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1684AQ11736London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringham 1684. 2 xl 41 1 80 4 58 61-70 154 23 1 148pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound with: COWLEY Abraham. The second part of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. Being what was Written and Published by himself in his younger years. And now Reprinted together. London. Printed by Mary Clark for Charles Harper 1684. Fifth edition. 8 161pp 1. With an engraved frontispiece. Folio. Contemporary calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece spine richly gilt. Heavily rubbed particularly to spine with loss to head and foot some splitting to joints. Booklabel of 'John Seward Roe' to FEP slight shaving to each frontispiece and title-page of first work - with some loss to title text at head marginal loss to leaf S of second work lightly browned throughout occasional spotting. Abraham Cowley 1618-1667 English poet and royalist agent. Achieving remarkable poetic success in his youth Cowley's life was somewhat interrupted by the tumultuous 1640s. An avowed royalist after his eviction from Trinity College Cambridge he pinned his fortunes to the King's cause. Following the court to Paris after defeat at Marston Moor Cowley served as a secretary and agent to Queen Henrietta Maria's court-in-exile from 1644-54 a position terminated only by his arrest during a mission to England. The first collected edition of Cowley's poetry arranged following his release from Cromwell's custody appeared in 1656 and contained his Mistress Pindarique Odes and epic life of King David Davideis in addition to an extensive selection of miscellaneous early verse. Subsequent printings as here appearing after the Restoration would include his 'A Discourse by way of Vision Concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell' a meditation spurred by the death of the reviled Protector. ESTC R21015 R227057 Wing C6657 C6664A. Eighth edition. Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringham unknown
1672140530London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman at the Sign of the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange 1672. 3rd edition. Very Good. folio. calf boards 21 41 80 70 154 23 148pp. frontis. Disbound but both boards present; spine chipped but almost complete. Lacking end papers but internally a very good copy indeed & would re-bind very nicely Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange hardcover
1678T01385London: Henry Herringman 1678. 5th Edition . Leather. Good. 8 x 12. Pages are in remarkably good condition; occasional stains and bookworm tunnels. Endpapers stained on the edges. Frontispiece illustrated with a portrait of the author. Full brown leather. Six raised bands gilt titles and decoration on the spine. Spine is chipped faded and rubbed; pulling away from the boards at the head/tail. Corners bumped and frayed bottom corner on the upper cover is cracked but intact. Covers are scuffed. Binding secure. GOOD <br/> <br/> Henry Herringman hardcover
168122467London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman at the Sign of the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange 1681. Seventh edition. Frontis portraits. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in contemporary pannelled calf neatly rebacked one joint starting. Seventh edition. Frontis portraits. 1 vols. Folio. Ownership notation on title-page by Thomas Button his book 1712. Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange unknown
1684elala1604<p>London: Printed by John Maycocke For Henry Herringman and are to be sold by Charles Harper and Abel Swall 1684; Printed by Mary Clark for Charles Harper and Abel Swall 1684. 1684. 2 Parts bound in 1 Volume with separate titles & varying imprints. folio. pp. 1 p.l. xl 41 80 2 leaves 1-58 61-70 154 23 148; 3 p.l. 161 1. 2 engraved frontis. incl. portrait of Cowley by W.Faithorne. 1 engraved & several woodcut vignettes. contemporary calf rebacked with spine mounted corners renewed covers scuffed some foxing & browning . Eighth Edition Second Issue of the First Part; Fifth Edition of the Second Part. Cowley’s Works includes his poetry prose and the Discourse By way of Vision Concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell. Wing C6657 & C6664A. Perkin B12 & B13.</p> London: Printed by J[ohn] M[aycocke] For Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by Charles Harper and Abel Swall, 1684; Printed by
