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1700072980Bookshops of Stettin: Sumptibus Johann Adami Pleneri bibliopolae Stetinensis 1700. Hardcover. Very Good . 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5. Hardcover. Bound in Vellum. Latin. Heinrich Schaevius Chilonio-Cimbri Mythology of Gods and Heroes from from Natal Comite Torrentino Torrentino Ravisii's workshop and classical poets once methodically contracted by the said author With Geographia Poetica & Mantissa of poetical material now for the second time from Leonicus Thomeus Bocatio Hygynus Alex. by Alexander Polyaenus Ammianus and other writers and poets of various antiquity. 624pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Vellum is age toned but very sound. Binding and textblock are sound. Inscription on flyleaf from 1918. Pages are clear. Full refund if not satisfied. Sumptibus Johann Adami Pleneri bibliopolae Stetinensis, hardcover
161847504Frankfurt Germany: Jonae Rosae. Good. 1620; 1618. Hardcover. Vitae Germanorum theologorum qui superiori seculo ecclesiam Christi voce scriptisque propgarunt et propugnarunt. Two titles bound in one. Old leather; Yale College Library stamped to cover. Covers detached included; spine partially perished. Front blanks attached by one thread two front blanks. PO name. Title page in red and black with vignette. 880pp plus index/errata in first title. Second title: Vitas theologorum exterorum principum qui ecclesiam Christi superiori seculo propagarunt et propugnarunt. 245pp plus index/errata in 2nd title. Several rear blanks are worn/torn. The pages are generally evenly browned and legible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Jonae Rosae hardcover
168822873<p><strong>1688 Saint Sebastian 1ed Ebersberg Martyr Widl Philosophy Vellum Clasp Binding</strong></p><p>Adam Widl was a 17th-century Jesuit philosopher and writer of whom little else is known. However he did publish one known work "<em>Divus Sebastianus Eberspergae Boiorum propitius</em>" – commentary on the life ministry and martyrdom of Saint Sebastian of Ebersberg. Widl offers not only historical perspectives on Sebastian's life but on his influence on Christianity. One particular chapter of this book focuses solely the worship of Saint Sebastian throughout the Christian world.</p><p>Item number: #22873</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>WIDL Adam</p><p><strong><em>Divus Sebastianus Eberspergae Boiorum propitius seu cultus ejusdem gloriosi martyris a prima loci fundatione ad nostra usque tempora propagatus et nunc publicae luci datus</em></strong></p><p>Monachii: Sumptibus J. Hermanni a Gelder typis S. Rauch 1688. <strong><u>First only known edition.</u></strong></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->22 428 16</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Includes engraved frontispiece </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Includes two functional clasps</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.25in X 4in 15.5cm x 10cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->very rare</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>22873</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Sumptibus J. Hermanni a Gelder, typis S. Rauch hardcover
16747050No Place 1674. 4to. Nice later boards. Gilt back. 7241488 pp. a. 1 fold. engraved plate. hardcover
161514675Haidelbergae Heidelberg Heidelberg: Impensis Jonae RosaeTypis Johannis Lacelloti 1615. Fine. Impensis Jonae Rosae Typis Johannis Lacelloti Haidelbergae Heidelberg Heidelberg 1615 19 x 12 cm relié First edition. Printer's device on title page. Not in Brunet or Graesse. Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Head worn. Lack to tail. Upper joint partially cracked. Lacking endpapers with marbled paper. Lives of Germanic philosophers from the late 15th century to 1614. The notion of Germanity and philosopher in the humanist sense is extended since the list includes Erasmus Swiss Dutch and even Dürer. but also Joan Faustus Georgius Fabricius Christophorus Longolius Copernicus Mercator Orlandus de Lasso Nicodemus Frischlinus Nicolas Clenard Henricus Glareanus. that is mathematicians physicians astronomers geographers. Impensis Jonae RosaeTypis Johannis Lacelloti hardcover
16923615Amstelodami Amsterdam Peter Le Clert 1692. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Three volumes in one. Octavo 205 x 180mm. Pp. xxxii 368 viii; xxii 274; 275-638 i.e. 538 vi. Numerous errors in pagination. Tome I pp. 369-372 misbound; Tome III pp. 451-537 misnumbered 551-637; pp. 568-569 572-573 blank. Plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Matthaeus Hostus chipped at corner with slight loss to background skilfully restored on mount. Folding tables. Title-page printed in red and black list of contents printed on verso. Woodcut device to title. Large illustrated woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; occasionally slight browning. HARDCOVER bound in handsome modern vellum lettering to spine sprinkled edges. A fine copy. Crisp interior exceptionally well preserved attractive binding. ~ First part complete in itself of the collective work "Tractatuum series". This part is entirely made up of the works of Matthaeus Hostius which are divided into three tomes having each a separate title-page. First Tome contains 5 books or parts; Second Tome contains 3 books; Third Tome contains 10 books. Each of the 18 books has a separate title-page. The "Tractatuum series" contains the following works: I. Matthaei Hosti: Historica antiquitas: Rei nummariae Mensurarum Ponderum &c. in tres tomos distincta; II: Joannis Seldeni i.e. Alessandro Sardi: Liber de nummis; III: Philippi Labbe: Bibliotheca nummaria; IV: Guilielmi Budaei: De asse & partibus eius libri V; Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Matthaeus Host 1509-1587. Adam Rechenberg 1642-1721. Alessandro Sardi 1520-1588. Guillaume Bude 1468-1540. Philippe Labbe 1607-1667. Lipsius p. 326. I-5 OUT <br/> <br/> Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Peter Le Clert hardcover
1678780961678. LITTLETON Adam. Linguae Latinae Liber Dictionarius Quadripartitus. A Latine Dictionary in Four Parts. I. An English-Latine. II. A Latine-Classical. III. A Latine-Proper. IV. A Latine-Barbarous. London T. Basset J. Wright and R. Chiswell 1677 and 1678. Folio. Unpaginated. Second edition the first was 1673 much enlarged. The English-Latin portion is as much thesaurus as dictionary. The "Latine-Classical" is a Latin-English dictionary with etymology including Hebrew; the "Latine-Proper" is a dictionary of personal and place names; the "Latine-Barbarous" dated 1677 contains erroneous and foreign words. A legal dictionary and tables of weights measures coinage chronology etc. crown the work. In 1670 Littleton was made chaplain to Charles II. His dedication to the King explains that he has rejected much of former dictionaries which would not be of use to students. His dictionary remained in print until 1735. An engraved frontispiece rebacked shows the Palatine Library established by Augustus. The engraved map of Ancient Italy and the engraved plan of Rome showing all its monuments and buildings are both present. In an unsophisticated calf binding of the period with plain boards and spine in six compartments with elaborate floral tooling. Hinges cracked externally. Bookplate of Watkin Williams of Penbedw Denbigh probably the Welsh schoolmaster-poet who won the Eisteddfod at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 with a poem in Welsh on George Washington. Cordell 220. BL 612.1.13. unknown
167161153Tubingae Cotta 1671. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spine. Soiling and miscolouring to extremities. Internally nice and clean. 14 1552 72 pp. <br/><br/><em>The rare first edition of Osiander’s commentary on Hugo Grotius's seminal work “De Jure Belli†in which he is analyzing Grotius's legal and ethical arguments through a Lutheran theological lens “Major Lutheran theologians such as Johann Adam Osiander who taught at Tübingen in the second half of the seventeenth century and counted many Swedish youngsters among his students engaged intensely with Grotius’s De iure belli ac pacis. Moreover Lutheran theologians thoroughly engaged with contract law in particular recycling ideas and concepts from the Roman law the early-modern scholastic tradition and Grotius but integrating them into a Biblical framework especially the Eighth Commandment prohibiting false testimony.†</em> hardcover
167461127Stockholm Wankijff 1674. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with three raised bands and blindstamped ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Scratches to boards and Annotations in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. A few small worm-tracts throughout and a few dampstains. 12 166 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition of this rare German-Italian grammar. Not much is known about Adam Styla. He presumably received his education in Cracow and Italy and most like tought Italian to Grand Treasurer of the Crown Michal of Raciborsko Morsztyn a son of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. He was the secretary of King Jan III Sobieski. Apart from this present work he also wrote a Latin and French grammar book. OCLC only list 4 copies non in the US. </em> hardcover
169861339Amsterdam George Gallet 1698 Amsterdam Lorme 1699. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Lower part of front board with small hole in leather showing the wooden boards underneath. With a few occassional brownspots. Line of imprint trimmed off in the second work and small tear to the map 'Relation du voyage de Mr Evert Isbrand' otherwise a nice and clean copy. 6 164 4 pp. frontispiece and 8 engraved plates; 4 249 1 pp. folded map. Wanting the frontispiece. <br/><br/><em>First French translation of Adam Brand’s ‘Relation du voyage’ an 18-month journey to Beijing where he served as the embassy’s secretary. In 1692 Tsar Peter the Great commissioned Eberhard Isbrand Ides to lead a mission to the Kangxi Emperor of China with Adam Brand functioning as the embassy's secretary. The delegation comprising over 250 individuals including noblemen advisors merchants and soldiers arrived in Beijing after an 18-month journey in 1693. The embassy's primary accomplishment was securing permission for Russians to conduct business in Beijing with a caravan of up to 200 members every three years. The present work became extremely popular in Western Europe and it was quickly translated into various European languages including English 1698 and 1707 French 1699 Dutch 1699 and Spanish 1701. Withbound is Prideaux' "La Vie de Mahomet". </em> hardcover
