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Madrid, Bernardo de Villa-Diego, 1680, 20 x 15 cm., pergamino de época, 8 hojas incluso portada a dos tintas + 70 págs. (Obra extremadamente rara que narra una conspiración ficticia perpetrada en Inglaterra en 1678, atribuida a miembros de la Iglesia católica con el fin de desacreditarlos en un escándalo público y basada en un supuesto complot papista que pretendía asesinar al rey Carlos II de Inglaterra y reemplazarlo por Jacobo II, su hermano de confesión católica). (Extremely rare. This Manifesto dated London, 3 January 1679 (p.39) and translated into Castilian by July of the same year, appeared at the height of the panic about the popish plot. Commissioned by a man of importance ("un gran sujeto"), the translation aimed to publicize the facts about the persecution of Catholics. The work provides detailed biographies of the principal inventor of the plot - Titus Oates, and of other key witnesses -- William Bedloe and his brother, Miles Prance and Stephen Dugdale. The details of the supposed conspiracy to assassinate the King are examined and the claims of the witnesses challenged. Particular attention is paid to the activities of Oates and the Bedloes in Spain, and their characters and conduct are discredited. The assertions of the Manifesto are supported by the evidence provided in five "Instruments": sworn testimonies by various Spaniards, English Merchants in Bilbao, a letter by Oates himself relating to the Bedloes and a letter of the Rector of the Irish College in Salamanca).
First Edition. Original board with paper label on front, as issued, 8vo, 54 pages ; 22 cm. In English with Hebrew. Singerman 564; Rosenbach 368; Bruntjen 21148; Goldman-Kinsberg 183. Goldman notes, Joshua Seixas, the son of Gershom Mendes Seixas (the minister of New York's Shearith Israel congregation), was born in New York in 1802....He taught in Shearith Israel's Hebrew school in the mid-1820s and he established the congregation's first choir. Seixas moved to Charlestown, MA, in the early 1830s and gave lessons in Hebrew. Among his pupils were Harvard students. Seixas began referring to himself as James while in Charlestown...Seixas then settled in Hudson, OH. He offered private Hebrew classes to students at Oberlin College, and later at Western Reserve University...He also taught groups of Mormons- the center of the movement at the time was in Kirtland, OH- and among his students were Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Orson Hyde, another early leader of the movement." This is presumably the very edition of his book that he would have used with his Mormon students there. "Seixas left Ohio in 1836 and he was living in Staten Island, NY, by 1838.....a few of his many children remained within the community; others did not....Seixas's grammar was reviewed favorably in its time (Goldman, 'Joshua/James Seixas," 72), though Chomsky later criticized it (Chomsky [1958], 133-4). In addition, the printer, Gould, was a relative of Joseph Smith, who is descendant of Zaccheus Gould by the marriage of Samuel Smith and Priscilla Gould. The Smiths came from Topsfield, near Andover, where Gould had his press. For detailed analysis of Seixas' relationship with the founders of the Mormon church, see Rick Grunder's 2015 essay "A Teacher for the Temple: The Infectious Exuberance of Joshua Seixas" (www.rickgrunder.com/seixas.pdf). SUBJECT(S): Hebrew language -- Grammar. OCLC: 4821518. Period ownership signiture. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Lacks backstrip. Some foxing and staining, Good Condition (AMR-65-31A)
3 volumes in-8 (192 x 124 mm), plein veau tabac moucheté de l'époque, dos lisses richement ornés d'un décor de compartiments cloisonnés de roulettes en losange, fer central à l'urne répété et filets dorés, palettes en tête et pied, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin bordeaux et olive, coiffes guillochées or, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges, garde de papier d'Augsbourg, (4), xvj, 268, iii p. - (4), 275, (1) bl., iii p. - et (4), 299, (1) bl., iii p. Rare première et unique édition française de l’édition collective des principaux traités politiques du philosophe et théoricien du républicanisme James Harrington (1611-1677), traduits par l’historien et juriste Pierre-François Henry (1759-1833). Modèle pour la France révolutionnaire, l’ouvrage est publié fort à propos pendant les événements. L'édition renferme le texte intégral d' "Océana", "d'un point de vue sociologique ou politique, l'une des utopies les plus remarquables. 