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1684réf. 1208481684. Rare autograph land grant signed by the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania William Penn as the first governor of Pennsylvania. One page script on vellum the document is dated June 4 1684 and grants a tract of land in the county of Philadelphia to one of the earliest Quaker colonists to settle in Philadelphia county John Longworthy. Signed by William Penn at the conclusion of the document. Retaining the paper seal. In very good condition. Rare. In 1677 a group of prominent Quakers that included Penn purchased the colonial province of West Jersey half of the current state of New Jersey and soon East Jersey in 1682. With the New Jersey foothold in place Penn pressed his case to extend the Quaker region. Whether from personal sympathy or political expediency to Penn's surprise the King granted an extraordinarily generous charter which made Penn the world's largest private non-royal landowner with over 45000 square miles. Penn first called the area "New Wales" then "Sylvania" Latin for "forests" or "woods" which King Charles II changed to "Pennsylvania" in honor of the elder Penn. Penn then traveled to America and while there he negotiated Pennsylvania's first land-purchase survey with the Lenape Indian tribe. Penn purchased the first tract of land under a white oak tree at Graystones on July 15 1682 and drawing heavily from John Locke drafted a charter of liberties for the settlement creating a political utopia guaranteeing free and fair trial by jury freedom of religion freedom from unjust imprisonment and free elections. hardcover books
1680réf. 24087London: Printed by G. Larkin for Benjamin Harris at the Stationers Arms and Anchoy in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange 1680. First edition of one of the very first law books printed in colonial America contains the first American printing of Magna Carta and other fundamental documents of individual liberty in Anglo-American law. Small octavo contemporary calf. In excellent condition with light wear to the crown of the spine. Auction records show that there has not been a first edition offered in the twentieth century. A rare landmark work which significantly influenced the American colonies. "Care intended his English Liberties to provide uneducated and inexperienced English persons with documents and information about the law and their rights. praising England's 'fundamental laws as coeval with government' and describing the Magna Charta as 'Declaratory of the principal grounds of the Fundamental Laws and Liberties of England.' Celebrating law in another piece as second only to the gospel he described it in English Liberties as 'the Best Birthright the Subject hath. Care regarded the essence of this birthright as the 'privilege not to be exempt from the law of the land but to be freed in Person and Estate from Arbitrary Violence and Oppression" Morrison & Zook Revolutionary Currents 46-7. First issued in England in 1680 English Liberties had a "longer and more significant reach in the American colonies. It played an important role in spreading concepts about English law history government liberties and especially juries. Colonists found in Care's English Liberties support of their views about the Saxons Magna Charta as a reaffirmation of old laws guaranteeing the rights of all freemen and ways to protect themselves against oppression. Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris at the Stationers Arms and Anchoy in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange unknown books
1633réf. 57615Amsterdami: Apud Guilielmum Blaeu 1633. 32mo pp. 3-454 6 as in Darlow & Moule; extra engraved title-p. inserted; contemporary full red goat gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments black leather label in 1 a.e.g.; joints cracked but still very good and in a handsome binding. Darlow & Moule 4681: "The editor according to Ruess must have taken as the basis of this text Beza's third major edition . emending it in places by the help of other editions especially R. Stephanus' second edition who do not call for a printed title." Apud Guilielmum Blaeu hardcover books
1660réf. 48659Leiden: chez Jean Elsevier 1660. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. 16 970; 605 1; vignette title pages title page in volume I printed in red and black; text printed in double column; contemporary full unadorned vellum turned-in edges; some wrinkling of the flyleaves but in all a very good sound set. Not common. Not in the Kraus Elsevier Catalogue 194; Copinger 1480; Vancil p. 74; Willems 862: "Dictionnaire parfaitement exécuté en caractères ronds et italiques." chez Jean Elsevier hardcover books
