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No author. DIRECTIONS TO JUDGE WHETHER A NATION BE IN A THRIVING CONDITION, and How to Advance the Wealth and Power of Great-Britain; in Which Is Considered, the Letter in the Daily Journal, Jan. 8, 1728. London: Printed for H. Whitridge 1729. 36pp. Later marbled wrappers. Anonymous work. Goldsmiths’ Catalogue #6636.
[Jobert, Luis]. LA SCIENZA DELLE MEDAGLIE, ANTICHE E MODERNE… Opera Tradotta dal Linguaggio Francese Nell’ Italiano da Selvaggio Canturani. Venice: Lorenzo Baseggio 1728. 12mo. (16),454pp. Copper engraved printer’s device on title. Engraved frontispiece and 11 folding plates of ancient coins. Cont. vellum, somewhat soiled and top of spine chipped.
Campomanes, Pedro Rodriguez, Conde de. DISCURSO SOBRE EL FOMENTO DE LA INDUSTRIA POPULAR. Madrid: D. Antonio de Sancha 1774. Sm. 8vo. (8),cxcviii pp. Cont. vellum with fore-edge ties. Ownership inscription of 1808 on title. Some light soiling but a very good copy.
Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de. LE COMMERCE ET LE GOUVERNMENT CONSIDÉRÉS RELATIVEMENT L’UN À L’AURE. OUVRAGE ÉLEMENTAIRE. NOUVELLE EDITION. [TRADE AND GOVERNMENT, CONSIDERED RELATIVELY TO ONE ANOTHER…] Paris: Letellier & Maradan 1795. Modern marbled paper covered boards; iv, 380 pp. Uncut copy. Second Edition (the first is 1776). In French. Very good, with prior owner’s stamp to title page, some pages lightly browned.
[Sarpi, Paolo]. FATHER PAUL OF BENEFICIARY MATTERS: OR THE DUES OF THE ALTAR BEING, A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES. SHEWING, I. THEIR RISE, PROGRESS, AND THE VARIOUS MEANS BY WHICH THEY HAVE ACCRUED TO THE CHURCH… THAT ECCLESIASTICKS BECOME TOO GREEDY IN ACQUIRING ESTATES… THE ORIGINAL OF TYTHES…[TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER HAYES] London: Printed for Olive Payne 1730. Cont. calf; [3], xviii-xxi, [2], xxii-xlviii, [2], 260 pp. Corners rounded, rebacked, red morocco spine label, marbled end papers. The preliminaries are paginated quite irregularly, but perfectly complete. Woodcut initials and headpieces. A very good copy; rubbing to covers (heavy rubbing on a ½ by ½ inch square area); ½ by 1½ inch section cut from fly-leaf (likely to remove the prior owner’s name); light foxing – but overall quite a nice copy.
Chassepol, Francois de and Beauvais, Buillaume. A TREATISE OF THE REVENUE AND FALSE MONEY OF THE ROMANS TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, A DISSERTATION UPON THE MANNER OF DISTINGUISHING ANTIQUE MEDALS FROM COUNTERFEIT ONES. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PRINTED AT PARIS 1740. London: J. and P. Knapton 1741. 1/2 red calf over linen; [8], xxxii, 228pp. (including 1 page of ads). Bound by Riviere & Son (circa 1910). Very good, except foot of spine scuffed; wear at hinges; lightly bumped corners. Prior owner’s initials stamped on title page (along with other minor notations to title page).
Rouille, Guillaume. PRIMA [LA SECONDA] PARTE DEL PRONTVARIO DE LA MEDAGLIE DE PIU ILLUSTRI & FULGENTI HUOMINI & DONNE, DAL PRINCIPIO DE MONDO INSINO AL PRESENTE TEMPO, CON LE LOR VITE IN COMPENDIO RACCOLTE. Lyon: Appresso Guglielmo Rovillio 1553. 4to. Cont. vellum; [8], 172, [4]; 248, [8]pp. Indices (of medallions). 2 parts in 1, each with a title page. In Italian. Lavishly illustrated with 828 medallion woodcut portraits. Title pages with woodcut vignettes. Decently cool manicule on pg. 128 of the first part. Very good. Vellum lightly soiled, hand lettering on spine partly effaced. Old water stain at top fore-corner of a few final leaves. Text leaves lightly browned & some old soiling. Miniscule burn mark affecting a few pages. One leaf with a horizontal tear repaired. One medallion woodcut “glued over” – not clear if original or a repair. Pg. 5 incorrectly numbered 13. Bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a fairly impressive copy.
