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1706réf. 73759Parisiis: sumptibus Claudii Rigaud viâ Citharaeâ 1706. First edition 2 volumes folio leaf 37 cm pp. 14 xl 732 26; 16 lxviii 593 27; Greek and Latin text in double columns; printer's woodcut device on title page engraved and woodcut headpieces and initials woodcut ornaments 2 engraved plates in volume II; contemporary paneled parchment blindstamped lozenges central on all covers manuscript titling on volume II only spine of volume I perished yet both bindings remain sound and the texts are clean. Commentaries on the Psalms by Eusebius Pamphili Bishop of Caesarea translated into Latin and illustrated with notes by Bernard de Montfaucon also with the minor works of Athanasius. Dibdin Greek & Latin Classics 4th ed. I p. 195: "The preliminary dissertation is full of erudition. sumptibus Claudii Rigaud, viâ Citharaeâ unknown books
1670réf. 69414Toulouse: Bernard Bosc 1670. Full Description: DIOPHANTUS OF ALEXANDRIA. Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum libri sex et De numeris multangulis liber unus. Cum commentariis C.G. Bachet V.C. et observationibus D.P. de Fermata . accessit Doctrinae analyticae inventum novum Toulouse: Bernard Bosc 1670. First edition of Fermat's notes and second edition of Bachet's Diophantus. Quarto 13 x 8 1/4 inches; 330 x 215 mm. xii 64 341ie 343 1 blank 48 pp. Bound without the scarce errata at the end also not present in the Norman copy. Pages 55/56 bound after page 57/58 in the preliminaries. Two leaves are both numbered 335/336 but collation is correct and text is complete. Leaf fii is bound after fiii in the final section. Latin Xylander's translation and Greek text in parallel columns. Separate pagination for De Numeris multangulis. Allegorical engraved title vignette featuring Orpheus playing the lyre. Handsome engraved headpieces and historiated initials. Numerous woodcut illustrations and ornaments. Contemporary tree calf. Spine stamped and ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Outer hinge of front cover repaired. Some slight rubbing to boards. Leaves sporadically toned and slightly foxed. Some minor light pencil marginalia. Signature A trimmed about 3 mm short on bottom margin but does not look supplied. A small paper flaw tear to inner margin of leaves Aaiii-Cciv not much larger than a pencil point and not affecting text. Evidence of a removed bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very attractive and tall copy. This publication contains the first edition of Fermat's number theorems edited partially from his letters after his death in 1665. "Fermat was the first European to make extensive contributions to the theory of numbers taking up the challenge in number theory posed in Diophantus' Arithmetica. Fermat owned a copy f the editio princeps of Diophantus's work 1621 edited by Bachet de Mériziac and published with Xylander's Latin translation. Fermat took issue with Bachet's statements writing his own results for the most part in the margins of his copy. Five years after Fermat's death his son Claude Samuel published a second edition of Bachet's Diophantus adding to it his father's marginal notes. The remainder of Fermat's notes contained a large number of theorems on the theory of numbers only one of which he proved himself; the rest were proven in the eighteenth century" Norman. Diophantus of Alexandria fl 250 AD was the first mathematician to introduce symbolism into Greek algebra. The French scholar Bachet de Méziriac first published his edition of the Arithmetica of Diophantus in 1621 and it was the chief source of the many books on mathematical recreations issued during the seventeenth century. Norman I; 777. Honeyman 893. HBS 69414. $35000. Bernard Bosc unknown books
1983réf. 9029522New York: Oxford University Press 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Edited and translated by Lionel R Wickham. Bound in publisher's origina black cloth with spine and front and back covers stamped in gilt. Includes original Greek text with English translations. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 226 pages. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1682réf. PW1341London:: Printed by M. Flesher for Thomas Fickus 1682. 1682. 