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1863réf. 40887New York: Office of the Metropolitan Record 1863. Original printed wrappers. Stitched. 29 1 blank 1- advertisement for 'The Washington Despotism Dissected' 1 blank pp. Light wear and fox. About Very Good. The Metropolitan Record whose Prospectus is printed on the rear wrapper calls itself "an unswerving opponent of fanaticism in every form and an advocate of constitutional liberty and the rights of the citizens against despotic usurpation." This pamphlet is "A mock trial wherein Lincoln was charged with treasonable intent purposes and designs and of having committed among other unconstitutional acts the following: 'Declared War against Sovereign States under pretence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other property; arresting citizens without process of law; suppressed liberty of speech; stopped publication of certain newspapers; placed the military power above the civil power; overthrown State Sovereignty; forced unconstitutional acts through Congress.' At the conclusion of the trial the Court addressed the 'Criminal' as follows: 'You have been tried and found wanting. You have been given the opportunity of saving a nation but you have stabbed it to the heart. You have converted your country into a despotism'." Eberstadt. "Quotations from Lincoln and others selected to discredit his administration" Monaghan. A second edition was printed in 1867. Sabin Monaghan and LCP do not collate the advertisement at page 31. FIRST EDITION. 111 Eberstadt 332. Monaghan 252. Sabin 41234. LCP 10399. Office of the Metropolitan Record unknown books
réf. 25.07Lincoln13THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Limited Sponsors Edition. By Nicolay and Hay. Complete in 12 volumes. In remarkable condition for the age. Good to very good overall. Some extremity micro spine chipping and abrasions. The bindings are original. The bindings are the publisher's original full leather bindings. The hinges are all sound. An exceptional set. In remarkable condition for the age. Minor extremity wear. Minor extremity chipping. Small chip st head if volume two and base of volume six. Hinges all sound. The paper is high quality. These are large volumes measuring approximately 9.25 inches tall. This is a complete 12 volume set of the Works of Abraham Lincoln. Copyrighted in 1894. No date on title page. This is the limited Sponsor's Edition by the Lincoln Memorial University. The historical record dates this set as 1926. by John G. Nicolay and John Hay these books are in very good condition. Thick heavy paper. Each of the 12 books has around 350 pages and measures 9.25" long 6.25" wide and 1.5" thick. The main condition flaw is minor extremity chipping as shown in the pictures. Small chip at the head of volume two base of volume six. Light generalized abrasion. Hinges sound. Paper is high quality rag paper. Includes signed limitation page from John Wesley Hill the Chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University. Monaghan 1471. An exceptional set. The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln first published in 1894 was edited and compiled by President Lincoln's private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay. The 1894 edition was the first scholarly attempt to collect and publish the complete writings of Lincoln. The New and Enlarged Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln was issued in 1905 by the Francis D. Tandy Company. This edition from 1926 The Sponsors Edition was published using the plates from the New and Enlarged work with an introduction by the Chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University. This set will be well protected for shipping. Please see my other listings for similar books. 25.07
1570réf. M10981Antwerp Belgium 1570. Very Good age toning. Notes: Map of Africa Continent by Abraham Ortelius published in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Latin Text on verso. Size : 367x495 mm 14.45x19.49 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P. R. van den Broecke #8. Category: Maps Africa Continent; unknown
1570réf. M10980Antwerp Belgium 1570. Very Good age toning. . Notes: Map of Africa Continent by Abraham Ortelius published in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Latin Text on verso. Size : 378x507 mm 14.88x19.96 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P. R. van den Broecke #8. Category: Maps Africa Continent; unknown
1573réf. M9822Netherlands c.1573. Very Good. Notes: Latin text on verso. Size : 362x433 mm 14.25x17.05 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Mediterranean Islands; unknown