Holroyd, John Baker Earl of Sheffield. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE AMERICAN STATES A NEW EDITION, MUCH ENLARGED. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING TABLES… Dublin: Luke White 1784. Cont. calf; 10, [6], 287, [1]; 24 pp. With 11 tables at back (10 folding). Table 3 is 4 leaves, one folding, an Table 9 contains the final 24 pages of text. Nicely rebacked, old red morocco label laid down. This is the far more uncommon first Irish edition. Very good; wear and scuffing to boards; light soiling to some plates – but crisp without foxing; title page reinforced at spine.
VALUATIONS-TABELLE DERER COURS HABENDEN SILBER UND GOLDENEN MÜNZ SORTEN… [VALUATIONS TABLE WITH THE COURSE OF CURRENT SILVER AND GOLD COINS…] Dresden: [no publisher indicated] January 23, 1778. Folded broadsheets; [8] pp. In German. With woodcut printers device. Very good with middle fold crease and edge creasing.
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. THEATRALISCHE BIBLIOTHEK. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1754-1758. 8vo. 4 volumes. Engraved portraits in Volumes 1 & 3 (as published). Each of the 4 title pages with an engraved illustration. Orig. drab boards, somewhat soiled and extremities rubbed. Remnants of paper labels on spines. The first edition. The set is usually 4 volumes bound in 2. It is unusual to find the 4 individual volumes, here in their original state, as published.
Facius, Bartholomaeus (or Facio, Bartolommeo). BARTHOLOMAEI FACII ET JO. JOVIANI PONTANI RERUM SUO TEMPORE GESTARUM LIBRI SEXDECIM… Basel: (P. Perna suis & H. Petri) 1566 (colophon dated 1567). 620, (50)pp. Index. Contemporary vellum, hand lettered spine. Small portion of top edge of front cover (1/4″ x 2″) chipped. Tipped in ahead of the title are 3 pages of a previous early owner’s manuscript biographical notes on Facius. Historical work on the Kingdom of Naples with 2 texts, one by Facius and another by J.J. Pontanus. B.L. German p.297.
Robertson, William. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. The Second Edition. London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell 1778. 4to. 2 volumes. xviii,492;(4),535,(21)pp. Without the half-titles. Illustrated with 4 large folding maps and 1 folding plate. Orig. full calf, spines ornately gilt, red & green morocco spine labels. Cont. bookplates of John Noble.
Speroni Degli Alvarotti, Sperone. ORATIONI… Novamente Poste in Luce. Venice: Ruberto Meietti. 1596. Sm. 4to. (8),216pp. Woodcut device on title and of the verso of the final leaf. Cont. vellum, soiled. Occasional text soiling, ink marks, & marginal doodles. Adams S1574.
Bembo, Pietro. DELLE LETTERE… A Sommi Pontefici a Cardinali et ad Altri Signori et Persone… Con la Giunta della Vita del Bembo, Descritta per il Medisimo. Venice: Comin da Trino di Monferrato 1564. Sm. 8vo. The first 2 volumes only (of 4) bound in 1. ff.(4),140;147,(1). Both titles with large woodcut printer’s device. 18th century calf over boards, paper spine label. A few ink scribbles on the first title page. Some occasional light soiling.
Godefroy, Jacques. OPUSCULA HISTORICA, JURIDICA, POLITICA, Nova Quinque: Quibus Sociata Insuper & Tria Alia, iam Antehac Edita. Geneva: Petri Chouet 1628-1634. 4to. 6 works bound in 1 volume, each separately published, but here collected under this title, “Opuscula…”. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, otherwise fine. There are a number of variants of Godefroy’s (1587-1652) collected works. Our volume contains the following: 1. Libanius. PRO TEMPLIS Gentilium Non Exscindendis… Edita a Jacob Gothofredo. 1634. Greek & Latin. 2. [Godefroy, Jacques]. DE CENOTAPHIO… 1634. 3. Godefroy, Jacques. ORATIONES POLITICAE TRES… 1634. 4. Godefroy, Jacques. ANIMADVERSIONUM JURIS CIVILIS LIBER… 1628. 5. Godefroy, Jacques. DISCURSUS HISTORICUS, Ad Legem… 1633. 6. Libanius. SEU ORATORIS ANTIOCHENI… Editae a Jacobo Gothofredo. 1631. Greek & Latin.
