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Contemporary morocco. 12mo. XXIV, 213 pages. IV, 136; 17 cm. In French. De la religion des Brahmines, first French edition. Apologie Du Spinosa, second printing. A travelogue on the mores, customs, language, religion, and philosophy of Hinduism, contains two folded engraved tables; French translation from On the Origin and Nature of Despotism in Hindostan by Alexander Dow. The translator, Claude Francois Bergier (1721-1784) , was a French Jurist, writer, and English translator (including Fergusons Essay on Civil Society) . An Apology for Spinoza and Spinozism, contains Lettre à M. Helvetius dated 15 juillet 1766: pages [125]-136 (Letter to Helvetius in the 1810 edition, absent from the 122 page Altona 1805 edition) . Bound in contemporary morocco, with gilt tooled edges and spine, decorative endpages. Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. India - History. Mogul Empire. OCLC lists 17 copies of Apologie Du Spinosa; 8 copies of De la religion des Brahmines, which sold for ove USD 6700 alone at auction in 2011. Light rubbing to extremities of morocco, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-6)
First and only edition, small folio (305 x 190 mm), [12], xix, [1], 705, [1]pp., woodcut title page vignette in Arabic, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, several leaves folding, a couple of minor repairs to inner margin of title, recent half calf to style, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, a handsome copy with text clean and fresh. This volume 'forms a complete treatise in itself, since the it exhausts the Science of Arabic Inflexion'?Preface. All published, the intended second volume of Arabic "syntax" never made it to print.
In-8°, 135 pp, antiporta calcografica illustrata da L. Banzo, ai piatti legatura in pelle alle armi di papa Pio IX con stemma centrale entro doppia cornice riccamente decorata, titolo in oro al dorso, tagli in oro. Buona copia. Prima edizione. La vita di questo avventuroso missionario portoghese (João de Brito) viene descritta da padre Boero, gesuita che dedicò molta parte della sua vita alla compilazione delle biografie di martiri missionari con uno stile che travalica definitivamente l’agiografia barocca e trionfalista. I suoi lavori sono importanti anche per la descrizione dei luoghi in cui si svolge l’operato del padre missionario. João de Brito svolse il suo ministero in India, nella provincia del Marava, dove ritornò dopo esserne stato cacciato. Venuto in insanabile contrasto con il principe locale, subì il martirio a Oriyur il 4 febbraio 1693. Fu beatificato da Pio IX nel 1859 e canonizzato da Pio XII nel 1947. In-8 °, 135 pp, chalcographic frontispiece engraved by L. Banzo, calf covers with the coat of arms of Pope Pius IX with central coat of arms within a richly decorated double frame, gilt title on the back, gilt edges. Good copy. First edition. The life of this adventurous Portuguese missionary (João de Brito) is described by Father Boero, a Jesuit who devoted much of his life to compiling the biographies of missionary martyrs with a style that definitively goes beyond Baroque and triumphalist hagiography. His works are also important for the description of the places where the missionary father's work takes place. João de Brito carried out his ministry in India, in the province of Marava, where he returned after being expelled. Coming into irremediable conflict with the local prince, he suffered martyrdom in Oriyur on February 4, 1693. He was beatified by Pius IX in 1859 and canonized by Pius XII in 1947.
