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164340393Paris: Pierre De-Hayes. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1643. First Edition. Full stiff vellum. Diagrams; 12mo ; BOSSE Abraham 1604-1676 artist and engraver. Girard DESARGUES 1591-1661. La Maniere Universelle de Mr. Desargues Lyonnois Pour Poser L'essieu & placer les heures & autres choses aux Cadrans au Soleil. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643.8vo 175 x 125 mm. Two frontis'. Engraved allegorical title-page engraved dedication engraved title-page 66 engraved plates. Some staining some annotations. Contemporary stiff vellum some soiling some light wear book sellers description pasted to front flyleaf. FIRST EDITION of this important manual for setting up sundials including many engraved diagrams of sundials by artist and engraver Abraham Bosse. Berlin Kat. 4716; Brunet I 1127; Cicognara 817; Fowler 56. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust Chicago. Illinois. The entire book is bound in full entire stiff vellum. It is preserved in a neat library Thomas Sills Trust folder. No library markings on the book or in the text. . Pierre De-Hayes hardcover
1667L3IDFLMHTUVUGeneva 1667. 12mo. Petrus Columesius 19th-century gold-tooled half calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine decorated "pseudo-marbled" paper sides marbled end papers. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page. 68 4 blank pp. First edition of treatise on the origin and migration of man and animals a posthumously published work by the Dutch linguist and minister Abraham van der Myl 1563-1637. "It was only after the discovery of America that the attention of naturalists was powerfully drawn to the wonderful differences between the animal population of the central and southern parts of the new world and that of those parts of the old world which lie under the same parallels of latitude. So far back as 1667 Abraham Mylius in his treatise "De Animalium origine et migratione populorum" argues that since there are innumerable species of animals in America which do not exist elsewhere they must have been made and placed there by the Deity" Huxley. "lncludes a curious dissertation on the origin of the American races" Sabin. A German translation appeared in 1670. The front board is detached but still present. The work is lightly browned throughout.l BMC NH suppl. p. 840; T.H. Huxley The problems of the deep sea 1873; Leclerc 383; Palau 169293; Sabin 48982. unknown
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
16531712080008Paris: Chez ledit Bosse 1653-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo 18.5 x 11 cm. Bound in contemporary speckled leather boards rebacked and rehinged. 5 raised bands gilt spine with loss. Speckled page ends. 1 preliminary leaf 75 1 pages. Illustrated with added engraved title and 32 leaves of plates. Two folding plates. Last few leaves and rear most plate damp stained. This copy has the final folding plate dated 1669. <br> Abraham Bosse's 1602-1676 rare sequel to Maniere universelle des principes de Mr. Desargues. Bosse applies Desargues' methods to angled and curved surfaces. "His Moyen universelle. paid particular attention to the illusionistic projection of perspective onto ceilings and vaults of various configurations" Kemp Science of Art pp. 123-4. Provenance: Early signature of Randolph Greenway of Thavies Inn Holborn London 1725. Includes card states "From the library of John Bianchi owner of the Merrymount Press Boston. Purchased from Starr bros. booksellers Cambridge Mass. in 1949." Brunet I 1127. Chez ledit Bosse hardcover
169060801Cologne Pierre Marteau 1690. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Small worm-tract on pp. 295-457 210 far from affecting text. Worm-tract to upper outer margin of Pp. 1-47 of 'Discours Historique de L'election' slightly touching text otherwise a fine and clean copy. 4 457 pp.; 219 49 pp.; 2 266 1 pp. <br/><br/><em>Later expanded edition first published in 1682 of Wicquefort’s work on ambassadors and international relations in general. From 1626 to 1658 Wicquefort served as Brandenburg's envoy to the French court. However Cardinal Mazarin suspected him of involvement in a dubious correspondence and had him imprisoned in the Bastille. After a year he was released with a French pension and moved to The Hague as the representative of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. In 1675 he faced imprisonment again this time by the Dutch government on charges of treasonous dealings with the French. Sentenced to life and his assets confiscated he later escaped to Celle where he died. Brunet V p.1442 </em> hardcover
169060801Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1690. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Small worm-tract on pp. 295-457, 210 far from affecting text. Worm-tract to upper outer margin of Pp. 1-47 (of 'Discours Historique de L'election') slightly touching text, otherwise a fine and clean copy. (4), 457 pp. 219, (49) pp. (2), 266, (1) pp.
