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1578réf. 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
1923réf. 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
1665réf. 102684Paris chez l'auteur 1665. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece titlepage xiv 140 pp engraved title plus 69 plates numbered 1 - 67 plates 6 & 7 present twice; plate 67 is double-page. Modern full calf pastiche binding spine with five raised bands and red titleshield. Some copies have overlays on plate 50 some don't ours has no overlays. paper slightly browned. Abraham Bosse 1604-1676 famous for his etchings was also the first teacher of perspective at the Academy Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture that was founded in 1648. Bosse a mathematician and geometrician was extremely interested in the work of Girard Desargues and published several works on perspective. The present work was published in 1665. He wanted it to be the definite text on the subject that he taught but he was expelled from the Academy for lack of flexibility before its publication. Most of the 47 pages of the introduction deal with the principal errors that painters can make if they are not aware of the rules of perspective. The 67 plates and their explications deal with the necessary knowledge to apply perspective correctly. And these echo the lessons Bosse gave to his students at the Academy. He also deals with perspective in architecture. chez l'auteur
2023réf. BRG-21_5_563Grove Press 2023-05-02. hardcover. UsedVeryGood. 6x2x9. Very Good condition.Crisp pages. Clean cover and pages. Book shows minimal shelf wear. No highlighting/marking. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Grove Press hardcover
réf. 91775London Rivington 1786. 2° XXVII ca. 3000 unpag Bl. 144 blattgr. Kupfertafeln. einige Falttafel. Bibliotheksbände neu aufgebunden u. etwas beschnitten. Etwas stockfleckig u fingerflelckig eingie Blätter knittrig u. angeschmutzt einige Bl. hinterlegt - insgesamt ein schönes Exemplar. Titelblatt verso jeweils Bibliotheksstemp. Aus der Bibliothek von Wolverhampton. -"Eines der bedeutendsten frühen enzyklopädischen Wörterbücher In engl. Sprache. Hat das Erscheinen der Enzyklopädie von Diderot und d'Alembert maßgeblich veranlasst und beeinflußt" Lenz Werner: Kleine Geschichte Großer Lexika. Daten und Fakten über 500 Lexika und Enzyklopädien aus aller Welt. 1980.- Ephraim Chambers c.1680 – 15 May 1740 was an English writer and encyclopaedist who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.Chambers was born in Milton near Kendal Westmorland England. Little is known of his early life but he attended Heversham Grammar School then was apprenticed to a globe maker John Senex in London from 1714 to 1721. It was here that he developed the plan of the Cyclopaedia or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. After beginning the Cyclopaedia he left Senex's service and devoted himself entirely to the encyclopedia project. He also took lodging in Gray's Inn where he remained for the rest of his life. Chambers died in Islington and was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey.The first edition of the Cyclopaedia appeared by subscription in 1728 and was dedicated to George II King of Great Britain. When he died in 1740 he left materials for a Supplement; edited by George Lewis Scott this was published in 1753.He also wrote for and possibly edited the Literary Magazine 1735–1736 which mainly published book reviews. Chambers worked on translating other works in French on perspective and chemistry from 1726 to 1727 including the Practice of Perspective from the French of Jean Dubreuil. He also worked with John Martyn to translate the History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris 1742. 010 London, Rivington, 1786 unknown
1575réf. M10946Antwerp 1575. Very Good with some expert restoration on the two corners of the lower margin not affecting the map. Notes: Latin Text on verso. From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Atlas Ortelius's influential map of continental Asia after Gastaldi. "While the Mediterranean coastline and the southern coastline of Asia are fairly accurate the eastern and northern coastlines are erroneous. Especially the north-western parts with the Japanese island group is quite mis-presented. Also many errors in placenames e.g. Meppo for Aleppo. . There is no doubt about the Italian source for this map viz. Gastaldi." Brandmair. Size : 372x492 mm 14.65x19.37 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van Den Broecke #7. Category: Maps Asia Continent; unknown