1669réf. 48894Amstelodami: apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios 1669. 8vo pp. 24 547 76; engraved title page; contemporary full calf single gilt rule on covers gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 sprinkled edges; some calf on the front cover has peeled away and the board underneath has been blended in to match minor worm holes to the bottom panel on the spine; nonetheless all good and sound in an unrestored contemporary binding. Copinger 2562; Willems1409. apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios unknown books
1633réf. 26220Amsterdami: Apud Guilielmum Blaeu 1633. 32mo pp. 3-454 6 as in Darlow & Moule; extra engraved title-p. inserted; early 19th century wallet-style black morocco with slit in back cover to accommodate flap a.e.g.; small tear adjacent to flap front free endpaper excised else very good. Darlow & Moule 4681: "The editor according to Ruess must have taken as the basis of this text Beza's third major edition . emending it in places by the help of other editions especially R. Stephanus' second edition who do not call for a printed title." Apud Guilielmum Blaeu unknown books
1686réf. 42549Amsterdam: H. Wetstein & H. Desbordes 1686. 12mo pp. 34 407; woodcut printer's device initials and head- and tail-pieces; full contemporary vellum soiled contemporary ink manuscript spine title; several contemporary and early 18th century ownership signatures on frontfree endpaper and title page as well as early 18th century bookplate partially obscuring engraved title printer's device. Text block fine. Antoine Varillas 1624-1696 was a French historian best known for his history of heresy. He was born in Guéret and made a troubled way as a man of letters in Paris. He worked as a historian for Gaston Duke of Orléans. Then through an introduction from Pierre Dupuy he was able to have library access leading to work on manuscripts for Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Colbert however was dissatisfied with his work and replaced him. Varillas enjoyed support from Pierre Huet but became a marginal figure. H. Wetstein & H. Desbordes hardcover books
1605réf. 42533Parma: Stamperia di Erasmo Viotti 1605. 2 volumes in 1 as issued 24mo pp. 22 253 45 193 10; engraved intials and head- and tail-pieces title pages printed in decorative borders; full contemporary vellum a bit soiled manuscript spine title; contemporary manuscript "Rim. di marino" on bottom textblock edge; illegible contemporary ownership signature on title page; overall a very good sound copy. Second part with separate title page: "Rime del Marino" Stamperia di Erasmo Viotti hardcover books
1689réf. 36981Paris: Denys Thierry 1689. 12mo pp. 86 4; lacking frontispiece; bound in gilt-tooled full green morocco spine in 6 compartments; in matching green cloth and morocco clam box; marbled endpapers. A very attractive copy. Denys Thierry hardcover books
1689réf. 29005London: Edward Jones 1689. Large paper copy of the first edition in a binding seemingly meant for presentation 4to 235 x 185 mm. pp. 4 64; title within double-ruled border; contemporary red turkey morocco covers with elaborate paneling in gilt with fleurons at the corners and sides unlettered gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments a.e.g.; binding a little rubbed but still very good and sound. This is the second of two letters written by Sprat at the time of the Revolution in which he attempts to justify his taking a seat of an ecclesiastical commission established in 1686 by James II. Sprat was not averse to James's declaration for liberty of conscience but by the time James fled to France Sprat's sympathy for his monarch was awkward. This copy with the early armorial bookplate of the Duke of Beaufort Henry Somerset: his sympathy for James makes him a logical recipient for Sprat's self-justifications. Wing S5049. Edward Jones unknown books
1662réf. 25496Charenton: par Estienne Lucas marchand libraire demeurant a` Paris rue Chartie`re pre`s le Puits Certain a` la Bible d'Or 1662. 12mo 3 p.l. including an engraved title-p. the balance unpaginated and largely in double column; together with as issued: Les Pseaumes de David mis en rime Françoise par Clement Marot with a separate title Charenton 1662; the whole bound in contemporary French calf with an all-over design in gilt rebacked with old spine laid down small pieces missing at top and bottom a.e.g. and gauffered with birds and tulips once colored but now faded; lacks clasps and hasps 18th century morocco label applied but now chipped away corners bumped; tightly bound occasional minor worming and dampstaining; overall appearance is good or better. Not found in OCLC; Santa Barbara copy only in RLIN. par Estienne Lucas, marchand libraire, demeurant a` Paris, rue Chartie`re, pre`s le Puits Certain, a` la Bible d'Or unknown books