1617M10653Arnhem The Netherlands: Antonii Magini c.1617. Very Good. Notes: Latin text and blank verso.<br>Rare World map taken from Ioannis Antonii Magini's Geographia Tum Veteris Tum Nova. It is published in Arnhem in 1617 and edited by Jan Janssonius. The map is specially engraved for this publication by Abraham Goos inspired by the map of Girolamo Porro of 1597 a reduction of the Mercator globe. Size : 172x246 mm 6.77x9.69 Inches Coloring: Black & White Category: Maps World; Antonii Magini unknown
160915882Antwerp 1609. The first printed map of Wales with title translated as "Map of Wales by the author Humphrey Lhuyd the Welshman from Denbigh". Based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles and Lhuyd's manuscript map of 1568. Ornate cartouche sailing ship and sea monsters. Latin text on verso. Van den Broecke and van den Broecke-Günzburger's Ortelius Map No. 21; 300 copies of this edition were printed. Image size: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2". Paper size: 23 x 18 3/4". Two stray printer's marks at lower margin otherwise very good. unknown
161871449San Francisco:: The Flag's Evening Dispatch April 16 1865. single sheet folded to form four pages. Light horizontal crease is neatly reinforced with tissue; slight use at edges. . Folio. Two small engraved illustrations. Mourning borders throughout. Nearly the entire newspaper is devoted to assassination news including "A Wail for President Lincoln" written for the Flag's Dispatch. The Flag's Evening Dispatch, unknown
1606M8987Antwerp c.1606. Very Good. Notes: English text on verso. Size : 355x463 mm 13.98x18.23 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van den Broecke 180. Category: Maps Asia Middle East Holy Land & Palestine; unknown
16671375442London: Francis Kirkman 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 64 pages. In Good condition. Bound in 19th century half green leather with marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering. With morderate rubbing and shelfwear middle of spine with a spot where spine is peeling away. Gutter opening at title page with lower section of text block detaching from spine. Ink math to title page I2 verso. E4 with large tear to upper fore corner some loss to text on verso.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> All leaves trimmed close with some minor occasional loss. With nine instances of single word ink marginalia some with matching underlining some partially trimmed away.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> With the bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to the front pastedown. His signature on the title page.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Shelved case 0. ESTC R9308. Wing B445. Woodward & McManaway 8. Scarce with OCLC listing only 8 institutional copies of this state and no copies at auction since 1931. Another state of the edition with Thomas Dring named as publisher in imprint and with advertisement at bottom of A2v; this state lacks advertisement.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 1751-1816 was an Anglo-Irish playwright writer and politician. He was the owner of the famed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and wrote several prominent plays including 'The Rivals' 'The Duenna' 'The School for Scandal' and 'A Trip to Scarborough.'. 1375442. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Francis Kirkman hardcover
164948861Amsterdam: For Gerrit Willemsz by Adriaan Roest 1649. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three parts small octavo. A-X8 168 leaves: G5 signed F5; I2 as H2; I4 as H4. 18 293 25 indexpp. Woodcut printer’s device at title woodcut lettrines. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs lightly soiled. Old entry at front pastedown. Occasional faint dampstain at bottom margin else a very good copy with clean text throughout.<br /> <br /> Second edition of this polemical history by “a strident condemner of the Jews†Sprunger. First published at Rotterdam by Jan van Waesberghe in 1608 the present work is the earliest reaction in print to the presence of Jews and their religion in the Dutch Republic van Rooden. Citing M. Bodian’s Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation R. Po-Chia Hsia describes the cultural context: “Coming initially in the 1590s as Portuguese merchants and Christian converts the so-called ‘New Christians’ Sephardic Jews in fact were welcomed by the Regents of Holland but were strongly opposed by the Reformed clergy. When the conversos reverted to the open practice of Judaism reaction from the Reformed Church was fierce. The predikant Abraham Coster 1575-1620 attacked the Sephardim as an ‘unclean people’ who sought to build a public synagogue ‘in which they can perform their evil and foolish ceremonies and spew forth their gross blasphemies against Christ and his holy gospels as well as their curses against the Christians and Christian authorities’â€. The present edition was later re-issued the following year with identical collation and pagination but designated as “Den 2den druck van nieuws oversienâ€. References: R. Po-Chia Hsia “Introduction†& P. van Rooden “Jews and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Republic†in: Calvinism and Religious Toleration 3; 137. Sprunger Trumpets from the Tower 81. NNBW 8 320: “Dit werk is een poging om de Amsterdamsche vroedschap te bewegen het bouwen van een nieuwe openbare synagoge te belettenâ€. For Gerrit Willemsz (by Adriaan Roest) 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 books
