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Eugenie de La Rochere (Author); J Sadlier (Mary Anne Madden Sadlier) )translation)Biblio.com

"The Castle of Roussillon; Or Quercy in the Sixteenth Century" American Edition

1889réf. GW-CastleNew York: P. J. Kennedy 1889 New York: P. J. Kennedy 1889. Early American edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original green cloth gilt spine lettering and decorative stamping. Corners slightly worn; a sound and clean copy. Octavo. "The Castle of Roussillon; Or Quercy in the Sixteenth Century" is a Catholic historical romance set in the French province of Quercy during the sixteenth century at the height of the wars of religion. Eugénie de La Rochère dramatizes conflict between Catholics and Huguenots weaving local legend romance and themes of fidelity under persecution. With its castle setting religious strife and atmosphere of intrigue and danger the novel belongs to the Catholic Gothic-historical tradition popular in the nineteenth century. Eugénie de La Rochère was a French Catholic writer of the nineteenth century known for historical fiction that combined regional history with moral and religious themes. Though little remembered outside Catholic circles her works were valued for their piety sense of place and dramatic storytelling. She was among a group of French Catholic novelists whose writings were widely translated and circulated through the international Catholic press. The translator Mary Anne Madden Sadlier 1820-1903 was one of the most prolific Catholic novelists and translators in North America. Irish-born and later based in Montreal and New York she wrote original novels about the Irish immigrant experience and translated numerous Catholic authors from French making them available to English-speaking readers. Her association with New York's P. J. Kennedy press was long-standing and central to its Catholic publishing program which brought devotional and moral fiction to immigrant Catholic communities. Though not the first American edition this 1885 Kennedy issue is significant as part of New Yorks Catholic publishing network linking Paris Montreal and New York. Copies of La Rochère's works are uncommon in any edition and this Kennedy printing preserves both her historical novel and Sadlier's translation at a time when Catholic presses were actively shaping immigrant literary culture. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. P. J. Kennedy hardcover

Dan Pope Books · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 356,67 €

Lamy, Bernard; Richard Bundy (Dedication, and translation by)Biblio.com

Apparatus Biblicus: or an Introduction to the Holy Scriptures

1723réf. 21208London: Printed by S. Palmer 1723. First English language edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Large quarto. XXVIII 540pp. Original gilt-stamped calf with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Vignette on title page. Title in red and black lettering. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. Originally published in 1696 "Apparatus biblicus" is a development of the author's "Introduction à la Lecture de l'Ecriture Sainte" 1689. In this work he calls in question the historical character of the Book of Tobias and the Book of Judith and maintains that even after the Council of Trent a difference of authority should be recognized between the proto-canonical and deutero-canonical books of the Bible. This work examines also subjects such as the history of the Hebrews and the Holy Land a description of the Tabernacle and Temple a history of the scriptures and a great many tangential matters like the plants animals minerals diseases and customs mentioned in the Bible. Illustrated with thirty striking copper plates including frontispiece with a folding map of the known world. This work is divided into three parts: 1 Of the Origin History and Antiquities of the Jews; 2 Of the Canon; 3 Of the False Gods together with an Explanation of Scriptural Names. Many of the plates are folded and some depict the following views: Map of the World; Noah's Ark; the Tower of Babel; Map of the Holy Land; Plan of the Ancient City of Jerusalem; the Ark of the Covenant; the Temple; the High Priest; the Great Sanhedrim; etc. Head and tail of spine chipped. Rubbing along edges of binding. Front hinge starting but front board still firmly attached. Minor to moderate age-toning/foxing to very first and very last pages. Minor worming and water-staining to upper margin of the last hundred pages not affecting text or plates. Binding in overall fair interior in good plates in very good condition. About the author: Bernard Lamy 1640-1715 was a French Oratorian mathematician and theologian. Printed by S. Palmer hardcover

Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 356,67 €

Lamy, Bernard; Richard Bundy (Dedication, and translation by)ABAA

Apparatus Biblicus: or an Introduction to the Holy Scriptures

Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 356,67 €

Martin de la Cruz and Juan Badiano (Authors); Emily Walcott Emmart (Introduction, Translation and Annotations); Henry E SigeristBiblio.com

The Badianus Manuscript Codex Barberini Latin 241 Vatican Library. An Aztec Herbal of 1552. First Full-Color Facsimile Edition

1940réf. 081609Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1940. First Full-Color Facsimile Editi. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 12.25" tall x 9.75" wide x 1.5" thick. Illustrated. The first full-color facsimile edition with English translation and scholarly apparatus of the earliest known illustrated medical herbal produced in the Americas. The work’s original title is Libellus de medicinalibus Indorum herbis “Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians”. It was compiled in 1552 at the College of Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco Mexico City by two Indigenous scholars: Martín de la Cruz Martinus de la Cruz an Aztec physician wrote the text in Nahuatl Aztec language from native medical experience; and Juan Badiano Juannes Badianus a Latin teacher at the same college translated it into Latin. The manuscript was prepared as a gift for Francisco de Mendoza son of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and intended ultimately for the Spanish court. It later passed into the Barberini collection and then the Vatican Library Codex Barberini Lat. 241. It was rediscovered there in 1929 by Charles Upson Clark. The edition made the herbal widely accessible for the first time and remains a landmark in the history of American botany and medicine. The original manuscript was later returned to Mexico by Pope John Paul II in 1990. ABOUT THIS COPY: In this the 1940 Johns Hopkins edition and the first full-color facsimile Emily Walcott Emmart provided the introduction English translation and annotations. Henry E. Sigerist wrote the foreword. Bound in a textured tan cloth with a burgundy and gilt aztec embellishment on the front cover. Spine bears a burgundy label with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Profusely illustrated in full color. It includes a substantial introduction on the manuscript’s history the College of Santa Cruz Aztec medicine and botany and the pigments used in the illustrations; a full-color facsimile of the entire manuscript plates 1–118; a facing-column transcription of the Latin text with English translation pp. 203–325 an index and bibliography. xxiv 341 pp. The dust jacket is a dark orange with black lettering and illustration. This copy measures 12.25 inches tall x 9.75 inches wide x 1.5 inches thick. CONDITION: The book itself is near fine with very minor shelfware and soiling along the edges and mild discoloration within the endpapers. Leaves have barely toned are unmarked and beautiful. The dust jacket is only fair however with significant soiling / discoloration and some wear particularly along the edges. The front cover is detached from the spine at the crease yet is held together by the mylar protective cover. There is also an open tear at the foot of the spine and a small piece missing from the head of the dust jacket spine but no text has been compromised. Even still this is a wonderful copy with a solid binding and magnificent plates. A wonderful addition to any botanist medical professional or Aztec collector's library. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the size and weight of this book an additional shipping charge may apply and will be requested after purchase. This book will arrive with "signature required" upon delivery. Full refund if not satisfied. The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover

Shelley and Son Books · États-Unis400,00 $US≈ 356,67 €

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