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1660037802Circa 1660 1660. Original Engraving . No Binding. Very Good . 5 x 6.5 Cm. Original Engraving Signed I.S Numbered 3 . 2 1/2" X 2 1/4". Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Information About Title And Publisher And Date Would Be Much Appreciated By The Seller. <br/> <br/> unknown
163155459Amsterdam: printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius 1631. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo 16.8 by 11.4 cm. Collation: aleph-lamed-zayin8 = 296 leaves. 612 i.e. 592 pp: p. 464 erroneously numbered 484 465 as 485 and so on throughout. Two column text in unvocalized Hebrew; every fifth verse numbered in the margin. Title within architectural border; half titles with letterpress ornamentation for the Former and Latter Prophets. Contemporary vellumwith exposed thongs edges stained blue; yapp fore-edges; front joint cracked but holding strong. Intermittent light toning to text outmost leaves a bit more darkened; very occasional small stains. Title-page slighltly trimmed 4 mm at bottom edge; expert marginal repairs at bottom corners of 2 leaves; 1 leaf re-margined at fore-edge with no loss of text else a very good copy with crisp clean text.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew Bible published in Amsterdam printed by the rabbi diplomat publisher and religious thinker Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 one of the most distinguished members of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam and the first Jewish printer in the Northern Netherlands. The Amsterdam printer and publisher Hendrick Laurensz Lauretius provided the financing for this edition along with two other Bible editions and two editions of the Hebrew Psalms printed by Menasseh between 1631 and 1646. "These publications were not only made for the local market but mainly for international trade. Thanks to this financial help Menasseh was able to organize his printing office in a more professional way" Fuks hiring a Jewish compositor Judah Leb ben Mordecai Gimple from Posen and a gentile compositor Bartholomeus Laurensz. <br /> <br /> The printing activity of Menasseh was especially important in the steadily growing productions of the Hebrew press in the Northern Netherlands. Fulfilling the needs of the Sephardic community for Jewish ritual texts eliminated the need for expensive imports from Venice and Poland. Menasseh undersood that the relatively cheap paper and tools available in Amsterdam made it possible to compete in quality and prices with the Hebrew presses of Poland Italy and Basel. "Gentile publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam such as Jansonius and Laurentius were quick to see the opportunity of the opening Eastern European market and financed several of Menasseh's publications" Fuks. Menasseh was the first to introduce in the Netherlands waybertaytsch types for Yiddish publications along with illustrated Hebrew books. He was also the first Jewish printer to adopt the Dutch pocket-book format made famous by the Elzeviers.<br /> <br /> Notes on publication date and issue: The title is dated 1630 in Arabic numerals; the colophon notes the date of completion in Hebrew characters as 5 Adar 5391 = 7 February 1631 along with the printer's apology for being unable to provide the index of pericopes promised on the title-page due to lack of printing material. Darlow and Moule describe this issue as Variant A with a Latin imprint appearing in the cartouche beneath the Hebrew title.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: early entry in brown ink at front paste-down with short Greek inscription Theos. dated 1700; old Latin inscription in black ink at top margin title in reference to Hebrew roots; date of 1812 beside Yiddish entry penned in black ink within imprint cartouche at title; old entry in German penned in black ink at verso title beneath which is an oval cartouche in imitation of the one at the title in which an owner has penned in black ink the Hebrew imprint information regarding Hendrick Laurensz as it would appear in the Varient B issue; old library shelf marks at rear paste-down; recent owner entry in blue ink in Hebrew at front paste-down. References: Darlow and Moule 5123a; Fuks/Fuks-Mansfeld no. 152; pp. 105; 111f.; Steinschneider no. 453; Vinograd Amsterdam 22.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: חמשה חומשי תורה פרשיותיו פתוחות וסתומות ×¢"פ ×”×¨×ž×‘× ×–"ל ומדוייק בחסירו' ויתרות להעתק ס"ת ×¢× ×œ×•×— בסופו מועיל לסופרי' ×•× ×‘×™××™× ×¨××©×•× ×™× ×•××—×¨×•× ×™× ×•×›×ª×•×‘×™×: × ×“×¤×¡ בבית ×ž× ×©×” בן ישר×ל ז׳׳צל והוגה בעיון × ×ž×¨×¥ על ידו ×©× ×ª ישמחו השמי×<br /> Amstelodami sumptibus Henrici Laurentii 1630. printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius hardcover