166955075London: Printed By J. M. For Henry Herringman 1669. Front board ffep and frontis detached but extant. Corners heavily bumped. Heavy loss to spine but title label remains albeit a little chipped. However remaining text block in good order sturdy and pages clean apart from the odd spot. Full Leather. Good Minus. 4to. Printed By J. M. For Henry Herringman Hardcover
17004027Rossiniere/ Berne/ Paris/Toulouse: Broulhiet; Leyvraz; Fabri; Deckherr etc 1700. Hardcover. Good. A cache of documents and publications concealed by the Henchoz family in the eighteenth century in the attics of the Grand Chalet Rossiniere in the Vaudois Alps - a building thought to be the biggest wooden house in Europe. Built in the 1750s by Jean David Henchoz a wealthy notary and judge the Grand Chalet was used as a hotel in the following century when it was visited by a distinguished clientele that included Victor Hugo before being bought by the painter Balthus 1908-2001. A cache of documents and publications concealed by the Henchoz family in the eighteenth century in the attics of the Grand Chalet Rossiniere in the Vaudois Alps. Built in the 1750s by Jean David Henchoz a wealthy notary and judge the Grand Chalet was used as a hotel in the following century when it was visited by a distinguished clientele that included Victor Hugo before being bought by the painter Balthus 1908-2001. The collection includes a sequence of seventeenth century documents on vellum that relate to the purchase of the land on which the Grand Chalet stands in Rossiniere. The pamphlets are in very mixed condition but include several with inscriptions by members of the Henchoz family including Gallatin's theses on the Vacuum and Chapuis on Disentery pointing to the family's scientific interests. There is a group of Berne imprints as well as a chapbook French translation of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and a work on the Huguenot refugee crisis from 1691: MANUSCRIPTS 1. Vellum 'Acquis Fait pour sieur Abraham Henchoz' 22 May 1699 concerning the purchase of property at Rossiniere from David Massard; rodent damage including loss of signature etc 2. Vellum sixteenth century legal document possibly signed by 'Massard' lacking seal 3. Vellum 'Acquis pour Marie Martin femme d'hon David - file d'honarable Jean Jacques Pillet. Commis de Rossiniere' 1697 signed by Marie Martin etc 4. Vellum 'Acquis. Abraham Martin' small 5 Vellum 'Manifeste. Soit a tous. 1675 agreement between Marie Martin Rose Martin Joseph Martin of Rossiniere and Abraham Henchoz seal cut away. PRINTED WORKS Henchoz inscribed copy Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece dans le milieu du quatrieme siècle avant l'ere vulgaire. Tome Premier. Jean Jaques Barthelemy De Bure Paris 1789 xxiv pp384 Very good in buff coloured boards with paper spine label; worn to foot of spine but the cover is only lightly soiled as it has been protected by a paper cover with title in pen to spine. The pages are creased to the edges but clean and fresh. Neat ownership inscription 'Henchoz min:1791' to verso of upper board. Illegible inscription in pencil to paper cover. An early edition. etc - Please request full listing of titles. Good A cache of documents and publications concealed by the Henchoz family in the eighteenth century in the attics of the Grand Chalet Rossiniere in the Vaudois Alps. Built in the 1750s by Jean David Henchoz a wealthy notary and judge the Grand Chalet was used as a hotel in the following century when it was visited by a distinguished clientele that included Victor Hugo before being bought by the painter Balthus 1908-2001. The collection includes a sequence of seventeenth century documents on vellum that relate to the purchase of the land on which the Grand Chalet stands in Rossiniere. The pamphlets are in very mixed condition but include several with inscriptions by members of the Henchoz family including Gallatin's theses on the Vacuum and Chapuis on Disentery pointing to the family's scientific interests. There is a group of Berne imprints as well as a chapbook French translation of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and a work on the Huguenot refugee crisis from 1691: MANUSCRIPTS 1. Vellum 'Acquis Fait pour sieur Abraham Henchoz' 22 May 1699 concerning the purchase of property at Rossiniere from David Massard; rodent damage including loss of signature. 