1636rif. 2226Le Blond 1636. Etching. A good impression on paper without a watermark. Trimmed just showing the platemark all around. 259mm x 324mm. G.D. 1080 Blum 154 only state Paris/Tours 2004 No. 128 Le Blond, books
1663rif. 41874Nuremburg: Heirs of J. & W. Endter 1663. 8vo. 6 3/16 x 3 3/4 inches. xiv 998 xl pp. Title in red and black engraved frontispiece and 42 plates 7 folding. Early ownership signature on front pastedown. Early 18th-century lengthy manuscript commentary referencing passages on Brahmins from a work by Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo 1616-1644. Contemporary vellum First German Edition of one of the earliest European accounts of Hinduism in Southern India by a missionary who worked in Palicatta Coromandel for ten years from 1630 enlarged by supplementary accounts of Asian African and American religions not included in the Dutch and French editions. Abraham Roger was a Dutch missionary and linguist who spent a significant portion of his career working in India under the Dutch East India Company VOC. He was stationed in Pulicat a trading hub on the Coromandel Coast of South India where he worked among the Tamil speaking population. His experiences as a missionary coupled with his interest in local culture prompted him to document Hindu religious practices and beliefs culminating in this notable work. First published in Dutch in 1651 and translated into German in 1663 it is one of the earliest and most significant works by a European exploring Hinduism in South India. Roger's approach was distinct in its attempt to understand and accurately portray Hinduism a religion he sought to comprehend despite his missionary objectives. His work stands out for its translations of Hindu hymns and descriptions of temple rituals and he drew much of his knowledge from his close collaboration with local Brahmins reflecting a relatively objective tone compared to other European writings of the period. Despite his Eurocentric and missionary perspective Roger was unique in that he did not entirely dismiss Hinduism but rather engaged with it to create one of the earliest detailed European accounts of the religion. Sabin 72603; JCB III p. 92; Ackermann V 1273; Landwehr VOC 65. Heirs of J. & W. Endter unknown books
1688rif. ST13039cLondon: J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper 1688; 1689. FIRST EDITION of Part III. 304 x 202 mm. 12 x 8". 58 41 1 blank 80 4 70 i.e. 68 154 23 1 blank 148; 16 161 21 166 pp. 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Two works bound together in one volume. Very attractive contemporary black morocco handsomely gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Separate title pages for each section those in the first work dated 1687. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery and the book label of Lawrence Strangman front free endpaper with bookplate of Robert S. Pirie see below for these three. Perkin B1; Wing C-6658 C-6664B and C-6665. One open tear just touching printed marginal notation small hole affecting two words light and very sparse foxing a touch heavier on a few signatures and some negligible spotting here and there otherwise A VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE COPY with only the most trivial wear. From a distinguished collection in pleasing condition and in a contemporaneous binding this volume contains the works of Abraham Cowley one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15; and he went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. Cowley was a staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria where he helped to encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The first part here contains the poet's best-known mature works while the second is composed of his early efforts and the third his writings on plants. Our volume is from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Our volume has a thrice-distinguished provenance. The first recorded owner is Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery 1847-1929 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during 1894-95. Earlier he had been Foreign Secretary twice as well as Leader of the Opposition. As stated in the British Armorial Bindings database Rosebery was an "ardent and discriminating book collector." Afterwards the present volume became the property of Bombay-born and Cambridge-educated Lawrence Strangman 1907-80 son of Sir Thomas Strangman Q.C. and Lady Winifred Strangman. Much of his celebrated collection went to his alma mater Trinity Hall in the University of Cambridge where it is maintained as the Strangman Collection in Jerwood Library while other portions were handled by Sotheby’s. A captain in WWII Strangman served as a distinguished Intelligence Officer. Our third recorded owner is Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world’s oldest society of bibliophiles. J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper unknown books