1685P5328Paris: Adam François van der Meulen 1685. Very Good. Notes: Title in French and in Latin.<br>The Château de Vincennes is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes on the eastern edge of Paris. Image Size : 471x769 mm 18.54x30.28 Inches Platemark Size : 513x782 mm 20.20x30.79 Inches Paper Size : 537x795 mm 21.14x31.30 Inches Coloring: Black & White Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Europe France Paris; Adam François van der Meulen unknown
1685P5327Paris: Adam François van der Meulen 1685. Very Good. Notes: Title in French and in Latin.<br>Superb landscape view of Versailles.<br>Landscape with three horsemen in right foreground beyond at left horsemen and carriages heading towards the palace of Versailles which stands in the background. Image Size : 476x770 mm 18.74x30.31 Inches Platemark Size : 511x778 mm 20.12x30.63 Inches Paper Size : 542x791 mm 21.34x31.14 Inches Coloring: Black & White Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Europe France Paris; Adam François van der Meulen unknown
168516903Paris: distribuë par l'Auteur en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins et en la rue St.Jacques 1685. Copper engraving on two joined sheets after Van der Meulen. Titled in French and Latin. In excellent condition. Some infill work along the bottom margin. Image size: 18 1/2 x 38 5/8 inches. A striking contemporary view of Gray in Franche-Comte by the celebrated court painter Van der Meulen.<br/> <br/> This fine view shows the town of Gray in Franche-Comte built on the banks of the Saône River. One of the most important trading towns in Franche-Comte the region became a possession of the Spanish Hapsburgs in 1556. Although some of the region's fortified towns were occupied by France during the Wars of Religion peace and prosperity continued until the advent of the Thirty Years War when the region was ravaged by both Catholics and Protestants. Louis XIV conquered Franche-Comté in 1668 and again in 1674 and finally obtained its cession from Spain. Van der Meulen's striking image depicts the king and his armies entering the town after they successfully re-conquered the region. Adam Frans Van der Meulen was a landscape and genre painter who specialized in battle scenes and his early works i.e. those from the years before he left for Paris the earliest dated work is from 1653 are mainly cavalry skirmishes in the manner of his teacher Pieter Snayer. After he moved to Paris the character of his work changed and became more ceremonial. He now specialized in large topographical views and military scenes and in royal journeys processions and receptions. His most important task was to accompany the king on his many campaigns during the wars of conquest waged in the 1660s and 1670s against inter alia the Spanish Netherlands and as Peintre de conquêtes du roi officially to portray the memorable sieges battles and conquests of le Roi Soleil in large-scale canvases or cartoons which were later transformed into tapestries. Van der Meulen was born in Brussels where he was baptized in 1632. In 1646 he was apprenticed to the battle painter Pieter Snayers. In 1651 he became a master in the Guild of St. Luke in Brussels but by 1663 he had moved to Paris where he joined a group of Netherlandish artists associated with the French painter Charles Le Brun 1619-90 who not only was Premier peintre du roi but also from 1663 director of the Parisian tapestry manufactory Manufacture royale des Gobelins. Van der Meulen quickly became a protégé of Le Brun and on his recommendation Van der Meulen was appointed court painter to Louis XIV on 1 April 1664 and at the same time became Le Brun's collaborator in the tapestry manufactory. In 1673 he was accepted as a member of the Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture without any obligation to submit a morceau de réception; in 1681 he became conseiller and in 1686 premier conseiller. He died as a highly esteemed artist in the Hôtel des Gobelins 15 October 1690. distribuë par l'Auteur, en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins, et en la rue St.Jacques unknown
