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1603ref. 114251Witebergae, Impensis Zacharia Schüreri, impr. Typis Cratontanis 1603 In-16 15,5 x 9,5 cm. Reliure de l’époque vélin ivoire, dos lisse, titre manuscrit illisible, [50]-268-[10] pp. Ouvrage d’une relative rareté. Reliure patinée, pages de garde et de titre déchirées, en coin de pied, 50 premières pages sensiblement jaunies, 1 cahier délié, intérieur correct.
ref. 1464London: J. Johnson. THE FIRST OF DARWIN'S FOUR MAJOR WORKS THE BOTANIC GARDEN" IS OFFERED HERE IN TWO HANDSOMELY BOUND VOLUMES Dictionary of Scientific Biography III 578-579. Erasmus Darwin 1732-1802 was a remarkable polymath working as a physician naturalist medical botanist and inventor. He was also Charles Darwin's grandfather. The Botanic Garden is an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets. It appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. "Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited "to entertain and charm." The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote 'To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science. to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany. and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist-Linnaeus.' "Darwin believed that prose was suited to abstract ideas but chose to write poetry for its ability to conjure up visual images; he drew upon the Rosicrucian doctrine of Gnomes Sylphs Nymphs and Salamanders presiding over the four elements in his personifications of all scientific technological and natural phenomena. Although William Cowper and other early critics greeted The Botanic Garden with praise" ibid. We offer Darwin's Zoonomia; or The Laws of Organic Life Volumes I & II 1794 & 1796 separately. CONDITION & DETAILS: J. Johnson London. Complete. Two volumes. 4to. 12 x 9.5 inches; 30 x 24cm. Volume I: xii 214 126 1; Volume II: 2 ix 197 1pp. 20 engraved plates inclusive of five by William Blake and two 2 by John Henry Fuseli. Very handsomely rebound in full calf; blind-stamped on the front and rear boards. The spine is gilt-ruled with decorative devices in the compartments. Also a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. New endpapers. Minor foxing and offsetting see photos otherwise clean and very bright throughout. J. Johnson hardcover
1534ref. 372192Basel: Froben 1534. Froben's printer's device on first and last leaf of each work. 415 1; 191 1pp. 8vo. Early half calf and pastepaper boards. Spine ends rubbed front joint cracked but cords holding. Very good. Froben's printer's device on first and last leaf of each work. 415 1; 191 1pp. 8vo. Early Froben edition of a pedagogical work by Erasmus "On the Writing of letters" first published in 1522 with a collection of aphorisms or "Parallels" gathered out of Plutarch's Moralia Seneca Lucian Xenophon Demosthenes Aristotle Pliny and Theophrastus. An edition was published in Cologne in the same year and the work was a standard throughout the sixteenth century. VD16 E2515 E3257. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein armorial bookplate; General Theological Seminary bookplate Froben unknown
1534ref. 372192Basel: Froben 1534. Froben's printer's device on first and last leaf of each work. 415 1; 191 1pp. 8vo. Early half calf and pastepaper boards. Spine ends rubbed front joint cracked but cords holding. Very good. Froben's printer's device on first and last leaf of each work. 415 1; 191 1pp. 8vo. Early Froben edition of a pedagogical work by Erasmus "On the Writing of letters" first published in 1522 with a collection of aphorisms or "Parallels" gathered out of Plutarch's Moralia Seneca Lucian Xenophon Demosthenes Aristotle Pliny and Theophrastus. An edition was published in Cologne in the same year and the work was a standard throughout the sixteenth century. VD16 E2515 E3257. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein armorial bookplate; General Theological Seminary bookplate Froben unknown books
1682ref. 60722Nürnberg W.M. Endters 1682 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice copy. 28 1195 5 pp. frontispiece and 51 engraved plates. Rare first edition of Franciscus' extensive work richly illustrated with exotic depictions of the road to hell. A second edition was published in 1686. German Emblem Books 1531-1888: 290. hardcover
1682ref. 60722Nurnberg, W.M. Endters, 1682 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice copy. (28), 1195, (5) pp. + frontispiece and 51 engraved plates.