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
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
168643445Nuremberg: Johann Georg Endter 1686. <p>Linden Johannes Antonides van der 1609-64. Lindenius renovatus sive . . . de scriptis medicis libri duo . . . noviter praeter haec addita plurimorum authorum . . . a Georg. Abrah. Mercklino . . . 4to. 22 210 221-1101 55pp. Lacking Part II "Cynosura medica" approx. 170pp. containing Mercklin's subject index to Lindenius renovatus. Engraved frontispiece. Nuremberg: Endter 1686. 200 x 163 mm. Vellum ca. 1686 head of spine and hinges repaired. Occasional light foxing but fine. From the library of anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752-1840 with booklabel bearing his autograph signature on the front pastedown and annotations and underlinings possibly his on at least 50 leaves. Modern bookplate of Gordon W. Jones M.D.</p> <p>First Edition of Georg Abraham Mercklin's considerably expanded version of van der Linden's bibliography of medicine. First published in 1637 Van der Linden's was the most complete medical bibliography of its time; it was also the most modern of early medical bibliographies both in its contents and format. Mercklin 1664-1702 supplied corrections biographical material on authors and additions that included the innovative listing of articles from the publications of learned societies.</p> <p>This copy is from the library of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach the founder of modern anthropology. He was the author of De generis humani varietate nativa 1775 in which he divided humanity into four races based on head shape skin color and hair type; he later added a fifth race and in the expanded third edition of De generis 1795 he introduced the famous terms "Caucasian Mongolian Ethiopian American and Malayan" to describe the "white yellow black red and brown" varieties of mankind. Brodman Development of Medical Bibliography pp. 29-33; no. 14. Fulton Great Medical Bibliographers pp. 35-36. </p> . Johann Georg Endter unknown books
168643445Nuremberg: Johann Georg Endter 1686. <p>Linden Johannes Antonides van der 1609-64. Lindenius renovatus sive . . . de scriptis medicis libri duo . . . noviter praeter haec addita plurimorum authorum . . . a Georg. Abrah. Mercklino . . . 4to. 22 210 221-1101 55pp. Lacking Part II "Cynosura medica" approx. 170pp. containing Mercklin's subject index to Lindenius renovatus. Engraved frontispiece. Nuremberg: Endter 1686. 200 x 163 mm. Vellum ca. 1686 head of spine and hinges repaired. Occasional light foxing but fine. From the library of anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752-1840 with booklabel bearing his autograph signature on the front pastedown and annotations and underlinings possibly his on at least 50 leaves. Modern bookplate of Gordon W. Jones M.D.</p> <p>First Edition of Georg Abraham Mercklin's considerably expanded version of van der Linden's bibliography of medicine. First published in 1637 Van der Linden's was the most complete medical bibliography of its time; it was also the most modern of early medical bibliographies both in its contents and format. Mercklin 1664-1702 supplied corrections biographical material on authors and additions that included the innovative listing of articles from the publications of learned societies.</p> <p>This copy is from the library of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach the founder of modern anthropology. He was the author of De generis humani varietate nativa 1775 in which he divided humanity into four races based on head shape skin color and hair type; he later added a fifth race and in the expanded third edition of De generis 1795 he introduced the famous terms "Caucasian Mongolian Ethiopian American and Malayan" to describe the "white yellow black red and brown" varieties of mankind. Brodman Development of Medical Bibliography pp. 29-33; no. 14. Fulton Great Medical Bibliographers pp. 35-36. </p> . Johann Georg Endter unknown
162425470Antwerpen 1624. Other. In excellent condition. 755 by 520mm 29 by 20 inches. Original copper engraving published 1624 in a Latin text edition of the famous historical atlas" Parergon by Abraham Ortelius. Printed from two plates. Latin text edition. Uncolored example in two sheets as published. Highly decorative engraving published from two double pages showing the dignitaries of the Holy Roman Empire. This engraving was published from 1593 for the first time in the atlas by Gerard de Jode. The plate was later acquired by Vrients and was then from 1603 onwards included in Ortelius' s "Theatrum" and the "Parergon". Our example was published 1624 in a Latin text edition of the Parergon."They represent the dignitaries entitled to choose German Emperors as instituted to end the turmoil and quarreling that occurred after the death of Charles the Great by Otto IV and the Pope. This plate shows left of the Emperor the highest ranking officials three ecclesiastical and four lay dignitaries. The second rank consists of four dukes and four marquesses the third of 8 earls." Broe. 201 Ortelius was born on 14 April 1527 in the city of Antwerp which was then in the Habsburg Netherlands modern-day Belgium. The Orthellius family were originally from Augsburg a Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1535 the family had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism. Following the death of Ortelius's