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171025803Amsterdam 1710. Copper-engraved map period hand-colouring in outline. Tables upper left and along the right side. Attractive map of North America based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700.<br/> <br/> By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and mountains; the Mississippi River extends far north of its true source. The table along the right side details the various native tribes from each region with lettered references for locating on the map.<br/> <br/> Lowery 263; Phillips 579. unknown
1719M1126Paris c.1719. Very Good;. Notes: From Chatelain's Atlas Historique.<br>This map is based on the 1703 map by Lahontan. The map covers the area of South Hudson Bay and concentrates on the Great Lakes. The St. Laurent is shown running into the Great Lakes from present day Lake Winnipeg. Georgian Bay is named "Baye de Toronto". English French Iroquois treaty is shown and many early settlements forts trading posts missions friendly and hostile Indian Villages are clearly marked. This is a highly significant and informative fur trade map. Surrounding the map are a number of descriptive panels contained lists of the birds fish plants and insects of Canada. Also the Indian tribes of the different regions together with a list of various trade goods including whiskey which were popular among the Indians. Size : 368x458 mm 14.49x18.03 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Koeman II: Cha 7; Sellers and Van Ee 2; Kershaw II: 307. Category: Maps Canada; Maps North America Great Lakes; unknown
1719NL-02162<p>This is Henri Chatelain's dramatic and detailed capture of the <em>Haram</em> or Sacred Precinct in Mecca—the holiest site in Islam. It provides a detailed view of the historic complex which draws millions of pilgrims annually. In the center of the view the quadratic black Kaaba dominates. According to Islamic tradition this complex stands on the remains of the first temple that Abraham and his son Ishmael built for God.</p><p>In addition to the Kaaba several shrines and other buildings have been drawn in their relative positions and domed porticoes frame the enormous courtyard holding it all. In this manner the view almost takes on the character of a plan. Chatelain brings his view to life by including many worshippers within the complex.</p><p>While the view of the Holy Precinct occupies the upper register of the print in the lower register we find two smaller vignettes depicting the various positions that Muslims assume during prayer. Between the vignettes is a text that includes a legend and key related to the larger view as well as an introduction to the Islamic faith and tradition.</p><p><strong>Census</strong></p><p>The copper-engraved view comes from Chatelain's seminal seven-volume <em>Atlas Historique</em> published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. The atlas combines the finest engraving and cartographic craftsmanship with academic studies of geography history ethnology heraldry and cosmography and it was one of the most widely distributed atlases in the 18th century.</p><p><strong>Context is Everything</strong></p><p>When Chatelain's detailed plan of Mecca was first published it was a true rarity. Few European travelers had ventured so profoundly into Arabia and the accounts of Muslims did not resonate broadly among the European intelligentsia at the time. Western Arabia particularly Mecca had been subjugated by the Ottoman Empire when Selim I defeated and dissolved the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. For centuries the Mamluks had controlled access to the sacred cities but now Barakat bin Muhammed the Sharif of Mecca was forced to acknowledge Ottoman supremacy. The only European to ever truly penetrate Mamluk Arabia was the Italian traveler Ludovico di Varthema who in 1502-03 visited Mecca with a Hajj caravan on his journey to India.</p><p>But a French traveler truly opened Western Arabia to the world. The Parisian Jean Chardin 1643-1712 was a distinguished French traveler merchant and polyglot whose extensive travels in the Middle East and beyond significantly impacted the European understanding of Islam and its holy sites in the 18th century. Chardin spent eleven years exploring the Middle East where he gained access to the Persian court being appointed a royal merchant by Shah 'Abbas II. His journeys took him through Persia Turkey India and Georgia before he eventually settled in England. Among the most notable aspects of Chardin's voyages was his attempt to depict Islam's holy places particularly Mecca and Medina. His depictions were mainly based on information he acquired from Muslims who had performed the Hajj.</p><p>Depictions of Islam's holiest sites were virtually non-existent in Europe at his time and Chardin's drawings constitute some of the earliest and best sources available. There is an unfinished manuscript plan of the Prophet's Tomb in Medina at the Royal Society in London. Still the more impactful image was Chardin's completed plan of the Kaaba precinct in Mecca. While this pioneering plan accurately captures the individual buildings and minarets including the colonnaded porticoes surrounding the central courtyard it also conflated elements from Medina and Mecca the circular colonnade around the Kaaba.