1578rif. 2206Antwerp: Plantin 1578. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 23 x 16.5 cm 4 ff. 417 1 pp. 1 f. Bound in contemporary vellum over flexible boards head slightly chipped; early signature on t-p. Woodcut 'golden compass' device of the Plantin press on title. Generally good. First edition of this early modern geographical dictionary published alongside the first Plantin edition of Ortelius' successful Theatrum orbis terrarum Antwerp 1579 and listing thousands of names both ancient and modern for "peoples regions islands great and small towns mountains foothills forests seas bays lakes" etc. depicted in the atlas. Earlier versions of the Synonymia had previously appeared as indices to the atlas containing a little over 2000 entries; "in all this first version of Ortelius' geographical dictionary in the form of a separate book includes approximately 10000 entries" Meurer. Ortelius' methodology in the present volume differs from that of his earlier indices: a parallel glossary of non-Latin names has been turned into a bilingual appendix and Ortelius relies almost completely on classical authors quoting moderns only when he cannot go straight to the source. The significance of these alterations for the author's role not as mapmaker but as linguist and lexicographer is hard to overstate: his introduction declares that he undertook the new Synonymia largely out of frustration at the scholarly inadequacy of current Latin lexica including earlier editions of his own which frequently printed inexact or even nonexistent terms sometimes on dodgy authority. Voet 1835; Skelton Theatrum orbis terrarum facsimile 1964; Meurer in Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas ed. Voet pp. 331-346. Plantin hardcover books
1923rif. 39395Warsaw: Di Zayt 1923. Second edition. Softcover. fair to vg. Large Octavo. 225pp. Original decorative wrappers with b/w. illustration pasted down on front cover in hardcover cassette with half cloth over decorative paper-covered boards and black lettering on spine. 12 b/w illustrations by Jakob Adler. Abraham Zak 1891-1980 describes the fate of galician population during World War I the sudden change in life the preparations life of and with soldiers and living with war and the Jewish holidays. Zak gives words to the differences and the major change in the way of life of the Jews in Galicia. With his style of essays with dialogues he creates a unique approach to the understanding of the meaning of war which is strongly impacted by the dramatic drawings by Jakob Adler. Text in Yiddish. Cassette with light wear along edges. Wrappers rubbed small piece of cover illustration is missing wear along edges and fraying at head and tail of spine. Foxing at verso of front wrapper and title page. Block tanned 60% of pages are loose but present. Block with some fraying at foredge. Binding in overall very good wrappers and interior in fair to good condition. Di Zayt unknown books
1689rif. ST13039gLondon: Printed for Charles Harper 1689. FIRST EDITION. 297 x 192 mm. 11 5/8 x 7 1/2". 20 166 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Very pleasing contemporary red morocco elaborately panelled in gilt covers with mitered frames composed of gilt rules decorative rolls pointillé tooling and floral sprays raised bands spine intricately gilt in compartments with central star-like design and scrolling cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt possible very expert repair to top spine compartment. Frontispiece engraving of Cowley's tomb. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Wing C-6665; ESTC R21164. ◆Spine and head of rear board sunned a bit of wear to joints and extremities boards tending to splay slightly faint scattered dark flecks to leather text with isolated spots and browning but an excellent copy the binding solid and only minimally worn and internally very fresh and clean. From a distinguished collection in extremely attractive condition and in a fine contemporaneous binding this is the first appearance of the botanical writings of one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15 and went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. A staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria he helped encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument pictured in our frontispiece refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The present copy comes from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Printed for Charles Harper unknown books
1861rif. 31279Philadelphia: F. Bouclet 1861. Very Good. Philadelphia: F. Bouclet 1861. Original color lithograph 68x54cm. Mounted to matte backing; marginal tears and soiling; rubbing and a few scrapes around title; colors remain bright; a Very Good copy. This large vibrant lithograph was issued to commemorate Lincoln's first inauguration depicting the first sixteen Presidents with George Washington at top a beardless Abraham Lincoln at the bottom. The female personification of Columbia stands in the center before the Capitol holding a shield and staff with a liberty cap. The Capitol Dome sits in the background and is depicted as the artist anticipated it would look--the structure was not completed until late 1863. A handsome and uncommon print scarce in retail and auction records with only two holdings found in OCLC at the Library of Congress and the Mankato Area Public School District in Minnesota. . F. Bouclet unknown books
