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1728A6CH5N3RHVIKAmsterdam 1728. 4to. Isaak Tirion Contemporary calf gold-tooled spine and board edges red and blue sprinkled edges. With the title page printed in red and black with 5 of 6 folding engraved maps 11 engraved plates 1 folding 2 woodcut illustrations in text 7 decorated woodcut initials and 6 woodcut tailpieces. 40 392 13 pp. Scarce reissue of the 1727 second and final edition greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1720 and with additional plates of a highly esteemed work on whaling. "It is by far the most important of the early authorities on the northern whale fishery and must always be one of the chief sources of information for the early history of the subject. It also gives one of the best figures of the Greenland Right Whale published prior to the present century and also one of the best early figures of the Cachelot" Allen. Unfortunately lacking the frontispiece and the map of Nova Zembla but otherwise a very good copy with some water stains and a tiny wormhole. Binding good though worn at the hinges. The definitive edition of an essential resource for any study of the whaling trade.l Allen 192 note; Sabin 106376; Tiele Bibl. 1241 note; STCN 3 copies. unknown
172019012Amsterdam 1720. 4to. Joannes Oosterwyk Contemporary half sheepskin marbled paper sides. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece by J. Folkema after F. Ottens 6 folding engraved maps and 7 engraved plates including 1 folding showing ships at sea by A. Salm after Van der Hem. Further with the title page printed in red and black a small woodcut vignette on the title page some woodcut decorated initials and some large woodcut floral tailpieces. 38 330 14 pp. First edition of the most important early account of whaling in the northern seas. The author a ship's commander in the Dutch Greenland fleet describes the history of the Dutch whaling in the northern seas. Dutch whaling dominating in Europe for most of the 17th and 18th century was not confined to the Greenland waters only but ranged widely across the northern fisheries from the Davis Straits to the Siberian Sea. The work also includes short histories of the northern explorations in Greenland Iceland Spitsbergen Nova Zembla Jan Mayen Island and Strait Davis all accompanied by the newest maps and preceded by a map of the North Pole. The plates show the different whales and ships of the whalers. To Zorgdrager's work detailed lists are added of captains ships equipment and provisions for the ships caught whales the cost of equipment and crew etc. Also the practical and technical aspects of whaling are fully described. The book was used as one of the sources for Melville's Moby Dick.With a printed ex libris bookplate of N. Du Jardin-Van der Avoort mounted on the front pastedown. The spine and boards are somewhat scuffed the corners of the boards are slightly bumped a tear in one leaf some occasional foxing and water staining the edges are slightly frayed. Otherwise a good copy of a rare and interesting work.l Cat. NHSM p. 899; Chavanne 2110; Leclerc 678; Sabin 106374; STCN 201968800 14 copies incl. 1 incomplete; Tiele Bibl. 1241 note; V. Gestel - Van het Schip Maps in books on Russia and Poland 299. ABE CAT Alaska Canada & Greenland hardcover
1789601760Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1789. Unbound. Near Fine. Approximately 6.5" x 3.75" Dated May 29 1789 paying interest on debt. Signed by Wolcott. Cancel hole punched affecting the first letter in Wolcott's signature neat old fold very near fine. Pays Davenport One Pound as interest on his state service. Connecticut official Oliver Wolcott was a Major General and Secretary of the Treasury under Washington succeeding Alexander Hamilton and was later Governor of Connecticut. Abraham Davenport was a Colonel in the Connecticut militia but mostly served as a member of various Connecticut legislatures before and during the Revolutionary War. Davenport was lauded in the 1866 poem "Abraham Davenport" Tent on the Beach" by John Greenleaf Whittier: "And there he stands in memory to this day Erect self-poised a rugged face half seen Against the background of unnatural dark A witness to the ages as they pass That simple duty hath no place for fear. Hudson and Goodwin unknown
