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1658045382London: Henry Hills and John Field 1658. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf rebacked endpapers replaced wear and browning to early leaves old stamp of the Royal Society to title and endpaper modest browning throughout but generally very clean otherwise. Printed largely in black letter. 42 186 4 515 43p. Mispaginated: jumps from 160 to 163 but catchwords match and there is nothing missing. A collection of Cromwell era acts of parliament that picks up where Pulton's "A Collection of Sundry Statutes" left off. Size: Folio. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 045382. <br/><br/> Henry Hills and John Field hardcover books
1669045228Geneva: Jean Herman Widerhold 1669. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Later but old half vellum spine with a few small tears but binding sound. Scattered minor foxing and browning a bit of worming in the bottom margin early on one gathering misbound but not missing any pages. 2 folding plates 1 folding table. 15542pp First French edition of Sprat's important early history of the Royal Society first published in English in 1667. The quick turnaround is testament to the thirst for Enlightenment ideas on both sides of the channel. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 045228. <br/><br/> Jean Herman Widerhold hardcover books
1669045228Geneva: Jean Herman Widerhold 1669. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Early half vellum spine with a few small tears but binding sound. Scattered minor foxing and browning a bit of worming in the bottom margin early on one gathering misbound but not missing any pages. 2 folding plates 1 folding table. 15542pp<br /> <br /> First French edition of Sprat's important early history of the Royal Society first published in English in 1667. The quick turnaround is testament to the thirst for Enlightenment ideas on both sides of the channel. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 045228. Jean Herman Widerhold hardcover
1682046918Dublin: Joseph Ray 1682. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in contemporary leather extensive contemporary notes to front endpapers one endpaper with the upper right corner torn. Quite clean internally - in two parts a third was published in 1689. 14 70 8 154pp<br/><br/>The first and second parts of Ware's extensive and pernicious forgeries of church history intended to stir up anti-Catholic anti-Irish and anti-Jesuit sentiment. They played a large role in the absurd stories surrounding the Popish Plot and many of Ware's creations continued to pollute reformation history into the 19th 20th and even 21st centuries. Ware was the son of a prominent historian and used his father John's name to legitimize the documents that he "found" - one of the most long lived forgeries was a Cranmer letter at the beginning of part two which entered into Cranmer's works and was preserved for centuries through misattributions by historians such as John Strype and wishful thinking. Rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046918. Joseph Ray hardcover books
1682046918Dublin: Joseph Ray 1682. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in contemporary leather extensive contemporary notes to front endpapers one endpaper with the upper right corner torn. Quite clean internally - in two parts a third was published in 1689. 14 70 8 154pp<br/><br/>The first and second parts of Ware's extensive and pernicious forgeries of church history intended to stir up anti-Catholic anti-Irish and anti-Jesuit sentiment. They played a large role in the absurd stories surrounding the Popish Plot and many of Ware's creations continued to pollute reformation history into the 19th 20th and even 21st centuries. Ware was the son of a prominent historian and used his father John's name to legitimize the documents that he "found" - one of the most long lived forgeries was a Cranmer letter at the beginning of part two which entered into Cranmer's works and was preserved for centuries through misattributions by historians such as John Strype and wishful thinking. Rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046918. Joseph Ray hardcover
1604044714Hanover: Typis Wechelianis Wechel 1604. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers old greek inscription to front blank final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one each with a separate title page - printed in two columns the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5 and the second 11-20 all that survive from antiquity with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. xxx 363 59; xii 1013 3pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis (Wechel) hardcover books
1671042306Amsterdam: Danielem Elsevirium Elsevir 1671. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. The second edition of this important numismatic book by the scholar ambassador and tutor to Charles I Louis Elector Palatine. In text illustrations of coins throughout. Vellum cracked at joints and soiled but binding intact and firm. 46 917 51 index pp. Lacking the frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 042306. <br/><br/> Danielem Elsevirium (Elsevir) hardcover books
1608038925Paris: Petri Chevalier 1608. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full early calf nicely rebacked. Some soiling in margins tabs added and some have torn off occasional early notes and underlining and a few small ink droplets. A nice wide margined scholarly edition of Tacitus and Velleius with a host of notes from earlier editors and an attractive title vignette. 3 volumes in 1; 20 1 276 708 154 151. Graesse VI 9. Size: Folio. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: history; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 038925. <br/><br/> Petri Chevalier hardcover books
1608038925Paris: Petri Chevalier 1608. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full early calf nicely rebacked. Some soiling in margins tabs added and some have torn off occasional early notes and underlining and a few small ink droplets. A nice wide margined scholarly edition of Tacitus and Velleius with a host of notes from earlier editors and an attractive title vignette. 3 volumes in 1; 20 1 276 708 154 151. Graesse VI 9. Size: Folio. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: history; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 038925. <br/><br/> Petri Chevalier hardcover
168814062A Paris, chez P. Landry, 1688. In-16 non paginé, plein veau cerise, dos à 4 nerfs orné de fleurons, pastilles, encadrements, roulettes et titre dorés, double filet doré encadrant les plats, roulettes dorées sur les coupes, gardes marbrées, tranches rouges.