8vo. 54 166 pp. Original calf boards rebacked with calf new endleaves; small tear to lower corner of p. 165 far from text block. Signed by Alfred Keene 1839. First English edition. This is one of the first books Norris published. "Norris John 1657–1712 Church of England clergyman and philosopher was born on 2 January 1657 at Collingbourne Kingston Wiltshire the third surviving child of John Norris bap. 1614 d. 1682 and his wife Elizabeth d. 1696. His father was vicar of Collingbourne Kingston under the Commonwealth and he moved to the living of Aldbourne Wiltshire in 1660. Norris was educated at Winchester College and entered Exeter College Oxford in 1676. A keen student at both Winchester and Oxford he early abandoned his inherited Calvinism and concentrated his reading on Platonist authors. On graduating BA in 1680 he was appointed a fellow of All Souls by Archbishop Sancroft on the recommendation of Thomas Jeames the warden during a dispute with the fellows over the filling of the vacancies in the college. Norris always retained a great esteem for All Souls and the college in turn erected a bust of h His early writings show him to have been at that time a strong tory and high-churchman but also show that he deliberately turned aside from political involvement. All the writings that he considered to be worth preserving were included in A Collection of Miscellanies which appeared in 1687. im in the Codrington Library when this was built in the following century. . . . Norris's writings have tended to be neglected by historians of philosophy partly perhaps because of Locke's dismissive attitude and partly because many of his theories are so close to those of Malebranche that it is difficult to disentangle their influence. He has been better treated by historians of literature who see his poetry much of which continues to be republished as marking especially clearly the transition from the spirit of the Renaissance to that of modern times. Much of Norris's poetry which has its roots in the metaphysical tradition is somewhat laboured. At his best however he has a lyrical spirit . . . In private life Norris seems to have been a kindly person a devoted parish clergyman and the friend and supporter of several of the learned ladies of his time. In the history of English thought he is a transitional figure. In contrast to the Cambridge Platonists he adopted wholeheartedly the Cartesian dualism of mind and matter. His theory of knowledge was a Cartesian Platonism similar to that of Malebranche to whose more developed theories he was at times too inclined to defer. In the history of English philosophy religion and literature he deserves to be remembered." – DNB. Lowndes The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature vol. 3 p. 928. See: W. J. Mander The Philosophy of John Norris. Printed by M. Flesher, for Thomas Fickus, 1682. hardcover books
2011réf. 9024561New York: Scribner 2011. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Rubbed edges of dust jacket. Scribner hardcover books
1833réf. 257106Washington D.C.: Globe Office 1833. Signed by Hardin ordering 1000 and by Gorham Parker for 100 and 16 others. 2pp. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. Some stains. Signed by Hardin ordering 1000 and by Gorham Parker for 100 and 16 others. 2pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Alexandria Canal was major significance for water transportation into Virginia. Hardin was an important Kentucky politician who serves several terms in the Houise of Reps. and led the way for the passage of the bill for construction of the canal. The canal connected the city of Alexandria to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. Globe Office unknown books
1850réf. 70771Alexandria VA: Smith & Perkins 1850. Trade card 1 ½ x 3 inches printed on glossy white card stock now rather attractively sprinkled around the edges in red. Smith & Perkins was founded in 1835 and closed in 1857 due to bankruptcy. For a short article on the company see "The Locomotive Fairfax" by William Johnson in Vol. 15 No. 2 2018 of the "The Fare Facs Gazette" online. Two lines of neat pencil pricing verso else very good. Smith & Perkins unknown books
1638réf. 73714Lutetiae: Regis Typis Compagnie de la Grand Navire 1638. Folio leaf 34.0 cm 6 in 7 volumes; volume I: pp. 28 433 1; 631 1 933-963 1 46; volume II: pp. 8 920 20; volume III: pp. 4 870 20; volume IV: 4 1123 63 including blank leaves 7B6 and 7G4; volume V part I: pp. 4 804 28 including blank leaf 2 K4; volume V part II: pp. 8 417 1 213 3 180 including blank leaf 2D4 and final blank; volume VI: pp.4 252 i.e. 260 398 235 1 69 i.e. 77 3 64 including blank leaves 2L4 k4 b4 4 and o4; many errors in pagination; text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns title pages printed in red and black woodcut device on title pages of the Compagnie de la grand-Navire woodcut initials and ornaments; 18th-century full calf spines in 7 compartments morocco labels in 1 edges stained red; joints cracked on volume I cords holding; otherwise a nice attractive set. Cyril of Alexandria ca. 376-444 was a Christian theologian and Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. Brunet II 462; Ebert 5601: "One of the more rare editions of the Greek fathers. Regis Typis [Compagnie de la Grand Navire] unknown books