1580réf. 17201Antwerp: Christopher Platin 1580. Other. A very good example in excellent condition and original colors. 376 by 489mm 14 by 19 inches. Original copper engraving oldcolored published 1582 in Antwerpen in the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. This is the 2nd plate of Ortelius's "Asia Nova Descriptio". It has the lower case "Farfana" and the town "Ara" has disapeared. The map is finely hand-colored in wash and outline when published. A colored title cartouche is in the lower left corner. Villages and towns are shown as miniature views moreover the map is ornated with sea monsters. A highly decorative 16th century map of Asia. Ortelius was born on 14 April 1527 in the city of Antwerp which was then in the Habsburg Netherlands modern-day Belgium. The Orthellius family were originally from Augsburg a Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1535 the family had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism. Following the death of Ortelius's father his uncle Jacobus van Meteren returned from religious exile in England to take care of Ortelius. Abraham remained close to his cousin Emanuel van Meteren who would later moved to London. In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain Philip II on the recommendation of Arias Montanus who vouched for his orthodoxy. He travelled extensively in Europe and is specifically known to have traveled throughout the Seventeen Provinces; in southern western northern and eastern Germany e.g. 1560 15751576; France 15591560; England and Ireland 1576; and Italy 1578 and perhaps twice or thrice between 1550 and 1558. Beginning as a map-engraver in 1547 he entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as an illuminator of maps. He supplemented his income trading in books prints and maps and his journeys included yearly visits to the Frankfurt book and print fair where he met Gerardus Mercator in 1554. In 1560 however when travelling with Mercator to Trier Lorraine and Poitiers he seems to have been attracted largely by Mercator's influence towards the career of a scientific geographer. Wikipedia Broe. 7. Christopher Platin unknown
1690réf. ABC_45462The Hague 1690. 8vo. Pieter Hagen Contemporary vellum with the manuscript title on the spine. Ad 1: with 3 title pages each with one of 2 woodcut decorations woodcut initials. 2 works in 1 volume the first in 3 parts. 20 140; 169-538 14 pp. Ad 1: First and only edition of three very rare medical and pharmacological treatises published together by the German physician Jansz Abraham Gehema 1647-1715. Gehema studied in Leiden where he settled as a physician before returning to Berlin in 1695. All three treatises translated into Dutch by G.D.C. from the original German were originally published in Bremen in 1688 as:1 Grausame medicinische Mord-Mittel: Aderlasse Schröpfen Purgieren Clystiren Zuleppen und ohnmachtmachende Herzstärkungen. Containing serious warnings against the evil practices of charlatans and quacks such as blood-letting purgation and suspicious prescriptions noting that they have killed many people.2 Der Reformirte Apotheker fürstellende ein ohnmaaßgeliches Project wie und welcher Gestalt die heutige Apotheken billich zu reformiren und nach einer bey allen verständigen und gewissenhaften Medicis unnmehro angenommener rationalen medendi methodo einrichten werden. A proposal to reform pharmacies to modern standards.3 Diaetetica rationalis das ist auff unläugbahren festen principiis gesunde Vernunft und wahren experience wolgegründete Lebens-Ordnung wodurch ein jeder Mensch in einem Stande seine Gesundheit wahren und ein von mancherlei beschwerden befreytes Leben hie auff Erden führen könne. Instructions for a healthy lifestyle.Although the Dutch edition gives each work its own title page and each begins on the first page of a quire so that they could have been sold separately they share a single series of page numbers and quire signatures.Ad 2: An incomplete copy of another very rare book with a curious combination of texts edited by Ulricus Huberus professor of law at Franeker University lacking the title page preliminaries and pp. 1-168 which contain excerpts from Aristotles Ethica. Texts still present are René Descartes Passiones. sive affectus animae pp. 169-299 Ulrich Huber Institutionis reipublicae liber singularis pp. 301-494 and exerpts from Ovids Metamorphosis under the title Argumenta Metaµfse excerpta ex Ovidio pp. 495-538.With a near-contemporary annotation on the verso of the flyleaf facing the title page giving a list of contents in Dutch "Inhout van deesen Bandt. 1. Grouwelijke Medicijnse Moortmiddelen. 2. Renati Cartesii passiones sive affectus Animi. 2. Institutionis Reipublicae Liber Singularis.". Ad 2 is incomplete lack the title page the preliminaries and the first 168 pp. spine somewhat wrinkled but still in good condition.l Ad 1: STCN 081374259 2 copies incl. 1 incompl.; USTC 1823366 3 copies incl. 2 also in STCN Wellcome III p. 99; cf. Krivatsy 45999 1688 German ed.; ad 2: STCN 830313737 4 copies; USTC 1837107 4 copies same as STCN. hardcover