1677réf. 29384London: printed by W. G. and are to be sold by Mr. Pitt 1677. First edition 8vo pp. 8 135 1 8 ads; contemporary and probably original full red goatskin double gilt rules on covers enclosing a central foliate panel with fleurons in the corners gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments a.e.g.; light rubbing at extremities else very good and sound. One of Stillingfleet's major works published just before he became dean of St. Paul's. The identity of the deist in question here is not revealed but it is clear that Stillingfleet is responding to a published work. In his preface he speaks of a vogue for the recent writings of Spinoza and of the possibility of a forthcoming English translation which wasn't issued until 1689. Wing S5600; CBEL II 1615. printed by W. G., and are to be sold by Mr. Pitt unknown books
1685réf. 29388London: printed by J. D. and are to be sold by Jonathan Robinson . and by Obed Smith 1685. 8vo pp. 16 131; title within double-ruled border; a fine copy in full original black goatskin double gilt rules on covers enclosing a central panel with triple gilt rules and fleurons in the corners gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments a.e.g. There is also a variant issue dated 1684 without Robinson's name on the title-p. same sheets. Fuller was a nonconformist divine educated at Queen's College Cambridge. First published in 1684 with a slightly varying imprint. Includes the preliminary blank leaf A1 as well as the second leaf signed A2. Wing F2386. printed by J. D. and are to be sold by Jonathan Robinson ... and by Obed Smith unknown books
1612réf. 1522Frankfurt: Johannis Jacobi Hennei 1612. First edition issued the same year as that of Hanau but this Frankfurt edition is far more rare; folio 1-4 A1-3P6 3Q1-4 3R1-3Z6 4A1-4D6 3 signatures missigned pp. 8 1992 columns pp. 152; early ownership inscriptions small defects in the upper margins of leaves 4L4 through 4R2 not touching letterpress occasional spots and stains some miscreasing of the pp. but generally a good sound copy or better in full contemporary paneled calf elaborate blind-tooled borders spine with long crack neatly restored clasps not preserved. A famous and important work by the Wittenberg professor and orientalist who did not live to see his greatest work this Lexicon into print. It is the first comparative dictionary of Semitic languages. Graesse and the British Library cite only the Hanover edition; Cordell possesses only a later 1653 edition. NUC locates only the Columbia Univ. copy of this Frankfurt printing; this edition not in Vancil. Johannis Jacobi Hennei unknown books
1700réf. 25537London: printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb 1700. 12mo unpaginated; bound with: The Holy Bible containing The Old and New Testaments. Oxford: printed by the University Printers 1695 with sectional title for the N.T. with 17th century family inscriptions on verso; bound with: The Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. London: printed for the Company of Stationers 1700. Contemporary and probably original full brown goatskin with acorn flower and leaf ornaments enclosing a central panel with the initials "I.H." central on both covers surely John Hawkins whose name is prominent in the inscription on the verso of the N.T. title-p.; gilt spine in 6 compartments with tulips and other ornaments; the covers rubbed and the front hinge is cracked revealing structure; Bible lacks leaf A12 and with small corner of O9 torn away affecting the better part of 9 lines of text; other short marginal tears and creases throughout. Wing B3702 B2366 and B2623B respectively the last with only the BM copy located. Bible is Darlow & Moule 840. printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb unknown books