1696réf. 73729Lipsiae: sumptibus Haeredum M.G. Weidmanni & Ioh. Lvdovici Gleditschii 1696. Folio leaf 36.7 cm 3 parts in 1; pp. 70 455 1; 2 362; 126 26; 312 18; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; engraved title page engraved vignette title page printed in red and black engraved headpiece woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full mottled cald gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments red morocco label in 1 edges stained red; text toned and spotted; upper joint cracked cords holding; all else very good and sound. "Sancti Patris Cyrilli Alexandriæ Archiepiscopi Pro Christiana religione aduersus Iulianum Imperatorem libri decem. interpretibus Nicolao Borbosio & Ioanne Auberto" and "Ezechielis Spanhemii Observationes ad Iuliani Imperatoris opera" each have sectional title page and separate pagination. All the works of the Emperor Julian with commentary and Latin translation by Ezechiel Spanheim plus ten books by St. Cyril against him. Includes the notes of Dionysius Petavius on Julian and the prefaces and notes of others regarding some of the same Emperor's books. Brunet III 596; Graesse III 496. sumptibus Haeredum M.G. Weidmanni & Ioh. Lvdovici Gleditschii unknown books
1698réf. 73721Parisiis: sumptibus Joannis Anisson Typographiæ Regiæ directoris 1698. Folio leaf 40.3 cm 2 volumes in 3 pp. 14 xlvii 1 clxviii 645 1; 2 645-1295 49; viii 6 742 36; engraved portrait frontispiece portrait by Simonneau after Hale title page printed in red and black in volume I printer's woodcut device on title pages Greek and Latin text in parallel columns engraved initials and headpieces engraved map of Egypt; 19th-century full calf gilt-dfecorated spines in 7 compartments contrasting morocco labnels in 2; joints cracked or starting light wear; very good sound and clean. Edited by Bernard de Montfaucon with the collaboration of I. Lopin and A. Puget. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria and was particularly active against the Arian heresy. Many of his writings relate to this and also to monasticism which he helped introduce to the Western Roman Empire. This edition of his works produced by the renowned Maurists of Paris became the basis for all future editions. Brunet; I 534; Ebert 1302: "Prized. sumptibus Joannis Anisson Typographiæ Regiæ directoris unknown books
1641réf. 73704Lutetiæ Parisiorum: Typis regijs 1641. Folio leaf 36.0 cm pp. 28 854 80 97 i.e. 79 1; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns printer's woodcut device on title page woodcut ornaments and initials contemporary full calf rebacked in brown calf unadorned spine in 7 compartments extremities rubbed and worn upper joint starting at the extremities and the front hinge cracked at the title page second leaf with tear in the gutter some light dampstaining throughout especially towards the back; a good copy. Bookplates of Thomas South Alban Thomas Atwood and J. K. Downing. The works of Clement of Alexandria 147-c. 215 were first edited by P. Victorius Florence1550. Typis regijs unknown books
1977réf. 395215New York: Exotic Beauties Press 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Near fine with modest wear. Inscribed by Tessa Marquis on title. One of one thousand copies. Poetry. Exotic Beauties Press unknown books
1508réf. 4444Paris: Printed by Wolfgang Hopyl for himself Jean Petit and Thielmann Kerver 1508. First Complete Edition. Very good. Folio. a-o8 p3 A101 B-G8 H10 q-z8 A-C8 D4 COMPLETE. Inconsistent foliation: 115 64 116-223 i.e. 222 ff. With Wolfgang Hopyl's elegant title-page woodcut Sylvestre Marques typographiques 1066 depicting two eagles displayed in their beaks a circle crowned with letterpress title in the center in their claws a second circle early ownership canceled evidence of what may have been MS notes surrounding it in the margins are fine renderings of trees and plants. Slight foxing or toning occasional minor stains or wormholes in blank margins inexplicable 2 cm. tears in lower blank margins of a number of consecutive leaves 55-126 second numbering none affecting text. Occasional marginal notes and notes of chapter parts. Contemporary Italian blind stamped leather heavily restored SEE IMAGES modern smooth spine with portions of original spine laid down four deerskin ties replacements original pastedowns and endleaves retained 3 at the front and 3 at the back. The binding and annotations are INTRIGUING and the paper stock is VERY CRISP AND CLEAN. FIRST EDITION OF CYRIL'S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPELS OF SAINT JOHN. OUR COPY WAS EXPORTED TO ITALY AT AN EARLY DATE WHERE IT WAS BOUND POSSIBLY IN ROME AND BEARS AN EXTREMELY INTRIGUING APOCALYPTIC POEM IN MANUSCRIPT AS WELL AS A MANUSCRIPT COPY OF A LITTLE KNOWN POEM