Horace (or, Horatius Flaccus). D. LAMBINI IN Q. HORATIUM FLACCUM [with the text of the 4th edition]… Frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli Heredes, Claudium Marnium & Joann. Aubrum 1596. 4to. 2 volumes in 1. (16),464;550,(2)pp. Indices. Woodcut device of Wechel on both titles and verso of final leaf (otherwise blank). In this copy all of the devices have been hand colored (old coloring). Old plain vellum, somewhat worn. Title and text with some old moderate water stains. Free endpapers lacking. Not a particularly attractive copy, but quite useable. Later 16th century edition of Horace, edited by the great scholar Dionysius Lambinus. Dibdin, in his GREEK AND LATIN CLASSIC (4th ed.). Vol II, p.45, makes reference to two editions printed by Wechel, a 1577 folio and our 1596 4to.
Gellius, Aulus. NOCTES ATTICAE, Lucidiores Redditae, Tum Collatione Veterum Exemplarium… Geneva: Jean de Tournes 1592. 16mo. (16),698,(124)pp. Indices. Early 17th century vellum. Slight damage at foot of title-page, armorial German stamp on title. Very nice copy. In his dedicatory epistle, Jean de Tournes gives interesting details on the care which he took for this new edition, for which he collated the text with an old manuscript which he possessed and with the edition printed by his father for Sebastien Gryphius. Adams G368. Carter 691.
Drexel, Jeremias. RHETORICA CAELESTIS Seu Attente Precandi Scientia… Antwerp: Viduam Joann. Cnobbari 1651. 16mo. (16),434pp. Copper engraved title (backed to repair lower blank margin, cut away). Cont. vellum. Vellum and text a bit rippled due to old damp (?) exposure. Letterpress is quite clean. Title somewhat soiled. Reprint edition (first is 1636). Study on the language of meditation by this famous Jesuit author. De Backer-Sommervogel III, 198.
Hobbes, Thomas. ELEMENTA PHILOSOPHICA DE CIVE. Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir 1669. 12mo. (36),404pp. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum, spine soiled. Old bookplates of Huron College Library. This is the fourth Elzevir edition, reproduced from the preceding (1657) which is called “the best edition.” Willlems 1406. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HOBBES #29.
[Goodman, John]. A SERIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT NEGLECT AND CONTEMPT OF THE PROTESTANT RELIGION AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND… London: Printed by Robert White for Richard Royston 1674. First edition. Sm. 8vo. (36),248pp. Engraved frontispiece. Cont. calf, worn, hinges cracked but holding soundly. Minor chip at head of spine. Wing G1120.
No author. THE GRAND ACCUSER, THE GREATEST OF ALL CRIMINALS. Part I. [all pub.]. London: Printed for J. Roberts 1735. 80pp. Later marbled wrappers. A defense of the Duke of Marlborough and others against certain statements in the “Examiner,” thought to be authored by Jonathan Swift. “Part I” is all published. Teerink 1312.
No author. THE TREATY OF SEVILLE, and Measures That Have Been Taken for the Four Last Years, Impartially Considered. In a Letter to a Friend. London: Printed for J. Roberts 1730. 32pp. Woodcut device on title. Outer leaves a bit soiled. Later marbled wrappers. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 730/251; Kress 3845.
Witsius, Herman. AEGYPTIACA ET DEKAPHYLON: Sive, De Aegyptiacorum, Sacrorum cum Hebraicis Collatione Libri Tres Et de Decem Tribubus Israelis Liber Singularis… Editio Secunda, ab Auctore Emendata. Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius 1696. 4to. 3 parts in 1. (18),492pp. Index. Added engraved title. Orig. Dutch vellum, blind stamped large central ornament on both covers. Vellum moderately soiled. Preliminary leaves with slight discoloration at the fore-margin. A scholarly study of the religious rites of the Jews and Egyptians. The second essay deals with the lost 10 tribes of Israel, and the third on the reign of Marcus Aurelius, 121-180.
[Rossi, Comte de]. IL MERCURIO POSTIGLIONE, di Questo e L’Altro Mondo. Villa-Franca (i.e. Amsterdam): Claudio del Monte. 1667. 12mo. 120pp. Orig. vellum, a bit soiled. A rare work, a political satire in the form of a dialog, during the time of King Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665). This is the original Italian edition; later the same year a French translation appeared. The Italian edition was printed by the Elzevir Press. See Willems #1774.