1674réf. 25351London: Richard Royston 1674. 8vo pp. 12 434 14; preserving the preliminary blank A1 but lacking A8 and the frontispiece; text partially in black letter; contemporary full black goatskin with all-over gilt design with swirls stars and flowers spine in 6 compartments each with decorative floral motif; probably by the Queen's binder A. William Knott a.e.g.; apparently recased in the early 19th century with some gilt restored to top and bottom of spine and edges and some restoration to the tops and bottoms of the joints; covers scratched; good and sound. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sam. S. Heatly. Wing P732. Richard Royston unknown books
1693réf. 006907Oxoniae Oxford : e Theatro Sheldoniano: Impensis Henrici Cruttenden Typographi 1693. The First Gibson edition. Near Fine pages lightly browned text block in excellent condition. 20th century half calf over marbled boards matching marbled end pages 5 raised bands with gilt lines blindstamp of American Antiquarian Society title page from the library of King George II with John Pine Royal Library medium bookplate verso of title page. "John Pine 1690-1756 engraver. The Royal Library bookplate In 1736 John Pine was paid nearly £38 for engraving and printing 28200 bookplates in four sizes to be added to the Kings books. Featuring Apollo and Minerva flanking the Universitys arms the bookplate was usually pasted to the back of the title page or on a front endpaper. It is also found in some post-1715 publications which were purchased using the proceeds from later sales of duplicates within the collection; these were after all also acquired Munificentia Regia through the generosity of the King." Univ. of Cambridge. . Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine. Tall 8vo. e Theatro Sheldoniano: Impensis Henrici Cruttenden Typographi Hardcover books
1668réf. 039649London In The Savoy: Henry Herringman 1668. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece. Frontispiece With Two Finely Engraved Scenes "The Ephesian Matron" And "The Cimmerian Matron"; Title With "Love & Wit."; 9 Pp A Letter Concerning The Ephesian Matron: To A Person Of Honour"; 80 Pp; Title Page The Cimmerian Matron To Which Is Added The Mysteries And Miracles Of Love By P. M. Gent" 1668; 23Pp "To The Author Of The Ephesian Matron"; 31 32-77 Pp. The Second Section Being "The Mysteries And Miracles Of Love"; Catalog "Some Books Printed For Henry Herringman." Including "Ben. Johnson's Second Volume" Probably Unsold Remaining Stock Of The Ben Jonson 1640 Folio Herringman Having Acquired The Rights And Unsold Stock In 1667. This Copy Includes The Frontispiece With Short Title Thus A First Title Page And The Second Title Page Without Illustration Other Copies Usually Lacking One Or The Other; "Love & Wit" In Second Title Page Rather Than "Love And Wit" As Sometimes Quoted. Three Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards Red Morocco Spine Label With Finely Printed Title Second Label Which Had The Publisher's Name Is A Modern Replacement; Matching Marbled Endpapers; Binding 6 1/2 " Tall. Walter Charleton 2 February 1619 - 24 April 1707 Was According To Jon Parkin "The Main Conduit For The Transmission Of Epicurean Ideas To England". He Entered Magdalen Hall Oxford Under The Tuition Of John Wilkins. At The Age Of 22 He Received The Degree Of M.D. And In The Same Year Was Appointed Physician To Charles I Who Was Then At Oxford. In 1650 Charleton Settled In London And Was On 8 April Admitted A Candidate Of The College Of Physicians. A Royalist He Was Appointed Physician To The Exiled King Charles Ii But Remained In London Writing In Russell Street Covent Garden. He Was Continued In His Office Of Physician At The Restoration And Was One Of The First Elected Fellows Of The Royal Society In 1663; On 23 January 1676 He Was Admitted A Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians. He Gave The First Lectures Delivered In The Cutlerian Theatre In Warwick Lane In 1680 Delivered The Harveian Oration And Was President In 1689 And 1691. After His Last Year Of Presidency At The College Of Physicians Charleton Left London And A Dwindling Medical Practice. He Retired To Nantwich; But Returned To London And Was Senior Censor In The College Of Physicians From 1698 To 1706 And Delivered Harveian Orations In 1702 And 1706 When He Was Also Appointed Harveian Librarian. He Had In Early Life Read Much In Van Helmont And Spent Time In Reading And Composition Rather Than With Patients. Thomas Hobbes Lord Dorchester And Sir Francis Prujean Were His Friends. He Was A Copious Writer Also On Theology Natural History And Antiquities And Published Chorea Gigantum 1663 To Prove That Stonehenge Was Built By The Danes. The Chorea Gigantum Had A Poem By John Dryden Written In Its Praise The Epistle To Dr. Charleton Prefixed To The Presentation Copy Given To The King. He Was One Of The "Character" Writers And In This Kind Of Literature Wrote An Essay A Brief Discourse Concerning The Different Wits Of Men 1675. This Volume Contains The First Recorded Printed Use Of The Word "Intrigue" To Denote A Clandestine Illicit Intimacy Between A Man And A Woman A Liaison. The Story Itself Has Been Frequently Told Including In Voltaire's "Zadg" And Taylor's "Holy Dying". Henry Herringman hardcover