2. Vellum sixteenth century legal document possibly signed by 'Massard' lacking seal 3. Vellum 'Acquis pour Marie Martin femme d'hon David - file d'honarable Jean Jacques Pillet. Commis de Rossiniere' 1697 signed by Marie Martin etc 4. Vellum 'Acquis. Abraham Martin' small 5 Vellum 'Manifeste. Soit a tous. 1675 agreement between Marie Martin Rose Martin Joseph Martin of Rossiniere and Abraham Henchoz seal cut away. PRINTED WORKS Henchoz inscribed copy Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece dans le milieu du quatrieme siècle avant l'ere vulgaire. Tome Premier. Jean Jaques Barthelemy De Bure Paris 1789 xxiv pp384 Very good in buff coloured boards with paper spine label; worn to foot of spine but the cover is only lightly soiled as it has been protected by a paper cover with title in pen to spine. The pages are creased to the edges but clean and fresh. Neat ownership inscription 'Henchoz min:1791' to verso of upper board. Illegible inscription in pencil to paper cover. An early edition. Henchoz ownership inscription Daniel Crespin Traitte de L'Education de la Jeunesse Daniel Crespin Berne 1691. 22 pp50 half of title page removed bound with Conversation entre Le Sr Daniel Crespin et un de ses Amis Refugie by Daniel Crespin Zurich 1691. 12 pp 136. Two titles bound in one volume stab sewn in original red embossed card wrappers. Covers and half of the pages have brown stains. Ownership inscription 'Henchoz' to title page partly torn away. Early annotations and corrections to 'Conversation'. An interesting title relating to the Hugenot refugee crisis at the end of the 17th century. Principes de la Literature. Par M. l'Abbe Batteux new edition volume 1. Desaint & Saillant Paris 1775. xxii pp312 Bound in speckled paper covered boards worn to edges. Paper library label to spine inscribed 'Batteux 1'. Pages clean and complete. Occasional annotations noting that the Preface has been bound in the wrong order. La Vie et les Aventures de Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe. Edition Orne Imprimerie de Deckherr Montbeliard. Volume 2 quarto pp92 in illustrated paper wrappers with four other full-page illustrations of the adventures of Crusoe and Friday. The upper cover and final three pages are extensively torn and creased with some loss pages 3-23 are chipped to lower corner. Nutzlicher Hilfs- Noth- Haus- und Wirthschafts Kalendar des Schweizerboten aus das Jahr 1837 nach Christi Geburt. J J Christen Aarau. Quarto in illustrated paper wrappers with attractive engravings depicting each month of the year. Disbound wrappers chipped and pages creased. Bibliotheque des Villages Troisieme partie. Pp 5-100 in red card wrappers upper cover title page and preliminaries missing leaves disbound pages chipped and stained. Includes a lengthy 'Adresse aux plaideurs de Village'. Theses Physicae de Vacuo. By Ezechiel Gallatin Isacus Gautier Fabri & Barrillot Geneva 1730 pp12 in original marbled wrappers foxed and stained throughout. Diatriba Theologica de Falsis Prophetis Decima. Jeremiae Curriti Marcus Benjaminus a Rosset Berne 1699. Very good in original marbled wrappers some wear to spine and corners pages crisp attractive woodcuts. Diatriba Prima de Veris Prophetis. Jeremiae Curritti Joan Fran Leyvraz Berne 1691. In original marbled wrappers dog-earred to corners and stained throughout. Journals Nouveau Journal Helvetique ou Annales Literaires et Politiques de L'Europe et Principalement de la Suisse. July 1771 De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Typographique Neuchatel pp259-373 in printed paper wrappers. Covers creased pages dog eared but bright and clean. Mercure Suisse ou Recueil de Nouvelles Historiques Politiques Literaires et Curieuses. Mars 1737. Daniel Wavre ed Neufchatel De L'Imprimerie des Editeurs 1737 pp136 in