father his uncle Jacobus van Meteren returned from religious exile in England to take care of Ortelius. Abraham remained close to his cousin Emanuel van Meteren who would later moved to London. In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain Philip II on the recommendation of Arias Montanus who vouched for his orthodoxy. He travelled extensively in Europe and is specifically known to have traveled throughout the Seventeen Provinces; in southern western northern and eastern Germany e.g. 1560 15751576; France 15591560; England and Ireland 1576; and Italy 1578 and perhaps twice or thrice between 1550 and 1558. Beginning as a map-engraver in 1547 he entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as an illuminator of maps. He supplemented his income trading in books prints and maps and his journeys included yearly visits to the Frankfurt book and print fair where he met Gerardus Mercator in 1554. In 1560 however when travelling with Mercator to Trier Lorraine and Poitiers he seems to have been attracted largely by Mercator's influence towards the career of a scientific geographer. Wikipedia Broe. 201/202. State 2/2 xxij / xxj Latin text edition. unknown
1657012951Nurnberg: Zufinden bey Paulus Fursten Kuntsthandler 1657. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 16mo. Engraved title page 20 leaves of introductory text followed by 71 leaves of text followed by four leaves of black and white copper-engraved plates numbered I-IIII followed by 226 leaves of black and white copper-engraved plates numbered 1-226. Each engraved leaf is engraved on one side only. Original full leather binding is moderately worn on the exterior hinges and extremities with minor warping of front board. Front endpapers are lacking. Minor staining to the fore-edge of the majority of pages affecting the margins only. Minor foxing scattered throughout in several instances affecting the plates. Previous owner's stamp circa 1900 on title page and half title page and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper: Henry von Wackerbarth Chicago. The final two leaves of plates are creased on the edge not affecting the engravings and the rear endpapers are heavily creased. A very attractive first edition of this work. No author is stated on the title page but Sibmacher is mentioned in the text. "gedruckt bey Christoff Gerhard zufinden bey Paulus Fursten." Title continues "aussgebildet zuersehen. Erste-Theil.". Zufinden bey Paulus Fursten Kuntsthandler Hardcover books
1657012951Nurnberg: Zufinden bey Paulus Fursten Kuntsthandler 1657. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 16mo. Engraved title page 20 leaves of introductory text followed by 71 leaves of text followed by four leaves of black and white copper-engraved plates numbered I-IIII followed by 226 leaves of black and white copper-engraved plates numbered 1-226. Each engraved leaf is engraved on one side only. Original full leather binding is moderately worn on the exterior hinges and extremities with minor warping of front board. Front endpapers are lacking. Minor staining to the fore-edge of the majority of pages affecting the margins only. Minor foxing scattered throughout in several instances affecting the plates. Previous owner's stamp circa 1900 on title page and half title page and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper: Henry von Wackerbarth Chicago. The final two leaves of plates are creased on the edge not affecting the engravings and the rear endpapers are heavily creased. A very attractive first edition of this work. No author is stated on the title page but Sibmacher is mentioned in the text. "gedruckt bey Christoff Gerhard zufinden bey Paulus Fursten." Title continues "aussgebildet zuersehen. Erste-Theil.". Zufinden bey Paulus Fursten Kuntsthandler Hardcover
166472500Amsterdam: Dancker Danckertsz. 1664. 163 cm. vellum. 2 white frontispiece840 frontispiece 41-172title175-288 pp. 1 unnumbered textplate opposite page 153 157 numbered plates with plate 156 present twice probably because the accompanying text for this plate needs 2 pages. Bound with: frontispiecetitle3-32frontispiece25-6433-72 2 white pp. Pagenumbers 25-32 used twice so after the second frontispiece or page 32 pagenumbers are incorrect. 32 plates 1 folding. A good and complete copy though with some signs of use page edges and some browning of most plates. See pictures Dancker Danckertsz. hardcover
1606M8988Antwerp c.1606. Very Good. Notes: English text on verso. Size : 341x495 mm 13.43x19.49 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van den Broecke 226. Category: Maps Mediterranean Sea; Maps Asia Near East Turkey; Maps Europe Greece Macedonia; Maps Europe Italy; unknown
