Les Commentaires de Cesar en Latin et en Francois (Two Volumes) with Remarques sur la Carte de l'Ancienne Gaule tirées des Commentaires de CESAR par le sieur SAMSON D'ABBEVILLE. by De la traduction de N. Perrot,Sieur d'Ablancourt - 1686

Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 1667. Hardcover. Very Good-. Elzevir Printer's mark to Titlepage. . Duodecimo (132x67mm) 18th century roan spined marbled boards (upper hinge repaired/head of spine chipped/tips worn) All edges rouged. Titlepage +[6] +424pp. Coat of arms bookplate & location on front end-paper otherwise completely unmarked crisp copy. *The only Elzevir edition. These essays are the first edition of Boyle's work in Latin to be printed on the continent. Physiologica in this sense included discourses on physics, chemistry, meteorology, medicine & related subjects as well as observations that we would still classify as physiology (eg. dog's digestive system). There are accounts of purely chemical research. According to Fulton "the importance of this work lies in the fact that in a very real sense it was a prologue to the Sceptical Chymist since it continued the attack on the alchemists began in New experiments, and actually it was as much of a landmark in the history of chemistry" [as those… Read More

Utrecht: Francis Halman + Halman & William vande Water BOTH 1st First editions, 1692, 1700. Hardcover. Good. Frontis of Hebrews with background of sea monsters and emblematic Christ spouting fire with 7 candles by G. Hoet/J. Mulder. Woodcut printers mark to 1st TP & copperplate of a different printer's mark to 2nd TP + 5 folding plates one with flap to be lifted. Two Volumes quarto laced through full vellum, not quite uniform bindings (spine darkened to second volume/tips worn). All edges sprinkled red and both stamped Ambrose Swasey Library to lower fore-edge. Frontis + Titlepage with emblematic woodcut printer's mark +[24]pp Dedication & to Reader +859pp +[49]pp index, Volume 2 titlepage in red and black with copperplate printer's mark +[14]pp dedication & contents +folding portrait if Wits +951pp +[56]pp indices. There are 11 blindstamps of the Crozier Theological Seminary to each volume, none on printed area except that on frontispiece which encroaches on the imprint below illustration. Plates… Read More

London: James Collins and Sam. Lowndes 1st first edition, 1682, 1683. Hardcover. Good. Lacks frontispiece (supplied in facsimile). 5 complete titlepages for the. TWO WORKS in One Volume. Octavo newer calf spined marbled boards (tips rubbed/sl.marked) lacks engraved frontis leaf as does the British Library copy but here supplied in facsimile mounted onto old fly leaf. Collation: [46]pp (inc. Titlepage in red & black, titlepage to Lux Orentalis dated 1682 & prelims) +151pp +[13]pp (inc. titlepage to Discourse of Truth dated 1682) +165-195 +[7]pp (inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Two foregoing Treatises "by one not unexercized in these kinds of Speculation" dated 1682) +171pp +[7]pp (inc. titlepage to Annotations upon the Discourse of Truth .. Dr.Henry More dated 1683) +173-276 +[4]pp catalogue of books printed for Lowndes. Lacks pp131-2 (leaf supplied in facsimile). Titlepage browned/dusty with old name Joh: Wetherby to margin, corners rounded, margins bit chipped, 2nd title with another name… Read More

Patavi (Padua): Petri Mariae Frambotti 3rd edition with large additions.., 1685. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (frontis of 3 male figures & Minerva on architectural stage + 50 plates & 2 text illustratations by Ruffonus, Gio. Georg or unsigned.. Three Books in One quarto vellum-spined thin pasteboard covers (tips bumped covers damp marked). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut PFM printer's mark (Minerva with owl) +3 full page plates preceding dedication leaf +[6]ppprelims +261p; Titlepage to "Pars Altera Libri Quatuor" with larger PFM Minerva printer's mark signed DR +[6]pp prelims +213pp + [21]pp indices +"Analecta de Re Vestiaria sive exercitationes ad Albert Rubenius Commentarium, accessit dissertatio De Veterum Lucernis" with repeat of printer's mark of 1st titlepage +[10]pp prelims + 155pp +Titlepage to De Veterum Lucernis with printer's mark +39pp +[16]pp index + multi folding copy of a Latin inscription. Neat early MS note in Latin on flyleaf about placing of 2 plates.The plates… Read More