167613763511676. Israel Silvestre 1621-1691. Original French <br /> engraving "View of Versailles from the side of Dragon Fountain." Measurements: Image: 13"h x 19"w; Sheet: 17"h x 22"w. Condition: Very Good. Light age toning and foxing to upper edge; original horizontal crease fold at center; minimal curl at lower right corner. Shelved at Rockville Room G. 1376351. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
16038-3-497Straßburg, Theodor Rihel, 1603. Folio (33x22 cm), mit wiederh. Titelholzschnittbordüre und 129, teils wiederh. Textholzschnitten von Ch. van Sichem und Ch. Stimmer nach Tobias Stimmer, 6nn. Bll., 946 S., 20 nn Bll., 1(w); 6 nn Bll., 214 S., 5 nn. Bll., neuerer Pgmt mit Schließenbändern und RS
164269492Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1642. Full Description:<br> <br> MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana ex Lapsu Adami Deque Divino in Bono Opere Auxilio. Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1642.<br> <br> First edition. Small octavo 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 90 mm. 16 141 1 errata pp. Text in Latin interspersed with Hebrew. A woodcut device on title-page. Woodcut initials.<br> <br> Bound after:<br> <br> MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. De Resurrectione Mortuorum Libri III. Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1636.<br> <br> First edition. Small octavo . 22 133 11 137-241 11 245-346 6 index pp. Text in Latin interspersed with Hebrew. The woodcut printer's device on the title-page is a 'magical square' in Hebrew letters. Woodcut initials.<br> <br> Full contemporary vellum. Front inner hinge cracked but firm. Spine with torn paper label titled in ink manuscript. Some ink call numbers on spine but no other library markings. Vellum a bit soiled. Title-page of Dissertatio is backed with loss to fore-edge margin but not affecting text. Leaf A2 of the same book with repair to top margin just touching headline. Leaf T2 in Resurrectione with small closed tear touching some letters but with no loss. Front pastedown with bookplate from Rochester Theological Seminary. Overall very good.<br> <br> "Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana ex Lapsu Adami" or "Dissertation on the Fragility of Man from the Fall of Adam" is a work in which Menasseh disputed the Christian doctrine of original sin. The work was also published in Latin in the same year.<br> <br> "As per many theological works by Amsterdam scholar and Hebrew printer Menasseh ben Israel Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana was directed primarily to a Gentile audience. Dedicated to Gerbrandt Anslo a Christian Hebraist who was a pupil of Menasseh this study focuses upon the issue of predestination. In opposition to the Christian doctrine of Original Sin Menasseh was a staunch proponent of the traditional Jewish teaching that Man is born into the world pure and innocent." Kestenbaum and Company.<br> <br> De Resurrectione Mortuorum Libri III or 'Three books on the resurrection of the dead' is in Latin which suggests it was for a Christian audience. A Spanish version also exists however which indicates that this text was also written for a Jewish audience which in 1636 was split by theological dissent. This and the Sefer Nishmat hayim can be seen as a response to the challenges of Uriel Acosta 1585-1640. Acosta was a sceptic philosopher who in 1624 had published 'An Examination of the Traditions of the Pharisees'. Acosta was suggesting that rabbis were descended from the Pharisees. The Pharisees were theologically opposed by the Sadducees. Menasseh notes that his work is written "contra Zaducaeos" "against the Sadducee" almost certainly a reference to Acosta. Acosta questioned the idea of the immortality of the soul regarding it as a concept invented by the rabbis without any biblical foundation." University of Leeds.