'Le plus savant de tous les utopistes' (cf. Ruyer, p. 180 sq. et Servier), le seul à présenter son budget et celui dont le but était la démocratie, sans corruption ni bureaucratie" (Valette, 'Utopies', n°145). "Ce qui distingue avant tout l'utopie des autres ouvrages de théorie politique, c'est que la société idéale y prend corps dans un espace concret, peuplé de personnes que l’on se représente en train de vaquer à leurs tâches quotidiennes" (cf. M.-I. Ducrocq, 'L’utopie de républicaine de Harrington…', "R.P.M.A.", Université de Rouen, 2013, p.31-42). 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' parut en 1656 à Londres durant la période "républicaine" qui s'étend de l'exécution de Charles Ier à la restauration par son fils Charles II. L'ouvrage est dédié à Oliver Cromwell, bien que celui-ci fit censurer la première version du livre. L'oeuvre, qui demeure un grand oublié dans l'histoire de la philosophie politique en France, est d'une importance fondamentale pour la genèse et l'émergence des régimes représentatifs modernes. Les idées exposées par Harrington ont directement inspiré les constituants de plusieurs états américains et, en France, Sieyès et la Constitution de l'an VIII dont il fut le principal artisan. (BnF, 'Utopie', p. 121. Hartig et Soboul, 'Utopie', n°78. Versins, 'Utopies', p. 408). Quelques rousseurs et petites brunissures éparses. Infimes traces de restaurations à la reliure. Bel exemplaire, très frais, très bien relié à l'époque.
8vo., First Edition, with 10 genealogical tables in the text; original decorative ribbed dark green cloth BY BONE & SON, boards elaborately tooled at corners to an arabesque design in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers, very neatly recased, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, and particularly clean copy. A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS COUSIN THE REV. GEORGE CHILTON WITH THE FORMER'S UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's second genealogical work, following his study of Victoria and Albert (1841) and preceding his notable 'Shakepeareana Genealogica' in 1869. George Robert Comyn Chilton, b.1825, was educated at Christ Church Oxford where he gained his BA in 1848 and MA in 1852. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1850. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of Wanborough (Surrey) where he served until at least 1876. THIS WORK IS EXTREMELY SCARCE; PRESENTATION COPIES ARE THE MORE SO
2 parts in one volume: [8],321,[i] + 152,34,[18] pp., "Editio tertia" (in fact this is the 4th edition ; 1st in Paris 1624, 2nd in London 1633, 3rd enlarged in 1645), contemporary full vellum bit soiled though in very good condition, 14cm., text in good condition but paper is somewhat browned on quite some pages, old inscription on second last blanco endpaper, good condition, rare, [Herbert of Cherbury, 1583-1648, religious philosopher and considered as "the father of English Deism", created with his major work "De Veritate" the first purely metaphysical treatise ever written by an Englishman. In "De Veritate" he states the 5 articles which became the charter of English Deism. "De causis errorum" deals with logical fallacies but was unfinished. Both works are clearly meant to be published together and are commonly so bound], F96168
354 pages. Index. Footnotes. "On very rare occasions a book appears which forever changes the way in which we perceive the world around us. Within a short while it becomes hard to understand how we could have functioned without the knowledge gained from it. This is such a book. Quigley presents certain 'keys' crucial to the understanding of 20th century political, economic and military events - events of the past, present, and future... The fact that Carroll Quigley, a highly respected professor at Georgetown University and an instructor at Princeton and Harvard, could not find a publisher for this work, is in itself significant." - Stephen A. Zarlenga, Publisher. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked but for prior owner's neat signature atop front free endpaper. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this significant work. Book
In folio. pp (2), 38, un rame al frontespizio “dominicus muratori inv. et delin. Vincen. Franceschini scul.”, nel testo da indisegni di Muratori e incisi da Rossi, Limpach, Allet, 6 vignette incise su rame come testatine e finalini e un capolettera. Contiene gli elogia a Maria Clementina in diverse lingue: ebraico, graco, arabo, siriaco, armeno, caldaico, copto, polacco, gotico, illirico, ecc ecc. Legatura in piena pelle con cornice dorata ai piatti e decorazioni in oro al dorso.