1865rif. 6598New York 1865. Good. Broadside 23 x 17 inches. Printed in brown ink. Old folds. Unevenly trimmed at edges reinforced with later paper in several places on verso. Light soiling foxing and wear. New York Times New Years broadside for 1866 with a lengthy poem commemorating the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The text is printed in an elaborate and ornate border with decorative vignettes and the top and bottom center. The poem's couplets greet all readers of the Time from patriotic soldiers to women on the homefront to Wall Street moguls building their mansions. It then turns to address the war: "Twelve little months ago upon this morn / The bosom of the land by warfare torn / Shed tears of blood; while sounding sea to sea / From North to South cried one loud agony. / Twelve months ago and Marching Sherman's host / Struck as he said they should the Atlantic Coast; / While grim in front the rebel capital / King Death stood waiting for his carnival." After a bit the author addresses Lincoln's assassination: "Another tale will old men oft relate / Of how our Lincoln fell 'neath traitor hate; / How he we loved so much with so much pride / Struck by th' assassin's fatal bullet died. / Oh bitter tears fell on that April morn / As o'er our city the sad news was borne." Other battles and heroes are similarly mentioned as well as the mercy of nurses and the newly freed slaves: "O'er snowy cotton fields the people see / The noble spectacle of labor free. / . / And many a school-house open wide its door / To welcome thousands untaught before.". A wonderful exemplar of the genre particularly notable for its content on Lincoln and the end of the Civil War. unknown books
1860rif. 85724Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was neither a Catholic nor a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with an unclear background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to New Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. Charles Leib unknown books
1926rif. 6332New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm. xvi 480; vi 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards spines with printed paper labels blue endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine partially unopened set complete with the publishers duplicate labels at the end on each volume. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 was the 16th President of the United States and remains one of the most seminal figures in American History. During his tenure which was cut short by his assassination in 1865 he saw the country through the Civil War and stewarded Emancipation. Carl August Sandburg's 1878-1967 biography The Prairie Years traces the early part of Lincoln's life and the formation of a man who would go on to be president up until his move to Washington. Sandburg would also publish additional volumes covering Lincoln's war years. Hailed as a voice of American Sanburg would win one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this compelling biography. Monaghan 2877. Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1700rif. D5997Nurnberg: J. Chr. Weigel c. 1700. First and only Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Speckled calf gilt-stamped ornament on spine; 4to; with copper-engraved title-page and 67 copper-engraved plates 1 of them lightly colored. Very rare work illustrating various human follies and obsessions according to Bertsche not by Santa Clara although that's the general assumption. Title-page and 1 plate professionally restored; some plates neatly repaired with tape or reinforced with paper on the verso; occasional marginal chip or tear infringing upon the image itself in just 2 instances; 2 plates with marginal ink doodles. J. Chr. Weigel hardcover books
1719rif. 338195Amsterdam: Henri Abraham Chatelain 1719. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Handsome archival frame 24 1/4 x 26 3/4" not examined out of frame. A finely engraved map of New France by Henri Abraham Chatelain depicting the inhabited regions of eastern North America and promoting French colonization. The map features excellent detail of the Great Lakes the Mississippi River and French settlements along with a striking trompe-l'oeil inset of the Mississippi Delta and Mobile Bay. A second inset includes both a plan and view of Quebec. Richly embelished with sailing ships Native American villages and explanatory notes the map is an good example of early eighteenth-century French cartography. Henri Abraham Chatelain 1684-1743 was a Dutch cartographer and pastor best known for his influential seven-volume Atlas Historique. A beautiful and decorative example of his work. Henri Abraham Chatelain unknown books