In folio (mm. 372x235), mz. pergamena antica con ang., titolo oro su tassello al dorso, tagli gialli, 20 cc.nn., 247 pp.num., con pregevole antiporta allegorica e ritratto di Zanoni, entrambi inc. in rame da Giuseppe de Benedictis su disegno di Domenico Maria Fratta; frontespizio in rosso e nero con incisa marca tipografica, ornato da una bella e grande iniziale e una testata, pure incisi in rame. Importante opera, introdotta da una dedica al Pontefice Benedetto XIV, da notizie biografiche dell’Autore, seguite da autorevoli testimonianze e notizie biografiche che riguardano il Padre Matteo da S. Giuseppe carmelitano scalzo, il cui Viridario orientale contribuì ad accrescere il merito di questa storia botanica. E’ un’opera magnificamente illustrata da 185 tavole, relative per lo più a rare specie del Malabar (India). Le descrizioni delle piante orientali provengono da un manoscritto intitolato: “Plantarum imaginesquae frater Matthaeus a S. Joseph extraxit ex libro Saladini Artafa in urbe Balsora Indiarum Orientalium..”. "Prima edizione latina", considerata la migliore. Fu in parte data in luce nel 1675 dallo Zanoni stesso con sole 80 tavole. Questa del 1742 fu curata, riordinata e ampliata dai nipoti dell’A. sui manoscritti originali di Giacomo e messa in latino da Gaetano Monti che l’arricchì di osservazioni e di illustrazioni. Cfr. Nissen, 2194, p. 203 - Pritzel, 10459 - Caldesi “Biblioteca Botanica”, 148. "Giacomo Zanoni nasce a Montecchio (Reggio Emilia), nel 1615. Rimasto presto orfano del padre, viene affidato alle cure di uno zio, il quale lo indirizza a seguire la professione paterna di speziale. Già da giovanissimo mostra un grande interesse per la botanica, e a vent’anni si trasferisce a Bologna per approfondirne lo studio. A Bologna esisteva dal 1568, fondato da Ulisse Aldrovandi, uno dei primi Orti botanici. Questa istituzione nasce per l’osservazione e studio delle piante officinali nel XVI secolo, con i primi esempi in Italia, a Padova e Pisa, e trova impulso dalla scoperta di nuove specie dal Nuovo Mondo. Nel 1642 Giacomo Zanoni, che a Bologna ha evidentemente dato prova delle sue doti, viene nominato Sovrintendente dell’Orto botanico, incarico che ricoprirà per 40 anni. Qui coltiva piante provenienti dai viaggi di esplorazione, crea un erbario.. pubblica nel 1675 un’opera che diviene una pietra miliare: l’Historia botanica, magnificamente illustrata. La fama derivatagli da quest’opera induce il Senato bolognese a concedere a lui e ai suoi discendenti la cittadinanza bolognese.. Muore a Bologna nel 1682" (v. Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia). Solo qualche lieve traccia d’uso altrimenti esemplare molto ben conservato.
2 Vols., small folio (305 x 190 mm), xxxiii, [3], 49-458; [4], 582, [2]pp., text in English and Persian, occasional marginal pencil notes, title page and terminal leaf to both volumes browned, staining to inner upper corner of leaves to start and end of volume two, later vellum-backed marbled boards, title in manuscript to spines. One of the most extensive Persian grammars written in English. "Matthew Lumsden (1777?1835), orientalist, was fifth son of John Lumsden of Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, and a cousin of Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden (1821?1896), army general. After education at King's College, Aberdeen, he went to India as assistant professor of Persian and Arabic in the College of Fort William, and in 1808 succeeded to the professorship. In 1812 he was appointed secretary to the Calcutta Madrasa, and superintended various translations of English works into Persian then in progress. From 1814 until 1817 he had charge of the East India Company's press at Calcutta, and in 1818 he became secretary to the stationery committee."?(Oxford DNB). Provenance: John L. Platts? signature in pencil to title page.
[16] + 200pp., illustrated with an additional engraved title and with 4 (of 5, lacking the pl. of the Vesuvius) folding plates and 4 plates out-of-text and with 19 illustrations in text (of which 7 full-page), woodcut ornament on title page, some ornamented initials, text in Italian, text clean and bright with only some occasional small stains and soiling, recent binding in fine condition (quarter-leather, spine with gilt title, marbled boards), 23cm., text in Italian, small inscription on title and in margin of p.[6], good condition, rare, [This is the first book about the famous Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (Ghysen 1602 – Rome 1680), in which Petrucci, a follower of Kircher, defends his views of the “mirabilia”, the marvels of nature and culture. The plates are taken from various of Kircher’s works. The plates and illustrations show a.o. a map of South-Africa (folding), Speculum ustorium (folding, with 3 very small perforations), a funeral chamber (folding), obelisks (folding), 4 plates of Chinese flowers, some extraordinary creatures, etc. // Ref.: De Backer-Sommervogel IV col.1076-1077, Graesse V 241], G96668
282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. Book
Very light foxing to first few pages vol. 1; This is Burtons' first book written while on active duty in modern-day India and Pakistan. Rebound in attractive blue full leather boards with gilt spine lettering and three raised bands. Marbled endpapers. ; 12mo; 297, 309 pages
First edition, royal 8vo (258 x 164 mm), xiv, [2, errata leaf], 136pp., with list of subscribers, 11 lithograph views and plates, all but one hand-coloured, 3 large folding maps (two with minor repairs) and 30 lithographed route maps, one coloured plate with small stain and some light offsetting to maps, other a very nice clean copy, new endpapers, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece. A rare Calcutta printing on the Nilgiri Mountains which form part of the Western Ghats mountain range in Southern India. The fine maps are signed by J. B. Tassin, who started one of Calcutta's earliest lithographic presses in 1830, and later moved in San Francisco. In the preface the author gives full costings for the production of the book and states that 500 copies were printed. Also contains "A list of plants gathered on the Neilgherries, particularly in the environs of Ootacamund, by the Rev. Mr. [B.] Schmid.": p. 129-136. Not in Abbey.