<br> <br> "Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 was among the most accomplished and cosmopolitan rabbis of his time and a pivotal intellectual figure in early modern Jewish history. He was one of the three rabbis of the "Portuguese Nation" in Amsterdam a community that quickly earned renown worldwide for its mercantile and scholarly vitality. Born in Lisbon Menasseh and his family were forcibly converted to Catholicism but suspected of insincerity in their new faith. To avoid the horrors of the Inquisition they fled first to southwestern France and then to Amsterdam where they finally settled. Menasseh played an important role during the formative decades of one of the most vital Jewish communities of early modern Europe and was influential through his extraordinary work as a printer and his efforts on behalf of the readmission of Jews to England." Menasseh ben Israel Rabbi of Amsterdam by Steven Nadler.<br> <br> "Menasseh ben Israel bridged the Jewish and the Christian worlds. He was a rabbi a scholar and a publisher who authored and printed works in Latin Portuguese Spanish and Hebrew. He also collaborated with Rembrandt who etched his portrait. Menasseh ben Israel is particularly interesting to Hebrew scholars and librarians. He revolutionised Hebrew printing and made Amsterdam the capital of Hebrew publishing. He helped create a new standard of Hebrew typography that became widely known imitated and pirated as "Defus Amsterdam" Amsterdam print and "Otiyot Amsterdam" Amsterdam Letters." University of Leeds.<br> <br> HBS 69492.<br> <br> $4000. Printed by the Author unknown
1601V48236Frankfort am Mayn: de Bry printed by Matthes/Matthias Becker 1601-1613. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved titlepages 6 copperplates 80 ex 86 inc. double-page & folding maps by de Bry family. Quarto 305x195mm original blindstamped leather covered boards spine on 5 raised bands upper hinge cracked/covers slightly wormed small remains of front 2 tapes which held clasps no longer present slight damage to some plates uniform light paper browning throughout original small leather tags 5 of 6 to start of each part. Over 80 illustrations & 1 fold out map. Parts 5-10 in this collection each briefly described below cover the Dutch arrival in Mozambique & native customs in Africa & Indonesia during the early colonisation of the Dutch East Indies. Each of the 6 Parts here bound together are briefly described in German on each Titlepage as follows: Part 5. F nfter Theil. eygentlicher Bericht vnd warhafftige Beschreibung der gantzen volkommen Reyse oder Schiffart so die Holl nder mit acht Schiffen in die orientalische Indien sonderlich aber in die Iavanische vnd Molukische Inseln als Bantam Banda vnd Ternate 1st German edition titlepage dated 1601. Engraved/printed titles & 20 plates complete; 6. Sechster Theil . warhafftige historische Beschreibung dess gewaltigen goltreichen K nigreichs Guinea sonst das Goltgestatt von Mina genandt .dated 1603 Engraved/printed titles & 26 plates complete; 7. Siebender Theil darinnen zwo vntershiedliche Schiffarten begrieffen: erstlich eine dreyj hrige Reyse Georgij von Speilbergen Admirals vber drey Schiffe welche An. 1601. auss Seeland nach den orientalischen Indien abgefahren vnd nach viel widerwertigkeiten An.1604 wider in Seelandt ankommen . 2 Parts dated 1605. Engraved/printed titles 22 plates complete; 8. Achter Theil. begreiffend erstlich ein historische Beschreibung der Schiffart so der Admiral Iacob von Neck . in die Orientalische Indien von Ann. 1600 biss An. 1603 gethan. Darnach ein Historia so von Iohan Herman von Bree . dated 1606 with Appendix. Engraved/printed titles 18 plates 3 double-page or fold-out complete; 9. Neundter Theil darinnen begriffen ein kurtze Beschreibung einer Reyse so von den Holl ndern vnd Seel ndern in die Orientalischen Indien . vnter der Admiralschafft Peter Wilhelm Verhuffen in Iahren 1607 1608 vnd 1609 verricht worden . 