1861rif. 1391Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. 111 pp. Good condition and removed from a bound volume. Lincoln's speech of July 4 1861. Between the fall of Fort Sumter and July of 1861 President Lincoln Made decisions in response to secession of the southern states without seeking Congressional approval. Lincoln asks Congress to authorize his actions and explains why there is a need to fight the Civil War. This pamphlet is surprising scarce. Government Printing Office unknown books
1864rif. 1403210Wright & Potter 1864. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston. 1864. 88110pp. plus folding map. Original printed paper wrappers. Internally clean back cover not attached anymore water stain at top of spine and around it. Very good. Devoted almost entirely to the Massachusetts war effort published early in January 1864. The folding map shows the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated November 19 1863 with the long speech of Edward Everett of Massachusetts and the short "Dedicatory Speech by President Lincoln" better known as the Gettysburg Address. Also printed is the "Programme of Arrangements" of that day a list of Massachusetts soldiers killed at Gettysburg and buried there and details of the cemetery. Monaghan notes this as an early printing of the Gettysburg Address. MONAGHAN LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY I:48. This historically significant and very early book publication of the Gettysburg Address which may be the most important and certainly best known speech in US history is extremely uncommon and almost only found rebound or with the covers missing. This version intact and in its original condition is a coveted artifact of Americana. Comes in a custom-made slipcase. Wright & Potter unknown books
1865rif. 64317Philadelphia PA: A. Bancroft 630 Chestnut Street second story 1865. Oval albumen photograph of Lincoln 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm. laid down enclosed in an oval border in the center of the original rectangular sheet 50 x 38 cm. Text lines above and below the photo speak to what he gave to the nation text on the right records significant moments in his time line and on the left are two of his famous quotations all enclosed in an oval border. A lovely summation of what he had given to a nation in mourning accompanied by a strong image to remember the physical man. Some tears to the mount not reaching the oval edges a wrinkle perhaps in mounting on one side still a striking presentation. A. Bancroft, 630 Chestnut Street (second story) unknown books
1750rif. 167Etching and engraving. D.1385 Blum 203. Image: 10 x 12½. Margins: 10½ x 14. books
1642rif. 1661642. Etching and engraving. Duplessis 1386; Blum 204 only state. Image: 10 x 12 with small margins. Foxing traces of old fold in the legend. books
1603rif. 328971Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 17 3/8 x 21 1/2" Framed in Eli Wilner carved frame. Beautiful map of the Holy Land bordered by 22 medallions depicting Abraham's wanderings. An inset map shows the path Abraham took. Ortelius used both Ptolemy and the Bible as sources for the map and based the medallion scenes on drawings by Maarten de Vos also of Antwerp. Latin text on verso. Expert repair to lower margin minor scattered stains in margins. Abraham Ortelius 1527 - 1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 183.2 1603Lv; Laor 547C. Antwerp 1603 Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1960rif. 516851960. Robinson Abraham 1918-74. On the mechanization of the theory of equations. Offprint from Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 9F 1960. 47-70pp. 241 x 170 mm. Without wrappers. Very good. Presentation Copy inscribed by Robinson to Martin Davis 1928-2023 on the first page: "To Martin Davis Cordially A. R. 4.5.61." First Edition Offprint Issue. Robinson is best known for developing nonstandard analysis which reincorporated infinitesimal and infinite numbers into mathematics. In the present paper which addresses "the problem of how to induce a machine more particularly a digital computer to prove mathematical theorems somewhat after the fashion of certain human beings" he constructed "a semantically complete calculus for the formulation of the elementary theory of equations" leading to "the formulation of a proof strategy for such problems" p. 47. . unknown books
1860rif. 19842Columbus: Follett Foster and Company 1860. First Edition First Issue. Cloth. Very good. First edition first issue of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates published in 1860. Octavo iv 4 268pp 4. Publisher's original brown cloth stamped in blind title in gilt on spine. Cloth spine relaid over matching brown cloth front hinge reinforced with archival repair. Solid text block intermittent foxing and toning throughout. This is the first issue with "2" on page 17 no "line" over the printer's card and no advertisements. Free of any pencil marks or notations. Howes L338 Monaghan 69 Sabin 41156 A scarce example. One of the most historically important works in political ideology and national politics. Follett, Foster and Company unknown books