1640I4BEEA14RQO2Paris 1640. Folio. Toussainct Quinet Contemporary vellum. With an integral engraved title-page with 3 allegorical figures of Ares/Mars Labore and Industria military surveying and building attributes and a fortification plan divisional titles for the second and third "livre" 35 double-page engraved illustration plates lettered A-Mm containing 185 numbered figures 8 double-page letterpress tables labelled I-VII and "Table du profil". 8 179 1 pp. Third French edition the first one published outside the Netherlands of the best most detailed best illustrated and most influential handbook of fortification from the Dutch golden age. Besides numerous fortification plans profiles sections and perspective views the plates show bridges gates barriers shelters tools for digging construction and demolition a level a battering ram a windlass a wheelbarrow artillery fences and a horse-powered Archimedes's screw for pumping water while three plates show the arrangement of troops' quarters in camp. While some of the fortification plans are theoretical others show the fortifications of cities of the Low Countries and Rheinland during the Eighty Years' War including Antwerp Wesel and Heusden. The text is divided into three "books" the first covering the origins development and most recent Dutch improvements in the art of fortification the second systematically presenting the various forms of fortification in a wide variety of shapes and the third on offensive and defensive tactics of siege warfare as well as the furnishing and maintenance of fortifications.With some manuscript notes in French on paste-down. Browned with some minor foxing and spotting. Bookblock loosly attached to spine binding with some stains. Reasonable copy.l Jordan 1303; cf. Jähns p. 1111; this edition not in Sloos Warfare. hardcover
1660M11298London 1660-1680. Very Good narrow margins . Notes: An Important map showing Persia Iran and surrounding areas published in English.<br>Adam Olearius 1603-22 February 1671 was a German scholar mathematician geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to the Shah of Safavid Iran and published two books about the events and observations during his travels. His detailed widely translated travelogues Aussführliche Beschreibung der kundbaren Reyse nach Muscow und Persien provided Europe with significant firsthand 17th-century accounts of Russian and Persian life. Size : 392x532 mm 15.43x20.94 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Asia Middle East Iran Iraq; Maps Asia Middle East Arabia; unknown
1663M9653Germany c.1663. Very Good. Notes: Charming large-scale map that follows the Volga River from Nizhniy Novgorod all the way to the Caspian Sea. The map details the topography around the river and shows various cities and towns that run along its banks. There are numerous decorative depictions of animals people working on a farm a view of Saratov and a large view of Astrakhan. There is a large decorative cartouche in the bottom left corner and a large decorative wreath in the top central area. Size : 386x1122 mm 15.20x44.17 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Russia; unknown
1662M11328London: Thomas Dring and John Starkey 1662. Very Good backed on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation. Notes: An important 17th century map of the Volga River beautifully illustrated and hand coloured. Scarce English edition of this early map of the Volga River. <br>Adam Olearius 1603 – 22 February 1671 was a German scholar mathematician geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to the Shah of Safavid Iran and published two books about the events and observations during his travels. His detailed widely translated travelogues Aussführliche Beschreibung der kundbaren Reyse nach Muscow und Persien provided Europe with significant firsthand 17th-century accounts of Russian and Persian life. Size : 382x1073 mm 15.04x42.24 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Russia; Thomas Dring, and John Starkey unknown
1692019576Amstelodami Amsterdam: Peter Le Clert 1692. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. Book I: xxxiv 372 pages of text viii pages of index. Book II: xxiv 274 pages. Book III; 275-638 pages followed by vi pages of index. In book III pages 451-537 are mis-numbered 551-637. Original full vellum binding with minor shelfwear moderate soiling hand-lettered spine and a small paper label. Gilt heraldic device stamped on the front cover. Measures 196mm x 157mm. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author and complete with two 2-page tables and a large fold-out table. Title printed in red and black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the inside of the front cover over a remnant of another bookplate: Bruno Kisch Pragensis. Previous owner's markings on the front endpaper and stamped on the back of the title page. There is a small amount of minor damp-staining and rippling to the bottom corner of the final half of the text. The final two endpapers have a small crease. Numismatics. Early printing. Peter Le Clert Hardcover