[Olivier, J., abbe]. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SIGNOR ROZELLI, AT THE HAGUE. Giving a Particular Account of His Birth, Education, Slavery… Imprisonment in the Inquisition at Rome… Done Into English [by Daniel Defoe?], from the Second Edition of the French; and Adorn’d with Several Curious Copper Cuts. London: Printed for John Morphew 1709. 8vo. (10),325,(1)pp. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece portrait and 6 copper engraved plates (containing 12 images). Cont. tooled paneled calf, nicely rebacked in period style, red morocco spine label. Title lightly soiled. A few gatherings at rear lightly browned (different quality paper stock). One leaf (p. 131-132) torn at fore-margin, with an old repair, the missing text added neatly by hand in ink. Another leaf X8 with a paper flaw (hole) affecting a few words. The first English translation of this French novel. McBurney #46.
[Billardon de Sauvigny, Louis-Edme]. HISTOIRE AMOUREUSE, de Pierre Le Long, et de Sa Tres Honnaree Dame Blanche Bazu, Ecritte par Iceluy. La Musique par Mr. Philidor. Londres (i.e. Paris): No pub 1765. 12mo. (2),142pp. Copper engraved title, frontispiece and 3 large copper engraved head-pieces. At back (pp. 121-138) are 18 pages of copper engraved music with lyrics. Finely bound in 19th century black morocco & marbled boards. Some light text soiling, but quite nice. The first edition of a libertine novel, with the music attributed to the great chess master, F. A. D. Philidor. Gay-Lemmonyer II. 468.
Palingenius, Marcellus. ZODIACUS VITAE, Hoc Est. De Hominis Vita Studio, ac Moribus Optime Instituendis, Libri XII… Paris: Hieronymum de Marnef & Viduam Gulielmi Cavellat 1580. 16mo. 366,(78)pp. Index. Woodcut device on title. Cont. full red morocco, gilt spines & borders. A.e.g. On the lower portion of the title and the final 2 leaves of index is an old oval blind stamp of the “Theological School of Connecticut,” lightly impressed. Small paper label on spine. The colophon states that this edition was printed by Carolus Rogerius. This extremely popular work in the 16th and 17th centuries was written by Pietro Angelo Manzolli who used the pseudonym Palingenius.
Terentius Afer, Publius. COMOEDIAE SEX, Quibus Accedunt Notie Marginales John Minellii. Rotterdam: Viduam Arnoldi Leers 1680. 12mo. (16),540,(42)pp. Index. Copper engraved title page. Small woodcut portrait of Terence facing p. 1 of text. Cont. vellum. Text with extensive annotations by Johannes Minellius (d. 1683).
[Grotnitz von Grodnau, Carl Melchior]. OBSERVATIONES POLITICAE, Super Nuperis Galliae Motibus. NP (Amsterdam?): No pub. (Elzevir Press?) 1649. 12mo. 110pp. Woodcut ornament on title. Cont. vellum. On French politics of the day (Cardinal Mazarin, etc.). See Willems LES ELZEVIER #1088, for a discussion. The authorship is sometimes attributed to Baron S. Rosenkane.
Godwin, Thomas. MOSES AND AARON. CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL RITES, USED BY THE ANCIENT HEBREWES… The Sixth Edition. [BOUND WITH: ROMANAE HISTORIAE ANTHOLOGIA]. London: Printed by E. G. and are to be sold by John Williams 1641. Sm. 4to. (8),270,(10)pp. Woodcut headpieces and capitals. BOUND WITH: [Godwin, Thomas]. ROMANAE HISTORIAE ANTHOLOGIA, Recognita et Aucta. An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities… for the Use of Abingdon Schoole. Newly Revised and Inlarged… London: Printed by Robert White, for Henry Cripps. 1648. (8),277,(21)pp. Index. Title within an ornate woodcut border. Early 19th century 1/2 red calf, gilt, over marbled boards, lightly rubbed, red & brown calf spine labels. Three engraved armorial bookplates on front pastedown. Several ownership signatures on a preliminary blank, the earliest dated 1653. A few leaves closely trimmed along the bottom margin. Two “best sellers” of the 17th century, with 16 editions of MOSES AND AARON, and 28 editions of ROMANAE HISTORIAE ANTHOLOGIA. Wing G976 & G986.
Froriep, Justus Fridericus and Christianus Conradus Claus. DE UTILITATE LINGUAE ARABICAE IN DEFENDIS NONNULLIS LOCIS… Leipzig: Ex Officina Langenhemia 1767. Sm. 4to. 28pp. Modern plain wrappers, stabbed & tied at inner margin. Title page with some soiling. A linguistic study related to the Old Testament.