4 Parts dated 1612-1613. Engraved/printed titles 1st in architect frame but with heading ARCHITECTVRA struck through 20 plates inc. 2 maps title dated 1613 with small world map & 5 plates all complete; 10. Zehender Theil . begreiffendt eine kurtze Beschreibung der neuwen Schiffart gegen Nordt Osten vber die Amerische Inseln in Chinam vnd Iapponiam von Heinrich Hudson newlich erfunden beneben kurtzer Andeutung der Inseln vnd Oerter so auff derselben Reyse von den Holl ndern hiebevor entdeckt worden auss Iohann Hegen von Lintschotten Reise gezogen . 1st Part only dated 1613 with engraved pictorial title but LACKS all 3 double-page maps & 3 plates. The first 2 parts of this present first and only German edition were published 1601-1606 by Johann Theodor de Bry and Johann Israel de Bry. Johann Theodor alone issued parts 9-10. A detailed Yale catalogue of all ten Parts of this German de Bry edition is accessible online at: //search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9995972683408651. de Bry, printed by Matthes/Matthias Becker hardcover
163518006Amsterdam 1635. the author 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked with the original backstrip laid down. With a letterpress decoration on title-page Hebrew text of Psalm 85.11 in a frame a so-called "magical square" in which the the text can be read both horizontally as well as vertically some woodcut initials and some Hebrew passages in the text. 16 156 2 2 blank; 40 346 6 pp. Ad 1: First edition of a work on God's creation of Earth by the well-known Portuguese rabbi writer and printer Menasseh Ben Israel 1604-1657 who established the first Jewish printing office in the Netherlands. The work presents 30 questions or "problems" concerning God's creation of the Earth which Menasseh tries to answer and explain citing or referring to passages of the Tenach. Problems include "on which day were demons created" and "was there another world or earth before God created this one". The preliminaries including an important poem by Caspar Barlaeus which caused the Amsterdam authorities to consider the reintroduction of censorship for Jewish publications. As this didn't happen Barlaeus's poem can be seen as an indicator of the relationship between Jews and Christians and the religious tolerance in Amsterdam during the Golden Age.Ad 2: First edition of a work on the resurrection of the dead by the same author. The work is divided into three "books" and opens with several dedicatory letters an index of the chapters and 3 laudatory poems. The last page of the preliminaries gives a short list is of books translated from Hebrew into Spanish. The main text deals with the Last Judgment the resurrection of the dead and the immortality of the soul.With a bookseller's ticket and bookplate. Title-page of ad 1 slightly smudged browned throughout some water stains and small spots but still in good condition. Binding rubbed along the extremities and sides somewhat scratched rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.l Ad 1: Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld p. 107; STCN 843242612 7 copies; ad 2: STCN 084840250 9 copies; for Menasseh in general: Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld pp. 99-135; NNBW X cols. 604-613. unknown
163355772Amsterdam: by the Author 1633. First edition. Modern calf. Good-. Quarto 19 by 14.6 cm. Collation: asterisk4 A-2G4. 8 240 pp. Woodcut printer's device at title; 4 half-titles; printed marginalia. Text in Latin. Recent full polished calf to style spine with raised bands. Text lightly toned with damstaining/spotting especially at outermost leaves; occasional slight chips or small tears at margins; one leaf with perforation resulting in loss of several letter on each side of page; small perforation in blank field at title. A fairly good copy.<br /> <br /> First part only of the first Latin edition of this classic work on Jewish apologetics written by the celebrated rabbi religious thinker and printer-publisher Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657. The work was first published in Spanish at Amsterdam in four parts between 1632 and 1651. By providing a harmonization of all the apparent contradictions within the Hebrew Scriptures he hoped to encourage converso Jews of Iberian descent who had lost touch with their religious heritage to make the return to rabbinic Judaism. The present volume deals with the Pentateuch Five Books of Moses; the second volume treats the Prophetic books and the Hagiographa Writings. The work was first published a year earlier in a Spanish language edition.