1531ref. 94471531 Parisiis in via Iacobaea, apud Ludouicum Cyaneu sub duobus Gallis & Ionnem Roigninum sub Basilisco, 1531. Un volume in-12 (12 x 16,5 cm), [16]-746-[36] pp. (epistola nuncupatoria + lib. I-VI + index). Signatures: aii-cciiiib. Colophon: « Parisiis ex officina ludovici Cyanei sub duobus gallis in via Iacobea, Anno M.D.XXXI, mense Augusto». Livre bien complet de tous ses feuillets. Dans une reliure dépoque en cuir marron foncé, les plats estampés à froid, dos à cinq nerfs, tranches rouges. La couverture, notamment le dos, ont été habilement restaurés au XXe siècle, tout comme la page de titre et la dernière garde. Pages salies en début et fin d'ouvrage, écritures anciennes à la plume au verso de la page de titre, quelques soulignages dans le corps du texte, sinon ouvrage en bon état et parfaitement lisible.
1535ref. 92971535 Basileae, in officina Frobeniana [per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium], 1535. Un volume in-8° (122 x 181 mm) de [16]+864+[56] pages, marques dimprimeur au titre et en dernière page. Reliure de lépoque en plein en plein veau glacé marron estampé à froid et portant sur le plat supérieur le nom de son propriétaire, Hupert Heymer, fermoirs de laiton, dos à nerfs orné à froid. Charnières fendues, mais les doubles ficelles des nerfs sont intactes! Ex-libris manuscrit au haut de la page de titre: «Colleg[ii] Soc[i eta]tis Jesu, Silvae Duc[is] (biffé et remplacé par ) Alosti, 1621» (Hertogenbosch, Pays-Bas, et Alost, Belgique).
1671ref. Pv5b111a"Prince of Christian Humanists" Desiderius Erasmus 1466 1536 was undoubtedly the most widely read author of the 16th Century. His books were best sellers; his writings accounted for 10-20% of all book sales in Europe by the 1530's. Presented here is the first Printing in the English language of his Colloquies A Work of very great Use to such as desire to attain an exact knowledge of the Latin Tongue. First published in 1518 and expanded by Erasmus over the next fifteen years Erasmus' Colloquies deliver a collection of lively dialogues which delighted readers far beyond the Renaissance schoolroom for whom these were originally intended. They cover a wide range of topics including religion education morality and social issues. The dialogues often satirical and critical address the issues of Erasmus' time and offer sharp commentary on contemporary society. The Colloquies were intended to teach Latin and moral lessons to students but they also serve as a window into the intellectual and cultural landscape of the Renaissance. The English translation of the Erasmus' Colloquies introduced English-speaking audiences to Erasmus' ideas and philosophy creating a profound impact on European intellectual thought during the Renaissance. The Colloquies also played a key role in the development of English prose and language as they were widely read and studied by both students and scholars. This highly enticing very scarce first printing is in excellent condition professionally rebound in full leather with five compartments and four ribs to spine with bright gilt details and title. Binding and hinges are firm new end papers and paste downs no loose or missing pages. Completely free of writings or markings of any kind light scattered foxing some mild damp staining to early and last pages see photos. 555 pages. A desirable example of this most significant Erasmus first appearance in English. Book #Pv5b111. $1895. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand and other legends and landmarks. Brome, Tooke, Sawbridge hardcover
1593ref. 12512Amsterdam Pieter la Burgh / T'Utrecht Reynder Wijlicks 1658/1593. 2 werken in 1 band 124 142 p. Origineel Perkament 8°. Twee werken van Erasmus in het Nederlands vertaald waarvan het tweede in deze uitgave uiterst zeldzaam is. Amsterdam, Pieter la Burgh / T'Utrecht Reynder Wijlicks unknown
1800ref. 142097London: Printed for J. Johnson 1800. viii 612pp. Quarto 220 x 270mm. Contemporary calf with gold gilt decorations to the spine and gilt lettering stamped to a black moroccoo spine label. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates 2 folding 9 with an accompanying non-paginated text leaf. Some rubbing and wear to the boards with the top corners a bit bumped. Previous owner's inscription: "REVD. WILLIAM. RUSH. CHURCHILL 1775-1847 of Colliton Dorchester". Ex-libris of Darwin bibliographer Richard Freeman. Some offsetting and light foxing to the plates otherwise a tight and clean copy. A very good copy of this work by the grandfather of Charles Darwin with an interesting provenance. Erasmus Darwin was a well known English physician having turned down the opportunity to be a physician to the King at one point as well as a natural philosopher physiologist slave-trade abolitionist inventor and poet. 1800 Printed for J. Johnson hardcover