168515007Paris: distribuë par l'Auteur en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins et en la rue St.Jacques 1685. Copper engraving on two joined sheets by Van Huctenburg and A.F. Baudouinst after Van der Meulen. Titled in French and Latin. Painted from life by the artist who accompanied Louis XIV on his campaigns Adam Frans Van der Meulen depicted in this wonderful panorama a post-battle view of Dôle the capital of Franche-Comté and the handsome surrounding region. In it Louis XIV and his brother survey the city they've won from a hilltop. There is actually no unpleasant evidence of military activity except for some smoke billowing from the far side of Dôle. Adam Frans Van der Meulen was a landscape and genre painter who specialized in battle scenes and his early works i.e. those from the years before he left for Paris the earliest dated work is from 1653 are mainly cavalry skirmishes in the manner of his teacher Pieter Snayer. After he moved to Paris the character of his work changed and became more ceremonial. He now specialized in large topographical views and military scenes and in royal journeys processions and receptions. His most important task was to accompany the king on his many campaigns during the wars of conquest waged in the 1660s and 1670s against inter alia the Spanish Netherlands and as Peintre de conquêtes du roi officially to portray the memorable sieges battles and conquests of le Roi Soleil in large-scale canvases or cartoons which were later transformed into tapestries. Van der Meulen was born in Brussels in 1632. In 1646 he was apprenticed to the battle painter Pieter Snayers. In 1651 he became a master in the Guild of St Luke in Brussels but by 1663 he had moved to Paris where he joined a group of Netherlandish artists associated with the French painter Charles Le Brun 1619-90 who not only was Premier peintre du roi but also from 1663 director of the Parisian tapestry manufactory Manufacture royale des Gobelins. Van der Meulen quickly became a protégé of Le Brun and on his recommendation Van der Meulen was appointed court painter to Louis XIV on 1 April 1664 and at the same time became Le Brun's collaborator in the tapestry manufactory. In 1673 he was accepted as a member of the Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture without any obligation to submit a morceau de réception; in 1681 he became conseiller and in 1686 premier conseiller. He died as a highly esteemed artist in the Hôtel des Gobelins 15 October 1690. distribuë par l'Auteur, en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins, et en la rue St.Jacques unknown
16853659Paris: distribuë par l'Auteur en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins et en la rue St.Jacques 1685. Copper engraving on two joined sheets by A.F. Baudouin with the figures by R. Bonnart after Van der Meulen. Titled in French and Latin. A fine view of the fortified town of Calais and its environs recalling king Louis XIV's gradual acquisition of territory on the Channel coast from 1667 onwards.<br/> <br/> This excellent panorama shows Calais as seen from the landward side looking across to the ramparts of the fortifications surrounding the town to the roofs of the town itself and then beyond to the sea. In the fore and mid-ground the French army of King Louis XIV moves forward towards the town this scene enlivened by Van der Meulen's portrayal of the stormy conditions: hats blow off cloaks are wrapped around peoples' heads foot soldiers lean into the wind. This sort of detail supports the statement in the imprint that the present scene was painted from life by Van der Meulen. Adam Frans Van der Meulen was a landscape and genre painter who specialized in battle scenes and his early works i.e. those from the years before he left for Paris the earliest dated work is from 1653 are mainly cavalry skirmishes in the manner of his teacher Pieter Snayer. After he moved to Paris the character of his work changed and became more ceremonial. He now specialized in large topographical views and military scenes and in royal journeys processions and receptions. His most important task was to accompany the king on his many campaigns during the wars of conquest waged in the 1660s and 1670s against inter alia the Spanish Netherlands and as Peintre de conquêtes du roi officially to portray the memorable sieges battles and conquests of le Roi Soleil in large-scale canvases or cartoons which were later transformed into tapestries. Van der Meulen was born in Brussels where he was baptised in 1632. In 1646 he was apprenticed to the battle painter Pieter Snayers. In 1651 he became a master in the Guild of St Luke in Brussels but by 1663 he had moved to Paris where he joined a group of Netherlandish artists associated with the French painter Charles Le Brun 1619-90 who not only was Premier peintre du roi but also from 1663 director of the Parisian tapestry manufactory Manufacture royale des Gobelins. Van der Meulen quickly became a protégé of Le Brun and on his recommendation Van der Meulen was appointed court painter to Louis XIV on 1 April 1664 and at the same time became Le Brun's collaborator in the tapestry manufactory. In 1673 he was accepted as a member of the Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture without any obligation to submit a morceau de réception; in 1681 he became conseiller and in 1686 premier conseiller. He died as a highly esteemed artist in the Hôtel des Gobelins 15 October 1690. distribuë par l'Auteur, en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins, et en la rue St.Jacques unknown