</p><p>Despite traveling with two professional artists including Grélot the drawings attributed to Chardin were most likely his work demonstrating his engagement with documenting his experiences. His detailed accounts and illustrations were later included in his publication <em>Voyages en Perse et Autres Lieux de l'Orient</em> the first volume published in 1686. Further volumes followed in 1711. These works were praised for their detailed observations and accuracy providing a valuable non-Persian perspective on the Safavid and Ottoman empires and it is clear that they were the source for Chatelain's view.</p><p>Chardin's extensive travels and keen observations earned him a knighthood from Charles II of England for his services to the East India Company. His pioneering contributions remain crucial sources on Persia and Arabia's political history and cultural landscapes.</p><p>Cartographer:</p><p><strong>Henri Abraham Chatelain 1684 – 1743</strong> was a Protestant pastor Huguenot from Paris who due to his faith was forced to flee his native France. He settled first in London and later in Holland where he worked from both The Hague and Amsterdam during the early 18th century. While his primary calling was as a preacher his <em>Atlas Historique</em>became a huge success partly due to the vivacious decoration and abundance of information on his charts.</p>
17862106150015London : J.F. & C. Rivington A. Hamilton et al 1786. Hardcover. Good. One of the First Great British Encyclopedias Five volume set. Includes the plate volume. Folio 16 3/4 x 10 inches. Bound in 19th century 3/4 morocco. Marbled endsheets. Approximately 5010 pages. Text printed in two columns. Frontispiece illustrations. Many illustrations in v.5 some folding. Generally clean and sound. Some toning occasional spotting. Small stamp of the Edwin Forrest Home on front pastedown. Volume 5 has 144 engraved plates 3 folding. Wing G1445A. <br> An important British scientific technical and general reference of the late 18th century. Rees edited and greatly expanded Chambers' earlier work. "Rees says that he has added more than 4400 new articles." - Enc.Brit.v.9 374 p. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London : J.F. & C. Rivington, A. Hamilton, et al hardcover
1758135914Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert 1758. period marbled calf binding marbled endpapers and pastedowns five raised bands all edges stained red. 8vo. period marbled calf binding marbled endpapers and pastedowns five raised bands all edges stained red. xxxii 205 3 pages. The fourth and most extensive edition expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraved Cochin. Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177. When issued in 1645 the work was "notable for its completeness for the time of its production and for its plates which have been reproduced by most subsequent writers on the art." This edition has additions by Jombert and Cochin of Bosse's classic work. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 foldout plates. The first page of the dedicatory Epistle entirely engraved in intaglio is taken from the original 1643 edition. Very light shelfwear to the edges and hinges. Spine rubbed lacking the leather spine label with title. Some very light dampstaining in the margins. Textblock split between pages 146 and 147. A good copy of this very scarce work. Charles-Antoine Jombert unknown
171042386à Paris: Chez Pierre Emery 1710. Fine. Chez Pierre Emery à Paris 1710 26 x 38.50 cm 2 volumes reliés New expanded edition the first in two volumes with important tables published at the Chancellor's request. The original first appeared in 1676; it was continued in this edition by René Le Comte for the supporting documents for the period 1676-1705 furthermore the material compiled by Tessereau was entirely reworked for this new edition. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with six raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as red morocco title and volume labels. All edges speckled red. Spine worn lacking headcaps and with losses to the sheep. Scuffing and corners slightly bumped. Contemporary bookplate pasted on pastedowns. Major source on the history of the Chancellery in France; this institution as ancient as the monarchy was formed by the body of chancellors such as the chancellor the keeper of the seals the great auditors secretaries of the king of the grand college the treasurers controllers wax-heaters and other officers the chancellery being today nothing more than the ministry of justice. Tessereau assembled a collection of precious documents for the historian on the officers of the chancellery their functions and prerogatives on the various chancelleries in the kingdom. It is more a compilation and publication of documents than a historian's work but the work is no less important. Chez Pierre Emery hardcover
17816457Dordrecht 1781. 8vo. Abraham Blussé and son colophon: printed by Johan Joseph Besseling Utrecht Contemporary red morocco richly gold-tooled spine gold-tooled boards triple fillets with floral ornaments in each corner board edges and turn-ins gilt edges. Bound by the Dutch court bookbinder Abraham van Rossum active in Amsterdam 1812-1854 one of the major binders Storm van Leeuwen of that period with his letterpress ticket on paste-down A.v. Rossum hof-boekbinder. 2 works in 1 volume. 