BY PETRARCH. The Apocalyptic Prophecy: On the rear pastedown is following 14-line poem dated 1529: "Bella fames pestis fraudes Saturnia regna Sternent et veteres pellentur ubique tyranni. Monstra loquor tunc cum pariet bos rubeus hydram Nec Deus extinguet flammas nec deseret iram Ni prius Ausoniae feriant mala singula gentes. Poenae Tempus erit prope lustrum. Mox aliger ingens Surget et issomno rostro metuendus et ungue. Colla bovis caedet sitibundus iniqui draconis Viscera depascet. Gallorum insignia flores Sternet humi; reduces statuetque in propria reges. Galatia genitus terra Vir Justus et aequus Pastor erit coeli claves non sceptra gubernans. Pax erit: et toto surget Concordia Mundo. Una fides unus regnabit in omnia Princeps." TRANSLATION: "War famine pestilence and deceit shall prostrate the Saturnian i.e. ancient Italian kingdoms and the old tyrants shall everywhere be expelled. A shepherd will hold the keys not the one governing kingdoms. I speak of monsters! When the red cow shall give birth to the hydra God will not extinguish the flames nor abandon his anger until all these calamities shall have stricken the people of Ausonia. This state of affairs shall last about five years. Then an enormous bird shall awaken as from a sleep and with its terrible beak and claws shall cut off the neck of the ox and shall feed on the entrails of the thirty wicked dragon. He shall spread the insignia and flowers of the Gauls on the ground and restore the legitimate kings. Born in the land of Galatia is a just and equitable man he will lead as a shepherd with the keys of heaven not govern with scepters. There will be peace and harmony shall rise throughout the world. One faith one ruler shall reign over all." A number of variants of this extraordinary apocalyptic prophecy exist and its authorship remains unconfirmed. Petrus Galatinus Pietro Galatino has been proposed for which see Sharon Ann Leftley Millenarian Thought in Renaissance Rome with Special Reference to Pietro Galatino c. 1465- c. 1540 and Egidio da Viterbo c. 1469-1532 Univ. Bristol thesis 1995. Jennifer Britnell mentions Boethius Severinus in conjunction with Galatinus for which see "Jean Lemaire de Belges and Prophecy" in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 42:1 p. 160 & n. 86. A revisionist political version of the poem was published in "I futuri destini degli stati e delle nazioni ovvero Profezie e predizioni" 1860 pp. 135-136 and it is presumably this that appears uncredited in R. Gerald Culleton's The Reign of Antichrist 2009 no. 347. The Petrarch Poem: On the front binder's blanks are written by the same hand as the preceding two poems the second and longer one being a copy of Francesco Petrarch's beautiful but little known 36-line "Dulcis amica Dei" Petrarch Seniles XV 15. 6 in hexameters in praise of and supplication to Mary Magdalen: "Dulcis amica dei lacrimis inflectere nostris Atque humiles attende preces nostræque saluti Consule namque potes. Nec enim tibi tangere frustra Permissum gemituque pedes perfundere sacros Et nitidis siccare comis ferre oscula plantis Inque caput Domini pretiosos spargere odores" etc. Petrarch had made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Mary Magdalene in Sainte Baume near Marsailles and wrote several Latin hymns in her honor. Petrarch here commences with a brief imprecation to Magdalen to "look kindly" on his tears. Michael Haag explains: "In a manner suggesting at once the spiritual and the carnal Petrarch is calling on Mary Magdalene who soaked the wounds of Jesus with her tears to soak his own wounds with her tears also" see The Quest for Mary Magdalene: History and Legend. Petrarch then reflects upon Mary Magdalene as a contemplative hermit in her cave where her "hunger cold and hard bed of stone were sweetened by her love and hope." THE WATERMARKS: On three of the six binder's blanks appear a very distinctive Bull's Head with 5-leaf flower above being a distorted version of Briquet 14950 which he recorded at Ferrara in 1505 and Constance in 1507. THE BINDING: At least one tool on this binding is reproduced by De Marinis i.a. the unmistakale corner ornaments which are shared on BAV R.I.II.1069 Vipera Rome 1517 and which De Marinis attributed to Rome. THE PUBLISHERS: Responsible for printing and publishing this book was a multinational consortium acting in Paris: Wolfgang Hopyl was from the Low Countries Thielmann Kerver was German and Jean Petit Parisian. Roger Chartier described the latter as "a capitalist who without question was at the head of the Paris book trade at the end of the 15th century and in the early 16th century. From 1493 to 1530 he published more than a thousand books most of them of major importance amounting to one tenth of the entire output of the Paris trade" The Coming of the Book p. 121. Our publishers engaged Judocus Clichtoveus Josse van Clichtove as the editor who utilized the Latin translation by Georgio Trapezontio. THE PRINTING TYPE: This was Wolfgang Hopyl's "English-bodied Roman" r 98 which was apparently used here for the first time and was apparently proprietary to him. Records of his 1523 estate list an entry for "texte romyn" almost certainly the type used for printing this book according to Vervliet "Early sixteenth-century Parisian Roman types" in: De Gulden Passer 83 2005 p. 27 and fig. 10. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Two so-called issues of this first edition exist; our copy belongs the second and obviously most complete issue "with fresh material inserted" according to Adams. This so-called "fresh material" consists of an additional 64 ! folios which literally constitute Books 5-8 of the total 12 books thereby rendering ours the first complete edition of Cyril's Commentary on the Gospels of Saint John. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We believe that in this instance the term "issue" has been wrongly employed by bibliographers. "Issue" is a conscious publishing effort i.e. issued on fine paper special binding etc. Here however Hopyl's press made a series of colossal errors in which only Books 1-4 and 9-12 were printed and then sold. Was that intentional We find it to be very unlikely. RARITY ON THE MARKET. Rare Book Hub which currently lists more than 15 million records in the Rare Book Transactions database lists just three copies at auction in over a century: 1. Gonnelli Casa Daste 3/12/25 lot 340 lacking fols. A2 and A7 or p8; this copy is currently being offered on by a British dealer; 2. Bonhams 12/2/12 lot 1006 Serendipity copy; 3. Sotheby's 12/5/1991 lot 95 in a Sammelband of two other titles printed by Hopyl. Ours is currently the only complete copy on the market. § Adams C-3177. Moreau Inventaire chronologique 1508 no. 59. Index Aureliensis 149.143. Bibliographie des oeuvres de Josse Clicthove Gand 1888 pp. 401-402. Printed by Wolfgang Hopyl for himself, Jean Petit and Thielmann Kerver unknown books
1733réf. 73676Parisiis: typis Jacobi Vincent via Sancti Severini ad insigne Angeli 1733. Folio leaf 39.5 cm 4 volumes; pp. 8 xvii 1 979 1; 4 xxviii 934 2; 2 viii 1039 1; 4 x 766 402; Bb3 in volume II with large temoine;Greek and Latin in parallel columns; title pages printed in red and black with woodcut devices engraved head-pieces and initials woodcut ornaments contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments morocco labels in 2 sprinkled edges; joints starting all volumes lightly rubbed otherwise a very good sound and clean set. Complete works of Origenes of Alexandria a Greek theologian and philosopher who lived between 185 and 254 prepared by the French Benedictine scholars Charles de La Rue and his nephew Vincent de La Rue. Origenes "produced a massive quantity of writings because of the patronage of his close friend Ambrose of Alexandria who provided him with a team of secretaries to copy his works making him one of the most prolific writers in late antiquity. His treatise On the First Principles systematically laid out the principles of Christian theology and became the foundation for later theological writings" Wikipedia. Dibdib Greek & Latin Classics 4th ed. I p. 189: "In all respects the very best edition of the collected works of this most important early father of the church. typis Jacobi Vincent, via Sancti Severini, ad insigne Angeli unknown books
1679réf. 73671Lutetiae Parisiorum: apud Andream Pralard bibliopolam via Jacobæa ad insigne occasionis 1679. First edition folio leaf 37.5 cm 2 volumes pp. 24 500; 2 430 32 144 24; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; title page printed in red and black woodcut initials and ornaments; later full calf gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments morocco labels in 2 sprinkled edges; joints starting the spines a little rubbed else a very good clean and sound copy. Commentaries on the Holy Scriptures by Origenes of Alexandria a Greek theologian and philosopher who lived between 185 and 254. Pierre-Daniel Huet was the first to publish the Greek texts largely derived from ancient manuscripts and collated the various existing editions; he supplemented the Greek with Latin translations prepared partly by himself and partly by others and illustrated the entire work with notes and observations. The first part prefaced by his 'Origeniana' a tripartite study recounting Origen's life examining his doctrine and reviewing his writings serves as the introduction to the whole. apud Andream Pralard bibliopolam, via Jacobæa, ad insigne occasionis unknown books