marbled paper covered wrappers which are well worn; the pages are browned and dog eared but crisp. Table of contents to final page with articles of interest from around Europe including a description of the funeral rites of the Tschakour Lama who died in St Petersburg in 1736. Le Nouvelliste Suisse Historique Politique Literaire et Amusant Dedie au Roi Aout 1767. Neuchatel De L'Imprimerie des Editeurs 1737 pp175-224 Very good in fleur de lis patterned paper covers pages fresh if a little dog eared. Table of contents includes an account of an attempt to discover the North East Passage. Plays Le Bourru Bienfaisant Comedie en trois actes et en prose.; De M Goldoni. Representee a la Cour le Mardi cinq November 1771. Vente Libraire des menus Plaisirs du Roi et des Spectacles de Sa Majeste Paris 1778 pp64 Stab sewn in plain paper wrappers which are lightly marked creased and chipped title neatly in pen to front cover. L'Avocat Patelin Comedie en trois actes et en prose; De Brueys et Palaprat. Nouvelle Edition. Broulhiet Toulouse 1783 pp40 stab sewn in plain paper wrappers which are lightly marked creased and torn with some loss to the final page of adverts. Le Roi et Le Fermier pp3-48 title page lacking no date or author. Pages extensively stained dogearred and chipped. Le Glorieux Comedie en vers et en cinq actes by M Nericault Destouches. Louis Chambeau Avignon 1765. Pp76 Stab sewn in printed paper wrappers extensively stained chipped and dog-earred. Les Folies Amoureuses Comedie en trois actes et en vers by Monsieur Regnard. Nouvelle edition N B Duchesne Paris 1777 pp40 stab sewn with printed title page extensively chipped creased and dog eared pages clean. Adelaide ou L'Antipathie Pour L'Amour Comedie en deux actes. Ruault Paris 1780 pp28 stab sewn with printed title page outer pages soiled others creased and dog eared but clean. Le Jugement Dernier des Rois Prophetie en un acte en prose by Sylvain Marechal. C-F Patris Paris L'An second de la Republique Francaise 1793 pp36 stab sewn in printed paper wrappers some loss to top corner of pages 1-14 but the text is still legible. The pages are browned and creased to the edges. Charles-Simon Favart L'Amitie A L'Epreuve Comedie en deux actes et en vers melee d'ariettes. N B Duchesne Paris 177. Words by MM and Favart music by M Gretry. Stab sewn in plain card wrappers title neatly in pen to front cover pp34 plus three pages of manuscript which complete the missing pages of the play bottom corner of title page missing other pages stained and dog eared. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1700 Broulhiet; Leyvraz; Fabri; Deckherr etc hardcover
1643178066Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643. Hardcover. Good staining to boards and text block book plate inside front cover age toning throughout as expected with age. Text and illustrations are otherwise very clear!. Tan vellum boards with faded off-white title block on spine 8 28 pages 2 68 pages 34 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. Text in French. The Universal Way of Mr. Desargues Lyonnois: To Lay The Axle & Place The Hours & Other Things on the Sun Dials. Added engraved illustrated title page special engraved title page with ornamental border following p. 28. The plates are mostly printed on both sides of the leaves and many appear multiple times final plate numbered '28'. Engravings by Abraham Bosse. Pierre Des-Hayes hardcover
1621446261621. Basileae: Typis Joh. Jacobi Genathii 1621 Kl.4° 16 pp. Pappband. Disputatio inauguralis de scorbuto / quam . pro summis in S. Medicina honoribus insignibus & privilegiis doctoralibus solemniter legitimeque consequendis . publice examinandam proponit Abrahamus Dreyer Bremensis ad diem 28. Novembr. Anni MDCXXI. Abrahma Dreyer " war zu Bremen am Ende des 16ten Jahrhunderts ebohren wurde zu Basel am 28. November 1621 Medicu. Dr. mit einer Disp. De Scorbuto und practicirte als Arzt in Minden." Heinr. Wilh. Rtoermund Lexikon aller Gelehrten . in Bremen 1818. Husner: Verzeichnis bas. med. Univ.Schriften Nr. 892 unknown