5 1 339 5; 68 pp. Rare first and only edition of the much expanded Dutch translation of a philosophical treatise for law students on natural morality as the basis for all law together with the second edition of the same treatise in the original French. The Monthly review vol. LII 1775 p. 596 praises the author's "penetration wit and erudition" but on the other hand the original treatise "is one of those productions which even an attentive reader totally forgets the very moment he has done perusing it". The Dutch translation is followed by four other philosophical treatises by the author also concerning natural law discussing the problems of divine law moral obligations moral sense and the question whether the existence of God can be proved by reason.Abraham de Perrenot 1726-1784 was a Swiss lawyer of Huguenot-descent who worked as councillor for the Prince of Orange in the Netherlands.With the bookplate of Thomas Otho Travers 1785-1844 friend of Stamford Raffles. With some minor waterstain at the foot of the French treatise and the corners slightly bumped otherwise in very good condition and well bound.l Dekkers Bibl. Belg. juridica p. 133 no. 5; STCN 4 copies; WorldCat 6 copies incl. 3 the same; ad 2: cf. Dekkers p. 133 no. 4 1779 ed.; Quérard VII p. 63 1775 ed.; for Perrenot: V.d. Aa XV p. 205; for the binder: J. Storm van Leeuwen 1725-1830 Bookbinding on www.bibliopolis.nl. hardcover
171915847Amsterdam: François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries 1719. 440 by 520mm. 17.25 by 20.5 inches. Engraved map. Henri Chatelain's edition of Adrien Reland's important map of Japan 1715 including the place-names in phonetic Dutch. Reland's map of Japan represents a radical departure from prior European maps of Japan and is the first map printed in Japan to use Sino-Japanese characters. Instead of using the existing European geographical sources of Japan Reland utilized Japanese maps most notably a map from the library of Benjamin Dutry 1668-1751 a former director of the Dutch VOC. This was a tremendous leap forward in the geographical depiction of Japan such as in the treatment of Kyushu Island and in naming the 66 provinces. Large inset of the area around Nagasaki and an ornate dedication cartouche with about twenty coats of arms. Published in the fifth volume of the Châtelain family's 'Atlas historique ou Nouvelle introduction à l'Histoire à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne et Moderne ' 1719 when eventually extended to 7 volumes. With an inset 'Vue de la Ville de Nangasacki & de l'ile'. Zacharie Châtelain d. 1723 was the father of Henri Abraham 1684-1743 and Zacharie Junior 1690-1754. They worked as a partnership publishing the 'Atlas ' under several different Châtelain imprints depending on the Châtelain family partnerships at the time of publication. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720 with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography geography history chronology genealogy topography heraldry and costume of the world. The maps in the "Atlas Historique" were mainly based on those of the French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle but were presented by the Châtelains in an encyclopaedia form. The accompanying text is in French and often is printed in two columns on the page with maps and other illustrations interspersed. Each map and table is numbered consecutively within its volume and all maps bear the privileges of the States of Holland and West-Friesland. Hubbard 73. François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries, unknown
1776133671Milan: Giuseppe Galeazzi 1776. First edition in Italian of part of de Moivre's early and important contribution to the calculus of games of chance and probability theory one of the first instructional texts on the subject which together with the works of Montmort and Bernoulli was one of the most important books written on the subject in the early eighteenth century. His introduction contains an overview of main concepts such as probability conditional probability expectation dependent and independent events the multiplication rule and the binomial distribution. The translator Roberto Gaeto of the University of Pavia translates the parts of de Moivre's work dealing with the application of the doctrine of chance to annuities tontines life expectancies and mortallity tables. Gaeta has added an introduction notes and appendices comparing other European writers on lifetime annuities such as Deparcieux Kersseboom Süssmilch and Bernoulli with a useful bibliography of works of mortality tables and statistics pages lix-lxviii. Two works bound in a single vol. octavo 207 x 130 mm. Printer's woodcut device on title tables and vignettes in the text. Contemporary half mottled calf and sprinkled boards rebacked preserving the original spine red morocco label sprinkled edges. Spine neatly repaired and lined where split recased with new endpapers board edges worn. Second work has the half title cut away. Pale damp mark to lower margin extending into the text in places occasional light foxing marginal worming to last 4 leaves of the second work; good copies of two scarce works. hardcover
1714355Leiden 1714. Avec un Mémoire instructif sur les Causes de la Guerre arrivé en Suisse l'an 1712 par Gottlieb Kypseler de Munster 4 tomes Guter Zustand Originalausgabe Pierre van der Aa Kl.-8°. Ldr. Raetica/ Helvetica unknown
1787713561787. WEST Benjamin. PANTHER Abraham. Bickerstaff's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1788. Being Bissextile of Leap Year and Twelfth of American Independence. Norwich. 1787. 24pp. Original plain wrappers stitched as issued. Faint contemporary ink notations on covers. Minor toning light foxing. Very good. 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 pp.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. unknown