London: Printed by W.Wilson for George Sawbridge, 1660. Hardcover. Very Good. Floral headpieces & historiated intial coloured read + 2nd work with added text illustrations as well as the above decorations.. Two Works in One small quarto 183x140mm rebound in full brown levant on 4 raised bands with 2 black spine labels gilt and gilt date to foot of spine. Newer edpapers, small bookplate of Alan John Jarvis, [iv]+20pp; [vi]+126+[4]pp Table. Long ownership inscription on back of titlepage (John Thomas 1751) with name repeated at end of 1st work, John Davies on back of 2nd titlepage with a few ink notes by both owners in margins of later pages. Paper browned throughout, edges frayed and cropped at top at end of book.

Franeker: Jacobum Horreum, 1693. Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp. [12], 768, [28]. Half title for each section. Bound in quarter vellum with paste paper boards - well rubbed. Library book plate on inside front cover. Title page displays a large woodcut device. Pages are clean overall with occasional spotting and age toning; faint inscription above title page device; outer margin of pp.735-6 reinforced with contemporary paper. Fore edge of the text block is a bit rubbed. The bottom edge is stamped with a library name. Board corner tips neatly repaired. Johann Van der Waeyen (1639-1701) was a Frisian Minister, scholar and controversialist. In 1677 he was forced to leave his position in Middelburg and move to Franeker. [See M'Clintock, Cyclopaedia of Biblical Lit.] Among his better known works is a commentary on Balthasar Bekker's book on witchcraft. Van der Waeyen's interest in demonology is also apparent in this collection of tracts which contains two essays (485 pages) on the demon… Read More

London: T. Garthwait, 1667. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Full calf leather binding with slight damage to foot of spine. Variant vignette to title page depicting burning of St. Pauls (by W. Hollar and dated 1666). Lacking the two plates and front endpaper, chipping to outside margin of first leaf. Title page has stain to outside edge and old inked initials to verso. ESTC: R9180. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [18], 439, [1], (blank)

Venice: Carlo Conzatti, 1665 Octavo (8½x6 inches). Pp. [24], 471, [1]. Text in Italian. Title printed in red and black. Illustrated with 197 woodcuts throughout text, some of which appear more than once. Woodcuts are generally 2x1¼ inches or smaller, a few larger. Printer's woodcut device on last leaf. Bound in full contemporary vellum over boards, morocco spine label, gilt, red sprinkled edges. Front end affixed to pastedown, small marginal fragment torn from K8, repair to short tear at T7. One woodcut with two holes. Some light internal foxing, toning. A very good copy. The Epistles and Gospels to be read throughout the year, according to the Church services. Originally written by the Jesuit Petrus Canisius (although only the Translators are mentioned in the title). Remigio's real name was Remigio Nannini. He was born in Florence c. 1521. He was a Dominican friar, author of secular and religious works, editor and translator. He died in 1581. Epistole et Evangeli was his most… Read More

1637. Prima edizione del 1637 di questo trattato di diritto marittimo dello storiografo, filologo e pensatore politico danese Joannes Isaac Pontanus (1571-1639), discepolo dell'astronomo Thyco Brahe. Pontano si trasferì prima in Francia poi in Olanda dove percepì il clima politica culturale che portò all'elaborazione delle teorie di diritto internazionale espresse in quest'opera, una vivace confutazione delle teorie sul mare chiuso di John Selden. In appendice il testo dedicato alla navigazione "De Ophyra" di Gaspar Barreiros (m. 1574) e "Problemata nautica" di Bartholomaus Keckermann (1573-1609). Alcune incisioni all'interno. Timbro al verso del frontespizio di biblioteca tedesca privata "Bibliothek Mecklenburgh Ritter Landschaft". In ottime condizioni e completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni.… Read More

London: John Murray, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Orig. boards with printed paper label on upper cover, spine rebacked with orig. printed paper label laid on and with new endpapers. viii, 164pp, [5]pp with list of subscribers. Featuring [4] engravings, and a title-vignette. Small rubber stamps in lower margins of Cardiff Public Libraries, untrimmed edges, with some light foxing. Corners and edges worn, with soiling to boards but in fact very good. British Oriental Scholar Rev. Thomas Maurice (1754-1824) was noted for his studies in history and antiquities. Thomas was appointed Assistant Librarian at the British Museum.