169048858Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Two parts quarto published in 1690 and 1691. A-Z4 pi4 b4 Aa4 Bb/CC4 Dd-Gg4 = 124 leaves. 16 196; 4 31 1 blankpp. Text in Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. De Turcarum liturgia with separate title page dated 1690 and pagination. Contemporary vellum neatly rebacked. Old library stamp at bottom margin title front blank endleaf detached occasional oxidation spot and mild toning else a very good copy crisp and amply margined.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew-Latin edition of the first modern Hebrew work on geography the author’s most famous and important book. Abraham Farissol or Peritsol was a learned Jew from Avignon who compiled his cosmographical works at the court of the Estes in Ferrara. The present text was composed in 1524-25 and first published in Hebrew at Venice in 1586. The Latin translation and notes in the present edition were prepared by the English orientalist and librarian Thomas Hyde 1636-1703 with the assistance of R. Isaac Abendana working from a manuscript which Hyde located in the Bodleian Library. “Each of its 30 chapters deals with a certain geographical area or subject. In addition many cosmological and historical matters are also treated. The author collected all the evidence he could regarding Jewish settlements in each country. The inclusion of a description of the New World makes Farissol the first Hebrew writer to deal in detail with the newly-discovered America. The 14th chapter of Iggeret Orhot Olam which deals mainly with the settlements of the Ten Lost Tribes is of special interest. According to Farissol’s introduction to this chapter it is clear that what moved him to undertake this investigation was the appearance in Italy in 1523 of David Reuveni many of whose descriptions are included in this work†EJ 6.1185. Reuveni was "an adventurer who aroused messianic hopes in the early 16th century" EJ 14.114. The appended work is a tract on Islamic customs by Albert Wojciech Bobowski a Polish Christian who converted to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks. Adopting the name Ali Ufki Bey he served as translator court musician at Topkapi and as a notator of Ottoman classical music. Bell F26. Christian Hebraism Cat. Harvard 1988 no. 39. ESTC R27480. Fürst Bibliotheca Judaica 1.276. Heller 17th Century pp. 1176-1177. Sabin 60934. Smitskamp PO 372. Vinograd Oxford 4. Wing F-438. Cf. Alden European Americana 1.187 Venice 1586; Heller 16th Century pp.732-733 ed. 1586. Full title beginning in Hebrew: ×גרת ×רחות על×<br /> Id est Itinera mundi sic dicta nempe cosmographia. Latinâ versione donavit et notas passim adjecit Thomas Hyde. Calce exponitur Turcarum liturgia peregrinatio Meccana aegrotorum visitatio circumcisio etc. Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick hardcover
1690ABC_454621690. 20 140; 169-538 14 pp. Ad 1: First and only edition of three very rare medical and pharmacological treatises published together by the German physician Jansz Abraham Gehema 1647-1715. Gehema studied in Leiden where he settled as a physician before returning to Berlin in 1695. All three treatises translated into Dutch by G.D.C. from the original German were originally published in Bremen in 1688 as Grausame medicinische Mord-Mittel containing serious warnings against the evil practices of charlatans and quacks such as blood-letting purgation and suspicious prescriptions noting that they have killed many people Der Reformirte Apotheker a proposal to reform pharmacies to modern standards and Diaetetica rationalis instructions for a healthy lifestyle. Although the Dutch edition gives each work its own title-page and each begins on the first page of a quire so that they could have been sold separately they share a single series of page numbers and quire signatures.Ad 2: An incomplete copy of another very rare book with a curious combination of texts edited by Ulrik Huber professor of law at Franeker University. Texts present are René Descartes Passiones. sive affectus animae pp. 169-299 Huber's Institutionis reipublicae liber singularis pp. 301-494 and exerpts from Ovids Metamorphosis under the title Argumenta Metaµfse excerpta ex Ovidio pp. 495-538.Ad 2 lacking the title-page preliminaries and pp. 1-168 which contain excerpts from Aristotles Ethica. Spine somewhat wrinkled but still in good condition.l Ads 1-3: STCN 1 compl. & 1 incompl. Copy; Wellcome III p. 99; cf. Krivatsy 45999 1688 German ed. unknown