1669ABE-EBAY-205728107208London: John Starkey and Thomas Basset 1669. Hardcover. Good. The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors Sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia. Begun in the year 1633 and finish'd in 1639. Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy Tartary Persia. And other adjacent Countries. With several Publick Transactions reaching near the Present Times; in seven books. Written originally by Adam Olearius Secretary to the Embassy. Faithfully rendred into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. The Second Edition Corrected. London: Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset 1669. whereto are added. The Voyages and Travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo A Gentleman belonging to the Embassy sent by the Duke of Holstein to the great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia into the East-Indies. Begun in the year 1638 and finish'd in 1640. Containing a particular description of the great Mogul's Empire the Kingdoms of Decan Calicuth Cochim Zeilon Coromandel Pegu Siam Cambodia Malacca Summatra Java Amboina Banda the Moluccas Philippine and other Islands Japan the Great Kingdom of China the Cape of Good Hope Madagascar &c. In three books. Illustrated with Maps and Figures. Rendred into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. The Second Edition Corrected. London: J. Starkey and T. Basset 1669. Misbound with the title page and a preliminary leaf from the second volume bound at front and the title page and prelims from the first volume fronting the second volume. The pages are all there but here the order is two leaves 316pp eleven leaves 232pp. five leaves. The book has been rebacked in modern times and given the title ""Mandelslo's Voyages"" - so perhaps the owner was more interested in the Mandelslo content! Has 3 of the 6 maps. Present are the Baltic map showing present day Lithuania Latvia and Estonia; the map of Persia showing the wider Middle East / Southwest Asia; and the map of the Persian province of Kilan on the Caspian. The frontispiece the two portraits and the in-text Cyrillic chart are also present. Absent are the map of the East Indies; the map of Muscovy; and the map of the Volga. Boards worn and chipped. Pages have yellowing foxing stains smudges creases small tears; there is a small ink margin stain affecting a number of pages in the first volume; there is some top-corner dampstain occasional and marginal in the first volume growing more pronounced towards the end of the second volume and intruding somewhat from the margin on a number of leaves. There are several tears reaching into the text without loss one involving a flap; there is a rust hole obliterating several letters on either side; one leaf is torn halfway up at the hinge. Two facing pages have a long note in the margin in an old hand; an old ownership marking to the reverse of the frontispiece has been scribbled over; the Mandelslo title page has a small modern marking in pen. The Middle East map has a slight hole worn at the center of one of the folds. Good condition. John Starkey and Thomas Basset hardcover
1635I44CZ6VY8TIKLeiden 1635. Folio. Abraham and Bonaventura Elzevier Mottled tanned sheepskin ca. 1730 straight-sewn on 6 cords gold-tooled spine with morocco label gold-tooled board edges curl-marbled endpapers red edges headbands in blue and white. With an integral engraved title page with 3 allegorical figures of Ares/Mars Labore and Industria military surveying and building attributes and a fortification plan divisional titles for the second and third livre 35 double-page engraved illustration plates lettered A-Mm containing 185 numbered figures 8 double-page letterpress tables labelled I-VII and Table du profil woodcut headpieces and decorated initials 1 series. Set in roman and italic types with incidental textura and fraktur. With 2 figures in the plates coloured by an early hand. 8 179 1 blank pp. First French edition of the best most detailed best illustrated and most influential handbook of fortification from the Dutch golden age and an ambitious piece of book production from the golden age of the Elzeviers' printing office. Besides numerous fortification plans and views the plates show for example bridges tools for digging construction and demolition and a horse-powered Archimedes's screw for pumping water while three plates show the arrangement of troops' quarters in camp. While some of the fortification plans are theoretical others show the fortifications of cities of the Low Countries and Rheinland during the Eighty Years' War. The text is divided into three "books" the first covering the origins development and most recent Dutch improvements in the art of fortification the second systematically presenting the various forms of fortification and the third on offensive and defensive tactics of siege warfare. Together with the excellent plates it gives remarkable insight into the working techniques and tools of fortification building ca. 1630. The lexicon gives terminology for fortification and related fields in French German Dutch and Latin and remains an essential source on the subject.With two small drawings an occasional manuscript note some underlining and a bookplate. With some foxing in the engraved title-page and a few other leaves occasional mostly marginal stains and minor browning but otherwise in good condition. With superficial damage to the boards and worming slightly affecting the boards and badly damaging the backstrip which has been restored at the head and foot. First French edition of the most influential fortification manual of its day probably more widely read than the German original.l Berghman Cat. rais. Elzeviriennes 651; Jähns II 117; Jordan Bibl. Gesch. Festungsbaues 1301 4 copies; Rahir 417; Sloos Warfare 8022; STCN 3 copies; Willems 425; for Freitag: www.presseforschung.uni-bremen.de/dokuwiki/doku.phpid=freitag_adam. hardcover