<br /> <br /> The work attempts resolution to no less than 180 seeming discrepancies in the Pentateuch. The breadth of Menasseh's encyclopedic knowledge is vast the Conciliador contains citations from 221 Jewish and 54 non-Jewish authorities. "No reader could fail to be impressed by the amazing range of titles which the author proudly appended to the work" Roth. References: Kayserling p. 69; C. Roth A Life of Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi Printer and Diplomat Philadelphia 1945 p. 88. Silva Rosa 16. <br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: Conciliator sive De convenientia locorum S. Scripturae quae pugnare inter se videntur. Opus ex vetustis & recentioribus omnibus Rabbinis magnâ industriâ ac fide congestum. Amstelodami. Auctoris typis & impensis. M.D C XXXIII. by the Author unknown
168165751Amsterdam, Jacob von Meurs Witwe, 1681. Fol. Mit illustr. Kupfertitel, Drucktitel in Rot u. Schwarz m. kl. Holzschn.-Vignette, 8 Kupferkarten (davon 5 doppelblattgr. u. 3 gefalt.), 31 Kupfertafeln (davon 21 doppelblattgr. u. 2 gefalt.) u. 34 halbseitigen Textkupfern. 3 Bll., 220 S., 2 Bll.; 1 Bl., 456 S., 4 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. handschriftl. Rückentitel.
166717464Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1667. Ca. 49 cm x 54 cm. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1660B6282Paris: N. Langlois n/a c.1660’s-1670’s. Expertly rebacked; few tear repairs mostly marginal; overall in near fine condition with plates clean and crisp. . Binding: Contemporary mottled full calf; expertly rebacked; spine with five 5 raised bands; gilt lettered title on morocco label on two; compartments with central gilt floral ornament; dated; endpapers renewed; all edges cut. Notes: PERELLE GABRIEL 1603/or 10/ or 20 - 1675/or77/ or 80 an eminent French designer and engraver born at Paris. He excelled in drawing and engraving landscapes and views of which we have a prodigious number which prove the fertility of his invention and an extraordinary facility of execution rather than an observant study of nature. They are however composed in a very pleasing style and executed with neatness and taste. He usually enriched them with ruins and other objects which give an agreeable variety to his scenery. His principal defect is in the management of his masses and his lights are scattered and in spots by which the general effect of his prints is materially injured. Although by far the greater part of his plates are from his own compositions he also engraved from the designs of several other masters particularly Paul Brill Gaspar Poussin Jan Asselyn and above all after Silvestre. He was assisted in his numerous works by his sons ADAM 1638/ or 40-1695 and Nicholas b.1631/ or 38- 1695 PERELLE who after his death engraved a great number of plates of architectural views landscapes &c. but which are inferior to those of their father. <br>He is considered the Hollar of France both in his style of engraving and the esteem in which his views are held. His large views of public buildings and gardens in France Italy and Spain were published with those of Silvestre in 1680; and there is a set of smaller views by these artists.<br><br> Size: oblong folio 285x370mm Illustration: Illustrated with 164 architectural etchings of palaces great houses and churches detailed views of their gardens gates squares fountains etc. The album of Perelle engravings depict four 4 overall areas 1. Paris and surroundings 2. Versailles 3. France and 4. A collection on Rome - the latter containing six 6 plates etchings after drawings by Asselyn. This attractive album consists solely of large views no plan outlines or small sized half-paged etchings otherwise often featured as part of these albae. Title pages point to the publication being very early – not yet including the imprints printed in later publications.