1616ABC_48242Amsterdam 1616. Oblong 4to ca. 16 x 21 cm. Abraham Goos in de Kalverstraet 19th-century quarter calf with a manuscript number on the spine "32" sprinkled paper sides. With an engraved title page signed by P.Serwouter scul. bottom right after D.Vinck Boons bottom left 23 full page maps several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. 7 "305" =294 2 1 blank pp. Rare first edition of one of the first atlases of the Low Countries with 23 very detailed maps. It is the only atlas published by the mapmaker Abraham Goos himself. At the time the present atlas was published the Seven United provinces The Northern Netherlands were still together with the 10 provinces of the Spanish or Habsburg Low Countries. The atlas includes two maps of the Low Countries as a whole one map of each of the seventeen provinces except Drenthe which is included in the map of Overijssel four additional maps of Holland and one additional map of Brabant. Gooss maps were also used for the Atlas Minor published by Johannes Janssonius in 1628.The maps are elegantly designed with decorative title cartouches finely engraved and set in a decorative oval rectangular frame while the corners are decorated in a Renaissance style. The work was reprinted by Janssonius in 1625 and Doncker in 1685. Only the first edition was printed by Goos himself. Koeman recognizes only one Goos issue but Van der Krogt's reissue of Koeman's Atlantes Nederlandici distinguishes two of which ours is the second. The two issues are nearly identical but the second can be recognised by the imprint which includes Goos's new address "inde Kalverstraet" and the addition of the text "cum privilegio" to the maps which Goos added after receiving his privilege for this atlas on 24 December 1615 and an honorarium of 120 guilders from the States General on 8 January 1616. Generally 20 of the 23 maps of the second issue have this addition but in the present copy it is 17: the text is not present on maps 3-5 8 and 11-12.The text was written by the poet and translator Reinier Telle 1559-1618 who based it mainly on Ludovicos Guicciardinis Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden translated by Telle in 1613. Telles text was in turn the main source for the text in De Vyerighe Colom; finally that text was again used for a new edition of Guicciardinis work published by Jacob van Meurs in 1660.Abraham Goos ca. 1590-before 1643 was born in Antwerp as the son of Margaretha van den Keere the sister of the famous mapmaker Hendrik van den Keere. In 1600 Goos moved to Amsterdam where he soon was employed and trained by the Hondius family and by Willem Jansz. Blaeu. He had his own shop named "In t vergulde Caertboeck" first located op den Dam later around 1615 in the Kalverstraat. Pieter Goos Abrahams son later became famous for his sea atlases and pilot guides.With an erased ownerships entry at the head of the half-title and 18th-century annotations on pp. 136-138. The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed the boards have been rubbed with some loss of material. The first few leaves are somewhat browned a repaired hole in the lower margin of the title page false folds in the half title some marginal small tears small holes in 2 leaves with some loss of text a repaired tear in the last leaf a water stain in the outer half of the last few leaves. Otherwise in good condition.l Krogt P. van der Koemans Atlantes Neerlandici IIIB § 363 pp. 612-615 no. 363:01B; Koeman Atlantes Neerl. II p. 121 Goo 1; STCN 853385556; USTC 1032942; cf. for the text: Fontaine Verwey H. de la Reinier Telle hekeldichter pamfletschrijver vertaler in: Uit de wereld van het boek III pp. 55-86 esp. 68. hardcover