1629réf. 001352Rome: Typis Vaticanis / Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apost. 1629. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Silvester Caesius of Aquitaine Son of the Supreme Pontiff; by Abraham Bzowski a Pole Master of Sacred Theology of the Order of Preachers. Appended is the Life of Saint Adalbert the Martyr Published by the Same Silvester Defended by the Same Abraham Bzovius on Behalf of Its Author and Illustrated with Notes. Rome Printed at the Vatican Press 1629. --- together with --- The Life and Passion of Saint Adalbert Count Ursinus of Rosenberg Bishop of Prague Archbishop of Gniezno and Martyr; Apostle of the Bohemians Hungarians Poles and Prussians. Written by His Contemporary and Close Companion Pope Silvester II. Now for the First Time Vindicated on Behalf of Its Author by Abraham Bzowski a Pole Master of Sacred Theology of the Order of Preachers Divided into Chapters and Illustrated with Clearer Notes. Rome From the Press of the Apostolic Chamber 1629. The first and principal work in this volume is an exceedingly rare early modern biography of Pope Sylvester II Gerbert of Aurillac renowned as a mathematician philosopher and the first French pope. Writing in defence of Sylvester's legacy Bzowski refutes longstanding legends of sorcery and presents the pontiff as a model of intellectual virtue and ecclesiastical reform. The work exemplifies Dominican historical scholarship and forms part of Bzowski larger project to continue and expand Cesare Baronio's Annales Ecclesiastici. This book also contains his important Latin biography and scholarly vindication of Saint Adalbert also known as Wojciech a Bohemian nobleman from the Ursini-Rosenberg family bishop of Prague and missionary archbishop of Gniezno. He is one of the earliest and most important Christian evangelists in Central and Eastern Europe revered as the "Apostle of the Bohemians Hungarians Poles and Prussians." The book is an important celebration of Polish history as well as that of Eastern Europe more broadly. Born in Proszowice in 1567 Abraham Bzowski was a precocious scholar mastering Latin and music by the age of ten and studying under French humanists in Secemin. He joined the Dominican Order in Krakow later teaching philosophy and theology in Ferrara and Milan. After serving as prior in Krakow and Wroclaw he was summoned to Rome in 1610 by Pope Paul V and commissioned to continue Cesare Baronio's monumental Annales Ecclesiastici. Bzowski authored nine folio volumes covering 1198-1571 noted for their fidelity to Dominican perspectives though not without criticism. Among his other works are the Quadraginta Sermones super Canticum Salve Regina 1598 the Sacrum Pancarpium 1611 and updated papal biographies including those of Paul V and Gregory XV. His Silvester II Caesius 1629 offered here reflects both his historical scholarship and his interest in Polish and papal history. Bzowski died in Rome on 31 January 1637 having spent his final years in monastic seclusion after a personal tragedy. Size: 191 x 268 mm approx. Condition: 1 4 a6 A-O4 P6 Q2; 4 A-D4 E6 1 Contemporary full limp vellum title in contemporary MS to head of spine with 20th century tape affixed across the foot of the spine and going on to the boards. Binding secure with boards securely attached. Foxing throughout toned 20th century ownership marks including blindstamps of the Rare Book Collection of The New York General Theological Seminary Library. Collates as complete including the finely engraved portrait of Sylvester II. Both parts are present. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Rare Book Library at the New York Theological Seminary USA. Typis Vaticanis / Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apost. Hardcover
réf. 140Document du plus grand intrt. Cette pice fut signe et date par Duquesne, charg de dfendre la Sicile reprise par les Franais aux Espagnols, deux jours avant son dpart pour les les de Lipari o il devait rencontrer son adversaire Ruyter (bataille de Stromboli, grce laquelle Duquesne sempara de Messine). Cette pice indique les routes maritimes suivre selon linfluence des vents, ...partant de Toulon ou des isles dHires, ils feront routte droit au cap Corse (...). Ayant doubl le cap Corse on fera routte entre Laplanouze et la Corse... labri du cap Corse et du Golfe de Fayence, si le vent se montrait trop violent, ils relcheraient aux les de La Madeleine, ...ce qui ne se fera que dans la dernire extremit... Mais si le vent est favorable, il faudrait continuer la route jusqu lle de Lustrigo appele Ustica. Duquesne signale en outre une autre route, au cas o les vents ne permettraient pas de suivre la premire. Ce qui est important, dit-il, ...ne se pas sparer pour arriver tous ensemble Messine... afin de vaincre lennemi...Colbert disait de Duquesne : lhomme du royaume qui entend le mieux la navigation .
