copies. ex officina Boutesteiniana, hardcover
17381210121738. First Edition. CHARLES I HOOPER Jacob. An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England During the Reign of King Charles the First London: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers in Town and Country 1738. Folio 7-1/2 by 12 inches period-style full speckled sheep gilt raised bands red morocco spine label. $3400.First edition of Hooper's ""impartial"" history profusely illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait depicting Charles I on horseback and 26 full-page engraved plates many depicting naval and land battles.Hooper drew on Clarendon Kennet Echard and Rushworth to compile his history. ""Everybody that shall duly consider the whole account of these transactions will be able to impute mistakes miscarriages and faults enough to both sides But we cannot omit making this one observation that where any King by ill judgment or ill fortune of his own or those entrusted by him in the chief administration of his government happen to fall into an interest contrary to that of his people and will pursue that mistake that Prince must have terrible conflicts in the course of his reign On the other hand that people who though invaded and oppressed in their just rights and liberties shall not rest satisfied with reasonable reparations and securities but having got power into their hands will make unjustifiable use of it to the utter subversion of that government they are bound in duty and allegiance to support do but at last make rods for their own backs and very often bring upon themselves from other hands a more severe bondage than that they had shook off"" Preface. Plates bound in at rear. Lowndes 1109. Discreet library markings on verso of title page only.Text and plates generally clean corners rounded contemporary calf covers rubbed. A very good copy of this illustrated history. hardcover
1731620531731. Genevae : Perachon & Cramer 1731 Folio 1 587 1; 2 790; 2 570; 2 699 2 pp. 16 gestochene Portraits 4 Lederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung; minimnal fleckig; feienes Exemplar. Sehr selten - Erste Ausgabe! Die Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum enthält ca. 4000 Bio-Bibliographien von medizinischen Autoren. Der vollständige Titel lautet: Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum veterum et recentiorum Joannis Jacobi Mangeti Medicinae Doctoris . Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medicorum Veterum Et Recentiorum : In Qua Sub Eorum Omnium Qui A Mundi Primordiis ad hunc usque Annum vixerunt Nominibus Ordine Alphabetico adscriptis Vitae compendio enarrantur . Sicque Historia Medica Vere Universalis Exhibetur ; Opus Doctis Omnibus Maximeque Medicis Utile . Jean-Jacques Manget latinisiert Joh. Jac. Mangetus 19. Juni 1652 in Genf/Republik Genf; 15. August 1742 ebenda war ein Genfer Arzt der für die Herausgabe verschiedener Sammelwerke. Garrison & Morton No. 11172 unknown
1737143528Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk 1757 part II dated 1737. Dutch waterways delineated in contemporary quarter sheep A handsome publication illustrating the technology behind the Dutch waterways their canals windmills bridges and boats. The first part was first issued in 1736 the second in 1737 here a secondary issue with a title page of 1757 the second part keeping a date of 1737 presented in the original trade binding of quarter sheep. 2 parts folio 555 x 347 mm. Titles printed in red and black with engraved printer's device double-page engraved dedication leaves in part I. Complete with all 47 double-page plates 20 in part I 27 in part II many folding with the consecutive numbering I-XXV in part I I-XXV and I-VI in part II but with some folding plates numbered as two. Contemporary red quarter sheep marbled paper sides. Rubbed worn around extremities but binding holding well and unrestored contents generally clean. A very good copy. Bierens de Haan 4836; Brunet IV 568 note; Graesse VII 258. unknown