1818rif. 820231818. The End of Trial by Battle in the United Kingdom Broadside. Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Respondent. Appeal of Murder: The Decision of the Judges in the Case of Ashford ver. Thornton Court of King's Bench April 20th 1818. Nottingham: Shorrock and Son Successors to E. Hodson Printers 1818. 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted to later backing sheet text in two columns separated by rule below headline and woodcut vignette of a landscape. Moderate toning light soiling to edges a few faint creases printer's flaw and clean tear to right column no loss to legibility. Rare. $3000. Ashford v. Thornton dealt with the aftermath of the murder of Mary Ashford in 1817. Abraham Thornton who had seen and been intimate with Ashford the previous night was tried for rape and murder but acquitted of both charges due to a lack of evidence and inconsistencies in the prosecutor's case. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right. After extensive proceedings in the Court of King's Bench the court found that he was eligible to do so. Our broadside documents the final hearing in which Ashford declined to battle with Thornton and withdrew his appeal. Thornton was given a pro forma arraignment and released. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. This broadside is rare and appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Not at Harvard or the British Library. unknown books
1573rif. 311532Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1573. framed. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75". In gilt frame with empire French matting 23 x 28 1/2 inches. Gorgeous 16th century map of Italy. Elevations are beautifully colored and major towns are noted in red. Part of the Balkans Corsica and northern Sardinia are included along with part of Switzerland. Monaco is noted to the West. It was Ortelius's first map of Italy with a depiction of Neptune embracing and kissing a Neirid merwoman. A Sphinx perches atop the distance scale cartouche. Seven ships complete the composition. Some foxing and toning but otherwise a beautiful example of this uncommon edition. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 started his career as a Flemish map colorist eventually becoming a publisher cartographer and geographer. He widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 118. Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1690rif. 48858Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Two parts quarto published in 1690 and 1691. A-Z4 pi4 b4 Aa4 Bb/CC4 Dd-Gg4 = 124 leaves. 16 196; 4 31 1 blankpp. Text in Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. De Turcarum liturgia with separate title page dated 1690 and pagination. Contemporary vellum neatly rebacked. Old library stamp at bottom margin title front blank endleaf detached occasional oxidation spot and mild toning else a very good copy crisp and amply margined. First Hebrew-Latin edition of the first modern Hebrew work on geography the author's most famous and important book. Abraham Farissol or Peritsol was a learned Jew from Avignon who compiled his cosmographical works at the court of the Estes in Ferrara. The present text was composed in 1524-25 and first published in Hebrew at Venice in 1586. The Latin translation and notes in the present edition were prepared by the English orientalist and librarian Thomas Hyde 1636-1703 with the assistance of R. Isaac Abendana working from a manuscript which Hyde located in the Bodleian Library. "Each of its 30 chapters deals with a certain geographical area or subject. In addition many cosmological and historical matters are also treated. The author collected all the evidence he could regarding Jewish settlements in each country. The inclusion of a description of the New World makes Farissol the first Hebrew writer to deal in detail with the newly-discovered America. The 14th chapter of Iggeret Orhot Olam which deals mainly with the settlements of the Ten Lost Tribes is of special interest. According to Farissol's introduction to this chapter it is clear that what moved him to undertake this investigation was the appearance in Italy in 1523 of David Reuveni many of whose descriptions are included in this work" EJ 6.1185. Reuveni was "an adventurer who aroused messianic hopes in the early 16th century" EJ 14.114. The appended work is a tract on Islamic customs by Albert Wojciech Bobowski a Polish Christian who converted to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks. Adopting the name Ali Ufki Bey he served as translator court musician at Topkapi and as a notator of Ottoman classical music. Bell F26. Christian Hebraism Cat. Harvard 1988 no. 39. ESTC R27480. Fürst Bibliotheca Judaica 1.276. Heller 17th Century pp. 1176-1177. Sabin 60934. Smitskamp PO 372. Vinograd Oxford 4. Wing F-438. Cf. Alden European Americana 1.187 Venice 1586; Heller 16th Century pp.732-733 ed. 1586. Full title beginning in Hebrew: ×גרת ×רחות ×¢×œ× Id est Itinera mundi sic dicta nempe cosmographia. Latinâ versione donavit et notas passim adjecit Thomas Hyde. Calce exponitur Turcarum liturgia peregrinatio Meccana aegrotorum visitatio circumcisio etc. Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick hardcover books