175512978Lindau 1755. Quaronta Historias Biblicas tscharnidas or d'ilg Veder Testament. II. Veingchia tschunc Historias Biblicas tscharnidas or d'ilg Nief Testament. Ad ils magnifigs aludeivels Cumins da Flem Uorz da Tschonz Mantongia da Trin Titelblatt fehlt.Einband. Vorsatzblatt mit Bleistift beschrieben BR 552 Ludwig Stoffel 8°. Ldr. Raetica unknown
175513587Lindau 1755. pridas o d'ilg veder a nief Testament Ohne Einband. Bucblock intakt BR 552 Ludvig Stoffel Kl.-8°. o. Ebd. Raetica unknown
175513584Lindau 1755. pridas o d'ilg veder a nief Testament . Einband geprägt. Messingbeschläge. Schliessen nicht intakt BR 552 Ludwig Stoffel 8°. Ldr. Raetica unknown
176642036Boston: Printed by R. & S. Draper in Newbury-Street 1766. 29 1 blank pp. Disbound with mild foxing. Else Very Good.<br /> <br /> A scarce Sermon preached on Cape Cod. ESTC locates two copies at AAS and one each at Boston Athenaeum Houghton the Library of Congress and NYHS.<br /> The Sermon asserts that "Christianity contains the most perfect rules for governing the temper and conduct; it prohibits every vicious affection and passion and directs to a right behavior in every circumstance and relation of life." James counsels: "Grudge not one against another Brethren lest ye be condemned. . ." <br /> Evans 10522. ESTC W26499. Printed by R. & S. Draper, in Newbury-Street unknown
176241972Boston: S. Kneeland 1762. 28pp with the half title. Light toning imperfection at leaf 3-4 obscures a few letters. Disbound. Good. <br /> <br /> This election sermon illustrates the conditional loyalty that Colonists were willing to give their colonial government. Williams Pastor of the Church in Sandwich emphasizes that "Rational forms of government" are "conformable to the Will of God." The only legitimate function of rulers is "Good to the People." In forming Society its members do not surrender their natural rights to the fruits of their labors or the "immutable Laws of Equity." A Government "when tolerably answering the good Ends of it ought quietly to be submitted to for Conscience sake." <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 9310. S. Kneeland unknown
177125148Boston: Richard Draper. 1771. Half title 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br /> <br /> "As we are made rational and accountable creatures the care of ourselves and of our own happiness is the first natural and reasonable concern of every man. A rational self love though distinct from is not inconsistent with the more noble principles but subserves and promotes them." A footnote states that Hilliard succeeded Reverend Joseph Green who served the Barnstable church from 1725 until his death in 1770. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 12289. 664 NUC 0319346 6. Richard Draper... unknown
1762WRCAM47563Boston: S. Kneeland 1762. 228pp. Lacks half title. Dbd. Minor soiling. Very good. Sermon preached on the occasion of "the election of His Majesty's Council for said Province." Abraham Williams was the pastor of the church in Sandwich Mass. EVANS 9310. ESTC W29217. S. Kneeland unknown books
177125148Boston: Richard Draper. 1771. Half title 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> "As we are made rational and accountable creatures the care of ourselves and of our own happiness is the first natural and reasonable concern of every man. A rational self love though distinct from is not inconsistent with the more noble principles but subserves and promotes them." A footnote states that Hilliard succeeded Reverend Joseph Green who served the Barnstable church from 1725 until his death in 1770. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 12289. 664 NUC 0319346 6. Richard Draper... unknown books
171115567Où est contenu la Bulle d'Or, avec les Remarques en conséquence. Par le Résident de Brandebourg.La Bulle d'or, parfois appelée bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz, est un texte essentiel du Saint-Empire romain germanique, promulgué par l'empereur Charles IV en 1356 à Metz. Elle donne à l'institution impériale sa forme définitive et attribue le choix du roi aux princes-électeurs. Elle tire son nom de la forme du document original, scellé par une Bulle en or métallique.A Rouen, Laurent Besongne; Nicolas Boucher; Antoine Maurry - 1711 - 612 pages.Reliure plein-veau de l'époque. Dos à nerfs orné et doré. Coiffe supérieure manquante. 2 coins émoussés. Pas de rousseur. Bon état. Format in-12°(17x11).