1648001623Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1648. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xviii 342 pages of text. Defective copy lacking five plates the frontis and a final engraved table. Attractive early-to-mid-18th century leather binding with moderate wear to the hinges spine extremities and corners. Raised bands gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Decorative marbled endpapers and blank endsheets supplied at time of binding. Present is the full-page engraved portrait of Michel Larcher engraved armorial dedication to Larcher and the engraved title page following page 58. A complete copy has the plate numbers 151 and 156 used twice totalling 158 plates showing plans and designs of perspective of which 153 only are present in this copy. Lacks plate numbers 110 151 both 154 and 155. However early hand-drawn facsimiles of plates 151 one of two and 155 are supplied and bound-in leaving three images unrepresented. The majority of the plates are double-sided. Plate 156 is in less than good condition with heavy staining and soiling. Engraved title page is repaired with early conservator's tape with no loss. Pages 168 through 193 are bound out of order. Several leaves are affected by damp staining and minor rippling; approximately 15 front and 30 rear. The title page and several adjacent leaves as well as a few at the rear of the text are heavily stained. Some of the staining appears to originate from washed-out markings -- notations to which an attempt at removal were made -- that are in blank areas mainly in the front and rear pages but also in the blank areas in the introduction. Includes Desargues New Theory at the end with demonstrations. Protected in a modern circa 1950 slipcase decorated with marbled endpaper the seams of which are detached at the top edge. Desargues 1593-1661 was a French mathemetician and a founder of modern Geometry. With Pascal he introduced the method of perspective; treated conic sections as projections of circles formulated the so-called Arguesian transformation; developed the theory of involution and of transversals; defined parallels as lines that intersect at infinity. Measures 6-5/8" tall by 4-1/2" wide; printed on thick paper with ample margins. 20th century bookplate of Paul and Verner Mac Alister on front pastedown and a neatly handwritten identification on the 2nd front endpaper. On the same leaf is a contemporary name or marking. French France Fortifications Conics Cartography Projective and Descriptive Geometry. Early editions of Desargues works are quite uncommon. Pierre Des-Hayes Hardcover
1656151129Paris: Chez Augustin Courbe 1656. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 45 522 12 p. 39 cm folio. Engraved frontispiece title page vignette decorations on dedication page and preface. Each chapter has full-page engraving and page top decoration making 12 of each as well as decorated first letters. Illustrations are by painter Claude Vignon engraved by Abraham Bosse. Two called-for portraits by Robert de Nanteuil are not present. Rebound in burgundy leather with 6 raised bands gilt impressing on spine. New endpapers. Title has chipped top corner. Faint dampstain on text block edge. Some small stains and darkened pages. French text. <br/><br/>Note the dedication to the Duke of Longueville. Chapelain received a pension from this nobleman allowing him to write this heroic epic about Joan of Arc. The poem's subject also allowed him to celebrate Jean de Dunois a medieval ancestor of the house of Longueville who was one of the great military leaders of the Hundred Years War. Apparently Chapelain let thirty years go by before he published the first half of this masterpiece leading some to argue that Chapelain wished to spin out his pension as long as he could. <br /> <br />This is one of the first French books engraved by a painter. Claude Vignon 1593 1670 was a French painter printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres. Abraham Bosse ca. 1604 1676 was another French artist mainly as a printmaker and etcher. Most of his output was illustrations for books but many were also sold separately. Chez Augustin Courbe hardcover
166035775London: Printed for Henry Herringman 1660. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed for Henry Herringman 1660. title page 19 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Bound in red cloth covered boards. "Ode Cowley" stamped in gilt on the front board. All edges dyed red. Signatures: A-B4 C-C3 A A3 A4 B2 B4 C3 unsigned. Light wear to boards with small patch of rubbing on spine. Corners slightly bumped. Pages have been trimmed leading to loss of text on title page top half of "Ode" page 9 most of the final line of text and the second set of page numbers near the top margin of each page. A small section at the lower margin of the final three leaves has chipped away not affecting text. Previous owner and bookseller notations on added ffep. Inked note on title page. With faults as noted quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. Cowley 1618-1667 a poet and sometime diplomat/secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria wife of Charles I may have worked as a spy for the royalists during the late Cromwell era. His collections "The Mistress" 1647 and "Poems" 1656 were immensely popular during the poet's lifetime. MacLean writes of this piece "Cowley's Ode is highly figurative blending biblical and classical allusions with motifs from astrology and medicine. Highly dynastic in argument the poem is structured as a royal entry in which the king other members of the royal family Monk and members of the two houses of parliament mingle with allegorical personifications of Liberty Plenty Riches Honour and Safety. Along the way Cowley notices the slightly embarrassing absence of Henrietta Maria who had stayed behind in France having become estranged from Charles as a result of her Catholicism." Samuel Johnson who made Cowley his first subject in "The Lives of the Poets" wrote that he had been "at one time too much praised and too much neglected at another." A lovely example of Restoration-era political verse. ESTCR202041; Wing 1994 C6677; Pforzheimer 229. Insurance required to ship this item. Printed for Henry Herringman hardcover books