1746réf. 73480Lugduni Batavorum: apud Samuelem Luchtmans et filium 1746. 2 volumes large folio leaf 42.5 cm. pp. 10 xl 76 1758 columns; 4 xiii 1 1604 i.e. 1602 columns 44 index; cols. 1515-1516 omitted in pagination; engraved portrait of Johannes Alberti signed "F. Decker pinx. 1742. Excudit Samuel Luchtmans. I. Houbraken sculps. 1745"; title page printed in red and black vignette title device of S. Luchtmans; Greek text printed in double columns with Latin apparatus at bottom; full contemporary blindstamped parchment central panels with lozenges on all covers; sprinkled edges neat manuscript titling on spine; the parchment a little soiled but a clean sound and impressive set on large paper. Large armorial bookplates of the Rev. Edward Beauchamp St. John. Volume II has imprint: Lugduni Batavorum apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans and was edited by David Ruhnkenius. Hesychius of Alexandria likely belongs to the 5th century B.C. "A Greek dictionary containing a copious list of peculiar words forms and phrases with an explanation of their meaning and often with a reference to the author who used them or to the district of Greece where they were current" EB-11. "He is of the greatest value for the study of Greek dialects and the interpretation of inscriptions" OCD. Brunet III 146; Ebert 9641: "The best edition. apud Samuelem Luchtmans, et filium unknown books
1691réf. 73504Francofurti: apud Jeremiam Schrey & Heinrici Joh. Meyeri Haeredes 1691. Folio leaf 36.5 cm pp. 44 1200 40; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns engraved vignette title page printed in red and black woodcut initials and ornaments; text considerably toned as usual; all else good and sound in contemporary parchment spine in 7 compartments old maroon morocco label in 1. Complete works of the important Jewish philosopher and theologian Philo of Alexandria "a leading writer of the Hellenistic Jewish community in Alexandria Egypt. He wrote expansively in Koine Greek on philosophy politics and religion in his time; specifically he explored the connections between Greek Platonic philosophy and late Second Temple Judaism" Wikipedia. apud Jeremiam Schrey & Heinrici Joh. Meyeri Haeredes unknown books
1572réf. 73603Parisiis: apud Michaelem Sonnium 1572. Folio leaf 33.6 cm pp. 8 242 54; printer's woodcut device on title page woodcut ornaments and initials entire text block ruled in red throughout; small hole in 2 touching 2 letters; small neat contemporary annotations on approximately 25 pages in the early sections of the text; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments old morocco label in 1; upper joint starting at the extremities; a good clean sound copy. Armorial bookplate of Marmaducus Tunstall de Wycliff in Com. Ebor Armiger the ornithologist and an old and faint ownership signature of title page of Franc. Justini. The works of Clement of Alexandria 147-c. 215 were first edited by P. Victorius Florence1550. Here Charles IX grants the privilege dated November 1570 to Michael Sonnium to print the works of Clement for six years. Another edition also Paris 1572 was published with the same pagination by Sebastianum Nivellium. Of this Sonnium edition 9 in OCLC all overseas except the Folger. Adams C-2109. apud Michaelem Sonnium unknown books
1715réf. 73530Oxonii: e Theatro Sheldoniano sumptibus Georgii Mortlock bibliopolæ Londinensis 1715. First edition large folio leaf 39.1 cm 2 volumes pp. 16 642; 2 643-1060; 4 206 50; text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns; engraved vignette of the Sheldon Theatre on title page; contemporary full paneled calf gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments red morocco label in 1; joints cracked or starting but the binding is firm and the text crisp and clean. Clement of Alexandria Titus Flavius Clemens was born in 150 A.D. at Athens. He traveled extensively and had a wide acquaintance with Greek literature. Much of his writing is lost. "Clement's conception of Christianity has been criticized as tinged with Hellenism and humanism as doctrinally imperfect . His writings however have much charm and are characterized by serenity and hopefulness" OCD. "A very splendid and elaborate edition worthy of the celebrity of the place where it was published and the erudition of the very learned prelate who hath so happily illustrated this miscellaneous writer . The editor was afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury; and will be long remembered and reverenced for his acute and successful emendations of some of the most difficult of the Greek writers" Dibdin. e Theatro Sheldoniano, sumptibus Georgii Mortlock, bibliopolæ Londinensis unknown books