1st edition. Originally bound into 2 large volumes; Lacks outer bindings, original period internal sewn binding in tact. Folio, 840 pages (8 pages each issue. Complete for 1866 and first half of 1867. English with occasional Hebrew. The Jewish Chronicle, Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. It was initially under the editorship of D. Meldola and M. Angel. On Oct 18, 1844, to the editorship of Joseph Mitchell, it took the title of "The Jewish Chronicle (New Series) and Working Man's Friend"; it appeared only fortnightly till July 9, 1847, when it became a weekly; from Aug. 18, 1854, it was edited by M. H. Bresslau, who changed the title to "The Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer. " From Jan. 12, 1855, A. Benisch assumed the editorship, which he retained till April 2, 1869, when Michael Henry took charge of the paper until his death (JE, 1905) . This run from the final 2 years of the American Civil War, includes numerous ads and announcements from the period, indicating deaths, weddings, and celebrations of all kinds, from across the UK, the British Empire, English Speaking Jewry and, indeed, the entire world. Anniversary dinners and events often list participants, which sometimes read like whos whos of Anglo-jewry of the period, and at other times mention names from the far reaches of the British Empire. Too many various reports, letters, discussions, and ads to describe, SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Great Britain -- Newspapers. First and final leaves show exposure wear, as expected, with a bit of loss along the outer margin of the first leaf (of issue 472) , and the final leaf (of issue 576) lacking about 1/8 of leaf, with text loss. Issue 550 has mostly come loose, with edgewear just touching the outer letters along the outside margins one one leaf. Mid-19th century paper has held up well, Good solid condition overall. Scarce to come up in the trade. (br-11-3)
1st edition. Later Cloth binding, Folio, 800 pages (8 pages each issue. Nearly complete for 1862 and 1863. English with occasional Hebrew. The Jewish Chronicle, Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. It was initially under the editorship of D. Meldola and M. Angel. On Oct 18, 1844, to the editorship of Joseph Mitchell, it took the title of "The Jewish Chronicle (New Series) and Working Man's Friend"; it appeared only fortnightly till July 9, 1847, when it became a weekly; from Aug. 18, 1854, it was edited by M. H. Bresslau, who changed the title to "The Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer. " From Jan. 12, 1855, A. Benisch assumed the editorship, which he retained till April 2, 1869, when Michael Henry took charge of the paper until his death (JE, 1905) . This run from the era of the American Civil War, includes numerous ads and announcements from the period, indicating deaths, weddings, and celebrations of all kinds, from across the UK, the British Empire, English Speaking Jewry and, indeed, the entire world. Anniversary dinners and events often list participants, which sometimes read like whos whos of Anglo-jewry of the period, and at other times mention names from the far reaches of the British Empire. Too many various reports, letters, discussions, and ads to describe, SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Great Britain -- Newspapers. Internal hinges of binding broken. 1st issue with heavy edgewear, 2nd issue moderate edgewear, other issues in good solid condition with some old staining as expected. Scarce to come up in the trade. (br-11-5)
A spectacular album of somewhat impressionistic color lithographs, dedicated to the artist's (American) mother, which depict the picturesque scenery of the East Coast from Massachusetts to Virginia, c. 1946. 13 original color lithographs, 10 of which are matted, full-page, and hors-texte, each signed and numbered in pencil. EXCEPTIONALLY, LAID INTO THIS COPY IS A STUNNING ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY CLAIRIN ON FINE WOVE PAPER, FULLY SIGNED, TITLED ("ENTREE DU PORT DE GLOUCESTER"), DATED ("15 AOUT 46"), AND DEDICATED ("POUR MANET") IN PENCIL. Edition limited to 115 numbered sets. Printed on fine Lana wove paper. Scenes include Madison Avenue, New York at Night, Sunset Lodge, Rockefeller Center, Westport, East River, Charlottesville, Baltimore, Allbany, University of Virginia, Gloucester Port, and others. Large folio (15 1/2" tall). Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. In the original chemise (perfect) and slipcase (lightly worn).