1st Edition. 4to. Later Blue Boards with Original Wrappers bound inside for each issue. A full run of the first 3 years of The Jewish Tribune, from the year 1933 to 1936. 36 issues in total running about 1100 pages. Note that though these are consecutive they are marked as Volumes 1, 2, and 6. Includes a 1934 article titled, The Holocaust in Germany, " an EXTREMELY early use of this term to describe the growing attacks on the Jews of Germany by the Nazis. This rare run of the first three years of Bombays first Zionist periodical is inscribed by Joseph Sargon, who worked as managing editor of the Jewish Tribune during the publication of these issues. Born and educated in Bombay, Mr. Sargon came to the United States in 1939 (land lived in Brookline) after serving as managing editor of the Bombay Jewish Tribune for 13 years. During his world travels, he interviewed and wrote articles about Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and other figures. (Boston Globe, 1990) The Bombay Tribune was established by the nephews of Nissim Elias Benjamin Ezra. N. E. B. Ezra, was a Baghdadi Jewish publisher and Zionist based in Shanghai. He founded the Shanghai Zionist Association in 1903 and its official newspaper, Israel's Messenger, one of China's oldest and most sophisticated Jewish periodicals Influenced by Ezra, his nephews started the newspaper Jewish Tribune in Bombay, India. (Wikipeida, 2017) These 36 issues of the Tribune include the 1st appearance of many articles and editorials from some of the leading Jewish thinkers from across the world including: NEB Ezra, Bernard S. Deutsch, Rabbi Julius J. Price, Haham Moses Gaster, Emanuel Neumann, Israel Cohen, Khan Bahadur Jackson B. Israel, Jl Magnes, Samuel Magnus, David Sassoon, Rabbi Leo Jung, Jl Landau, Rabbi Schlesinger, Laszlo Schwartz, Louis Golding, Jh Hertz (Then Chief Rabbi Of British Empire) , Jacob De Haas, Rabbi D. De Sola Pool, Edward Jacobs, Mrs. Israel Davidson, Lily Tobias, H. Pereira Mendez, Rabbi Benjamin Ouziel, and Cyrus Adler. Includes a few early reporting articles about Nazi Anti-Semitism, early reporting on the 1934 Nepal-Bihar Earthquake, and a few articles about Mahatma Gandhi, among other topics of Jewish and Zionist interest. Period Advertisements throughout. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Bookplate and Usual Markings. Inscribed by Sargon on the Front-End Page. Also includes Sargons Personal Bookplate/Nametag. Damp Stains throughout and pages are wavy. Some edgewear. Overall in good condition. (SEF-55-8B)
Due Voll. in 8 cm. 20,5x15,4; (Vol I) in seconda edizione Felice Cesaretti -Roma-1676 pp. (8: con ritratto dell'autore in rame), 896, 58; (Vol II) in prima edizione Michele Ercole -Roma-1669, pp (20: con frontespizio in cornice xilogr. di arco trionfale con colonne tortili, ritratto dell'autore f.t. inciso in rame , in fine marca tipografica xilogr. a p.p. con leone rampante che regge due colonne e pp. 928 Bella legatura romantica ottocentesca in mz. pelle con dorsi riccamente decorati e scritte in oro tagli azzurrini piatti cartone rigido con carta a colori spruzzati. Sebbene in edizioni diverse i volumi hanno stessi caratteri e testalini, finalini, capilettera xilograf. uguali. Magnifico esemplare ben conservato solo alcune pagg. leggermente brunite .
