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1534ref. 150904London: Robert Wyer c. 1534. Erasmus on reading the Bible in the vernacular Rare English translation of Erasmus's Paraclesis "a cogently argued text in support of the Bible in the vernacular and it is this particular thrust of the work that must have drawn the early English reformers to it since they too like Erasmus spoke eloquently and at length. in support of the Bible in English" Douglas H. Parker. Based on a translation variously attributed to either William Joy or George Joye which was first printed at Antwerp in 1529 this is one of two editions printed for the first time in England in 1534. While the 1529 Antwerp edition had included a translation of Martin Luther's commentary on 1 Corinthians 7 both 1534 editions replace Luther's text with another Erasmus text "An exhortacyon to the study of the Gospell". This is the only copy to have appeared in commerce in the past 45 years. Octavo 135 x 94 mm in two parts. Woodcut opening initials printer's devices McKerrow 67c and 68 69 "dieu et mon droit" woodcut on I8r. Twentieth-century brown pigskin spine lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Fore-margins restored throughout affecting woodcuts on final leaf and occasional shoulder notes numerous short wormtracks filled some just into text some mostly marginal staining washed still a presentable copy carefully restored of a notably rare book. STC 10494 four copies only: British Library Oxford Huntington and the present copy. unknown
2026ref. LRB25001298Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 664 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1797. Récit majeur du premier ambassade britannique auprès de la cour impériale chinoise réunissant observations de voyage descriptions du parcours à travers la Chine et la Tartarie chinoise ainsi qu'un compte rendu de la traversée en mer de Chine et du retour en Europe. L'ouvrage intéresse autant l'histoire diplomatique que l'histoire des voyages des échanges anglo-chinois et de la perception de la Chine à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Il constitue une source de premier ordre sur la mission Macartney et sur les relations entre la Grande-Bretagne et l'Empire Qing. Major narrative of the first British embassy to the Chinese imperial court combining travel observations accounts of the journey through China and Chinese Tartary and a relation of the sea passage to the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pekin and the return to Europe. The work is of strong interest for diplomatic history travel writing Anglo-Chinese relations and the European perception of China at the end of the 18th century. It remains an important source on the Macartney mission and on encounters between Britain and the Qing Empire. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB25001293Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 572 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1797. Account of the British embassy sent to China at the end of the eighteenth century one of the great European testimonies on the Chinese Empire Chinese Tartary the sea voyage to the Yellow Sea and the Gulf of Peking as well as the observations gathered during the mission. A work of historical geographical and diplomatic interest sought after for its testimony on relations between Great Britain and China in the Macartney era. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
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1653ref. 6648Full yapped vellum; large gilt arabesque decor to boards; particulars debossed in blind to spine. Encased in 1566 edition of J.L. Vives 1493-1540 De Officio Mariti published in Frankfurt. Text and plates from the original 1609 printing but now with the Frankfurt 1653 title page. Without additions or corrections but lacking two tables "amphitheatri aeternae" & "primordialiter constituunt mundum". Maintains same curious pagination as 1609 editon 61-42-63; 145-146-145-146-147; 190-192-193-193. No missing pages. Eleven plates from the 1609 edition 9 of which are folding attached to rear and twelfth plate at 1653 title page. Rear plates most wholly or partially rebacked include: original 1609 title page portrait of Khunrath Tablet of Jesus Tablet of Adam Table of Rebis Laboratorium Designation of the Pyramids or Designatio Porta Amphitheatri Adumbratio Gymnasii Hypotposis Arcis and Feinde Figure of the Panel of Enemies this last with creature-caused losses to top peripheral text see image. Minor loss to upper margin of center fold of plates 8 & 9. Peripheral dampstaining to upper margin of plates 3 4 & 7. Watermark of a crest with 3 towers in a shield over a moat to plate 5. This reissue bound without the elusive wise owl. Peripheral worming throughout margins with two exceptions; one of which travels without side-tracking from a2 through z4 see images. Wear and moderate soiling to boards. No previous owners' names or other markings. 222 pp. 1. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches; 20 x 31 cm. Tobiam Gundermannum; Guilielmus Antonius hardcover