1601ABC_46116Leiden 1601. 4to. Petrus van de Aa Contemporary limp vellum manuscript title on spine. With 2 different engraved allegorical title-pages reflecting the themes of rings and intaglio-carved gems 2 letterpress title-pages in red and black with one of Van der Aas engraved allegorical devices Minerva/Athena books a cock and Hercules/Heracles with motto "studio et vigilantia" a portrait of the author by Jacques de Gheyn with a calligraphic verse by Hugo de Groot below 138 engraved plates: 196 numbered illustrations of ancient rings with carved gems shown at actual size on 101 engraved plates and 148 numbered illustrations of carved gems alone on 37 engraved plates. 2 volumes. 22 28 16 16 pp. plus 109 plates; 64 32 pp. plus 173 plates. The second much enlarged edition by the Dutch classical scholar Jacobus Gronovius of the first extensive repertory of Greco-Roman rings with intaglio-carved gems by Abraham Gorlaeus Van Goorle; 1549-1608 which Gorlaeus had published in 1601 with the title Dactiliotheca seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usos 1601 as a catalogue of engraved gems in his cabinet of curiosities.The present edition is also remarkable as one of the earliest books too incorporate - at the end of vol. 2 pp. 1-32 - a medieval treatise on precious stones by Marbodi the bishop of Rennes ca. 1035-1123: Marbodaei Galli Poetae vetusti Carmen de gemmis sive lapidibus pretiosis. The poem is written in exquisite Latin metre and each of the 63 sections is devoted to a single gem explaining its formation appearance etymology exotic origins medical properties and preparations. In his prologue Marbodi says it is partly based on a work on the subject by the first century Arabian King Evax addressed to Emperor Tiberius.With three inserted pages with titles in German translation written by a 19th-century hand and one leaf inserted with 43 tracings of rings etc. from the book also in a 19th-century hand-writing. Bindings a little dust-soiled otherwise in very good condition.l Brunet II 1671; Ebert 8711; Kockel-Graepler Daktyliotheken Kat. 2006 pp. 111-112; Simoni G126; Sinkankas 2470; Ter Meulen & Diermanse 247; STCN 5 copies incl. 2 incomplete; Vinet 1609; cf. Ciconara 2871; J. G. van Gelder Notes on the royal collection - IV: the 'Dutch gift' of 1610 to Henry Prince of Wales'. in: The Burlington Magazine 105 December 1963 pp. 541-545; David Jaffé Aspects of gem collecting in the early seventeenth century Nicolas-Claude Peiresc and Lelio Pasqualini in: The Burlington magazine 135 February 1993 pp. 103-120; Sinkankas 2472; P. & H. Zazoff Gemmensammler pp. 31-34; for the author: NNBW 5 1921 cols. 209-210. hardcover
1695191214Petrus Vander Aa 1695. Hardcover. Fair boards show medium shelfwear; internal spine hinges are split with some loose pages; light age toning as expected; small tear to the foldout plate. Brown cloth over boards; Black title block with gilt lettering on spine. Various paginations throughout with unpaginated bw plates throughout one foldout. Text in Latin. At head of title: Abrahami Gorlaei antverplani./ Rubricated title-pages with vignettes; added title-pages engraved./ Part 2 has title: Dactyliothecae . seu variarum gemmarum quibus antiquitas in signando uti solita scalpturae triplo quam fuerunt partim antehae ineditarum partim ex scriptis eruditorum virorum collectarum numero locupletiores . Accedit Marbodaei galli caenomanensis Carmen de gemmis & lapidibus. The panels show Greek and Roman signet rings cameos and amulets as well as a portrait of Gronovius 1645 - 1716. Petrus Vander Aa hardcover
1658ABC_47326Amsterdam 1658. Folio. Pieter Goos Contemporary vellum with a manuscript title on the spine. With a half-page engraving on the half-title a woodcut vignette on the title-page 6 folding engraved tables and numerous woodcut mathematical diagrams figures tables and other illustrations in the text. With woodcut tailpieces and woodcut decorated initials. 7 parts in 1 volume. 1 1 blank 8 39 1 blank; 2 4 45 1 blank 90 5-91 1 blank; 96; 86 2 blank; 39 1 blank; 60 18 2 blank; 96 7 1 blank pp. Rare first edition of Abraham de Graaf's mathematical work published for nautical experts studying navigation. The mathematical and astronomical theories are illustrated with countless woodcut diagrams and figures in the text and 6 additional folding engraved plates. Included are numerous incredibly detailed logarithmical and other mathematical tables mainly in the second book. "The tables are the first logarithmical tables in a Dutch navigation book. The tables are probably computed and computed and enlarged by Adriaen Vlacq and based on those of John Napier and Henry Briggs" Crone 210.The present work comprises 