rif. 43956Amsterdam: David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz David de Castro Tartas 5423. Hardcover. g- to g. Duodecimo. 6.5x4.5". 479pp. Original brown calf boards with gilt-stamped motifs and raised bands on the spine. Blue ribbon marker. Edges of the book block in red. Marbled endpapers. The title page is illustrated with copper plate engravings in the form of small vignettes of biblical scenes surrounding the text. This is an early Spanish-language edition of the complete Jewish High Holiday prayer book Machzor based on the original translation by Abraham Usque originally printed in Ferarra Italy in 1553. This edition contains some added material not previously present including most prominently Solomon ibn Gabirol's famed philosophical poem "Keter Malkhut" Royal Crown which over the years has come to be read as part of the Yom Kippur service in some Jewish traditions. This edition of the Machzor was published by David Fereira and Mosseh Moreno Henriques to serve members of the then sizable Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. A significant portion of the community would have been ex-Marranos Jews who had outwardly converted to Catholicism during the inquisition in Spain who then immigrated and were able to reestablished their Jewish identity and thus were unable to read Hebrew hence the text's publication in Spanish. As stated in the foreword this edition includes some additions to the text not included in previous versions and omits some material deemed to have been unnecessary. The prayer book starts with the penitential prayers Selichot p.3-47 which includes decorative head and endpeices. This section is followed by the Rosh Hashanah service p.48-195 and then the Yom Kippur service including "Keter Malkhut" p.254-289. The title page is illustrated with scenes from the biblical stories of King David Saul and Goliath and contain small captions underneath with corresponding biblical passages in Spanish. There are a number of pagination printing errors including: p.45-46 are misprinted as 54 and 36 p.264 is misprinted as 164. p.450 is misprinted as 350 p.414 is misprinted as 144. Like in the case of the earlier 1652 edition of the work pages 305-352 are misprinted as "321-368" but in this copy the leaf containing p. 353-354 directly following "368" seems to be missing. Overall this edition follows very closely the 1652 edition of the same work in terms of pagination content and organization. Includes large initials throughout the text. All text in Spanish. Binding with rubbing scratches and abrasions to the covers spine and extremities. Some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Interior front covers with some starting and the loosening of the endpapers. Title page with starting light creases stains and and light chipping on the top left corner resulting in slight loss of image. Some light water staining along the top edge of the pages with some other sporadic light staining throughout. Page 365 torn along the side edge with no loss of text. Starting at a number of pages throughout the book. Binding in good- interior in good condition overall. Binding protected with modern mylar. David ben Abraham de Castro 1630-1698 was a French-born Portuguese Jewish printer/publisher in Amsterdam. Between 1662 and 1701 his press printed the "Gazeta de Amsterdam" a newspaper for the exiled Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. He started his printing career as a typesetter at the printing house of Menasseh Ben Israel a printer and leading Rabbi in community who printed the earliest Amsterdam edition of this work in 1630. Castro started his own business in 1662 making this edition among his earliest publications. References: RODRIGUEZ 1781 p. 643 KAYSERLING 1890 p. 62 PALAU1923 202416 PEETERS1933 1038. David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz (David de Castro Tartas) hardcover books
1864rif. BB_Lincoln_badgeLINCOLN Abraham 1809–1865 PHOTO BADGE in copper frame with silk Campaign Ribbon circa 1864 Framed Albumen Portrait measures 1 x ¾ inches; Ribbon imprinted Chicago: North Western Flag & Banner Co. L. 4 inches. The portrait by Anthony BERGER of Matthew Brady's Gallery the image taken in Washington DC 9 February 1864 Reference: C Hamilton and L Ostendorf: Lincoln in Photographs 109 North Western Flag & Banner Co. books