375 pages. Index. "When I began my study I looked upon Woodrow Wilson as the villain of the ensuing drama. As I proceeded to delve into the debris of reminiscences and unwritten history, he gradually assumed some aspects of a martyr and a saint. There was a time when there was no one in the world whom I distrusted more than Edward Mandell House. Today he seems to me a genuine philosopher and a gifted statesman. Even if his good intentions, like Wilson's, have helped to pave mankind's way to hell, they gave us a glimpse of the Promised Land where peace abides and a new sanction governs the fate of nations." - xiv. It is commonly believed that Colonel House was in fact a Rothschild agent, assigned the task of seeing the Federal Reserve Act brought into law, thus privatizing the issuance of American money (again). If so, this book is of major importance to every American. Gift greetings, dated 1932, upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average wear and soiling to tan cloth-covered boards. Narrow openings in cloth between backstrip and back board. Book
pp. (6), 236. In antiporta ritratto inciso su rame e nel testo ritratti incisi su legno dei regnanti d’Inghilterra da William the Conquerour a King James II. Legatura in piena pelle con dorso usurato. Le pagine leggermente brunite.
2 ouvrages reliés en un volume in-8 (201 x 128 mm), plein veau blond de l'époque, dos à nerfs guillochés or, orné de compartiments fleuronnés et cloisonnés, filet doré en encadrement des plats et grandes armes dorées au centre, filets sur les coupes, tranches rouges. 1- Édition publiée un an après la première des 'Lettres philosophiques', seconde sous le titre de 'Lettres écrites de Londres'. Vignette de titre de G. F. L. Debrie, gravée par Cl. Duflos. "Edition d'autant plus intéressante qu'elle reproduit l'original français tel que Voltaire l'envoya à Thieriot pour être traduit et imprimé en anglais" (Bengesco, II, p. 15). En 1726, Voltaire s'exila en Angleterre après un séjour à la Bastille. Après son retour en France, il publia cet essai sur la tolérance religieuse et la liberté du commerce. Ce livre qui fit scandale fut condamné et Voltaire dut s'exiler de nouveau. L'ouvrage eut un retentissement considérable à travers l’Europe. Rousseau en dit qu’il "éveilla son esprit" et Lafayette affirma qu'il fit de lui un républicain à l’âge de neuf ans. (Bengesco, n°1558, p. 19, note 2. Voltaire à la BN, n°3680). 2 – Première édition officielle publiée en Hollande, la même année que la première (Rouen, 1733), donnée comme "édition véritable" et comportant le nom de Voltaire au titre. Vignette de titre de G. F. L. Debrie, gravée par Cl. Duflos. Le texte est précédé d'une "lettre à Mr. de C… [Cideville]" qui fait office de préface et est suivi de l'approbation de Crébillon datée du 21 avril 1733. Bengesco commente cette édition à partir de la correspondance de Voltaire: "Voltaire, menacé d'une lettre de cachet pour avoir fait imprimer son poème sans permission, dut 'rebâtir un second Temple' (…). Il 'embellit le tout par de nouveaux vers' et joignit à son poème de nouvelles notes 'plus instructives que les premières'". (Bengesco, I, n° 602, p.162. Voltaire à la BN, n°2421). Trois petites taches claires et légères traces de restauration à la reliure. Provenance: Marie-Sophie Colbert de Seignelay, Duchesse de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1711-1747) avec ses armes dorées au centre des plats. Très bel exemplaire, très bien relié à l'époque, parfaitement conservé, grand de marges, imprimé sur beau papier vergé de Hollande.