1512réf. 73623Paris: venundatur cum reliquis Joanni Paruo: Jodoco Badio: et Conrado Resch In aedibus Ascensianis 1512. Folio leaf 33.4 cm 2 volumes in 1 the second volume without a title page as issued; ff. 32 CXC CLVII; collating: a-z⸠&â¶; Aaâ¶Bb-Mm⸠NnⶠOo-Qq⸠RrⶠSs-Xxâ¶/⸠Xx8 blank; title page printed in red and black within ornamental woodcut borders; printer's woodcut device on title page; woodcut criblé initials of various sizes throughout; contemporary full blindstamped paneled calf rebacked in modern brown calf with appalling new white endpapers; clasps lost a number of small worm holes throughout. Bookplate of Bibliotheca Elseghemensis. The first and second part of the work by Origenes of Alexandria a Greek theologian and philosopher who lived between 185 and 254.The third and fourth part also appeared the same year. Adams O-279. venundatur cum reliquis Joanni Paruo: Jodoco Badio: et Conrado Resch [In aedibus Ascensianis unknown books
1746réf. 29152Lugduni Batavorum: apud Samuelem Luchtmans et filium 1746. 2 volumes large folio page height: 42 cm pp. 12 xl 76 1758 columns; 2 xiii 1 1604 i.e. 1602 columns 44 index; cols. 1515-1516 omitted in pagination engraved frontispiece portrait of Johannes Alberti signed "F. Decker pinx. 1742. Excudit Samuel Luchtmans. I. Houbraken sculps. 1745" title page printed in red and black vignette title device of S. Luchtmans; woodcut and factotum initials Greek text printed in double columns with Latin apparatus at bottom; bound without the half-titles in full contemporary calf central panel ruled in gilt and surrounded by double gilt rules and blindstamped borders marbled edges; the whole neatly rebacked gilt lettering direct on gilt-decorated spines; some rubbing at the edges of the covers else very good and sound. Volume II has imprint: Lugduni Batavorum apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans. Volume II was edited by David Ruhnkenius. Hesychius of Alexandria likely belongs to the 5th century B.C. "A Greek dictionary containing a copious list of peculiar words forms and phrases with an explanation of their meaning and often with a reference to the author who used them or to the district of Greece where they were current" EB-11. "He is of the greatest value for the study of Greek dialects and the interpretation of inscriptions" OCD. Brunet III 146. apud Samuelem Luchtmans, et filium unknown books
réf. 73123Alexandria: np nd. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. Single 7.5" x 3.5" unevenly cut. Folds and handling wear else a good example. Content reads: "I fully concur in the following Which I find in one of your City papers: Communicated. To be elected a member of our City Councile is generally regarded as an honor. Certainly the people in making their selection of persons to be voted for should look for honorable and trustworthy men. To honor men of a different character is to do a wrong for society. And I do hope that the good people of Alexandria have independence enough to vote for the good and true men only and to repudiate all others whatever their position in life. I trust therefore the list of candidates will be carefully scanned that both offices and compliments may be judiciously and properly bestowed Signed A Citizen. VOTERS OF THE THIRD WARD Do you endorse the above propositions If so allow me to make a personal application of them Can you vote this day for James H. McVeigh who has by his conduct outraged and injured society in the grossest manner Can Fathers Brothers Husbands or any one having respect for the female character or the peace of and honor of families trust such a man For one I say no. I am responsible for this and am found at No. 62 Royal Street to answer any demands made on me for this publication. The public shall have more in a very few days from Signed J. A. K. np paperback books
1558réf. 48886Basel: Nikolaus Episcopius the Younger 1558. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes octavo. I: a-z8 blank a8 A-Z8 alpha-gamma8 delta4 396 leaves pp. 14 2 blank 774 1 blank 1 printer's device. II: Aa-Zz8 AA-ZZ8 Aaa-Ggg8 blank Aaa8 Hhh4 428 leaves pp. 2 779-1526 2 blank 103 index 1 colophon 1 blank 1 printer's device. Imprint from colophon vol. 2. Woodcut printer's devices at titles and final leaves both volumes; woodcut historiated initials open each book. Contemporary paneled pigskin over beveled wooden boards tooled in blind. Spines with raised bands in four compartments library tickets at bottom compartment. Brass clasps and caches intact. Spines cleaned with later library shelf marks and traces of older manuscript titling. Very occasional faint touches of marginal foxing or soiling. A fine amply-margined set of an uncommon edition. Second Episcopius edition and the first Latin version of Philo's complete works here in octavo format and augmented with treatises translated from the Greek on the resurrection of the dead and the immortality of the soul by Athenogorus of