1629ref. 2941Zwolle 1629. 4to. for Zacharias Heyns colophon: printed by Frans Jorrijaensz 19th century half brown morocco with the author title and imprint lettered in gold on the spine brown cloth sides. With a large engraved emblem on the title page 5 decorated woodcut initials a woodcut headpiece 2 headpieces built up from typographical ornaments a woodcut tailpiece and a tailpiece built up from typographical ornaments. 28 ll. First edition of Zacharias Heyns' new Dutch translation of Erasmus' famous anti-war essay Dulce bellum inexpertis. This essay was originally part of the 1515 edition of the Adagia but was first published as an independent work by Johann Froben in 1517 with the title Bellum. The present Dutch edition is quite rare as we have not been able to find any other copies in sales records of the past hundred years.The Adagia was first published in 1500 but Erasmus continued to edit the work until his death. The 1515 edition published by Froben was greatly expanded but the essay for the proverb Dulce bellum inexpertis war is sweet to the inexperienced was the longest and most remarkable addition. In the essay Erasmus argues that war is senseless unchristian and contrary to human nature. He also critiques the militaristic culture of his time which glorified violence and aggression and advocates instead for diplomacy and negotiation. The essay became so popular that Froben published it separately. Within ten years it had been reissued at Louvain twice at Strasbourg twice at Mainz at Leipzig twice at Paris twice at Cologne at Antwerp and at Venice. German translations of it were published at Basel and at Strasbourg in 1519 and 1520 and an English translation followed in 1533. The first Dutch translation was made in 1622. The present second Dutch translation made during the Eighty Years' War shows how the work continued to inspire more than a hundred years after it was first written.The spine has been slightly rubbed. The end paper are browned the work is lightly browned throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Knuttel 3921; Bibl. Belgica E 247; Erasmus Bibl. Rotterdam p. 29; Erasmus Online 465; STCN 831153881; USTC 1026760; Vander Haeghen I p. 22. hardcover
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2015ref. 128153University of Toronto Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- -- with a bonus offer--; Collected Works of Erasmus . 2015. 1487501994 . University of Toronto Press hardcover
2015ref. 119917University of Toronto Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- -- with a bonus offer--; Collected Works of Erasmus . 2015. 1442647493 . University of Toronto Press hardcover
2015ref. 106257University of Toronto Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- -- with a bonus offer--; Collected Works of Erasmus . 2015. 1442647493 . University of Toronto Press hardcover
1969ref. 59322Paris France: Institut Neerlandais. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 50 pp. With 9 ills. 24 x 19 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1969. Institut Neerlandais paperback
1968ref. 51809Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - 142 pages. Book description: "In this amusing satire Erasmus uses an imaginary confrontation between Saint Peter and Pope Julius II as a device for launching a scathing attack upon the abuses of Church authority. In a lively and pungent dialogue the spirit of the recently deceased Pope accompanied by his Evil Genius and his slaughtered mercenaries marches to the gates of Heaven and arrogantly demands admittance. Saint Peter rebukes him for his monstrous personal sins and refuses to admit him while Julius' efforts to indicate himself only further expose his greed and cynicism." -- with a bonus offer-- . 1968. 025399733X . Indiana University Press hardcover
1942ref. 13495Walter J. Black. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Book In fine Condition -- with a bonus offer--; 013495 . 1942. Walter J. Black hardcover
1974ref. 55168New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - appears unread - 138 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . 1974. 0804461406 . Frederick Ungar Publishing paperback
2014ref. 111205Uitgeverij Snoeck. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in French. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2014. 9461611404 . Uitgeverij Snoeck paperback
2005ref. 69787Harrisburg Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Continuum Intl Pub Group. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 120 pages. . Winter Ernst F. translator & editor; Erasmus Desiderius; Luther Martin Discourse On Free Will - Erasmus & Luther . 2005. 0826477941 . Continuum Intl Pub Group paperback