In-4 gr. (mm. 368x255), primi 2 (su 4) volumi, p. marocchino verde coevo (abraso), cornici dorate ai piatti e al dorso con tit. oro. Di questa celebrata e monumentale opera offriamo i primi due volumi della parte dedicata all’"Asia", completi (come da Indice) delle 179 tavole f.t., disegnate ed incise all’acquatinta da valenti artisti (fra cui Biasioli e Sanquirico), con preziosa coloritura editoriale. Il primo volume, con 87 tavole fra cui 2 grandi carte geografiche a colori, più volte ripiegate (una con il mappamondo ed una con la carta generale dell’Asia + una carta, a una pag., con il Mondo conosciuto dagli antichi), è dedicato alla Cina - Corea, Giappone - Isole del Giappone, della terra di Jesso, di Lieu-Kieu. Il secondo, con 92 tavole, a: Indostan - Ceilan, Maldive e Laccadive - Indocina - Impero dei Birmani - Isole Andamane e Nicobar - Tonchino - Cocincina - Cambogia - Siam - Penisola di Malaca. "Prima edizione" in tiratura numerata “ad personam”. Il ns., 43, ha qualche fiorit. ma complessivam. è un buon esemplare con barbe.
In 4°. Pagine XII, 326 + 30 carte di tavole. Rilegatura in piena pergamena coeva con titolo su tassello impresso in oro al dorso. Alcune macchie e bruniture. Stato di conservazione complessivamente molto buono. Importante studio, quasi un catalogo, sulle opere di arte indiana contenute nel Museo Borgiano di Velletri, fondato dal cardinale Stefano Borgia. All’interno sono presenti molte belle incisioni, diverse delle quali a piena pagina, raffiguranti divinità, monumenti e personaggi mitologici indiani. Rara e fondamentale opera del carmelitano scalzo Paolino da San Bartolomeo, al secolo Johann Philipp Wesdin (1748-1806), celebre orientalista ed indologo austriaco. Edizione originale.
In-4to, cc. 4 nn. (prima bianca), pp. 152 + 6 tavv. f.t. incise in rame. Frontespizio in rosso e nero con vignetta con le armi de'Medici. Legatura coeva in oiena pelle con fregi e dorature al dorso e ai piatti. In-4to, cc.4 nn. (including blank and half-title), 152 pp. and 6 etched plates of botanical specimens, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette of the Medici arms. Bound in contemporary leather with gilt at spine.
xxiv, 315 pp. Complete with all five fold-out maps. VII black and white plates of numismatic coins and their monograms. "I am very glad that yet another Indian scholar has taken up the subject of the Indo-Greeks. Dr. Mohan's analysis brings to bear upon it a fresh approach and new interpretations. I commend his study to all students of the subject." - Foreword. Chapters include: North-West India or the Uttarapatha; The Peoples; Introduction to the Greco-Sunga Period; The Bactrian Greeks; Demetrius; Rise of the Sungas; Eukratides and his Successors; Menander; Menander's Successors. Unmarked with average wear to publisher's brown cloth. New pastedowns appear to have been applied inside each board, extending almost an inch onto free endpapers thus bolstering the hinges. A sound copy of this valuable reference. Book
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on title page. Edges a bit tanned; Very rare! "Mit 22 Karten, 33 Plänen und 8 Grundrissen". Map in rear pocket; 16mo; 358 pages
1 vol. in-12 reliure moderne amateur plein veau brun, Claude Barbin, Paris, 1670, 4 ff., 268 pp., 1 f., 294 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (privilège) avec une carte dépliante ("L'Empire du Grand Mogol"). Titre complet : Histoire de la dernière Révolution des Etats du Grand Mogol [ Suivi de : ] Evenemens Particuliers, Ou ce qui s'est passé de plus considérable après la guerre pendant cinq ans, ou environ, dans les Etats du grand Mogol. Avec une Lettre de l'étendue de l'Hindoustan, Circulation de l'or & de l'argent pour venir s'y abîmer, Richesses, Forces, Justice & Cause principale de la Decadence des Etats d'Asie [ Edition originale ] Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale, bien complet des 2 tomes (le second tome avec sa page de titre propre), en reliure modeste mais bien solide. Voyageur et philosophe épicurien, François Bernier (1620-1688) propose ici ses observations menées lors de son voyage dans l'empire Moghol, entreprise au lendemain de la mort de son ami Gassendi. Il y évoque notamment la lutte entre les fils de l'empereur Shâh Jahân et la victoire d'Aurengzeb, dans la suite duquel il réussira à se faire admettre. Bernier publiera la suite de ces mémoires l'année suivante 1671. Etat très satisfaisant (reliure amateur, dos muet un peu frotté, accroc à un feuillet sans manque, petit accroc habituel sans manque à la carte, bon état intérieur par ailleurs). Chadenat, 4197 Français