1720réf. 64287Burton MI: Subterranean Press 2017-2022. Six vols. Tall 8vo. 449 1; 413 1; 437 1; 435 1; 411 1; 411 1 pp. Each vol. w/ illustrated signed limitation page. White gray light green beige lightly tinted mint & dark green publisher’s linen gilt lettering on spines textured endpapers w/ d.j.’s wraparound cover art by Daniel Dociu F/F set No. 4 signed & lettered “PC” publisher’s copy Nos. 5-9 No. 205 of 574. First signed limited editions Vol. 4 is one of the few publisher’s copy volumes outside of the 26 lettered and 574 numbered vols. vols. 5-9 are numbered. This set encompasses the concluding six volumes of this Hugo Locus & Dragon Award nominated and winning series later adapted for Syfy and Amazon Prime channel television series. Subterranean Press, unknown
1649réf. 518331649. Luguni Joannis Antoni Huguetan 1649 Folio Portrait 2 2 68 984 311 pp.; 50 655 1 46 2 pp.; 14 148 6 1 pp. zwei Pergamenteinbände d.Zt.; von einigen kleineren Mängel abgesehen ein feines Expl. Editio postrema à mendis purgatissima - Second Edition of this Opera Omnia first published 1642. ABRAHAM ZACUTUS LUSITANUS 1575-1642 - or Abraham ben Samuel Zacutus "was born in Lisbon. He studied medicine at Coimbra and Salamanca and took his degree of doctor in 1596 when he was twenty-one years of age after having attended the Universities of Salamanca Coimbra and Siguenza . He then returned to Lisbon where according to L. Lemos "In the thirty years he practiced there . He stood out preeminent among his colleagues of many lands . . . whether in discussion or in consultation in medical practice or in literary matters he easily won the palm. . . . But when there seemed that nothing could be added to the happiness of Zacutus- behold a sudden whirlwind of fate . he was plunged headlong from the high peak of the good fortune to which his merit had raised him. A most cruel edict of the king of Lusitania banished all of the Hebrew stock from the kingdom." Zacutus departed from the city of his birth when he was 50 years of age and settled in Amsterdam. " . He journeyed to Amsterdam in the hope of obtaining a peaceful abode ." Zacutus joined the Amsterdam Jewish Community and was one of that remarkable body of physicians who as Portuguese emigres won fame for themselves and added luster to Portuguese medicine; many proudly added "Lusitanus" to their names. In his "Peroration" to the first volume of his Opera Omnia Zacutus writes: " For I am a Jew and a stranger who fled from Portugal and my beloved and most lovely birthplace Lisbon tossed about hither and thither by severe misfortune and the storms of a long life. . I have allowed no day to pass-as Seneca says-without writing a line in which I showed my love for the Republic of Medicine. . I was determined to spend my life in devotion to study." He regarded " physicians as the tutelaries of Divinity sons of the gods." M. Lemos has studied Zacutus' works and presents us with an interesting summary. From this we can see that as an anatomist and pathologist Zacutus deserves special praise for the frequency with which he made autopsies at a time when they were rare. He embraced every opportunity and as a result he published post-mortem findings in the plague in affections of the heart malignant tumors renal and vesical calculi etc. He was much interested in drugs . But it is chiefly as clinician that he showed his greatness; he examined carefully with all the means then known and he relied upon his observations. As a result M. Lemos claims that the name of Zacutus is inseparable from the history of such diseases as plague diphtheria the eruptive fevers and malignant growths. He was one of the first to describe black water fever. He is praised for his studies of and contributions to the knowledge of syphilis. In estimating Zacutus' place in medicine we must bear in mind with M. Lemos that he was one of the most illustrious representatives of moribund Galenism which he defended with great loyalty. In his devotion he combated with all his force those whom he regarded as perverting the text and showing disregard to the masters. But as Carvalho points out "it is true that we had at that time some