Young, John. ESSAYS ON THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING SUBJECTS: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British Constitution. IV. Kingly Government. V. Parliamentary Representation & Reform. VI. Liberty and Equality. VII. Taxation. And, VIII. The Present War, & the Stagnation of Credit as Connected with It. Edinburgh: Printed for, and Sold by William Creech.. 1794. (4),156pp. With the half-title. Later marbled wrappers. Old faded water stain at top blank fore-margin of final 18 leaves. John Young was a minister at Harwick, Scotland.
Luis de Granada (or, Granada, Luis de). EXERCITIA, IN SEPTEM MEDITATIONES MATUTINAS. Ac Totidem Vespertinas, Distributa… Nunc Vero Latina Facta, Opera ac Studio Michaelis ab Isselt Amorsfortii. Cologne: In Officina Birckmannica 1598. 12mo. (72),589,(5)pp. 17th cent. vellum, soiled. Two paper labels on spine. Popular handbook edition of this often reprinted work of religious instruction, containing meditations for the seven days of the week. It first appeared in 1554 in Salamanca under the title LIBRO DE LA ORACION Y MEDITACION. The first Latin edition appeared in Cologne in 1586. Not in Adams or BL German STC. VD16 #L3244. Palau 107537.
[Estienne, Robert (ed.)]. CAUSES AMUSANTES ET CONNUES… A Berlin (i.e. Paris): Np 1769. 12mo. (2),xii,(2),420pp. Illustrated with 5 copper engraved plates and woodcut head- & tailpieces. Cont. mottled calf, ornately gilt tooled spine with burgundy calf label, small chip at head of spine. Occasional minor worming in bottom blank margin, and also at inner blank margin of first 5 leaves. Cohen 192; Barbier I, 541.
Justinus, Marcus Junianus. IN HISTORIAS TROGI POMPEII EPITOMARUM. Editio Nova, Accurante Matthia Berneccero… Strassburg: Lazari Zetzneii 1631. 8vo. (16),572,(220)pp. Indices. Cont. vellum, paper label on spine. Important edition, the first to be edited by Matthias Bernegger, founder of the School of Roman History at Strassburg.
Dryden, John. THE RIVAL LADIES. A Tragi-Comedy As It Was Acted at the Theatre-Royal. London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman 1675. 4to. (12),68pp. Later boards, head of spine chipped and endpapers a bit browned. Minor worming at bottom blank margin of last few leaves, text unaffected. The third edition of Drydenís first play. Wing D2348. Macdonald 67c.
Chevreau, Urbain. L’ESCOLE DU SAGE, OU LE CARACTERE DES VERTUS, & DES VICES. Derniere Edition Augmentee. Paris: Chez Jacques Le Gras 1660. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. (12),382pp. Cont. vellum, somewhat soiled, hand-lettered spine. Old ownership signatures on free endpapers and bottom blank margin of the title have been lined out.
Marino, Giovanni Battista. LA SAMPOGNA… Divisa in Idilii. Favolosi, & Pastorali. Aggiontovi in Questa Ultima Impressione, la Seconda Parte. Venice: (Christoforo Tomasini) 1643. 12mo. 2 parts in one. 296;120pp. Contemporary vellum. Some worming to about 30 pages, affecting a few words of the text. A scarce reprint edition (1620 is the first edition) containing both parts.
No author. HEURES NOUVELLES. Contenant L’Office des Dimanches et Fetes de Toute l’Annee, en Latin and Francois. Pour L’Usage de la Principautes d’Arches & Charleville. Nouvelle Edition… Charleville, France: Raucourt 1784. 8vo. (12),xxiv,720pp. One woodcut (2-1/2″ x 3″) on first leaf of text after the calendar. Orig. full green polished morocco, gilt tooled spine and borders on covers. A.e.g. About fine. Printed label on front pastedown, “The prayer book collection of Stephen L. White.”
Not recorded by OCLC. A rare French provincial imprint.
[Juliis, Joseph de]. COMPENDARIA, ET FACILIS AD LINGUAM GRAECAM MANDUCTIO. Rome: Typis Sacrae Cong. de Propag. Fide. 1696. Sm. 4to. 108,(4)pp. Text in Latin and Greek. Large woodcut device on title page. Cont. vellum, lightly soiled. Small light waterstain at bottom blank margin of title & a chip at lower fore-corner (no text loss). Preliminary blank lacking.
Scarce and elegantly printed handbook of Greek grammar; a textbook for Latin speakers, published by the famous Society for the Propagation of Faith in Rome.