1730H8R9L0YQ8MW6Delft: Reinier Boitet part 1; The Hague Johannes de Cros part 2 1730. Contemporary red half sheepskin. Folio. With engraved frontispiece engraved dedication in volume 1 and 3 and a total of 57 engraved plates mostly folding. 2 parts in 3 volumes. First and only edition of an extensive thorough and lavishly illustrated work on the history and topography of the city of The Hague. The beautiful frontispiece is explained in an allegorical poem by Hendrik Schim on the verso of the half-title. More laudatory poems on The Hague and the author Jacob de Riemer 1676-1762 follow in the preliminaries of the first part by Caspar Barlaeus Joannes Van Dam Constantijn Huygens and Hendrik Schim. The main text starts with the foundation of the city followed by descriptions of different buildings including several churches and monasteries the orphanage schools and much more most of them are shown in the engraved folding plates as well. The second part volume 3 of 1739 contains the description of the government of The Hague and its organization.Binding worn corners bumped and lacking the paper on the front side of volume three but the bindings are structually sound. Text and plates with some occasional spots and a few wormholes and some of the folding plates are reinforced with tape at the back; a good copy wholly untrimmed.l Nijhoff & V. Hattum 267. Reinier Boitet (part 1); The Hague, Johannes de Cros (part 2), unknown
172255261Offenbach Germany: Israel Ken 1722. Second edition. This is the copy of the Rabbi David Paul-Bernard Drach 1791-1868 who converted to Catholicism in 1823 and managed the library of the Propaganda Fide in Rome. The front endpaper has a note that is signed and dated by Drach: "Etudie et annote ce volume; supplee lets mots ronges par les vers et corrige les fautes typographiques." Notes to margins. Introductory note by Drach lauding the book: "Le calendrier juif dont les calculs sont d'une exactitude admirable etait deja en usage du temps de Rabbie Gamliel pas consequents a l'epoque ou le Verbe eternel caro factum est et habitavit in nobis." <br /> <br /> 8vo. 40 in Hebrew letters numbered leaves i.e. 80pp. re-cased in later vellum with leather strips. Engraved title page. Fascinating work on the Jewish calendar its estimation calculation of the New Moon methods of chronology et.al. Also contains a few pages on the Christian calendar. This work is one of the most profusely illustrated works of Hebraica and Judaica with charts ephemerides sketches and illustrations throughout. One volvell attached. In Hebrew. First ten leaves with one inch holes from bookworms. The rest of the volome with minor circular bookworm hole. Some loss of text on first ten leaves. "The volvelles as well as hand diagrams and tables were some of the tools used not just for calculating and identifying pivotal dates and worshipping times for Jews but also for ascertaining Christan holidays. This knowledge was a critical aid for protecting Jews from the danger posed by their having different worshipping times and habits from the dominant culture. The headings on the wheel denote the arrival of the new moon which marks the start of the Jewish month and the cycle of the sun. Whereas calendars appear in general to be a “convenient way to coordinate human movements with natural time†as Elisheva Carlebach points out the Sefer ‘Evronot demonstrates that the methods for doing so are culturally and historically shaped. The wheel computing information with each push of a finger demands interaction from the reader in order to yield knowledge not just to use but to live by." Ref: brevigrapher.interactive book. <br /> <br /> Furst I 99 & 360 Steinschneider 4988.4. Israel Ken unknown
1723030380Lugduni Batavorum Apud Petrum Vander Aa 1723. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Seventeen Folding Plates. Title Page 16 413 Pp 15 Pp Catalogus Librorum Followed By 17 Folding Plates At End Each With Many Figures. Full Vellum Early 18Th Century Blind Stamped Design At Center Of Covers Spine Stamped In Gilt. Hand Marbled Papers On Pastedowns All Edges Colored Red. Text Block 17.5 Cm Tall. Latin Exposition Of Newtonian Philosophy Addressed To Students. A Very Nice Example In Original Vellum Light Wear At Spine Ends A Few Tiny Holes In Bottom Spine Edge Of Rear Cover And In Gutter Edge At Bottom Of Plates 16 And 17 Not Affecting Text Or Illustrations. Red Color Of Edges Of Page Blocks Is Almost Entirely Unfaded And Still Shiny. No Marks Or Bookplates. Per Wikipedia Willem Jacob 'S Gravesande 1688 - 1742 Was A Dutch Lawyer And Natural Philosopher Chiefly Remembered For Developing Experimental Demonstrations Of The Laws Of Classical Mechanics. As Professor Of Mathematics Astronomy And Philosophy At Leiden University He Helped To Propagate Isaac Newton's Ideas In Continental Europe. In 1715 'S Gravesande Visited London As Part Of A Dutch Delegation Sent To Welcome The Hanoverian Succession In Great Britain. In London 'S Gravesande Met Both King George I And Isaac Newton And Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society.In 1717 He Became Professor Of Mathematics And Astronomy In Leiden. From That Position He Was Instrumental In Introducing Newton's Work To The Netherlands. 