Athens and Aeneas of Gaza. Sigmund Gelen's 1497-1554 version had first appeared from the press of Episcopius as a single folio volume in 1554. The first volume contains no imprint data apart from the device's at the title and final leaf. The colophon of the second volume provides the complete information while the imprint at the title omits Episcopius' name. Provenance: Old manuscript entries of "Bibliotheca Eccta Scaph. ad D. Joan." at titles both volumes. References: Adams P-1029; Fürst 3:89; Goodhart & Goodenough 451. Hofmann 3:70. VD16 ZV 12448/12449 total of only 5 libraries located between the two entries. Full titles and imprint: Philonis Iudaei scriptoris eloquentissimi ac philosophi summi lucubrationes quotquot haberi potuerunt Latinae factae per Sigismundum Gelenium. His accessit propter argumenti similitudinem Athenogoras De moruorum resurrectione Petro Nannio interprete et Aeneas Gazaeus De immortalitate animarum et corporum resurrectione Ioanne Vuolphio interprete uterque integritati restitutus addito rerum memorandarum Indice. vol. 2: Tomus II Philonis Iudaei Commentariorum Sigismundo Gelenio interprete. from colophon: Basileae apud Nic. Episcopium Iun. M.D.LVIII. Nikolaus Episcopius the Younger hardcover books
1588réf. 43973Paris: Michel Sonnius 1588. Early edition. Hardcover. f to vg. 12mo 7 x 4 3/4". 8 528 32 leaves. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Publisher's title vignette. Decorative headpieces and initials. Originally published in 1575 this first French language edition of the works of Philo a first-century Alexandrian philosopher known for his mostly allegorical interpretations of the Torah known in the Hellenic world as the Pentateuch. His works also include histories and comments on philosophy. Many of the titles by which texts and text groups are known as modern conventions and not inventions of Philo. This book contains no less than 24 titles including the following: - De la Création du Monde On The Creation of the World - Allégories des Saintes Lois Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws - Du Plantement On Planting - De la Vie de Moïse On the Life of Moses - De la Charité et de l'Amour de son Prochain On Charity and Love for Others - De l'État et Devoir du Juge On a Judge's Duty - De l'Érection et Création du Prince The creation and elevation of the Prince - De la Force et Grandeur de Courage On the Power and Grandeur of Courage - Les Dix Commandements The Ten Commandments - Des Lois Particulières On the Specific Laws - De la Circoncision On Circumcision - De la Monarchie On Monarchy - Quels doiuent estre les loyers & honneurs des Sacrificateurs Rents & Honors of Priests - Des animaux qui sont propres aux Sacroifices: & quelles sont les elpeces des Sacrifices Elements of Animal Sacrifices - De ceux qui offrent les hosties au Sacrifice Hosts of Sacrifices - Qu'il ne faut point receuoir au temple le loyer & gain de la paillarde Rent and Profit of the Merchants - Que tout homme de bien est libre Every Good Man is Free - De la vie contemplariue ou des vertus des personnes deuotes Contemplative Life and Virtues - De la Noblesse On Nobility - Des loyers & peines Rents and Penalties - Des maledictions Curses - Que le monde n'est perissable That the World isnot Perishable - Contre Flaccus: ou de la prouidence Against Flaccus: or the Providence - Des vertus & ambassade fait à Caius Virtues & Embassy to Caius Binding age-toned. Book block separating from binding but still holding. Fore-edge of front free endpaper and fly leaf creased and torn. Clear and sporadic water-staining along upper margin of pages throughout. Text in old French. Binding in overall fair to good interior in good to very good condition. Michel Sonnius hardcover books
1766réf. 22876Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans et Filium 1766. Hardcover. fair. Large folio. 2 volumes. Ex Libris "Herbert Wilson Greene" signature of same in both vols. on free front endpaper date 1889. 10 xl 76 engraved frontispiece of Johannes Alberti "F. Decker pinx - 1742. Exudit Samuel Luchtmans. I. Houbraken sculps -1745" 1758 columns; 4 xiii 1604 columns 44 index. Vol. II has imprint Apud Samuelem et Johannem Luchtmans was edited by David Ruhnkenius. Title pages printed in red and black. Greek text printed in double columns with footnotes in Latin. Original vellum with blind-embossed ornamental cartouche. Hysechius of Alexanfria was a 5th century grammarian compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived. Boards almost detached crudely held in place with maroon binders tape. Age wear and staining on binding. Some browing and foxing in margins throughout. Binding in poor interior in overall very good condition. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, et Filium hardcover books