1590réf. 3400Very Good. c1590. 16th century map with original hand-colored outlines of Luxembourg. Decorative cartouche. Some foxing most apparent to margins. Latin text to verso with colored historiated initial. Otherwise a handsome copy. Please see image. Plate size approximately 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Overall size approx. 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in 550 x 445 mm.; 1 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
1595réf. M6473Antwerp: Ortelius c. 1595. Very Good; margins shaved. Notes: "From 1595L onwards this successor of plate 171 a previous edition of the map which has 4 ships instead of the 3 on this plate and "SIGENENSI" instead of "SIGENENS" in the cartouche moves to the Parergon. Bertius bought a number of sheets with this map and included the map in his historical 1619 atlas 'Theatrum Geographiae Veteris'." van den Broecke Size : 340x457 mm 13.39x17.99 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Marcel P.R. van den Broecke 172 Tooley 358 Category: Maps Asia Middle East Holy Land & Palestine; Maps Africa North Egypt; Ortelius unknown
1575réf. 3397Very Good. 1575. 16th century map with original hand-colored outlines of the Italian region of Piedmont. Decorative cartouche. Some foxing most apparent to margins. Otherwise a handsome copy. Latin text to verso with colored historiated initial. Please see image. Plate size approximately 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Overall size approx. 21 3/4 x 16 3/4 in 530 x 427 mm.; 1 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
1584réf. 3401Very Good. 1584. 16th century map with original hand-colored outlines of Tuscany. Decorative cartouche. Some foxing most apparent to margins. Latin text to verso. Otherwise a handsome copy. Please see image. Plate size approximately 19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. Overall size approx. 21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in 540 x 425 mm.; 1 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
1606réf. M8987Antwerp c.1606. Very Good. Notes: English text on verso. Size : 355x463 mm 13.98x18.23 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van den Broecke 180. Category: Maps Asia Middle East Holy Land & Palestine; unknown
1701réf. 33078Fulda 1701. Hardcover. fair. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two kabbalists were both secret followers of the messianic claimant Sabbatai Sevi. Despite Sabbatai's conversion to Islam in 1666 and death in 1676 many of his followers continued to believe in him and worked to spread their particular heterodox brand of Judaism in defiance of the rabbinic establishment. As cover for his Sabbatian agenda Ashkenazi claimed that “Eshel Avraham” was simply a new interpretation of the Kabbalah based on his prophetic dreams. Ultimately this book is an important example of the success of the early eighteenth century Sabbatian underground to print books under the nose of the rabbinic authorities before it came out into the open with the printing of Nehemiah Hayon's “Migdal Oz.” Text in Hebrew. Backstrip missing but the book is still intact. Bottom corner chipped. Title-page torn and bottom strengthened. Slight worming to front leaves. Overall in fair condition. Steinschneider 4299:1. Samuel Wiener Bibliotheca Friedlandiana 991. hardcover
1701réf. 33078Fulda 1701. Hardcover. fair. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two kabbalists were both secret followers of the messianic claimant Sabbatai Sevi. Despite Sabbatai's conversion to Islam in 1666 and death in 1676 many of his followers continued to believe in him and worked to spread their particular heterodox brand of Judaism in defiance of the rabbinic establishment. As cover for his Sabbatian agenda Ashkenazi claimed that “Eshel Avraham” was simply a new interpretation of the Kabbalah based on his prophetic dreams. Ultimately this book is an important example of the success of the early eighteenth century Sabbatian underground to print books under the nose of the rabbinic authorities before it came out into the open with the printing of Nehemiah Hayon's “Migdal Oz.” Text in Hebrew. Backstrip missing but the book is still intact. Bottom corner chipped. Title-page torn and bottom strengthened. Slight worming to front leaves. Overall in fair condition. Steinschneider 4299:1. Samuel Wiener Bibliotheca Friedlandiana 991. hardcover books
1667réf. 1375442London: Francis Kirkman 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 64 pages. In Good condition. Bound in 19th century half green leather with marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering. With morderate rubbing and shelfwear middle of spine with a spot where spine is peeling away. Gutter opening at title page with lower section of text block detaching from spine. Ink math to title page I2 verso. E4 with large tear to upper fore corner some loss to text on verso. All leaves trimmed close with some minor occasional loss. With nine instances of single word ink marginalia some with matching underlining some partially trimmed away. With the bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to the front pastedown. His signature on the title page. Shelved case 0. ESTC R9308. Wing B445. Woodward & McManaway 8. Scarce with OCLC listing only 8 institutional copies of this state and no copies at auction since 1931. Another state of the edition with Thomas Dring named as publisher in imprint and with advertisement at bottom of A2v; this state lacks advertisement. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 1751-1816 was an Anglo-Irish playwright writer and politician. He was the owner of the famed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and wrote several prominent plays including 'The Rivals' 'The Duenna' 'The School for Scandal' and 'A Trip to Scarborough.'. 1375442. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Francis Kirkman hardcover
1667réf. 1375442London: Francis Kirkman 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 64 pages. In Good condition. Bound in 19th century half green leather with marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering. With morderate rubbing and shelfwear middle of spine with a spot where spine is peeling away. Gutter opening at title page with lower section of text block detaching from spine. Ink math to title page I2 verso. E4 with large tear to upper fore corner some loss to text on verso. All leaves trimmed close with some minor occasional loss. With nine instances of single word ink marginalia some with matching underlining some partially trimmed away. With the bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to the front pastedown. His signature on the title page. Shelved case 0. ESTC R9308. Wing B445. Woodward & McManaway 8. Scarce with OCLC listing only 8 institutional copies of this state and no copies at auction since 1931. Another state of the edition with Thomas Dring named as publisher in imprint and with advertisement at bottom of A2v; this state lacks advertisement. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 1751-1816 was an Anglo-Irish playwright writer and politician. He was the owner of the famed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and wrote several prominent plays including 'The Rivals' 'The Duenna' 'The School for Scandal' and 'A Trip to Scarborough.'. 1375442. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Francis Kirkman hardcover books
1723réf. 805501723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Bilingual Edition of an Important Maritime Code Consolato Del Mare. Westerveen Abraham d.1725 Translator. Il Consolato del Mare Nel Quale Si Comprendono Tutti Gli Statuti & Ordini Disposti da Gli Antichi Per Ogni Cosa di Mercantia & di Navigare. Cosi a Beneficio di Marinari Come di Mercanti & Patroni di Nave / Het Consulaat van de Zee Waar in Begreepen Zyn Alle de Keuren en Ordonnantien by de Ouden Gemaakt Aangaande Alderly Gevallen des Koophandels En Zeevaart. Amsterdam: By Salomon Schouten Boekverkooper In de St. Lucye-Steeg 1723. xxxii 533 1; 2 25 73 pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece dated 1704. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 20.95 x 16.51 cm. Contemporary vellum later hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to boards light scuff to front board spine darkened rear joint partially cracked corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to head of text block above headlines faint spotting to sections of text. $1250. Second and final Dutch edition. Italian and Dutch on facing pages. The final section contains in the original Catalan Ordinacions de Tot Vexell qui Armara per Anar en Cors e de Tota Armada Ques Faca per Mar a code dealing with such subjects as piracy. A landmark in the development of maritime law the Consolato del Mare was first published in Barcelona in 1484. A digest of the law and practice commonly followed by the commercial judges in the chief ports around the Mediterranean it became a maritime common law of the Mediterranean and a foundation for subsequent European maritime laws and customs. Its circulation was widest in Italy especially among the Venetians but it was also influential in Western Europe. First published in 1704 Westerveen's translation appeared at a time when Holland was a dominant maritime power with interests in the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Indeed his introduction and prefatory verse present Holland as the legitimate successor to the previous maritime leaders Spain and Italy. This is why it was time he argued to produce a translation for Dutch readers. The striking frontispiece in our edition by Pieter Sluiter Sluyter 1675-1713 features a large group of men in a classical setting who are acclaiming the Consolato which i. unknown