Pindar. ODES. Translated from the Greek. By Gilbert West. Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson et al 1751. 12mo. (4),xx,(5)-170pp. Copper engraved medallic portrait on title. Orig. calf, red calf spine label.
The first edition is in 4to. in 1747. This is the second edition, but the first printed in Ireland.
Fenelon, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe.. A DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXISTENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, Drawn from the Knowledge of Nature, from Proofs purely Intellectual, and from the Idea of the Infinite Himself. The Second Edition, with Large Additions…London: Printed for W. Taylor 1720. 12mo. (16),336pp. Copper engraved frontis. of the author. Title within a ruled border. Cont. speckled calf, gilt ruled covers, a bit worn. Hinges cracked. Title page lightly foxed.
The second English, much enlarged, translation of Fenelon’s famous work. The first Englis is 1713, and is paginated (16),233,(7). The translator was Abel Boyer.
Butler, Samuel. POSTHUMOUS WORKS IN PROSE AND VERSE, Written in the Time of the Civil Wars and Reign of K. Charles II… From Original Mss. And Scarce and Valuable Pieces Formerly Printed with a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L’Estrange. In Two Volumes. The Third EdLondon: Printed for Sam. Briscoe 1715. 12mo. 2 vols. Bound in 1. (26),244,(20);(24),292pp. Indices. Plus (4)pp. Printer’s ads. Engraved frontispiece portrait, both titles printed in red & black. Cont. paneled calf, worn, lower spine chipped, and hinges cracked but holding soundly.
“HER BOOK”
“FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION”
EARLY LEGAL JUSTIFICATION OF COLONIZATION
PROTO-ETHNOGRAPHY
PLUTARCH’S BEST-KNOWN WORK
DR. RICHARD MEAD’S COPY OF ARGUMENTS AGAINST ETERNITY
ONE OF THE EARLIEST MONOGRAPHS ON FISH
WRITINGS OF A TURKISH CHRISTIAN HERMIT CUSTOM BOUND FOR A BISHOP
FAMOUS JEWISH BOOKDEALER & PUBLISHER’S COPY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD
Lemnius, Levinus. Di Levino Lennio, medico Zirizeo, Della complessione del corpo humano libri due, Sommamente necessarij à tutti coloro, che studiano alla sanità: Da quali a ciascuno sarà ageuole di conoscere perfettamente la qualità del corpo suo, e i mouimenti dell’animo, & il modo del conseruarsi del tutto sano. Nuouamente di Latino in Volgare tradotti, & stampati. In Venetia: Appresso Domenico Nicolino, mdlxiiii. [1564]. 162 x 112 mm (6 ⅜ x 4 ⅜ in). Octavo. [4], 124 [with page numbers 25–32 repeated, i.e. 132] ll. In Italian. Bound in vellum over wood boards; bookseller’s label on front pastedown: “Ex libris Leonis S. Olschki Bibliopolae Florentini. N. inv. [handwritten] 46787.” Early inscription in Italian on leaf [4], refers to a doctor’s orders. Very good minus with light soiling throughout; spine and fore edge of front cover repaired with later vellum.
FIRST MEDICAL TEXT ON SYPHILIS.
Leoniceno, Nicolo. Nicolai Leoniceni Vicentini, Philosophi & Medici clarissimi, opuscula: quorum catalogum versa pagina indicabit. Per D. Andream Leennium Medicum, à multis quibus scatebant vitijs, repurgata, atque annotatiunculis illustrata. Basileae: Apud And. Cratandrum, et Io. Bebelium, Anno mdxxxii [1532]. 321 x 216 mm (12.5 x 8 ¼ in). Folio. [4], 175, [1] ll. In Latin. Final leaf misnumbered ‘157.’ With Cratander’s device as a title vignette and final unnumbered leaf with Bebelium’s device on verso. Woodcut initials. Bound in early vellum over boards, with heraldic stamp on both covers (that we were not able to identify). Leather spine title label with gilt lettering, with publication place and year beneath in ink. Red speckled edges. Ink inscription in an old hand on verso of front free endpaper states (in French): [“M. Brunet, in his Manuel du Libraire, quotes a rare minor work by Leoniceno; he did not indicate this collection, which informs everyone, and which, itself, is not common.»] Autograph on title page: “Ex Libris: Dr. Paul Decoux, Paris, 1869.” Blind embossed stamp on edge of title page: “Decoux, Docteur en medicine a Treignac (Correze).” The same stamp appears in numerous places throughout the book. Ink stamp with a facsimile of an autograph on verso of title page. Decoux also signed the title page verso and beneath the colophon on the verso of leaf 157. Very good or better overall. Minor damage to spine; boards scuffed and some soiling, with a small gouge to the front cover revealing the board beneath. A few gatherings mildly age-toned; but a crisp, solid, wide-margined copy, exhibiting little wear.