1872ref. 0418Érasme et Jean Second, 5 volumes. Un livre de Jean Second, Amours, et quatre livres d'Érasme, Le Cyclope, Les mendiants riches, Le revenant et L'enterrement. Publiés à Paris, Académie des Bibliophiles, 1869 pour le premier ; Librairie des bibliophiles, 1872-3 pour les quatre autres (il s'agit toujours de la même maison d'édition). Traductions nouvelles de Victor Develay à tirage limité. Tous in-16, 115 x 75 mm, reliés demi-maroquin cerise avec dos à 4 nerfs, titres et nom d'auteur en doré, fleuron en forme de pissenlit doré, date en queue en doré. Tranches supérieures dorées. Plats marbrés en camaïeu de couleurs à dominante rouge, filet doré à la jonction des charnières et plats marbrés, gardes marbrées à dominante rouge, couvertures conservées, signet vert clair, tranchefile. *************** Les Amours (Jean Second) : l'un des 515 sur papier vergé de Hollande, celui-ci portant le no. 228. Gravure de l'auteur en frontispice sous papier de soie. Bandeaux, cul-de-lampe à la fin du texte. 85 pp. Gravure "Encore plus de lumière" à la dernière page et au plat de 4e de couverture conservée. *************** Le cyclope : l'un des 500 sur papier vergé, non numéroté. Gravure sur bois de Polyphème en frontispice sous papier de soie. Bandeau et lettrine au début du texte, cul-de-lampe à la fin. 34 pp. (5 ff.). Gravure de l'imprimeur Jouault au plat de 4e de couverture conservée. *************** Les mendiants riches : l'un des 500 sur papier vergé, non numéroté. Gravure sur bois d'un mendiant encapuchonné en frontispice sous papier de soie. Bandeaux et lettrines au début du bref mot d'Érasme placé en avant-propos, puis du texte, cul-de-lampe à la fin de chaque. 68 pp. (3 ff.). Gravure de l'imprimeur Jouault au plat de 4e de couverture conservée. *************** Le revenant : l'un des 500 sur papier vergé, non numéroté. Gravure sur bois d'une scène d'un homme barbu "ayant commerce" avec une jeune femme en frontispice sous papier de soie. Bandeaux et lettrines au début du bref mot d'Érasme placé en avant-propos, puis du texte, cul-de-lampe à la fin de chaque. 41 pp. Gravure de l'imprimeur Jouault au plat de 4e de couverture conservée. *************** L'enterrement : l'un des 500 sur papier vergé, non numéroté. Plat de couverture conservé roussi. Gravure sur bois d'une chimère en frontispice sous papier de soie. Bandeaux et lettrines au début du bref mot d'Érasme placé en avant-propos, puis du texte, cul-de-lampe à la fin de chaque. 76 pp. Papier légèrement jauni, très légères traces de mouillures à certaines marges sans perte au texte. Gravure de l'imprimeur Jouault au plat de 4e de couverture conservée.
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1996ref. 107031San Juan: Emelií Vélez de Vando e hijos 1996. Paperback. 120p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry by the militant Puerto Rican journalist written in the early 20th century. Emelií Vélez de Vando e hijos paperback books
1996ref. Q-0965001008s.n. 1996-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! s.n.] paperback
2004Mm 165x235 Brossura editoriale di pp. 322. Opera in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY.
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ref. 0192932p. manuscript letter measuring approx. 8" x 10 ½" folded signed and dated January 14 1867 Coast Survey Office to Charles Lanman in regards to information pertaining to Prof. A.D. Bache. Mr. Hilgard was born in Germany. He settled with his parents in Illinois. Studied engineering in Philadelphia. He entered the Coast Survey in 1845. He was in charge of the Coast Survey under the Superintendent from 1862 until 1875. Throughout the American Civil War he served the Union Army and Navy by the construction of maps and charts and by surveys as well as by tidal and other information. During the failing health of Professor Bache Hilgard who was at that time in charge of the Coast Survey office was obliged to perform the duties of Superintendent which he did without extra compensation. He was Commissioner of the Committee of International Standards seeking uniformity of weights and measures. In 1875 he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of numerous books.
2017ref. 1-363953297XEditorial Académica Española 2017. Paperback. New. 52 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.12 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
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1725ref. at052.340GB: J. Darby Etc. 1725. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. This item consists of a detached title page bit worn at edges a 16 page preface and a main text of 608 pages. In fact pages 289-304 are not present and are not called for. At end is an index leaf and an advert leaf. There is no halftitle or frontispiece. The text has been collated complete and is tight but some signs of wear and age. Suitable to rebind. . Good. J. Darby Etc. unknown
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2026ref. LRB36003142Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 592 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1733. Text in English. This edition presents the complete colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus a key figure of the Renaissance. These dialogues explore themes of humanism education and social customs reflecting Erasmus' wit and erudition. The text is a valuable resource for scholars of Renaissance literature and intellectual history. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback