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17152135233Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts 1715. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor loss from spine head & foot ink name on front flyleaf. 1715 Full-Leather. viii 141 2 pp. Full calf gilt titles decorations & rules marbled endpapers. Latin text. A work of history by a contemporary of Hadrian. Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts hardcover books
1723214670London: Printed for Abel Roper 1723. First edition. 6 352 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full calf. Spine label intact upper hinge and joint roughly repaired rear hinge and joint cracked. Internally Fine. First edition. 6 352 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for Abel Roper unknown books
172536632Romae: Typis Bernabò sumptibus Francisci Giannini bibliopolae 1725. 8vo 19 cm; 7.5". 18 ff. 464 pp. 12 last a blank ff. <br><br>During the first year of Benedict XIII's pontificate 1725 as the bishop of Rome he hosted a concilium for the province of Rome. The assembled prelates met in the Lateran Basilica to review and revise the rules and laws regulating the clergy in and of the province producing revisions that were numerous and important. These were promulgated promptly and published in several editions in 1725. This is one of three editions we have identified as being printed in that year all from the press of the same printer. No priority has yet been established for their order of appearance. Contemporary vellum over light pasteboards with slightly raised bands; the vellum used here was recovered from earlier use in a binding or some document. Some foxing and other staining/soiling in text; in all a solid good to good-plus copy. Typis Bernabò, sumptibus Francisci Giannini bibliopolae hardcover books
17018486Trajecti ad Rhenum: Apud Guilielmum vande Water Academiæ 1701. Editio postrema ab innumerabilibus erroribus repurgata. Contemporary vellum professionally repaired front joint with embossed amorial design castle on front & rear board. VG bit of splay to boards/lacking ties/contemporary presentation inscription on blank front fly/early po annotations on Ll1 - Ll3 Tt4 - Vv1. 16 1 - 792 2 815 - 956 32 pp. Index last 16 leaves. Engraved title. Illustrated with 7 inserted copperplate engravings after M1 R2 Bb4 Ff4 Kk1 Xx3 folding Zz2 folding. Tailpieces on Gg1b Yyy4b Nnnn4b Vvvv3a Ppppp4b Vvvvv1b Aaaaaa1a & Ccccc4b. 4to: - A - 5F Ggggg & Hhhhh Iiiii - Gggggg Gggggg4 a blank. <br/><br/> Apud Guilielmum vande Water, Academiæ hardcover books
1766565Paris: Lacombe 1766. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 19 x 10 cm 58 pp. including title-page first leaf blank. Bound in red marbled wrappers. Title toned and a bit soiled with two small ink-spots not affecting text toning in the margins of some leaves; nevertheless generally good with some leaves uncut and with original deckle edges. Very rare first and sole edition of the first treatise published by the pioneering French mineralogist Jean-Baptiste Romé de L'Isle 1736-1780 and his sole work on marine biology concerning the "movement generation and nature" of the freshwater polyp. In the present work Romé hypothesizes drawing on observations by the naturalist "M. Bazin" that polyps are a kind of living hive built of thousands of tiny separate units 'petits grains' that nonetheless work harmoniously to feed move and regenerate the entire body. Though Romé's hypothesis is not entirely off the mark-polyps may reproduce asexually by budding for instance-it was eventually disproven by the observations of the naturalist Justin Girod-Chantrans 1750-1841.OCLC: No American copies. Lacombe paperback books
171311573Leide: Pierre Vander 1713. First edition. Full Leather. Good . Three separate volumes labed 1-3 in somewhat worn leather bindings. Text in French. Each volume contains numerous illustrations including fold-out illustrations at the beginning of each volume. 6 1/4 x 4" wide. Still well bound. Magnificent architectural structures of ancient Europe. <br/><br/> Pierre Vander hardcover books
17653598Rome:: A spese di Niccola Roisecco 1765. THIRD ROISECCO EDITION. The second 3-volume edition 1st 1750. Octavo: 3 vols. 17 x 12 cm. I. a8 A-Z8 Aa-Ss8 Tt-Xx4 Xx4 blank and present. With an engraved frontis. a1 and 19 added plates. II. π1 A-Z8 Aa-Rr8 Ss-Tt4 Vv6. With 20 added plates. III. π1 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8 Nn4 Oo8 With Oo8 blank and present. Bound in three uniform bindings of contemporary patterned paste-paper over cartoncino boards. wear to extremities and spines. Internally this is as close to an immaculate set as I have seen with some deckled edges preserved. The text is bright and clean throughout. The folding engravings are crisp.The three volumes are illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in Vol. I numerous engraved illustrations in the text a folding table and 39 folding engraved illustrations of architectural monuments and sculpture. This set is complete with all engravings called for by Rossetti. Sets such as this with all three volumes complete and with all plates bound in their original bindings are rare on the market. Excellent. A beautiful three-volume set describing and illustrating the ancient medieval Renaissance and Baroque monuments and buildings of Rome. This publication marks the culmination of a long series of developments in illustrated guides to Rome. Beginning with the guidebooks produced by Girolamo Franzini and his heirs in the late 16th-century pilgrims and tourists to the once-again-thriving Eternal City could purchase increasingly more accurate guidebooks to the ancient and modern marvels of Rome. In the late-17th century building on the work of Pompilio Totti Michelangelo and Piervicenzo de Rossi published their "Descrizione di Roma". In subsequent editions the "Descrizione" grew to include the redacted works of various learned authorities. The present three-volume production the third to be published by Gregorio Roisecco is based on the final De Rossi edition of 1727 but has been again expanded to include a third volume. The work comprises two and a half centuries of scholarship. Some of the significant authorities whose works were consulted quoted and extracted for this comprehensive guide include: Bartolomeo Marliani d. 1560 Onofrio Panvinio 1529-1568 Alessandro Donati 1584-1640; Famiano Nardini d. 1661; Cesare Baronio 1538-1607; Alfonso Chacón 1540-1599 Antonio Bosio 1575-1629 and Ottavio Panciroli 16th c. Rossetti 8883; Schudt 208 A spese di Niccola Roisecco, books
17503631Rome:: Gregorio Roisecco mercante di libri in Piazza Navona nella stamperia Puccinelli 1750. THE FIRST EDITION IN THREE VOLUMES. The first Roisecco edition in 2 volumes appeared in 1739. Octavo: 3 volumes:. 16.5 x 11 cm. I. 2 xvi 654 pp. Collation: Ï€2 a8 A-Z8 Aa-Ss8 lacking Ss8 blank and with an added leaf Ii after leaf Ii1. Ï€1 is the engraved t.p. With 19 folding plates of which two are folding maps of ancient and modern Rome. 68 engravings in the text. Vol. II. 2 694 pp. Ï€2 A-Z8 Aa-Rr8 Ss-Tt4 Vv6 Ï€1 is the engraved t.p. With 12 added plates. 82 engravings in the text. Vol. III. 4 523 5 pp. A-Z8 Aa-Kk8 Ï€2 is the engraved t.p. With 1 added plate and a folding letterpress table. 8 engravings in the text. Includes the four-page advertisement for other books sold by Roisecco. I. 2 xvi 654 pp. Collation: Ï€2 a8 A-Z8 Aa-Ss8 lacking Ss8 blank and with an added leaf Ii after leaf Ii1. Ï€1 is the engraved t.p. With 19 folding plates of which two are folding maps of ancient and modern Rome. 68 engravings in the text. Vol. II. 2 694 pp. Ï€2 A-Z8 Aa-Rr8 Ss-Tt4 Vv8 Xx4 Xx4 is blank. Ï€1 is the engraved t.p. With 12 added plates. 82 engravings in the text. Vol. III. 4 523 5 pp. Ï€2 1 A-Z8 Aa-Kk8 Ï€1 is the engraved t.p. 1 is the privilege With 1 added plate and a folding letterpress table. 8 engravings in the text. Includes the four-page advertisement for other books sold by Roisecco. In addition to the 3 engraved title pages the 2 folding engraved maps and the 29 folding engraved plates the three volumes are illustrated with 158 engravings in the text. Vol. I with 82 Vol. II with 68 Vol. III with 8. Bound in matching contemporary vellum bindings silk endbands titles in ink on the spines edges of text block speckled red. Fine copies throughout with some mended tears and minor faults as follows: V. 1: Short wormtrail in gutter of a few signatures at end. V. 2: Short wormtrail in gutter of a few leaves at the beginning and a few signatures at end occasionally touching a letter. V. 3 one leaf browned. A few leaves toned. A beautiful three-volume set describing and illustrating the ancient medieval Renaissance and Baroque monuments and buildings of Rome. This publication marks the culmination of a long series of developments in illustrated guides to Rome. Beginning with the guidebooks produced by Girolamo Franzini and his heirs in the late 16th-century pilgrims and tourists to the once-again-thriving Eternal City could purchase increasingly more accurate guidebooks to the ancient and modern marvels of Rome. In the late-17th century building on the work of Pompilio Totti Michelangelo and Piervicenzo de Rossi published their “Descrizione di Romaâ€. In subsequent editions the “Descrizione†grew to include the redacted works of various learned authorities. The present three-volume production the third to be published by Gregorio Roisecco is based on the final De Rossi edition of 1727 but has been further expanded to include a third volume. The work comprises two and a half centuries of scholarship. Some of the significant authorities whose works were consulted quoted and extracted for this comprehensive guide include: Bartolomeo Marliani d. 1560 Onofrio Panvinio 1529-1568 Alessandro Donati 1584-1640; Famiano Nardini d. 1661; Cesare Baronio 1538-1607; Alfonso Chacón 1540-1599 Antonio Bosio 1575-1629 and Ottavio Panciroli 16th c. Fossati Bellani 704; Olschki Choix 17963; Schudt 207 Gregorio Roisecco mercante di libri in Piazza Navona nella stamperia Puccinelli, unknown books
176739389Paris: Briasson 1767. 8vo 3 vols. 7 11/16 x 4 5/8 inches. 36 571; 6 656; 6 290 286 1 pp. 30 engraved plates some folding. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards spines in six compartments with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt with armorial crests in two compartments red edges.<br/> <br/>First and only edition of this comprehensive catalog of the Parisian curiosity collection of Pedro Dávila.<br/> <br/>Pedro Franco Dávila was born in Guayaquil in present-day Peru and studied natural sciences in Lima before moving to Paris in 1740. He took an interest in collecting around that time and over the course of 20 years he amassed the largest collection of natural history specimens in all of Paris. He sought to preserve it by establishing an institution in Spain but after King Carlos III rejected his request Dávila was forced to put the collection up for auction to settle the debts he incurred in building it. The Dávila catalogue as it became known was prepared as a sale catalogue when he sold the collection off in Paris prior to returning to his native Peru. Considering the size of the collection the sale became one of the major auction events of that time period and the catalogue was distributed widely in Paris London Amsterdam Rotterdam and Basel. The catalogue describes 8096 mineral specimens from a broad range of places including Canada Mexico and Paraguay. It further describes over 12000 prints and engravings 1741 original artworks 441 maps plus various scientific instruments and precious stones. It also lists 5253 shells 600 preserved animals 101 plants 3915 fossils 154 bezoars and calculi and 402 books. "Dávila had already written many descriptions but it was his introduction through Balthasar Sage to the young Romé de l'Isle that created this remarkable record of the collection. Romé de l'Isle took the existing material added considerably to the mineralogical descriptions and put the catalog into publishable form. In this task he was assisted by Abbé Duguat who helped with the mineralogical descriptions and Abbé Gua de Malves 1712-1786 who described the shells. Through their efforts two volumes describing natural history specimens were produced one of which was entirely devoted to minerals. In addition a third volume written by Romé de l'Isle probably with assistance from Pierre Remy describes the fossils artwork and books. "The published catalog provides a detailed insight into his collection his special tastes and preferences. The major value of the collection lay in its superb mineral specimens many of which were finely crystallized examples. Romé de l'Isle fully described the many fine mineralogical specimens which included examples of native silver from Norway cassiterite from the Dutch East Indies crocoite from Siberia pyrite from Columbia and calcite from Saxony etc." The Mineralogical Record. Dávila was able to make more than enough to pay off his creditors and subsequently began to amass a second collection. Within three years in October 1771 King Carlos III agreed to accept this second collection and Dávila became the founder and first director of the Royal Cabinet of Natural History of Madrid now known as the National Museum of Natural Sciences where his specimens are still located today.<br/> <br/>Nissen ZBI 1050; Wilson 209; Conlon 67:1238; Sinkankas 1594. Briasson unknown books
17673939Paris:: M. Lambert for Briasson 1767. SOLE EDITION. Three tall octavo volumes:. 19.5 x 12.8 cm. Vol I: xxxvi 571 pages.; Vol II: vj 656 pages; Vol III: vi 290 286 1 pp. Collation: I. a-b8 c2 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8 Nn6 plus 22 plates; II. a3 A-Z8 Aa-Ss8; III. a3 A-S8 T4 a-s8 plus 8 plates Bound in contemporary mottled calf spines gilt with morocco labels light wear small imperfections. Internally all three volumes are in excellent condition. All 30 plates are crisp and in fine impressions. First and sole edition of this comprehensive catalogue of the collection of Pedro Francisco Dávila. The Dávila catalog as it has become known describes 8096 mineral specimens that encompass a large range of localities including a suite of specimens from Potosà in Spanish America as well as many items from Canada Mexico and Paraguay. In addition the catalog lists 5253 shells 600 preserved animals 101 plants 3915 fossils 154 bezoars and calculi and 402 books. Over 12000 prints and engravings 1741 original artworks 441 maps as well as various scientific instruments and precious stones are also described. "Pedro Francisco Dávila possessor of the largest collection of natural history specimens in Paris and wishing to establish an institution in Spain to preserve it approached King Carlos III of Spain. But political difficulties and an approaching war with England distracted the king who declined the purchase. Because of debts incurred building the collection creditors forced Dávila to put the accumulation up for auction in Paris. For this purpose a detailed collection catalog was required. Dávila had already written many descriptions but it was his introduction through Balthasar Sage to the young Romé de l'Isle that created this remarkable record of the collection. "Romé de l'Isle took the existing material added considerably to the mineralogical descriptions and put the catalog into publishable form. In this task he was assisted by Abbé Duguat who helped with the mineralogical descriptions and Abbé Gua de Malves 1712-1786 who described the shells. Through their efforts two volumes describing natural history specimens were produced one of which was entirely devoted to minerals. In addition a third volume written by Romé de l'Isle probably with assistance from Pierre Remy describes the fossils artwork and books. The published catalog provides a detailed insight into his collection his special tastes and preferences. The major value of the collection lay in its superb mineral specimens many of which were finely crystallized examples. Romé de l'Isle fully described the many fine mineralogical specimens which included examples of native silver from Norway cassiterite from the Dutch East Indies crocoite from Siberia pyrite from Columbia and calcite from Saxony etc. Dávila had been a collector for over 20 years when his accumulation was auctioned. In that time he or his agents had acquired specimens at other auctions including those that liquidated the collections of Albertus Seba in 1752 the Abbé Joly de Fleury in 1755 Claude Geoffroy in 1753 and others. Dávila's catalog received wide distribution in Paris London Amsterdam Rotterdam and Basle. This helped push the total realized by Dávila to over 800000 Spanish reales more than enough to pay of his creditors and to finance a second collection which he immediately began to build. Within two or three years he had again amassed a sizable collection specializing in minerals and selected with more knowledge and experience than his first collection had been. Once again he dreamed of establishing the cabinet in Madrid. In October 1771 this became reality when King Carlos III agreed to take over his collections with Dávila serving as director for life. This enormous collection eventually passed into the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid where Dávila's specimens are still preserved today."The Mineralogical Record Conlon 67:1238; Nissen ZBI 1050; Sinkankas 1594; Wilson History of Mineral Collecting 1994: 136-40 166 & 209 provides a detailed history of the collections M. Lambert for Briasson, unknown books