1st edition. Later cloth, 4to. English with occasional Hebrew. The Jewish Chronicle, Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. It was initially under the editorship of D. Meldola and M. Angel. On Oct 18, 1844, to the editorship of Joseph Mitchell, it took the title of "The Jewish Chronicle (New Series) and Working Man's Friend"; it appeared only fortnightly till July 9, 1847, when it became a weekly; from Aug. 18, 1854, it was edited by M. H. Bresslau, who changed the title to "The Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer. " From Jan. 12, 1855, A. Benisch assumed the editorship, which he retained till April 2, 1869, when Michael Henry took charge of the paper until his death (JE, 1905) . Includes numerous ads and announcements from the period, indicating deaths, weddings, and celebrations of all kinds. Anniversary dinners and events often list participants, which sometimes read like whos whos of Anglo-jewry of the period, and at other times mention names from the far reaches of the British Empire. Much on selection and early activity of Adler as new Chief Rabbi, controversy about the Burton Street Synagogue. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Great Britain -- Newspapers. Masthead is occasionally trimmed close, with parts of "Sefer Zikaron" clipped, 1 closed tear, otherwise in outstanding condition in modern library binding. (br-11-7)
Third edition. Carefully revised, corrected, and improved. Original board with paper label on front, as issued, 8vo, 83 pages ; 22 cm. In English with Hebrew. Singerman 1263. Goldman (183), notes, Joshua Seixas, the son of Gershom Mendes Seixas (the minister of New York's Shearith Israel congregation), was born in New York in 1802. Little is known about his life. He taught in Shearith Israel's Hebrew school in the mid-1820s and he established the congregation's first choir. Seixas moved to Charlestown, MA, in the early 1830s and gave lessons in Hebrew. Among his pupils were Harvard students. Seixas began referring to himself as James while in Charlestown and it is assumed that he converted to Unitarian Christianity while there. Seixas then settled in Hudson, OH. He offered private Hebrew classes to students at Oberlin College, and later at Western Reserve University...He also taught groups of Mormons- the center of the movement at the time was in Kirtland, OH- and among his students were Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Orson Hyde, another early leader of the movement. Seixas left Ohio in 1836 and he was living in Staten Island, NY, by 1838. It is not clear what his relationship to the Jewish community was in his later years. His death in 1874 is not mentioned in Shearith Israel's records, but the death of his wife is. (The two lived apart after retuning to New York.) Also, a few of his many children remained within the community; others did not. Seixas was in regular contact with Christian Hebraists throughout his life. He corresponded with Moses Stuart on personal and scholarly matters and he proofread the grammars published by Stuart and George Bush. Seixas himself authored grammars for Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic .An expanded second edition (119 pp.) was published in 1834 UA #590]; a third revised and corrected edition (83 pp.) was published in 1852 UA #1263]. Seixas's grammar was reviewed favorably in its time (Goldman, 'Joshua/James Seixas," 72), though Chomsky later criticized it (Chomsky [1958], 133-4). For detailed analysis of Seixas' relationship with the founders of the Mormon church, see Rick Grunder's 2015 essay "A Teacher for the Temple: The Infectious Exuberance of Joshua Seixas" (www.rickgrunder.com/seixas.pdf). Interesting assortment of period ownership inscriptions including Jackson Coffing; A.J. Sem, NY City Nov 21st 1853; and Geo Wilson Lemert (?), From his sister Josephine, Antioch Apr. 24th 1869. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew language -- Grammar. OCLC: 4821518. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Lacks backstrip. Dampstains throughout, original boards show moisture damage as well, but book is solid. In fitted buckram archival clamshell box (AMR-65-31)
Bound in modern vellum. 8vo, [14] pages+ 286 columns, [14] pages+1336 columns. In French. TItle translates as The Grand Thresor, or Dispensary, and antidotary both general and special, or particular of remedies serving the health of the human body. [Originally] Presented in Latin and Now Translated into French and Enriched with Annotations & Notes ... With a Brief and Easy Method of Extracting Faculties From Purgative Medicines. Not in Caillet, Ferguson; Krivatsy 1259 (1609), Duveen, 613 (1609). Two volumes bound together, as issued, with separate title pages. Includes tables, charts and illustrations. One of the most prolific pharmacopoeia of his time, mixing medical prescriptions and alchemy. An important early 17th Century treatise in two parts, one dealing with alchemy and the other with pharmacopoeia; this French translation wasproduced by Jean Du Val, doctor of Issoudun. The work describes a number of pharmaceutical preparations: oils that beautify the face, potions to moisten the stomach, waters that warm the chest, cerates, scents, tablets. At the end a short and easy method "d'extraire les vertus et facultez des medicaments purgatifs et de separer les formes des metaux et mineraux (to extract the virtues and facilitate purgative drugs and to separate the forms of metals and minerals). The author, Johannes Jacob Wecker was a Swiss physician and philosopher. He worked as a doctor from 1566 and wrote a number of works about medicine, some of which were in both French and Latin. Doubtless fleeing accusations of sorcery, Wecker moved to Basel after having published Les Secrets de Wecker. For a number of years, he worked as a professor of logic at the local university. He published Antidotarum generale, a work about alchemy. His work is known for the elaborate bibliography on chemistry-alchemy. He also reported the first known case of diphallia. (wikipedia) OCLC: 14298187, OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Faint blindstamps on blank endpapers. A few period notes in 17th Century hand on title page; ink has burned through paper in one small blank area, small hole on title page. Six pages in final essay on mineral and metals extraction include period marginalia. Worming to upper margin of 30 leaves, in a few cases just touching the top chapter title text. Some light staining to pages, Very Good Condition Overall. (Med-1-6)
In-8 (164 x 105 mm), plein veau acajou moucheté de l'époque (164 x 105 mm), dos à 5 nerfs richement orné de compartiments fleuronnés et cloisonnés, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux, filet à froid en encadrement des plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges, xxx, 297 p., (1) bl., (9) p. de table et errata, (1) p. bl., (1) f. bl., 2 planches gravées hors texte, bandeaux gravés. Edition originale du premier essai philosophique du jeune Diderot, illustrée de 2 planches gravées hors texte, 1 fleuron et 2 vignettes de Durand gravés par Fessard. "Cet exercice auquel se livra Diderot sur un original anglais fut davantage une paraphrase qu'une traduction. C'est un travail fort important pour saisir l'évolution de sa pensée. Il s'agissait de 'An Inquiry concerning Virtue and Merit de Lord Shaftesbury' (...). Il y avait quelque danger à présenter au public français, un ouvrage qui affirmait aussi franchement l'existence d'une morale naturelle, indépendant des sanctions d'une religion ou d'une Eglise données" (Wilson, ‘Diderot’, p. 44). Sur cet ouvrage capital "pour saisir l'évolution de la pensée de Diderot", cf. A. Wilson, p. 43 sq. et Venturi, 'La jeunesse de Diderot', passim. (Adams, PY1. Cohen, 306. Tchemerzine-Scheler, II, 916). Quelques petites rousseurs. Petit ex-libris effacé au titre. Bel exemplaire, très frais, grand de marges (164 x 105 mm), dans sa première reliure de veau moucheté.
1st edition. Lacks outer binding, original period internal sewn binding in tact. Folio, 632 pages (8 pages each issue. Complete for 1866 and first half of 1867. English with occasional Hebrew. The Jewish Chronicle, Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. It was initially under the editorship of D. Meldola and M. Angel. On Oct 18, 1844, to the editorship of Joseph Mitchell, it took the title of "The Jewish Chronicle (New Series) and Working Man's Friend"; it appeared only fortnightly till July 9, 1847, when it became a weekly; from Aug. 18, 1854, it was edited by M. H. Bresslau, who changed the title to "The Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer. " From Jan. 12, 1855, A. Benisch assumed the editorship, which he retained till April 2, 1869, when Michael Henry took charge of the paper until his death (JE, 1905) . Includes numerous ads and announcements from the period, indicating deaths, weddings, and celebrations of all kinds, from across the UK, the British Empire, English Speaking Jewry and, indeed, the entire world. Anniversary dinners and events often list participants, which sometimes read like whos whos of Anglo-jewry of the period, and at other times mention names from the far reaches of the British Empire. Too many various reports, letters, discussions, and ads to describe, but a report on the re-unification of the Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina, 25 years after the split-off by the reformers, caught our eye. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Great Britain -- Newspapers. Mid-19th century paper has held up very well, Good solid condition overall. Scarce to come up in the trade. (br-11-2)