175532315-315Altenburg Richter 1755. With engr. title-vignette by G. L. Crusius showing a bearded scholar with a telescope and 22 engr. folding plates. Title 10 unn. leaves 531 pp. 5 pp. table of contents and errata. 4to. Contemp. plain boards somewhat rubbed. Altenburg Richter 1755. First German edition of Robert Smith's 1689-1768 "A compleat system of opticks in four books" 1738. It was translated and revised by Abraham Gotthelf Kästner 1719-1800 professor of mathematics at Leipzig later of mathematics and physics at Göttingen teacher of Lessing and Lichtenberg friend of Gottsched. Smith's work "became probably the most influential optical textbook of the eighteenth century. It was also published in Dutch in 1753 in German in 1755 and in two different French translations in 1767" DSB. The work consists of two books a general text on light reflection the eye colors etc.; and a second book divided into three parts: analytical catoptrics analytical dioptrics and the manufacturing of optical instruments; the remaining texts are Kästner's own contributions. - Light browning throughout otherwise a good wide-margined copy. - Poggendorff I 1219; DSB XII 477 Smith and VII 206 Kästner. SCIENCE: OPTICS ; Altenburg, Richter hardcover
1783787L14London: J F and C Rivington et al 1783-86. Leather. Good. 17" by 10.5". Not Stated. Four volumes of the famous Chambers Cyclopaedia which first began in 1728. This work is Abraham Rees' improved edition of Chambers' Cyclopaedia. He re-edited the original work in 1778 and created the supplements which contained much new matter. His edition was originally published in 1781-6 before a reprint in 1788-91. Therefore this set is a very early edition of Rees' publication. For this edition Rees is said to have added more than 4400 new articles. With an illustrated frontispiece to the first volume.Comprising volumes I and II of the original work and the two supplement volumes. This set is four volumes total. Without the plate volume which is often bound separately. This set is without the plate volume which was issued separately.Volume I is dated 1786 Volume II is dated 1779 Volume III is dated 1781 and Volume IV is dated 1783. Bookplates to the front pastedown 'FW Brydges Esq Tiberton Herefordshire' and 'Robert Henry Lee Warner'. Both of these individuals were from Tyberton Court which was built in 1729 for William Brydges. Robert Henry Lee-Warner was a descendent of the Brydges family and the house passed to the Warner family due to the lack of male heirs during the early nineteenth century. It was inherited by Anne Brydges who married Rev. Henry Lee Warner. A comprehensive encyclopaedia with some tables throughout including one showing the Sun's declination. An important edition of this noted encyclopaedia. In a contemporary half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally worn to the spines. Loss to the head of the spine to all volumes heavier to volume I. Splits to the joints of all volumes though hinges remain firm. Patches of rubbing to the paper covered boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spotting to pages. Good J F and C Rivington et al hardcover
1750167<p>Etching and engraving. D.1385 Blum 203. Image: 10 x 12½. Margins: 10½ x 14.</p>
1717116<p>4° mm 230x168; ll. 6 pp. 400. Woodcut frontispiece and <strong>100 emblematic woodcuts</strong> each approx. 105×120 mm. Contemporary vellum binding. Small restorations to the title page and pp. 353–54. Overall a fine copy.</p><p>First edition in Italian the original title: <em>Huy und Pfuy der Welt</em> 1707.</p><p>A very interesting richly illustrated book by the Augustinian preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_a_Sancta_Clara. The treatise is a kind of iconographic and textual compendium intended for use by the popular preacher. Its format of emblem commentary 'favola' enables a constellation of homiletic <em>exempla</em> to be committed to memory in keeping with a very ancient rhetorical and visual tradition cfr. L. Bolzoni <em>La rete delle immagini. Predicazione in volgare dalle origini a San Bernardino da Siena</em> Torino 2002.</p><p>"One of the greatest orators Germany has ever produced. People flocked to hear him drawn by the power and vivid clarity of his speech by the inexhaustible wealth of his wit and by the impartial severity with which he denounced the vices of all social classes. He poured his whole being into everything he said. Endowed with extraordinary creativity and inventive originality Abraham blended into his imaginative style fables short stories anecdotes erudite quotations witty sayings colourful and sometimes trivial wordplay sudden asperations personal recollections and vivid genre sketches with flashes of true eloquence—passionate fiery and vibrant. Even when he wrote he stood so to speak at the pulpit and saw his audience before him face to face" L. Bianchi.</p> Per Gio. Parone
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