In-8°, legatura coeva in mezza pelle con titoli e fregi in oro al dorso, pp. (6)375(1). Con 32 bellissime tavole litografiche che raffigurano usi e costumi (Fete de la Lune à Ceylan, Les bonds du Gange, Chasse aux éléphants dans la foret de Karnigal) e vedute di Delhi, Madras, Ceylon, Calcutta, Lahore, l'Himalaya. Le litografie sono di Cupper, de Rudder, Gerlier, Lehnert, Robineau e Walter. Cinque delle tavole - quelle impresse da Auguste Bry sono brunite; le altre sono stampate da Lemercier. Alla fine una carta geografica a colori con gli itinerarii dei viaggi (1841-1943 e 1845-1846). Rara prima edizione dei 'Voyages dans l'Inde', opera che avrà più edizioni in francese (con 36 tavole) e in russo. Timbretti di vecchia appartenenza privata al frontespizio e al verso di alcune tavole; leggere rare bruniture, a qualche leggero aloncino ai margini di alcune tavole. Buon esemplare.
in-4, pp.XII, 364, (12, Index), leg. coeva p. vitello, dorso a nervi, titolo oro. Con due grandi carte geografiche incise del South East part of Asia ripiegate f.testo. Da pag. 253 a fine vi è una Appendice "containing Observations on the Civil Policy - The Laws and Judicial Proceedings - The Arts - The Sciences - and Religious Institutions, of the Indians". Prima edizione di una vasta e importante opera storica sull'antica India, sui suoi rapporti con il mondo, sul commercio e sulle istituzioni sociali indiane, narrate prima della scoperta del Passaggio a Nord-Ovest. Bell'esemplare.. Brunet, IV, 1332..
1st Edition. Period boards, lacking front board. 8vo. Volume 1 of 2 ; 21 cm. In Marathi with English Title Page. The very first publication of the Yom Kippur Seder in Marathi. Translated from the Hebrew into Marathi by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpuker. Rajpuker (18341905) (was a) scholar of the Bene Israel community in Bombay. After studying at the Free Assembly School, he became a teacher in the David Sassoon Benevolent Institution, Bombay, in 1856 and after five years its headmaster, a post which he occupied for 40 years. In 1871 he was appointed Hebrew examiner at the University of Bombay, which elected him a fellow in 1879. A master of Hebrew as well as of Marathi, the vernacular of Bombay, he translated over 20 works of the Hebrew liturgy and many English works of Jewish interest into Marathi. His translations of Hebrew liturgical works include the Daily Prayer Book (1889, 1924) , the mahzor, piyyutim, and selihot. In 1887 he published Kuttonet Yosef a handbook of Hebrew abbreviations, a Hebrew grammar in Marathi, a Hebrew primer for children, and prayers for various occasions. (Jewish Virtual Library, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy. Yom Kippur. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide. None in New York, None in Europe, None in India. Original Price 1 ¼ Rupee is printed on English title page. Period Inscription on title page. Some wear to pages throughout, and minor foxing, but the text is very readable. Overall good+ condition. (SEF-55-11)
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, smal neat signature on front free endpaper of first two volumes; cloth (brown/brown/black/blue respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), wrapper of first volume rubbed at extemities with small loss at upper edge of front panel, wrapper of second volume chipped at headband with tear on rear panel. Bright, clean set of first editions of a cornerstone of twentieth century literature. The sequence comprises The Jewel in the Crown (1966), The Day of the Scorpion (1968), The Towers of Silence (1971), A Division of the Spoils (1975). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