1602réf. 027266Leipzig: Albraham Lamberg 1602. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 107 Holzschnittabb Und 58 Wappendarstellungebn In Text . 8 465. Twentieth Century Marbled Boards And Endpapers Regarded As A Primary Work By Albinus 1543-1598 The Founder Of Saxon Historiography. An Exceptional Example Pages Complete And Very Clean All Illustrations Full Length Portraits Or Framed Heraldic Arms No Marks Or Tears Pages Evenly Aged Without Foxing Spots Offsetting Of Plates Onto Facing Pages. Rebound Into Patterned Boards Page Block 7 1/4" Tall With Ample Margins To All Leaves About 1/4" On Each Side New Endpapers Now Quite Aged Small Blindstamp Of Previous Owner Malcolm Forbes Esq. A Canadian Not The Publisher At Top Of Front Free Endpaper. Albraham Lamberg hardcover
1609réf. 016820Arnheim: Christoffel Van Sichem / Ioan. Iansonium 1609. Original Woodcut . Single Sheet. Fine. 15 x 18.8 Cm. Designed And Engraved By Christopher Van Sichem. Original Engraving Of Anabaptist Leader Johannes Also Joannes Or Jan Hut 6 1/8" X 5" One Of A Series Of Fine Woodcut Portraits Executed By Van Sichem Junior All Rare. A Very Fine Example With Wide Margins. Christoffel Van Sichem 1581 Basel - 1658 Amsterdam Was A Dutch Golden Age Woodcutter And Engraver. According To The Rkd He Made Woodcuts Of Famous People After His Father Christoffel Van Sichem The Elder. He Was The Brother Of Karel Sichem Who Published Many Of His Prints. Van Sichem Also Made Woodcuts After Portraits By Leading Artists Such As Abraham Bloemaert Hendrick Goltzius And Maarten Van Heemskerck Among Others. He Made These For Various Publications And Then He Bundled And Published Them Himself In "Der Zielen Lust-Hof '. His Work May Be Seen In "Bibels Tresoor Ofte Der Zielen Lvsthof" By Christoffel Van Sichem Pieter Jacobsz. Paets Leuven & Amsterdam 1646 And "'T Schat Der Zielen Dat Is: Het Geheele Leven Ons Heeren Iesu Christi: Naer De Vyer Euangelisten" By C. Van Sichem & H. Hugo P.I. Paets Amsterdam 1648. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Christoffel Van Sichem / Ioan. Iansonium unknown
1700réf. 016330Circa 1700 1700. Original Antique Engraving . Single Sheet. Very Good. 30 x 19.2 Cm. Engraved By Casper Luyken. 11 3/4" X 7 1/2". Full Length Figure Of Maria Anna In A Full Length Embroidered Gown With Decolletee On A Balcony Or Patio With An Architectural Garden Scene Behind. This Is A Plate Removed From A Book And Trimmed To Within The Plate Mark Outside Printed Border Of Portrait But Removing Bottom Part Of "R" And "G" In "Regina" And Very Bottom Part Of "G" In "Portugalliae". Signed C. L. F. Beneath The Border. Casper Luyken 1672-1708. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. unknown
1645réf. 018024Circa 1645 1645. Original Engraving . No Binding. Very Good. 12.5 x 6 Cm. Single Engraving From The Series. De Vesme #248. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. unknown
1700réf. 016331Circa 1700 1700. Original Antique Engraving . Single Sheet. Very Good. 29.5 x 19.2 Cm. Engraved By Casper Luyken. Full Length Figure Of Drummer Beating Two Drums Mounted On The Back Of Another Figure. This Is A Plate Removed From A Book And Trimmed To Within The Plate Mark Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design Signed Cl Fecit. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. unknown
1663réf. 017133Paris Circa 1663 1663. Original Antique Engraving . Single Sheet. Very Good . Very Attractive Original Engraving Of Louis Xiv As A Young Man In Armor Perhaps At The Age Of 20 Or 25 Which Would Date This Engraving Circa 1658 To 1663. Fine Detail In Background Of Heavenly Figures Above Casting Light Upon Louis And His Court Below. Four Lines Of Printed Text Below Portrait In Oval; Signed "P. Aubry Excud."; One Line Of Finely Hand Written Latin Beneath That. 5" X 6 1/4". Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. unknown
1645réf. 018023Circa 1645 1645. Original Engraving . No Binding. Very Good. 12.5 x 6 Cm. Single Engraving From The Series. De Vesme #271. Minute Loss At Upper Right Corner. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. unknown