1735EBS100373Erfurt: Augustinus Crusius 1735. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. BREATHTAKING ALCHEMICAL WOODCUTS IN SOUGHT AFTER TREATISE. Claus Priesner Ambix Vol. 63 No. 1 February 2016 pp 1-27 attributes this work to the probably pseudonymous Julius Gervasius who connects the work to Nicolas Flamel. Supposedly the Werckh manuscript was written by a Rabbi Abraham Eleazar while the Donum Dei manuscript is attributed to a Rabbi Samuel Baruch who is supposed to have received his alchemical knowledge from Tubal-Cain said to be the grandson of Adam. BOOK DETAILS AND CONDITION: First Edition 16.5 X 9.5 cm. ½ leather over boards very considerable wear including losses to leather on spine: frontispiece 30 122 14 pp; 2 87 25 1; In the first part Werckh there are 6 of 7 allegorical plates and numerous in-text woodcuts one full-page on p 49 that are both allegorical and depict apparatus; In the second part Donum Dei there 8 allegorical plates the first 7 each divided into 2 figures 1-14 and the final plate is figure15. The frontispiece and the title pages are dusty but the remainder of the book internally is VG-. Missing plate in the Werckh is number 7 and is likely to have been omitted rather than removed. In this copy Figure 7 provided loose in facsimile on antiquarian paper. Gerhard Gruber Catalogue 130 Jan. 2007 has this edition lacking 2 plates. PROVENANCE: From the Arthur C. Greenberg History of Chemistry Library. Bookplate of Women s College of Frederick Maryland inside from board light library stamp on first page of text and small library pocket envelope inside rear board. REFERENCES AND RARITY: The first edition in Duveen collection absent in Neville Cole Ferguson which includes the 1760 edition. Duveen 1f; Ferchl 1; Ferguson I 3 Anm.; Caillet 31 Anm. Bolton p 980: This work is of great rarity. OCLC lists 10 copies in the world's libraries - none in the United States. Nine copies of this work sold at auction in the last century RBH. FULL TITLE: Uraltes Chymisches Werck. Welches ehedessen von dem Autore Theils in Lateinischer und Arabischer theils auch in Chaldaeischer und Syrischer Sprache geschrieben Nachmals von einem Anonymo In unsere Deutsche Mutter-Sprache übersetzt. Erfurt: Augustinus Crusius hardcover
1783SET21-A-1London: Not Stated 1783; 1811-1816. Leather. Good Only. 18" by 11". None. The 1783 Domesday Book with 1816 Additional Volumes. The text of this work is in Latin with 'Introductions' in English. Whilst title pages for Volumes I and II were issued in 1816 these volumes are bound without as usual. Publication Information for Volumes I and II from the ESTC. Citation number: T97297. System Number: 006367139 Volume III includes the informative 1816 'Introduction' by Henry Ellis an English librarian. He was educated at the Mercers' School and St John's College Oxford where he acted as an assistant at the Bodleian Library. He was first appointed to a position at the British Museum in 1800 and was chief librarian from 1827 to 1856. Ellis was knighted in 1833. An important work normally commanding £3000- £4000. We have discounted these to allow for the rebinding they deserve. With two interesting ink inscriptions concerning the text including one from 'the eminent antiquarian' David Turner in Volume III. The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086 executed for William I of England otherwise known as 'William the Conqueror'. It was written in Latin although there were some vernacular words inserted for native terms with no previous Latin equivalent and the text was highly abbreviated. Abraham Farley d.1791 was a lifelong civil servant who was appointed deputy chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1736 and soon became involved with the public records at the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. First amongst these was the Domesday Book of which Farley became custodian granting visiting antiquaries access to the Book and making transcripts for a fee. In later life Farley was to produce the first printed edition of Domesday Book. Following a Parliamentary order in 1767 Farley was appointed co-editor of the Domesday printing project in 1770 alongside Charles Morton of the British Museum. Sir Henry Ellis 1777 1869 was an English librarian. He was educated at the Mercers' School and St John's College Oxford where he acted as an assistant at the Bodleian Library. He was first appointed to a position at the British Museum in 1800 and was chief librarian from 1827 to 1856. Ellis was knighted in 1833. He edited various works on antiques and wrote an Introduction to Domesday Book. In a half calf binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally a trifle rubbed resulting in small loss to leather on spine volumes I and IV. Backstrip partially detached to volume II missing to volume III. Boards detached. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting. Pages occasionally age toned to edges. Nameplates and institutional labels to front pastedowns. Good Only Not Stated hardcover
177031502AB1770. Dublin Thomas Ewing 1770 - 1790. Octavo 135 cm wide x 215 cm high. Pagination: Volume I contains Numbers I II III IV: Frontispiece-Portrait XIV 6 unnumbered pages of "Contents" 636 pages 2 pages with the contents-page misbound 2 and 24 pages on "The Brehon Laws of Ireland" to the rear of the Volume. Volume I includes three illustrations including the Large Folding-Map of Meath/ Volume II contains Numbers V VI VII VIII IX: 562 pages and 10 illustrations including the Large Folding-Plan of the City of Kilkenny / Volume III contains Numbers X XI XII: LXX 682 pages with one illustration being the Large Fold-Out-Map of "Antient Ireland" by William Beauford and VI Tables on two large sheets in the rear of the Volume containing Orthography/Names of Numbers in different Languages Names of Numbers of some of the Indians of America etc. etc. compared to the antient Irish / Volume IV contains Number XIII of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis and "A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland" by Charles Vallancey": LX 161 pages being the end of Number XIII plus Pagination for "The Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland": Frontispiece-Map of Europe and Asia XLVIII 551 pages followed by 16 unnumbered