1723réf. 805501723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Bilingual Edition of an Important Maritime Code Consolato Del Mare. Westerveen Abraham d.1725 Translator. Il Consolato del Mare Nel Quale Si Comprendono Tutti Gli Statuti & Ordini Disposti da Gli Antichi Per Ogni Cosa di Mercantia & di Navigare. Cosi a Beneficio di Marinari Come di Mercanti & Patroni di Nave / Het Consulaat van de Zee Waar in Begreepen Zyn Alle de Keuren en Ordonnantien by de Ouden Gemaakt Aangaande Alderly Gevallen des Koophandels En Zeevaart. Amsterdam: By Salomon Schouten Boekverkooper In de St. Lucye-Steeg 1723. xxxii 533 1; 2 25 73 pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece dated 1704. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 20.95 x 16.51 cm. Contemporary vellum later hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to boards light scuff to front board spine darkened rear joint partially cracked corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to head of text block above headlines faint spotting to sections of text. $1250. Second and final Dutch edition. Italian and Dutch on facing pages. The final section contains in the original Catalan Ordinacions de Tot Vexell qui Armara per Anar en Cors e de Tota Armada Ques Faca per Mar a code dealing with such subjects as piracy. A landmark in the development of maritime law the Consolato del Mare was first published in Barcelona in 1484. A digest of the law and practice commonly followed by the commercial judges in the chief ports around the Mediterranean it became a maritime common law of the Mediterranean and a foundation for subsequent European maritime laws and customs. Its circulation was widest in Italy especially among the Venetians but it was also influential in Western Europe. First published in 1704 Westerveen's translation appeared at a time when Holland was a dominant maritime power with interests in the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Indeed his introduction and prefatory verse present Holland as the legitimate successor to the previous maritime leaders Spain and Italy. This is why it was time he argued to produce a translation for Dutch readers. The striking frontispiece in our edition by Pieter Sluiter Sluyter 1675-1713 features a large group of men in a classical setting who are acclaiming the Consolato which i. unknown books
1649réf. 48861Amsterdam: For Gerrit Willemsz by Adriaan Roest 1649. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three parts small octavo. A-X8 168 leaves: G5 signed F5; I2 as H2; I4 as H4. 18 293 25 indexpp. Woodcut printer's device at title woodcut lettrines. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs lightly soiled. Old entry at front pastedown. Occasional faint dampstain at bottom margin else a very good copy with clean text throughout. Second edition of this polemical history by "a strident condemner of the Jews" Sprunger. First published at Rotterdam by Jan van Waesberghe in 1608 the present work is the earliest reaction in print to the presence of Jews and their religion in the Dutch Republic van Rooden. Citing M. Bodian's Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation R. Po-Chia Hsia describes the cultural context: "Coming initially in the 1590s as Portuguese merchants and Christian converts the so-called 'New Christians' Sephardic Jews in fact were welcomed by the Regents of Holland but were strongly opposed by the Reformed clergy. When the conversos reverted to the open practice of Judaism reaction from the Reformed Church was fierce. The predikant Abraham Coster 1575-1620 attacked the Sephardim as an 'unclean people' who sought to build a public synagogue 'in which they can perform their evil and foolish ceremonies and spew forth their gross blasphemies against Christ and his holy gospels as well as their curses against the Christians and Christian authorities'". The present edition was later re-issued the following year with identical collation and pagination but designated as "Den 2den druck van nieuws oversien". References: R. Po-Chia Hsia "Introduction" & P. van Rooden "Jews and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Republic" in: Calvinism and Religious Toleration 3; 137. Sprunger Trumpets from the Tower 81. NNBW 8 320: "Dit werk is een poging om de Amsterdamsche vroedschap te bewegen het bouwen van een nieuwe openbare synagoge te beletten". For Gerrit Willemsz (by Adriaan Roest) hardcover
1649réf. 48861Amsterdam: For Gerrit Willemsz by Adriaan Roest 1649. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three parts small octavo. A-X8 168 leaves: G5 signed F5; I2 as H2; I4 as H4. 18 293 25 indexpp. Woodcut printer's device at title woodcut lettrines. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs lightly soiled. Old entry at front pastedown. Occasional faint dampstain at bottom margin else a very good copy with clean text throughout. Second edition of this polemical history by "a strident condemner of the Jews" Sprunger. First published at Rotterdam by Jan van Waesberghe in 1608 the present work is the earliest reaction in print to the presence of Jews and their religion in the Dutch Republic van Rooden. Citing M. Bodian's Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation R. Po-Chia Hsia describes the cultural context: "Coming initially in the 1590s as Portuguese merchants and Christian converts the so-called 'New Christians' Sephardic Jews in fact were welcomed by the Regents of Holland but were strongly opposed by the Reformed clergy. When the conversos reverted to the open practice of Judaism reaction from the Reformed Church was fierce. The predikant Abraham Coster 1575-1620 attacked the Sephardim as an 'unclean people' who sought to build a public synagogue 'in which they can perform their evil and foolish ceremonies and spew forth their gross blasphemies against Christ and his holy gospels as well as their curses against the Christians and Christian authorities'". The present edition was later re-issued the following year with identical collation and pagination but designated as "Den 2den druck van nieuws oversien". References: R. Po-Chia Hsia "Introduction" & P. van Rooden "Jews and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Republic" in: Calvinism and Religious Toleration 3; 137. Sprunger Trumpets from the Tower 81. NNBW 8 320: "Dit werk is een poging om de Amsterdamsche vroedschap te bewegen het bouwen van een nieuwe openbare synagoge te beletten". For Gerrit Willemsz (by Adriaan Roest) hardcover books
1643réf. 178066Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643. Hardcover. Good staining to boards and text block book plate inside front cover age toning throughout as expected with age. Text and illustrations are otherwise very clear!. Tan vellum boards with faded off-white title block on spine 8 28 pages 2 68 pages 34 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. Text in French. The Universal Way of Mr. Desargues Lyonnois: To Lay The Axle & Place The Hours & Other Things on the Sun Dials. Added engraved illustrated title page special engraved title page with ornamental border following p. 28. The plates are mostly printed on both sides of the leaves and many appear multiple times final plate numbered '28'. Engravings by Abraham Bosse. Pierre Des-Hayes hardcover
1643réf. 178066Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643. Hardcover. Good staining to boards and text block book plate inside front cover age toning throughout as expected with age. Text and illustrations are otherwise very clear!. Tan vellum boards with faded off-white title block on spine 8 28 pages 2 68 pages 34 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. Text in French. The Universal Way of Mr. Desargues Lyonnois: To Lay The Axle & Place The Hours & Other Things on the Sun Dials. Added engraved illustrated title page special engraved title page with ornamental border following p. 28. The plates are mostly printed on both sides of the leaves and many appear multiple times final plate numbered '28'. Engravings by Abraham Bosse. Pierre Des-Hayes hardcover books
1640réf. M8308Amsterdam c. 1640. Very Good. Notes: Striking map of Crete with decorative cartouche ships and one sea monster scattered along the ocean. The map is based on the earlier work of Ortelius. Size : 375x485 mm 14.75x19.10 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Mediterranean Sea; Maps Europe Greece Macedonia; unknown
1869réf. 21090191869. letter. very good. Autograph Letter signed by Laura Keene a successful actress who was the female lead in the play Our American Cousin on the evening that President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. It is rumored that Ms. Keene cradled the President's wounded head against her knees. Ms. Keene herself never offered any details. All accounts of her holding the President's head are from later remembrances. In this letter Ms. Keene writes to Judge Carter of Cincinnati regarding a play he has written and hopes to have produced. Included is a signed photo of Judge A.G.W. Carter and a broadsheet announcement for one of Carter's works "The Sicilian Sisters" and some other ephemera. Letter and envelope are creased some browning and fading small chip to second sheet; very good. unknown