1715191132Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau 1715. Leather_bound. 315p. 8x10.25 inches text in French second edition of the second part of a two volume treatise all edges of textblock tinted red mild toning to paperstock general abrasion and wear to pressed-calf casebinding full leather over boards with five raised bands gilt titles and decorations on spine edges stained red. Bits of card show at corner-tips but the hide was well-tanned and would be responsive to restorative measures i.e. the hide could use a coat or two of archival-grade leather dressing. The Dutch Ambassador's guide to the functions of an ambassador and his recollections of his work in France England and Holland and time spent imprisoned in the Bastille. Originally published in 1682 reissued 1690 this being the third edition of 1715. Chez Pierre Marteau unknown books
1715191132Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau 1715. Leather_bound. 315p. 8x10.25 inches text in French second edition of the second part of a two volume treatise all edges of textblock tinted red mild toning to paperstock general abrasion and wear to pressed-calf casebinding full leather over boards with five raised bands gilt titles and decorations on spine edges stained red. Bits of card show at corner-tips but the hide was well-tanned and would be responsive to restorative measures i.e. the hide could use a coat or two of archival-grade leather dressing. The Dutch Ambassador's guide to the functions of an ambassador and his recollections of his work in France England and Holland and time spent imprisoned in the Bastille. Originally published in 1682 reissued 1690 this being the third edition of 1715. Chez Pierre Marteau unknown
1787WRCAM51205Norwich 1787. 24pp. Dbd. Minor toning light foxing. Very good. In a blue cloth clamshell case gilt leather label. A rare and important Bickerstaff's almanac containing the first printing of the famous Abraham Panther Indian captivity. Titled "A Surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady who was taken by the Indians in the year 1787 and after making her escape she retired to a lonely Cave where she lived nine years" the captivity narrative covers pages 19-24 of the almanac. The captivity account was found to be fictional but was nonetheless popular and reprinted more than twenty times between this first appearance and 1814. Rare with only three copies reported in ESTC. EVANS 20875. DRAKE 416. TRUMBULL 1846. VAIL 767. SABIN 93891. AYER SUPPLEMENT 13. JONES CHECKLIST 608. ESTC W25617. hardcover books
1729547681729. Collected Works of Notable Roman-Dutch Jurist Wesel Abraham van 1633-1680. Opera Omnia Antea Diversis Temporibus Seorsim Edita Nunc in Unum Corpus Redacta Nempe I. Commentarius ad Novellas Constitutiones Ultrajectinas Multarum Litium Diremendarum Causa XIV. Aprilis M. DC. LIX. Promulgatas. II. De Connubiali Bonorum Societate & Pactis Dotalibus. III. De Remissione Mercedis Propter Bellum Inundationem Aquarum & Sterilitatem. Editio Nova a Mendis Quibus Priores Scatebant Purgata. Ghent: Apud Cornelium Meyer 1729-30. Three parts each with title page and individual pagination. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled calf gilt frames to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged speckled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn residue from bookplate to front pastedown. First title page printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text. Brief later annotation to front pastedown interior otherwise fresh. $650. Third and final edition with corrections. Educated at the University of Utrecht Wesel was Counsellor to the Court of Vianen where he was a colleague of Paul Voet and fiscal lawyer to the Court of Utrecht. A solid Romanist he was also says Wessels "a great authority not only on the law of Utrecht but also on the law of Holland." Opera Omnia was first published in 1692 and it collects his principal works. The first part is a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Novellae Constitutiones of the Province of Utrecht in Dutch and Latin. The other parts address the Roman and Roman-Dutch law of husband and wife dowry community property and compensation. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America at UC-Berkeley Law School; another copy located at Harvard Law School. Wessels History of Roman-Dutch Law 316. Dekkers Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 188 4. unknown
1729547681729. Collected Works of Notable Roman-Dutch Jurist Wesel Abraham van 1633-1680. Opera Omnia Antea Diversis Temporibus Seorsim Edita Nunc in Unum Corpus Redacta Nempe I. Commentarius ad Novellas Constitutiones Ultrajectinas Multarum Litium Diremendarum Causa XIV. Aprilis M. DC. LIX. Promulgatas. II. De Connubiali Bonorum Societate & Pactis Dotalibus. III. De Remissione Mercedis Propter Bellum Inundationem Aquarum & Sterilitatem. Editio Nova a Mendis Quibus Priores Scatebant Purgata. Ghent: Apud Cornelium Meyer 1729-30. Three parts each with title page and individual pagination. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled calf gilt frames to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged speckled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn residue from bookplate to front pastedown. First title page printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text. Brief later annotation to front pastedown interior otherwise fresh. $650. Third and final edition with corrections. Educated at the University of Utrecht Wesel was Counsellor to the Court of Vianen where he was a colleague of Paul Voet and fiscal lawyer to the Court of Utrecht. A solid Romanist he was also says Wessels "a great authority not only on the law of Utrecht but also on the law of Holland." Opera Omnia was first published in 1692 and it collects his principal works. The first part is a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Novellae Constitutiones of the Province of Utrecht in Dutch and Latin. The other parts address the Roman and Roman-Dutch law of husband and wife dowry community property and compensation. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America at UC-Berkeley Law School; another copy located at Harvard Law School. Wessels History of Roman-Dutch Law 316. Dekkers Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 188 4. unknown books
17745615Leipzig: Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1774. First edition. <p>First edition rare of Werner's first published work. "This book in which Werner develops a completely new scientific description of minerals is actually the first modern textbook on mineralogy. He was the first to recognize that a true and final classification of minerals should be based on their chemical composition and that it would be possible to identify the various minerals with certainty by their external characters and physical properties" Carozzi. </p>. THE FIRST MODERN TEXTBOOK ON MINERALOGY". <p>First edition rare of Werner's first published work and the first modern textbook of descriptive mineralogy the 'fossils' in the title refer to anything removed from the ground. "Although Werner is best known for his contribution to the founding of geology as a science he first achieved recognition as a mineralogist. He considered mineralogy to be the basis for all study of the earth dividing it into five branches of which geognosy historical geology was one and oryctognosy descriptive mineralogy another. And during all the years in which his theories on geognosy were arousing so much interest and controversy he continued to work on his mineral system the final version of which appeared after his death in 1817. His first important mineralogical work however Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien was not a mineral system but a classification of external characteristics of minerals designed to aid the worker or the student in the field. In it Werner gave an unprecedented number of external characteristics with definitions usually accompanied by homely examples which could be understood by both the layman and the natural philosopher. He also attempted to establish some standards of quantification and thus to clear away the vagueness in the terminology then in use. As chemistry and crystallography developed mineralogists came to rely more on chemical analysis and less on external characteristics but Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien published when Werner was twenty-five years old continued to be an important work into the nineteenth century . Werner remained convinced of the importance of external characteristics not only in the identification of minerals but also in the study of their composition. He reasoned that since the appearance of a mineral changes when its chemical composition is changed there should be a correlation between chemical composition and external characteristics" DSB. "Werner was the champion of a geological theory known as Neptunism in which he believed that all minerals precipitated out of water. Neptunists were opposed to believers of Vulcanism a theory that espoused the igneous origin of rocks" Dibner </p> <br /> <p>This book is "one of the most influential writings in the development of the mineralogical sciences. It is the first successful attempt at describing systematically determinative mineralogy. Werner who wrote this book his first as a student at the youthful age of 24 had been around minerals and mining his entire life. He had practical experience in what was needed by the miners to identify minerals and the reasons for identification. Werner had originally intended to publish an annotated translation of the dissertation written by Johann Carl Gehler titled: De Characterivs Fossilivm Externis Lipsiæ 1757. After showing the completed translation to his scientific circle he was advised to that it was better to write a book that was wholly his own. The result was Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien which took the young Werner only a few months to complete. Based upon this book's merits Werner was appointed to the staff of the Freiberg Bergakademie where he stayed the remainder of his professional life.