1797ref. 17295New York; Philadelphia: T. & J. Swords Volume 1; T. Dobson Volume 2 parts I and II 1797. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with all half-titles and blanks. With 6 colored plates in Volume 1. Contemporary calf spine labels; text toned due to paper stock. Overall an excellent copy. First American editions of Erasmus Darwin’s important hypothesis on evolution which included discussion of how competition and sexual selection could cause change in species an idea on which his grandson Charles must certainly have drawn. Darwin’s focus here is the functioning of the body and he includes significant sections on anatomy and physiology as well as psychology. He was an early advocate of the inheritance of acquired characteristics similar to what Lamarck later developed. “The Zoonomia contains a system of pathology and a treatise on generation. Darwin believed that ‘one and the same kind of living filaments is and has been the cause of life’” Garrison & Morton. Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a remarkable polymath that worked as a physician naturalists medical botanist and inventor. T. & J. Swords (Volume 1); T. Dobson (Volume 2, parts I and II) unknown
1797ref. 17295New York; Philadelphia: T. & J. Swords Volume 1; T. Dobson Volume 2 parts I and II 1797. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with all half-titles and blanks. With 6 colored plates in Volume 1. Contemporary calf spine labels; text toned due to paper stock. Overall an excellent copy. First American editions of Erasmus Darwin’s important hypothesis on evolution which included discussion of how competition and sexual selection could cause change in species an idea on which his grandson Charles must certainly have drawn. Darwin’s focus here is the functioning of the body and he includes significant sections on anatomy and physiology as well as psychology. He was an early advocate of the inheritance of acquired characteristics similar to what Lamarck later developed. “The Zoonomia contains a system of pathology and a treatise on generation. Darwin believed that ‘one and the same kind of living filaments is and has been the cause of life’” Garrison & Morton. Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a remarkable polymath that worked as a physician naturalists medical botanist and inventor. T. & J. Swords (Volume 1); T. Dobson (Volume 2, parts I and II) unknown books
1790ref. Flo261Very good copy of the Large Paper Copy of the Quarto edition of Erasmus Darwin's masterpiece with the William Blake engravings. With the first edition of Part 1: containing the Economy of Vegetation 1791 and the second edition of Part 2: containing the Love of the Plants 1790 bound in one volume. Large Paper Copy in 29 x 22.5cm Henrey gives 26 x 21cm for all 1791 editions. Part I has 10 plates by Henry Fuseli William Blake Henry Webber and others engraved by William Blake Anker Smith Thomas Holloway. Includes frontispiece "Flora attired by the Elements" by Henry Fuseli engraved by Anker Smith four plates of the Portland Vase attributed to Blake bound next to Note XXII page 53 to 59 fold-out botanical of a Cyprepedium orchid botanical plate of Erythrina and Sections of the Earth. The Directions to the Binder indicates only 8 plates but this copy includes two additional plates: the famous "Fertilization of Egypt" designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake with the dog-headed god Anubis standing astride the River Nile at page 127 and Henry Webber's design of the Wedgwood cameo of "Hope with Peace Art and Labour" and the famous Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion with an enslaved man in chains and the caption "Am I Not a Man and a Brother" at page 87. Part II is complete with 10 plates by Emma Crewe Thomas Holloway and Frederick Polydore Nodder. The frontispiece "Flora at play with Cupid" by "gifted" amateur artist Emma Crewe 1780-1850 daughter of John Crewe 1st Baron Crewe was criticized by Richard Polwhele: "she has rather overstepped the modesty of nature by giving the portrait an air of voluptuousness too luxuriously melting." Other plates are studies of the Venus flytrap the Aztec lily tape grass etc. by botanical artist Frederick Polydore Nodder. Also includes the engraving of a cupid playing with fire by Thomas Holloway within the text on page xi. With several fascinating newspaper articles and manuscript note from 1845 tipped in behind the Portland Vase plates. The articles relate to the "Destruction of the Portland Vase" in the British Museum by a drunken delinquent on July 9 1845 his subsequent release from prison and the Duke of Portland's decision to commission the artists Doubleday and Baldock to repair the broken vase. In an unsophisticated but solid later half-leather binding of brown leather and tan cloth gilt title and blind-tooling on spine new endpapers slight toning to frontispiece and title pages but interior clean and bright with little foxing. Some offsetting from plates on to text pages and dust to page edges. J. Johnson hardcover