'S Gravesande's Main Scientific Work Is Physices Elementa Mathematica Experimentis Confirmata Sive Introductio Ad Philosophiam Newtonianam "Mathematical Elements Of Natural Philosophy Confirmed By Experiments; Or An Introduction To Newtonian Philosophy" Published In Leiden In 1720. In That Book He Laid The Foundations For The Teaching Of Newtonian Mechanics Through Experimental Demonstrations. He Presented His Work Before Audiences That Included Voltaire And Albrecht Von Haller. The Book Was Soon Translated Into English By John Theophilus Desaguliers Curator Of Experiments For The Royal Society. In 1722 He Published The Results Of A Series Of Experiments In Which Brass Balls Were Dropped From Varying Heights Onto A Soft Clay Surface. He Found That A Ball With Twice The Speed Of Another Would Leave An Indentation Four Times As Deep From Which He Concluded That The Correct Expression For The "Live Force" Of A Body In Motion What Is Modernly Called Its "Kinetic Energy" Is Proportional To Its Mass And The Square Of Its Velocity. <br/> <br/> Lugduni Batavorum Apud Petrum Vander Aa hardcover
176347849Lemgo 1763. Aus dem Französischen in das teutsche übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen erläutert und vermehret von D.Christian Philip Berger Geprägter ganzlederner Meisterbuchbinder-Einband goldene Rückenbeschr. Guter Zustand vollständig. Sehr selten Zweite Auflage Kl.-8°. Ldr. Technik unknown
178510224Bethlehem Pennsylvania ca. 1785-1835. 70 p. Contemporary Leather 8° The upper-spine-end is split on both sides 10 pages are left blank. Manuscript containing a catalogue of all the members of the 'Hernhutter Brüdergemeine' at Bethlehem Pennsylvania starting with the year 1785 and dating until the year 1835. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania hardcover
175867012Philadelphia:: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. First edition. old sueded leather. Later additional ownership name on title page; a few neat old marginal annotations; some scattered inoffensive staining to text; several significant losses to the leather at the top of the spine and corners; nevertheless tight and sound. . Folio. One-time legislator Aaron D. Woodruff's copy with his 1785 ownership signature at the head of the title page and bookplate on pastedown. Printed by W. Bradford, hardcover
1719F5OGBDYNZ8OAAmsterdam: Gerard Valk 1719. Very large engraved folding plan comprising 1 1/2 sheets measuring 46 x 83 cm as assembled engraved by Danckert Danckertsz. and his father after drawings by Jacob Vennekool including the two hemispheres of the world map and a celestial map of the constellations of the northern hemisphere each 10 cm in diameter. Very large engraved plan showing the extraordinary cartographic mosaic floor of the Burgerzaal of the Amsterdam City Hall designed by Jacob van Campen with a celestial map in the centre and the magnificent map of the world in 2 hemispheres on either side. The engraving was first published in 1661 and the map shows Tasman's recent discoveries in Australia and Tasmania and depicts California as an island. Many discoveries from his second voyage remained otherwise unpublished until the end of the 17th-century. This engraved representation is all that is left of this cartographical work of art. Wear caused by people walking on the mosaic meant it had to be restored about a hundred years later. When in turn this restoration was damaged the two hemispheres were filled in with plain marble slabs without pictorial representation.The drawing of the floor was made by Jacob Vennekool who worked closely with Van Campen and since his drawings were first published even before the building was completed they may reflect Van Campen's plan more closely than the finished building itself. They also of course show it before the alterations made at various times in later years.Slightly wrinkled in the right margin one fold reinforced and a few tiny spots otherwise in very good condition.l Cf. BAL 533 1st Dutch ed.; Fowler 77 & 274 1st Dutch ed.; Berlin Kat. 2235 1st French ed. Gerard Valk, unknown
1774ABC_50435Amsterdam 1774. Folio. Johannes Sluyter Modern half brown morocco with the author and short title lettered in gold on the spine marbled paper sides. With a large engraved printer's device on title page and 33 full-page numbered engraved plates all contemporary hand-coloured. 4 34 2 pp. Greatly enlarged edition of a celebrated work on the metamorphosis of butterflies and other insects depicted in 33 finely etched plates. First published in 1740 with only 25 plates the present edition published posthumously represents the fullest realisation of the authors lifelong ambition bringing together his exquisitely engraved plates with additional material that was prepared but never published during his lifetime.In total the work comprises 33 engraved plates depicting 70 metamorphoses of butterflies moths and other winged insects each rendered with remarkable precision and enlivened by contemporary hand-colouring. The plates are notable not only for their scientific value representing a significant advance in the study of insect life cycles but also for their aesthetic brilliance combining delicate line engraving with vibrant colour and decorative botanical settings. Plate XII depicting a tulip is of particular charm. Houttuyn in his preface remarked upon the extraordinary patience and precision required for such studies noting that few enthusiasts possessed the dedication necessary to observe and record these transformations with accuracy. The text part is very slightly browned and stained throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Horn-Schenkling 153; Landwehr Col. Plates 105; Nissen ZBI 2358; STCN 18494130X; WorldCat 905420914; cf. Hunt 514 other ed.; not in Pritzel. unknown
17081603Stockholm 1708. 8vo in 4s. Julius G. Matthiae Contemporary gold-tooled half calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine marbled paper sides. With a woodcut device on the title-page an engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication 19 small engraved illustrations in the text by N. Guerard ca. 5 x 6 cm and woodcut headpieces tailpieces and initials. xvi 138 pp. Nicely produced and finely illustrated first and only edition of a choice selection of fables from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated into Swedish by Jacob Reenstierna the first published Swedish translation of any of Ovids writings. Reenstierna the translator and editor dedicated the book to Charlotte Piper signing the dedication from Norkiöping 10 December 1708. Good copy.l Svenskt biklexicon 1830-1865 vol. M-O p. 184. unknown
1720ABC_49529Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk 1720. Modern half sheepskin parchment with the manuscript author and title on the spine beige decorative paper sides. Oblong royal 4to ca. 23 x 29 cm. With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page and 16 unnumbered engraved views 15 x 18.5 cm. A complete set of sixteen views of the magnificent palace gardens mazes fountains sculpture ponds and pavilions of the Royal estate Het Loo near Apeldoorn in the Netherlands the most splendid country estate of King William III of England William of Orange. This estate was the finest example of Anglo-Dutch formal gardens garden art and architecture. Pieter Schenk I 1660-1711 originally published the present views in his six-part Paridisus oculorum 1702 where Het Loo was ''undoubtedly the highlight of the series'' Anglo-Dutch Garden p. 201. The six parts were also issued separately with the dedications to the owners serving as title-pages as is the case here.William of Orange 1650-1702 bought the medieval castle Het Loo in 1684 when he was Dutch head of state and it quickly became his favourite hunting lodge. He had it completely rebuilt under the architect Jacob Roman 1640-1716 beginning in 1686. When William and his wife Mary Stuart were crowned King and Queen of England in 1689 however work on the estate was greatly expanded on a royal scale with sculpture commissioned from Romeyn de Hooghe and the elaborate fountains and gardens shown in the present prints. By the time Schenk produced the present print series just before William's death in 1702 it was one of the world's grandest royal residences. The present set of Schenk's prints is watermarked Strasbourg Bend = IV similar to Heawood 73 & 78 from ca. 1720 so it may have been published by Pieter Schenk II soon after his father's death.The binding shows very slight traces of use. The leaves are very lightly foxed. Otherwise a fine wide-margined copy of the prints of the William of Orange's splendid royal estate Het Loo.l The Anglo-Dutch Garden 68; Hollstein Dutch & Flemish XXV p. 290 1428-1443; Springer Bibl. Overzicht pp. 43-44; STCN 840916604 7 copies 1 incomplete; Wurzbach II p. 576 no. 311 Pieter Schenk, unknown
175839356Zyrich Zurich: Conrad Orell und Comp. 1758-1759. Two volumes bound in one complete. FIRST EDITION OF THE MANESSISCHE HANDSCHRIFT also known as the Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift compiled in the 14th century and far and away the most important collection of medieval German lyric verse. Thus also the FIRST EDITION OF VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SURVIVING CORPUS OF MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN POETRY. Includes the work of 140 poets including Walther von der Vogelweide Reinmar der Alte Gottfried von Strassburg Hartmann von Aue Niedhart von Reuenthal Kaiser Heinrich and Reinmar der Zweite. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary calf. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands. Some wear to binding but structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Brunet III 1362; Graesse IV 362. Very important and very rare especially in such good condition. <br/><br/> Conrad Orell und Comp. hardcover
173436881London: Alexander Lyon 1734. Quarto. 9 x 7 1/4 inches. 4 38pp. Five folding engraved plates. Early marbled paper wrappers<br/> <br/> The invention of frictionless carriage wheels.<br/> <br/> Rowe referred to by some as Captain Rowe suggesting a nautical career was an English polymath and inventor. He is best remembered as a pioneer of English diving authoring a work on the subject in 1730 and patenting a diving machine following his successful underwater recovery of 33 tons of silver from the wreck of the East India Company ship Vansittart. In the present work he explores his improvements to carriages to reduce the friction upon the shafts and wheels in order to improve their effectiveness.<br/> <br/> ESTC T95742. Alexander Lyon unknown
17807599BB1780. 3. Aufl. 2 Bände. Regensburg 1780. 4°. 84 Bl. Mit 140 gest. Tafeln meist beidseitig bedruckt lose in separater Mappe gest. von J. N. Maag nach Loibel Neuer Halblederband mit Rückenschild. Nissen 3626. Horn-Schenkling 19051. Dritte Ausgabe dieses systematischen zweisprachigen Werkes zur Entomologie verfasst vom Theologen Jacob Christian Schaeffer 17181790 erstmal 1766 bei Weiss in Regensburg gedruckt. Es ist in vier Abteilungen gegliedert: Bau und Gestalt der Insekten Klassifikation Geschlechter Werkzeuge der Behandlung und Sammlung. Sauberes breitrandiges Exemplar. unknown
174733199-1280Zürich H. U. Denzler 1747-65 and supplement: Zürich and Zug 1786-97. Titles mostly printed in red and black. With woodcut floral head-pieces and title-vignettes. Together 26 vols. 4to. Contemp. boards with title on spines supplement vols. modern boards and larger in size. With engr. exlibris G. Wüthrich fly-leaves stamped. Zürich H. U. Denzler 1747-65 and supplement: Zürich and Zug 1786-97. First edition of this famous encyclopedia published by the scholar and co-founder of the Banque Leu Johann Jacob Leu 1689-1768 here found together with the rare 6 supplement volumes. The work is a monumental alphabetical reference work of Swiss history and of family amd personal history in this country. It offers entries on genealogy and topography in particular as well as biographical data. Leu undertook the work at his own expense and paid for correspondents and collaborators. Despite some mistakes this present encyclopedia is reliable and undoubtedly influenced by ideas originating in the Enlightenment. Das "Lexicon ist ein grossartiges opferreiches Geschenk an Mit- und Nachwelt" Feller/Bonjour 436-437.- Nice complete copy. - Feller/Bonjour 436-437; Barth 9522-9523; Haller II 15; Lonchamp 1806 only 17 vols.; Collison Encyclopedias their History . 1964 102; cf. Zischka 6. LEXIKA ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; GEOGRAPHIE REISEN ; GEOGRAPHY: GENERAL ; GENEALOGY - HERALDRY ; Zürich, H. U. Denzler hardcover