</p> <br /> <p>"The book is written not as a mineralogical classification system as was then typical but rather as a compendium of external characteristics of a large number of minerals. Werner intended it to be used as a practical guide for mineral identification and proposed that this study be given the name 'oryctognosy' - a term previously applied in a wider sense such as Bertrand's Dictionnaire Oryctologique Universalle Paris 1763. For his book Werner precisely defined an unprecedented number of external characteristics that could be used to accurately identify specimens through hand examination. Included in the distinguishing features identified for use are color luster form streak hardness and specific weight. Werner claimed that determining all of these qualities for a given mineral specimen was enough to identify its species. In fact these same characters are readily found in modern handbooks of determinative mineralogy because in most cases they are enough to distinguish the common species. The landmark character of Werner's work rests on the fact that no one before had so precisely defined the properties used to test minerals and the effect on mineralogical science can be described as revolutionary with many of his former students writing their own texts to spread Werner's theories in a multitude of other languages" Schuh.</p> <br /> <p>"This book in which Werner develops a completely new scientific description of minerals is actually the first modern textbook on mineralogy. He was the first to recognize that a true and final classification of minerals should be based on their chemical composition and that it would be possible to identify the various minerals with certainty by their external characters and physical properties . Upon its publication in 1774 Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien created an immense scientific interest all over Europe and inspired increased investigations in the particular field it had so brilliantly renovated that is the determination and classification of minerals according to external characters" Carozzi pp. 554-555.</p> <br /> <p>"Werner 1749-1817 was born into a family with a mining tradition; therefore it was expected he should enter the profession. In 1774 as a student at the Freiberg Bergakademie he wrote his first book Von den äußerlichen Kennzeichen der Foßilien and based upon its merit in 1775 Werner was appointed professor of mineralogy at that institution. He remained there the rest of his professional life. He was by accounts an electrifying teacher who devoted himself to developing the sciences of mineralogy and geology. His students many of whom became famous instructors in there own right spread his theories throughout Europe and North America. However Werner's idea that basalt was aqueous in origin sparked the great controversy between his theory and that of Scottish geologist James Hutton 1726-1797. Werner accumulated an extensive personal mineral collection of over 10000 specimens which he sold for 40000 talers to the Freiberg Bergakademie. Today it is together with Werner's library among the earliest of the great collections that still remains intact" Schuh.</p> <br /> <p>Dibner Heralds of Science 81; Norman 2205; Sparrow Milestones of Science 196; Ward & Carozzi 2299. Carozzi 'A Study of Werner's Personal Copy of Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien 1774' Isis 51 1960 pp. 554-557.</p> <br/> <br/> 8vo 176 x 103 mm pp. 302 2 with 8 folding tables. Contemporary boards a little frayed at head. A fine copy. Custom half leather clamshell box gilt spine. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius unknown
178626305Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1786. 12 leaves as issued. Stitched light to moderate wear. Two closed tears no loss. Good<br/><br/> Folsom's edition is one of three printings of this almanac all from Boston. The almanac includes a "Brief Account of General Washington" and a listing of Connecticut courts.<br/>Not in Evans. Bristol B6383. Shipton & Mooney 45017. Drake 3385. Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom unknown books
178626305Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1786. 12 leaves as issued. Stitched light to moderate wear. Two closed tears no loss. Good<br /> <br /> Folsom's edition is one of three printings of this almanac all from Boston. The almanac includes a "Brief Account of General Washington" and a listing of Connecticut courts.<br /> Not in Evans. Bristol B6383. Shipton & Mooney 45017. Drake 3385. Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom unknown
1790799921790. WEATHERWISE Abraham pseud. The Town and Country Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1790. Boston: J. White and C. Cambridge 1789. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Some toning and foxing else very good. Drake 3437. Evans 22249. ESTC W32425. Includes a report on the Friends' yearly meeting for Rhode Island held in Portsmouth. unknown
1782799391782. WEATHERWISE Abraham. Weatherwise's Town and Country Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1782. Boston: Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge 1781. 13 leaves. Disbound. Lacks 5 leaves else very good. Drake 3313. Evans 17354. ESTC W20838. Erroneously attributed to David Rittenhouse by Evans. The actual calculator appears to have been Nathan Daboll who calculated The New England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary for 1782 New London Conn. under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. Verso of titlepage has announcement for James Murray's An Impartial History of the War in America. unknown