pages of an Index for "The Ancient History of Ireland" followed by X 10 Plates mainly fold-out plates with numerous illustrations for the "Ancient History of Ireland" aslo included is a text-illustration "Inscription in the Cave of New Grange page 212. / Volume V of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: 368 pages plus Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Spine of Volume Three is coming apart. From the library of Cork Antiquarian Abraham Abell with an inscription and original manuscript letter by his friend and "Brother Antiquarian" John Bennett 9 Academy St. 18th September 1841. Volume One contains Number I of the Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: "A Chorographical Description of the County of West - Meath - Written A.D.1682 by Sir Henry Piers of Tristernaght Baronet" This Section on West-Meath has its own 5-page Index Table of Contents for the description of West Meath listing Advantages of Draining Bogs Athlone Ballimore Battle of Rochonnell Brehon Law called "Bearded Owen's Law" Causes why the Irish were not sooner reduced by the English / Connagh worm Deel River / Degenerate English their forstering and marriages / Kilkenny-West / Landlords oppressors / Marriages of the Irish / Swimming of Cattle on the first Sunday in Harvest / Springs running east and west a proof that this country is seated on the highest ground of Ireland / Wakes described / etc. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume One contains Number II of the Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: I.A Letter from Sir John Davis to the Earl of Salisbury II. Original and first Institution of Corbes Erenachs and Termon-Lands. By Archbishop Ussher. III. An Account of two ancient Instruments lately discovered illustrated by a drawing. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume One contains Number III of the Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: "A Critico-Historical Dissertation concerning the Ancient Irish Laws or National Customs called Gavel-Kind and Thanistry or Senior Government" Part I - The Natuire and primitive Intent if these Laws Part II - A short Sketch from the Leabhar na Geeart or Book of Rights" of the Subsidies which were furnished by the Provincial Kings of Ireland etc. The whole intended as an Essay towards furnishing some Lights for future Enquiries into the Origin of the antient Irish Natioin _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume One contains Number III of the Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: "A Critico-Historical Dissertation concerning the Laws of the ancient Irish - Part II" - containing: "The Tanistic Law of Senior Succession illustrated in an Historical and Genealogiocal Account of the Kings of Munster" - being "An Essay on the General History of Munster from the beginning of the third century to the year 1541 when Morrogh O Brien surrendered his Title of King of Munster to Henry VIII. and was created Earl of Thomond and Baron of Inchiquin" / _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Illustrations included in Volume I: Three 3 Illustrations in total: 1. Frontispiece - Portrait of Charles Vallancey 2. The large fold-out "Map of the County of West Meath - Divided into Baronies and Parishes with the Principal Roads" 3. The small fold-out-Illustration: "Antiquities turned up by the plough in a field near Tipperary" hardcover
177876402à Neuchâtel: Chez Samuel Fauche 1778. Fine. Chez Samuel Fauche à Neuchâtel 1778 19 x 25 cm 2 volumes reliés First and only quarto edition the most sought-after issue due to its substantial enlargement. The original octavo edition of 1730 was thoroughly revised corrected and enriched with the latest discoveries by the scholarly editor responsible for this edition. Ruchats work was supplemented with Abraham Stanyans Account of Switzerland London 1714 together with additional texts relating to Switzerland. Illustrated with 81 engravings and maps after Merian including 2 allegorical frontispieces 68 plates depicting city views and notable sites and 11 maps. Binders instruction leaf present at the end of each volume. Contemporary full mottled tan calf. Spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Beige morocco lettering and volume labels. Double fillet border on covers. Small loss of leather at the head of volume II. Lower joint of volume I split at the head with minor loss and split at the foot along the final compartment. Two corners rubbed. A few scratches to the upper cover of volume II. Marginal loss to plate 5 in volume I; on p. 428 plate numbered 33 loss measuring approximately 1.5 x 3 cm affecting the engraving. General rubbing. Ownership stamp of Bibliothèque Jules Barotte on the versos of certain plates and on the title-pages. Good clean and remarkably fresh copies. A celebrated and detailed geographical historical and political monograph on Switzerland. Chez Samuel Fauche hardcover
1714A5FCO31WXHODNuremberg 1714. 8vo. Johan Friedrich Rüdiger Contemporary vellum author and title in gold on spine. With a double-page engraved frontispiece engraved by Johan Lorentz Hönnig a double-page letterpress title-page printed in red and black and 95 engraved plates each depicting several animals. 26 732 72 pp. Second edition of a pre-Linnean zoological work describing in 4 parts the names appearance characteristics qualities and habitats of quadrupeds birds fishes and invertebrates together with their medicinal qualities and uses by the German physician Georg Abraham Mercklein 1644-1702. He frequently cites classical authorities in the fields of medicine and natural history like Galenus and Aristotle. Also included are some mythological animals including several kinds of unicorn p. 28 and a dragon p. 611. Ten pages are devoted to the characteristics of the silkworm pp. 678-687. At the end an index of the animals illnesses and cures.With an early owner's inscription on first flyleaf. Slightly browned some marginal thumbing or minor stains but still in very good condition. Binding slightly soiled but in good condition.l Nissen ZBI 2790; VD18 12232300; cf. Krivatsy 1772. hardcover