“RUBBISH PUBLISHED UNDER IGNATIUS’S NAME”
ANTI-POPE POLEMIC BY “ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTIONARIES” WITH INTERESTING READER MARKS
WITH FIVE IMPRESSIVE WOODCUT PLATES
DESCRIPTIONS OF IRELAND, MOSCOW, AND SEA CREATURES
NOTED ANTI-SLAVERY ADVOCATE’S COPY OF ANTI- ARISTOTLE EDUCATION REFORM
ANTI-TURKISH & ANTI- MENNONITE SERMONS
“A PAPER ACADEMY” IN AN EARLY STAMPED BINDING
HISTORY OF ROME & DEFENSE OF MONARCHY
I: ON VIRGINITY & CELIBACY II: ALDINE IMPRINT
TOPOGRAPHICAL-HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND
BEMBO’S AMOROUS POETRY WITH A LINGUISTIC TWIST
PRINTED BY THE PAPAL PRINTER: RULES OF THE AUGUSTINIANS
FIRST BOOK OF MODERN MINERALOGY, MINING ENGINEERING, GOLD & SILVER METALLURGY
Bynaeus, Anthony. DE CALCEIS HEBRAEORUM Sive Antiquitates Hebraicae Vindicatae… Leyden: Joh: Arn: Langerak 1724. 4to. (18),267,(29)pp. Title printed in red & black. Text with 15 copper engraved plates (3 full page). BOUND WITH: Bynaeus, Anthony. SOMNIUM… Tertio Recusum. Dordraci: Theodori Goris. 1695. (8),24pp. Bound together in orig. vellum, somewhat soiled. The first work is an often reprinted text on shoes (sandals) of the ancient Hebrews by Bynaeus. The second work is his text on dreams. Both are later reprints.
Capel, Richard. TENTATIONS: Their Nature, Their Danger, Their Cure. To Which Is Added a Briefe Dispute, as Touching Restitution in the Case of Usury. The Fifth Edition Corrected… There Is Now Printed a Fourth Part… London: E. B. for John Bartlet 1655. 8vo. 4 parts in 1 (parts 3 & 4 with their own title pages, as published). (26),275,(1);(2),(267)-387,(3);(16),298,(2)pp. The vertical half-title (A1) before the first title is lacking, but the vertical half-title “Capell on Tentations” before the Fourth Part is present. Old boards, later rebacked in calf, red morocco spine label. Covers a bit rubbed. A scarce and curious book on life’s temptations (“tentations” is an archaic form of the word temptations) including lust, lying, sodomy, perjury, usury, suicide, etc., etc. The “Fourth Part” which is new to the 1655 edition was also published separately (Wing C476). Wing C473.
Bacon, Sir Francis. ESSAYS MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards 1798. Sm. 8vo. (4),x,(2),270pp. Cont. calf, a bit worn, rebacked in gilt decorated olive calf with red calf spine label.
Vida, Marco Girolamo (or Vida, Marcus Hieronymus). THE SILK-WORMS. A POEM. In Two Books. Translated from the Latin of M. Hieronymus Vida, Bishop of Alba [by John Rooke]. London: Np 1725. Second English edition (see below). Sm. 8vo. (6),80pp. Modern 1/2 black morocco, gilt, over marbled boards. Title lightly soiled. A few leaves closely trimmed at top margin. Foxon R264, noting “all copies seen were issued in Rooke’s “Select Translations” 1726. It may never have been separately published.” The pagination of the 1723 first printing is (12),43,(1)pp.
[Boutet, Claude]. TRAITE DE MIGNATURE, Pour Apprendre Aisment a Peindre Sans Maistre, avec le Secret de Faire les Belles Couleurs, l’Or Bruny, & l’Or en Coquille. Quatrie’me Edition. Reveue, Corrigee & Augmentee par l’Auteur. Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard 1697. Sm. 8vo. (16),166,(10)pp. Text with one woodcut depicting a pantograph. Modern vellum, gilt, done in antique style. Final 8 leaves ink stained at top blank fore-margin (text unaffected).