177814190London: Published by J. Watts Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross 1778. Mezzotints. Printed on laid watermarked paper. In excellent condition. Morning Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. Plate mark: 10 x 13 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches. Evening Image size: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8. Plate mark: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8. Sheet size: 10 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches. This is a stunning pair of mezzotints of two hunting dogs catching their quarry by John Watts after paintings by Abraham Hondius.<br/> <br/> Watts was a successful printmaker and publisher who was active in London during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was famed for his rich mezzotints which he exhibited in London between 1766 and 1778. Watts scraped mezzotints after some of the most renowned artists of his day but he had a special penchant for works by the Dutch masters such as this handsome pair after Abraham Hondius the celebrated Dutch animal painter. These rich mezzotints are a superb example of Watts's luxurious style of engraving translating the energy and fluidity of Hondius's beautiful paintings into a dramatic example of superior mezzotint engraving.<br/> <br/> Benezit Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by J. Watts, Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross unknown
177814190London: Published by J. Watts Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross 1778. Mezzotints. Printed on laid watermarked paper. In excellent condition. Morning Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. Plate mark: 10 x 13 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches. Evening Image size: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8. Plate mark: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8. Sheet size: 10 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches. This is a stunning pair of mezzotints of two hunting dogs catching their quarry by John Watts after paintings by Abraham Hondius.<br/> <br/>Watts was a successful printmaker and publisher who was active in London during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was famed for his rich mezzotints which he exhibited in London between 1766 and 1778. Watts scraped mezzotints after some of the most renowned artists of his day but he had a special penchant for works by the Dutch masters such as this handsome pair after Abraham Hondius the celebrated Dutch animal painter. These rich mezzotints are a superb example of Watts's luxurious style of engraving translating the energy and fluidity of Hondius's beautiful paintings into a dramatic example of superior mezzotint engraving.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by J. Watts, Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross unknown books
171243188Franequerae Franeker: Ex Officina Wibii Bleck 1712. Later edition Vol. 1 First edition Vol. 2. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo 8 x 6 1/2" Vol. 1; 8 1/4 x 6 3/4" Vol. 2. 32 1134 36pp Index Vol. 1; 18 531 23 Index and Emendanda Vol. 2. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Main title in first volume in red and black lettering. Title vignette for each title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. <br /> <br /> "Observationum Sacrarum" is an impressive collection of material on "philological exegetical and theological topics which grew over the decades into an impressive six-volume set the seven and last volume was published posthumously. <br /> <br /> The collection consists largely of material prepared in connection with Vitringa's public disputations" For more information see: Charles K. Telfer's "Wrestling with Isaiah: The Exegetical Methodology of Campegius Vitringa" Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016 Page 29.<br /> <br /> This work is complete with engraver Abraham de Blois' Kabbalistic plate facing page 142 in first volume.<br /> <br /> The first volume contains the first four books of "Observationum Sacrarum." Books 2 3 and 4 have their own separate title page each dated 1711. The main title indicates that the first book is the 4th edition books 2 and 3 are the third edition and book 4 is the second edition.<br /> <br /> The second volume contains the first edition of the last two books of "Observationum Sacrarum" 5 and 6.<br /> <br /> Moderate and sporadic age-toning and soiling to bindings. Ex-library stickers to spines and bookplate on inside of each front cover. Contemporary previous owner's name Joannes Carolus de Lithe Onoldi dated 1733 on main title Vol. 1 and title page of second volume. Clear water-staining to upper part of title page in second volume. Moderate age-toning and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Bindings in overall good- to good interior in good- to very good condition. About the author: Campegius Vitringa 1659-1722 was a Dutch Protestant theologian and Hebraist. A follower of Johannes CocceiusVitringa was a supporter of prophetic theology. He was educated at the universities of Franeker and Leiden and became professor of Oriental languages at the former in 1681. When locating prophetic outcomes he would associate events to the near rather than the far-off future placing a distinct focus on the period of the Maccabees 2nd Century BC. Like Joseph Mede 1586-1638 Vitringa believed wholeheartedly that the Millennium was yet to come but did not expect any immediate changes. He relegated the end of the time to a remote future and strongly emphasized the concept of New Jerusalem From Wikipedia. Ex Officina Wibii Bleck hardcover