[… accedunt homilae tres eidem Guilelmo à viris eruditis adscriptae, partim è codice praeclaro antedicto, partim è codice antiquo Lambethano nunc primum editae], Complete in 3 parts (in 2 volumes) with continuous pagination: [I:] cxxxiv [1] 1-346 & [II:] 347-600 & [III:] 601-944pp., with 4 engraved folding plates (depicting: Alphabetum Britannicum, Conspectus quadruplex castri sive arcis Oxoniensis, A prospect of the ruins of Godstowe taken in the year 1718 & A prospect of the church or chapell of Binsey from the south east where we discern the two small bells that hang on the east side of the steeple), full leather bindings with gilt title on spines (some hinges professionaly repaired), 21cm., text in latin, Good copy, OCLC 165619802, Important historical source (on the period 1066-1198) especially on the reigns of Henry II & Richard I, [This most probably concerns the fifth edition, the first edition being edited in 1567 (Antwerp), the 2nd in 1587 (Heidelberg), the 3rd and 4th in 1610 & 1632 by J.Picard (Paris)]
Original Wraps. 8vo. [6], 37, [1] pages. 20 cm. First edition. Full title: The Protestant resolution of faith: being an answer to three questions: I. How far we must depend on the authority of the church for the true sense of Scripture? II. Whether a visible succession from Christ to this day makes a church, which has this succession an infallible interpreter of Scripture, and whether no church, which has not this succession, can teach the true sense of Scripture? III. Whether the Church of England can make out such a visible succession? . The protestant resolution of faith (1683) , maintained that since the age of the apostles the church has had no infallible guide but the scriptures. William Sherlock (c. 1641 June 1707) was a Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. Sherlock was a leader among the brilliant group of London divines including Thomas Tenison, William Clagett, and Simon Patrick who carried on the literary defense of the Church of England against Catholicism from late in the reign of Charles II into that of James II. Sherlock's 'Protestant Resolution of Faith', first published in 1683, was republished in 1685, 1686, and 1687, at the height of the struggle under James. Subjects: Faith - Early works to 1800. Protestantism - Early works to 1800. Apostolic succession - Early works to 1800. Apostolic succession. Faith. Protestantism. Theology, Doctrinal. Church of England - Doctrines - Early works to 1800. Catholic Church - Controversial literature - Early works to 1800. OCLC lists 27 copies, Soiling and aged throughout, otherwise fresh. Good condition. Important (SPEC-40-48)
In-8, demi-maroquin bleu nuit, dos à 4 faux-nerfs filetés or, auteur et titre dorés, daté en pied, couverture conservée (rel. moderne dans le goût de l'époque), lj, (3), 412 p. Edition originale, couverture de premier tirage et page de titre de remise en vente comportant une mention fictive de "deuxième édition". "À la faveur d'un quatrième séjour à Londres (mai-août 1839), Flora Tristan actualisa la vaste enquête sur l'Angleterre industrielle. Elle montrait l'Angleterre comme le laboratoire de la civilisation qui ne tarderait pas à gagner l'Europe; elle mettait en garde contre un modèle de développement où l'homme était sacrifié à la tyrannie du profit. Les 'Promenades dans Londres' approfondissaient sa vocation d'enquêtrice sociale" (S. Michaud, in Maitron cd-rom). Du point de vue de la composition et du style, certainement le meilleur des livres de Flora Tristan, où elle donne toute la mesure de son intelligence, de sa sensibilité et de sa lucidité politique. La parution de l'ouvrage en mai 1840 coïncida avec une crise économique majeure, une grève quasi-générale des corporations parisiennes et une structuration de l'organisation ouvrière à un niveau jamais encore atteint. "Les Promenades" obtinrent, dans ce contexte, un accueil élogieux de la presse républicaine et socialiste et un important retentissement populaire. "Au fond, à scruter de près les 'Promenades dans Londres', on peut dire que trois livres s'y trouvent superposés : une enquête de science sociale, une didactique révolutionnaire, un Evangile romantique" (François Bedarida). (J. Puech, 'Vie et oeuvre de F. Tristan', p. 489, n° 9. Maitron, Cd-rom). Quelques rousseurs éparses. Très bon exemplaire, très bien établi dans une reliure de maître.