[Zacharie, de Lisieux, pere]. SOMNIA SAPIENTIS. Petro Firmiano [pseudo.] Authore. Paris: Dionysium Thierry 1659. 12mo. 327,(11),(327)-374pp. Engraved title. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, hand lettered spine. Old ink stain on top margin, text unaffected. A scarce anti-Catholic utopian satire.
Toothless Husbands & Lewd Wives
Prayer Book: 1759
Plague Remedy
Obscure Heraldry
Key Anti-Catholic Text
First Linnaean Taxonomy in English
First Edition on Duelling
Famous Feral Child
Exceedingly Rare Pleurisy Work
Bawdy Scottish Humor
16th Century Treatise of Medical Instruction
Trallianus, Alexander (i.e., Alexander of Tralles). Libri Duodecim [Twelve Books of Medicine]. Joanne Guinterio Andernaco Interprete & Emendatore. Nunc Demum Joannis Molinaei… Annotationibus Illustrati… Lyons: (J. Quadratius, for) A. de Harsy, 1576. 120 by 80mm (4¾ by 3¼ inches). Sm. 8vo. Cont. vellum; 804, [24] pp. With the final 2 leaves blank. Index. In Latin. Vellum soiled, otherwise very good. Interior quite crisp. One leaf with a marginal repair.
Thicknesse, Philip. A YEAR’S JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE, AND PART OF SPAIN. Dublin: J. Williams. 1777. 12mo. 2 volumes. 295,(1);240pp. Orig. calf, morocco spine labels. Small chip at the top of the spine of Volume 2. Two bookplates in each volume. First printed in Bath, the same year, followed by this Irish edition.
Hole, Richard. REMARKS ON THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS; in Which the Origin of Sinbad’s Voyages, and Other Oriental Fictions, Is Particularly Considered. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies.. 1797. Sm. 8vo. iv,258,(2)pp. Includes the errata leaf. First edition. 19th c. 1/2 brown morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, minor rubbing of front hinge. Bookplate on front pastedown.
Aristotle. …DE POETICA. Accedunt Versio Latina Theodori Goulstoni et Insigniores Lectiones Variantes.Glasgow: Robertus Foulis 1745. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. 130,(4)pp. Title page in Greek & Latin. Text (pp. 1-83) in Greek, followed by notes in Latin. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled. In this copy the list of the chapters in Greek & Latin (2 leaves) are bound at the end. Gaskell records them after the title page. Gaskell, FOULIS PRESS, #58.
Anacreon and Sappho. …ANACREONTIS TEII CARMINA: Accurate Edita; cum Notis Perpetuis; et Versione Latina, Numeris Elegiacis… & Poetriae Sapphus, Quae Supersant. London: Impensis Lawtoni Gilliver 1733. 12mo. xxiv,210pp. Title & text on facing pages in Greek & Latin. Copper engraved frontispiece. Title printed in red & black. Cont. tooled paneled calf, head of spine a bit chipped, hinges rubbed, small stain on front cover. 18th century armorial bookplate of William Hanbury on front pastedown.
Byrom, John. THE UNIVERSAL ENGLISH SHORT-HAND; or, the Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, Applicable to Any Other Language, But Particularly Adjusted to Our Own. Invented by John Byrom. Manchester: Printed by Joseph Harrop 1767. First edition. 8vo. (4),x,(3)-92pp. Illus. with an engraved table and 12 engraved plates. Modern 1/2 burgundy calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco label, over marbled boards. Title page with two vertical tape stains (light discoloration) from something that was once attached to the verso. Still a very decent copy.
Hey, Richard. A DISSERTATION ON THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS OF GAMING… The Second Edition. Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the University; for J. & J. Merrill et al 1784. (4),100pp. Finely rebound in antique style; full gilt tooled calf with red morocco spine label. The second edition, first is 1783. A prize winning essay at the University of Cambridge (June 1783).
Gilpin, William. THE LIFE OF HUGH LATIMER, BISHOP OF WORCESTER.London: Printed by Charles Rivington, for John and James Rivington 1755. (2),198,(6)pp. Index. Including 1 page of publisher’s ads. Modern marbled boards, paper label on front cover. Gilpin’s (1724-1804) biography of Hugh Latimer (1485?-1555).
[Dodsley, Robert (ed.)]. A COLLECTION OF POEMS in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1770. 6 vols. Each vol. with a copper engraved headpiece and an allegorical copper engraved title-page vignette. Vol. IV with an engraved sheet of music at back. Cont. calf, worn, uniformly rebacked in 20th cent. gilt tooled tan calf with dark brown spine labels. Inner hinges reinforced with binder’s tape.
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