doctors who without despising traditional science by their devotion to progressive tendencies made great advance in the field of pathology and therapeutics. Of this number Zacutus and Duarte Madeira Arrais take front rank." The universality of Zacutus' interest in human diseases is everywhere apparent. His writings are arranged very systematically and no part of the body fails of attention. An interesting account could be made of the diseases of the eye which he describes and discusses. The same may be said of other organs. It is to be regretted that Zacutus did not live to publish his promised work on surgical diseases for the purpose itself furnishes proof there was nothing in medicine that was foreign to his concern. The collected works the Opera Omnia published in Lyon 1st.Ed. 1642/44 in two large volumes shortly after Zacutus' death January 22 1642 "hauptsächlich betrauert von den Armen" Hirsch but bearing the note of the author's revision present vast scholarship. They were dedicated to King Louis XIII of France. Volume I is described in its title as: The History of the Great Physicians being all the medical histories of internal diseases which are found scattered in the works of the foremost physicians most carefully arranged in proper order and supplied with explanatory notes and commentaries; together with a review of questions and matters of doubt." This is a medical history written not in chronological order of the general development of medicine nor in the sequence of eminent medical personages and their discoveries and their writings but from the point of view of single diseases their course and their treatment as recorded in the works of medical writers throughout the centuries. At the end of the volume Zacutus writes that he has presented " the histories of medical cases gathered from the foremost physicians in bountiful measure-to the number of 433 " and that he has illustrated clarified arranged and confirmed them on the authority of the most learned scholars to the number of 1711 "whom he has cited. It represents work of astounding volume. Volume II is entitled " The Practice of Cases-in which the treatment of all internal diseases is explained according to the views of leading physicians; serious doubts are discussed and resolved; and finally many practical observations are interspersed in their proper places. With an introduction of the physician into practice together with a most elegant pharmacopoeia. To which are added extraordinary medical cases by the very same author fully and newly enriched in which rare wonderful monstrous cases are presented together with their hidden causes signs courses and treatments." Each disease is considered under the following heads: Definition sometimes followed by "differentia" species causes signs prognosis treatment together with illustrative cases. The volume ends with a deeply pious and moving prayer of gratitude for Divine help-just as the book of precepts mentioned above opens with Precept I: "The physician should be a faithful worshipper of Divine Majesty "; yet in discussing objectively a medical problem he adds: "for we are physicians and not theologians! " It is also worthy of mention that the editions of 1649 and 1657 both volumes were from the same printer and are identical in form and paging with the first. What estimate have medical historians placed upon Zacutus Lusitanus Sprengel summarizes his life and work with the words that he distinguished himself as a practitioner as well in Holland as in Portugal. He commends the well ordered and carefully explained collections of cases of older writers as well as his own observations and experiences in rare cases. Daremberg describes the books as "precious works . . . still very useful." Neuburger and Pagel cite Zacutus frequently and praise his works. Neuburger regards him as the first to deal with the history of medicine." Harry Friedenwald The Jews and Medicine I pp.307-321 Cat. p.154 unknown
1677réf. 418631677 La Haye. Steucker. 1677. 1 volume petit in-8, plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné, tranches dorées, roulette intérieure dorée.(6) ff. ; 624 pp. ; (44) ff.