1700621642Halle, Zeitler u. Mussel, 1700. 4to. 8 Bl., 264 S. Pergament d. Zeit (berieben, fleckig u. angestaubt). [4 Warenabbildungen]
1611044067Venice: Alessandro Vecchi 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked a few mild creases and tears light to moderate foxing scattered light damp staining to bottom margin four pages in early or contemporary manuscript apparently a printing error pages 114 115 126 and 127. 27 366 2 296pp 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts with a few repeated and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067. <br/><br/> Alessandro Vecchi hardcover books
1665045383Madrid: Pablo de Val 1665. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties endpapers replaced title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge text block loose from binding title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing mostly minor browning some worming in the margins with old paper repairs touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter but minor and contained overall one old marginal note mostly clean. 32 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383. <br/><br/> Pablo de Val hardcover
1665045383Madrid: Pablo de Val 1665. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties endpapers replaced title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge text block loose from binding title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing mostly minor browning some worming in the margins with old paper repairs touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter but minor and contained overall one old marginal note mostly clean. 32 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383. <br/><br/> Pablo de Val hardcover books
1606044957Hanau: Typis Wechelianis Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration soiled and worn hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally and a spine label but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One contemporary inscription in Greek to an endpaper scattered foxing age toning to page edges a few minor paper flaws scattered pages more heavily browned mostly quite clean; printed in two columns Greek and Latin. viii 1054pp 38 1. With the printer's mark at the rear. Graesse v2 393.<br /> <br /> Cassius Dio's Roman history covered 1000 years in 80 books. The original Estienne edition 1548 collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60. This covers 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books.<br /> <br /> Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044957. Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii hardcover
16930101935London: Printed for Tim Goodwin 1693. Leather Bound. pp. xii 175 84 67 17. 12mo. Full leather. Spine slant leather split at front hinge pastedowns no longer pasted down and rear pastedown laid-in loose. Contents complete and unmarked. USTC No. 3123300. Emeric Thököly de Késmárk French: Emeric Tekeli; 25 September 1657 - 13 September 1705 was a Hungarian nobleman leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father Count István Thököly before him. Emeric was Prince of Upper Hungary an Ottoman vassal state from 1682 to 1685 and briefly Prince of Transylvania during the year 1690. Having formed an alliance with the Turks Thököly assisted the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and led the Turkish cavalry at the battle of Zenta. Refusing to surrender to Habsburg Emperor Leopold I Thököly lost his principality of Upper Hungary and finally retired to Galata near Constantinople with large estates granted him by Mustafa II." -DBpedia. Printed for Tim Goodwin unknown
1666046908Paris: Robert de Ninville 1666. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum old stamp and name to title scattered very minor foxing - a nice clean copy of the first and only edition of the French translation of Boate's natural history of Ireland. 8334 4pp<br/><br/>Published in 1652 it is cited as the first work in English on regional natural history. It was written primarily as an attempt to restore man's Protestant man's dominion over the earth and encourage settlement in Ireland - it praises the land and reproves the Catholic population for their indolence. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046908. Robert de Ninville hardcover
1666046908Paris: Robert de Ninville 1666. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum old stamp and name to title scattered very minor foxing - a nice clean copy of the first and only edition of the French translation of Boate's natural history of Ireland. 8334 4pp<br/><br/>Published in 1652 it is cited as the first work in English on regional natural history. It was written primarily as an attempt to restore man's Protestant man's dominion over the earth and encourage settlement in Ireland - it praises the land and reproves the Catholic population for their indolence. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046908. Robert de Ninville hardcover books