<br>The album on Paris containing 61 plates starts with a title without imprint but signatures by Perelle and Langlois; perspective views of Paris follow with its bridges the Seine the Louvre and Tuileries the Palais-Royal the Luxembourg or ‘Palais d'Orleans’ the Place Dauphine the College des quatre nations; the small island of the Notre Dame on the Seine the city hall the famous entrance gates to the city: Porte de la Conference St.Honore St. Denis St. Martin St.Bernard and St.Anthoine; depictions of monuments and buildings as the l'Arc de Triomphe the Notre Dame the ‘Monastere Royal de Val de Grace’ fountains and the observatory the ‘Invalides’ l'Hospital de la Salpestriere gardens of the Hotel de Conde and St. Victor. The views of the surrounding Paris feature the Chateau de Vincennes Conflans the Chateau of St. Maur the Chateau of Madrid the Chateau of St. Cloud the Chateau of Meudon the House of Boisfrant at St.Ouen the Grotte of Ruel.<br>The album on Versailles with 36 plates # 62- 97 starts with its title page without imprint then depicts perspectives of the castle the gardens and castle grounds the king's stables the great entrance cascades grottes water-fountains bassins dedicated to gods and the menagerie.<br>Perelle’s great houses of France with 45 plates #98-142 begins with its titlepage with no imprint except signatures followed by more buildings in the environs of Paris of Chaville St. Germain en Laye Maison Sceaux Rincy Pompone Choisi; this is followed by views of Fontaine-bleau the Chateau of the Vaux le Vicomte of Villiers-Coste-Rez Monceaux Liencour Chantilly Richelieu and Ancy.<br>The Rome or fourth album with 22 etchings starts with a title leaf without imprint but signatures of Perelle and N. Langlois; followed by magnificent views of St. Peter St. Angelo the new capitol and the arc of Constantin and the Colisseum the arc of Septimus Severus the bath of Emperor Diocletian; a group of six unsigned plates after I. Asselin e. showing Charles V Rome’s aquaeduct the Colisseum 2 ruins of the Palais Maior ruins of Marius’ trophies; this is followed by views of the Vigne Pamphili with its entrance garden amphitheatre and the fountain of Venus; at the end a plate depicting the fountain of Tivoli.<br> References: Michael Bryan Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Biographical and Critical 1849 p.560; Berlin Katalog 2483&2675; BNF - Getty Research Institute 2015 pp. 90-115 chap. II: Architecture and engraved views; Brunet IV p. 494; Fowler p. 245; Ganay Category: Book Art Architecture & Design; Book Plate Books General; Book Europe France; Book Europe Italy; N. Langlois hardcover
168155492R. Janeway London 1681. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". Unbound as issued. Pages browned. Some chips to margins. Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. This set is published over the period 1678-81. 1 The Popish Damnable Plot against our Religion and Liberties R. Janeway: London 1680 31pp attributed to Israel Tonge. Cover loosening. 2 The Second Part of the Collection of Letters and Other Writings relating to the Horrid Popish Plot: Printed from the Original in the Hands of Sir George Treby Samuel Heyrick: London 1681 34pp. 3 A Collection of the Substance of Several Speeches and Debates made in the Honourable House of Commons relating to the Horrid Popish Plot Francis Smith: London 1681 20pp. Front cover loose and chipped. 4 The Depositions and Examinations of Mr. Edmund Everard Concerning the Horrid Popish Plot against the Life of His Sacred Majesty the Government and the Protestant Religion Dorman Newman: London 1679 16pp. 5 The Popish Massacre as it was discovered to the Honorable House of Commons: Sitting in a Grand Committee for the Suppression of Popery John Smith: London 1679 8pp. 6 An Impartial Account of Divers Remarkable Proceedings The Last Sessions of Parliament Relating to the Horrid Popish Plot London 1679 10pp. 7 The Pardon of Thomas Earl of Danby 1678 3-10pp. No title page. 8 The Reasons & Narrative of Proceedings Betwixt the Two Houses: Which were delivered by the House of Commons to the Lords 1679 15-26pp. 1 & 2 bound together as are 4 5 6 7 & 8. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Politics & Government. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55492. . R. Janeway paperback