166928698London: Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset 1669 1669. Second edition in English preceded by the edition of 1662. ESTC R30756; Wing O270; Cox Literature of Travel I page 249. Several of the maps have paper repairs at the folds and in the margins; the third map of the River Volga is a little darkened at the edges and dust-soiled; the two leaves Q4 & R1 adjacent to that map are also a little darkened and dust-soiled; one clean tear to a leaf without loss; very good copy. Folio in fours contemporary mottled calf rebacked red morocco spine label blind rules and gilt lettering. Frontispiece six folding maps two portraits and one engraved Cyrillic alphabet in the text. In 1634 Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp present day Denmark and Germany sent an expedition with Adam Olearus 1603-1671 as its secretary from Hamburg to Moscow in an attempt to establish commercial relations with Russia which failed. Undeterred Frederick sent a similar expedition to Persia in 1636 also with Adam Olearius as secretary The first part of this work is the first English translation by John Davies of Olearius' detailed account of those expeditions in its second edition. The second part contains the account by German adventurer Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo 1616-1644 of his departure from Frederick's mission to Persia and continuation on to India China Japan and Formosa also translated by Davies from Olearius' posthumous editing and publication of that travelogue. Though trade missions generally make for dull reading Olearius' narrative is quite engaging with details and anecdotes about the people and places they encountered. Typical of his observations is one about the Russians: "There is no place in the World where drunkenness is more common than in Muscovy . . . Ecclesiastics and laicks Men and Women Old and Young will drink strong water at any time before at and after their meals . . . will drink of it till they lye down and many times die in the place." From the library of John Evelyn with the Evelyn book label "JE" on the front paste-down. Early marginal notes in Mandelslo's adventures though not in Evelyn's hand alas. London: Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669 unknown
170030095Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk 1700. Other. A very skillfull small restauration in the paper at the upper part of the centre fold of the map towards the blank margins and just touching the engraved border of the round celestial map. The map is overall in very good to excellent condition. A very skillfull small restauration in the paper at the upper part of the centre fold of the map towards the blank margins and just touching the engraved border of the round celestial map. The map is overall in very good to excellent condition. 50.3 x 576 cm 19.75 x 2275 inches. Copper engraving hand colored in outline and wash when published. Adam Friedrich Zürner produced this interesting and detailed world map for Petrus Schenk. Depicted is a fine double hemisphere world map which is decorated with landscape in the background and two smaller double hemisphere celestial maps of the southern and northern hemisphere. In the upper section of the map are further 12 small celestial and terrestial circular maps in the lower section a small engravingSystema Copernici and another one with the phases of the moonPhases Lunae at the very bottom another 12 engraved small round astronomical diagrams. The two hemispheres are cartographically up-to-date and show the routes of explorers including Magellan Dampier Tasman Gaetani and Chaumont. Nova Britannia an island separately adjacent from New Guinea is shown with an inscription saying that it was discovered by Dampier in 1700 Shirley. Shirley 639 Petrus Schenk unknown
1699NF2821RELATION DU VOYAGE DE MR. EVERT ISBRAND ENVOYE DE SA MAJESTE CZARIENNE A L'EMPEREUR DE LA CHINE EN 1692 93 & 94 Amsterdam Chez Jean-Louis De Lorme Librairie fur le Rockin a la Liberte 1699 first edition 250 pages with both frontispiece and map present some wear to the fore edge corner tips else a vg copy with just about fine contents void of any foxing whatsoever with attractive marbled end-papers bound in a full leather 19th century calf binding with faux raised spine of six compartments one of which is decorative and one which bears the title. A most uncommon work this volume with a bookplate and a handust-wrapper ritten pencil notation that this is from the library of the Duke of Devonshire. Text in French of course. Chez Jean-Louis De Lorme, Librairie fur le Rockin, a la Liberte hardcover