1611042841London: George Eld 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary blindstamped calf well worn at the edges a number of surface scratches and gouges lacking ties. Intact generally and still a fairly attractive period binding. Endpapers worn chipped and soiled pastedown loose title and first few and last few pages worn at the edges a few pages with long tears but no loss leaf Eeee2 page 865/866 mistakenly bound in place of Eee2 page 589/590 various other mispagination see below. Occasionally trimmed a little close and hitting the marginal gloss old signature to title. Generally clean and intact and an attractively printed and illustrated edition with portraits woodcuts throughout. Grimeston's translation originally appeared as A General Inventorie of the History of France in 1607 this edition continues the history up until 1611 shortly after the coronation of Louis XIII. The post 1598 material also covers some events in New France. blank title 20 239pp 238-1054 1045-1154 1154-1161 p. 1163 1162-1306 1337-1340 1401-1419 29 p. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042841. <br/><br/> George Eld hardcover books
1606044957Hanau: Typis Wechelianis Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration soiled and worn hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally and a spine label but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One contemporary inscription in Greek to an endpaper scattered foxing age toning to page edges a few minor paper flaws scattered pages more heavily browned mostly quite clean; printed in two columns Greek and Latin. viii 1054pp 38 1. With the printer's mark at the rear. Graesse v2 393. Cassius Dio's Roman history covered 1000 years in 80 books. The original Estienne edition 1548 collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60. This covers 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044957. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii hardcover books
1609046398Paris: Matreo il Maestro 1609. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary limp vellum remains of ties some discoloration to vellum occasional creasing to a few early leaves end papers rumpled and a little torn the third book is lacking the final two pages of the table ends at M generally fine otherwise. 6 books bound in 3. 6 283; 10 325; 8 362; 8 296; 8 338 6; 8 301 leaves.<br/><br/>One of the most singular figures in the Renaissance Aretino was a poet playwright schemer satirist and pornographer who made a career out of infiltrating the highest levels of society and then alternately satirizing them in his writings or blackmailing them. For a time his patron was Cardinal Giulio de' Medici and he mocked Popes and would be popes but in time he settled in Venice - the Anti-Rome. Ariosto called him "the scourge of Princes". He is remembered most for his satires and his letters which detail conversations with both the great names of the day as well as regular folk both women and men. His ability to manipulate the reader of his letters - which were carefully chosen and probably always meant for publication - by constructing a compelling narrative with himself as central protagonist - changed epistolary collections forever. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Erotica. Inventory No: 046398. Matreo il Maestro hardcover
1609046398Paris: Matreo il Maestro 1609. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary limp vellum remains of ties some discoloration to vellum occasional creasing to a few early leaves end papers rumpled and a little torn the third book is lacking the final two pages of the table ends at M generally fine otherwise. 6 books bound in 3. 6 283; 10 325; 8 362; 8 296; 8 338 6; 8 301 leaves.<br/><br/>One of the most singular figures in the Renaissance Aretino was a poet playwright schemer satirist and pornographer who made a career out of infiltrating the highest levels of society and then alternately satirizing them in his writings or blackmailing them. For a time his patron was Cardinal Giulio de' Medici and he mocked Popes and would be popes but in time he settled in Venice - the Anti-Rome. Ariosto called him "the scourge of Princes". He is remembered most for his satires and his letters which detail conversations with both the great names of the day as well as regular folk both women and men. His ability to manipulate the reader of his letters - which were carefully chosen and probably always meant for publication - by constructing a compelling narrative with himself as central protagonist - changed epistolary collections forever. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Erotica. Inventory No: 046398. Matreo il Maestro hardcover books