In-8 p. (mm. 218x138), 14 volumi (di cui 1 di Indice), mz. pelle editoriale (con abras. e picc. mancanze; tracce d’uso ai piatti), ogni vol. di ca. 460/570 pagg. Seconda edizione, completa, di questa grandiosa opera statistica dell’intero Impero Britannico in India. La prima fu pubblicata in 9 volumi nel 1881. “The publication of "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" marks the completion of the largest national enterprise in statistics which has ever been undertaken. This gigantic work has been carried out under the uninterrupted direction of Dr. Hunter, its original designer, from the initial stage of local inquiry in each of the 240 Districts of India to the final arrangement of the results in an alphabetical form.. The article "India" in volume IV (volume VI in this second ed.) is the touchstone of the work, and proves clearly enough the sterling metal of which it is wrought.. It is, moreover, the only attemps that has ever been made to show how the Indian people have been built up, and the evidence from the original materials have been for the first time sifted and examined by the light of the local researches in which the author was for so long engaged..” (see “The Times”, May 26, 1881). L’opera (che si occupa anche di geografia, storia, economia e governo dell’India) è così composta: “1° Abar to Balasinor - 2° Balasor to Biramganta - 3° Birbhum to Cocanada - 4° Cochin to Ganguria - 5° Ganjam to Indi - 6° India (pp. 747) - 7° Indore to Kardong - 8° Karens to Madnagarh - 9° Madras Presidency to Multai - 10° Multan to Palhalli - 11° Pali to Ratia - 12° Ratlam to Sirmur - 13° Sirohi to Zumkha - 14° Index. Ogni volume contiene una carta geografica a colori, più volte ripieg. “Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), funzionario e pubblicista, si laureò nell’università di Glasgow e nel 1861 entrò nell’amministrazione dell'India, dove rimase 26 anni. Oltre a occupare varie cariche amministrative, fece importanti pubblicazioni economico-statistiche. Il viceré lord Mayo lo incaricò di un vasto studio statistico di tutta l'India e nel 1871 lo nominò direttore generale della statistica. Il H. quindi ideò il vasto ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’, in cui si raccolse vasta messe di notizie su ogni provincia dell'impero, e mentre diresse tutto il lavoro, curò direttamente i volumi sul Bengala e l'Assam. In tutto furono pubblicati 128 volumi, che il H. riassunse nel 1881 in 9 volumi (IV ed., volumi 26, Oxford 1931). Lasciata l'India nel 1887, si stabilì presso Oxford e divenne collaboratore del Times”. Così Enciclopedia Treccani,XVIII, p. 605. Tutti i testi della ns. raccolta sono ben conservati.
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xi, 327; xiii, 355 pp, 7 plates [mostly tinted] including frontis in each volume, map, appendix. contemporary half calf, gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, edges rubbed, small library gilt stamp on cover, else unmarked, marbled edges and endpapers, titles lightly foxed, else clean very good set. A picture of this book is available upo The author started a plantation in southern India, and describes his experiences, pets, his native neighbours, the people, their customs and beliefs, religion, devils, bribery, caste, native agriculture, planting of coffee, cinchona, cardamom, tea, cotton, silk, sandal wood, rhea-grass, colonisation, on learning native languages, funeral rites, polyandry, jungle, etc. No copies were traced at auction in the last 25 years.
Period-styple paper Wrappers. IV, 136 pages; 17 cm. In French.1st edition thus (with Helvetius letter present) An Apology for Spinoza and Spinozism, contains Lettre à M. Helvetius dated 15 juillet 1766: pages [125]-136 (Letter to Helvetius in the 1810 edition, absent from the 122 page Altona 1805 edition) . Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. OCLC: 27048117. OCLC lists 18 copies of Apologie Du Spinosa; fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-6A)
In -8°, pp. (88), 763, 5 pp. bb. Legatura in pelle di scrofa coeva con fregi ai piatti e nervi al dorso. Terza edizione, dopo quella di Firenze dell’88 e la prima di Colonia dell’89. Il libro, celebre e ampiamente ristampato, contiene la prima descrizione mai pubblicata della pianta del tè. Fine binding in contemporary pigskin. The third edition, after the Florence’s one and the first, from Cologne. The book, widely reprinted, contains the first description of the tea plant ever published in Europe.