7 parts with individual title-pages each dated 1657 bound and published as one with two general title-pages and a comprehensive index. The subject of the "books" include for example: astronomy geometry calculations regarding compasses cartography concerning "paskaarten" a type of nautical chart and observation and navigation at sea.Binding browned and somewhat worn mainly the back board some mould spots on the pastedowns and flyleaves some light water staining to the head margin slight foxing throughout. With a tear in the 3rd and 4th folding plates. Overall in good condition.l Bibl. Nautica 2048; Cat. NHSM p. 666; Crone Library 210; STCN 09324195X 6 copies; WorldCat 1156962499 1 copy 993578800 1 copy 1154627661 8 copies; for the author: NNBW part 10 cols. 293-296. hardcover
16754269Amsterdam Johannes van Someren 1675. 8 616 4 p. Contemporary Vellum 4° Amsterdam, Johannes van Someren hardcover
161918555<p>Very Good HC. Text in Dutch blackletter; tekst in het Nederlands gotisch. Full contemporary vellum; untitled; raised bands on spine; red edges; 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian eremite saints 25 male 25 female printed recto with text pages verso; full page frontispiece for work as well as full page frontispiece for female section. Vellum in very good condition with some handling discoloration remains supple; ties at cover fore edges lacking; tightly bound; few pencil notes on front pastedown; without free end papers; lacking frontispiece for male section leaf A!; facsimile laid in; few leaves with light damp stains or soiling mostly in margins otherwise light and clean interior; one leaf B3 with large chip at top fore corner not affecting portrait but with some text missing from marginal notation on verso see photo; all leaves remain supple. 25 x 18 cm; 51 text pages; 50 numbered plates 2 frontispiece plates; in 4s. Ref OCLC #901301549.</p> Hantvverpen (Antwerp): Hieronymus Verdussen hardcover
1672ABC_50310Amsterdam 1672. 8vo. Jacobus Wagenaar 18th-century sprinkled paper over contemporary gold-tooled calf with a brown paper label lettered "Hobbes" on the foot of the spine mottled edges. With an engraved frontispiece a woodcut vignette on the title page an engraved portrait of Thomas Hobbes and a folding table on the classification of sciences. 16 744 64 pp. First Dutch edition of the seminal work by Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 one of the most original political philosophers of his era. Written during his exile in Paris amidst the English Civil War 1642-1651 Leviathan presents the state as a vast artificial monster composed of individual men whose authority is necessary to protect citizens from the natural state of war. Hobbes argued that survival property and power drive human behaviour making submission to a strong sovereign preferable to the chaos of anarchy. The present Dutch translation was made by Abraham van Berkel 1630-1688 who was closely associated with the Dutch freethinking circles around Spinoza. For this translation van Berkel wrote an important preface explicitly stating the political aims of publishing his Dutch Leviathan at that particular moment in Dutch history. A close reading of the Dutch text reveals several telling deviations from the English original one of which may represent a deliberate reinterpretation of Hobbes meaning presumably intended to adapt Hobbesian ideas more effectively to a Dutch context.With 2 stamps of the Breslau library on the verso of the title page and a later pencil annotation on p. 722. The boards are rubbed the spine is worn with a tear and loss of material at the head. The leaves are somewhat browned and foxed.l Graesse III 311 u; Knuttel Verboden Boeken 185; STCN 095379150 4 copies; USTC 1808932 5 copies; cf. PMM 138 English ed. hardcover
1620902224AGAntwerpen:, Ortelius, [um 1620]. Kolorierter Kupferstich 37,5 x 48,5 cm, Blattgröße 47 x 54,5 cm.
1640M8308Amsterdam c. 1640. Very Good. Notes: Striking map of Crete with decorative cartouche ships and one sea monster scattered along the ocean. The map is based on the earlier work of Ortelius. Size : 375x485 mm 14.75x19.10 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Mediterranean Sea; Maps Europe Greece Macedonia; unknown