1728ABC_48146Amsterdam 1728. 4to. Isaak Tirion Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco with the author and title lettered in gold on the spine with an ornamental border on both boards gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins gilt edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved title page in each part and 300 numbered engraved half-page views. 2 parts in 1 volume. 76; 76 ll. Beautifully bound complete copy of Abraham Rademaker's celebrated series of 300 views of famous sights and buildings in the Netherlands and Cleve. These fine engravings include views of Amsterdam Hoorn Egmond Haarlem Rynsburg Leiden Delft with the ruins of Koningsveld Abbey and the Cartusian monastery Spangen Dordrecht Gorinchem IJsselstein Montfoort Utrecht Arnhem Nijmegen Kleve and Emmerik. The plates are predominantly dated between 1573 and 1720. However these dates do not indicate when the plate was made but correspond instead to the condition of the depicted towns and buildings in those respective years.Abraham Rademaker 1679-1735 was a versatile painter and engraver known mostly for his many views he made of villages towns churches monasteries castles and manor houses sometimes in ruins in the Netherlands and the area around Kleve. Apart from the various editions of his Kabinet he also published series of views in De zegepraalende Vecht 1719 and Spiegel van Amsterdams zomervreugd 1728.The present copy was owned by Adam Mansfieldt de Cardonnel Lawson of Cramlington Northumberland; 1746-1820 a historian from Scotland who is the author of a book similar to Rademakers Kabinet: Pituresque antiquities of Scotland 1788-1793 etched by Adam de Cardonnel. The work was then inherited by his granddaughter Lucy Anna de Cardonnel Elmsall.With the bookplates of Adam Mansfieldt de Cardonnel Lawson of Cramlington Northumberland; 1746-1820 and Lucy Anna de Cardonnel Elmsall 1828- after 1867 mounted on the front pastedown and an ownership annotation by the former on the title page "Lawson 1802". The boards are very slightly rubbed. The title page of the first part is somewhat soiled occasional mild soiling in the margins. Otherwise in very good condition.l De Buck no. 584; STCN 300275331 5 copies; cf. Tiele 892 other ed.; Wurzbach II p. 375 other ed. hardcover
1760ABC_48609Leipzig: Lankischens Buchhandlung 1760. Modern silver- and blind-tooled greenish-brown leather with a red morocco title label lettered in silver on the spine red edges. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece 15 numbered full-page engravings numerous woodcut illustrations in the text woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces at the beginning and end of each part. 2 parts in 1 volume. Including: IDEM. Donum dei Samuelis Baruch des Juden Rabbi. Second enlarged edition of a scarce alchemical work supposedly copied from the manuscript from which Nicolas Flamel 1340-1418 gained his skill. The beautifully illustrated work discusses the basics of alchemy and the creation of the philosopher's stone. It also contains 156 rules and canons relating to the philosopher's stone which are exclusive to the second edition. The work rarely appears on the market as we have only been able to find four other copies in sales records of the past hundred years the last complete copy being offered in 1998.In the preface editor Julius Gervasius von Schwarzburg dates unknown states that the present work was transcribed from a highly sought after manuscript known as The Book of Abraham the Jew which was allegedly owned by Flamel. This manuscript was a principal source on alchemy as Abraham de Jew or Abraham Eleazar had copied the notions and illustrations in it directly from the copper tables of Tubal-Cain the first blacksmith from the Bible. However this manuscript has never been found and the current consensus is that the present work was written by Gervasius himself. Both the first 1735 and second edition of his work are relatively scarce especially complete. The beautiful alchemical plates capture the imagination and are therefore often removed and sold separately. The present copy however contains all illustrations.The leather is scratched on the back with a few green stains. The work is somewhat browned throughout with annotations in the margins of some of the leaves lacking the final blank leaf. Otherwise in very good condition.l Brüning 4844; Caillet I 31 part 1 and 32 part 2; Duveen p. 1; Ferguson I pp. 2-3; VD18 10213538 part 1; VD18 1053881X part 2; WorldCat 493643101 5043078 311551310 1046410976. Lankischens Buchhandlung, hardcover