1869réf. 21090191869. letter. very good. Autograph Letter signed by Laura Keene a successful actress who was the female lead in the play Our American Cousin on the evening that President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. It is rumored that Ms. Keene cradled the President's wounded head against her knees. Ms. Keene herself never offered any details. All accounts of her holding the President's head are from later remembrances. In this letter Ms. Keene writes to Judge Carter of Cincinnati regarding a play he has written and hopes to have produced. Included is a signed photo of Judge A.G.W. Carter and a broadsheet announcement for one of Carter's works "The Sicilian Sisters" and some other ephemera. Letter and envelope are creased some browning and fading small chip to second sheet; very good. unknown books
1686réf. 43445Nuremberg: Johann Georg Endter 1686. Linden Johannes Antonides van der 1609-64. Lindenius renovatus sive . . . de scriptis medicis libri duo . . . noviter praeter haec addita plurimorum authorum . . . a Georg. Abrah. Mercklino . . . 4to. 22 210 221-1101 55pp. Lacking Part II "Cynosura medica" approx. 170pp. containing Mercklin's subject index to Lindenius renovatus. Engraved frontispiece. Nuremberg: Endter 1686. 200 x 163 mm. Vellum ca. 1686 head of spine and hinges repaired. Occasional light foxing but fine. From the library of anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752-1840 with booklabel bearing his autograph signature on the front pastedown and annotations and underlinings possibly his on at least 50 leaves. Modern bookplate of Gordon W. Jones M.D. First Edition of Georg Abraham Mercklin's considerably expanded version of van der Linden's bibliography of medicine. First published in 1637 Van der Linden's was the most complete medical bibliography of its time; it was also the most modern of early medical bibliographies both in its contents and format. Mercklin 1664-1702 supplied corrections biographical material on authors and additions that included the innovative listing of articles from the publications of learned societies. This copy is from the library of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach the founder of modern anthropology. He was the author of De generis humani varietate nativa 1775 in which he divided humanity into four races based on head shape skin color and hair type; he later added a fifth race and in the expanded third edition of De generis 1795 he introduced the famous terms "Caucasian Mongolian Ethiopian American and Malayan" to describe the "white yellow black red and brown" varieties of mankind. Brodman Development of Medical Bibliography pp. 29-33; no. 14. Fulton Great Medical Bibliographers pp. 35-36. . Johann Georg Endter unknown
1686réf. 43445Nuremberg: Johann Georg Endter 1686. Linden Johannes Antonides van der 1609-64. Lindenius renovatus sive . . . de scriptis medicis libri duo . . . noviter praeter haec addita plurimorum authorum . . . a Georg. Abrah. Mercklino . . . 4to. 22 210 221-1101 55pp. Lacking Part II "Cynosura medica" approx. 170pp. containing Mercklin's subject index to Lindenius renovatus. Engraved frontispiece. Nuremberg: Endter 1686. 200 x 163 mm. Vellum ca. 1686 head of spine and hinges repaired. Occasional light foxing but fine. From the library of anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752-1840 with booklabel bearing his autograph signature on the front pastedown and annotations and underlinings possibly his on at least 50 leaves. Modern bookplate of Gordon W. Jones M.D. First Edition of Georg Abraham Mercklin's considerably expanded version of van der Linden's bibliography of medicine. First published in 1637 Van der Linden's was the most complete medical bibliography of its time; it was also the most modern of early medical bibliographies both in its contents and format. Mercklin 1664-1702 supplied corrections biographical material on authors and additions that included the innovative listing of articles from the publications of learned societies. This copy is from the library of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach the founder of modern anthropology. He was the author of De generis humani varietate nativa 1775 in which he divided humanity into four races based on head shape skin color and hair type; he later added a fifth race and in the expanded third edition of De generis 1795 he introduced the famous terms "Caucasian Mongolian Ethiopian American and Malayan" to describe the "white yellow black red and brown" varieties of mankind. Brodman Development of Medical Bibliography pp. 29-33; no. 14. Fulton Great Medical Bibliographers pp. 35-36. . Johann Georg Endter unknown books