1618044725Geneva: Pauli Stephani Paul Estienne 1618. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn foxing and browning to text heavy in spots light dampstains occasionally including to the plates Babel map adhered to the final preface page in the gutter. With the four plates depicting Babel the tower and Semiramidis the latter plate later appeared in Kircher's Turris Babel. The text is Valla's edited by Henri Estienne - two columns in Greek and Latin. xii 708 30pp. Graesse T3 255<br /> <br /> First published in 1592 it includes a great deal of material related to Persia including the plates in addition to the Histories. It was with Herodotus that Estienne first made his name with his 1566 Latin edition and accompanying apology in French. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044725. Pauli Stephani (Paul Estienne) hardcover
1684044178Madrid: Bernardo de Villa-Diego 1684. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Later tree calf light wear at the edges quite sound and attractive. Lacking the front blank and the frontispiece title torn with significant loss at the edges and laid back down. generally mild but pervasive soiling and foxing and a number of tears with loss and repairs to the fore edge of the pages: on page 301/2 with loss of a couple of words 135/6 287/8 221/2 and 269/70 touching a few letters 187/8 touching a few letters and additionally an unrepaired tear with no loss in the gutter page 11/12 with a long unrepaired tear touching a few letters and the gloss 5/6 touching a few letters and 543/4 with a tear on the bottom corner losing a word and a few letters; last two index pages with loss at edges old notes to rear blank. Some other minor loss at the edges which may obscure some glosses scattered stains small tears etc. Otherwise complete 32-548-15 p with pagination errors of 26-27 repeated 382-3 repeated and 399-400 absent. A flawed but essentially complete copy of the first edition the only edition printed in Solís's lifetime. Sabin 86446. Palau VI 529<br /> <br /> Translated into French Italian English Danish and German the Historia was an enormously influential history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico as well as a much imitated piece of prose. <br /> <br /> Provenance: José Maria Chaves signature on final text page Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044178. Bernardo de Villa-Diego hardcover
1642101095<p>London: Allen in Popes head Alley October 6 1642. 1642. Fair. - Octavo 8-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover printed self-wrappers removed from a larger collection of pamphlets in the distant past with stab holes along the left edge. Pages 1-25 24-31 34-35 34-35 and 38-60. The pamphlet is disbound and the pages are detached but present. There is underlining throughout. There is some occasional damp staining. Some of the corners and edges of the pages are chipped. The pamphlet is complete and collates with Wing P3893.</p><p>RARE. First edition. "The Aphorismes of the Kingdom" Thomason E.24026 and "The Commission of Array" Thomason E.24027.</p><p>The Thomason catalog is a collection of approximately 22000 books and pamphlets made by the London bookseller George Thomason between 1661 and 1662 documenting the political struggles between Parliament and the Crown during the Civil Wars Revolution and Restoration. An annotation on the Thomason copy reads "Printed 6 October 1642 at London by Allen in Popes head alley". The Allen referred to is undoubtedly the London bookseller & printer Benjamin Allen who was active from 1631 until his death in 1646. Located in Popes head Alley he published much of the political and theological literature of the period.</p><p>In the lead up to the first English Civil War Charles I and the parliament clashed over control of the armed forces. The King revived the medieval "Commission of Array" forcing local lords to raise troops for the Royal cause. This pamphlet is often attributed to Willam Prynne 1600-1669 who had been freed from prison in 1640. His persecution by the government of King Charles I and the Church of England escalated the antagonisms between the King and Parliament in the years preceding the English Civil Wars.</p><p>This anti-Royalist pamphlet is also anti-Church. The concluding pages 55-60 titled "Englands Tragedie" compare the antagonism between Parliament and the King to the "War in Heaven" as described in Revelation 12.</p> [London: Allen in Popes head Alley, October 6], [1642.] paperback