Paris, Didot, 1757, 25,5 x 20,5 cm., piel de época algo rozada por las puntas y ajado por la unión del lomo, escudo en oro de Carlos X de Francia en ambas tapas, 4 hojas incluso anteportada grabada y orlada y portada con viñeta en cobre con una vista de Cambridge + 471 págs. incluso cabeceras y culp-de-laps con vistas y planos de ciudades + 5 mapas con los contornos coloreados, dos de ellos plegados. (Primera edición de esta descripción de las Islas Británicas. Bellin incluye una guía para navegar por sus costas y un tratado sobre la elaboración de cartas geográficas, citando a otros cartógrafos. Esta obra fue publicada al comienzo de la Guerra de los Siete Años y demuestra el interés francés por las costas inglesas en un momento en que la invasión de Inglaterra formaba parte de la estrategia de guerra francesa).
206 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "... A complete survey from a democratic point of view of the financial machinations of the last century." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
2 volumes in-12 (158 x 98 mm), plein maroquin rouge de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de compartiments cloisonnés et fleuronnés, filets et palettes dorés, triples filets en encadrement sur les plats, filet sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et vert bronze, tranches dorées, xii, 168 [i.e. 268] p. et viii, 211 p. Première édition collective de 'Discourse on Free Thinking' d'Antony Collins dans la traduction de Henri Scheurleer, revue par Jean Rousset de Missy, accompagné de son "Examen" par Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1715), analyse critique et commentaires, donnés séparément et qui occupe l'intégralité du tome II. La 'Lettre d'un médecin arabe', également due à A. Collins, dispose d'une page de titre propre (I, p. 241-168 [i.e 268]). L'adresse de Londres est fictive, l'ouvrage a sans doute été imprimé aux Pays-Bas, vraisemblablement par Marc Michel Rey à Amsterdam. Élève, correspondant et ami de Locke, Anthony Collins est l'une des figures centrales de la Libre-pensée britannique. Dans ce célèbre 'Discours', il approfondit la thèse de Locke sur l'homme produit du milieu et se livre à une apologie de la liberté de penser. La brève et fulgurante 'Lettre d'un médecin arabe' défend et approfondit son système: la doctrine qui attire la persécution n'est pas le mahométanisme, mais tout fanatisme. La postérité de Collins sera considérable parmi les Encyclopédistes français. "L'ouvrage parut dès l'origine comme le manifeste redoutable de tout un parti. La libre-pensée agressive, avec lui, était née" (G. Ascoli, 'La Grande-Bretagne devant l'opinion française', II, p. 86). Le livre fut mis à l'index dès 1715 et attira à son auteur de nombreuses attaques qui l'obligèrent à se réfugier en Hollande. (France littéraire, II, 253. Peignot, 'Livres interdits', II, 214). Très bel exemplaire, imprimé sur vergé de Hollande, parfaitement relié à l'époque en 2 volumes de maroquin rouge, condition rare pour ce type d'ouvrage.
Série complète de 11 tomes, ensemble +/- 7500pp., dans la série "Collection de Chroniques Belges inédites, publiée par ordre du gouvernement", 30cm., imprimé sur papier de luxe, reliures cart.d'éditeur (qqs.dos restaurés, 2 etiquettes aux dos), texte et intérieur en très bon état, [Contenu: tome I: Depuis l'abdication de Charles V jusqu'au départ de Philippe II pour l'Espagne (1555-1559), II-IV: Régence de la Duchesse de Parme (1559-1562, 1562-1564, 1564-1567), V-VI: Gouvernement du duc d'Albe (1567-1570, 1570-1573), VII-VIII: Gouvernement de Requesens (1573-1575, Le conseil d'état 1575-1576), IX-X: Gouvernement de don Juan (1576-1577, 1577-1578), XI: Gouvernement du duc de Parme, première partie (1578-1579)], poids total: 27kg., B84219