1688réf. 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
1688réf. 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
1677réf. 34844Chez Frédéric Léonard | à Paris 1677 | 7.50 x 13.80 cm | relié
1719réf. 15847Amsterdam: François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries 1719. 440 by 520mm. 17.25 by 20.5 inches. Engraved map. Henri Chatelain's edition of Adrien Reland's important map of Japan 1715 including the place-names in phonetic Dutch. Reland's map of Japan represents a radical departure from prior European maps of Japan and is the first map printed in Japan to use Sino-Japanese characters. Instead of using the existing European geographical sources of Japan Reland utilized Japanese maps most notably a map from the library of Benjamin Dutry 1668-1751 a former director of the Dutch VOC. This was a tremendous leap forward in the geographical depiction of Japan such as in the treatment of Kyushu Island and in naming the 66 provinces. Large inset of the area around Nagasaki and an ornate dedication cartouche with about twenty coats of arms. Published in the fifth volume of the Châtelain family's 'Atlas historique ou Nouvelle introduction à l'Histoire à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne et Moderne ' 1719 when eventually extended to 7 volumes. With an inset 'Vue de la Ville de Nangasacki & de l'ile'. Zacharie Châtelain d. 1723 was the father of Henri Abraham 1684-1743 and Zacharie Junior 1690-1754. They worked as a partnership publishing the 'Atlas ' under several different Châtelain imprints depending on the Châtelain family partnerships at the time of publication. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720 with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography geography history chronology genealogy topography heraldry and costume of the world. The maps in the "Atlas Historique" were mainly based on those of the French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle but were presented by the Châtelains in an encyclopaedia form. The accompanying text is in French and often is printed in two columns on the page with maps and other illustrations interspersed. Each map and table is numbered consecutively within its volume and all maps bear the privileges of the States of Holland and West-Friesland. Hubbard 73. François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries, unknown
1584réf. 9733Antwerp 1584. Copper engraving 34.5 x 49.5 cm modern hand-colour centrefold reinforced on verso several neat marginal restorations Latin text on verso. The British Isles aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right which makes better use of the available space on the page; it was chiefly derived from Mercators map of 1564. Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is widely considered the first modern world atlas originally published in 1570. Ortelius gathered and selected the maps which he believed represented the best available cartographic knowledge of his day which he then presented it in a single volume duly credited and finely engraved in a consistent style with explanatory text. The Theatrum was highly decorative and hugely popular amongst the wealthy and educated running into over forty editions in Latin and other major European languages. Shirley British Isles 139 but cf. 86.Van den Broecke 16. Map unknown
réf. 114343Antwerp Christopher Plantin for the author 1598. . Double-page copper engraved map with later hand-colouring centre fold as issued cartouches for titles and publishing privilege French text on verso; sheet size: 41.8 x 54 cm. Mounted size: 52 cm by 65.5 cm. Well-preserved example of Ortelius' map of Russia. Taken from the fifth final and most complete French edition of Theatre de l'Univers. Enriched with decorative cartouches and illustrations. Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 was a cartographer and publisher he was born and died in Antwerp. Koeman III Ort 32. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin for the author, 1598. unknown
réf. 62977Amsterdam 1633. Original double-page engraved map of the Middle East 42 x 54 cm.; plate mark 36.5 x 49 cm. focussing on Arabia Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean from Sicily to Cyprus published by Hondius in Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati figura reprinted in all later folio editions of the atlas. With full attractive later hand-colouring. French text to verso. Portrait of Sultan Mahumet above title cartouche. Discreet repair to lower centre fold generally a very good example. Van den Broecke 169 [Amsterdam, 1633]. unknown
réf. 62976Amsterdam 1633. Original double-page engraved map of the Middle East overall 45 x 54 cm.; plate mark 36.5 x 49 cm. focussing on Arabia Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean from Sicily to Cyprus published by Hondius in Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati figura reprinted in all later folio editions of the atlas. With full attractive later hand-colouring. French text to verso. Portrait of Sultan Mahumet above title cartouche. Some light browning and small nicks to margins centre-fold strengthened to verso generally a very good example. Van den Broecke 169 [Amsterdam, 1633]. unknown
réf. Z1-L-022-01593Oxford University Press. Used - Good. 1968 Text unmarked. In dust wrapper. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford University Press unknown
réf. Z1-W-010-01627Her Majesty's Stationery Offic. Used - Good. Report 78 Boroughbridge Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Her Majesty's Stationery Offic unknown
réf. Z1-T-020-00982TheClassics.us. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. TheClassics.us unknown