1752ABC_49307Amsterdam 1752. 8vo. Adriaan Wor Contemporary marbled wrappers with a 19th-century paper label on the spine with the author and title in manuscript. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and two decorated woodcut initials. 8 662 pp. First and only edition of a very scarce work on naval medicine. This practical handbook was written by doctors who served on Dutch war ships that sailed from the Netherlands to Curaçao. It includes numerous case studies of sick sailors on these ships during the 1740s along with commentary from Abraham Titsingh 1684-1776 who was a surgeon to the admirality. The work is very rare as it has only been recorded in four libraries and we have only been able to find one other copy in sales records.The numerous case studies presented in the work are incredibly detailed and describe cases on board the ships Middelburg Maarssen Tylingen De Beschermer and Hartekamp primarily in the years 1743 to 1750 but with references to earlier voyages. They give a fascinating picture of illnesses and their treatment during voyages to the Americas. The work covers not only the principal illnesses facing the sailors fevers scurvy diarrhoea dysentery and dropsy but also wounds surgery amputations etc. Each account of sicknesses and treatments during a voyage with names dates and details of the procedures and of the exact composition of medicines given is followed by a lengthy commentary apparently in part by Titsingh who compiled the work. The present copy comes from the library of Dutch physician and zoologist Jan van der Hoeven 1801-1868.With the bookplate of Jan van der Hoeven mounted on the front pastedown. The wrappers are damaged around the spine with some loss of material around the joints the edges of the wrappers are slightly frayed. The work is uncut with a water stain in the head margin throughout not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM p. 1020; STCN 314896082 1 copy; WorldCat 907608682 4 copies. unknown
175747855London.: Printed for and sold by the author near the George in Portland Street Cavendish Square; by Mr. Brotherton over against the Royal-Exchange; Mr Buckland at the Buck in Pater-Noster Row; H. Piers and Partner at the Bible and Crown in High Holborn. 1757 - 1758. Later calf-backed marbled boards spine with compartments and black morocco label bearing titles in gilt board edges tooled in gilt. 3 vols. in 1. Folio 400 x 260 mm. Two vols with Title page Preface and a Description of the Plates each followed by 60 full page copper plate engravings all plates numbered signed and with imprints dated '1757'; final vol with Title page Introduction iii - viii Description of the plates beginning 'Of the Orders in General' pp. 1 - 16 followed by 65 numbered plates. PROVENANCE: Label of Doddington Library to front pastedown. Abraham Swan's extensive two volume study of domestic architectural designs 'A Collection of Designs' bound here with his seminal work on staircases 'The British Architect . ' .The two volume 'Collection of Designs' - the second of three pattern books published by Swan a carpenter and joiner - was his attempt to provide an inexpensive pattern book of inexpensive designs. Swan made his intentions of quantity over quality clear in his Preface: 'I hope that whatever defects may be observed in any of them will be candidly excused considering what a number of designs are contained in these two volumes and that they are all of my own contriving and drawing.' 'The first volume contains 4 engravings of the staircase at Blair Castle Perthshire which Swan designed for the Duke of Atholl 1757. Two Chinese Bridges for the grounds at Blair appear in the second volume. Swan's designs belong to the 'rococo' taste popular in the mid-18th century'. Weinreb.Swan's comprehensive work 'The British Architect' - first published 1745 here in the 3rd edition - was destined to be the first architectural book published in America. The title page of the earlier edition described the author as 'Abraham Swan Carpenter' later changed to 'Abraham Swan Architect.' The work includes the following: 'I. An easier more intelligible and expeditious Method of drawing the Five Orders than has been hitherto been published by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts free from those troublesome Divisions call'd Aliquot Parts. Shewing also how to glue up their Columns and Capitals.II. Likewise Stair-Cases those most useful ornamental and necessary Parts of a Building though never before sufficiently described in any Book Ancient or Modern; shewing their most convenient Situation and the Form of their Ascending in the most grand Manner: With a great Variety of curious Ornaments whereby any Gentleman may fix on what will suit him best there being Examples of all Kinds; and necessary Directions for such Persons as are unacquainted with the Branch.III. Designs of Arches Doors and Windows.IV. A great Variety of New and Curious Chimney-Pieces in the most elegant and modern Taste.V. Corbels Shields and other beautiful Decorations.VI. Several useful and necessary Rules of Carpentry; with the Manner of Truss'd Roofs and the Nature of a splay'd circular Soffit both in a streight and circular Wall never published before. Together with Raking Cornices Groins and Angle Brackets described.' From the title-page.Across all three volumes the title page imprint has been altered Meadows and Hitch and Hawes erased and replaced in ink manuscript with 'Mr Brotherton' and 'Buckland at the Buck'.'This is one of the books that had great influence on the builders and architects of eighteenth-century America.' Fowler.Park 80 / 79 first edition 1745 but citing other eds. including the present; RIBA Early Printed Books 3220; Fowler 341 second American edition 1794; Weinreb 1:166; Millard Architectural Collection Vol. 2 82; Berlin 2285. Printed for and sold by the author, near the George in Portland Street, Cavendish Square; by Mr. Brotherton, over against the Ro hardcover
